THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VI
THE ANNUAL MINSTREL
PLAYS TO CAPACITY
HOUSE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SCORES
SIGNAL SUCCESS
The annual minstrel show staged
by the Athletic Association was
given Saturday night before a record
breaking audience. The affair came
at the "end of a perfect day" and the
spectator-carrying flivvers came in
from all directions. They began
coming at seven and when the show
started at eight twenty late comers
were still clamoring for standing
room.
Never did birds sing more blithe
ly, never were end men funnier,
sillier and uglier than were the Guil
ford end men this yar. Among the
hits of the evening were: The im
personation of a dog fight by Grady
Mcßane; the monolog of Herman
Edwards and the diolog between
Lyndon Williams and Grady Mcßane.
The show started when the cur
tain went up on the minstrel circle
singing the overture. Following this
came solos by N. Fox, J. G. Frazier,
F. Lamons, S. Cameron, H. L. John
son, A. Farlow, F. Rice and a duet
by W. R. Rudisill and B. L. White.
The first round of applause came
to the solos by Johnson. After the
usual jokes by the end men came
Prof. John Pitts' Darktown Acad
emy.
Especial mention should be made
of the banjo and vocal solos given
between acts by those two good
friends of Guilford, R. H. Stanley
and Fowell H. Mendenhall.
The show ended with a beautiful
scene on the steps of an old-time
white-pillared Southern mansion
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Help beat Elon Easter Monday!
PLANS FOR MAY-DAY FETE
It lias already been noted in the
Guilfordian that the Guilford girls
are planning a suitable fete for the
first of May. It is hoped to make
this an annual event, a sort of picnic
day for all old Guilfordians. The
girls will provide the usual May-day
games and pageants and songs. The
campus will be at the height of its
beauty, the leaves still fresh, the
grass green, the flowers blooming.
The sun never shines so brightly as
on May-day and the birds never sing
so sweetly. The Guilford campus
then is fairy land indeed and this
year for the first time for ever so
long you will find the fairies really
here in bodily presence. Sherwood
Forest never smiled on Titania in
fairer guise than you will find her
here. No mad-cap revellers were
ever half so gay as those who will
frolic on our lawn for you. Come
and see Guilford in holiday attire
and spend a day in fairyland. It
will only cost a trifle of your paltry
sold'.
Plan Easter Monday for Cone
Park, at Greensboro!
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C, MARCH 31, 1920
LIFE DEPUTATION
VISITS GUILFORD
WILLIS BEEDE LECTURE AT
I'M I {ST MEETING ON SUNDAY
For sometime Guilford College
has been looking forward to Stlie
time when it would be favored with
a visit from the Life Deputation. The
Deputation is sent out to schools and
colleges all over the country by the
Friends Church. Its main object is
to present ;to young people the needs
jf the world, to give to them a new
vision of their responsibilities, and
o help them find their place in the
work God has planned for them. The
work is divided into four depart
ments; Willis Beede represents for
eign missions; Ruthant Simms, home
missions; Clarence Pickett, vocation;
al guidance, and Mr. H .H. Brinton,
American Fi'iends Service Work.
The first service was held at 9:30
Sunday morning when Mr. Picket
spoke very forcibly of the necessity
of each person finding his place in
God's plan. God has a plan for every
person and in order for that person
to reach the highest type of devel
opment, he must find that place.
Christianity will never cause a life;
to swivel but, because it is practical
and livable will broaden the life. Let
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THE NEEDS OF THE WORLD
PRESENTED BY A STEREOP
TICON LECTURE
Sunday evening Mr. Beede, one of!
the life service deputation, presented
to the audience the vital needs of
the un-Christianized countries in the
world. His opening remarks were.
"How many really consider what the
commission, 'Go ye therefore into all
nations,' involves?" The problem of
the vast numbers in India and China,
the 7,000,000 lots in India which fall
to the U. S. for Christianization was
clearly presented. If Jesus had vis
ited one village in India every day
during his whole life on earth, there!
would still be 30,000 villages left in
which His name would not bei
known. How can the gospel be pre-j
sciited' so as to reach the greater
number of people? The old age prob-'
lem is a very serious one in thesr-:j
dark countries for in China 33,000,-
000 die yearly without Christ.
Western civilization has certainly
had its remarkable influence on the
heathen nations, but in what way?
The traders and miners, oftentimes
of our own country, have taken ad
vantage of the ignorance of their
brothers in other countries and have:
taught them the real meaning of!
sin. Will the heathen be ready to
accept the Christian faith which is!
quite contrary to the ideas which he!
has gathered from a former trader
or rum-dealer?
Many such questions were brought
out which call for serious thought,
and which we hope will help to pre
pare the way for the private confer
ences and meetings which are to fol
low during the few days which the
deputation will be 011 Guilford 1
campus:
GUILFORD OPENS THE
SEASON WITH VICTORY
Coach Doak's aggregation of na
tional pastimers took the first game
of the season from the Lutherans by
the score of 3 to 0.
The game was a stirring contest
from start to finish. The locals,
however, had the edge on their op
ponents in pitching and in stick
work. Shore, Guilford's young left
hander, held Lenoir to three hits
and fanned nine men, while the
Quaker lads got five hits off Little
and he succeeded in fanning only
two men.
Guilford started scoring in the
first inning. After Johnson had
gone out, Little to Hawn, Marlette
walked, stole second, and scored a
moment later when I. Newlin drove
a clean single between short and
third. Rhyne fumbled the ball and
Newlin went to second. Cummings
went out, Rudisill to Hawn, I. New
lin going to third. C. Newlin ended
.he inning by hitting a pop-fly to
Rudisill. The Quakers scored their
last two runs in the fifth. Fox, to
start the inning singled cleanly to
left, took second on Frazier's sacri
fice and went to third when Little
booted Shore's hot bounder. Shore
stole second. Johnson fouled out to
Deaton but Marlette came through
with a clean single over second scor
ing Fox and Shore. The fast Quaker
short stop then stole second and
third. Little tightened up a bit and
fanned I. Newlin, ending the inning.
Guilford at two other times threat
ened to score. After two were down
n the second, Framer singled to
center and stole second, but was left
when Sox threw Shore out at first.
After one was out in the eighth
Captain Marlette hit a terrific line
drive down left field line, and stole
second. I. Newlin popped to Lip
pard. With Cummings up Marlette
again politely disregarded the advice
jf wise baseball men by stealing
third. He was left, however, as Cum
mings was out on a fly to Rhyne.
The visitors threatened to score
in the first. Rudisill led off with a
slow grounder between second and
first, which had it been properly
aelded would have gone for an out.
Lippard singled sending Rudisill to
second. Hawn then hit to I. New-:
lin, who tagged Rudisill and threw
to second. Lippard overslid the bag
and in attempting to make third was
run down by Marlette. Deaton then
went out, I. Newlin to Frazier, end
ing the inning. Lenoir's best and
last chance to score came in the
fifth. Barger fanned. Shore hit Seitz
who went to second on Sox's single
by third. Shore thien hit Rhyne
filling up the bases. The situation
looked a little serious to the young
southpaw and he decided that it was
his duty to get out of the hole into
which he had put himself, he there
upon fanned Little and Rudisill.
Captain Marlette, with one run.
two hits, Ave stolen bases and an
errorless fielding game to his credit,
was the outstanding star of the
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contest. Shore also showed up well
for a youngster. Box score anil
summary:
Guilford AB R H PO A E
Johnson, cf., ... 4 0 0 2 0 0
Marlette, ss. .. . 3 1 2 1 1 0
I. Newlin, 3b. .. 4 0 1 1 2 1
Cummings, rf. . 4 0 0 2 0 1
C. Newlin, If. .. 3 0 0 0 0 0
Stanfield, c 3 0 0 9 1 0
Fox, 2b 3 0 1 1 3 0
Frazier, lb 3 0 1 10 0 0
Shore, p 3 1 0 0 1 0
Total 30 3 527 8 2
Lenoir AB R H PO A E
Rudisill, ss 4 0 1 1 2 0
Lippard, 3b 4 0 1 1 3 0
Hawn, -lb 4 0 0 12 0 0
Deaton, c 4 0 0 5 0 0
Barger, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Seitz, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0
Sox, 2b 3 0 1 1 4 0
Rhyne, If 2 0 0 3 0 1
Little, p 3 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 31 0 3 24 10 2
Guilford 100 020 OOx— 3
Lenoir 000 000 000 —0
Sacrifice hits —Frazier. Stolen
bases —Marlett, 5; Frazier, 1; Shore,
1. Left on bases —Guilford, 4; Le
noir, 6. Base on balls —off Little,
1. Hit by pitcher, Seitz, Rhyne.
Struck out —by Shore, 9; by Littk*
3. Time—l:3s. Umpire Mcßane.
MARLETTE ELECTED CAPTAIN
TEAM STARTS ON EAST
ERN TRIP
Just before the game on Satur
day Nigal H. Marlette, '2l, was
elected captain of the baseball team
for this spring. The veteran short
stop expressed his thanks to his
team-mates most aptly by garnering
two hits and a pass out of four
trips to the plate, stealing live bases,
scoring the first run of the season,
and playing an errorless game.
The team started on Monday
morning on its eastern trip. They
play Wake Forest, State College,
Trinity, Carolina and Elon. On Fri
day they expect to be in Raleigh to
see Zachary pitch for the Washing
ton Americans.
Guilford to Meet Elou in Greensboro
Easter Monday; A. and E. at
High Point April 9tli
The Quaker nine is scheduled to
play the annual Easter Monday game
with Elon College in Greensboro this
year. The next game after the
Easter holidays will be played April
9th in High Point.
These are both games that are al
ways looked forward to with inter
est by both students and alumni,
and this year they promise to be an
unusually good exhibition of the na
tional sport. Elon and State College
both have good teams this year and
Coach Doak's nine have started out
in good shape for this season's play.
The line-up will probably be the
same as in the Lenoir game. Both
games will be called at 3 p. m.