THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME I.
ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
The athletic activities were the
first to be resumed, when the stu
dents assembled for the coming
year. Much enthusiasm is being
manifested, and all are of the opin
ion that when the seasons arrive
for the respective teams to take
the field Guilford will be able to
uphold her past reputation, and
a creditable showing against
all opponents. Although we are
reminded by the unusually large
number of vacancies to be filled on
Ihe various 'Varsity teams, we
have every reason to believe that
(lie available material will be able
to meet this demand. And in the
future the improvements now in
progress will better conditions and
stimulate interest in athletics in
general.
Base Ball.
ruder the competent direction
and coaching of I'rof. A. \V. Ilobbs
the base ball squad may be seen
daily in its afternoon practice.
The boys are hard al work, and by
the time the weal her prohibits
playing many of (lie new men will
have acquired much thai will be in
valuable l> Ihem when the season
opens nexl Spring. The quantity
and quality of the new material is
reassuring and gives the promise
of substantial aid in Hie various
vacant positions. Manager It row n
is now busy arranging a schedule
which lias the indication of being
very good, and with Captain Fu
trell. Short, and Stuart as main
stays there seems to be no reason
why a winning team cannot be
built up around these men.
Basket Ball.
Manager Wood, of the basket
ball team, is bringing near comple
tion a schedule which promises ex
cellent games to the students at
college, and pits our team against
some of the fastest and strongest
college teams. Thus far the
warmth of the weather has permit
ted only light practice in the gym
nasium, but a greater activity
along that line will be noticed
soon. Captain Short, Jones, and
11 inkle, of last year's 'varsity
squad, are back, and with the aid
of promising material already ex
hibited Guilford should look for
ward to a successful season. The
improvements on the floor and gal
lon's of the gymnasium give a
larger seating capacity and make
a much faster floor.
Tennis.
The Tennis Tournament for the
'varsity team JS now in progress,
and from the number and ability
of the contestants the race will be
close. An awakened interest in
Ibis form of sport is evident from
the construction of four courts be
hind Cox Hall, which are now
nearing completion. Manager
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C, OCTOBER 14, 1914.
THE OPENING RECEPTION AT
GUILFORD.
The annual opening reception
was given by the V. M. and Y. W.
Associations to the new student*
of Guilford College on the evening
of the 12th of September, 1014,
from 8 until 10:30 o'clock at
Founder's Hall. Each new stu
dent was escorted by an old slu
dent through the receiving 1 inof
our faculty, at the head of which
stood the president of the college,
I >r. L. L. Hobbs.
After this each student was pre
sented with a Y. M. and Y. W.
memorandum for the purposf of
exchanging names. This proved a
splendid method for getting (he
students acquainted.
To the new students this occa
sion was one of welcome and iutro
duct ion into the social life of  J nil
ford.
Each old student and alumnus
felt inspired with new zeal and en
thusiasm to be back at old Guil
ford and to behold again the (a
miliar faces of class-mates ami
friends.
The punch-bowl snugly hidden
in ferns and flowers at the rear of
the hall was next resorted to,
while Brockmann's orchestra furn
ished music for the evening.
Price will soon set in motion the
annual prize tournament in which
many of the students and faculty
will take part.
Track and Soccer.
Within the past few years flic
interest in track work has been on
a gradual decline, but under the
management of F. A. Moore we
look for an awakening of activity
in this phase of athletics so that
we may in a short while develop a
creditable team, or at least arouse
inter-class rivalrv.
Two years ago Soccer was intro
duced by I'rof. Downing, and since
that time has been gaining ground
steadily. Many of the boys adopt
this form of exercise, and we hope
to arrange a couple of games in
the near future with a college
within this State.
As a whole, athletics accomplish
here the purpose for which they
are intended, namely, the encour
agement of some form of athletic
exercise among the whole student
body. Practically every man takes
some form of exercise, and encour
ages this phase of our life. The
spirit of the athletes, and athletics
in general is good, and we may ex
pect a year of fast, clean, and
wholesome sport.
Misses lihoades, Dawson, Gai
ney, Edwards, Ayer, Taylor, Tilt
hill and Geslain attended a con
cert given by Evan Williams at
the State Normal Thursday night.
Y. M. C. A. ON A BOOM
A goodly number of young men
assembled at the V. M. C. A. on
Sept. 10th for the first meeting of
the year. President Ferry talked
on the purposes of the V. M. C. A.
His talk was followed by short
speeches from members of the cab
inet and others. After the meet
ing adjourned, a room to room
canvas was made and all the
young men of the college, with a
few exceptions, were enrolled as
members.
Keen interest has been taken in
the weekly Thursday evening meet
ings, the hall being crowded at
each gathering.
Bible study classes have been or
ganized and the students are get
ting into the work very rapidly.
The college men have been divided
into three classes; the faculty hav
ing taken over the preparatory
students. The subjects taught in
these classes are "The Manhood of
the Master," "Studies in the Life
of Christ" and "The Life of St.
Faul." All students are expected
to attend. Devotional exercises
are held at chapel every Sunday
morning just before the Bible
study classes convene.
We were very fortunate in hav
ing Dr. W. D. Weatherford, Inter
national Meld Secretary for the
South, with us about the middle of
the month. He came in the inter
est of the Blue Ridge Association.
He made an interesting talk al
chapel one morning and in the
evening a splendid .address upon
his travels in the Orient. He is
the great Christian statesman of
(lie South. After his address a
canvas was made and a consider
able amount was pledged by the
students toward helping to im
prove Blue Ridge.
Dr. C. G. Hounshell, Traveling-
Secretary for the Student Volun
teer Movement, was with us on
Octolier 7th and spoke at a joint
meeting of the two Associations
in behalf of the foreign lield.
Several young men are attend
ing the Inter-state Conference at
Flon College, where they will no
doubt be benefited and return
home better prepared for their
work.
Bishop Kondthaler, of Winston-
Salem, gave a very interesting lec
ture oil the conditions in Europe,
Saturday night. He was touring
Europe when war was declared.
I). D. Carroll, former professor
of History at this place, has gone
to Columbia University to do some
advanced work in History and
Economics.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blair, of
Fall Creek, Vsi., visited Miss lien
bow recently.
Y. W. C. A. NOTES.
Owing to llu delay in the first
issue of the (Jrir.FoniuAN there lias
been no report of the Association
work this year. Consequently a
brief survey of what has been done
since school opened is desirable.
Professor Carroll spoke at our
first regular meeting on '"Drift
ing.'' He impressed us with llr:
need of having a definite purpose
in mind and of living up to that
purpose—not drifting with the
tide, ("specially did he say to the
new girls to form right habits in
the very beginning of their college
career.
Our next meeting was a "Word
of Welcome" to the new girls. The
president niiido a short talk, ii -r
which several girls told what the
Christian Association had meant
to them; what an influence on
their own lives ;uid expressed a
hearty welcome to :ill new mem
bers. Practically every girl in the
dormitories is now a member of
the V. W. C. A.
Illanche hixon had flic subject
of Friendship one evening, in
which connection she read the
story of Ruth's loyalty to Naomi,
and showed how sincere and sa
cred our friendships should be,
that we should use discrimination
in choosing our friends and ha*e
lew confidants.
On the first of October M-* J.
M. Purdie made a very interesting
talk on ".Missions." He gave some
of liis own experiences in foreign
fields and told of some of the prac
tices of the non-Christian relig
ions.
The devotional meetings have
been very well attended, vet all
girls have not become interested
enough to attend each lime. We
want to have special meetings and
thus arouse Ihis lagging interest.
The meeting of Thursday, Oct.
S, was given over to the report
from the ltlue Ridge Conference.
There were only two delegates and
only brief reports were given, but
we hope the girls got an idea of it
and that we may send a large dele
gation next dune. After this a lit
tle time was given to distributing
the pledge cards for systematic
giving. Most of the girls were
very generous in their pledges, and
we are planning to double our
usual amount for missions this
year by this system.
•T. O. Fitzgerald, of Richmond,
Va., a member of the class of 'OS,
visited his brother Paul last week.
Mr. Fitzgerald is bacteriologist
for the State Board of Health of
Virginia.
The new home of Prof, and Mrs.
White is Hearing completion and
they expect to occupy it by the
first of November.
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