THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME IV.
HIGH SCHOOL
DECLAMATION CONTEST
Largest Number of Contestants
Which Have Ever Appeared Ac
quit Themselves in Brilliant
Fashion.
(Thro a mistake this was omitted
from last issue)
On Saturday, April 13, the eighth
annual declamation contest for Higih
School students was held in Merno
jrial Hall. The preliminaries were
'iield at 9 o'clock Saturday morning,
in wihioh 39 High School representa
tives participated. This year the
girls and boys' contests took place at
the same time.' The contests were
held under the auspices of the four
Literary Societies. Eight speakers
were selected for the finals, four
girls and four boys. Two medals
were awarded, one to the winner in
the boys' contest, and one to the
winner in the girls' contest. The
following is the program of the pre
liminary and final contests:
Preliminary Contest.
Miss Ruth Powers —'Christmas in
the Quarters- —Aberdeen.
Vance McMillan—.My Mother, My
Country, My God—'Aberdeen.
Miss .Lucile Mae Griff—Mammy's
Li'l' Boy—Bethany.
Carson Kanoy—'America a World
P o w er—Bisco e.
Miiss Gertrude W'heeler—ln Hoc
bigno—Burlington.
Levi Troxler—Wilson's War Mes
sage—China ~.jve.
Miss Blanoh Peeler—Both Cheeks
—'Ohina Grove.
Edgar V. Ben'bow—'Shadows on
the Mirror—East Bend.
Juanita Wade—(Almost a Tragedy
—East Bend.
Miss French Smiiu—'Abraham Lin
coln—Guilford College High School.
Zola McCracken—Pro Patria —
Guilford College High School.
Frank King—Why We Are.Fight
ing Germany—Haw River.
Miss Edith Harrison—The Vint
age—High Point.
Lawton Dutton—The President's
War Message—High Point.
W. S. Swain—Mother Gird My
Swuxu Around Me —Jamestown.
Ida Geiger—How to Manage a
Husiband—Jamestown.
Miss Josephine Mock—A Leap
Year Proposal—Lewisville.
Jennings Wagoner—We Must Do
Our Bit—Lewisville.
Miss Minnie Williams—The Death
Bridge of the Tay—Lin wood.
R. Qtfh/O Stone—The Regaining of
the World's Lost Legacy—Lin wood.
Julius Tickle—Our Country's Call
—Liberty.
Henry Dabbs—My Mother, My
Country, My God—Lilesville.
Miss Bertha Elam—The Hero of
Maysili eld —Li les vi 11 e.
Byrce Holt—On America!—Mc-
Leansville.
Herman Edwards—My Mother,
My Country, My God—Pomona.
Miss Helen Boren—An Old Sweet
heart of Mine—'Pomona.
Curtis Carroll —Opportunities of
the Scholar—Rural Hall.
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., APRIL 24, 1918
GUILFORD 2, A. & E. 1
Rain Stops Interesting Struggle at
Cone Park.
On last Friday afternoon at Cone
Park in Greensboro the Guilford
(baseball team proved to be success
ful in winning a six-inning game
from the N. C. A. & E. of Raleigh
by the score of two to one. Just at
tihe close of the first half of the sev
enth frame a downpour of rain pre
vented the conclusion of the game,
so tihat the score had to be counted
as It stood at the end of the sixth.
The State College team went into the
seventh frame strong and scored two
runs, but according to the rules of
the game these runs were of no value
as the Guilford aggregation was un
able to finish its lhalf.
There was no particular spectacu
lar playing due to the wet ground,
and the condition of the weather.
Z a chary, Guilford's star moundsman,
did the twirling for the local team.
His work in the box was of the usual
ihigii standard, allowing but one ihit
and fanning four men. Murray
pitched a good game for State Col
lege. Altho the Guilford boys se
cured three bits, he struck out six
men. The score was:
AB R H B
Boren, rf 3 0 0 0
Marlette, ss 3 0 0 0
Zaohary, p 3 1 1 0
Johnson, cf 2 0 0 0
Fitzgerald, If 3 0 1 1
Ballinger, c 2 0 0 0
Reddick, lb 3 0 0 0
Newlin, 3b 2 1 1 0
Hubbard, 2b 2 0 0 1
Totals 22 2 3 2
A. & E. AB R H E
Pressley, If 2 0 0 0
Davis, lb 3 0 0 0
Sipe, 3b 3 0 0 0
Murray, p 2 0 0 1
Deßerry, rf 2 0 0 0
Guerley, ss * 2 0 0 0
Black, 2b 2 0 0 1
Johnson, cf 3 1 1 0
Lewis, c 2 0 0 0
Totals 20 1 1 2
Score by innings: R.
IGuilford 001 001—2
A. & E 000 000—1
ROBERT TATLOCK DESCRIBES
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA
Mr. Robert Tatlock, an English
Friend, wiho has for the past two
years been engaged in reconstruction
work in Russia, lectured to the stu
dents of Guilford College on Thurs
day of last week on conditions in
Russia.
Mr. Tatlock first sihowed an inter
esting set of slides illustrating the
conditions in Russia, the terrible suf
fering endured by the refugees and
peasant classes and the work being
done by the Friends to alleviate this
suffering.
When Mr. Tatlo'ck began t'his "work
early in 1916 the refugees numbered
about 12,000,000. Of these over one
half were children and the rest wom-
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DATE OF MEETING
CHANGED TO MAY 25
Big Gathering to Boost Guilford Will
Be Held on Saturday Before Com
mencement.
Tlie date of the meeting to be at
tended by alumni, old students and
■alii friends of (Guilford for the pur
pose of promoting itihe interests of
ithe college and devising means for
providing adequate financial re
sources, has been changed from May
ilth to May 25th. The meeting will
tihus become part of the exercises of
commencement week. This change
of date was decided on at a meeting
of the Permanent Board of North
Carolina Yearly Meeting held on the
dtli of April in Greensboro. It was
also decided to enlarge the plan
which the trustees had adopted on
February 18th and now enter upon
a campaign to raise sufficient funds
to cancel the entire indebtedness of
the college. All friends of the col
lege who have been heard from say
that now is the time to take steps to
place the institution on a secure
(foundation and it is pretty generally
'believed that a good many people are
prepared to stand by and see the
thing through. Guilfordiens are al
ready organizing in some localities.
In Greensboro a committee has been
appointed to conduct the campaign
there. Mary M. Petty and Gertrude
W. Mendenhall have been leaden in
■this movement and there is every in
dication that Greensboro will do her
share. In every centre wilierever
there are Giuilfordians and friends
of the college, committees should be
appointed and methods discussed
whereby all that is possible may be
done to assist in the present enter
prise. good deal will depend 011
the number who attend ithe meeting
on May 25th. Let us all pull to
gether to make this the greatest day
in the history of the college.
A Letter Prom Mrs. Hobbs
Most, if not a'll of us, who 'liave
been identified with New Garden
:Boarding School and Guilford College
love the place. Early this morning
as I walked across .the campus it
seemed to me that I never saw it
look more beautiful and I wished
that all might see it in its new spring
ro'be. The air was delicious, the dew
not yet off the grass sparkled in the
early sunlight, the budding trees and
flowering sihrubs were perfection.
Masses of spirea about New Garden,
Memorial and King Halls graced
them as with a veritable bridal
wreath, t)he dogwoods on the campus
were never more beautfiul|. I could
ibut stop and turn from one vista to
another and admire it all. Then
there came thronging the memories
of other days when as a little girl I
played beneath those trees. At that
time "Uncle Jonathan" and "Aunt
Lizzie" presided over this domain,
and Mary E. Davis, one of the finest
teachers any one ever had, tried to
keep one straight. How it all came
flooding back and swept over me as
a luminous cloud. I remembered
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SCATTERGOODLECTURES
ON RECONSTRUCTION
American lied Cross Commissioner
Gives Vivid Account of Conditions
in France.
J. Henry Scattergood, of Philadel
phia, Oommi&siioner of the American
Friends Service Ciommittee to France
and member of the American Red
Croes Commission, lectured here last
Sunday night on tihe "Reconstruction
of Devastated France." Mr. Scatter
good held the close attention of an
audience which filled Memorial Hall
while there was thrown on the
screen pictures wihich portrayed a
devastation and an heroic effort to
remedy conditions which could not
be put in words only.
Mr. Scatte-rgo-od has just returned
from a five months study of condi
tions in the watr zones.. He was t)he
organizer in France of the American
Friends Reconstruction unit of the
Red Cross. The lecture began with
a history of the Friends Reconstruc
tion work, and the motives which
prompted it. "We don't want slack
ers any more than the army does,"
said Mr. iScattergiood. The pictures
shown revealed the extent and na
ture of the great work the Friends
'unit is doing in constructing portable
houses, renewing normal agricultur
al conditions, establishing schools,
and providing work for the refugee
women. Many homes have been es
tablished for children, and hospitals
for the sick. The terrible destruc
tion of the French villages was also
flashed on the screen, showing how
they had been reduced to heaps of
rubbish where even a cat could not
find refuge. All the instruments of
livelihood both factories and fruit
trees were destroyed in a vain effort
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MADGE COBLE WINS IN
I'RESIIMAN CONTEST
The annual Freshman contest was
•held in Memorial Hall Saturday even
ing, April 2 oth.
This was a contest of unusual
meriit, both in variety of program
and in the skill wtiicih each contest
ant manifested in the art of declama
tion.
The program was as follows:
1. War and Public Opinion
Rollo Lane.
2. One Century's Achievement—
Don Walser.
3. The Tale of the Lost Lenore—
Florence Martin.
Instrumental Solo Mazurka
Lesohititsky. iGrace Fraziier.
4. A Bear Story—Madge Coble.
5. Betsy in a Storm—Elma Mc-
Vey.
Vocal Solo—O Sole Niro—Naomi
Tomlinson.
The presiding officers for the even
ing were Ira G. Hinshaw, president;
Ralph Farlow, secretary, and Hobart
Patterson, chief marshal.
Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. LindLey and
Prof. Edwards served as judges, and
Prof. Edwards in a refreshdngly
ehort speech gave first award to
Madge Coble.
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