THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME 11.
ATHLETICS
The basketball team returned
Sunday from a trip to Davidson,
Statesville and Charlotte. They
played the Davidson College
quint, the Statesville Athletic
Club and Charlotte V. M. C. A.
The first game was on the Dav
idson floor. The Presbyterians be
gan the game by a' fusilade of
shots, scoring 21) points in the
first five minutes of the play. Dav
idson continued to lead, but the
old Guilford lighting spirit was
always evident. The heavier men
of Davidson, at times seemed in
clined to use football tactics,
which were frequently overlooked
by the referee. The final score
was 45 to 18 in favor of the Pres
byterians.
From Davidson the team jour
neyed over to Statesville, where
they encountered the husky I re
dell athletes on Friday night. Al
though the Statesville men were
rallying around a center of un
usual avoirdupois, the Quakers
were able to be in the play at all
times through superior passing.
The score was 41 to 22 in favor of
Statesville.
On Saturday night the last and
cleanest game >f the trip was
played with the Charlotte Y. M.
C. A. quintet. The teams were
about even in weight and there
was a fine outlook for a good
game. At the end of the first half
Charlotte was considerably in the
lead and although in the last par l
of the game the Guilford men
made a splendid rally, they were
not able to overcome the lead of
the home team. When the referee
called "time out," the score stood
48 to 30 in Chanotte's favor. The
team slated that they received a
"square deal" all around in Char
lotte.
SUMMARY OP GAMES.
Davidson Game.
Guilford —Smith and F. Semans, for
wards; Worth, center; Walser and T.
Seamans, guards.
Davidson—King and Childs, for
wards; Hengeveld, center; Reese and
Younger, guards.
Referee, Booe. Fields goals, Smith
(4), F. Seamans (3), King (5), Childs
(5), Hengeveld (5), Younger (2). Foul
goals, Worth (3), Reese (3). Substi
tutes, Davidson, Wood for Childs, Wal
ker for King.
Statesville Game.
Guilford —Stuart and Seamans, for
wards; Worth, center; Walser and
Seamans, guards.
Statesville —Newman and Kimball,
forwards; Etheridge, center; Over
cash and Brady, guards.
Referee, Freel. Field goals, Stuart
(2), F. Seamans (2), T. Seamans (1),
(Continued on Page Four.)
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ FEBRUARY 9, 1916.
Y. M. C. A.
It is with pleasure that we turn
our minds back 1o the series of
meetings which have just been
held in the V. M. O. A. hall for the
benefit of the men of the college.
For live evenings Albert .J. Brown,
of Willmington, Ohio, spoke to us.
.Mr. Brown was not a spectacular
preacher, hut his messages' were
plain, emphatic, concise, and so
simple that (he ordinary person
could catch his thought. lie
proved in a business way, and bv
good sound and solid argument
that the Christian life is the only
life that will really be worth any
thing in the end. It is the only
pleasant and happy life.
1 believe that the keynote of his
massages was that no young man
can afford to go out in this world
to face life's problems without
taking Christ along as a friend
and leader. If a man enters the
business world or any other hon
orable walk of life, he should let
Christ be the dominant factor, in
order for him to accomplish thf
most for his fellow men.
Mr. Brown did some very ni'e •-
tive work by calling some of the
classes together as a group and
talking to them privately. These
group meetings will ever be re
membered, for it was in them that
some of us received a new inspira
tion as to what our responsibili
ties are as young men at work f.r
the Master.
Mr. Brown's last, message i > us
was centered upon the following
passage, "Verily, verily, I saj- un
to you, except a grain of wheat
fall into the ground and die, it
abideth alone; but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit.'' He
said that "the central aim of th
plant and animal kingdom is re
production." In a very forceful
way he showed how one grain of
wheat can bring forth fifty or
more new grains by dying unto it
self. Christ can multiply our si-ir
itual lives in the same proportion
if we will only permit Him to do
so.
"A man may be a clean moral
life, he may harm no one, he may
lead no one astray," and yet he
can be minus that brotherly love
of Jehovah. Fellows, is it enough
for you to live clean, moral lives?
No it is not, for you would not be
gaining anything spiritually. If
we lo not gain in the spiritual
life we are like the grain of wheat
that abideth alone. Are you go
ing to stand alone?
"Our highest aim is to repro
duce men spiritually." Then if
we are to reach this goal "we must
PROF. HODGIN SPEAKS
All Guilford students were very
much interested in the lecture
Saturday night, Feb. 5, as Prof. S.
H. Ilodgin has not only been a
teacher here but a scholar >s well.
Prof. Ilodgin took as his subject,
"Modern Methods of Heating and
Ventilation" and his lecture was
thoroughly enjoyed by all as he
used many anecdotes and illustra
tions that were very amusing, llis
lecture was of e-uecial importance
to those who are planning to some
day have a home of their own.
"The most vital question confront
ing us," said Prof. Ilodgin, "is
that of clean fresh air, as more
people die from dirty air than die
from dirty water, milk or food.
We can live about three weeks
without food, three days without
water and only about three min
utes without air."
die to the evil habits which we are
conscious of." "Whenever a fel
low says goodby to an evil habit,
he multiplies his spiritual life."
Christ will help you in your
troubles, "lie is a friend that
never forgets." Then we should
stand by Him and give our best to
His cause. "Fellows will you
make a definite decision for Him
tonight?"
During the meetings there were
nine young men who made a def
inite decisions for the Christian
life. We regret that more of the
fellows did not make this decision,
but our prayer is that they may
do so in the near future.
We feel very grateful and
thankful to Mr. Brown for his
work among us, and extend to
him our prayers and best wishes.
HENRY CLAY SOCIETY NOTES.
Mid-year examinations are over
and the Society is now at hard
work. At the meeting on Febru
ary 4th President R. Mitchell ap
pointed Stanley as critic for the
meeting. The question of further
restricting the immigration to the
I. nited States w;\s discussed.
I.anibe'i). 1). Budd and Blayloek
spoke for the affirmative and E
.Moore, Shelton and Newlin for the
negative. After quite a sj. riled
debate the negative got the de
cision of the house and the affirm
ative that of the judges.
As a further feature of the pro
gram E. Carroll gave a short but
interesting discussion of Social
ism.
\\ e were glad to have with us
as a visitor, Mr. Cecil, a new stu
dent.
NUMBER 17
Crimson Defeated by Grey
On Friday evening;, Jan. 21, one
could distinctly hear it 11 kinds of
noises coining from New Garden
and Founder's Halls. There was
to be a basketball game. Two yell
leaders liad previously been ap
pointed; one to represent the Grey
and another to represent the Crim
son. These leaders, Juliette Bal
linger and Hazel Armstrong, with
their followers, did several stunts
and gave yells before the game
started. Pans, brooms, guitars
and bells were used in the "band."
This enthusiasm that was shown
aided the players very much.
The teams had been in hard
practice preparing for the game
and the spectators were expecting
a close score. The game was char
acterized by fast and hard play
ing on both sides. The Crimson
forwards were unusually swift,
but A. Morris, their left forward,
scored more gOiils than any of her
team-mates. M. Lassiter, the left
forward for the Grey, was un
doubtedly (he star of the evening,
although consistent guarding pre
vented her from adding more
scores to her credit. The final
score was 10 to 0 in favor of Grey.
The line-up and summary:
Crimson. Grey.
R. Coltrane... r.f. .. .11. Harding
A.Morris l.f. .. .M. Lassiter
E. Hockett .... e E. Sullivan
E. Motsinger . r.g. . A. Thompson
G. Byrd e.g. ... M. Geslain
I). Faucette.. . I%s L. Hockett
Field goals: M. Lassiter (3), R.
Harding (1), A. Morris (2). Foul
goals, M. Lassiter (2), A. Morris
(2).
There is to be a public game
soon and it is requested that the
same enthusiasm be shown then
as in the previous game.
A secret committee has been ap
pointed with a view of giving the
letters "G. C." to the girls for
proficiency.
CLASS OFFICERS.
At regular meetings of the various
classes the following officers have
been chosen for the spring term:
Senior Class—President, Harrell
Budd; Secretary, Phoebe Worth; Mar
shal, Robert Mitchell.
Junior Class—President, Rhesa
Newlin; Secretary, Ethel Speas; Mar
shal, Ezra Moore.
Sophomore Class—President, War
ren Mitchell; Secretary, Ellen Rai
ford; Marshal, Roger Kiser.
Freshman Class—Robert Prazier,
President; Ruth Coletrane, Secretary;
Vivian Hayworth, Marshal.