VOLUME 111
"THE CONSECRATION
OE SCHOOL LIFE"
This week Ruth Coble led the
Thursday evening Y. W. C. A. prayer
meeting. Her subject was "The Con
secration of School Life."
"When we enter college, in spite
of everything we think, we are very
small and insignificant," said the
leader, "and our aim is to gain some
thing in four years which will make
the world better." "To do this," she
.continued, "we must consecrate our
school life—we must make it sacred.
To be well-rounded characters we
should be developed physically, men
tally and spiritually. This means en
tering whole-heartedly into play as
well as taking advice from our teach
ers and being good."
"Emerson says," she went on,
"that when a person goes to college
his fellows educate him. Do we ever
think that we are acting in a way
that would educate our friends?"
"To really consecrate onr school
life we must be in private just what
we are in public. Then besides being
sincere and hones't we should be un
selfish and optimistic; looking on the
bright side transforms everything.
"If we always search for the easy
tasks in our school days," concluded
the leader, "we will not develop and
we will not be prepared to face the
world for there we cannot choose
our tasks. The greatest thing of all
is to learn to take Christ into our
lives. With Him our tasks are made
lighter and our school life really
made sacred."
As was mentioned last week, the
girls are going to observe the week
of prayer this week. The aim of this
World Fellowship Week is to bring
about a Christian unity of thought
among the 800,000 members of the
World Association. In spite of all
the misfortunes of war women from
thirty nations in these next few days
will be praying that the Kingdom of
Christ may come.
GUILFORD DEMOCRATS HELP
GREENSBORO CELEBRATE
Wilson-Bickett Club Makes Good Ap
pearance in Parade.
Thro streets packed with applaud
ing spectators, amid the blaring of
bands, the shrieking of countless au
to horns, the banging of tin pans and
the blazing of bonfires the Wilson-
Bicket't Club of Guilford College
proudly marched the length and
breadth of Greensboro in celebration
of the re-election of President Wil
son. The members, forty strong, and
marching two by two joined the pa
rade as it was proceeding down West
Market street. In front they carried
a transparency illuminated from
within, on the four sides of which the
name of the club was painted. This,
combined wtih numerous Guilford
pennants which were gracefully
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 15, 1916.
A VIRGINIA
HEROINE
Will make her first appearance at
Guilford College Saturday evening,
November 25th!
Ain't you going? 'Cose you is, for
Topsy is gwine ter be der if Nora
does not conclude that she's "the
sassiest naygur alive." Even Granny
Uoyal is coming and Martha Lane
with all her village gossip.
To understand all of this please
see the Virginia Heroine. This vill
be positively her first and last ap
pearance. Don't miss the opportun
ity.
In spite of all political contusion,
war, and high cost of living the Y.
VV. C. A. play is going to be better
than ever before. The girls, under
the efficient coiaching of Miss Ayer,
have begun work in earnest.
This play will be very interesting
to history students because its setting
is during the time of the Civil War
and it will be very instructive both
to the frivolous and sober minded,
because it is serious comedy.
Tickets will be put on sale Novem
ber 15th. Please see Addie Morris
at New Garden and Mary Ina Sham
burger at Founders and have your
seat reserved.
MISS OSBORNE ENTERTAINS.
Miss Osborne was hostess on Sat
urday evening in honor of Miss El
eanor Elliott, a member of the Eng
lish department of the State Normal
College in Greensboro, who was the
guest of Miss Gainey for the week
end. The rare privilege of visiting
second floor was accorded the guests,
the younger members of the faculty,
and a most pleasant social hour was
enjoyed. Ice cream and cake and
coffee and mints were served while
Miss Edwards' new Victrola furnish
ed the music of the evening.
FROM 1!) 1(> TO IJ>2.
The members of the Republican
Club wish to congratulate the Demo
cratic Club in its succes on election
day in our Congressional district,
our state, and our nation. Our hats
are off to you, to Mr. Wilson, to Mr.
Bickett, and to Mr. Stedman.
However we do not believe that a
good run is better than a bad stand
in a political campaign. We will
meet you on the battle field of poli
tics again in 1920 with the determi
nation of reclaiming our nation, and
to bring our state back into the Re
publican fold.
Until 1920 let the dead past bury
its dead. Let us live in the present,
and let the future take care of itself.
ED. 15. CARROLL,
President of Republican Club.
Remember the date of "A Virginia
Heroine," November 25, at 8 p. m.
Don't forget the Y. W. C. A. play.
BISHOP RONTHALER
LECTURES
(Jives Inspiring Talk on "America
and How to Save Her."
On last Saturday evening Bishop
Ronthaler was welcomed to Guilford
College by a large audience of stu
dents and community people. Guil
ford is always glad to greet the bish
op on his annual visit and every one
was very much pleased with his in
teresting and inspiring lecture on
"America and How to Save Iler."
The speaker began by saying "At
this crisis in our history It is well
that we think of this subject with
great sincerity. Twice in her history
has America been saved, first in 177P>,
and then in the civil war, from which
emerged the Union. Three genera
tions have passed and conditions
seem to be moving towards another
crises. In order to understand best
how America can be saved we must
know and understand her govern
ment and conditions and this can be
best done by contrasting them with
the condition's in Germany, that pow
erful and efficient nation where the
community controls the man."
The lecturer gave many personal
anecdotes showing how completely
the government's oversight of the in
dividual has entered into his daily
life. In this war it has proved a mar
vellously efficient system.. "But the
question conies to us, 'ls it the best
system?' What has it done? It has
opened vast graveyards, filled the
land with bereavment, made the Ger
man name to be hated and worst of
all it has lowered culture. It is a
failure. Now let us turn our atten
tion to our own system of govern
ment. Here we see the individual
controlling the community, and what
has this done? It has given us a
sense of individualism, with a joy of
liberty, a great peace loving dem
ocracy. But with individuals in con
trol of the state there are many grave
dangers to be considered. The youth
must be encouraged in the forming
of his ideals of justice. It is a lack
of a fine sense of justice that endan
gers our land and we need to rise
more fully to a realization of this
fact. The American people are a
generous people, but they need to
have more intelligent ideas of needs.
Our dollars must be ready to go to
the farthest ends of the earth. From
this we go one step farther. Ameri
ca will need to be saved spiritually,
as the great nation of individuals she
stands in a peculiar relation to the
religion of Jesus Christ. As Colum
bus discovered America so Christ dis
covered the individual. As an indi
vidual I will stand by my country in
the hour of any crisis. God will save
America, God will bless America."
A musical setting of Tennyson's
poem, "The Lady of Shalott," will be
given by the Ladies' Glee Club. Also
selections by Men's Glee Club, chor
uses, and solos by Paul Fitzgerald
and Dancy Budd. Prof. Brinton will
read and interpret the poem.
Students Asked to
Aid European
Prisoners
The Sunday evening prayer meet
ing was conducted by W. H. Morgan,
traveling secretary of the Young
Men's Christian Association.
He spoke of the conditions of the
prisoners in Europe. "There are
5,700,000 men and boys in these
prison camps," said Mr. Morgan, 'and
there are from 2,000 to 75,000 in a
single camp. These men are only
known by a number and they live on
coffee and bread for breakfast and oil
soup and bread for dinner and sup
per. The mental anguish of the men
is terrible.
"When Mr. Mott made his inves
tigation into the European situation
he found that America's opportunity
for service would be in these prison
camps," continued the speaker.
"As a result of this there are Asso
ciation huts now where the prisoner
can find something to do to make his
life less wretched. The camps have
schools and various forms of athletic
sports and bands. Music is one of
the great things which keep the men
from insanity.
"The money for these prisoners
might have been raised," went on
Mr. Morgan, "by large donations
from such men as Rockefeller, but
the spirit of the movement demand
ed that it be presented to the colleges
all over the country; so in this way
each college student might have the
opportunity of doing something and
thus save ourselves as well as oth
ers."
The speaker concluded by making
an appeal to the students of both As
sociations, asking them that if they
could not support this cause by giv
ing money to make it an abject of
prayer in this week of world prayer
and fellowship.
THE LITERARY CLUB DISCUSSES
ARISTOPHANES.
A regular meeting of the Lriterary
Club was held in East Parlor, Found
ers, November 8. Miss Edwards
briefly gave the historical setting of
"The Archarnians." Mr. Balderston
mentioned some of the personages
who figured in the days of Aristo
phanes, noting especially Pericles,
Cleon, Alcibiaodes, and the historian
Thercydlides. Mrs. Davis pointed out
the similarities between the Athen
ians and ourselves as shown by pass
ages in "The Archarnians," showing
how after all the characteristics of
human nature have not changed very
much. Miss Osborne then pointed'
out the striking differences between
the Greeks and our own age as illus
trated by actions represented in this
comedy. The differences were chief
ly due to the customs of that ancient,
people. Mr. Woolsey concluded the
program with a brief account of the
plot of "The Knights," the other com
edy of Aristophanes studied for that
evening.
Don't forget the Y. W. C. A. play.
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