CHRIST
VOL. XL
RUTHEEFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER, 1931
NO. 3
Friends Of Rutherford Club In Process of Revival
Ramblers Close Successful Season With A Win
Bright Prospects For Good
Team Next Year; Majority
Of Letter Men Return.
The E.amt)lers closed tlieir sea
son in tip-top fashion by defeating:
■the s-trong P. C. Juniors by a score
of 12-^. The Ramblers bad a g>ood
reiord for the past season, winmng
5 games, tying 2, and losing 3. The
Eamblers, who were coached by
“Bob” Hayes and Assistant Coach
Oathey, lajbored hard day after day
in practice for the games.
The season was a success, even
though the Ramblers did fail to
win over th'eir old rival, the strong
Weaver team, this year. Among
the members of th« squad who la
bored faithfully are: Centers—Ned
Gibbs, “Fuzzy” Jensen and “Buck”
Summers; -guards — “,Sturge” Hill,
“Bully” Thompson, “Hardrock”
Cornwell and Capt. “Ken” Crowell;
tackles — “Bunk” Davis, “Sheriff”
Deal, Hea.th Washam, “Willie”
W all, “Pud” Satterwhite and
“Sleet” Sadlers; ends—^“Andy An
derson, “Sid” Bumgarner, Clarence
Rabb and “Shine” Ridenhour;
backs—‘®ack” Payne, iGene Frone-
berger, “Frisky” Bronson, Ray
Blakely, “Bun” Fitzgerald, “Bus
ter” Brown, “Mac” Malcolm, “Rat”
MatheS’On, “Wart” Barnhardt,
“Trigger” Pons, FVank Mock, Bill
Willett and Jim Wren.
The letter men for the year are:
Gibbs, Jensen, Hill, Capt. Crowell,
Thompson, Gornwell, Wall, Waah-
am, Davis, Anderson, Rabb, Bum
garner, Bronson, Froneberger,
Payne, Blakely, 'Fitzgecrald and
Malcolm, while Tom Lawrence will
receive his for having ibeen man
ager.
The prospects are bright for the
team next year wi'th a majority
of the letter men returning. One
fact that deserves some credit is
tha.t “Sid” Bumgarner, left end,
played all ten games without miss
ing one minute.
NEW PASTOR AI THE
COLLEGE CHORCH
College Made Permanent Sta
tion; Pastor New Bible
Professor.
The community and students of
Rutherford College sincerely wel
come into oar midst Rev. — Mc
Farland and family. Eev. McFar
land, our new pastor, comes to us
from Wesley Heights-, Charlotte,
and i's taking the place of -Rev. W.
L. Scott ,our former pastor, who
has been transferred to Mt. Holly.
Eev. MoFarlzmd Is a very xaipable
man, and we consider ourselves
fortunate in having secured a man
of his ability.
Due to an act of the annual con
ference the college cburcih was
■made a permanent station by plac
ing Connelly Springs on the Burke
circuit. iSince we can receive the
full time ministry of our new pas
tor, we feed that more rapid pro
gress can be made in a sipiritual
way.
Deeds speak louder than words,
so to show our appreciation and
I express our ibest wishes to the Mc
Farlands a reception wias given in
■thedr honor on Fridlay night, De-
cemiber fourth, at the church, to
welcome them to their new parish.
An appropriate program, was pre
sented on this occasion. Represent
ing the community. Pres. Billuips
delivered the welcome address, af
ter which Mrs. A. T. Abemethy
spoke in behalf of the Dadies’ Mis
sionary society. Prof. Garrett spoke
a word of welcome for the faculty
of Rutherford.
The rousical part of the program
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EPIRTH LEAGOE AI
The Epworth League council met
with Mrs. MacFarland on Saturday
night, December Sth, and decided
to adiopt a new plan of work. Mrs.
MacFarland is the wife of the new
Rutheriord College ipasitor, and' is
very interested' in all phases of
League work. Since she has taught
courses in League work at the
General Epworth -League Alssem-
bly, we feel sure that our new
councillor is well able to direct us
in our League actvities.
The new plan adopted promises
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PLAIONIS NEWS
The Platonic Literary Society is
keeping up its long made rejnita-
tion by the excellent work which
it is doing. There has been an in
tense interest shown by the new
members. Many of these new mem
bers show an exceptional ability,
and with their efforts of support
the society 'has hope of a success
above the average for the coming
term.
The . programs have been
well attended considering the fact
that the football 'season has just
clo-^. A large percentage of its
members were on the football
squad, and now that the season is
over the officers of ithe society feel
sure that even more interest will
be shown than ibefore.
As time for the election of new
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reception.
Breathe gently, winter Wind,
Around the Mttle s-tall:
It is His birthday, Wind,
The Master of us all.
Smile forth your brightest beam
All .silently. Great Star,
Guide swiftly on their way
The Wise Men from afar.
Sleep calmly. Tavern old.
And wonder evermore
How you could bear to turn
The Christ-child' from your
door.
—^Robert R. Leeper,
HENRY, OUTSTANDING
ICIAN,ENTERTAI
Henry, a magician and artist of
widespread acclaim, gave a delight
ful program in the Rutherford Col
lege auditorium on Tuesday even
ing, December Sth, at 8 o’clock.
Due to inclement weather the audi
ence was rather s.mall, but was
very appreciative and attentive.
Henry had entertained at E. C. in
previous days, eo 'the people here
knew what to expect. He certainly
lived up to all expectations^
The program was divided into
two parts, the iirst being magical
stunts and myStery. Henry per
formed many remarkable and puz
zling things in magic, among the
outstanding of which were the pro
ducing of live pigeons- from a sup
posedly empty box, makimg a large
bowl of water disappear, and last
and probably the most interesting
was the live goat. A live goat was
actually made to disappear from a
wooden cage while the audience'
looked on completely perplexed.
The second part of the program
was given over to art which proved
both interesting and ed'ucational.
Henry showed himself to be skilled
in drawing when he crayoned' nu
merous amazing and comical fig
ures on a large chart. However,
the thing which required even more
skill than t)he drawing was the con
struction of several beautiful
scenes upon a rough board, using
for material only sand of various
colors and his own hands. While
constructing the last of these
ifienes Henry recited a great poem,
“The House by the Side of the
Road.” which fitted admirably with
the finished scene. The beauty of
these sand .pictures was auiemented
by the use of a unique lighting ef
fect.
At the close of the program the
entertainer expressed his most sin-
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I
THANKSGI
SATURDAY NIGHT 28TH
The Day Passed Off Very
Quietly Around Ruther
ford College.
Saturday afternoon, November
28, found a merry group of boys
lined up at the dining hall door
waiting to get in to the fine ban
quet which had been prepared for
them. When the doors were open
ed no one was disappointed. There
were eats and! more eats! Every
thing went to prove that prosper
ity had hit the old town once
again.
The affair was the regular
Thanlksgiving banquet, which had
been postponed in order that the
football squad, whidi was away on
a trip Thanksigiving Day, might al
so enjoy the occasion. Despite the
fact that many boys sometimes go
home over the week-end there was
a large attendance, and everyone
expressd his approval to the person
in charge by arising and giving
him a big ydl.
Among the visitors were Rev.
and Mrs. MacFarland, our new pas
tor and’ his wife, who had just
moved to town that week. It was
a splendid occasion, and gaiety and
good fellowship ruled. The stu
dents made distressing devasta
tions on the turkey and other
disihes, a fact which caused the
matron to be extremely busy with
her pills for the next few days.
But who cares ? Thanlksgiving
comes but once a year. That is the
only criticism we have to offer of
our puritan ancestors, however.
Club Working On Intensive
Drive For New and Re
cord Membership.
NEWTOIN NEWS
Taking into oonsidferation the
handicaps under which we have
been working, the Newtonian lit
erary 'Society has been going good
as .usual.
The twenty-five members, thir
teen of whom are new ones, have
been benefitted by the helpful and
interesting proigrams presented
every Thursday night. Although
our attendance has been compara
tively small, we, the faithful few,
are able to safely say that wonder
ful improvement has been made in
our delivery. Before joining this
society we were ill at ease before
an audience, thought failed us, and
a general igrnorance of parliamen
tary law prevailed. After ihaving
been a member of this society for
a time, all these faults have .been
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The Friends of Rutherford Club,
which for several years has re
mained almost dormant, has been
revived and the work of securing
new members and new interest in
tensified. All who know the history
of Rutherford for the past few
years know something of the pui*-
pose of this novel club: to make
possible the further education of
worthy youths of limited resour
ces, and to make certain definite
and essential improvements on the
campus. This club, its success or
failure, will play a decisive, con-
tributive part in 'the citizenship of
the future, since already this nas
cent organization has made possi
ble the extension of the . education
of men who will take their place in
the world as leaders in various
fields.
Hundreds of prospective new
memlbers are being approadied,
either personally or through the
mail, and a number of new friends
have joined. Over almost the en-,
tire world the Friends of Ruther
ford are located, joined together by
a mutual cause in a worthy endea
vor to elevate and enlighten such
ones as those upon wihom fortune
has not smiled in a^^remunerative
way. The students are being call
ed on to solicit for new members, a
request to which, th'ey are comply
ing with enthusiasm. A contest has
been launched among the students
to secure the greatest number of
■members, and for the group secur
ing the maximum numiber a ban
quet will be given at the end of
the contest.
•We hope that this club can be
come a real force for Rutherford
Clollege, a 'hope which can and will
become a realization if proper co
operation is igiven by the .students
and the memibers of the W. N. C.
Conference and all others who are
interested in the welfare of. this
heroic little institution. Let us do
our part to carry on the old Ruth
erford 'Spirit, and in so doing .glow
with the knowledge that we .have
contributed something to the pro
gress and welfare of man.
Frank MIock picked up a news
paper and was astonish^ to see a
notice of his death in it. He imme
diately rang up Shine Ridenhour
and said, “Have you seen the an
nouncement of my death in the
morning paper?”
“Yes,” replied SHne, “are you
speaking from station H-E-L-L?”
Tom Lawrence: Prof. Lee, how
many feet make a yard?
'’Prof. Lee: Well, I iguess that two
the size of yours woaild make a
yard.