THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME V.
QUAKERS LOSE TO
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolinians Defeat Locals By
a 9-0 Score.
Last Thursday at Cone Park the
University of South Carolina piled
up nine tallies against the Quakers
and romped away with the game.
As the Daily News said, however,
"The game was nothing like as one
sided as the score indicated. On the
contrary several fine plays were
made." As far as the fielding was
concerned, there was little to choose
between the two teams, but Waring
held the Guilford "batters" at his
mercy, while U. S. C. connected with
Edwards' delivery freely during
three out of the nine innings. As
usual Geensboro did not patronize
the game. There were about 10 in
the grandstand and a dozen or so out
along the fence.
The game started off well for the
first three frames, Carolina manag
ing to get one man as far as third,
when a wonderful running catch of
a long fly to left field by Stratford
spoiling their hope of tallying. In
the next Carolina started the fun. A
hit was scored by the first man up
and two following laid down perfect
bunts, filling the bases. The next
man hit to deep center and the run
ner on third came home. A sacri
fice bunt brought in another tally
and a long drive brought in the
third. An error, passed ball, single
and double brought in two more
scores in the next frame. In the
ninth the Cai-olina lads came back
and an error, two singles, a base on
balls and a wild throw, with an in
field out, netted four tallies.
Porter, the Carolina catcher, col
lided with the third baseman in the
seventh frame while chasing a foul
and was unable to continue the play,
being replaced by Byrd.
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HENRY CLAY NOTES
The Henry Clay Society met Fri
day night in regular session. A very
good attendance was observed. The
attendance has been excellent all this
year and the good work of the so
ciety has been greatly due to this
fact, for the membership has been
so small that it wourcf have been im
possible to do good work if practi
cally everyone had not attended.
The question of an income tax was
discussed by the debaters, who were
nearly all new men. Considerable
improvement was shown by several
of them. After the debate Spot Tay
lor gave the current events of the
campus and he showed that he keeps
up with about all the love affairs on
the hill.
The critic then rendered a criti
cism that if taken to heart by the
speakers will greatly help them to
overcome the difficulties that seem
to confront them. Next Friday night
has been set as the time when the
competitors for the improvement
prize will render their final speeches
and everyone is looking forward
with interest to the outcome.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. 0., MAY 14, 1919
THE CLAYS HOLD
ANNUAL CONTEST
The Prize Awarded to Gladstone
Hodgin.
The last oratorical contest of the
school year was given by the Henry
Clay Literary Society last Saturday
evening, May 10.
The first oration was, "The War
Work of the Salvation Army," given
by Leslie H. Barrett. In this oration
Mr. Barrett told how the Salvation
Army had taken the place of mothers
among the boys at the front. It had
been friend to the friendless, help to
the helpless and home to the home
less.
In the oration, "The Champion of
Americanism," H. Grady Mcßane
paid a tribute to the late ex-presi
dent, Theodore Roosevelt. The
speaker said that Roosevelt respect
ed and loved his people. He was a
great patriot, a great man and a
great American.
Luby R. Casey gave the third ora
tion, "A Vital Need." Mr. Casey be
gan by showing what the present
school system of North Carolina
owes to such men as Aycock, Mc-
Iver and Joyner. He then brought
out the fact that there are still many
needs for the school of North Caro
lina. "Better teachers are needed,"
he said, "and one of the chief ways
to get better teachers is to pay bet
ter salaries. The taxpayers will re
spond if they are made to see the
need.
"Nor Border, Nor Breed, Nor
Birth" was next given by Gladstone
Hodgin. The substance of his ora
tion was that the United States can
never be again what it once was,
traditional isolation has been for
ever destroyed. "Negro Life in the
South" was treated by P. Murray
White. Mr. White just showed what
slavery did for the negro. It made a
skilled laborer of him, but it taught
him that labor was a disgrace. "The
problem now," said the speaker, "is
to rid his mind of this idea."
The last oration, "Americanism,"
was given by Phal Hodgin. Every
American, he said, should be proud
of his country, of her institutions
and natural resources. The one
thing to do is to never lose sight of
the true principles of Americanism.
These young men all lived up to
the usual standard of the Henry Clay
Society. They not only were a credit
to their society, but to the college as
a whole.
The judges for the evening were
R. J. M. Hobbs, C. J.Lambeth and Dr.
L. L. Hobbs. Dr. L. L. Hobbs award
ed the prize to Gladstone Hodgin.
The music for the occasion was
furnished by Miss Bertha Fox and
Mr. Norman Fox.
ALUMNI.
The marriage of Miss Mabel
Crutchfield to William Nelson, both
former students of Guilford College,
will occur on Thursday, May 15, at
the home of the bride. They will
reside at Elsmere, Del., where Mr.
Nelson holds a position with the
Rhodes Belting Corapaay.
THE SENIORS AT
PILOT VIEW FARM
Georgiana Proves to Be a Woaderfnl
Hostess.
Whoever says the class of *l9 Is,
in any way, unlucky because of the
fateful thirteen members, must be
mistaken. This is the unanimous
verdict of every member of the Se
nior class and also Professor Brin
ton, Dr. and Mrs. Binford, after the
royal feast day which came to them
last Saturday. It all came about be
cause of an invitation from Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Bird to spend a day at
their home near Thomasville.
Cars were provided by some of the
guests and about 10 o'clock the
merry party set out for regions un
known. Miss Georgiana had things
so well planned that no mishap oc
curred and by 12 o'clock the beau
tiful country home had received the
well-pleased guests. After a suffi
cient length of time spent in conver
sation, dinner was served. Dinner!
Unless the reader could have been
present he can have no idea how
much is implied by that word in this
case. The good things were too nu
merous to mention and such a lot of
them! The chief regret was that
only a certain amount could be
eaten.
But as all good things must end,
even this dinner came to an end and
the party wended its way into the
grassy yard, where each pursued his
own course. Various feats of mas
cular skill were brought into play.
Then, with orders from Mrs. Bird,
the party proceeded to make ice
cream, which proved to be so de
licious that every guest would stake
his all on the fact that it was better
than Jove's nectar.
The perfect day was closed with a
series of songs and then the guests
very reluctantly turned their faces
toward home. The occasion was one
of the most delightful anyone could
wish and sincere gratitude is due
Mr. and Mrs. Bird. They will al
ways be held in grateful remem
brance. The Seniors are lucky to
have Georgiana in the class and she
will always be the dearest and best
for having given hr class this per
fect day.
WEBS HAVE INTERESTING
DEBATE.
The program at the last regular
meeting of the Webs was, perhaps,
the best rendered one during the
spring semester. After the new of
ficers, R. A. Lineberry, president;
John D. Dorsett, secretary, and
Charles Robison, marshal, were in
stalled, the query: Resolved, That
immigration should be further re
stricted by law, was debated. J.
Dorsett, P. Trotter and H. Raiford,
on the affirmative, were successful
in their contentions. C. Robison, 0.
Stafford and Jack Brown ably de
fended the negative.
After David White rendered an
exceedingly instructive critic's re
port, the society adjourned.
SOPHOMORES ENJOY
LITTLEJJIRL PARTY
Anl Receive Reward for Best .Sun
day School Attendance.
Every Sophomore girl's heart beat
a little bit faster when she was
handed an invitation to be present
Friday afternoon at four o'clock on
the steps of New Garden Hall. The
invitation suggested that each should
come prepared for hiking. This
meant that the Sophomores had won
in the Sunday school contest for best
attendance because it was the Y. W.
C. A. cabinet who was thus favoring
them. Although the rain descended
and the floods came, the cabinet was
not at its wits' end by any means. On
the contrary, the visitors were told
to return to their childhood days, in
dress at least.
It was thus that they met and re
paired to the little Peele cottage,
where they took their seats and were
confronted by teacher as in days of
yore. As they were good little girls,
and the day was Friday, teacher told
them they might have a spelling
match. This met the approval of
every one, of course, and much skill
was displayed in this particular art.
Soon growing tired of this, as chil
dren will do, they began the inter
esting process of practicing for com
mencement day. The speeches made
and the songs sung spoke exceed
ingly well for young and inexperi
enced pupils. Lunch time was then
announced. The hunger and thirst
of everyone was soon satisfied witty
the heaps of tomato and raisin sand
wiches and delicious cake and lem
onade. All dispositions were calling
for action; therefore, a hilarious
game of blind man's buff was en
gaged in. This was going splendidly
when—alas, the old, faithful bell at
Pounders suddenly calls to hasten
elsewhere.
This was indeed a unique enter
tainment, and to say that it was en
joyed is a mild method lor express
ing the happiness beaming on every
face.
PROFESSOR RRINTON DISCUSSES
ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES
The meeting of the Science Club
held last Wednesday night was in
charge of Prof. Brinton, who gave a
talk on electro magnetic waves. He
began by showing how these waves
could be produced and used in wire
less telegraphy, and then turning to
wave producers of atomic dimensions
he showed how radiant energy is
sent out by the motions of electrons.
The electron theory and the electro
magetic theory of light were briefly
explained and illustrated by experi
ments. Cathode rays were produced
and the spectra of some of the ele
ments thrown on the screen.
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