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THE GUILFORDIAN VOL. X BR. WILFRED T. GREMFELL NOTED SLIBGEOEJ LECTURES 0!i LABRADOR i WORK Pictures Grandeur of North Coast Scenery: Tells of Hospital Work LAST LYCEUM NUMBER Tlie last number. anl one of the ver\ best, was given in Mr mi trial hall Saturday evening, when l>r. W'infred T. irenfell. noted bone surgeon ami north coast missionary. gave an illus trated lecture. "Mi Ist Snow and Ice in Labrador. Dr. irenfell gave an account >f how tlu' late l)wight 1.. Moody influenced him thirty-two years ago to dedicate hi- life to the work of a nn dical mi-sionary. lit mentioned the lure of the north, the appeal of ministering to the descendant- of men who helped to keep Anglo-Saxon civil - ii/ation safe. the de-ire to "make new men out of old. "The man who get- into the game." asserted Dr. Cirenfell. "not the one on the bleachers, has the real jov of life the \ iking spirit is horn out of hard thing's. The speaker presented the vari [ Continued on paue 3) CLASS SQUADS BATTLE IN BASKETBALL TOURNEY With the girl- basketball tour nament in full operation the most intense interest of the -eason i being manifested in this sport. Class enthusiasm ami spirit run high. The mushroom -pirit of ri valry of the tournament i- arous ed. Already several conflicts have been engaged in. and temporary laurel wreaths crown the victor - of the ]>reli miliary games. Ihe following scores give some idea as to the progress of the tourna ment: Freshmen vs. Sophomores. •25 to : luniors vs. Senior-: 11 to 2; luniors vs. Freshmen. Il l to Sophomores vs. Senior-. '•' to The first tournament will be completed next week, and with the beginning of the finals, even more interesting games are an ticipated. WESTTOWN ALUMNI HOLD ANNUAL REUNION MAY 24 The West own Mumni Associ ation will hold it- annual reunion at Westtown on March 21. 1 his mark- the 1-"ith anniver-a y oi the founding of the school, and in order to make the day a- memor able as possible, the Alumni As sociation wishes to extend ;i most hearty welcome to thost wl'o have ever been coimec te( with Westtown. fheri will b( activities throughout the day am evening. and eflorts are bein£ made to secure especially intei esting speakers. Ihe \ssocia tion is extremely anxious tha many ohl students shall gathe on the campus on that day am spend a few worthwhile hour '' ■ >• f f--- ■y S ' Tit,i n. left t.i right -Tlu.mas. K.vnohls. Sparger, Herring, A. Smi;h, Tew. Center n.u, left to right .1. C. l-a/ier, lU> IWk U-oaeli". Win ii t manager I, J. H. Crazier I captain I. Kottom row. silting, left to right t. Mnith, It. Mmtli. I urnmmgs, t errell. HIGH SCHOOLS PLACING I ENTRIES FOR TRACK DAY 1 ( Annual Athletic and Oratorical i Contest Promises To Be Biggest In History Plans for high school day \pril , •>;, art- last materializing. Fifteen >chool> have already entered >tudent- for the track events, haskethall and declamation con tests. ;md other entries are ex pected to pour in during the next four weeks. lireenshoro and W iu>ton-S.i lem will again enter all the events of the da\. Durham ha representative- in the declama tion content, and will probobh enter names for the track event> a little later. Acceptances are coming from all part- of tin- State: from Selma, and Sanford. (Continued on pane 2) SENIORS ENTERTAINED AT PRcSSDENT'S HOME \ l.ast Tuesda\ evening. 1 >r. and Mrs. I'.inford entertained the members of the senior cla— with a delightful informal party from 1 111 o'clock. T \t seven o clock, the >eniot class convened in front of Found-j - er's hall and went "en masse" to 11 the part). During the course of s the partv. During the course of if the evening various interesting n game- were engaged in in the true senior spirit of joviality, a cle\ei er little contest followed which a ' was greatlv enjoyed, and in e which Peora Sherrill won the d prize. Afterward the hostess serv ,e ed to her guests delightful or d angeade and doughnuts. 0- Pater in the evening. Dr. Bin r- ford discussed with the seniors 1- plans which are being formulated it for the -pring commencement. ;r askng for their various opinions (1 or suggestions, and reaching rs some decisions in regard to thi> matter. GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. March l'J2l FAST QUAKER QUINT SCORES N TWELVE VICTORIES 0 N HEAVY SCHEDULE. LOSES SIX GASES Twelve victories out of a sche- . dule >f eighteen games is the re- cord of the 1924 basketball team, the fastest Crimson and (Iray j quint since 191 I a> judged by competitive scores. lhis record was made on a schedule includ ing the strongest teams of Xorth ' Carolina and "V irginia. A total of ■>•>: field goals and 90 . oftil >hots was piled up during foul shots was piled up during I'razier. playing in 11 game-, ac counted for 10") Held goals and foul-, an average ot II 1-16 points to the game. The team wa- arrayed against the fastest quints in the State in!, the earlv part of the season,and ( was not able to measure it- own pace until the third week of play, although a scare wa- thrown int 1 the Trinit v line- in the initial I combat at I )urham. 1 >a\ idson broke even with the Quakers, and \\ akt lorest was routed from the return bout. X. C . Mate wa third place in the State lineup in defeated in both engagements, land I ".lon twice bit the dust be ' fore the Ouaker team. Against tile teams from the 'ld l)ominion country, (milford pre sented a stiff front, and in the ' j final week of play, William and I Mary . The Richmond I'lue Bat jtalion, and TTampden-Sidney were (forced to leave on their slate a verv knott\ problem. Richmond I niversitv nosed out ahead by a one point lead at the final whistle. The ("milford team, b\ all -ign-, seemed to get better a- the sea son went on. Tt is a matter of re j cord that it won 10 out of the last 1 ? games played. Originally there were 1!' game on the Quaker schedule but one " contest with Lenoir was cancelled due to the lack of lights that (Continued on papre 3.) VIISS OSBORNE REVIEWS WORK OF ELWOOO HAYNES "Elwood Haynes an hi- first model of the 'horseless carriage' in his wife's kitchen, said Miss Louise Osborne in her review at chapel Thur-da\ morning of th career of the man who added the automobile to America's -tore of useful inventions. Mi-s ( isborne ha- long been an acquaintance of the llayne- tami -I\. having lived in the -ame town for 'i number of years. ITer ac count of Mr. llayne- wa- an in complete biographv made doubly interesting l>\ the incident- and personal touch which -he wa able to supply. "Mr. llaynes." -aid Mi-s ( i borne. "is a plain man. greatly interested in the common people TTe was educated at Woostei I'olvtechnic Institute, and tool post-graduate work at John 1 Hopkins Then he taught sci ence at i';stTn Indiana Kornia coll; .v i .ati " he became mana ger o: tl ' coal field.- at Portland Indian:.. . of the gas fields a Kok i-iio 11 ere at Kokomo In (Continued on page 4.) Dover Road At 8 o'clock, Saturday night, March 29, 1924, the Guilford College Dramatic Council will present for its sixth semi-annual production A. A. Milne's world famous comedy, "The Dover Road." The play is a three act wonder of absurd comedy, and will undoubt edly be the best evening's entertainment of the year. Seats for the show will be on sale Wednesday, March 19, at SI.OO each. All seats reserved. Mail your check for reservations to Edward M. Holder, Guilford College, N. C. Receipts from the play help pay the bills of the MEN'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MORAL TRUTii UNDERLIES "THE BJVEfI RBfi." BUT PLAY IS ABSURD COMEDY I'lu I )>\ er UoHfl i- a 1• i r |ll.'t\ lull lint OIIC Ol tllosl Ull- T>t'n(ll:• where tlic moral truth to lie pre-cnted is fairly tilrj 1 -t :it the audience. Indeed it is - interwoven with whimsic .•lit- and charming 1 situation, that t!> truth presented never f btrudes. or clamor-- to be recog nized. hut still is always felt. The pi "iv tt'li- the -tory of two \onug couples that iin]til-■ vel> are att 'in] ting to escape f uncongenial first marriage to I what i'l'i >n : -es to lie even rrore i unhapp\ second one-. Therefore they are taking tlie Dover Road, which conies to have a double, meaning. It is not just the lone ly road from Calais to Dover. Tt i- the road that everywhere wning couples are taking (like Anne and Leonard) in the dark, ■ with the same probable outcome. ' Always the cycle swings, some times for the good and some times otherwise. I Ihe central figure of it all i -1 Mr. Latimer, who in the course I of a life of bachelordom has hat! t : time to philosophize to a snial extent, and to grow pleasantly .. j interesting and eccentric. Hi. , ; hobby is preventing young peo , I pie from making unhappy mar t . riages tin wittingly. He explain: f and defends his position thus t Anne: , "Miss \nne I'm not being mor i. al. on see | am a ver\ ricl i, man. and we have it on goo . authority that it i- difficult for . very rich man to be a ver\ goo v man. Hut. being a ver\ ricl ,1 man I try to spend m\ nione\ s that it makes soinehudv else ha]' py beside- my-elf. la's the onl ... happy of spending nione\ isn't it v And it is my In>hb\ to pre\ en people to try if I can to pn •r' vent people making nulla] k I>y marriages. ... It - woiulerft ic, what power money gives vol Nobody realizes it. because n> xl i body ever spends it save in th i ib\ ii hi- way I '.ill most K it i T. my hobby to concentrate n II tho.-( second marriages int ic which people plunge with n (Continued on i>aire 4) No. 2(1
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