VOLUME 111
QUAKERS HAVE
RUNAWAY
Defeat Lenoir in a Lopsided Contest
—Game Good in Spots.
On Saturday evening the Crimson
and Gray added another victory to
her list, when she on her own floor
'triumphed over Lenoir College in a
one-sided game of basketball by the
count of 67 to 18. The Quakers were
entirely too fast, in every depart
ment of the sport, for the visitors
and hence the locals scored at will.
The visitors first to record i
field goal, and due to their close pur
suit of and careful gathering around
the ball, all at once, for the first few
minutes of play, held the home team
at bay. After a short period of such
playing, Guilford solved the problem
as to how to extricate the ball from
the mass of players and from then
onward, like a trained wind storm,
whirled the ball around the visitors
and in an easy and precise manner
pocketed the sphere repeatedly. No
less than fourteen field goals were
thrown in the first duration of twen
ty minutes, the score standing at the
close of this period 29 to 12. Not
satisfied with such a lead, and being
invigorated by the enthusiastic loyal
yelling and singing of the student
body, the Crimson and Gray after ten
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WEBSTERIANS IN NEW HOME.
Several Old Webs Present at House
warming.
The first meeting of the Webster
ian Literary Society in its new hall
was held Friday night. President
Hinshaw called the meeting to order.
Mr. A. J. Smith was appointed critic.
The question, Resolved, That Con
gress should pass a law requiring all
labor disputes to be submitted to a
board of arbitration, was ably ar
gued. Messrs. R. Arthur Lineberry
and Robert H. Frazier advanced the
affirmative. These explained com
pulsory arbitration, showing it to be
practical and just. The negative was
upheld by Messrs. J. Dewey Dorsett
and D. D. Shields Cameron, who
proved compulsory arbitration to be
opposed to American principles and
that It would be impracticable when
put into effect. The literary pro
gram was closed by a very well de
livered humorous declaration by Mr.
Paul V. Fitzgerald. The judges de
cided in favor of the negative in the
debate.
After the program several speeches
were made expressing pleasure at be
ing in the new hall. Dr. C. O. Mere
dith and Coach R. S. Doak, both old
Websterians, spoke. Dr. Meredith
emphasized the fact that the Web
sterians were in the nicest place that
they had ever been housed. The en
tire society was favorably impressed
with the new hall and this sense of
pleasure at having a new home will
cause superior society work. The
meeting was closed by a constructive
critic's report.
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1917.
CLAYS ENTERTAIN
THE ZAT ASIANS
ABLE PRESENTATION OF LINCOLN'S CHARACTER AND ACHIEVE
MENTS FOLLOWED BV ENJOYABLE SOCIAL TIME.
Friday evening, February 9, one
of the most brilliant social events of
the year, took place when the mem
bers of the Zatasian Literary Society
were the guests of honor at a recep
tion given by the Henry Clay Liter
ary Society.
E. B. CARROLL
President of the Henry Clay Literary Society
It was not lacking in any of the
three things essential to an enjoy
able occasion the anticipation of,
the realization of, and the memory
of. For a whole week the Zatasians
had been anticipating an evening
with the Clays. From the moment
they entered the door of the beauti
ful Society Hall, they began to real
ize the pleasures and now they are
feasting their minds on the memory
of the happy occasion.
The Henry Clays were fully equal
to their reputation as excellent hosts
and gave to the Zatasians a royal re
ception.
The elegant Society Hall was taste
fully decorated with pennants of the
two societies and with white carna
tions.
For the space of a few minutes the
meeting was given over to the chap
lain, I. T. Valentine, after which the
literary program was rendered. The
program was in commemoration of
that belovetl statesman so dear to
all—Abraham Lincoln.
Again there was brot to mind his
noble deeds, his beautiful character,
GUILFORD WELL REPRESENTED
Miss Ayer and Miss White attend
ed the meeting of the Greensboro
Chapter of the Southern Association
of College Women on Friday last.
Miss Ayer in her capacity as presi
dent presided in a very effectual
manner. An interesting program
waa reported.
his unparalleled devotion to his prin
ciples of right.
In listening to the debate so ably
argued by E. R. Moore and A. I.
Newlin, the audience was made to
see his wisdom and shrewdness as a
politician. The declamation, "Lin
coln at Gettysburg," given by Slier
ley White, enabled all to realize his
power as an orator, and "The Trib
ute to Lincoln" by W. Mitchell in
creased the reverence for his noble
ness. Then, hearing of "Lincoln as
a Man" so uniquely and ably present
ed by J. P. Garner, brought a real
ization of the great and unselfish
deeds he did which have influenced
and blessed future generations.
The tribute given Lincoln by Ed.
B. Carroll increased in the hearts of
his hearers the desire for present
day rail splitters, whose ideals are
as honest and pure as those of the
hero of long ago.
After Society adjourned, each had
got a lassie and everybody wended
their way to Founders Hall. Here
again tasty decorations in green and
white were used.
Delicious refreshments, consisting
of cream and cake, coffee and mints
was served.
MISS ETHEL M. SPEAS
President of the Zatasian Literary Society
The merry chatter, the cheery
laughter betrayed the fact that every
body was happy, and when the time
to depart came everybody lingered as
long as possible, regretting that such
an enjoyable occasion must now be
only a memory.
REV. TOWNSEND ADDRESSES
STUDENTS.
Rev. F. L. Townsend, of Reids
ville, addressed the student body at
collection last Friday morning. He
called Guilford a "man factory" and
told in an interesting manner, illus
trated by apt illustrations, what it
meant to be a man.
NUMBER 18
GUILFORD TO
DEBATE A. & M.
First Inter-Collegiate for Guilford
Scheduled For Saturday Evening
at the Normal.
The first inter-collegiate debate in
which Guilford has participated will
be held next Saturday evening in the
auditorium of the Students' building
at the State Normal College In
Greensboro, A. & M. College being
the institution with which we lock
horns. The query for the discussion
is "Resolved, That the Federal Gov
ernment should own and operate the
Inter-State Railways, constitutional
ity being waived." The forensic en
counter bids fair to draw a large
crowd in view of the fact that Guil
ford and A. & M. both have large fol
lowings in Greensboro coupled with
the interest being manifested in the
debate at the Normal. Another fac
tor which is calculated to increase
the interest in the event is the fact
that the same subject is being, used
as the query in the State High School
Debating Union.
Guilford will be represented in
the discussion by Rhesa L. Newlin
and I. T. Valentine with Robert Fra
zier as alternate. The Guilford team
while uninitiated in inter-collegiate
debating is not untrained in the art,
having had considerable experience
in class debates. The Quaker rep
resentatives are putting the final
touches on their work and will be
ready for the fray when the first
speaker is called. A. & M. has chos
en her most experienced and ablest
debaters in their desire to secure
the decision, David H. Coltrane and
W. K. Scott being selected by the
Raleigh institution. These men
were successful in vanquishing Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute last year
and of course are desirous of admin
istering the same medicine to Guil
ford. But Valentine and Newlin are
both vigorously opposed to govern
ment ownership of railroads and do
not propose to allow A. & M. to dic
tate to Uncle Sam as to the advis
ability of such a proposition if it is
in their power. Anyway, there is to
be a real contest at the Normal next
Saturday evening and most of the
Guilford students will be there to
give their loyal support to the stand
ard bearers of the Crimson and
Gray. Quite a number of Alumni
have also expressed themselves as
expecting to be present, so the total
number of Guilfordians ought not to
be negligible.
And the Normal—of course she
has been most considerate. Besides
contributing the auditorium, the
Normal Debating Council has plan
ned a social hour for the debaters
and their committees. (Incidentally
quite a number of applications for
membership on the Guilford Council
have just been filled.) The evening
will be worth the while and no Guil
fordian can afford to miea it.