THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VI.
GUILFORD ENDOWMENT
CAMPAIGN CONSOLIDATED
With Intercliurch World Movement
—Life Service Team to Be at
College March 28-30.
President Binford in an interview
Friday night gave out the informa
tion that the Endowment Fund drive
had now reached approximately
eighty thousand dollars. The drive
will not be pushed any more just at
present owing to the fact that the
drive has been consolidated with the
Interchurch World Movement and
the goal set at $350,000 instead of
$250,000. This consoldation is cer
tainly an encouraging piece of news
for Guilford. The Interchurch Move
ment is undoubtedly one of the
greatest church movements started
since Martin Luther nailed his theses
on the church door tit Wittenburg.
The program in brief is this: To
organize, consolidate and systema
tize the religious work of all the
Protestant denominations so >that
their work will co-ordinate and not
overlap. To survey the field and
place pastors in communities that
now have none and see that they are
paid living salaries. Finally, to put
the denominational colleges upon a
sound basis that will enable them to
turn out men who can carry on the
work.
To aid in carrying out this pro
gram a comprehensive survey of the
entire church and denominational
school work of the United States is
being made. State conferences to
which every pastor is urgtd to attend
are to be held soon. The movement
is paying expenses where necessary.
Teams of speakers from all denomi
nations are to tour the country and
awaken the people to the truths of
the movement. Finally the finan
cial drive ns to be inaugurated. This
will be conducted somewhat on the
same plan as the welfare organiza
tion drives that have been so suc
cessful.
In connection with 'this move
men the Friends Life Service com
mittte, composed of Wilbur R. Tho
mas, secretary of the Friends Ser
vice committee, Clarence Pickett
and possibly Prof. Howard H. Brin
ton, who is well known to many
Guilfordians, will be here the 28th,
29th and 30th of March.
A WORD OF THANKS.
New Garden "flu" patients can
certainly testify that a true spirit of
friendship exists among Guilford
students. Kindness and friendship
are never valued so much as in time
of need. The time of need came and
the New Garden girls manifested the
spirit of co-operation m every way
by their kindness, sympathy and
double duty. We wish to express
our appreciation of the work of all,
especially of Alma Chilton, Kather
ine Campbell, Vanner Neece, Edith
Macon, Florence Cox and Madge Co
ble, who untiringly ministered to our
needs. "Flu" Patients.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 25, 1920
Y. W. C. A.
Vocations for Women Again Dis
cussed.
A number of girls ably discussed
vocations open 'to women at the last
Y. W. C. A. prayer meeting.
Miss Anne Shamburger spoke of
medicine. The study of medicine as
a profession has always appealed to
women. Practically all the medical
colleges are open to women as well
as to men. To enter them, however,
one must have a degree from some
standard college, where good courses
in biology and chemistry have been
taken. A reading knowledge of Ger
man, Latin and Greek is necessary
also.
The principal prerequisites for a
successful study of medicine are: A
robust physique, initiative and intui
tion, perseverance and tact, and so
cial business ability.
Independent practice is not ad
visable for women, but there are
other phases in which good salaries
are earned. Women may fit them
selves to become physicians' assist
ants, assistants in public health lab
oratories, teachers of classes in hy
giene and medical missionaries. In
insurance companies, too, they have
been successful.
Miss Edna Raiford told of differ
ent phases of nursing. There is such
a variety of phases that many (types
of girls may be successful in it.
Positions are open for nurses in
hospitals, institutions and doctors'
offices. There is a demand for teach
ers, and for private nurses. Public
health nursing is a new phase of the
work. The public health nurses
: must possess tact and perseverance
in order to convince people of better
ways of living. In addition to the
above, there is need of hospital so
cial service nurses, Red Cross nurses,
F
j army and navy nurses. Many indus
trial plants are now putting in
nurses, as well as rest rooms for the
employes.
To be a nurse one must have a
high school education and three
years special training. In some cases
a four-year college course is requir
ed before the special nurses' train
ing. To be a successful nurse one
must be impelled by the motive of
service.
Miss Florence Cox told of the ur
gent work needed along religious
lines. The Y. W. C. A. offers many
opportunities for work. Then there
are calls for teachers and directors
in church schools, pastors' assist
ants and secretaries. The mission
fields are calling loudly for help, es
pecially China, Japan, Africa and In
dia. Mission work requires many
varied talents, but they are never
buried.
Lastly, Miss Annie Brown dis
cussed landscape architecture and
publicity work. To work as a land
scape architect one must know the
value of plants and trees and their
culture. Suburban garden clubs are
often organized by the architect. As
yet few women have been successful
in publicity work, but it is thought
that more women will soon engage
in this kind of work.
SPEAKERS FOR
COMMENCEMENT
President Binford .announces the
speakers for commencement exer
cises have been secured. Elwood
Pearsbo, a former professor of Ge
ology at Gnilford and later presi
dent of the University of North Da
kota, will deliver the commence
ment address. Charles M. Wood
man, pastor of West Richmond
Friends church, Richmond, Indiana,
will preach the Baccalaureate ser
mon.
I
LINEBERRY TALKS ON SERVICE
TO Y. M. C. A.
Arthur Lineberry made a splen
did talk last Thursday night on Ser-j
vfte. He took as a scripture read
ing that part of the 25th chapter of
Matthew which describes the judg
ment scene of .the separation of those !
who had served faithfully their Mas
; ter from those who had Deen unfaith- j
ful to the trust given them.
Lineberry said that that the real
purpose in life might be defined in
one word —Service. All other me
morials we might leave after us
would soon be forgotten, but our
service to mankind would remain in
the minds of men. Washington lives
in our minds not simply because he
was successful, but because he served
his fellowman, which is really serv
ing God. Our purpose rn coming to
college is not merely to increase our
money making capacity but to in
crease our facilities for serving Him
who givts us all things. He who
gives most, serves most, receives
most. We may not get our names
in the daily papers by daily service
to others, but we will eventually re
ceive our reward if only in the sat
isfaction we get from doing the right
thing. The speaker closed with the
exhortatipn for each of us to learn
to live our lives for others, not for
ourselves alone.
CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
For the past several years Guil
ford has held a declamation and rec
itation contest for the high schools
of the state. Due to conditions
brought about by the war, this con
test was not held lasi year. The
contest this year is to be held April
2 4th. A medal will be given by the
young men's literary societies to the
successful young man, and a medal
given by the young women's literary
societies to ithe successful young wo
man. It is the hope of the college
that many high schools will partici
pate in this contest. Plans are now
being made to send the rules gov
erning the contest to every high
school. While here the representa
tives will be guests of the college
and will be given special entertain
ment by the literary societies.
NUMBER 18
LECTURE IS GIVEN ON
CONTEMPORARY POETRY
Miss Winfield, of N. C. College for
Women, Lectures at Guilford.
The students and faculty of Guil
ford are very grateful to Miss Win
field, of North Carolina College for
Women, for having delivered such
an excellent lecture Saturday even
ing, February 21st. Her subject
was Contemporary Poetry, a subject
of which the majority of us know too
little but in which we are all deeply
interested nevertheless.
Miss Winfield began her talk by
explaining some of the most obvious
characteristics of free verse and
rhythm. Her points were plainly il
lustrated by several selections from
Milton and other famous poets. Then
a splendid comparison of the con
temporary poets was given.
The ideas of a s;:oup of new poßts
called "Imagists" were clearly and
forcibly brought out. The imagist
uses the verse form which is par
ticularly suited to his mood, for the
world is too much for beauty and
materialism. However, their influ
ence is wholesome and has brought
new impressions of 'the beauty of
the world.
The conventional forms of English
poetry were then ably criticised.
Chaucer was old in work and expe
rience when he said,
All shall pass, prose and rhyme,
Take every man his time.
A true poet is a poet whether he
conforms strictly to the rules or not.
True poetry is a vision of the soul
given to the best of the poet's abili
ty. does not shun the
world andra poet \s not a poet by
profession but by impression. Now
adays every poem has a message,
says Literary Digest.
New poetry and new prose might
well be called news poetry and news
prose. It is not only by the people,
for the people, but of the people, in
which great present day problems
are discussed. It is characterized
by its romance and realism. The old
poetry dealing with vitality of tra
dition contrasts with presen)t day
poems of realism, while the center
of romantic poems may be summed
up as "The garden spot where you
are not." The poems of Amy Lowell
reflect this new technical mood of
unrest altho her subjects are as old
as the world. The uniqueness of the
new poetry is reflected in "The Blue
Valentine," which the speaker read
with much expression in conclusion.
It is to be hoped that this glimpse
into the nature of contemporary poe
try will awaken such a deep interest
in the present day poets that the
i auditors will hereafter endeavor to
keep in touch with the works of the
people in their day.
"Mrs. Binford, we are glad to note,
is improving rapidly at St. Leo's hos
pital.