THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. IX
GUILFORD GRID ELEVEN
IS NO MATCH FOR
NORTHERN DEJAKERS
Aerial Attack Feature of
Game —Score 47 0
Guilford's football eleven was de
feated by Haverford's team on the
latter's ground in Pennsylvania by
a score of 47 to 0, on November 4.
Ha\ erford started the game in
snappy fashion when, due to a fum
ble on the part of Lassiter, Mont
gomery caught Bacon's kiekoff and
made a first down on Guilford's 40-
yard line. The Haverfordians then
carried the ball down the field un
■ interruptedly on line plunges for a
| touchdown.
Guilford then kicked to Haver
iford, who opened an aerial attack
which completely swept Guilford off
her feet and resulted in two other
I touchdowns during the first quarter.
In the second quarter Coach Doak's
players found themselves and played
I a brand of ball which carried the
pigskin to the opponents 4-yard line
and would have netted a score but
for the fact that Guilford's back
field failed to check the tackle who
interrupted an attempted pass. This
pass was intercepted by Haverford
on her 1-yard line and, by means of
line-bucks and forward passes, car
ried the ball for her fourth touch
down.
Guilford offered a stubborn re
sistance in the third quarter which
held her opponents to a lone touch
down, while in the fourth quarter
Haverford advanced with a drive
that added 13 more points to her
I score.
Captain Brown and Rhoades were
the outstaanding stars for Haverford.
Line-up and summary:
Haverford—Rhoades, le; Strong,
It; Reinhardt, lg; Miller, c; Jones,
rg; Hollingshead, rt; Montgomery,
re; Wilbur, qb; Macon, lhb: Allen,
rhb; Brown, fb.
Guilford—Pringle, le; Nicholson,
It; Harrell, lg; Warrick, c; Lassiter,
rg; Shore, rt; Smith, re; Frazier,
f]!); Purvis, lhb; Knight, rhb; Thom
as, fb.
Haverford 20 7 7 13 —47
Guilford 0 0 0 0— 0
Touchdowns—Brown, 3; Wilbur,
Allen, Rhoades, 2. Goals after touch
downs—Brown, 3; Bacon 2. Substi
tutions—Haverford: Strawbridge for
I Miller, Heilman for Miller, Nick for
Heilman, Kumm for Nick, Busselle
for Strong. Guilford: Taylor for
flight, Johnson for Thomas, Eng
lish for Johnson. Referee—Whiting,
I'rinceton. Umpire—Davidson, Penn.
Head linesman—Kinney, Trinity,
lime of periods—ls minutes.
Congressional Candidate
Speaks in Memorial Hall
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, of Win-
St °n-Salem, Republ ban candidate
b>r congressman from the fifth dis
tr,ct, spoke in Memorial hall last
Tuesday afternoon, October 31.
Hie speaker used as her theme
1 I'eace without war," and discussed
*-it length the accomplishments of the
| conference and the part
i America played in the settlement of
■ 'he Shantung controversy.
TENNIS TEAM DEFEATS
STATE, BUT LOSES
TO ME FOREST
Defeat at the hands of Wake For
est and a victory over N. C. State
are the resluts of an eastern trip of
Guilford s tennis team last week.
At Wake Forest the Guilford team
struck a combination, made up of
Stringfield and Carlyle, that was be
yond them to stop. In fact the for
mer has a strong claim on the South
ern Colleges' singles champion. The
latter, although several degrees less
brilliant than ' his partner, yet
compares favorably with any player
in the state.
The most interesting match of the
day was the second doubles in which
Joyce and Winn, of Guilford lost to
Brown and Hendrix, of Wake For
est by the score of 4-6, 4-6. The first
doubles went to Wake Forest when
Stringfield and Carlyle beat Merri
man and English, 6-2, 6-4.
In addition to the doubles the fol
lowing singles were played: Winn
of Guilford lost to Carlyle of Wake
Forest, 3-6, 3-6. Stringfield, Wake
Forest won from Merriman, Guil
ford. 6-0, 6-2.
At N. C. State, Guilford found easy
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Ghostly Procession
Invades Campus Quiet
A long hike through the dark,
ghostly woods was the chief fea
ture of Guilford's Halloween cele
bration on Saturday night, Nov. 4.
The ghosts, gypsies, black cats,
witches and many other peculiarly
costumed things which peeped out
from behind masks, appeared at
Founders' at 7:30 o'clock With Pro
fessor Baker in the lead, they began
the march across the campus, down
through the field and into the woods,
where logs, stumps, bush and briers
made rough going.
Presently they came out into the
cemetery where a few spirits were
wandering around as if they had
lost their wits. The long procession
went on across country, behind the
church, the Y. M. C. A. building and
across the athletic field. Then the
trouble really began for they came
to some barbed wire fences, more
woods and finally in a brier patch.
The big branch in the pasture caused
considerable excitement because a
few of the spooks began to lose cour
age and to yell when they had to
cross it.
But the end of the journey was
near, and on the top of the hill they
found a campfire waiting for the
weary ghosts. Around the campfire
each ghost found out his partner
from the spirit land, and joined in
the general merriment. Games and
fearful ghost stories helped to keep
the atmosphere of Halloween while
the marshmallows were toasting over
the coals. Over on one side a cun
ning little gypsy in her tent revealed
truthfully the futures of those who
sought her. Another tent which
aroused the curiosity of everybody,
was guarded by a sheeted ghost who
called out to passers-by, "For men
only" and kept all the rest away, to
their great disappointment.
The social hours soon passed and
the former ghosts and witches started
home, real people once more.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 8, 1922
ZINITA GRAF, DEVEREUX
STAR DISCUSSES WORK
OF DEVEREUX PLAYERS
Advocates Casting College
Plays Thru Try-outs
Likes Realistic
Setting.
Sitting on the foot of Raina's
couch amid the changing of scenery
for "Arms and the Man," Miss Zinita
Graf, leading lady of the Devereux
Players, discussed audiences and act
ing.
"No, college audiences as a rule
do not laugh at Bernard Shaw, but
laugh with him," she said. "His
plays are so funny and so delightful
to act. However, the acting is so
different from that required in
Shakespere's plays that there is no
comparison. In the emotional scenes
of Shakespere's, although acting as
a whole is objective, there is so
much subjective acting that the strain
tires one to a great extent. But just
the same 1 love to do Shakespere's
plays."
"However," she continued, "Arms
and the iMan" gets a much greater
response from the audience and tak
ing each play as a whole we really
give a much more creditable per
formance of "Arms and the Man"
than of "Romeo and Juliet." It is odd
though, I find that Canadian audi
ences respond much more quickly to
Shakespere than in any other part of
America. The ordinary people, those
who do the meanest of labor, flock
the theatre when he is announced.
"Scenery is a great help to the
actor. It is so much harder for the
actor to play against impressionistic
scenery than the realistic. There is
so much more illusion to create and
audiences like to be lifted out of
themselves. But then applause is
not so gratifying. I do not work be
cause of the applause I receive or
for financial reasons," and she added
with a whimsical laugh, "certainly
not for financial reasons; the jov
comes in the work itself."
"Acting is just what I have always
wanted to do," said Miss Graf. "Ev
en from a child 1 always had it in
my mind to be an actress. I took
all the expression and posturing I
could get in college and then went to
a school of dramatics. I would ad
vise all girls who are planning to go
on the stage, to work through a school
of dramatics first, then follow it up
with a stock company experience.
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Preliminary Rounds In
Tennis Tourney Ended
The first round of the girls' ten
nis tournament has been played off
and the following are the winners:
Henrietta Lassiter from Helen Bos
tick; Ruth Reynolds from Josephine
Mock; Gertrude Bundy from Hazel
Richardson; Mary Henley from Cor
dia Thompson; Edith Macon from
Inez White; Marion Ward from Ruth
Hodges; Llyod Merriman from
Ruth Levering; Sallie Pearson from
Grace Smithdeal; Geneva Highfill
from Alice Thompson; Mary Webb
Nicholson from Ola Nicholson;
Katie Cooper from Gertrude Moore;
Lucile Moore from Janie Mae But
ler.
The first public game of baseball
will be played this week.
GERTRUDE MENDENHALL HOBBS,
DAUGHTER OF DR. 1. L HOBBS,
MARRIES RUSSEL KOMER
A wedding of interest to all Guil
fordians occurred on Saturday even
ing, November 4, at half past eight,
when Miss Gertrude Mendenhall
Hobbs was married to Russel De Le
sseppe Komer at the home of her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Louis Lyndon
Hobbs. Only the immediate mem
bers of the two families and intimate
friends were present.
The marriage was characterized
by its simplicity; the bride and
groom approaching the altar togeth
er unattended. The ring ceremony
was used, pastor Samuel Ha worth
o f High Point Friends Meeting offi
ciating.
The bride is the only daughter of
Dr. aiid Mrs. Hobbs. She was gradu
ated irom Guilford College with tin
class of 'l9, and after her graduation
was instructor in French at the col
lege.
Mr. Komer is a brother of Estelle
Komer Boulder of the class of 1914,
and he is a prominent business man
of Charlotte, N. C., where he is con
nected with the Grinnell Company in
the capacity of distributing agent of
that firm.
Mr. and Mrs. Komer left Saturday
night for New York City where they
will spend their honeymoon. They
will be at home in Charlotte after
December 1.
Famous Soprano To
Appear In Concert
Here Armistice Day
Marie de Kyser Pays Her
Second Visit To Guilford
i
Marie de Kyser will appear in a
song recital in Memorial Hall, Nov.
1. This is the second appearance of
Miss de Kyser at Guilford College.
Those who heard Miss de Kyser
last year will remember her beauti
ful lyric soprano voice which took
Guilford College by storm and won
for herself a following not excelled
by that of any previous musical art
ist.
Miss de Kyser writes that she is
looking forward to her return to
Guilford and assures Mr. White of
the musical department, that never
before had she sung to a more re
sponsive audience than at Guilford.
It might be well to add that news
has been received concerning Miss
de Kyser's most recent recital in one
of the northern cities. So great was
the crowd that the hall was filled to
overflowing and more than three hun
dred people were turned away.
Red Cross Nurse
Speaks to Students
Mrs. Dorothy Hayden, Red Cross
nurse for Guilford County, spoke at
chapel Monday morning, Oct. 30.
The speaker reviewed briefly the
work of the Red Cross during the
n
war and made ,an earnest appeal
for a large enrollment of students
during the coming year.
Mrs. F. H. N icholson of Greens
boro, called to see her daughter,
Mary Webb, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Emma King, a member of
the faculty of N. C. C. W.. was a
visitor on the campus Sunday.
CLIFFORD DEVEREUX
AND COMPANY CHARM
COLLEGE AUDIENCE
Score Biggest Hit In Shaw
Play; Miss Graf Pleases
In Role of Heroine
The Devereux Players opened the
college lyceum course, when they
presented "Romeo and Juliet" and
"Arms and the Man" to an enthusi
astic audience in Memorial Hall.
November 1.
In th® afternoon of November 1,
the Devereux Players presented the
Shakesperian tragedy, with a large
cast headed by Miss Zinita Graf and
Clifford Devereux. The play was
well presented and the audience was
enthusiastic in its commendation.
M iss Graf proved a winsome Juliet
and well deserved the hearty ap
plause of the audience. She proved
herself an emotional actress in the
latter scenes as well as a delineator
of the youthful and coquettish type
of character called for in the earlier
scenes. Mr. Devereux wooed his Jul
iet in a forceful and convincing if
not in an individual manner. John
Osgood as Mercutio proved the sur
prise of the afternoon, dominating
the stage in his scenes by his swag
gering and impudent manner.
In the evening, the company pre
sented "Arms and the Man" by Ber
nard Shaw. The presentation de
serves nothing but praise. Of the
two plays presented there was no
doubt as to which of the two was
done better. The cast did not fail
to present the play as Shaw intended
it, namely, in a satirical vein, and
the audience was loud in its approval
and praise. Miss Graf again took
the laurels for acting, presenting
Raina in the prescribed Shavian style,
impulsive, willful and conceited, and
never lacking in enthusiasm and life.
Mr. Devereux as Captain Blunasheli
brought the audenece to laughter in
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New Pastor Arrives In
Community
The college community is pleased
to welcome Joseph H. Peele, '9l,
back to the community. Mr. Peele
was a member of the faculty of the
college from 1912 to 191 I, in the
department of English. Now he
comes back to be pastor of New Gar
den Friends' Church.
After leaving Guilford in 1911,
Mr. Peele spent three years in Hart
ford Theological Seminary as a stud
ent and at the same time was ttie pas
tor of a church near Hartford. In
1917 the Friends' church in Pasa
dena, California, gave him a call to
become their pastor and he accepted
it. He served this church faithfully
and successfully for more than four
years and now he returns to his home
community to serve in the capacity
of a pastor.
Mr. Peele is also a graduate of
Emerson School of Oratory in Bos
ton. The church here at the college
made a wise choice when they de
cided to request that Mr. Peele re
turn, for he understands how to serve
college students as well as the peo
ple of the community.
Mr. Peele and his family made lite
. trip from California in a car. They
j report that they had a very enjoy
able trip.
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