THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME I.
ATHELETICS
Soccer.
The soccer goals have been put
up this past week and many fel
lows are coining out regularly
every afternoon to play the game.
As soccer is a comparatively new
game in this part of the State, it
will not be out of place to mention
its "reason of being," and some of
its advantages. Soccer is primari
ly advantageous in that it furn
ishes a good out-door sport during
the late fall and winter months.
It is a game that is very easy to
learn, does not require any prelim
inary practice before playing, and
above all you do not have to be a
"beef" in order to play it: satisfac
torily. It does require and develop
nerve, speed, endurance and
"wind," so that it is valuable to
the base ball and basket gall play
ers as a means of keeping them in
condition.
Although the hope that another
college in the State may give us a
game later in the season has
brought out quite a few men—it is
expected that each man should
take some form of exercise every
afternoon. If you do not play bas
ket ball or tennis come out and
play soccer. You will soon learn
the game. Others are learning it
now and it is only by knowing the
game and getting up some enthusi
asm over it that soccer will ever
become an intercollegiate sport at
Guilford.
Cox Hall Wins.
Cox Hall and Archdale met
again Saturday evening in friend
ly rivalry on the basket ball floor
to decide which could produce the
best team. Both of the dormitories
were well represented, and the
teams gave a good exhibition. Al
though only the simplest signals
could he used in such a game, t!e
team work was comparatively
good, and several beautiful shots
were made. Semans played his
usual fast game, and was able to
escape his guard several times or.
account of his quickness. Price
also made some very pretty shots,
and helped run up the score. Wood
starred for Archdale, making the
majority of the points for his
team, yet he was aided by the good
passing of his men. But the Cox
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 5, 1914.
HALLOWE'EN SOCIAL
Never has there been a social a I
Guilford in which (lie students co
operated so thoroughly with the
social committee as at the Hallo
we'en party given Saturday night,
()ctober :Ust.
At Ihe beginning of the week
posters announced that the social
would be ;i masked one ami that
prizes would be given for the best
costumes.
At 8 o'clock the crowd of expec
tant merry-makers assembled in
the festively arranged gymnasium.
Pumpkins, black cats and autumn
leaves were in evidence every
where. Old Hallowe'en games had
been arranged, such as blowing
out the candles, bobbing for ap
ples and touching the prophetic
saucers.
Such an array of figures as we
did have. There was Mother
Goose, The Old Woman Who
Lived in a Shoe, Jack and Jill
Mary with her Lamb, Higglety
Pigglety and several more of the
Mother Goose family. Besides
these there were clowns, gypsies.
Chinese and Japanese girls, soci
ety ladies of a century ago and
modest Quaker maidens, while
around these figures hovered
ghosts and several ladies (?)
whose coarse voices and mast uline
-1 ike figures caused suspicions
glances from the onlookers.
At length when the judges after
a great deal of critical examina
tion had delivered the prizes, re
freshments were served.
Hall boys showed up better ;ill
around, and steadily increased
their lead. The final score was :(>
to 18. The positions of the pi a vers
were as follows:
Cox Hall. Archdale
I'riee K\ F.. . I>. Smith*
Semnns L. F Wood
Mason**" .... C Moore
I'inkle If. (J ]{. Smith
Mas ten L. O M. Stewart
Substitutes: *Hodgin for 1).
Smith. **Groome for Ma.son.
-Miss Theresa Hubner, of
Greensboro, was the guest of Miss
Marguerite Tuthill last Saturday
and Sunday.
•T. Wade Barber, of the class of
'l4, spent hist Sunday night here
on his way to Chattanooga, Tenn.
DR. BYRD'S ADDRESS
Speaks to Joint Meeting of Y. W. and
Y. M. C. A's.
On 1 lie evening of October i?!> in
stead of 1 lie regular prayer meet
ings, the Associations met jointly
"n Memorial Mall to hear a .splen
did address by Dr. Byrd, pastor of
West Market St. church, Green s
boro. After Dr. Byrd had offered
prayer a quartette rendered an ap
propriate song. He then evpressed
his appreciation of student life
and of the opportunity of being
here, lie took as a topic of his dis
course "Life The great mission
of -Jesus is found most satisfactor
ily in "1 am come that ye might
have life and that ye may have it
more abundantly." We must learn
to know what it is to live if we
would appreciate Christ's mission.
Dr. Byrd then brought in the defi
nitions of life from a biological
•md philosophical view showi ig
that these were not adequate. lint
that the definition of what it is to
live fully is found in "He that hath
the Son hath life and he that 1 ath
not the Son hath not life."
Spencer's definition is pedantic
and Drummond's development of
Spencer's does not include full life.
Life must be developed physically,
intellectually and spiritually in ol
der for us to live fully.
By analysis and synthesis we
live intellectually. We learn to
see the beautiful and hold corre
spondence and appreciate it. There
is a large field in beauty from
which many people are cut off rm
account of not being able to appre
ciate the beauty of (Sod's handi
work.
To live spiritually means to live
in God's realm and to see llis beau
ty. We don't see truth as our .Mas
ter saw it. Me saw the bottom of
things, we see to the bottom of our
thoughts. We are more defective
in spiritual life than any other;
we are not tuned up to the point
of constant communication with
God.
We can live long and little, s
as to leave no hole in society, so as
to hold no correspondence with
the best which life all'ords. Shall
we live a narrow life of selfishness
in our own little realm? We must
not cut ourselves off from the best
Y. W. C. A. NOTES
The annual play of the V. W C.
A. will he given about the middle
of November. This year we're
honing to make it belter t'.inn ever
before. The social committee i sed
great discretion in choosing it, so
that something could he given that
was worth while. Miss Aver is
directing the practice and we en
tertain no fears about the result.
The proceeds will be used for the
Association work in general.
Watch for (he date in a later issue.
The regular devotional meeting
of the Y. W. C. A. was held • 011-
jointly with the Y. M. O. A. in
Memorial llall. We always enjoy
these meetings together and feel
that much is gained thereby. Dr.
Byrd is a very effective sp • iker
and one whom we ap]>reciate. We
hope he will come back to Guilford
again soon.
of life from what men of I lie ages
have admired.
Most men live on outside things.
The} engage in commerce, polities
and business and are spiritually
blind. The great need of society
is to find God. We are great but
unsatisfactory chiefly because of
the lack of (Jod The exclusion of
God from bombastic Germany, su
perstitious Kussia and material
istic Great Britain is the cause of
Ihe great European war.
If we have not God enthroned
in our hearts we have not life.
Obedience is the prime requisite
to life. \\ e must obey His com
mandments. What we do, not
what we think is our test. Obedi
ence to the laws of nature is t\e
cause of man's past progress and
it will be the future cause. Life
will l )(> transformed if we know
Christ. The object of college life
is to learn to live intellectually,
physically and spiritually, and
\\ hen we have developed these
*i!\s of our natures to go out into
larger fields of service.
I he Associations are vecv Grace
ful to I>r. Ilyrd for his inspiring
visit and trust that they may be
favored by another in the near fu
ture.
TCuirene Marley, n inenilier of tlio
• lass of l.>, spoilt a day here last
week.
Mrs. .|. spot Taylor and son,
John, of Danburv, spent the week
end here w itli Paul and Grace Tay
lor.
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