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THE GUILFORDIAN VOLUME IV. GOV. BIGKETT TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS iGuilfordians will learn with the greatest pleasure that Governor Bickett will this year deliver the ad dress to the graduating class. Bick ett made a deep impression on Guil ford students when he visited the college during his campaign for gov ernor. At that time lis more than upheld his reputation as an orator of the first rank. Since his election as governor he has become widely known thruout the whole country as one of the ablest of State executives and many have predicted a still greater career for him. His coming will be awaited with much anticipa tion and he can be assured of the very best welcome that Guilford can give him. VERA MoBANE TALKS TO Y. W. C. A.—"HOW DO YOU PRAY?" ' The interest in prayer is world wide among Christians/' said Miss Meßane and even amon„' many who would not call themselves believing Christians! there is being manifested an earnest desire to understand what prayer is and to engage more fully in it. An alarming weakness is that we are producing Christian activities faster than we are producing Chris tian experience and faith; that the discipline of our souls and the deep ening of our acquaintance with God are not proviing sufficiently thorough. To overcome this we must form the habit of C'hrist-like prayer. "In order to thoroughly under stand what prayer is I must ask my self these questions," said the speak er,, "How do I pray? Do I honestly pray, or do I just say words? Do I ask for things, or do I share with God my longing which ?& also His? For what sort of things do I pray? Are my prayers selfish? Am I willing to do everything in my power to help fulfill for that which I ask? Do I pray believing or blocking the an swer by not expecting t'lat God wil! really take account of taat for which I ask? "To many people prayer is a pious practice rather than a vital transac tions. To Jesus the meaming of prayer was not that Gcd would give him whatever he asked. God did not. The sustained and passionate petition when the Master thrice re turned with blood-stained face to cry 'Let tlrfs cup pass,' had 'no' for an answer." Miss Mcßane then closed by say ing, "Let us think of others and make our prayers real :.'.nd may we be able to say 'I had heard' of thee by the heariing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee." This talk on prayer is one of the best and most practical talks that the Y. W. C. A. has heard this year. Most of all at this time should we think on prayer and really learn how to pray so that it may ye heard. It is to be trusted that this meeting caused each girl to think "How do I pray?" GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. HIGH SCHOOL DECLAMA TION CONTEST APRIL 13 This year a new departure will be made in the manner of holding the annual declamation contest. Here tofore separate contests have been held, one for young men and the j'ther for young women. This time however one contest will be held. There will be a preliminary contest Saturday morning, April 13th, at n a. m., when four young men and four young women will be chosen for the final contests that evening. Any High School may send two contest ants, a young man and a young wom an. Two medals will be awarded, one to the successful young woman by the Philomathean and Zatasian Literary Societies and one to the suc cessful young man by the Henry Clay and Websterian Literary Societies. A reception will be tendered the con testants after the contest. A general invitation is extended to all schools to send representatives and to learn something of Guilford's hospitality. A committee of twelve appointed by the four literary socie ties has the affair in charge. PROP. BRIXTOX TALKS TO THK Y. >l. C. A The Y. M. C. A. was very glad to hear Prof. Brinton on last Thursday night. The speaker took for his sub ject the relation between our thoughts and our actions. "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Right actions, he showed are deter mined by right thoughts. By keep ing our attention on the high tilings we are sure to act accordingly. Low thoughts, by a fixed mental law, sooner or later result in low actions. The speaker took up the psychology of the subject and gave illustrations from the field of advertising and sell ing showing how actions are deter mined not by reasoning processes but by the fixation of attention. The loafer who has nothing on which to fix his attention finds his worst thoughts predominating and later re sulting in action. Only the active mind can have clean thoughts. Hard work is the best and only cure for an unclean mind. In a Y. M. C. A. meeting we put our thoughts on the highest of all even on our great Ex ample and so we come fo act like Him. SOCIAL HKLI) AT FOUNDERS. A regnlar social of th>3 common or garden vaniety was held :n Founders Hall 011 Saturday evening, January 19th. The usual number ">f pleasure seekers was present. Some came to play rook, others huddle! around'the piano, and the majority just sat and looked on. The ouija board was the object of interest. Many learned from it their mid-term examination grades. Ouija also revealed the hidden secrets of several hearts and gave an account of Miss Louise's past history—Miss Louise accused the mediums of fraudulent pushing. At ten the youths and maidens had to depart with Cinderella-like haste C M JANUARY 30, 1918 '* r WjKm* IW . '4^RR- : T-. K • 'KK BASKET BALL TEAM Martha Caudle, 1 g; Miss Roberts, coach; Eula Hockett, c; Elma McVey, c Josephine McVey, r f; Addie Morris, 1 f; Donna Mcßane, r g. BASKET BALL SEASON OPENS WITH TWO VICTORIES AND TWO DEFEATS CAPTAIN JONES STARS FOR THE QUAKERS ON EASTERN TRIP— WAKE FOREST DEFEATED ON HER OWN FLOOR. Guilford ls, A. C. C. 20 Guilford opened her basketball season last Monday evening when the boys representing the Crimson and Gray defeated the quintet of At lantic Christian College by the over whelming score of 65 to 20, The A. C. C. boys were not in the game after the first few minutes, and practical ly the whole game was played on Guilford's part of the floor. The vis itors were rather light, and for lack of team work were unable to offer any check to Guilford's* offensive play. Several beautiful shots were made from long distance by both teams. Jones and Walser easily starred for the local team. They did not lose the location of the basket for a moment, and were continually piling up the score from all angles. In this, Jones excelled with eleven field goals, while Walser came next with ten Reddick and Zachary played good ball at guards, allowing their opponents only :iine goals. Dunkley and Loppin led the A. C. C. team in scoring, each securing eight points for the visitors. With an over whelming defeat staring them in the face the visitors put up a clean fight, and maintained interest until the whistle blew. The line-up was as follows: uilford. a. 0 n Ballinger R p Wharton ones LP Dunkley Walser C Brinson. Zaehary R G vause Reddick U Loppin Substitutions in last half: Guil ford, Newlin for Ballinger, Pinch for Newlin, Hubbard for Zaehary. A. C. C., Tomlinson for Vaus©. Field goals: Jones (11), Walser (10), Zaehary (5), Ballinger (2), Dunkley (4), Loppin (4). Wharton (1). Foul goals: Jones (9), Dunkley (1), Wharton (1). Referee, Edwards; timekeeper, Guess. Trinity 40, Guilford 32. Guilford lost her second game of the season to Trinity College on Trinity's floor. The dash which the Trinity five made in the very begin ning of the game was gradually cut down by tne Guilford quint as the game proceeded, but in the limited time of the game they were unable to balance the score that had been piled up against them in the first ten minutes of play. Fouls were thickly 'n'terspersed thrjughout the game. Guilford was credited with eighteen and Trinity fourteen Guilford displayed superior mate rial for a team, but the team work was not equal to that of the opposing team. The Guilford quint however was at a disadvantage, since the play ers were unaccustomed to such a Miniature enclosure as the one in which the game was staged. A Durham reporter in giving an account of the game said, Captain "Jones was easily the star of the game." Jones was opposed by Cap tain Long, of Trinity, who, though he is a fast man and a good guard, was unable to keep him from pocketing eight iield goals, these ;oupled with eight foul goals gave him a total of twenty-four points. Groome and Zachary deserve men lion for their consistent playing. Groome had no particular difficulty in directing the course of the ball at the tip-off. Tho he had but few chances at shooting goal he figured .n the scoring. Hi: lack of practice was one raason for Guilford's low score, for had he been in his true torm Guilford would have easily been victorious. Zachary refrained (Continued on fourth pag :) NUMBER 15
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