THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME V.
SUCCESSFUL JOINT
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
It was a disappointed crowd of
boys and girls that looked at the
weather last Saturday morning—it
was raining. Consequently there
was no tournament that day. But
the following Wednesday was ideal.
After school Old Pounders' bell, the
bell that summons one so often to
success or failure, pleasure or gloom
—rang. A noisy, excited crowd met
at the courts to watch how the
games were going and to encourage
their own particular friends. Truly
a happy, expectant crowd.
The four courts back of Cox Hall
were numbered and filled with only
the best players; an equal number
of boys and girls. When the whistle
blew all settled down to the serious
business of playing, encouraging the
players and enjoying the games.
After intervals of ten minutes the
•whistle blew. This was always a
signal for the winning couple to
change courts and partners. Each
player's ambition though probably
unexpressed was to reach court No.
1 and to stay there as long as possi
ble. Not as easily done, either as
one might think. The tournament
ended only after the supper bell had
sounded its summons.
The players were Misses Edwards,
Roberts, Whitney, Blair, Harmon, L.
Raiford, E. Raiford, Cox, Prof. Brin
ton Prof. Carroll, Edwards, Sundean,
Barrett, Touohberry, Moore and Ma-
Seven rounds altogether were
played. Of these Miss Edwards,
Prof. Carroll and Prof. Brinton won
in six, Jessie Cox and H. Edwards
in five, K. Harmon, J. Whitney, and
Sundean in four, C. Blair and C. Ma
con in three, and the others in two.
MACON CHAMPION
IN MEN'S SINGLES
Much pep and enthusiasm was
shown throughout the entire tennis
tournament which lias recently been
brought to a close. The results in
the single tournament are as fol
lows:
Moore defeats Touchberry, 1-6,
8-6, 6-2; Barrett defeats O. Stafford,
6-1, 6-1; Sundean defeats Brown,
6-0, 6-3; Macon defeats Edwards,
6-1, 6-4.
Second round Moore defeats Bar
rett, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; Macon defeats
Sundean, 6-1, 6-1.
In the finals Macon defeated
Moore 6-2, 6-1.
The doubles tournament will be
played this week.
An agen't of the government visit
ed the college recently and sealed up
the college wireless outfit until after
the war. This outfit had been dis
mantled since the outbreak of war.
but all such appartus everywhere is
being sealed up by the government.
Prof, and Mrs. Carroll very pleas
antly entertained a number of the
faculty in their apartments last Sun
day night.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 30, 1918
MOTLEY THRONG IN GYM.
GREAT DISPLAY TALENT
Weird Medley ol' Spooks, Great Dis
play of Talent and Beautiful Dec
"Ji'ittions Feature Hallowe'en Cele
bration.
The gymnasium last Saturday
night was t'lie 6cene of one of the
most notable occasions of the year at
Guilford. All Hallow's Eve was cel
ebrated in its most characteristic
style.
By the able hands of an industri
ous social committee and their help
ful aids the gymnasium had been
transformed into a veritable wonder
land. Oaks, pines, cedars, hickorys,
maples, dogwood with their bril
liantly colored foliage adorned the
space in sylvian array while corn
shocks, pumpkins, hideous Jack
O'Lanterns added to the creation of
a spookland atmosphere.
To set off this scenery there was a
medley of beings—spooks, "niggers
and nigger gals," pretty lassies with
delightful 6unbonnets and dangling
curls, Indian maidens, clowns, "Hans
and Fritz," grotesque witches, gyp
sies, who told one his pleasant or un
pleasant future, "Willie 80y6," ba
bies and baby carriages, Quaker
maids and numbers of others dress
ed in artistic, comical, weird, and
natural costumes, and to cap the
whole thing Mrs. Kant B. Beet and
little daughter Mary.
What a time! The attractions
were seemingly unlimited. The ice
cream booth, the witches' hut, the
gypsy tent, t'he nigger meeting, Un
cle Munn, throwing at the nigger's
head, games, all had their share of
the attention. A grand parade, in
which each one participated, was
staged in the midst of the occasion
resembling the medley of Noah's ark
for uniqueness and originality.
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COACH DOAK
Who lias, while on furlough, given
Guilford iitliletics a good stunt.
BASKET BALL
PRACTICE CONTINUES
Early Removal of Quarantine May
Cause Renewal of Football
Practice. , /
For the past week continued prac
tice in basket ball has been carried
on. Some of t'he new men show ex
cellent ability and will make good
players. We see no reason this year
why our basket ball team should not
be up to the same standard as here
tofore.
Raiford at forward is especially
good in passing and shooting field
goals. Rice, a new man, at forward,
seems as sure a shot but not quite so
fast in action. Stafford at center
plays with his usual pep and hard
work. He is also a good shot.
Anderson at guard is always with
the man he is guarding and besides
playing well, he is sure to put pep
into the whole team.
The following are working hard
and in good spirits and are prospects
for good players: Hodgin, H. White,
Barnard, Rollison, Hester, Cox, Ca
sey, Macon, Stout, Dye, Kiser, Peele
and J. White.
The improvement in the influenza
situation makes it possible that fool
ball practice be resumed. In that
case the further practice of basket
ball will be discontinued until the
close of the football season. Coach
Doak is still with us not having suf
ficiently recovered from influenza to
return to his Y. M. C. A. work in
the army.
Next Saturday night it is proposed
that the whole student body take
supper down in the meadow. A pig
will be secured and barbecued. The
company will return in time for the
lecture.
TOM ANDERSON
LEADS Y. M. C. A.
lie a Man. He Says, in Mind, Body
and Spirit.
The Y. M. C. A. meeting last
Thursday evening was led by Tom
Anderson. This was his first at
tempt at such a tasK and truly it
was a successful one. The leader
chose as a subject, "Be a man in
mind, body and spirit." "Is it bet
ter for a man to start out to cut
wood with a dull ax and continue or
would it be better for him to stop
and sharpen it? Can an empty sack
stand upright?" So it is with the
mind. A man without an education
has no opportunity in life compared
with the man who has an educated
mind.
Then while we are training our
minds our body should not be neg
lected. We should take the great
est care of our body, avoiding dissi
pation in any form.
In order that we might develop
our bodies we should make good use
of the morning exercises at the
"Gym" and then in the afternoon
take part in some athletic exercise.
When you do anything put your en
tire strength and ability in it. Be
a man, learn to control your temper
in games as well as elsewhere.
And now we come to the last, the
spirit, which is more important than
either of the others. In every walk
of life the man who is not a true
Christian does not hold the esteem
of his fellowmen as does his Chris
tian friend.
To be an all around man one must
have a clean body, a trained mind,
and a trained soul. Unless he has
all these he is not a man but a "two
by four."
For what is it worth to a man "if
he should gain the whole world and
lose his own soul, or what shall a
man give in exchange for his soul?"
.MISSIONARY COMMITTEE IX
CHARGE OF Y. W. C. A.
The Y. W. C. A. meeting for the
past week was in charge of the mis
sion study committee. They took up
the life and work of Anna Jones.
While originally from Indiana the
greater part of Miss Jones' life was
sipent in North Carolina and 6he was
at one time a student at Guilford
College. Before accepting her call
to Africa she taught for a number of
years. Her life as a teacher was
very successful and as a Christian
worker she was most energetic. Miss
Jones labored for five years in the
Lumbua Industrial Mission, British
East Africa, being associated with
Willis Hotchkiss and wife, among
the best known and most consecra
ted of all missionaries in the dark
continent. She came to this country
in 1913 and remained until 1916,
when she again went to Africa to
take up her work. In the last two
years she spent there she translated
numbers of books of the Bible, text
books and hymns and almost com
pleted a Kepsigie vocabulary which
she was doing all alone.
After spending some time in a
hospital in British East Africa, Miss
Anna T. Jones died August 10, 1918.
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