THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME IV.
MR. STEPHENSON SPEAKS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS
On Thursday evening, October 4th,
the Young Men's and Young Wom
en's Christian Associations were very
much pleased to have Mr. Gilbert T.
Stephenson, of Winston-Salem, speak
to them of the work of the "Y" in
the army.
The Y. W. C. A. president read as
a Scripture lesson part of the 25th
chapter of Matthew. Mr. Stephenson
was then introduced by the Y. M. C.
A. president, and told about the work
of the Christian Associations in the
army camps in the Unitod States and
in the trenches of Europe. He said
"the 'Y' ha-3 come to its own as never
before, since this war was declared."
He told of a man who went to college
and came away with a grouch to
ward the Y. M. C. A. He went into
business in a city and bore the same
spirit toward the City Association.
Then last spring he went to the offi
cers' training camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe, and there saw what the Y.
M. C. A. is doing for the men at the
camp. Now there is not a greater
enthusiast in the whole State, for Y.
M. C. A. work.
"When war was first declared,"
said Mr. Stephenson, "the Red Cross
and the Y. M. C. A. ware the only
organizations recognized by the Pres
ident. General Pershing on going to
France cablegramed, 'The greatest
need in the French army today is five
hundred Y. M. C. A. secretaries!'
What do they have which no one else
can give? What do they do? The
answer is this: The young men in
tbe f.rmy camps are subjected to the
greatest temptations of their lives at
a time when they are least able to
understand and withstand them. The
'Y' helps the boys to overcome these,
gives them a better, purer, and more
noble outlook on life and its respon
sibilities."
"Vice and disease have brought
havoc to the soldiers in every previ
ous war. On the average three times
as many people fall on these accounts
as fall from bullets; in the Spanish
American war it reached an average
of five to one. This is the reason
President Wilson gave the Y. M. C.
A. and the Red Cross Associations
such honorable recognition in order
that the ravages of vice and disease
might be overcome."
Mr. Stephenson then took up the
activities of the "Y." What is its
field of action? Wherever an Amer
ican soldier goes there the Y. M. C.
A. secretary goes with him. "These
secretaries have no fear," he said,
"they endure as great dangers as the
soliders and this is one reason why
they are fairly worshipped by the
soldiers. The work of the Y. M. C.
A. is broad—direct ministry or
preaching to the boys is only a small
part of the work, the last part though
by no means the least. The material
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DONT FORGET THE Y. W. C. A. PICNIC
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 10, 1017.
GUILFORD LOSES SECOND GRIDIRON
BATTLE OF SEASON TO WOFFORD
" Veniunt, vidiunt, vincuntus,"
that is, they went, they saw, they
were conquered (with apologies to
Julius Caesar, Dr. Meredith and Miss
Edwards), describes in brief style
the result of Saturday's clash be
tween the fighting little Quaker elev
en and the strong Wofford gridiron
experts.
The game, which resulted in a 20
to 0 score in favor of the South Caro
lina Methodists, was played in ideal
football weather and before a large
crowd of Wofford supporters and
soldier boys. The latter, strange to
say, rooted enthusiastically for the
Quakers.
The Wofford team got the start on
Coach Doak's eleven in the first five
minutes of play and kept them on
the defensive until the latter part of
the third quarter when Grissom, the
fleet little Quaker end, scooped up a
forward pass from almost on the
ground and carried it by broken field
running to the Terrier's 35-yard line,
where he was downed by Ellerbee,
the Methodists' star half-back.
For the Quakers, Newlin and Jones
were the shining lights in the back
field. Newlin rarely failed to ad
vance the ball at least three or five
yards on his line plunges, while in
tackling he was sure and deadly.
Jones showed good head work in his
position as quarter-back, and bids
fair to surpass the record he made
last year as an end. In the line it
is hard to say just where work was
the best, but Zachary, Fort, and Wal
ser were probably the most aggres
sive in their playing, Zachary espe
cially bringing forth shouts of amuse
ment from the soldiers by the way
he tossed his opponent around.
Reddick and Grissom both played ex
cellent ball at their respective ends.
The work of Carmichael and El
lerbee, of the Terriers, deserves spe
cial mention. Ellerbee, the former
Suwanee star, who was mentioned as
All Southern half-backs last year,
played an important part in breaking
up Guilford's end runs and forward
passes.
Wofford's gains were made princi
pally on end runs and brush-tackle
plays. Their straight line plunges
usually failed to materialize and very
few forward passes were successfully
completed. The Quakers gains were
mostly made on the two things that
the Terriers were least successful in,
namely line plunges and forward
passes. If the Quaker backfield
would perfect their interference and
get their aerial work down "pat"
they would stand a better chance
against Wake Forest next Saturday.
The following quotation from the
Spartanburg Herald shows that the
Quakers were not altogether lacking
in the fighting "pep":
"The playing of Guilford should
not be underestimated. At all times
the North Carolina boys were fight
ing, and they showed good qualities."
Wofford won the toss-up and elect
ed to receive the ball. Walser made
a good kick. Wofford brot the ball
by a series of line plays to Guilford's
30-yard line, from whence Ellerbee
carried the pigskin around left end
for a touchdown. Vaughn failed at
goal. Guilford then received. New
lin carried the ball to 50-yard line.
After a few yards gain the Quakers
lost the ball on downs. Wofford was
then held for downs and was forced
to kick. The Quakers came back in
the second quarter with more ginger,
but were unable to keep the Terriers
from carrying the ball across the ine
for a second touchdown. Vaughn suc
cessfully kicked the goal this time.
Guilford received again ond the half
ended with the ball on their 20-yard
line. Score Wofford 13, Guilford 0.
The second half commenced with
receiving. Bryant was
downed on Guilford's 35-yard line,
where the ball was lost on downs.
Wofford made the third and last
touchdown by a series of long end
runs. Vaughn kicked goal again.
It was now that Guilford worked the
forward pass that enabled Grissom
to make his 35-yard dash, which was
only prevented from being a touch
down by Ellerbee's flying tackle.
Newlin then made five yards thru
center and Bryant four around left
fend. Wofford however intercepted a
forward pass and the quarter ended
with the ball in their possession.
The last quarter started with Guil
ford on the defensive, but by dint of
hard work the Terriers were prevent
ed from further scoring.
Guilford's line-up was as follows:
R. H. 8., Bryant; L. H. 8., Henley;
F. 8., Newlin (captain); O. 8.,
Jones; R. E., Reddick; L. E., Wil
son; R. tackle, Walser; L. tackle,
Stafford; R. G., Zachary; L. G.,
Babb; Center, Fort. Substitutes,
Grissom for Wilson, Boren for Gris
som, Cameron for Henley.
PREP. BIBLE CLASS ON A POS
SUM HUNT.
Algie Newlin and Hugh Moore,
leaders of the Prep. Bible classes,
treated their youthful disciples to a
'possum hunt last Tuesday night.
Three 'possum were treed and
caught. They were all small, but
that was the fault of the 'ipossums,
not of the hunters. The most re
markable feature of the occasion was
the tree climbing ability displayed by
Algie Newlin. No tree was too big
or high for Algie. Algie declares
that he expects to continue his edu
cation in the higher branches.
SCIENCE CLUB HEARS ,
ABOUT GENETICS
Last Wednesday evening the Jos
eph Moore Science Club held its first
regular meeting of the year. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, C. B. Edwards; vice-president,
W. Mitchell; secretary, Ellen Rai
ford; treasurer, P. Fitzgerald;
Ausehr, J. S. Rogers. The following
were elected to membership: B. V.
Noles, J. S. Rogers, D. D. S. Cameron,
Laura Worth, W. C. Guess, A. W.
Roberts, V. Clodfelter, E. Hockett,
S. C. Smith, J. Doughton, H. Patter
son, K. Campbell, M. E. Babb.
The program consisted of an able
address by Prof. Rogers on the sub
ject of Genetics.
Mr. Rogers spoke on the place and
importance of Genetics in Biology
and pointed out that with the rise of
Modern Genetics in 1900, the cause
and manner of the origin of species,
ceased to be entirely a manner of
speculation and became in part the
subject of experimentation.
The greater part of the time how
ever was given to the description of
some of the examples fo the simpler
phenomena of Mendelian heredity
and in showing how the principle of
gametic segregation, announced by
Mendel and others, becomes in most
organisms tremendously complex.
Cases in which the Mendelian law
has been demonstrated to apply in
man were briefly considered. Here
the definite knowledge is quite lim
ited, but at present much work is be
ing attempted with the intent of
making hereditary laws as they ap
ply to man so clear that these laws
will point the way to a scientific bet
terment of the human race.
PHI LOMA THE AN ITEMS.
Variety of program is something
every Literary Society should strive
to have. Otherwise, the successive
meetings become painfully monoton
ous. On last Friday evening the
Philomatheans carried out this idea
by having a program which was char
acterized by its brevity. This was
the program:
1. A Review of the Life and Work
of Herbert Hoover—Dora Moore.
2. Music —Mary Mendenhall.
3. Japanese Love Song—Gertrude
Hobbs.
As this was the regular time for
election of officers, the following
were elected: President, Addie Mor
ris; secretary, Donna Mcßane; mar
shal, Opie Raiford.
It is always a pleasure to have
girls join a society, who have been on
the campus several weeks and have
been able to judge and decide fully
f he matter for themselves. For this
reason, ever Philomathean felt un
usually glad to have Alta Zachary
and Madge Coble join the ranks of
those marching under the Brown and
White banner.
After an interesting critic's report
by Addie Morris, society adjourned.
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