Come to the Minstrel Saturday, March 29, 7:45 p. m.
THE GUILFORDIAN
VOIAJME V.
Societies Continue
Able Work
Topics of Interest Feature Weekly
Meetings.
The Henry Clays met in regular
session on Friday evening. The pro
gi*am was a little varied from the
usual and was therefore very inter
esting.
The first part of the program was
a debate on the question: Resolved
that the U. S. Government should
control the express business. All the
speakers were old men except one
and the manner in which they ar
gued and delivered their speeches
showed that the society is destined
to have some strong members in the
near future. The few old men that
are back this year feel that in a
short while the Henry Clay Society
will be back to the old standard.
This debate was followed by an
irregular debate on the subject:
"Resolved that the State of North
Carolina should pass a law prohibit
ing big 'possums' from climbing lit
tle trees:" The affirmative was up
held by Murray White and the nega
tive was defended by Tom Anderson.
They gave us some valuable infor
mation about 'possums, and we
learned that much of the decline of
the fox-ests of Nox'th Carolina was
due to their destroying the young
timber.
Berry Lee White reported all the
interesting current events and show
ed that he keeps up with all the
things of interest both on and off the
campus.
The following officers were regu
larly installed: President, John
White; Secretary, Norman Fox; Ser
geant at Arms, Joe White; Censor,
Roger Kiser; Chaplain, Hugh Moore.
The critic then rendered his report,
after which society adjourned.
Last Friday night we were very
glad to see among our audience a
number of old Philomatheans who
not only added materially to this
meeting, but gave many helpful sug
gestions. The program was one con
cerning the society. The first num
ber was a vocal duet, by Miss Griffin
and Miss Hobbs. Then Miss Dovia
Haywox-th conducted a Philomathean
contest in which she applied quota
tions to girls in the society asking
the other gii-ls to guess to whom
they applied. Miss Leah Stanley, a
member of last year's class, gave a
discussion of Philomatheans of the
past, which was very interesting;
this should certainly inspire present
members to do their best.
The program closed with the
"Philomathean Call," led by Miss
Donna Mcßane.
After hearing the history of old
Phils, the members cannot help but
feel a deeper loyalty and a keener
sense of their responsibility to the
society.
The contest for improvement in
debate is producing continual inter
est in the Websterian Society. At
the meeting of March 21st there
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. 0., MARCH 26, 1919.
Y. W. C. A. Play
Staged With Success
Characters of the Thirteenth Star
Cleverly Interpreted by Able Cast.
An amusing and thrilling comedy,
' The Thirteenth Star," was staged
in Memorial Hall under the auspices
of the Young Women's Christian As
sociation on Saturday evening,
March 22. This is an annual event
and was a success in every respect.
The plot of the play was very clever
and the characters were wisely chos
en. The cast follows:
Caroline Rideout Mason —Ruth
Coltrane.
Wilfred Baxter, her cousin—Nina
Whitaker.
Eleanor Ames—Clara Blair.
Helen Redmond—Georgiana Bird.
Mrs. Winthrop Ames—Katherine
Campbell.
Marie, Eleanor's maid—Una Sea'..
Aunt Lucy, colored mammy—■
Katherine Harmon.
Maggie D. Flynn, office girl—Jean
Whitney.
Inez Huntley, mill girl—Eura
Teague.
The play began with a porch scene
at the ancestral home of Cai'oline
Mason in North Carolina in the year
1917. Carol announces to her
friends, who are spending the sum
mer with her at her grandmother's
colonial mansion, her intention of
breaking her engagement to Milton
Blake, whom she feels has broken
his promise to her by leaving Yale to
take charge of his father's mills dur
ing the latter's illness. She then
tells the story of the flag seen above
the door on which are thirteen stars.
This flag was made by her grand
mother and bears a star for each
grandchild. Carol, as the youngest,
is the thirteenth star.
When it is known that war has
been declared Carol determines to
prove her right to the thirteenth star
by taking the places of her brother
and cousin and editing "The Daily
Bugle." She is assisted in this de
termination by her classmates, Wili
fred Baxter, Eleanor Ames and Hel
en Redmond.
The scene of Act II is the office of
the Mapleford Daily Bugle. For a
time all goes well with the Bugle,
finally financial difficulties arise and
a strike is brought on at the mills
managed by young Blake, by the ar
ticles published in the Bugle's col
umns. Inez Huntley, hoping to pre
vent the strike, gets a position in the
Bugle office and wrecks some ma
chinery. She succeeded in this and
also succeeds in making Carol real
ize the wrong she has done. Carol
determines to undo this wrong and
with Inez rescues Milton Blake from
the mob of strikers, renews the en
gagement and returns to the office
triumphant.
Mrs. Ames arrives during the
trouble and refuses to desert a sink
ing ship. On Carol's return she an
nounces her decision to invest a part
of her fortune in the Bugle and thia
relieves Carol of all financial diffi
culties.
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All Out For
The Minstrel
The big show is on the way and
next Saturday night, the 2 9th, will
be the biggest night of the year at
Memorial Hall. Business Manager
Carroll and Musical Manager Joe
Taylor recently took a trip through
all the nigger towns far and near
and booked some of the funniest
black talent ever seen on the stage.
Big niggers and little ones, old and
young, round, square and oblong;
slick niggers from the city and rough
neck niggers from the sticks, nig
gers with musical feet and almost as
musical voices, coy young nigger
wenches, and bashful nigger swains,
all will be there with the single ob
ject in view of givmg you a happy
time. Get your tickets early. The
old prices still liolu in spite of war
times. 50 cents for a reserved seat
and 35 cents rush.
MISS RAYIiJC ENTERTAINS.
On Thursday evening of last week
the Seniors residing in Founders
Hall, Misses Clara Blair, Kate Smith
and Vivian Haywoi'th, along with
Miss Ethel Lovett, were delightfully
entertained by Miss Elma Rayle.
The evening's entertainment came in
the form of a supper.
The guests were asked to come to
Miss Rayle's sitting room at 6
o'clock, and when they arrived they
were ushered into the presence of a
well-laid table. Joy was added to
joy when real fried chicken and
gravy such as one only liuds on un
usual occasions, appeared before the
delighted eyes of the guests. Then
other delicacies appeared and the
lieart of each guest was filled with
gratitude towards the hostess. This
gratitude could only be expressed
by doing justice to the spread and
no one can doubt that this was done
when the truth is told that the
guests were not half through the
first course when the regular supper
of the rest of the unfortunate stu
dent body was completed. Both
meals began at the same hour.
The guests will always hold a dear
spot in their hearts for Miss Rayle
for thus favoring them. Their pleas
ure and gratitude were unbounded.
LENOIR GAME TO OPEN
BASE BALL SEASON
Thursday of this week will see the
base ball season at Guilford formal
ly opened with a game with Lenoir
College. The Lenoir team is said to
be a strong one this year and a fast
game can be expected. The Guil
ford team being made up almost en
tirely of new men is as yet an un
known quantity but those who have
been watching the practice say that
it will give a good account of itself
and that Guilford base ball tradi
tions will be maintained this year as
usual.
MURRAY WHITE LEADS Y.M.C.A
The regular meeting last Thursday
evening was led by Murray White.
He chose for his subject, "The lamb
which taketh away the sin of the
world."
A. C. Purdy Talks
on Home Mission
The college community was for-
tunate in having as a guest for the
week end Mr. Alexander C. Purdy.
Mr. Purdy, Professor of Biblical Lit
erature at Earlham College, is trav
elling for the purpose of arousing
interest among Friends in the home
mission work in the various Yearly
Meetings. After giving an inspiring
sermon on Sunday morning, Mr.
Purdy addressed the students in the
afternoon in the Y. W. C. A. room.
In this address Mr. Purdy ga\e
statistics indicative of the urgent call
for trained leaders in the rural and
urban meetings all over the country.
No one need doubt of opportunity
for service in our church. In the
future the salary will be sufficient
to maintain a worker in efficient liv
ing conditions. The work being di
versified, calls for leaders of pio
nounced ability.
In addition to the need in our own
meetings, the Indian problem in
Oklahoma can be met only by train
ed men who have the skill to make
the meeting the center of all com
munal activities.
In all these cases each locality
must solve its own problems. No
one else has the interest or the in
sight to meet the difficulties of the
situation. Our leaders must come
from within our own box-ders.
Suclx leaders are found in our
various colleges. One common mis
take made by students on their re
turn to their small home meetings,
is their attitude of adverse criticism
arising from the desire to get much
from the service. A positive deter
mination to give will result in a co
operation which will win for the stu
dent the respect of the community.
Thus he will be able to introduce
those improvements he thinks neces
sary for the home church.
A further hindrance in securing
the necessary young trained leaders
comes because of the lure of the un
known. The distant, the seemingly
heroic, the dimly understood, ap
peals to youth far more than does
the commonplace duty near at hand.
In our own Yearly Meetings among
surroundings we know, and with
persons whose point of view we have,
lies our field of most effective serv
ice.
For our Friends meetings do not
need primarily organization from
the top; they need a quickening of
spiritual power at the home base.
Only when under a strong spiritual
influence the activities and purposes
of our members are unified with loy
alty to the Highest, will the greatest
need of our home mission field be
met.
In our various scattered commun
ities, then, our trained young people
will find it financially profitable to
invest all their diversified talents—
an investment which alone can meet
the problem of their own meetings,
and which alone will give the Society
the needed basic strength.
COME TO THE MINSTREL SAT
URDAY, MARCH ti, 7:45 P. M.
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