THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VIII
BARON KORFF ON THE
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Lecture Under tte Auspices of the
International Relations Club
Brings Much Information
to Large Audience
Baron Korff, a native of Russia,
who lived in that country several
years, but who is now an instructor
in the University of Washington and
a lecturer at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity, gave a lecture Saturday even
ing before the International Rela
tions Club on "Some Phases of the
Russian Revolution." The speaker,
who was in Europe at the outbreak
of the war, is thoroughly acquainted
with the conditions and need of Rus
sia. This fact, together with his ef
fective manner of speaking, won the
applause of the audience. The Baron
began his speech by reviewing the
conditions centering around the Dis
armament Conference of Washington.
He said "Naval Disarmament is an
accomplished fact and much has been
done toward land disarmament." No
conference during the past thirty
years has accomplished so much or
has been so true to its purpose as
the Washington Conference.
On taking up the Russian situation
the speaker voiced his appreciation
for the sympathy which Russia has
in the United States, but he also
spoke of the great amount of prop
aganda which has been spread over
the country.
The Russian Revolution of 1917
did not come from a clear sky as
Americans sometimes think, but it
can be traced directly to the mil
itary defeat of Russia in the Cri
mean War. This war caused a
demoralization of the government
and a division of the Russian peo
ple. The two groups which resulted
from this division were: first, the
older people, who favored a system
of local self-government founded on
the principles of the Anglo-Saxon
governments. This process was slow
and tedious, and as a result the
second group, composed of the
younger people did not have
patience for this slow work but
preferred revolution instead of evo
lution.
The government gained strength
and reaction spt in until the radical
groups were forced to submit and
leave their country. Great colonies
of them settled in various parts of
western Europe, and there, separated
from the outside world, developed
their socialistic ideals until the last
quarter of the nineteenth century
when they were allowed to go back
to Russia. In 1904 the military de
feat by Japan again precipitated a
demoralization of the government
and growth of radical opinion but
reaction followed quickly and in
1914 the mass of Russians believed
that freedom would never come
until Russia suffered another mili
tary defeat, that victory would mean
the opposite, the strengthening of
the militant regime.
In March. 1017, the Kerensy gov
ernment came to power, a group of
idealistics who belived that "In a
political struggle they could not
apply force to their enemies." The
Bolshevist remained unpunished, the
revolution started and soon reached
the place where it could not be
stopped by human force.
"Bolshevism is not a German in
vention" although the Germans aided
it in every way possible. It is a
genuine social proce* among Rus
sians aided by a military defeat.
There are three causes for the
Bolshevist movement. The first was
land hunger. The serfs were freed
in 1861 and given a small amount of
land. The population increased rap
idly and according to law the land
was divided equally between the
children. The amount of individual
land holdings became so small that
the peasants supported the Bolshe
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Hit CLAYS ENTERTAIN
PHILQMATHEAH GIRLS
Give Courtroom Program with
Many Intersting Cases.
On Friday evening, December 9,
the Philomatheans were called to
order for a short business meeting.
At the end of this meeting they
received a summons from Sheriff
Murray White to attend a session
of the Henry Clay court, for this
was the occasion of the Clay re
ception for the Phils.
A trial scene, cleverly enacted,
was the program of the evening.
The twenty-sixth case on docket was
tried, viz. State vs. James Joyce.
Court officials were: Spottiswood
Taylor, Judge; Hugh White, Clerk;
Murray White, Sheriff. Grady Mc-
Bane and Gladstone Hodgin were
attorneys for the State while Curtis
Nswlin and Lyndon Williams plead
the defendant's case. Russell Bran
son, Everette Hollady and T. R.
Johnson were summoned as witnesses
for the state, and Clyde Shore, Alan
zo Pringle and William Blair for the
defense.
The indictment against Mr. Joyce
was larceny, or the theft of thirty
dollars from Eugene Shaver. Much
evidence, both circumstantial and
otherwise, was presented. The jury
linally brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
While the court was waiting for
the verdict, other cases on docket,
were read, which took the form of
jokes upon various members of both
.societies. After the dismissal of
court and before the adjournment of
society, Judge Taylor made a very
cordial speech of welcome to the
guests, to which Ruth Outland, Annie
Brown, Hope Motley, Ethel Watkins
and Sallie Wilkins responded with
statements of appreciation.
After adjournment the guests
found their supper partners. There
was a gay buzz and chatter until
the waitresses had served every
one, then the noise died down some
what as the attention of all was
given to the following delicious
menu: Fruit cock tail, chicken salad,
stuffed celery, hot rolls, pickles,
Saratoga chips, ice cream, cake,
coffee, marshmallows.
The guests present besides the
members of the Philomathean Liter
ary Society were: Misses Louisa
Osborne, Aline Polk, Prof. Palmer
a Mr. R f h ucl Ho'ols.
MAKING GREAT LENSES—A
NEW AMERICAN
INDUSTRY
Recent perfection of electrically
heated furnaces has made lit pos
sible for the United States to
manufacture optical glass of a
quality equal, if not superior to,
that which this country formerly
depended upon Germany to supply.
Now we look no longer to the
vaunted city of Jena for this ma
terial. A new American industry
with electricity's aid sees to it
that we don't. Forty-inch tele
scopic lenses are being turned out
by a New York State lens com
pany. Cooling the molten glass
at just the proper rate is the
scientific secret of good optical
glass manufacture.
Formerly most of the glass an
nealing furnaces of this country
were fuel fired. Then came elec
tricity.
The even heat of the electric
furnace throughout its interior due
to electricity's peculiar quality of
uniform radiation and the furnace's
perfect insulation, its exact control,
and its freedom from all gases that
might contaminate the furnace
charge are proving to be factors
enabling America to meet on an even
competitive basis.
Miss Ruth Ragsdale spent Satur
day night with relatives in Greens
boro.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.. DECEMBER 13, 1921
HOME ECONOMICS SENIORS
CONCLUDE SERIES OF
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS
Red Cross Work Pushed By
Dietetics Class.
Guilford College, Dec. 10.—The
seniors in the home economics de
partment, who have been interested
in health work as an outgrowth of
their work in dietectics, opened a
campaign for the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals on Wednesday, De
cemebr 7. The chapel service
Wednesday morning under the di
rection of Miss Noles, was turned
over to two representatives from
the dietetics class. Miss Louetta
Knight gave a brief survey of the
tuberculosis situation in this coun
presented the needs of North Car
olina, appealing to the students
to assume their share of responsi
bility both by purchasing Christ
mas seals and by voting for bonds
for the Guilford county sanatorium.
Wednesday afternoon the class
opened Red Cross headquarters
in the community ljust off the
campus. Seals are on sale there
every afternoon from two to five
thirty. In addition they have been
placed in the postoffice, in Cannon's
and Robertson's stores and plans
are now being formulated for making
an individual canvass of the com
munity.
The Seniors in Home Economics
finished a series of problems in
practical homekeeping, which they
have been working on throughout
the fall term. The work was
planned as a practical demonstra
tion of the theoretical work in
'•Diiectics" and "Household Man-
Fgement." It was done in groups
af the two, as nearly under home
conditions as possible. Schedules of
v/Oi'k were planned, cost and di
etetic value of each meal were
worked out, and the days ration
ca-t fully balanced. Guests were
invited to two meals, two students,
and two faculty members, at
which times three course dinners
w-re served in informal stvle.
The work was begun by Louelta
TOjght and Mabel Robertson, and
' fir faculty guests were Pro*, and
M'-s. Dann. Miss Byid and Miss
Volts. Next in orde v came Alta
Rush and Evelyn Henley, with
Misses. Robinson, Smith, Noles and
Prof Palmer as guests; last week,
Minnie Casstevens and Florence
Mackie, who entertained Misses Polk
"•.nd Noles, Prof. Baker and Prof.
Pancoast. The work will be con
cluded this week with Helen Rob
ertson and Zola McCracken, who
will have as guests Misses Roberts,
Gurj'ey and Noles, an' Prof. Bal
ccrston.
The class is also gaining some
practical information from a grad
uate of two years ago, Mrs. Anna
Henley Coble, who .now lives in
this community, and who is co-op
erating with them in working out
the budget plan for housekeepers.
The Junior class served a formal
fivo course dinner in the Department
dinirgroom on Tuesday at six
o clock. Their guests were Pros,
and Mrs. Binford, Miss Osborne
and Dr. Perisho. Christmas deco
rations were used, and the color
scheme of red and green was carried
out in the menu as . fully as pos
sible. The following menu was
served:
Grape fruit cock tail with Cher
ries, roast chicken, gravy, stuffing,
mashed potatoes green peas, hot
rolls, butter, jelly, tomato sauce on
lettuce, grated cheese sandwiches,
angel parafait, pound cake, coffee,
mints.
Members of this chss are Nell
Carroll, Vera Farlowe, Zelma Far
iowc, Ruth Finch, Bettie Hall, Ev
e'yn Henley, Anni-a Marshal', Hope
Motley, Beula Norman and Luna
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BASKETBALL SQUAD BEGINS
SEASONS PRACTICE
Four Letter Men and Much New
Material Report at Gym.
Basketball practice has been un
der way at Guilford for the past
month. Although many of the regu
lars have not yet reported for
training the numbei's out for after
noon workouts have been steadily
on the increase for the past two
weeks.
With the close of the football seas
on and the coming of winter weather
the men who have been engaged
in out door sports of various kinds
will turn their attention to the
indoor game. The completion of the
squad has been somewhat delayed
by post season football practioe.
However these men are all in good
condition and a couple of week's
floor work should round them up in
good shape for the real work of
the season which will begin imme
diately after the close of the holi
days.
When the entire squad is ordered
out in January it is expected that
more than thirty men will report.
Among these men will be four of
last year's varsity—Captain Frazier
will be back in his position at
forward. Frazier with the experi
ence of three years varsity work
should go better this season than
ever before. G. Mcßane and Jack
Frazier, sturdy guards of last seas
on's quintet, are also on hand and
in good trim for hard work. Both
of these men can be relied upon
to form a light defense and protec
tion for the work of the forwards. J.
C. Nevvlin will probably be tipping
them off again this year. His abil
ity in this particular line of the
game and in covering the floor as
well, needs no introduction. With
these men as a nucleus and much
promising reserves material, pros
pects for the team are the best in
several seasons. Crews and Mackie,
of last year's scrub team, are
showing up well. It Is also probable
that Wall, who showed up excep
tionally well as a running guard
last year, will return to school after
the holidays.
Manager Newlin has the schedule
practically complete although games
with Y. M. C. A. teams in various
cities of the state may yet be
added. According to the present
arrangement the season will open
January 28 with Lenoir at Guilford.
On Jan. 31, Elon will come to Guil
ford followed by N. C. State College
who will be here February, 3. Be
ginning February 8 Guilford will
take a four day's trip east play
ing Elon, Trinity, N. C. State, and
Wake Forest on each successive
day. A two-game series with David
son has been arranged. February 18
Guilford will play at Davidson and
on the 22 (pending) will meet
Davidson here. On February 25,
Guilford will play Wake Forest at
Guilford. And on February 27, the
team starts on a six-day's trip into
Virginia. Lynchburg will be played
at Lynchburg on the 27. University
of Virginia at Charlotte on the
28, Randolph Macon at Ashland,
March 1, Richmond University at
Richmond, March 2 (pending), Chur
chlli Athletic club, March 3. (pend
ing) Lynchburg Elks club, March 4.
INTEREST OF AMERICAN SOL
DIERS IN EDUCATION DIS
CUSSED BY DOCTOR
PERISHO
The students of Guilford College
were favored, Thursday morning by
an instructive chapel talk from Dr.
Perisho, the new member of the
faculty. The speaker, continuing the
educational program for the week,
made a brief survey of the" educa
tional work done in the United
State's Army during the past war
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ORGANIZATION OP
GUILFORD ALUMNI
MAKES PROGRESS
Alumni Banquets Well Attended
The Guilford banquets which have
been held within the past week have
been enjoyable occasions for Guilford
alumni and former students. It is
gratifying to know that the greatest
enthusiasm has been exhibited at
these banquets and that the alumni
are organized into clubs to promote
the interest and growth of their
alma mater to higher and broader
planes of usefulness in the education
of the youth of North Carolina.
The Winson-Salem Club met at
the Robert E. Lee hotel, the hand
some new building recently opened in
that city, on Monday, Dec. 5. There
were sixty people present and old
acquaintances were refreshed again
by this delightful meeting.
William A. Blair of Winston-Salem
was toastmaster for the evening.
President Howard E. Rondthaler of
Salem College and Academy was
present as a guest. In his message
,he spoke in the highest terms of
the work of Guilford College as
he knows it, and paid it a great
tribute. Dr. Elwood Perisho, who
has so recently returned to Guilford
after his absence of 30 years, and
Dr. Binford were present and ad
dressed the club in their usual fine
manner. The organization of the
club was effected at this time with
the following officers: William A.
, Blair, president; Charles C. Smith
| deal, vice-president, Alma Crutchfield
i Nunn, secretary.
The Assembly of Guilfordians in
Greensboro at the Woman's Club
building last Tuesday evening, was
thoroughly permeated with enthusi
asm. Each one of the one hundred
and twenty people present were so
full of zest and college loyalty
that the dinner was a great success.
David J. White, Richard J. M.
| Hobbs, and Miss Annie Benbow
i were selected by acclamation to fill
the positions of president, vice-pres
, ident, and secretary, respectively.
A resolution was adopted uranimous
lj that not only should old students
and graduates be received into mern-
I bership, but also their husbands and
wives.
Richard J. M. Hobbs served as
toast master on this occasion. The
speakers for the evening were Dr.
L. L. Hobbs, J. Elwood Cox, W. C.
Boren, Dr. Binford, Dr. Perisho, Miss
Mary Petty, Mrs. C. R. Michaux,
Fred Taylor, Jim Tomlinson, E. E.
Bain, N. Rush Hodgin, Paul Lindley,
W. E. Blair, and David White. The
dinner was a bour.tiful one and
further pleasure was added by the
solos of Miss Ruth Mendenhall ami
Miss Hazel Guthrie, accompanied
by Mrs. A. K. Moore.
The sentiment that there is some
thing definite in the minds of all
these Guilfordians was indicated
from the exepresion of J. Elwood
Cox of High Point, who voiced the
1 (lief that with the next two years
the college will have its endowment
fund raised to a half million dollars.
Hie keynote of the meeting 1 , the
mobilization of the forces of the
college was voiced in the speech of
Dr. Binford. This was a masterful
piesentation of the ideals upon which
Guilford was founded and has grown.
This movement, he declared, is the
outgrowth of that begun at the col
lege a year ago when the students
decided to boost Guilford to the
folks at home, and especially to
high school students. By the ogan
ization of the alumni the cycle is
completed. Dr. Perisho pointed to
the pressing needs of the denomina
tional and independent colleges,
which, he said, are accommodating
practically one half of the young
men and women in this country and
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