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LETTERS TO THE GUILFORDIAN.
(The publication of letters does not
necessarily mean that their senti
ments are indorsed by the Board.)
WHY DID BASKETBALL
FAIL?
The most discouraging basket
ball season that Guilford has ever
experienced came to a close last
Wednesday night when we lost the
fourteenth consecutive game to
Carolina at Chapel Hill. The stu
dents at the college, most of them
at any rate, know something about
the whys and wherefores of such a
disastrous season; but the old stu
dents and alumnae, who do not
know so well tli' existing condi
tions, are wondering and asking
why Guilford ha a come down from
the proud and envied position
which she has for many years held
in the realm of basketball and has
assumed the place at the bottom
of the table of reckoning. The fact
that we have not won a single
game the whole season should be,
and I believe it is, one to which
every true and loyal Guilfordian
should and does look with horror
and disgust.
The question may be asked, and
rightly asked, is it the fault of the
boys who have composed the team
that our record has been complete
ly devoid of victory? 111 answer
to this question I am expressing
the sentiments of the student
body, I verily believe, when I say
emphatically that they have not
been the cause of such a complete
failure. But 011 the other hand,
the lack of coaching has had more
to do with the results than prob
ably all other things combined.
We know that some of our best
players left college not long before
the season began, but there was
enough good material left from
which to select a fairly representa
tive team. Only a few days before
the season opened the Athletic
Cabinet, at its own expense and
without the aid of the trustees of
the college, decided to employ
Luther Stuart, an old Guilford
athlete, to coach the team for most
of the season. Stuart probably did
the best he could under the circum
stances, but 110 man can build up
a good, strong, winning basketball
team in a week or less. What we
needed and what we badly needed,
from the close of the football sea
son 011 Thanksgiving day until the
opening of the basketball season
011 the 19th of January, and on
through the season, was a good,
wide-awake, energetic efficient
coach, who possesses dynamic
force and magnetic power.
Jf we had had such a coach I
believe, along with the men and
women of the college, that tlie
basketball season would have
closed with some victories to our
credit rather than fourteen over
whelming defeats staring Guilford
College squarely in the face.
Will the friends and supporters
of Guilford College, old students
and alumnae stand aloof and ill
low her athletic reputation to flow
at such an extremely low ebb? We
believe that those who have seen
and have helped Guilford snatch
victory from the leading colleges
and universities of the South will
not stand idly by and see her
proud record trampled beneath
the feet of those who only a very
short while ago were her victims.
It is the concensus of the stu
dents that in order for us to re
.gain our former, proud record in
basketball and other phases of ath
letics it will be necessary for the
trustees of the college to employ
a 111:111 for the whole year who
knows athletics and in whom the
boys put confidence. Until the
trustees, or somebody, takes such
action we cannot hope to see Guil
ford rise to her former prominence
and take her proud place in ath
letics among the leading Southern
colleges and universities.
SCIENCE CLUB.
The Joseph Moore Science Club
held its regular meeting on Wed
nesday evening, February twenty
third. Miss Benbow, Miss Pap
worth, Lyndon Stuart, and Law
rence Grissom were elected as
members of the club. The general
topic of discussion for the evening
was that of Pure Foods and their
relation to the Public Health.
Sara Richardson read a paper 011
the necessity of Pure Food laws in
which she showed that the general
public, having (he labels 011 the
packages as their only guide in the
purchase of food, has a right to
know exactly what they are get
ting. Caroline Yates then told of
the methods by which the Pure
Food legislation is enforced and
gave an outline of the scope of the
whole law. Mr. Downing spoke of
some of the commoner adulterants
of food and showed tests by which
a few of these could be detected.
SGhwartz, Kirwin & Fauss
42 Barclay St., New York, N. Y.
MANUFACTURING JEWELERS
Class, College & Fraternity Pins
Medals, Rings, Prizes for Games, etc.
Jewelers to Guilford College.
When in Greensboro Eat at
THE HENNESSEE CAFE
The Home of Good Cooking.
We have a Rest Room Furnished Ex
clusively for Ladies. You are always
welcomed to our Cafe.
342 and 344 South Elm Street.
J. R. DONNELL - Prop and Manager.
THE GUILFORDIAN
LITERARY CLUB.
The IJISI meeting of the Literary
Club was held in East parlor,
Founders, February 1(5.
.Miss Benbow, who was first on
the program, gave the story of
Hecuba as found in the tragedy of
Euripides.
.Miss Osborne read a ]taper re
viewing the characters of the
Troades. chief among whom is He
cuba, who with the chorus laments
the fall of Troy.
Miss Uainey read the beautiful
myth upon which Euripides based
his Alcestis.
Mrs. TTobbs read a paper on the
Alcestis of Euripides, showing
how Euripides exhibits through
this, and others of his plays, a re
markable insight into the follies
and faibles of his (imes.
THE BALTIMORE ELECTRIC .SHOE REPAIR CO
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERD
Look for our Car Monday Morning and Thursday
329 South Elm. Phone 897.
Greensboro, N. C.
PARKER PAPER & TWINE CO.
HIGH POINT, N. C.
Carries the lagest stock of Paper and
Twines of any house between
Baltimore and Atlanta.
W. T. PARKER
Sec.-Treas. and Gen. Manager.
ELECTRICAL
Contracting in all its branches. High class work.
FIXTURES
EOf distinction.
J. B. BOOTH Jr., Electrical Engineer
PEERLESS CHANDELIER WORKS
135 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C.
Phone 543
Ellis, Stone & Co.
DRY GOODS
NOTIONS
LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR
Greensboro Music Co.
EVERYTHING MUSICAL
Pianos, Victrolas, Records, Sheet Music
FRANK M. HOOD, Mgr.
Phone 438.
Clegg's Bakery
BEST BREAD
AND CAKES
GREENSBORO, N. C.
W. I. ANDERSON & CO., INC.
NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST
DEALERS IN FRUITS AND
PRO r JCE.
Wholesale Only. Greensboro, N. C.
COBLE & MEBANE
WE GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION
TO COLLEGE FOOTWEAR.
U stand in them, we stand behind them
220 SOUTH ELM STREET,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
THOS. WAKEFIELD
Dealer in
THINGS STUDENTS WILL WANT
TO EAT.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.
Fordham-Brown Shoe Co.
118 WEST MARKET STREET.
BUY YOUR SHOES WHERE STU
DENTS GET A SPECIAL DISCOUNT
AND HAVE A FULL LINE TO SE
LECT FROM.
DR. GRIFFITH
DENTIST
No. 105 Court Square,
No. 108 W. Market St.,
Will do your Dental work for less
money than anywhere else in
Greensboro.
GOOD WORK GUARANTEED
IS OUR MOTTO.
W. L. 'EGG
JEWELER
WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING.
Opp. Court House, Greensboro, N. C.
LEWIS & ANDREWS
MILLINERY
10 per cent discount to college girls.
108 W. Washington St. Greensboro, N. C
GUILFORD HOTEL
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Well located. It is popular with the pnblic
because of its fair rates, courteous treatment and
competent equipment. The cuisine and service
are the best obtainable.
CABELL YOUNG. Manager
S. L. GILMER & COMPANY
DRY GOODS NOTIONS
Ladies' Ready-To-Wear
Greensboro, N. C.
THE ANGLE LAMP
THE RAYO LAMP
THE STUDENT LAMP
Each for its particular purpose is the best burning, best light
giving kerosene burning lamp made.
The Angle Lamp for the sidewall or the ceiling.
T*L J° or parlor or dining room table.
I he Student Lamp for studying or sowing by.
We keep them all and a full line of supplies for each.
They are all moderately priced and we sell them all at better
t han regular prices and we put any of them in your home on
jhal.
MOURANE & TONKIN
THE CHINA STORE - GREENSBORO, N. C
227 South Elm Street
CLOTHES CLEANED, PRESSED
AND ALTERED
Work Called For and Delievered.
YOW & BYRD
Club in Cottage No. 1.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.