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THE GUILFORDIAN VOL. XII. GUILFORD HAS BECOME AN OPEN HEARTED MENAGERIE WITH DOGS 10 ANIMALIAS Latest Addition Is A Florida 'Gator Sent To Gladys Gardner Miss Gladys Gardner, of Carthage, pretty, young, .nd a member of the sophomore Class here, has attained distinction, notoriety, and recognition from a variety of directions recently. She has gone the pet-mongers one bet ter by adopting an infant member of the family of animalia of such an unique nature as to c. use consider able stir. Her recent acquisition is a lusty young Florida 'gator. He is vicious, healthy, and fresh from the wilds. Such an addition could not have ar rived at a more opportune time to cause general admiration and approbation of Miss Gardner's taste, A series of odd pets have made their debut here this year and all have enjoyed a brief season of popularity and have lost favor in the public eye and gone the w,y of the unpopular. Early in the fall a huge bulldog made his appear ance here and was hailed as a capital mascot. But his "dogged" laziness soon lowered him in the respect of the men and women and he mysteriously dis. ppeared without staging any fare well party. Very early in the fall, Prof. A. I. Newlin secured a large water turtle from Hamilton Lakes and .kept this as a mascot .nd roommate for several months. In spite of his (Continued on pajre 2.) TOM mil GIVES APPEAL CLEAN THOUGHT AND LIFE Tom Sykes, pastor of the Friend's Church in High Point, talked in chapel Tuesday morning, on the importance of higher thinking and living. "Handicaps .re numerous; they are hard to overcome. An outstanding handicap is that of making God seem real. Family and campus love are familiarities, but a closed door is so often faced; that i sthe door to high, clean, and fine thinking. We don't have to be held in bondage by impure and covetous thinking; we can liber-1 ate ourselves to higher thinking." He continued. "We ca i deci..e whether : someone else is going to close the door or whether we are going lo keep it open. The door of spiritual growth is open to all. "In the life of Jesus Christ truth, sincerity, and love are the most notice able features; his life is not critized. There are lots of problems, II are soluble only on the basis of brother ! hood. The voice of God is as true, today as to John on the isle of Path mos: 'I have set before thee that j open door.' Let's keep on going through that open door," concluded Mr. Sykes, "that leads to that higher thinking and living." RAYMOND THOMAS IS NEW PRESIDENT OF Y. M. C. A. At the regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening, the following men were elected to office for the coming year: President, Raymond Thomas; Vice-President, Ira Newlin; Secretary. Guerney Collins; and Treasurer, Raymond Ebert. The local Y. M. C. A., under the leadership of James Reed Barbee is just finishing a very successful ye r. He has applied many new ideas which have made the Y. work at Guilford more interesting and beneficial than it has been in the previous years. The Blue Ridge Conference was the chief topic discussed. Much interest was created and a great number of Guilford men are expected to attend this conference, which will be held at Blue Ridge on June 15th to 24th. GUILFORD DEBATING TEAM LOSES DOTH SIDES OF AIR QUERY WITH LENOIR RHYNE Wier And Swanson De bate Affirmative As The Home Team DECISION TWO TO ONE Rozell And (f in.slow As the Negative Team Debate At Lenior Rhyne I lie Guilford College debating team . lost both sides of the dual debate held I between Guilford and Lenoir Rhyne . Monday, May 10. The home team, composed of Charles Weir and Paul Swanson, lost by a two to one deci | sion. Edwin Rozell and Sidney Win slow represented Guilford at Lenoir ' Rhyne. I The local winning te m, represented of Samuel Sox and Perry Crouch, ably argued the negative side of the I question, ''Rjesohrfed: that the army I and navy air forces of the Unitel j States should be organized under a , separate and independent head with a secretary in the cabinet," from three angles. They contended thai such a policy would be unsound from the standpoint of national defense, that it would be unwise for economic reasons, and that moreover, the change in the present system is unnecessary, since there .re no radical defects in Ihe present sys tem. Mr. Weir and Mr. Swanson, the local speakers, dwelt upon the import ance of aviation as a growing factor in commerce and defense, and stressed the present importance of the air force due to divided power of direction, and | g ve examples to show that '.he prin ciple of centralization is feasible and practical. Mr. Rozell and Mr. Winslow argued that the United States does not need a sefarate air force due to her geograph ical situ tion, and that a separate air department would cause a division of co i mand. anil that defense by avia tion is not economical. The Lenior affirmative team based their argument on the economy of de fense by . viation and the fact that all j dther countries have a separate force, j makes it imperative for the United I Slates to establish a separate depart -1 ment of aviation. The judges for the home debate were: John T. Miller, Lloyd E. Blanch and Glenn Johnson, all are members of lie N. C. C. W. faculty. FRANCES H. QSDORNE GIVES ACCOUNT "Y" CONFERENCE Frances Osborne who recently re- 1 turned from the Ninth National Y. W. j C. A. convention, which w s held this year in Mil waukee, Wisconsin, gave a report of the convention in chapel Monday morning. May 10. About 3,000 delegates attended lliis conference which was held April 21- 27. Meetings involving the entire as sembly were conducted in the Mil waukee auditorium which has a capa city of 10,000 and w s decorated in a most effective manner with flags of various states and nations. Dr. Gilky, a Trustee of the Univer sity of Chicago and who was the main speaker, gave a series of four address es entitled, "Crossing Frontiers". He took the life of Jacob to illustrate the different frontiers we cross in life. Miss Osborne then took up the ses sions . t which foreign delegates spoke j and told of the needs and the Chris- I tian fellowship work in these countries. One very striking event of the con- J vention was a pageant, "Forward Through the Ages" in which 800 men and women took part. Other interest ins features were the Student Assem- j bly groups, Open Forums, Discussion ' (Continued on page 3. GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C, MAY 20, 1926. CALENDAR Saturday, May 22 i Zat.sian Oratorial Contest | Monday, May 24. 8:00 P. M. Freshman-Sophomore Debate 1 Saturday, May 29. 6:00 P. M. I | Stunt Social | | 8:30 P. M. { | Chandos Kimrey Voice Recital | j Saturday, June 5, 8:00 P. M. j Annual Musical j Sunday, June 6, 11:00 P. M. Baccal ureate Sermon | 8:00 P. M. I | Address Before The Christian ( Associations | | Monday, June 7, 10:00 A. M. j | Senior's Gift To College | 1:30 P. M. ! Meeting Of Board Of Trustees j 4:00 P. M. j Class Play j 6:00 P. M. . 1 j Alumni Supper | 8:00 P. M. | Alumni Business Meeting j Tuesday, June 8, 10:00 A. M. Commencement Exercises PRESIDENT BINFORD SHOWS INTELLIGENCE OF GUILFORD STUDENTS AROVE AVERAGE Tests At First Of Year Disclosed Fact That Boys Entering Wi 're Above Average While The Girls ITere Below Taking certain remarks that were made in open forum discussion, as the the cue for his discussion president Raymond Binford gave a short talk before the students Wednesday, in which he disclosed the standing that Guilford students h ve with regard to ... eliigence and scholastic work. A; an open forum discussion that a l.ciiM a le da,s ago some students advocated a more careful selection of college applicants and also the insti tution of a ruling which would require I every student to- p. ss at least nine hours of college work or be suspended, n following up and supporting this change these students made some lather derogatory remarks about Guil ■ ord's methods of securing new stud- I ents and the scholastic requirements after entrance. It was with reference | lo these remarks that Doctor Binford pened his address this morning. "Quite frequently people voice opin ions rather than f. cts in open forum discussions", he said. He then pro duced the results of examinations that were given last fall to the men of the entering freshmen class. These show ed that, with mechanical marking of the examination p. pers, intelligence of the men of the freshmen class r ted higher than the average intelligence of the same class of men over the entire United States. A similar test was given to the girls of the freshmen class with a result that run but a slight raclion of a per cent below the aver- | ge of Ihe country: ''So you see", stat- I Doctor Binford, "that" we get the s me quality of students that other institutes get. and if we take into con ic era:ion the fact that we have no | large waiting list of men and we do have a waiting list of women, our ct tempts to make selective admission of students has not made the difference that our critics would have naturally' expected." Parker And Rozell Make i Freshman Debating Team | The freshmen will be represented in the annual Freshman-Sophomore de bate on May 24 by Edwin Rozell end A. Scott Parker, Jr. The question for discussion will be "Resolved: that the Japanese exclusion act should be re pealed. The sophomore team has not yet been selected. An in'eresting fight is expected. Last year the freshmen won from the sophomores by a two to one decision. CAROLINA IS VICTOR OVER QUAKER BALL TEAM BY A ONE-SIDED SCORE OF 9-2 University Bunches Hits Off Smith And Wins Slugish Game FERREL-LINDLEY STAR Rftbb I'roves Affective After Reliev ing Smith In the Eighth Inning ' The ineffectiveness of Shirt Smith coupled with the in. bility of the Quaker team to bunch their twelve scattered hits and the fact that each man on the Carolina aggregation made at least one safe hit during the g.me, caused the defeat of Guilford's base ball nine al Chapel Hill last Tuesday. May 11. by the score of 9-2. The whole team seemed to have an "off d. y" including Shirt Smith, sta Southpaw, who was hit mercilessly to the tune of seven teen clean hits during the eight in nings that he remained on the mound. Carolina scored four runs in the thrid inning and three in the eighth while the Quakers were able to cross the plate only in the fourth and fifth can tos. | Sapp, Carolina pitcher, struck out eleven Guilford batters during the nine innings and kept the hits well scatier j ed. His team mates gave him almost j bac king during the entire game. In the seventh. jYoung, the right for Carolina made a running catch of Ferrell's foul fly . nd in the same frame Tenney pulled a star fielding feat in his handling of | Coltrane's hot drive over the second sack. I (Continued on SENIORS OF GUILFORD HIGH PUT ON A PLAY "7ake My Advice" Is Staged Kith Splen diil Success—Comm en ce ment Comes lo End. In the staging of Eugene Hafer's three act farce, "T ke My Advice," given at the Guilford High School Saturday night May 1"). the me.nbers of the senior of the local high s liool were eminently successful in pulling acre ; a finished production. The theme of the ( (lrama centered around the heTpnessness of a news paper editor who was under the sub jection of the one wealthy man of the little town who h d lent him money with the understanding that j the editor was to direct the policy of the press toward his interests. Of course the liberator came through the agency of a wealthy young lady who had the debt transferred and as soon as the editor no longer felt himself under the domination of the wealthy magn te, things began to happen. In the end the magnate got "his" and all | other me.nbers of the cast got poetic justice. The success of the play, however, came through the excellent work of the characters. Howard Cannon, AJvis Shaw, Reese Coltrane, Ruth Wakefield, Lena Farlow, Robert Bla lock, N. ncy Pringle and Virginia Elkins, of the senior class, composed the cast of characters. The drama was of such a balanced nature as to admit of few leading a'ars. There was much individual work that merited mention. How. rd Cannon, playing the feature role of town loafer, vied with Ruth Wakefield, President of the Uplift society, in getting the best of sarcastic and satirical conversations. He drew the audience after him with his bursts of droll humor and his non chalant attitude toward the pressing calls of his arch enemy, work. This progr m closed the commence ment program series of the school. ACTION MUST ACCOMPANY DREAMING IF WE SUCCEEO IN LIFE SAYS DR. DINFORD Delivers Sermon In Absence of Joseph I'eele Sunday President Raymond Binford, in the absence of tile regular pastor, Joseph Peele. preached at the New Garden Friends Church Sunday morning. "The most interesting thing in all the world is human conduct," s. id Binford in beginning his sermon. "The action of an individual is a guide to his character, and why one person will cheat another in a trade, I cannot understand, when he knows that the most important thing in life is friendship. And our behavior de termines our person. 1 friendships. The material things in life do not count. Many times we would give any number of our material possessions if only one little act might be undone. If we would only remember," plead ed President Binford. "that one act leads to another and one act causes another, human beh. vior would be entirely different. "It is fast falling out of date to preach . bout heaven and hell, because we do not yet understand where they are, hut this fact," does not mean that there is no hell nor heaven. On the other hand, I know th t they both exist, for I see people practically every day who are suffering the tor ments of hell. And I am thankful to j say that I have also seen many who , have already, in my mind, achieved heaven. "By f ith, I believe there is a great living soul and spirit of the Universe. That same spirit, causes us to see that | life"we ought to build and those evils 'we ought to overcome. And I believe also that these visions come from this | Great father of life. And yet we ' often turn aside from this great vision to a life of selfishness. ' "There are those who spend their time dreaming great dreams, but noth ing will ever come of their die ms if 1 no action takes place. e must per severe," continued Dr. Binford. "in spite of what other people may think |or do. Action must accompany dreaming." STAGE AT MEMORIAL HALL HAS A NEW OAK FLOORING The new hard wood floor which has just been laid on the stage in Memo rial H 11 will be of great value to the college in many respects. For several j years the old oiled pine floor has been unattractive as well as not being | strong enough for all purposes. Since the college has only one stage, it is almost impossible to keep it al ways in a respectable condition. But il is hoped that everyone concerned will feeel proud enough of this new rddition to take the best care of it. Before, it has been dangerous to put a grand piano on the stage without placing it on rubber rollers. In fact, one piano was badly injured when one leg went through the floor. But now it will be perfec'ly safe for even the heaviest pianos to rest on casters, and the fact that there is no rubber medium between the piano and the floor to check the passing of vibrations into the floor makes it all the more possible for the artist to bring out the best possibilities of the piano. Too, the dramatic council will no longer be worried about the appearance of the floor in the scenes of their play pro ductions. There is no doubt but that every sludent and faculty member will feel proud, to show our stage to si rangers. "I'm sorry, my boy, but I only pun ish you because I love you." "I'm s— sorry, dad, that I'm n— not b-- big enough to return your love." No. 29.
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