THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VI.
ANNUAL Y. W. C. A.
PICNIC A SUCCESS
Characterized by Song, Laughter,
Kodaking and Eats.
The Y. W. C. A. picnic was in
deed a success. The day was perfect,
one made especially for picnics. Na
ture had attired Mother Earth in
garments of red, gold and yellow.
Promptly at 1:30 a happy and
expectant throng gathered at the
east end' of Pounders, where six
wagons, large and capacious, were
waiting to convey them to their
destination—which was the Battle
Ground.
Amid much song, laughter and
yells the gay crowd started on its
way. Before anyone was expecting
it the great archway and monu
ments loomed up before their vision.
They hastily scrambled from the
wagons and followed Miss Louisa in
search of a cool drink of water.
Some found objects of interest
in historical trees and monuments;
others were content to lounge in
the shade of trees; still others,
lured by the coolness of the stream,
yielded in childish glee to the call of
the water. Thus the crowd was di
vided into groups.
Before half the grounds had been
explored five o'clock came and each
group could be seen wending its way
to the same spot where some magic
hand had built a camp fire.
After the hot-dog sticks had been
cut and trimmed and everyone was
ready for business, the President
called for order. In a circle around
the camp fire they sang one verse
of "When the Shades of Evening
Gather." Then came supper con
sisting of sandwiches—ham, tomato
and raisin hot-dogs, persimmon
pudding, pickles, cookies and coffee
which was made by Miss Noles with
others of the faculty supervising.
When everyone had eaten ad in
finitim, a weary and tired-out crowd
slowly meandered its way back to
the wagons.
Not the least enjoyable part of
Mie evening w,i> yet to come. The
rid:' home in the eevn.a? after thfi
?uu had sunk behind *he western
horizon was one of the delightful
I aits of the picinc. Tho wagons
vied with each other in seeing which
one could show the mos f originality
in composing songs and yell?.
All too soon the lights of the cam
pus came into view and the picinc
remains now only a memory.
FRESHMAN CLASS MEETING.
The Freshman Class met for the
first time on Wednesday evening,
October 8. The folowing officers
were elected and installed: Presi
dent, J. Spot Taylor; secretary, Ha
zel Richardson; marshal, Benbow
Merrimon.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 15, 1919
THE WAYSIDE PIPER
PIPES PLEASINGLY
Y. W. C. A. Girls Appear in Charm-
ing Pageant.
The Young Women's Christian
Association presented at its regular
Thursday evening meeting a pa
geant, "The Wayside Piper." This
pageant based upon the Pied Piper
of Hamelin symbolizes the appeal
of the Association to the hearts and
minds of girls.
In the prologue, Faith, Hope and
Love breathe into the Piper's flute
the essence of themselves, and with
this melody he goes out into the
wayside places of modern life to
awaken a responsiveness in all kinds
of girls. In the council scene which
follows the spirit of service calls to
gether her counsellors from the
workshops, the fields, and campus,
who tell her what they see to be the
need of girls. They are perplexed
over their problem until they hear
the Piper's magic music. To him
they then give ,the sacred charge of
attuning the inner lives of girls to
his true clear notes. Short scenes
follow showing how the Piper suc
ceeds in awakening a response, the
pageant closing with a hymn ex
pressing a new faith in God and a
desire to extend His kingdom.
It is the purpose of the Associa
tion to vary its program as much as
possible this year. The membership
is the largest it has been in several
years and it is hoped the meetings
may be an effective force in the lives
of the young women of the college.
FOOTBALL TEAM
Varsity Being- Whipped Into Shape
—Volley Ball—Tennis.
The long break in Manager Tay
lor's schedule, from the tied score
game with the North Carolina Meth
odists at Wofford College, October
4 to October 31, when the Quakers
will meet the Virginia Christian Col
lege eleven at Lynchburg, Virginia,
is giving Coach Doak time to per
fect his fighting machine in the
points of the game where they were
found weakest. . During the past
week new formations have been
tried, and some slight changes made
in the line-up. As might be expect
ed line and back field are now work
ing together much better than at
the time of the first two games.
Those who have been out of the game
for the past few days on account of
injuries are now getting back into
the daily scrimmage to hammer and
be hammered by those gridiron
huskies who form the foundation
and framework of the squad. Dur
ing the past week the distinction be
tween varsity and scrub men has
been growing less evident. The
scrubs at times impress the varsity
men with the fact that changes are
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LOVE FEAST AT
NEW GARDEN
Phils and Zas Enjoy Social Hour
Together.
After the regular society meet
ings on Friday evening, the Phils
and Zas gathered in New Garden
Hall to spend a social hour together.
The treasurer of each society was
seated at the table in the parlor to
receive society fees. Each girl who
paid her fee received a number
which served as a key to her for
tune.
The first few minutes were spent
in paying fees, after which varior
amusements took place. Some were
talking, some were gathered around
the piano singing, while others were
playing games.
Following this an extemporaneous
program was given, in which 100
members of both societies took part.
This program consisted of 'solos and
readings. Each one of these num
bers was well rendered, showing
that the members could think and
act quickly when called on unex
pectedly.
This soon being completed, a for
tune teller suddenly appeared on
the scene. Every girl opened her
eyes with wonder when the unex
pected one began to call for their
numbers, having each girl to come
forward to hear her fate.
After this all the girls blended
their voices in singing the college
songs, followed by various rounds
and folk songs. Suddenly the lights
cast a shadow over this jolly group,
indicating that it was 10:15 and
everyone must go to her awaiting
room.
Y. M. C. A. WORK IN THE ARMY
Coach Doak and Shields Cameron
Tell of Part It Played.
Coach Doak took up the work
from the Y. M. C A. standpoint,
while Mr. Cameron took it up from
the soldier's standpoint. In the
outset Mr. Doak said that the Y. M.
C. A. had been unjustly criticized,
but it did the best it could under the
circumstances. He presented the
physical, spiritual, social and edu
cational side of the Y. M. C. A.
At the time of the signing of the
armistice there were 585 huts and
7,000 workers in France. At the
request of General Pershing the
"Y" took over the entire canteen
work. Sometimes at one canteen
three or four thousand men were
served in one day. The Association
has been criticized for charging
high prices, but this can be easily
accounted for when we consider that
the "Y" had to pay freight on all
goods handled.
The "Y" conducted sports in
France. The whole country was di
vided up into zones. At each game
every company was asked to send a
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GIRLS' MASS MEETING
ON LAST TUESDAY
Mrs. Binford Gives Inspiring Talk
on Self Respect.
On last Tuesday afternoon at a
mass meeting of the girls Mrs. Bin
ford gave a very helpful and inspir
ing talk on self respect. This sub
ject was peculiarly applicable to the
girls of this institution, since the
system by which they are governed
is self-government and the success
of this system depends on respect
for others, self respect and individ
ual honor.
First Mrs. Binford asked the
question, "What do you respect in
yourself?" and the point was devel
oped very skillfully that one could
cultivate in one's own self the traits
of character one admires in others.
The allowance was made that all
persons are queer and provincial
and even mentally deficient in some
respect, and no one acquires col
lege ideals in one day.. But one can
gradually grow into these ideals and
the sooner the old, narrow ideals
are discarded the better. If one
lives up to every opportunity and is
honestly striving to be the best pos
sible, then self respect will be a nat
ural consequence and there will be
no occasion for apologizfrig for one's
self. There is no need of apolo
gizing for one's clothes if one
is always dressed clean and
as neat as one's wardrobe
will allow. There is an art in being
well dressed and he who has ac
quired that art is one who has as a
by-product self respect.
Then there is a wrong kind of
self respect, namely the respecting
of the wrong kind of principles in
one's self, and dishonest and shrewd
business traits, which if indulged in
will finally lead to downfall.
The different phases of Guilford
that girls may respect were men
tioned, such as the traditions of the
college, the principles that it has
stood for, namely, simplicity and
thoroughness, its agencies, faculty
and even things that have been in
stituted by the girls themselves de
serve respect. Girls of Guilford
should respect self-government, since
it is a government of girls, by girls
and for girls. Each individual girl is
a part of this organization and there
fore owes it her profoundest respect.
If there are laws that are unsatisfac
tory even one girl has a chance to
make them better and she cannot
afford to sacrifice her self respect
by geting by the proctor or house
president and diobeying a law. There
are as many dispositions as there
are individuals, which makes it hard
for so many to live together in har
mony without some laws that are
not particularly pleasing to every
individual, but a girl can better af
ford to sacrifice a pasing pleasure
than her self respect or honor. Vis
iting during study hour will make
one lose self respect because it is
not only disobeying rules but also
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