THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME IV.
JOS. ELKINTON
LECTURES
ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND
AND NORWAY APPEAR ON
THE SCREEN.
The largest crowd of the season
assembled in Memorial Hall on Wed
nesday evening of last week for the
illustrated lecture given by Mr.
Joseph Elkinton, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Elkinton is well known to Guil
ford audiences and the expectations
created by past visits were more than
realized in this instance.
He begari with an interestng series
of views of Ireland. Among these
were pictures of Irish peasants in
their jaunting cars, some village
homes and a model village built by
James Richardson, u prominent Irish
Friend.
Next came slides of the noted
places of London, also the home - ? of
seven of the most distinguished
Friends. Most noteworthy of these
was the home of Edmund Harvey,
head of the Friends Reconstruction
work in France and the home and
chocolate factories of the Cadbuiys.
Among the most interesting places
was old Jordan's meeting house,
where William Penn worshiped and
where he was buried along with Isaac
Pennington and other noted Friends.
Also the Jordan's hostelry now being
used as a training center by the
Fi iends in their reconstruction wori
and the Oxford chapel tower where
William Penn attended school. An
other interesting group of pictures
were those of Woodbrook, the
1' riends training school for religious
work. Of religious or historical in
terest were the slides of the liopjps
of Robert Barclay, Walter Scott's cas
tle, the place where Milton wrote
Paradise Regained, and the home of
Robert Burn*.
A number of beautifully colored
slides illustrating Norway and Den
mark were then put on the screen.
These were mostly landscapes illus
trating the rugged beauty of the
Norwegian scenery. One of particu
lar interest showed the place where
the Kaiser was stopping when wur
broke out. Views from the Land of
the Midnight Sun followed and the
lecture closed with a gorgeous pic
ture of a sunset, the most artistical
ly colored picture in the collection.
Over one hundred slides were
shown within the hour, but Mr. El
kinton's rapid-fire descriptions en
abled the audience to keep pace, and
it .has seldom happened that a Guil
ford audience lias taken so delightful
a European trip.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 28, 1917
Y. W. C. A. PLAY A SUCCESS
■IK "GIRL IN A THOUSAND" WELL ACTED, WELL STAGED AND
MUCH KNJOYED.
On Saturday evening, Nov. 24, an
amusing comedy, "A Girl in a Thous
and," was staged in Memorial Hall
under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A
Altho the play is an annual event
representatives of the Y. W. C. A. in
charge of this one are to be com
mended for their choice of this excel
lent "comedy for the serious people."
The main plot of the story natura 1 -
ly centered around the "girl in a
thousand," the adopted child of Miss
Glendon, of Glendon Hall. But the
scenes shifted refreshingly from the
shabby cottage of Granny Morris to
the luxurious living room of the Glen
don's and from Miss Prim's bare un
inviting school room to the wierd re
cesses of Witches' Hollow.
At no place did interest wane, nor
was the patience of the audience tax
ed as the affairs of the Morris house
hold were revealed. An insight was
given into the secret ambitions of
the tiighty Kit and Charlie. The
prophetic dreams of Flora and Vivian
were interesting, while the modest
desires of Granny and Sylvia werj
quite eclipsed by tense dramatic sit
uation caused by Miss Prim's malevo
lent charity which would have re
sulted in the separation of the Morris
grandchildren, however this incident
prepared the way for the entrance of
wealthy Mrs. Wentworth, who actual
ly did take Flora into her family.
A noteworthy feature of the play
was the ease with which the different
characters were interpreted. Miss
Pike as Vivian Glendon was very
graceful and responded cleverly to
rhe changing emotions of her proto
type Granny Morris, impersonated
by Miss Bird, was the incarnation of
fussy maternal solicitude. Miss Mor
ris, as Miss Prim, was indeed true to
i.er name and by playing the role of
tue old maid school marm brought
laughter to the faces of the nost sol
emn. Miss Moton played the part of
the proverbial "Nora," and caused
much amusement by her expressions
of Irish sympathy for her "Po* dear
mistress" and by her own disappoint
ment in not getting at least one hus
band. Miss Coltrane, who entered :n
--to the role of the witch, with the
wonderful effect of her voice made „
splendid impression on her audience.
The music between acts was sup
plied by Miss Papworth and the Guil
ford Brass Band. It is indeed a rare
treat to be favored with mus'j by
Miss Papworth and her aurience is
always an appreciative one.
The Y. W. C. A. wishes to thank
Mies Edwards for her tireless effort*
in coaching the play. Much gratitude
is felt also toward Professors Brin
ton and Balderston for their sugges
tions and aid. No small amount of
credit Is due to Miss Gainey as ward
robe manager and A. I. Newlin and
D. D. S. Cameron as stage managers.
The latter are deserving of the high
(Continued on fourth page)
ENGLISH FRIENDS IN WARTIME.
A. K. Brown Tells of Part They Are
Playing at Present.
Last Thursday evening Alfred
Kemp Brown, a very prominent
Friend of London, who was present
at the Five Years' Meeting of Friends
which was held recently at Rich
mond, Indiana, and who is now mak
ing a tour of the United States be
fore returning to England, spoke t
the students and many of the people
from the neighborhood on "Some of
the Activities of English Friends an 1
Their Attitude in Regard to the
War." The lecture was very inter
esting and highly instructive.
Mr. Brown said, "We have ha i
about three and one-half years of
war. In 1914 no one was prepared
for such a catastrophe. Still, all were
loyal. Every one had a desire to do
something. They were willing to do
anything their consciences permitted.
"On© of the first things of all that
the English Friends did," continued
the speaker, "was the establishment,
of a society called the 'Emergency
Committee,' which aimed to help
aliens who happened to be in Eng
land at that particular time. Thi;
committee has given an immense
amount of help in different ways.
These visiting Germans, when they
returned to the Fatherland, told of
the kindness shown them. This nat
urally created a kindly feeling in
Germany toward certain English peo
ple and thus undermined, to some
extent, the hostile spirit that accom
panies war. Certain Germans in
Berlin, upon hearing of this work in
England, were led to establish a sim
ilar association there. This commit
tee in England has helped the pris
oners in the camps. It has corrected
some of the conditions once prevalent
in these camps. It has also provided
work for those in confinement. Many
of them were losing their mental bal
ance because of the fact that thev
had nothing to do.
"Many young Friends joined the
army or navy at the beginning of
war. Some enlisted in the Ambul
ance unit. Others felt that they must
do relief work. Consequently the
Friends' War Victims Committee was
organized. Then came the Prison
Visitation Committee. This was aft
er the conscription acts had beer
passed.
"When this war broke out, young
Friends had to decide something for
themselves. They had to consider
whether they could conscientiously
take the oath required of any one
joining either the army or navy. They
had to decide whether they were will
ing to sacrifice their own moral in
dependence to the military author
ties. They had also to considei
whether they were willing to become
(Continued on second page)
BASKET BALL PRACTICE
PROCEEDS IN EARNEST
INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCCER TO
BEGIN.
Basket ball practice has now gone
on for over a week and Coach Doak
reports some promising material. Of
last year's team three have reported
for practice, Jones, Zachary and
Babb. Of these Jones has had the
most experience and in this, his last,
year, he will probably eclipse all his
past records. Zachary and Babb are
playing their second year at intercol
legiate basket ball and with last
year's experience are showing much
improvement. Of the new men who
have reported, Marlette, Newlin, Gil
breath, and Hubbard are perhaps thy
best. Quite a number of others have
also appeared on the floor, but few of
these will make the squad this year.
Coach Doak reports that arrange
ments for a soccer game with ths
University and perhaps also A. & E.
are proceeding satisfactorily. The
game with the University will per
haps be played before Christmas and
all who wish to try for the teani
must report on the field daily. The
honor of introducing soccer as an in
tercollegiate sport will undoubtedly
fall to Guilford and if Guilford is to
win the first intercollegiate soccer
game played in North Carolina every
man in college not on the basket ball
squad should get out and hustle.
TRAITOR OR PATRIOT?
Webs. Discuss Senator LaFollette, of
Wisconsin, aiul Elect Officers.
On last Friday evening the 24th
of November the question for debate
in the Websterian Society was "Re
solved that Senator LaFolief'e should
be expelled from the United Spaces
Senate." The speakers for the af
firmative were Elbert Fort, Joe Tay
lor and Raymond Stafford. In a
sound, logical manner these men
showed that the Senator should be
removed from the Senate because he
has obstructed needful legislation;
because he is an enemy to Democratic
measures and because he has abused
the privilege of freedom of speech
which is necessarily diminished in
time of war. Sam Smith, Edgar B.
T >me tl nd M. Brown, as defenders of
tl c negative, proved that the career
o) LaFollette as a statesman did n. t
justify his removal, and that he only
holds to his conscientious convictions
•jnd therefore he has not been a trait
or to his government.
This being the regular meeting for
the election of officers the following
men were chosen: President, S. C.
Smith; vice-president, Paul V. Fitz
gerald; secretary, Elbert W. Fort;
marshal, J. G. Reddick.
After an instructive critic's report
by C. M. Macon, the society adjourn
ed.
NUMBER 11