THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. XII
DEACONS TRIUMPH OVER
THE FIGHTING QUAKERS
IN ANNUAL GRID RATTLE
Robertson Stars for Guilford
Reserves do Excellent Work
The Fighting Quakers went down in
defeat before the superior Wake Forest
team Friday afternoon to the tune of
25 to 0. The game was slow and rather
uninteresting. The weather which was
ominous in its low-ranging clouds, with
a drizzling rain, robbed the two teams
of their usual fight and punch.
Both captains started their first
teams, which played thruout most of
the first half. During the second half,
the second teams were run in. Guil
ford seemed to have a slight edge on
Wake Forest with the line-ups thus
changed, holding the Deacons scoreless
until they ran in more first string
men.
The Guilford line did not pack the
punch it has had in former games
this season, the Baptists going thru
almost at will. This Weakening can
probably be attributed to Captain War
rick's absence, however, who was
playing in the backfield, in Kimrey's
position, the plucky quarterback being
out with a sprained wrist. The
Deacons' aerial game netted them 60
yards in three passes. Most of the
Wake Forest gains were made thru the
line, however.
The Guilford team showed up best
in the shadow of their own goal, some
of their old-time pep being in evidence.
Time after time they turned Wake
Forest back when a touchdown seemed
inevitable.
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"Y" CONVENTION AT DUKE
DISCUSSES WORLD COURT
Four representatives of the Guil
ford College Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A., Ruth McCollum, Ruth Lane,
Earl Henly and Sydney Winslow,
attended the World Court Conference
that was held at Duke University, from
last Friday till Monday. They met
with a group of something near a
hundred student representatives called
together under the auspices of the
Christian Associations of America.
This meeting was similar to the ones
that are being held or have been held
in each state.
It is the purpose of the Christian
Association to develope interest in the
World Court among the students of
the United States and later it will
hold an election among college students
to ascertain their attitude toward the
World Court. Should they favor the
United States entering the court, a
petition will be sent to Congress urg
ing such action.
Elbert Russell, who has made
several lectures here and who will be
here for some days yet, gave two
lectures before the meeting. His lec
ture on the "Growing Unity of the
World" was heartily received. Some
other speakers were Roy Beach, from
the National Headquarters of Chris
tian Associations and Kirby Page, an
author of note. Mr. Beach had only
recently returned from Europe and he
spoke in a convincing way from first
hand information of the conditions
over there.
THOMPSON ZfICH.'.RY HERE
Thompson Zachary, Senator left
hander, was a visitor on the campus
Sunday afternoon. He spent some
time visiting his sister, Hazel Zachary,
and friends and acquaintances here.
Of course the main topic of conversa
tion was concerning the outcome of
the last World's Series in baseball.
Mr. Zachary has been at his home,
near Graham, since the close of the
baseball season. He is planning to
spend the winter there and return to
his position with the Senators next
spring.
ELBERT RUSSELL DIS
CUSSES CHRISTIANITY
IN THE EAST
Says Easterners Judge Us By
Our Own Standards.
Dr. Elbert Russell, eminent Quaker
educator, gave three lectures before
the student body dealing with questions
of international christian relations
and the attitude of the non-christian
world toward Christianity.
His first speech was given at chapel
Thursday morning. The subject was
the attitude of the peoples of the
Near East toward Christianity.
The people of the Near East do not
see in Christianity any advantage over
their present religion. Christians and
christian nations conduct themsleves
in such a paradoxical manner to their
teachings the people feel that they can
not rely on the sincerety of Christians.
The concept that they get of a Chris
tian influence leads to a belief in war,
heartless commercialism and unprinci
pled force. They see the greatest christ
ian nations at war with others in direct
contradiction to the teachings of the
Bible which are accepted in spirit by
these unchristianized Easterners. Gand
hi himself says that he owes much to
the teachings of a Quaker missionary
that he met in Africa. He believes
in the spirit of the Sermon on the
Mount, but he does not call himself
a Christian because he does not sanc
tion the practices of the christian
nations.
Some people say that the Christianity
of the Sermon on the Mount is im
practicable. If we believe it is im
pracicable and do not have faith enough
to trust the word of Jesus, how can
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DOCTOR BHD TELLS
THE VALUES OF CHAPEL
"What would you think of a family
like this?" Was Doctor Binford's
question, put to the students in chapel,
Wednesday morning. "The father
gets up at five o'clock and gets away
to business; the children get up at
seven o'clock and get away to school;
the mother gets up at eight o'clock
and eats breakfast. Father and the
children do not come home for lunch;
the mother goes out to an afternoon
tea and doesn't come home to supper;
the children come home and eat an
early supper and go to a movie; the
father come home again at seven o'clock
and finds all gone."
After discussing a family of this
type, the speaker likened it to a col
lege that attempts to run without a
ciiapel period during the day in which
to come together and associate to
gether for at least a short while. His
address was in the form of a justifica
tion of having a chapel hour service.
SENIORS ENTERTAINED AT
BEENS' HALLOWE'EN PARTY
Senior dignity was cast to the winds
Thursday night and the class of
twenty-six hied to the home of Misses
Mattie and Edna Been, costumed in
ginghan dresses and overalls. The
purpose of the occasion was to have a
genuine old time Halloween social.
Contrasted against the everyday
"Grind of Duty" it Was a season that
dispelled "wrinkled care,, and brought
lo life tlie spirits that has been sleep
ing since last Halloween when the
whole student body spent a carefree
evening by a bonfire down west of the
college in Ballinger's pasture. Various
games were played, fortunes were told,
and contests of divers sorts were car
ried on that contributed wholesome
merriment to the program. Due to the
fact that a lecture had been scheduled
before the hour for the party to com
mence, the established "sober and
sensible" hour of ten, for ending all
social affairs, was disregarded, at the
suggestion of Doctor Binford.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.,NOVEMBER 4, 1925
GUILFORD STUDENTS MAKE
TRIP TO LAND OF GHOSTS
By Alice Hazard
At eight o'clock the spooks and
goblins rang the bell which called us
to their frolic. However, for some time
before we had heard them moaning
and screeching in the trees and vari
ous parts of the campus.
We met in Founders Hall and never
recognized our friends. The place was
of a different world. There were
ghosts, which silently wandered in our
midst, spirits of Hallowe'en, peoples of
different nations, ladies of the bygone
ages, and George and Martha Wash
ington came also to view the festival.
After wandering about and becoming
acquainted with these new friends, we
were called to parade before the
judges, who would choose the prize
costumes. Several people were chosen
to stand in line in the faculty parlor
for the judges last look, then We were
instructed to absolute silence while
we followed our leader.
Once outside the building we saw
that some of the witches moaning was
due to a crowd of small boys. It was,
of course, impossible to maintain
absolute silence, but we followed down
the main walk, across the campus by
Memorial Hall and then out into the
Coble Road. The moon-light seemed
to defy spooks, but soon our fears,
which had been allayed, again were
aroused as we were led up into the
woods. Here we went single file,
through scrubs and briars. Some of
the party were sorely perplexed by a
fence which seemed to encompass them.
Silently across the wood we wander
ed, then we found ourselves warned
by some awfull-looking men to be still,
on penalty of our lives. Their warning
was unnecessary, for we could not
speak, when the moon revealed to us,
the grave-yard, that popular haunt,
which seemed to be especially popular
with all sorts of spirits. High on a
pedestal stood the Ghost King, a blaz
ing torch in his hand. Among the
tombs we saw the dead coming out to
revel in the moonlight. It was with a
sigh of relief we left for New Garden.
On reaching there, we were halted
in line. When we got close enough
to what seemed to be the door-way to
see the cause, we found our comrades
dissappearing into a hole which seemed
incredably small. From out the hole
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FRIENDLY ROAD WILL BE
WIDENED ENTIRE LENGTH
The Friendly road will be widened
as far as the entrance to Guilford
college campus, it was learned recently,
ft had been decided by the county
commissioners to stop at the inter
section of the Muirs Chapel road,
about a half mile from the entrance to
the campus, on account of some alleged
protest of property owners along the
way, but it is understood that the
majority of the property owners
between the Muirs Chapel road inter
section and the end of the Friendly
road Were not only willing to give right
of way, 12 feet on each side of the
present 16-foot asphalt highway, but
petitioned J. G. Foushee, road com
missioner. to extend the boulevard to
the college entrance.
The force has already passed the
place at which it was first thought
to stop the work and within less than
two weeks it is thought that the wide
boulevard will extend from the western
city limits of Greensboro to the Guil
ford college campus.
The wide boulevard will connect
with the highway leading to Oak Ridge,
a high grade topsoil road, and also
with the topsoil raod leading to the
Guilford Battleground. The comple
tion of the wide boulevard will form
another link in the great system of
drives and highways in western,
northern and southwestern Guilford
county.
QUAKERS READY TO FIGHT
THE PLUCKY LYNCHRURG
ELEVEN HERE SATURDAY
Last Game of Season To Be Played
On The Home Field
The Quaker eleven will meet Lynch
burg College in the Annual Classic on
Hobbs field Saturday at 3:00 o'clock.
The Lynchburg team comes with a
very creditable record for the year,
she having won over several of the
smaller Virginia Colleges and held
some of the larger ones to very close
scores. Thus for the Virginians have
had a very good season, but the Guil
ford Warriors already have blood in
their eyes and intend to give the
Lynchburg team a sound drubbing.
Thus making up for the licking ad
mimistered by the Virginians last year.
The Lynchburg team has not appeared
on the home field in two years, at that
time Guilford lost by the score 25-0.
However from comparative scores made
by the teams this year, it looks as
if the game Saturday would be a hard
fought struggle. The only team that
Lynchburg has played this year that
we can judge from is the Hampden
Sidney game. Hampden-Sidney defeat
ed Lynchburg 10-0 and Hampden
Sidney usually wins from Guilford by
about one touchdown. Nevertheless, a
hard fought battle is anticipated. Cap
tain Warrick and Jack llarrell will
appear in their last home game of the
year and the last game of their college
career. To be played on Hobbs field.
Y. W. C. A. PICNICKERS GET
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE
On Wednesday afternoon a body
of girls, dressed in knickers and
sweaters, set out down the Friendly
road. They were laden with pots,
kettles, lunch baskets and cups—a
truly interesting burden. After a short
walk on the Friendly road they turned
into a small and apparently unused
lane which led to a beautiful pasture
lying in the basin of the amphitheatre
which is overlooked from the Dolly
Madison home site. It was here that
the Y. W. C. A. held its annual
picnic.
Everything progressed beautifully
until the apparently peaceful horse that
was grazing in the pasture suddenly
evinced the desire to become playful
and frolicsome. This caused moment
ary panic, accompanied by ripping and
tearing of clothing as some scaled the
fence and others climbed through.
However, after the horse's actions had
got back to what they should be in a
respectable "Old Dobbin." the festive
event proceeded to pleasant conclusion.
MR. RUSAGK HERE
Mr. A. F. Rusack, husband of Mrs.
Rusack, nee Mile. Hoffman, head of
the Department of Romance Language,
arrived lately upon the campus from
New York City, to join his wife at the
college.
Mr, Rusack is a graduate in law,
having done his last work at Columbia
University. During the late World
War he served as an officer in the
United States army. At the close
(if the war he entered Columbia, where
he dif his graduate work. Me expects
to go into business in Greensboro and
will make his home here.
FACULTY ELECTS SIDNEY
WINSLOW CHIEF MARSHAL
At a recent meeting of the faculty
the college marshals were chosen for
the pre s ent year. Sidney Winslow of
Belvidere was elected chief. To serve
with him they chose Julia Wolf, Ray
mond Thomas, Jack Matlock and
Aileen Beason.
If dreams came true we'd all be dead
haven't you even stor or dropped
off a cliff in your dreams?
JOHN DRINKWATER GIVES
A DRAMATIST'S VIEW OF
OUR CIVIL WAR PRESIDENT
Says Lincoln Never Lost Sight of
The Worth of The Individual
"A Dramatist's View of Lincoln"
was the subject of a lecture given last
Wednesday afternoon by John Drink
water, eminent English play-wright and
author, before a large assembly of
college students and visitors from
nearby cities. Mr. Drinkwater is an
artist in the field of poetry as well as
drama; and in the few poems that he
read at the beginning of his lecture
gave his audience a sympathetic glimpse
into himself as revealed in his verse.
Coming quickly, however to the main
subject of his talk, he briefly reviewed
the tendency and causes back of any
great work of art. "The great hunger
of every mind in the world is the
hunger of the mind to understand its
own experience," said Mr. Drinkwater.
"'Our minds are all the time eagerly
trying to deal with evperience and
means of interpreting experience and
each one of us in some way tries to
perpetuate his thought by working it
into a tangible form." Artists are the
people who have the power of inter
preting their experience after the most
perfect manner. The speaker brought
out the fact that no true artist, when
doing his work, ever thinks of how it
will be received by mankind, but
rivets his whole attention to the idea
of getting the truth out of the experi
ence. "A man must put down what
he believes to be in order to be an
artist."
Mr. Drinkwater, at the close of his
discussion of the philosophic nature of
art said, "There is always an added
pleasure when we know from where
that pleasure comes."
Tn taking up the major division of
his subject, Mr. Drinkwater explained
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REPORTERS ELECTED TO
THE GOILFORDIAN BOARD
Friday night, four reporters were
elected to the Guiifordian board, filling
vacancies that have existed since the
first of the year. Ira Newlin, Byron
Haworth and Joe (.ox were chosen
from the Henry Clay Literary Society
and Reginald Marshall was admitted
to the board from the Websterian
Literary Society.
These appointments do not fill all
the places that are vacant at present.
Some reporters are lacking from the
two Women's societies as well as two
others from the Websterian Society.
Other appointments will be made as
soon as recommendations from the
English department are made and the
applicants hcve been given sufficient
tryouts.
DRAMATIC COUNCIL IS
CHOOSING FALL PLAY
The first meeting of the Dramatic
Council was held recently for the pur
pose of deciding upon new representa
tives for the Council, and to choose
the fall play. Several plays are under
consideration; among the most favorab
ly read: "Happiness;" "Mr. Piin
Passess By;" "The Enchanted Cottage"
and "Belinda." All the s e plays are
well known, and have enjoyed lengthy
runs on Broadway, so that the college
is assured of an excellent production
just before the Christmas holidays.
Iryouts will be held at an early date,
and rehearsals will start immediately.
The Council is composed of Mrs.
Raymond Binford, Professor D. Riley
Hayworth, and Professor Howard O.
Smith, from the faculty literary club,
supported by Katherine Shields, Frances
Osborne and Ella Mae Friddle from the
Y. W. C. A., Edwin Brown, Otis Burke
and Carey Reece, from the men's
athletic association.
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