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December 22, 192i M=g 6d b I SOCIETY NOTES -* c W| ZAY NOTES President Ailene Beeson Secretary Doris Joyner Treasurer Sudie Cox Marshall Marie Barnes "Christmas as the World Knows It Today" was the subject of the program which was given in the Zatasian Liter ary Society Friday evening. In the first number "Christmas in Other Lands," Julia Wolff gave an inter esting account of how Christmas is ob served in China, Japan, France, Ger many, and other countries, after which account Madame Hoffman, Kathryn Owen, and Sudie Cox sang respectively French carols, Spanish carols, and Ger man carols. The last number, "Christmas in America," was enacted by Ruth Lane, as the mother; Isabella Jinnette, the little daughter; Carrie Teague, the mischiev ous little boy; and Mabel Chappel, San ta Claus. The little children very gen erously distributed among the society members the large bagfull of candy which Santa Claus brought to them. PHIL NOTES President Ruth Sampson Vice-President .... Annie Mae Newlin Secretary Ethel Chadwick Marshal Jo Paul A Christmas program was given in Philomathean Literary Society Friday night, December 17. The first number "The Story of Christmas according to the Bible" was given by Ruth Bundy. Second—Song by Doris Tew, Espie Neeee, and Jo Paul. Third, Christmas Story, by Ruth Yates. The last number was a Christmas reading by Jessie Mcßane. WEB NOTES Presidenr Wilmer Steele Vice-President Thomas Hadley Secretary Robert Ayres Assistant Secretary .... William Ward Treasurer Raymond Ebert Marshal Reuben Bundy Christmas was the theme which inter ested the Websterian Literary Society, Friday evening, December 17, 1926. The first number was "Christinas in Japan" by Hara, in which Mr. Hara stated that there wasn't as much to |f | j| Men ir % | f Buy your Christmas Gifts here m \\ at a discount. A full line for ® IF men in all kinds of Wearing k j| Apparel. 1' ! FLORSIIEIM SHOES i 1 ISAACSON'S §i 1 £ 308 S. Elm Opp. Nat. Theater 1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Subscribe TO THE QUAKER Deposit j Pay On Delivery $2.00 ana— $3 00 TOTAL $5.00 For a written permanent record of your years and friends at Guilford lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllin Christmas in Japan as there was to New Year and Easter. The second num ber was "Christmas in Greece" by Jassi mides. He compared our Christmas with a Christmas in Greece. Mr. Jassimides made the assertion that Greece is the most jovial nation in the world, and one whose inhabitants celebrate the most holidays. The program was then brought to a fitting climax by Messrs. Steele, Atkinson, Jassimides, Hadley, Hara, and Tew singing "Silent Night" in six different languages. m MEN WANTED AT TWO COLLEGES Evanston, 111.—(By New Student Service) —Women are storming some co educational institutions, to the dismay of college authorities. Northwestern University has taken steps to defend it self against feminine encroachment. A new law has been passed, according to Dean Raymond A. Kent, providing that there must be 450 men for every 350 women. The action was taken, he said, "in order to increase the professional asmosphere of Northwestern, and to protect the men." Oberlin college has taken steps to attract more men to the campus. The University of Minnesota need not worry about the necessity for con ducting a "More and Better Men" con test for some time, according to the reg istrar's office. There are about twice as many men at Minnesota as women this year. m BROTHER GOT THE LINGO A boy left the farm and got a job in the city. He wrote a letter to his brother who elected to stick to the farm, telling of the joys of city life in which ho said: "Thursday Ave autoed out to the Country Club, where we golfed until dark. Then we motored to the beach for the week-end." The brother on the farm wrote back: "Yesterday we buggied to town and baseballed all the afternoon. Today we muled out to the cornfield and gee hawed until sundown. After we had suppered, we piped for a while. After that we staircased up to our room and bedsteaded until the clock lived."—Pitts burgh Christian Advocate. m Harry—They say that in time people who live together get to look exactly alike. Marion—Then you must consider my refusal final. m Salesman (at show) —This is the type of car that pays for itself, sir. Prospective Buyer—Well, as soon as it has done that you can have it de livered at my garage. THE GUILFORDIAN ALUMNI NOTES j 1910 Alice Dixon, a member of the class* of 1910, is teaching in the Friends' Girls' School in Tokyo, Japan. She left her home in Elkin, N. C., August 1, 1926. She spent a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mendenhall in Long Beach, Cal., visiting Mary Mendenhall, a member of the Class of 191.1, and sailed from Los Angeles on August 17. The following description of a visit to the home of a prominent family in Japan was taken from a letter sent by Miss Dixon to the Elkin Tribune: "After landing at Yokohama on Sep tember 2, 1926, I went to Nojiri Lake, a summer resort one hundred and fifty miles northwest of Tokyo. This lovely lake is surrounded by mountains and fed by hot springs which last named fact makes it a nice temperature for swimming. The water is so clear that one can see his feet 011 the bottom of the lake when the water comes up to one's neck. "Near this summer resort is the Oki bo village, a typical country village of Japan. The head man of this vil lage is a great friend of Mrs. Bowles, the superintendent of our Mission. He invited Edith Nevvlin (Mr. Bowies' niece) and myself to visit his home. As this was a rare privilege, we accepted the invitation. One might stay long in Japan and never get into a home of that kind. "All the houses in the village had real thatched roofs. Mr. Hatayama, for that was the chief's name, lived in the largest house in the village. In the front yard there were flowers in bloom, marigolds and zinnias, and just by the front door was a wooden trough full of clear water in which swam many pretty gold fish. "At the front door we removed our shoes and put 011 "zori," a kind of house slipper which they provided. Then we stepped inside 011 the "tatami" (matting very springy and made in small panels) got 011 our knees and bowed very low. Next, our host brought us cushions which we did not sit 011 until we had bowed very low again and had been asked a second time. Then we finally did sit on the cushions. We bowed very low a third time to express our thanks. "Next tea was served —better tea than I ever tasted in America—and with it buckwheat cakes which were so differ ent from what we call buckwheat cakes that one would not recognize them. These were made of the raw buckwheat flour sweetened and pressed into cakes. "By this time 1 was growing rather weary of sitting 011 my feet. My looks must have betrayed the fact for soon our host came bringing a little home made table and stools, explaining that since I was a new arrival in Japan, he thought that we would be more com fortable sitting 011 those. So Ave trans ferred our food to the table and our selves and the cushions to the stools. "This was the season for the 'fall silk worm children' as the Japanese called them. If you could see how they fondle and pet the silk worms you would know why they call them-children. We went into another room to see the silk worms and were given their history from the egg to the cocoon which is sold to dealers to be unwound as raw silk. They cut the mulberry leaves very fine to feed the baby worms and feed them every two hours. As the worms grow, the feeding intervals are lengthened, and the leaves given to them whole. "They were even kind enough to let us have a peep into the kitchen where the women of the family were cooking over a fire in the middle of the floor. ,In one corner of the kitchen at the back was a kindly looking old horse. "The chief's wife came out and greet ed us, but then she disappeared and we were entertained by the chief, his son, and grandson, a little lad of two years. They knew their family history for thirteen generations back, when they were high rank retainers of the most famous feudal lord in that part of Japan. They showed us the family treasures, long lances, javelins, and swords, rare old coins of gold and sil ver, beautiful hand painted screens one hundred and fifty years old; and two cunning little gods of fortune made of gold. In one corner of the parlor, as in every non-Christian home in Japan, was the family shrine with its candle sticks and offerings. "Never did I have more beautiful hos pitality shown me and I wondered if we in America are always so thoughtful of a foreign guest utterly ignorant of our customs." m MOTHER'S LOVE In this day of noise and strife When everything doth strive for life And young hearts are so gay and light, And cities' lights doth gleam so bright, When from the dance-halls bursts that "jazz" Whose composition 110 tenderness has, It's then I want to leave behind, All that is not pure and kind. I want to roam among the hills Where peaceful lakes and babbling rills Peace, love, and joy do contain And nothing about which to complain. It's there that I can cease to roam And turn my thoughts back to my home, Where are the ones I love so dear Who are so far and yet so near. What is it that affects me so? It's not the snow-birds nor the snow, It's not the colors of autumn time That are so pure and most divine, It's not the sun of a summer's day Nor the scent of new-mown hay, It's not the flowers of the spring, It's not a living, earthly, thing. God bless that thing within my heart, That heals the wound and stops the smart, That makes me want to lend a hand To some poor god-forsaken man; God bless that thing—l say—again, That makes 1110 want—my ways to mend; That seems to come from heaven above, God bless the purity of "A Mother's Love." —FRENCH HOLT. CANDY -pLEASANTS FRUITS I JLLEASES I Everything Good to Eat ! aiii:iiiiiii[iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ 1 Guilford Students | We appreciate your trade, also your presence in our store. | | Make yourselves at home with us. | = Yours truly, = J. M. HENDRIX GO. The Home of Good Shoes GREENSBORO, N. C. 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