THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. IX.
GUILFORD GETS SIOO,OOO
General Education Board
Makes Conditional Gift
Guilford Must Secure
$275,000
HOLLOWELL GIVES 10,000
Campaign for Endowment
Launched by College
One hundred thousand dollars
has been granted to Guilford Col
lege by the General Eudcation
Board of New York. It is a con
ditional gift, the condition being
that the college raise an addition
al amount of $2 75 000.00. A cam
paign has been launched to be spon
sored by the Guilford College Alum
ni Associaion. Following the an
nouncement of this, Richard Hollo
well, of Columbus, S. C., donated
$10,000.00.
The college now has $200,000.00
endowment and with the additional
sum of $300,000.00 the enliwment
will be $500,000.00 an
which is required for all colleges
who enter the Southern College Asso
ciation $75,000.00 of the proposed
budget will be used for necessities of
the college and to pay off all in
debtedness.
The gift from the General Edu
cation Board is one of a very few
that have been made to North Caro
lina Intsitutions, and was tendered
after the board had made a thorough
investigation of the college, its stand
ards and needs. The investigation
was made personally by Dr. Wallace
Butterick, chairman of the board
and Trevor Arnette, one of the sec
retaries, who were at Guilford some
time ago. Dr. Butterick was very en
thusiastic in his praise of the stand
ards of Guilford and the work it is
doing in the state and expressed
himself favorably on the ideals and
characteristics of the college.
At present Guilford is a Class
"A" college but unless its endow
ment can be raised to $500,000.0!)
it will lose its Class "A" standing.
Guilford is recognized as one of the
most economical colleges in North
Carolina and the minumum expense
with the aid of a sustaining fund has
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MACON AND MARSHALL TO
HEAD GOILFOROIAN STAFF
The new editorial staff of the
Guilfordian Board was elected Tues
day night at a meeting of the report
ers. Hershel L. Macon, the present
managing editor, was unanimously
elected Editor-in-Chief for the com
ing year. Robert Marshall was
chosen as Managing Editer without
a dissenting vote.
Spot Taylor is retiring from ihe
staff as Editor-in-Chief. The paper
has been very successful under the
old staff and the indications are
that with the new and experienced
editors the paper is assured of con
tinued progress.
Guilford's Great Opportunity
OUR OPPORTUNITY
William Bryan, President of
the University of Indiana, de
clares that:
"A noble Alma Mater
Is created by Sacrifice
None truly belong to Her
Save They
Who join in the sacrifice."
We are calling this campaign
for a five thousand dollar endow
ment for Guilford, "Guilford's
great opportunity" but in these
significant words of President
Bryan, we are reminded that this
movement is one great oppor
tunity for the Alumni, former
students and all friends of the
college to partake in the sacrifice
by which noble institutions are
created
The greatness of any institu
tion lies not in its buildings, in
its equipment nor in its traditions,
but rather in the noble ideals, the
pure hearts, the clean lives and
heroic spirits of the men and wo
men who go out from her halls.
The production of character re
quires something more than train
ed men, it requires divine men
and women, who will pour out
their souls and their energy, their
very iife blood for the boys and
girls who come within her doors.
I hold that the students who have
congregated in our class rooms
and dormitories have partaken
of vital soul food as well as intel
lectual training. But it has all
been in vain if in this hour of
her need the Alma Mater calls in
vain for sacrifice to save her life.
This is your great opportunity to
belong, truly, to a nobie Alma
Mater. There is no greater crime
than to drink in the sacrifices and
life energies of others and then to
fail to pass them on or repay
as the opportunity affords.
Your great opportunity. Let
Guilford's sons and daughters be
worthy of her.
Let them build a Christian col
lege that shall be worthy of their
noblest selves. That shall abide
through all time, with its high
ideal embodied with noble endow
ments. Let this generation con
tribute its part to the perpetuity
of the splendid little college
which others sacrificed to found
and generations maintained and
enlarged and presented to it.
Raymond Binford
Hugh White,, who is teaching in
the Kernersville High School, vis
ited at the college Sunday.
Murry Tate spent the week end
with friends at the college.
Joe Ragsdale visited his cousin,
Jack Ragsale Sunday.
W. L. Rudd was on the campus
Sunday.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ JANUARYS 10, 1923 '
T. GILBERT PEARSON
CONTRIBUTES TO LIBRARY
President Audubon Society
Presents to College Set
of his Works
The following list of books has
been received by the college library
as a gift from T. Gilbert Pearson,
'97:
T. Gilbert Pearson, "Bird Study
Book"
T. Gilbert Pearson, "Tales of
Birdland"
T. Gilbert Pearson, "Stories of
Bird Life"
T. Gilbert Pearson, Editor, "Por
traite and habits of Our Birds."
North Carolina Geological and
Economical Survey.
A letter accompanying the gift
is as follows:
December 15, 1922.
Miss Katherine C. Ricks,
Librarian, Guilford College,
Guilford, North Carolina.
Dear Miss Ricks:
I am today sending you for the
College Library as a slight Christ
mas token, six books, four of which
I am the author and two others I
have edited and caused to be pub
lished. These you will note are
about birds and I am sending them
thinking possibly some of the stu
dents of the College might find
them of some slight interest.
While it has been nearly twenty
three years since I graduated from
Guilford my interest in the institu
tion continues very great—so strong
ly does one's mind remain on the
memories of the experiences of his
youth.
I always read the Guilfordian and
am always pleased to hear the latest
news from anyone who has visited
the College.
Yours very cordially,
T. Gilbert Pearson
Mr. Pearson is one of the "really
great" Alumni of Guilford. He en
tered Guilford as a boy in knee
pants and she kept him until she
could no longer hold so famous an
authority on birds and bird life. He
was born in Tuscola, 111., and spent
his childhood and early youth in In
diana and Florida. He entered Guil
ford in 1891 and was graduated in
1897. ..During his student career he
was curator of the college museum.
The college is indebted to him for
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HEAD OF ENGLISH DEPT.
TAKES LONG VACATION
M iss Mary Aline Polk, head of
the English Department, is at her
home in Vincennes, Indiana, recup
erating from nerve strain. However,
Miss Polk writes that she is ice
skating and doing everything to
restore her health so that she can
resume her duties on February Ist.
The Guilfordian unites with the
whole student body in wishing a
quick restoration to good health
and a hope that she will soon be
back.
Guilford Alumni Association
Calls Special Meeting
JOINT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES
HOLD EIRST MEETING
Campaign Methods Outlined
The Guilford College Alumni
Committee met with the Guilford
College campaign committee on Jan
uary 14, at Guilford College to com
plete the plans for the launching of
the Endowment campaign for $275,
000.00 which amount must be
raised in order to meet the condi
tions of the $100,000.00 donation
tendered by the General Education
Board.
C. C. Smithdeal, of Winston-
Salem, Chairman, presented.
Preliminary to the general dis
cussion, Dr. E. C. Perisho opened
the meeting with the concise state
ment of Guilford's present situation.
He stressed the point that this is
Guilford's great opportunity. "This
is the time when Guilford is to
fall back or go forward," he stated.
He then explained the financial bur
den which the trustees were carrying
in order to create a sustaining fund,
which fund has been providing for
the deficits of the college for the
past few years.
"The proposed endowment" Dr.
Perisho continued, "will increase
the educational possibilities of Guil
ford, which though hampered, has
sent forth some of North Carolina's
best citizens."
Dr. Binford then explained how
expenses of the past years have
multiplied, and the difficulties which
had to be met by those in charge of
the institution, in order for it to con
tinue. "Economically the college is
running on its minimum expenses."
"But," he continued, "Guilford can
not continue to run under the exist
ing conditions."
Col. W. A. Blair, of Winston-
Salem, expressed himself quite en
thusiastically on the future of the
campaign and advanced many sug
gestions for the final plan of
launching the campaign.
Mr. Ralph Parker, of High Point,
and Miss Mary Petty, of Greensboro,
presented suggestions that were of
great value, and expressed them
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Guilford Goal-Tos.sers
Win the Opener
Guilford won its first practice
game from the Greensboro "Y" by
an easy margin of 38 to 22 on the
latter's floor, Dec. 20th. In the re
turn date, Jan. 31st, Greensboro ex
pects to come back strong as they
have lately won over Wake Forest.
Prospects for the season are prom
ising. With the exception of Dew
ey Crews, guard of 'ast year, who
is out with a broken nose, the
team is ready for Greensboro on the
31st of this month and Lenoir on
the 27th.
Pledges Loyal Support to
Endowment Campaign
DR. BINFORD SPEAKS
Strong Committee Appointed
To Represent Alumni
A slpecial meeting of the Guilford
College Alumni Association was
held on December 29th, 1922, in
Greensboro, N. C. The purpose of
the meeting was to determine what
steps the Association should take in
connection with a proposed cam
paign to increase the endowment of
the college.
President Binford announced that
a gift had been made by the Gen
eral Educational Board, of New
eral Education Board, of New York
City, on the condition that the college
raise an additional sum of $275,000
making a total of $375,000. Of this
amount, $300,000 will be added to
the endowment fund, and the re
maining $75,000 will be applied to
various needs of the college. The an
nouncement was received with seri
ous enthusiasm which indicates a de
termination on the part of the alum
ni and alumnae to go through with
a program that will establish Guil
ford more firmly financially than
it has ever been, and realize a
dream that has. long filled the minds
of all interested in the college and
the good work it is doing.
Since this is the first time that
Guilford has ever been offered so
large a sum of money, it was the
opinion of every one present at the
meeting that now is the appropriate
time for the Alumni Association to
do a really worth while piece of
work for Guilford. A work that will
call for devotion and service of not
only the alumni and alumnae, but
of every friend of the institution.
With these facts in mind, it was the
unanimous decision that the Associ
ation should assume the leadership
and responsibility of a financial
campaign to meet the condition of the
New York gift, and without a dis
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LEXINGTON TO ORGANIZE
GUILFORD COLLEGE CLUB
Dr. E. C. Perisho and President
Raymond Binford made a trip to
Greensboro, High Point, and Lex
ington on Friday, January 12, for
the purpose of visiting graduates
and old students of the college.
Among those visited were: Walter
H. Mendenhall and A. H. Michael,
bankers; O. \ . Wooslev, prominent
Sunday School worker of the state;
Zeb Walser, Jr., Donald A. Walser,
and W. T. Brinkiey, attorneys,
Lcßoy Miller, L. L. Barbee, C. H.
Thompson, and J. V. MofTitt. These,
along with other prominent Guil
ford graduates of Lexington, are
planning to organize a Guilford
Club at Lexington.
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