THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VI.
SEVENTEEN RECEIVE THE
BACHELOR DEGREE
Beautiful Weather Marks Annual
Exercises—Elwood C. Perisho
Delivers the Address of
the Occasion
Preceded by the Aluunni and
Trustees and followed by the
faculty of the college the Gradu
ating Class marched from Found
ers to the auditorium on Tuesday
morning and filed out onto the
beautifully decorated stage to re
ceive the coveted Bachelor's De-
Kerby Rowen, of Greensboro
Friends* Meeting, conducted the
devotional exercises after the col
lege chorus had sung "Thine is
I lie Kingdom.'" President Rin
ford then made the annual an
nounceinenls of the awards of
scholarships, honors and prizes
most of which have been already
noted in these columns. The Mar
vin llardin Scholarship was
awarded to Blanche Lindley, '22.
Highest honors were awarded to
Elsie Megg, of the Graduating
Class. Freshman honors were
awarded to Ruth Reynolds, '23.
Degrees were then conferred
upon the. following:
Shields Cameron, RS; Katlier
ine Campbell, 1S; Luby Oasey,
Als; Alma Chilton, AR; Elsie
Cilegg, AR; Thelma Cloud, AR;
Mary Coble, liS; Norman Fox;
RS; Anna Henley, RS; Genevieve
Lindley, AR; Arthur Lineberry.
RS; Frances Moore, IS; Hugh
Moore, AR; Donna Mcßane, AR;
Frances McCracken, RS; Vanner
Neece, HS; David White, AR.
Following the conferring of de
crees Professor White sang a solo
from Handel's Messiah.
President Binford then intro
duced Dr. Elwood C. Perisho, who
delivered a stirring address which
was much appreciated and often
applauded, especially by the un
usually large group of Old stu
dents who had come to renew their
acquaintance with their popular
professor. We quote from an ar
ticle published in the current is
sue of the Friends Messenger:
"Not what a man says, but what
he does; not what a man prom
ises, but what he accomplishes;
not what I have, but what I do."
These words from the address of
this distinguished speaker epi
tomize the message brought to
the Graduating Class on last
Tuesday morning. The minute
the speaker advanced to the front
of the platform, after an appreci
ative introduction by President
Raymond Binford, lie was recog
nized by the older members of the
overflowing audience as the same
"humorta! Perisho" who in the
early days of the college had been
one of its chief spokesmen and
who as a member of the faculty
had taught so many mortals in
GUILFORD COLLEGE. N. C., JUNE 9, 1920
SIXTH ION PRESENT AT l!) 14
REUNION
The class of 11)14, Hie largest
which Guilford has ever graduat
ed, kept up their record hy mus
tering sixteen of their .'sl members
at their reunion on Alumni Day.
The following were present:
Charlie Frank lieubow, Hardy A.
Carroll, M. Alum Crutchfleld,
Martha R. Doughton, A. Brown
Finch, F .Virginia Helms; David
Elias ITenley, Eileen Lewis, Silas
•J. Lindley, Sir. and Mrs. Edgar H.
Mcßane, Paul S. Nunn, Oathline
M. Pike, ('lava Louise Worth,
Marv E .M. White, \V. Adelpheus
White.
the early DO's how they could be
.immortalized.
The speaker had come from the
University of South Dakota,
where he is president, after an
alcsence of 2.~> years. In the IH>-
gilining of his address the speaker
contrasted the superior material
advantages of the college now as
compared to 181 M), but added that
i very much larger endowment
fund was adsolutely necessary.
He paid a glowing tribute to the
,founders of the college ami to the
,in|en and women who had built
into it the tine ideals for which
Guilford has alwavs stood .
"True to liis reputation as an
inspirational sjteaker Doctor
"Perisho •called out a warm re
sponse when he referred 16 the
ability of the sportsmanlike char
acter of the baseball players in
the early 90's.
"The proof thafa young man is
educated," said Doctor Perisho,
"is that lie can do the things that
need to be done—not in some for
eign country, or Washington, or
Xew York, but in Guilford County
and North Carolina." To train
young -men "to do the things that
need to be done" is the prime pur
pose of the college. Turning to
the Graduating ( lass he said that
there are certain problems which
they must be prepared to solve.
The greatest problem in America
today is not the spread of rad
icalism, but the necessity for footl.
"Are we going to l>e able to pro
duce enough to feed 110,000,000 of
our own j>eople and the suffering
millions in the rest of the world?"
"You can't convert men, you can't
educate children when they are
hungry." To stop the spread of
unrest in this country three things
are necessary. The tirst is to feed
the people. The second and ail
most equally important is to ed
ucate the people. The third, with
out which the others are of small
account is an especial challenge to
the Christian College; we must
Christianize America. "What is
a college for?" repeated the speak
er —"To train young men and
young women to do the things
that need to be done."
BACCALAUREATE STIR
RING ADDRESS
On Sunday morning the church
was tilled to its fullest capacity
with people from nearly every dis
trict of North Carolina, who had
come lo be present at Guilford
Commencement. Nature could
not have been more considerate in
giving the kind of weather that
enables people to travel for a dis
tance.
The Senior Class arrayed in
their comfinencement regalia, was
conducted up the south aisle to
the seats reserved for them. Mem
bers of the college faculty and
relatives of the graduating class
sat just behind them. The church
was'decorated with red roses, wild
laisies and bunches of beautiful
blossoms of the shrubbery that
surrounds nearly every building
of the campus.
The morning program included
an excellent rendition of "Thine
is the Kingdom," by the college
chorus, directed by Professor
White; scripture reading by Pro
fessor Francis li. Anscombe; and
prayer by the pastor. President
hi 11 ford introduced the Rev. Ohas.
M. Woodman, pastor of the West
Itichmond Friends church, Rich
mond, Iml., who delivered in a
most forceful way the baccalau
re ate sermon.
Through the entire length of
the sermon Mr. Woodman pic
tured to his attenMnve and deeply
interested audience the man who
is aihle to lead, where 'lie came
from and what his qualifications
must he. The theme of liis pow
erful discourse was "Men the Need
of the Hour." He showed that
the army training camps are not
aide to develop real leadership in
men. The system of training is
wrong. It subordinates the indi
vidual to the military machine,
and crushes a man's individuality
until lie is only the tool of his
commanding officers. An neither
does the offices of the mills pro
duce the leaders that the country
needs so very much. The long
grinding hours of office work
leaves no time for the mind to
dwell on the problems that a
leader must master. Leaders may
possibly come from both these
sources, but real leadership is
most likely to be developed at the
Christian college. It furnishes to
the student the right environment.
It gives to the student, through
his knowledge of history, the
power to measure the present, and
"dip into the future as far as
a knowledge of the course of past
events would permit. He is able
to see the foundation of successes,
and lie knows the reasons for past
failures."
Rut history will not meet all
the requirements of true leader
ship. The man who is to lead men
in the future must have spent
NUMBER 30
FINAL CONCERT MUCH
ENJOYED
.
The annual Commencement
[Concert of I lie .Music Department
was held on Saturday evening.
May 2!) th. A very creditable pro
gram was given which was much
appreciated by the large com
mencement week audience. First
honors of (he evening were accord
ed by the audience to Miss Lovd
Merriman whose artistic and fin
ished presentation of (Sudani's
Mazurka Xo. l! completely capti
vated tlitlll and led to an insistent
demand for an encore. The up
plause was only si i I led by the re
appearance and acknowledging
how of the artist.
Serond honors of 1 lie evening
wore accorded unquestionably lo
.Miss Hope Motley for her charm
ingly rendered handful of songs.
Miss Anna Henley and Miss Grace
SI one also deserve special men
lion. The full round tones of the
former were most pleasing. The
effect of the really excellent per
fornianee of Miss Stone was some
what marred by her failure to
turn to her audience as she left
the piano. This simple act of
courtesy, forgotten by all of the
■piano students except Miss Mer
riman, would have added much to
the effectiveness of the perform
ance.
ST AXI,K V I?ARK I N JT(IN
Mr. and Mrs. William I*. Stan
ley announce the marriage of
their da ugh ted Ruth Rebecca,
((iuilford 'IS) to Joseph H. Har
rington, of Luniberton. N. \
.1. I'. Gainer. 'l7, is engaged in
the educational work of the V.
M. \ A. at Hartford, Conn. In
a recent letter to President Pin
fold he writes: "As a student and
a linn believer in my alma mater
1 send to you as her leader my
most sincere wishes and appreci
ation of what she did for nie."
much time in the field of science.
The speaker told of the time when
science was considered an enemy
to religion. A scientific man was
closely associated to an infidel.
That conception of science is
waning. The mlan who is en
dowed with true leadership need
not be an expert scientist, hut he
mustbe able to see, through his
knowledge of the numerous laws
of nature the 'proper relation of
cause and effect.
The speaker then lead his audi
ence into the field of social sci
ence. He spoke of the forces of
ihe human mind which the edu
cated man is able to understand.
Mr. Woodman rounded up his
argument in such plain common
place way that even children
could understand it. The entire
audience was delighted by the ser
mon.