THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME, IV,
THE GYM. HAUNTED
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TlV(i ANOTHER HALIiO\V'EEX
The old Guilford gymnasium has
now one memorable event to look
back upon, jone time in its history
when it really presented an artistic,
beautiful appearance and the event
is the Halloxv'een social which was
held there Saturday night, October
27 th.
By deft hands and persevering ef
fort the gymnasium had been con
verted into a veritable autumn wood
and all the spooks from spookdom
were there. Tall straight oaks had
suddenly grown up, masses of honey
suckle had climbed to dizzying
heights, and from the tops of some
of the ti-ees huge owls looked down
upon this gay crowd and winked their
big green eyes knowingly; the bright
moon from a lofty pine shed its mel
low glow over a quaint hut where
two gypsies held sway, and told sur
prising things to all who came to
hear their mystic words.
■Everywhere were figures, gro
tesque, weird, comical or artistic;
young ladies wearing number nine
shoes and short cut hair; grandmoth
ers knitting; piccaninnies with their
shining faces and foolish grins; Un
cle Sam and Liberty in all their dig
nity; strange figures with pumpkin
heads and curious blinking eyes; tall
white . figures from the unknown
land; all were there and others who
somehow found their way into the
enchanted wood.
The most popular retreat was a
corner screened by honeysuckle where
different spooks busied themselves
aVei" a freezer of "Hodgin's Best."
; Above all the clamor could be
heard the incessant cry of "Ice-cold
lemonade-—two glasses for 5 cents,"
and many quenched their thirst with
a cooling draught bought from the
'..iUle vend.er.
The judges, Mfss Osborne, Miss
Gainey and Professor Guess awarded
the prizes for the most original cos
tumes to M : ,JS Ilattie Rayle and "Lit
tle Tonimie Zachary."
Immediately upon the stroke of 10,
Miss Louise with a wave of her ma
jestic wand sent 'em all back to the
land of spooks from where they came,
there to remain until another Hallo
ween social should again call them
back.
Dr. Mashburn, of California, a stu
dent of New Garden Boarding School
•luring the seventies, addressed the
student body at collection last Mon
day morning. Using as the topic of
his remarks "The Pine Spoke," he
emphasized the fact that any slight
defect in character building may re
sult finally in a broken life.
Next Saturday evening the music
department will give the first recital
of the year—a study of some of Ten
nyson's poems set to music. Those
having inside information say that
one attending this entertainment
will be accorded a genuine musical
treat.
GUILFORD (XJLLEGE, X. C., OCTOBER 31, 1917
PRESBYTERIANS, 6; GUILFORD 0
HARD-FOIIGHT GAME HETWEEX TWO EVEXLY-M ATCHEI) TEAMS
DKCIDKI) HY FORXVAHI) PASS
In a close and hard-fought but
cleau game Guilford lost to Presby
terian College of South Carolina, last
Friday. Starting out with a rush
Guilford apparently had the game
her own way for the first half. In
this period she made first down five
times and P C was unable at any
time to make the necessary ten yards.
With the ball twice in striking dis
tance however, GuilfOrd did not pro
duce the necessary punch when it was
most needed, and her only real
chances to score by straight football
came to nothing. In the third quar
ter the only scoring of the game was
done. P C first intercepting a for
ward pass and then completing one
for a touchdown and goal kick. Im
the rest of the game neither team
really threatened to score and both
showed the effects of the fast pace of
the first three quarters.
It was a hard fought game and the
whole team played . football. The
only point to be criticized in the play
of the team was the lack of interfer
ence,. and this more than any other
factor, enabled P V to stop Guilford's
marches down the field.
The really disappointing feature
of the game was apparent lack of in
terest and college spirit on the part
pf a great number of the students.
With an ideal day on which to see a
game and with as pretty and, spirited
football as one could care to see, fully
a third of the students made use of
the extra half holiday for purely self
ish reasons and left the team to play
before a scare handful of rooters.
Certainly the stay-aways lost mort
than they could have gained. Be
sides missing one of the best games
of the season and an exceedingly
good game to see, they have in many
cases put their school loyalty in a
questionable light, for the team need
ed the backing of the whole student
body.
Presbyterian won the toss and
chose to defend the west goal and to
receive. Walser kicked to Galloway
on Presbyterian's 15-yard line, who
carried the ball to P C's 35-yard line.
On the first down Kort broke thru
the line and stopped P C for a two
yard loss. Fort repeated on the next
down. With third down and ten to
go, P C tried an end run but was
stopped by Reddick after a one yard
gain. P C kicked to Newlin on Guil
ford's 25-yard line, and he advanced
the ball ten yards before lie was
downed. Newlin went thru the line
for three yards, Newlin repeated for
ten yards and a first down. Bryant
went off tackle for two yards, Bryant
again carried the ball but was tackled
for a two-yard loss. With third down
and ten to go Bryant went around
end for twenty yards and Guilford's
second first down. Newlin went thru
the line for three yards, Bryant three
yards and Newlin again went seven
yards to a first down (3rd), Jones
was tackled for a three-yard loss.
Xewlin went four yards, Stafford
made three, both on line plunges.
With fourth down and the ball on
P C's twenty-two yard line a forward
pass was attempted but was blocked
and it was P C's ball on her own
twenty-two yard line. Barnard stop
ped two attempted runs around his
end and P C kicked to Bryant 011
Guilford's thirty-five yard line. Bry-
ant carried the ball to the forty yard
line. Stafford no gain, Bryant no
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ZATASIAXS (JI'KSTS
OF PHILOMATHEAXS
On Friday evening, October 26, a
tired crowd of girls filed into the
Zatasian Society Hall. 'Twas the
end of a strenuous week and nobody
felt any enthusiasm for the work of
the evening—everybody drew a sigh
and sank down into a chair —but in
just a few minutes after the Presi
dent had called Society to order
there came a gentle tap at the door;
the marshal entered, bringing a rath
er interesting and mysterious look
ing missive.
The message proved to be balm for
the weary, because it was an invita
tion from the Philomathean Society
inviting the Zatasians to spend the
evening with them.
Upon entering the Philomathean
Hall, the Zatasians were impressed
with the beauty of the hall decorated
with autumn leaves of every tint,
harmonizing perfectly with the brown
color scheme of the room.
The program given was appropri
ate for the season and impressed
every one with the loveliness and
beauty of that most lovely season of
all the year—autumn. The program
was as follows:
1. Autumn—-Prances Moore.
2. Selections from Van Dyke.
(a) Indian Summer.
(b) Autumn in the Garden
Ruth Coltrane
3. Solo—-Gertrude Hobbs.
• 4. Poems from John Charles .Mc-
Neil—Ruth Coble.
5. "WHen the Frost is on the
Pumpkin"—Thelma Cloud.
After Ilutli Stanley had given the
critic's report the society adjourned
for a social hour.
The hostess served fruit salad and
wafers and hot chocolates. Upon
each plate there was a black cat or a
witch which served as appropriate
favors.
The evening was one of perfect en
joyment and this pleasant time to
gether served to bind the two socie
ties into a closer union, making co
operation more possible, and impress
ng the members of each with the
common purpose of both.
THE Y. M. C. A.
"WITH THE COLORS"
( OLIiKGKS TO UK CAIXKI) OX TO
HEM* IX ITS SUPPORT.
There has never been a time in the
history of the Y. M. C. A. when their
work was more prominent in the pub
lic eye than at the present time. In
the United States alone thousands of
young men are daily leaving, or have
already left their homes for the
training camps. Thousands are also
leaving these camps for Prance.
Guilford College itself is represented
in the army camps by at least a half
dozen men who were last year either
students here or members of the fac
ility. There are many other alumni
and students who call Guilford their
Alma Mater who are now in the dif
ferent parts of our nation's war work.
These men are for the time being
separated from all the comforts and
conveniences that go to make up
home life. The Y. M. C. A. is the
only organization that can and has
"lie authority to administer to these
men the little comforts and conveni
ences that relieve the monotony of
camp and trench life. The Red Cross
has taken upon itself the noble task
of relieving the physical suffering of
the soldiers of all nationalities. To
the Y. M. C. A. there has been given
the task of ministering not only to
the body, but to the mind and spirit
of our soldiers as well. How they
are doing this is the topic of almost
every magazine and paper in the
United States. It is sufficient to say
here that by furnishing reading und
writing rooms, games, batlis, educa
tional directors, music, motion pic
tures and the moral ministration so
necessary to the human soul to keep
it from becoming hardened the "Y,"
as it is called by the soldiers, has cer
tainly earned the right (as one of the
officers in the training school at Ogle
thorpe puts it) to be called "the big
gest thing here. It is on the job.
This place would be hell without it."
Lieut. YVoosley, formerly professor
of history at Guilfrod, says that "The
'Y's' motto is 'With the Colors' and
they live up to it. If we go on an
eight-day hike, when night conies we
find the sign of the red triangle hung
over a little tent and a secretary
within ready to provide pens and pa
per, hot chocolate or games; comfort
for the fellow who is weary, cheer for
the fellow who is homesick."
Slier ley White says that he believ
ed in the Y. M. C. A. while here in
school, but is more enthused over it
now since it has helped to make life
less tedioius in camp.
The stamp of the flag which dec
orate the upper left hand corner of
every letter which comes from a
"Sammie" in training is a gentle re
minder of the presence of a "Y" sec
retary in the camp.
Pages might be written about the
equipment and training of the two
thousand secretaries who are serving
with our boys here in America; of
the five hundred who are going to
France with them, of the hundreds
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