THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME 11.
JAMESTOWN DEFEATED
BY THE SECOND TEAM
On last Tuesday afternoon Prin
cipal E. J. Coltrane, of the .James
town High School, brought his
basketball tossers over here only
to receive a rather severe defeat
by the Guilford second team. The
High School boys played a very
good game and showed that they
were able to cope successfully
with the best high school teams of
the State. On an average, they
were several pounds lighter than
the second team men. In addition
to their smallness they were at a
great disadvantage due to the fact
that they have been playing on an
outdoor court and were not accus
tomed to playing on a tloor.
Guilford started the scoring
only to be followed immediately
by a goal by the Jamestown boys.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Walser played guard, he led the
Guilford aggregation in scoring,
throwing seven field goals. He
was followed by Worth next in or
der, who shot six field goals and
the only foul goal. Grady Bur
rus, the little left forward, exhib
ited some real head work and
played a good game throughout.
"Shorty" McCrary came in at the
beginning of the second half and
threw three field goals.
It would be hard to say who
played the best game for James
town for they all did well. How
ever, C. Holton had two points
credited to him, while R. Holton
and Gibbons were each able to
pocket four points in the first
half. In the second half they had
changed their line-up quite con
siderably placing Hodgin at cen
ter. During this last stretch of
the game he was easily the star on
his team throwing three field
goals.
At the close of the game the
score stood 45 to 19 in Guilford's
favor.
The line-up was as follows:
Guilford. Jamestown.
Worth r. f C. Holton
Burrus 1. f Gibbons
Moore c R. Holton
Mendenhall.. r. g Hodgin
Walser 1. g Miller
Substitutes, Guilford: Riddick
for Mendenhall, McCrary for
Moore; Jamestown, English for
Gibbons. Field goals, Walser (7),
Worth (6), McCrary (3), Burrus
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., JANUARY 19. 1916.
VISIT OF JOS. ELKINTON
During the past few days,
Joseph Elkinton, of Philadelphia,
has been a pleasant visitor at
Guilford and has made several
splendid addresses to the student
body. On Saturday evening he
lectured to a large audience in
Memorial Hall on his recent trav
els in China and Japan. Mr. El
kinton has just returned from an
extended tour through these coun
tries, and in a most delightful way
he described Oriental life and con
ditions. A valuable asset to his
lecture was a set of brilliantly col
ored illustrations. Mr. Elkinton
always has his pictures colored in
Japan as he contends that even
American art is jet far behind the
Japanese in this particular.
On Sunday morning he spoke
in the Yearly Meeting house, and
in the afternoon he addressed the
Quaker study class on the Mys
ticism of the Quakers. Mr. Elkin
ton is one of the most earnest be
lievers in mysticism in America,
and his talk on this subject was
made vivid by the relation of per
sonal incidents.
The visits of Mr. Elkinton are
always enjoyed and this particu
lar occasion proved to be an ex
ceptional treat to the students.
DECLAMATION CONTEST
On Thursday afternoon of last
week a committee composed of ten
girls, five from Philomathean and
five from the Zatasian Society met
in President Nev. lin's office to dis
cuss with him plans for the con
test to be held at Guilford this
spring.
The committee decided that the
presiding officer at this contest
would be the president of one of
the girls' societies and the chief
marshal from the other—these to
alternate if the contest continues
to be annual.
A medal is to be given by the
two societies to the successful con
testant, who is to be determined
by judges appointed at the dis
cretion of the faculty.
(2), Moore (2), Mendenhall (2),
Hodgin (3), R. Holton (2), C.
Holton (1), Gibbons (1), Miller
(1). Foul goals, Worth (1), Gib
bons (2), C. Holton (1). Referee,
Stuart.
Y. W. C. A. NOTES
Junior girls had charge of
Thursday evening prayer meeting
last week, the week before exams.
As is usually the case at such
times our spirits were not so light
as they might have been, for even
to the bravest of us examinations
look formidable indeed.
It was a very, very suitable oc
casion for a Pollyanna meeting
and that was what the Junior
girls decided it should be. For
the benefit of those who might not
have read the book Orna Gray
gave a short sketch of the life of
the little girl Pollyanna, whose
ambition and joy it was to play
and to teach everybody else to
play "the game."
It was not very easy for a poor
missionary's daughter like Polly
anna to play the game, but as she
said, the "harder it is, the more
fun it is." To have benevolent
church members send you a pair
of crutches when you are a little
girl and longing for a doll is not
really the very worst thing that
could happen to one, so Pollyanna
decides to be glad because she does
not need the crutches. There! I
almost told you about the gam.-
And what is the game? Just this:
to find something agreeable in
every circumstance that arises,
and something to be glad about.
The meeting was left open for
any one who would to tell what
she had to be glad for. Several
girls gave appropriate Scripture
texts and others gave reasons why
they were glad. A great many of
us did not voice our feelings, but
all the same we were summing up
the things we had to be glad for.
Mission classes were organized'
several weeks before Christmas
and have been doing good work. A
great deal of interest has bfen
manifested by the splendid attend
ance at these classes. Ruth Coie
trane is teaching South American
Problems, Debonh Brown teaches
Islam, a Challenge to Faith, Sallie
McGeehee, Mexico Today, Hazel
Armstrong, The New Era in Asia,
and Callie Lewis The Emergency
in China.
Miss Ellen White spent the
week end with her sister, Mrs. J.
L. Cartland.
Miss Preston spent Sunday
with Juliette Ballinger.
NUMBER 15
Y. M. C. A. NOTES
REV. MR. TURNER SPEAKS.
Usually we have one of our fac
ulty or one of the students to
speak to us at our meetings on
Thursday evenings, but this week
we had Rev. J. C. Turner, pastor
of the First Baptist church of
Greensboro, with us. Many of us
remember Mr. Turner from last
year for he gave us an excellent
talk at that time, and we were ex
pecting a good talk from him this
time. We were not disappointed
for the speaker came prepared to
give us something worth hearing.
With the words ''Be thou faith
ful unto death and I will give thee
a crown of righteousness," as a
text the speaker proceeded to his
discourse, the subject of which
was "Fidelity." "First," said the
speaker, "one must be faithful to
one's God." Surely the speaker
presumed that every one has his
God and that we, living as we do
in a Christian land, had the true
God as our God. "In this age of
false doctrine," he continued, "one
must be on one's guard less one be
comes careless toward his God."
"One must be loyal to duty,"
said Mr. Turner. "We must rec
ognize our duty and be faithful to
it even unto death if it should be
necessary. There is no other way.
Continuing the leader added
that we must be faithful to the
small things in life. Few of us
will ever be called on to do any
great thing, the great things are
comparatively few. This last
thought is certainly worth some
consideration. Many of us spend
our whole life trying to find some
great thing to do, when on every
side of us are myriads of small
things that need doing.
We feel indeed grateful to Mr.
Turner for his talk. If we will all
be faithful to our God, to our fel
lowinan, and to our duty, wo have
no fear about the crown of righte
ousness.
COLLEGE HAPPENINGS
Prof. Brown, director of music
at the Normal College, has invited
the Guilford chorus to take part
in a sacred cantata, Gaul's Holy
City, to be given In Greens! .oro
some Sunday afternoon in March.