THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. IX.
BASKETBALL SQUAB TUBNS
OUT FOB PBACTICE. FIBST
GAME, BEG. TWENTIETH
Three Letter Men Are Back
Scrubs and New Men
Promise Well
With the stage cleared of foot
ball, college basketball is going
through the make-up phase in prep
aration for its bebut, on December
20. Just who will represent Guil
ford in the first act is largely a
matter of guess work. However
a word about the squad, to which
coach Doak is devoting his time,
might be of interest.
Of the letter men, there are three
back, Capt. J. G. Frazier, "Shorty"
Frazier, and Thad Mackie. Capt.
Frazier needs no introduction. Suf
fice to say that in dribbling, passing,
-and angled shooting, he is the same
artist that has won our admira
tion during the past three years.
"Shorty" Frazier, the runt for
ward of last season, is back at his
rabbit dodging, and spectacular
shooting. His year of experience
has made marked improvement upon
him, and much is expected this seas
on from his corner of the floor.
Thad Mackie, Guilford's guard for
two years, has still the uncanny
habit of being always an the way
of aspiring opponents. Around
these men as a nucleus, Doak hopes
to build up a winning team for the
crimson and gray.
Judging from the promising play
ers among the scriibf. ;and new men
it is safe to say thai Guilford will
make a creditable showing. The
outstanding men of the scrubs are;
Connor, Crews, and Cummings.
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STUDENTS GIVEN NSION
OF AMERICAN ILLITERACY
Dr. Elwood C. Perisho in his
second appearance before the stu
dent body since returning from his
six month's western lour, made •>•
talk in chapel last Friday morning,
stressing the importance of educa
tion.
"The most widespread power for
evil is ignorance and illiteracy,"
was used as the keynote sentence in
bringing the factor before the audi
ence. To the question. "Have we
much ignorance in America," Dr.
Perisho declared that, although sta
tistics show only a small percentage
of actual illiteracy, there is a vast
number of people living in this
country who can write their names
but cannot read a newspaper in- J
tclligently, or discuss the problems
which are confronting our democra
cy.
The second most outstanding fact
in education was revealed during!
the World War. Government offi
cials, in giving very simple ex
aminations, found approximately
one-third of the entire number
could neither read army orders nor
write intelligent letters. From these
facts, the speaker made it clear that
there is a considerable loss, both
in work and efficiency of citizenship,
from the cause of illiteracy.
Dr. Perisho, after having discuss
ed the educational situation, turned
to the economic side of life and
made a vivid picture of the loss in
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LIBRARY RECEIVES LAB6E
SHIPMENT OF NEW BOOKS
Fiction, Travel, Education
Science and History
Represented
From Sinclair Lewis' popular
novel "Rabbit" to "Differential
equations" by Johnson, from Tark
ington's "Alice Adams" to Sned
don's "Educational Sociology," from
ltooks of outdoor life by Van Dyke
i and Burroughs, to books of science
[ iind religious works, extends the
range covered by the library's lat
est purchases.
Reference books for every depart
! ment, as well as- novels, biographies
and autobiographies are in this
! number. The flist, which comprises
J about one hundred volumes, is as
| follows:
History: Schapiro, Modern and
| Contemporary Europe; Peck, Twen
ty Years of Our Republic; Paxon,
Recent History of the United States:
Linglev, Since the Civil War; Ogg,
Economic Department of Modern
Europe; Burch and Patterson, Prob
lems in America's Democracy
! I 19221; liasset, A Short History of
| the United States.
Biology-; Lull, Evolution of Man;
Lull, Evolution of the Earth; Eddy,
W. H. Vitamine Manual; Hierae
mann, A Laboratory Guide in Bac
teriology; Childs, Senesenes and
j Rejuvnesence, Childs, Origination
and Development of the Nervous
System; Vol. I. Eugenics, Genetics
and the Family; Vol. II Eugenics
[ in Race and State.
' Education: Watson, Psychology:
Melville, 'Standard Method of Test
ing Juvenile Mentality; Knight, Ed
ucation in the South; Bagley, The
Educative Process.
Music: Dana, Smythe, Streaks of ■
Life.
Biblical Literature: White, The
Sayings ol Jesus Oxyhyneus; Mof- j
fatt. The Approach to the New
Testament.
Home Economics: Andsley, Color |
Harmony in Dress; Winterburn. j
Principles of Correct Dress; Devine.
The Family and Social Work;
Chenney, W. E. Home Entertaining;
Neil, M. H. Candies and Bonbons
and How to Cook Them; Freder
ickson, The Story of Cheese; Wood,
The Story of a Loaf of Bread;
Carpenter, Hcnv the World is Hous
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CHORAL SOCIETY GIVES
BALFE'S BOHEMIAN GIRL
"The Bohemian Girl," the well
known opera by Balfe, will be pre
sented at Memorial Hall in a
concert in Wednesday evening, De
cember 13, at 8:15 o'clock by the
choral society, under the direction
of Prof. James Westley White. The
opera will not be given in its
entirety nor will there be any at
tempt to stage it dramatically.
The society has been working
hard all the fall and the perform
ance promises to be unusually good.
Professor White has secured excel
lent singers for the solo parts; Miss
Beatrice Byrd, of the Guilford
College music department, soprano:
Mrs. Helen Caldwell of Greensboro,
contralto; John Gurney Briggs of
High Point, tenor; and Foster)
Barnes, baritone. Mrs. Robert Dann
will accompany the chorus.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 13, 1922.
DR. PERISHO REPORTS
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS
IN EASTERN CAROLINA
Dr. Elwood C. Perisho has just
returned from a trip through eastern
North Carolina, where he visited
many Friends' meetings and ad
dressed various high schools. He
reports a deep interest among all
Guilfordians in their college and a
strong desire on the part of those
who have not finished college to
return and complete their college
course.
Going east, Dr. Perisho made his
first slop at Burlington, where he
addressed the high school and vis
ited the Guilford College club there.
On November 25, he was at
Quarterly meeting at Up River
church in the community of the
Whites and Winslows. During the
remainder of his trip he visited and
made addresses at Winchester, Bel
videre, Woodland of North Hamp
ton county. Rich Square, Woodland
of Wayne county, Goldsboro and
Nahunta.
Dr. Perisho spoke very enthusias
tically of his trip. He could not
refrain from mentioning the big
Thanksgiving dinner he enjoyed in
Woodland at the home of Miss
Ruth Outland of last year's senior
class. He said that Miss Outland
was teaching very successfully at
Rich Square.
Guilford graduates seemed to pre
dominate as teachers in schools
which he visited. He reported
Guilford graduates at the following
schools: Belvidere, Murray F.
White, principal; Rich Square, Ruth
Outland, teacher; Woodland, Wayne
County, Francis Moore, teacher;
Burlington, A. I. Newlin, teacher;
and Nahunta, Earl Pearson, princi
pal.
DRAMATIC COUNCIL MEETS,
DISCUSSES SPRING PLAY
The Dramatic Council of Guil
j ford College held a meeting Wednes
| day evening to discuss the success
!of "Daddy Long-Legs" and plan
I another play for the spring pre
sentatVm.
The box office receipts of "Daddy
Long-Legs" broke all previous rec
ords of the dramatic efforts of
Guilford College, having netted the
Y. W. C. A. $119.00, besides
adding numerous stage properties
to the already well stocked property
room.
The plays under consideration for
the spring production are now be
ing read by the members of the
council and it is safe to state the
play given in the spring will com
pare favorably with the production
of "Daddy Long-Legs."
Plays now being read are; "Po
mander Walk;" "Green Stockings;"
"Nothing But the Truth"; The Man
of the Hour;" "Officer 666," and
"Three Live Ghosts."
Each of the above plays has en
joyed unusual success on Broadway.
A choice will be made and try-outs
held immediately after the holidays.
It is also the general opinion of
the members of the Dramatic Coun
cil that variety is not always the
spice of life and that it would be
advisable to produce a play with
only one stage setting.
SARAH HODGES WINNER
IN ORATORICAL CONTEST
Six Zatasians Take Part in 15th
Annual Contest
I ; The fifteenth annual oratorical
II contest of the Zatasian Literary
" Society was held in Memorial Hall,
e j Saturday evening December 9. Six
' | members participated, entertaining
1 1 their audience with a variety of
e [ subjects. The quality of a number
5 j of the orations affords much honor
L> ) to the contestants, and credit to
the society which they represent.
3 According to the decision of the
s judges, Sarah Hodges of the class
" of '25, surpassed her competitors
• and delivered in a very excellent
1 : manner the winning oration. Miss
r Hodges showed her audience the true
2 patriotic, heroic, and democratic
2 spirit of America as it is today, by
1 remembering the achievements of
- our forefathers along with the spirit
- which prompted them. Miss Hodges
1 is especially to be commended for
I j her originality of composition.
Marion Ward, '25, in the first
- j oration of the evening painted out
II the rapid progress which has taken
r place in the rural sections of our
i country. In conclusion the speaker
s stated that not by any means has
r everything been done for the rural
I community and that there is still
t room for greater improvement.
Similar in character to the first
was the second oration which was
? a contrast between former and pres-
I en! educational systems of the rural
; districts of North Carolina, deliver
. Ed by Beulah Allen. Miss Allen
i forcefully challenged her audience
! to be proud of the great change
that has taken place, and to look
forward to the greater development
in the future.
In the third oration Margaret j
Townsend, '26. made a plea for thej
profession of nursing. As a repre
sentative of the true spirit of a
nurse, the speaker referred to Flor
ence Nightengale.
Virginia Osborne, '24, who pre
sented the fifth oration, made an
unusually original discussion of a
theme not frequently treated in such
contests. Miss Osborne appealed to
the inmost hearts of the youths of
this generation for a more spiritual
church. "The trouble with our re
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STUDENTS RESPOND TO
GUILFORIAN TRY-OUT
Considerable interest is being
shown in the Guilfordian by the
number of students who have re
sponded to the chapel talk given
by the editor-in-chief last Wednes
day, in regard to the new system
of try-outs for positions on the re
portorial staff of the paper.
Under the present plan, which is I
being put in force for the first I
time, the candidates are permitted
to write three news articles to be J
judged by editors and the head of i
the English department who recom- ]
mends the most successful ones to ;
the different literary societies for t
election. j
So far the number of contestants
from the boys' societies far exceeds 1
those of the girls'. However the £
editorial staff hopes that the girls 1
will show increased interest during I e
the coming weeks. c
PROF. L, L. WHITE REPORTS
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
OF TEACHERS ASSEMBLY
Ungraded Student Presents
Outstanding Problem
of Session
Prof. L. L. White, who with Dr.
Binford recently attended the thirty
ninth annual session of the North
Carolina Teachers' Assembly, re
ports a very interesting session.
The assembly is divided into
many departments, and Professor
White said that he was only able
to attend the meetings in two of
these sections.
Tn these departments he found
great stress being laid on the "un
classified student." This was the
theme on which Miss Elizabeth
Fenell, supervisor of ungraded class
es, of the New York City schools,
spoke. It was not that the student
had not been put in a class but that
he failed to sit where he had been
classified. He admitted that this
was caused by what is generally
termed difference in capacities but
claimed that this it was due rather
to a difference in the rate of learn
ing.
This is a subject in which educa
tors are greatly interested at
present and for which a sat'
isfactory solution is very much
sought. Of the remedies suggested,
that brought out by the speech of
Dr. M. R. Trabue of the University
of North Carolina was the outstand
ing one. He spoke on the use of
intelligence tests and measurements
for determining the child's ability
and talents.
Professor White spoke very en
thusiastically of the meeting f
COMPETITION ESSENTIAL
IN TRAINING OF LEADERS
SAYS PROF. J. 0. WHITE
Thursday morning's chapel exer
cises were conducted by Professor
Joseph D. White, head of the de
partment of chemistry, whose re
marks covered a somewhat different
field than those of the orthodox
chapel talks.
Choosing for his subject,, "Com
petitions," upon which he stated he
would "preach a sermon," the speak
er brought out very forcibly the pro
cess by which leaders are created in
any sphere. A race horse must be
a thoroughbred at the start, said Mr.
j White. Fie must have the innate
ability to make a record. But not
on this alone does his success de
pend. He must run against other
horses, must compete, must fight.
By this competition a purpose for
winning will be stimulated, a desire
to outrun the opponent and to break
his record.
Leaders in college organizations
are selected according to their fit
ness for leadership. It is this com
petition that makes them more fit,
and that determines their populari
ty. Students often remark that it
is the popular fellow who gets
elected, but that man is popular
because of his capability. The cap
able man will be recognized, but
he can attain the highest peak of
efficiency only when developed by
opposition through competition.
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