THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME V.
GUILFORD LOSES
TO ELON
Last Game of the Season Lost by
Narrow Margin.
On the evening of February 26,
Guilford lost to Elon College in a
hard fought basket ball game. The
teams appeared to be evenly match
ed with a slight advantage in favor
of the visiting team. At the end of
the first half the visitors were only
one point ahead, the score being 9
to 10. The Guilford players had
hard luck in finding the basket, and
even lost enough foul goals to win
the game by a safe margin. Our
boys had displayed real form both
against Trinity and Davidson, yet
for some reason they were unable to
take the offensive in this game.
Frazier was hampered by having a
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MRS. BINFORD SPEAKS TO THE
Y. VV. C. A. ON "RESULTS"
Mrs. Binford came to the Y. W.
C. A. with a real and inspiring mes
sage on last Thursday evening. She
read II Timothy 4:7: "I have fought
a good fight, I have finished the
course, I have kept the faith."
, Mrs. Binford gave an insight into
the missionary life of Elizabeth Bin
ford, whose field is Japan, by read
ing a list of questions she presented,
on being asked what results she
could show for her work. She ask
ed in this list, if it was worth while
to do the little every day tasks which
confront a missionary daily, such as
helping the mother take care of a
sick baby, going to prayer meeting
regularly, or holding one, tho only
one person were present.
Wm. Sayerly, who was a very un
learned man, and a man without
training, felt a desire to do minis
terial work. He went to the town of
Brighton, England, and there met
with people so far above him that
he left discouraged. But while
there he had preached and he did
not know that in his congregation
was a bright girl who had long
loved pleasure, who had become in
terested, and decided to change her
whole life. This girl was Elizabeth
Gurney, who later became Elizabeth
Gurney Fry. The results Wm. Say
erly did not know, but the results
we may see in the life of Elizabeth
Fry.
Paul, as a missionary, did -not
know the results of his going to
Rome, but the result is that Chris
tianity was saved for the world.
"We," said Mrs. Binford, "cannot
just as in the case of these people
know the results of our work.
There must be results, but it is per
haps better for others to discover
them."
The meeting being in charge of
the Mission Study Committee, Mrs.
Binford's talk was almost entirely
on the subject of Missions. It was
an inspiration to all those who
heard it and it caused each person
to ask "What will be the result of
my life."
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. 0., MARCH 5, 1919
LINEBERRY WINS
THE WEB MEDAL
Oratorical Contest Up to Ususal High
Standard.
The thirty-third annual oratorical
contest of the Websterian Literary
Society was held in Memorial Hall
011 Friday evening of last week. It
was a contest of unusual merit and
much credit is due the contestants
for upholding the high standard es
tablished and maintained by the
Websterian Society.
Hobart Patterson presided and
Clarence Macon was chief marshal,
being assisted by H. N. Willard, D.
J. White, Jack Brown and Charles
Robinson.
The following is the program of
the contest:
The Great Neeci of the South—J.
D. Dorsett.
Industrial Reconstruction in
America —Earl McFarland.
Bolshevism—Paul Trotter.
America's Mission to Mankind—
R. A. Lineberry.
Dignity of Labor—Herman Rai
t'ord.
The judges were Prof. Herbert
Ruckes, Prof. O. V. Woosley and
Mr. H. D. Lane. Mr. Woosley an
nounced the decision and delivered
the medal to R. A. Lineberry.
PHILOMATHEANS SHOW THEIR
LOYALTY TO GUILFORD.
The Pliilomatheans, at their last
meeting, had one of the most inter
esting programs of the year. The
numbers of the program all referred
to loyalty to Guilford.
The program began with "Hail,
Dear Old Guilford," sung by the en
tire society. As the words of this
song were uttered, it seemed that
surely they were from the depths of
every Philomathean's heart, be
cause an expression of joy beamed
on every face.
Mary Coble then gave an inter
esting talk on "Why We Should Be
Loyal to Guilford." In this she
mentioned many reasons for our loy
alty. She spoke of the many ad
vantages that Guilford affords, the
high ideals she has set forth, the
general association and the inspira
tions of the faculty.
Following this number the society
sang "Guilford Campus Song," with
a great feeling of love and apprecia
tion for the beautiful, green, sward
ed campus of Guilford.
Edna Raiford then told many in
teresting facts about her first im
pression of Guilford and why she
chose to come to school here.
The last number of the program
was a beautiful poem, "Tribute to
Guilford," composed by Era Lasley,
a Philomathean of 'l3.
Mary Dixon gave a good critic re
port and society adjourned.
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THE FACULTY
DEFEATS SENIORS
Annual Event Featured by More
Strenuosity Than Bkill.
One of the most interesting and
hai*d fought basket ball games of
the season was played here Friday
night by the teams representing the
faculty and the Senior class. To
the great surprise of the spectators
and the utter disgust of the Seniors
the faculty won by a score of 14 to
9.
Mr. Bogue, who is working in the
financial campaign played for the
faculty and it is largely to his play
ing that the success of the faculty is
due. He played as if he had been
playing all the season and was at
once the fastest man on the floor.
Every one viewed the faculty team
with a feeling much akin to sym
pathy when they made their first ap
pearance on the floor but that feel
ing was quickly changed to one of
admiration as soon as the game
started, for the faculty showed that
they were at home and that they had
no idea of losing the game.
The Seniors saw at once that to
win they must do all within their
power and they played with their
usual determination and persever
ance, but they were powerless on
account of the excellent guarding of
Dr. Binford and Professor Carroll.
Professor Ruckes played center for
the faculty and shot all the foul
goals wtih unerring aim not missing
a single shot.
There was much enthusiasm
among the spectators and the sup
porters of each team vied with each
other with a determination equal to
that of the players. Professor Aris
j combe was the only substitute for
the faculty and altho he had to
scrap up a uniform from various
sources as was shown by the fact
that he had a green stocking and a
red one, he was ready to do all in
his power for the success of the
team.
The scoring began early with a
shot by Bogue but the Seniors quick
ly retaliated and two field goals by
Patterson and Williard put them in
the lead. Two foul goals for the
faculty and one for the Seniors, a
shot by Bogue and another by Pat
terson ended the scoring in the first
'half with the score 7 to 6 for the
Seniors. The second half began
strenuously and before long the
Bogue had put three through and
I Macon one. A field goal by Brinton
ended the scoring. The line up:
Brinton F Williard
® ogue F Patterson
Ruckes C Macon
Carroll G John White
i ßinford G Joe White
Field goals, Brinton 1, Bogue 5,
Williard 1, Macon 1, Patterson 2;
foul goals, Macon 1, Ruckes 2. Ref
! eree, Stafford.
PROF. DOWNING
LECTURES ON TANNING
Former Chemistry Head Addresses
Public Meeting of Science Club.
Prof. John Steele Downing, for
four years head of the . Chemistry
Department of Guilford College and
closely identified with many of the
college activities while here, lectur
ed last Saturday night before the
members of the Science Club and
their guests in Memorial Hall. His
subject was "The Manufacture of
Leather" and he held the close at
tention and interest of his audience
while dealing with this important
but little known topic. Prof. Down
ing began with an outline of the his
tory of the development of the tan
ning process and then proceeded to
describe in detail the main steps in
that process as at present used. Be
ginning with a description of the
?reen hides and the classes into
which they are divided he showed
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PROF. RUCKES LEADS Y. M. C. A.
The regular meeting of the Y. M.
C. A. last Thursday night was led
by Prof. Ruckes. He chose for his
subject the word "Life." We know
practically nothing concerning the
origin of life, he said. He then
took up the meaning of the four let
ters—L-I-P-E. L stands for loyal
ty; I stands for integrity; F stands
for fidelity; and E stands for energy.
We have a cause to which we
should constantly be loyal, the cause
of Christ. Then the next allegiance
we owe is to our country—our sol
dier and sailor boys—who have sac
rificed so much for the sake of es
tablishing and making our country
safe for democracy. Not only should
loyalty not stop here but we should
be loyal toward our fellow man and
to ourselves.
"Integrity" is honesty—true mor
al soundness, upon which we build
and shape our lives. The majority
of us are morally sound but we are
prone to err. Sometimes our fault
is trying to cheat, not so much the
other fellow, as ourselves. In our
school work, instead of relying on
ourselves, we rely on other sources
and by so doing we are stunting
our own moral and mental growth.
The next, "fidelity"—is the ne
cessity to fill an obligation, not only
a. personal obligation, but an obliga
tion to mankind. The duty we owe
toward each other depends upon the
fidelity of the individual. Therefore
the principal, fundamental obliga
tion of life is fidelity.
Last but by no means least is "en
ergy. ' if we intend to accomplish
anything in this life we must have
an ambition to attain a goal. Some
of us have set our goal too low,
while others who are aiming high
are the ones who are successful in
life. Put more ambition into your
work, our school life is not measur
ed by the A's and B's we make on
our studies but by the work we do.
All life is summed up in these four
words—loyalty, integrity, fidelity,
and energy."
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