COME TO THE BAZAAR SATURDAY EVENING,
THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VI
POWER HOUSE DESTROYED IN MIDNIGHT
COLLEGE PLUNGED IN DARKNESS WHEN FIRE
WIPES OUT CENTRAL LIGHTING PLANT
Boiler, Only Slightly Damaged, Able j
to Supply Heat to Girls'
Dormitories.
On Thursday night fire destroyed
the power plant of the college caus
ing a damage estimated at about
$3,000, partly covered by insurance.
The steam engine and dynamo are a
total loss, but fortunately the brick
wall between the boiler room and the
engine room shielded the boiler from J
the intensest heat and with some!
slight repairs it has been able to keep
New Garden and Founder's heated.;
Oil lamps have been supplied to the
students, but it is hoped that arrange,
ments may be speedily completed to'
bring an electric power line from :
Greensboro.
The fire was discovered by Presi
dent Binford about 11:15 p. m. He
had just returned home from a con
ference in Cox Hall regarding the
proposed rally for Saturday night,
when Mrs. Binford called his atten
tion to What seemed like smoke from
the coal piles. He hurried to the
power house, where he found the
northern end of the dynamo room a
mass of flames. His cries roused Cox
Hall, but the flames spread so rapidly
in the oil soaked wood that before
the doors could be battered down the
fire had burned through the roof and
the interior was a veritable furnace.
A light breeze from the south served
to protect nearbyy buildings from
flying sparks, yet it was thought bet
ter to conserve the inadequate water
supply for their protection rather
than to pour it on the mass of burn
ing oil in a vain attempt to stop its
ravages. The fiercest blaze was be
side the engine, where three large
tanks of oil stood. One of these ex
ploded and threw blazing oil into a
Y. M. C. A.
Hugh White Reports to the Y. M.
C. A. on the Y. M. C. A. Confer
ence Held at Detroit.
The Y. M. C. A. was very fortu
nate in having two representatives
at the International Y. M. C. A.
Conference held at Detroit Nov. 19-
23. These representatives were
Hugh Moore and Hugh White. The
former gave a report in chapel and
the latter gave a report to the Y.
M. C. A. at the last meeting.
Some of the more important ad
dresses of the convention were re
ported upon.
Mr. White gave a report of the
speech made before the convention
by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
He also told of the address given by
Robert I£. Speer, who spoke on the
larger Christ. There is but one
Christ, but He must have a larger
place in our lives.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 10, 1919
BLAZE
Efforts Being Made to Connect With
North Carolina Public Service
Corporation.
group of spectators; fortunately no
one was injured.
The boiler, protected from the hot
test part of the fire by a brick wall,
suffered little, though the roof was
burned above it.
Edgar T. Farlow, superintendent,
was on the scene soon after the fire
was discovered and by daybreak, un
der his direction, temporary repairs
had been made and breakfast time
found the dining room in Founder's
and New Garden comfortably heated.
Many leaks developed, however, so
that it was necessary to draw the
fires and make further repairs. This
was done so expeditiously that it
caused the college almost no incon
venience.
The matter of lights has been more
of a problem. Oil lamps were pur
chased, but seem a poor substitute
for electricity. The three kilowatt
generator of the Physics Department
did valiant service on Friday evening
in providing lights for the lecture in
Memorial Hall. It also furnished
light for the banquet on Saturday
night and, barring accident, will
probably be able to supply a limited
amount of current for other college
functions.
On account of the great scarcity of
all electrical supplies efforts looking
toward immediate restoration of the
power plant met with much dis
couragement. It has been hoped
that connection could be made with
the North Carolina Public Service
Corporation. A line into the neigh
borhood has been projected, for
some months, but is neid up on ac
count of the impossibility of secur
ing wire and transformers.
11AZAAR! BAZAAR!
With faces merry and happy,
With pocketbooks heavy as lead,
Come one.eome all to Memorial Hall.
And all will be richly fed.
The Y. W. C. A. invites you,
Next Saturday eve is the date.
A Chinese play, for a little pay,
At 7:30, and don't be late.
A Bazaar with lots of dainties,
And a booth from far Japan,
A lot of eats that are really treats
That'll appeal to any man.
Of course there will be novelties
whcih all will want to buy.
Our voices will sing and our laugh
ter ring
As to Memorial Hall we hie.
THE PHILOSOPHY
OF WORK
LECTURE BY HAROLD KRAMER.
The Third Number of Lyceum
Course.
The lecture given by Harold Kra
mer on last Saturday evening was
an unusually inspiring and helpful
one. Mr. Kramer began by saying
that his subject, "Here or No
where," treated of the philosophy of
life and that that philosophy as he
found it was progress along the ave
nues of life aiding humanity in
every possible way. Our lives are
ships, and we are the masters of
them; so we may either steer them
towards success or failure. In life
two opposing forces are always
present, namely, truth and error.
Truth may not always be the easy
way. Life is not easy. Those who
have solved the world's problems
have worked, and worked hard, to
do the worth while things. The easy
way is always the way of disaster.
Success never comes by chance. It
comes by effort. Some people are
inclined to blame heredity and en
vironment for their failures, but the
people who have really made suc
cess in life have been able to live
above such things as these.
There is a Divinity, a great, kind,
merciful Divinity, one that is im
mutable and unchanging. The per
son, then, that receives the greatest
gifts is the one who works steadily
onward. The chance will come to
all. What will you do with it?
Put the best into it and' life will
give you back its best. In closing
Mr. Kramer compared life to a mag
nificent vase, showing that just as
love or hate are put into it just so
it overflows love or hate.
THANKSGIVING WAS FITLY
CELEBRATED AT GUILFORD
liikes, Tennis, Socials nnl JI Com
munity Sing- Features of Day.
The students at Guilford began
their celebration of Thanksgiving
at an early hour in the form of a
hike to the station.
After the hike came tennis, and
courts heretofore deserted were
seen to be filled with enthusiastic
couples.
Those not skilled in the art of
tennis playing, but who were well
up on the rules of "set-back" so
cials, could be found in Founder's
Hall.
There was an intermission for
dinner, after which the social began
and lasted until three-thirty.
At three-thirty a community song
service led by Prof. James Westley
White, teacher of vocal music, was
held in Memorial Hall. Prof. White
sang two solos and led the audience
in singing patriotic and other fa
miliar songs.
Folowing the "sing" occurred the
annual inspection of dormitories.
The girls visited Cox Hall and the
boys New Garden and Founder's
halls.
Supper was served informally and
was followed by a social in Foun
der's Hall.
7:30
NUMBER ! I
FACULTY BANQUETS
STUDENT BODY
FRESH IMPETUS GIVEN TO EN
DOWMENT FUND.
Speeches, Music ami An Elaborate
Menu Crystalizes Guilford
Spirit.
The walls of Old Founder's dining
room Saturday night looked down
upon a scene that was probably
unique in its history—that of the
entire student body from dignified
Seniors to gay first year Preps gath
ered together in banquet with the
faculty as hosts. Much speculation
had been extant on the campus since
Dr. Binford's announcement of the
approaching event in chapel Friday
morning, but no one conld seem to
gather just what was to happen.
Nevertheless everyone was 011 hand
lor whatever was to happen when
the 7:30 bell finally rung.
The students were ushered into
the dining room in the order of their
classes, seats being found by means
of attractive place cards. And such
a banquet hall! It seemed as if
the fairy hand ol' some interior dec
orator from the court of Obregon
had been waved around in the old
dining room. Pennants, ivey, honey
suckle and cedar had worked a won
derful transformation. Everyone at
last being seated ample justice was
done to the sumptuous dinner, which
did credit to Miss Benbow's best en
deavors. Between courses a couple
of selections by the select factulty
quartette brought down the house
theatrically speaking.
The inner man being at last satis
lied the toastmaster, Professor Bal
derson, made a very clever intro
duction speech eulogizing the Guil
ford spirit for wh&e it had accom
plished in the past and was going to
accomplish in the future. He then
introduced President Binford as the
man who was working day and night
to keep Guilford on its onward and
upward movement. President Bin
ford in a short sketch outlined the
campaign for the two hundred thou
sand dollar endowment fund which
was started last spring. He clearly
depicted Guilford's need for in
creased endowment in order that
she might keep up the standard that
heretofore had been hers. He ap
appealed to the present student body
that they should do their part,
stressing the fact that while it
might be possible to secure the in
creased endowment from a few rich
men that would never put into Guil
ford the character that the small
sacrifices of many would. He was
heartily applauded by all.
The toastmaster then called 011
Leslie Barrett, of the Senior class,
to respond to the toast of Guilford
spuds and Guilford spirit. Leslie
showed his aptness at after dinner
speech-making by keeping the en
tire company in an uproar of laugh
ter while he was on his feet. He
closed with a toast in which the en
tire class joined him, to the fac
"lty as the best exponents of the
viuilford spirit. Lulu Raiford for
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