THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME VIII
GUILFORD LOSES CLOSE GAME
10 N. C. STATE COLLEGE
Vfter Winning By Stellar Team
Work in First Half Quakers Bow
Before Visitors Rally and Lose
in Extra Period
Guilford dropped the second game
of the season to N. C. State 34 to 2$
on the local floor Friday night, Feb.
3. The game was ragged and one
sided, during the first half Guilford
having the whole floor. In the sec
ond half N. C. State staged a rally
which, aided by the general lack of
team work and the attempt on the
part each Guilford player to take
the game into his own hands, quickly
overcame the long lead which the
Quakers secured in the first half.
Guilford out-played State in every
feature of the game during the first
period. The Quakers' passing and
their shooting were accurate and con
sistent while the visitors seemed en
tirely unable to keep the pace set
by the locals or to find the basket
Time afer time the ball would spir
around the covet goal only to rol!
out. The team was unable to get
together. The difference in the work
of the two teams is best showed b>
the score which stood 18 to 7 ir
favor of the locals at the end oi
the first half.
Working under this handicap Stat
showed a complete reversal of forn
in the second half. Her team seemet
to find itself at the beginning of this
period and. aided by Guilfrod's raggec
playing, started an offensive whicl
was given only scattered and in
effective opposition by Guilford, anc
which tied the score at the end of th
second half 28 to 28. An additiona
five minutes was played during whicl
time State scored six points.
For Guilford, Maqkie was tih
only man who played a consiten
game. For State, Park was the out
standing star, getting five field goal:
and shooting 4 fouls.
Line Up
Lindley i'-f- Lonj
J. W. Frazier 1-f- Curtis
Mackie c - Groomi
Capt. J. G. Transou r.g. Park Capt
Newlin l.g. Homewoo
Substitutions: State, Johnson fo
Curtis. Field goals, Lindley, 3
J. W. Frazier, Mackie 2. J. G. Fra
zier, 4; Newlin 1, Long, 2; Curtis, 1
Johnson, 2; Groom, 3; Park, 5; Home
wood, 2. Foul goals, J. G. Frazier
o out of 12, Park 4 out of 7. Pvef
eree Stewart.
HIGH SCHOOLS' WEEK AT THI
UNIVERSITY
Chapel Hill, Feb. —The higl
schools of North Carolina will take
the center of the stage at the Uni
versity during the first week in April
Their represenatives will meet her*
in three great contests —debating
tiack athletics, and tennis.
The query for the debate this yea;
is: "Resolved that the United State:
should enter the League of Nations.
In order to give the debaters co'iiplett
information on both sides of thi.
question, the University has distrib
uted among the schools a bulletin oi
"5 pages. Former President \\ sod
row Wilson is quoted at length ir
support of the League, as also Sen
ator Hitchcock, Hamilton Holt anc
Arthur J. Balfour. Arguments
against it are quoted from th
speeches of Senator Lodge, James M
Beck and David Jayne Hill.
To the winning team will be award
ed the Aycock Memorial Cup.
The debates will take jflace at
Might on April 6 and 7. The tea*is
track contests will be held morning
and afterneon on the same day.
Mrs. Raymond Binford is now in
Richmond, Indiana, where she went
to attend the funeral of her grand
mother, Naomi Harrison Jay, who
died January 31, at Whittier, Cal
ifornia.
NEW GARDEN SOCIAL PROVES
A VERY PLEASURABLE AFFAIR
A very interesting and enjoyable
social was held at New Garden Hall
Saturday evening, Feb. 3, from seven
thirty until ten o'clock. From the
beginning to the end the hall dining
room and parlors were ringing with
talk and laughter. At no time
during the evening did the social
lag. The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. social committees provided
entertainment for the entire time.
All those present were asked to J
enter the dining hall on their arrival, j
where college and other favorite
songs were sung. After this each
person was handed an advertisement
to be acted out as charades. The
actors and actresses afforded much
amusement. Many games were play
ed, but no one game was played long
enough to become monotonous.
Many new games were introduced
1 and were thoroughly enjoyed after
they were learned. The atmosphere j
of enjoyment was heightened by the 1
many selections from the piano and
victrola.
MEN 21 YEARS OLD
I
1 The Department of Commerce,
! through the Bureau of the Census, is
| sued a preliminary statement show-
I ing the total population 21 years
i of age and over, as 60,886,520, com-'
1 prised of 31,403.370 men and 29,483,-
29,483.150 women. The itotal
| number of citizens 21 years
!of age and over, 54,421,832. was
1 made up of 27,661,880 men and 26,-
I 759,952 women. The citizens com
prised all native persons and all
i naturalized foreign-born persons,
The total number of men 21 years of
age and over comprised 28,442,400
whites' 2,792,006 Negroes, 61,229
Indians. 46,979 Chinese, 53,411 Jap
anese, and 7,345 men of other races—
Filipincs, Hindues, Hawaiians, Ma
lays, etc. Of the white men 21.513-
I 948 were natives, and 6,928,452' wer:-
j foreign born; and of the natives,
I 15.805,063 were of ntive parentage,
| 3,956,384 of foreign parentage, and
' | 1,752.501 of mixed native and foreign
j prentage. 'I he total number of male
J citizens of all races, 27.661,880, com-
I prised 24,339,776 native and 3,322,104
I foreign born naturalized men.
Secret Gold Field
There is no doubt that there is
gold in the Soudan, and the French
government is takirg steps to get it
out. Concessions are being given to
Companies which will endeavor to
operate gold mines in that country,
and the natives will be rewarded for
revealing the places where nuggets
have been found. Twenty years ago
some natives brought in a 60-pound
rock, which was found to be 90
percent gold, and recently there have
been found a number of smaller nug
gets which were almost as rich.
The Soudanese fields are at present
very difficult to reach, but the an
nounced fact that a colonial railroad
project is to be completed in a few
years makes the outlook very hope
ful, and the prediction is made by
some that the Soudan will some day
out-rival the Klondike, Heretofore
the natives have beem clever enough
to guard as a secret the source of
I their gold findings.
Washington's Harvest f Moss
During the wet season the moss
grows luxuriantly on the roofs and
under the eaves of the houses in
Seattle and that part of Washington
and when the dry season arrives'
this moss becomes so inflamable
that it offers a great fire menance.
It is necessary to tear ifc away and
tkis is done with the aid of a long
hamdled tool something like a rake.
IP many communities there are laws
which make this removal compul
sory. It makes an excellent fertil
izer.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C-. FEBRUARY 8, 1922
TRY-OUT FOR "CLARANCE"
PROVED VERY SUCCESSFUL
Preparations Under >\ay I'or
Athletic Association Play.
The plan of tryouts proved so
successful in connection with the
Y. W. C. A. play given under the
direction of the Dramatic council
last fall that the same system is
being used for the play this spring.
Tryouts were held in King Hall
Saturday evening from seven until
ten o'clock. The casting committee
was greatly pleased with the large
number who appeared. During the
three hours there were about thirty
girls and boys representing the
dramatic talent of the student body,
ready to try their parts before the
casting committee.
The committee of boys chosen by
the Y. M. A. A. to select a play were
it seems, unable to decide which of
two plays to present here this spring.
The merits of the two plays,
"Clarence" and "Gumpy" were dis
cussed pro and con at great length
but still the question remained un
solved. To settle the difficulty it
was decided that each one trying
out for a part should choose a
character in each play to imperson
ate. In this way both plays were
to be cast and then the final decision
to be made. The tryouts over the
characters for each play were dis
cussed and chosen, with the final
die falling for "Clarence" as it
seemed the characters in this cast
! were more suitably impersonated.
The completed cast is as follows:
Clarence - - - - Grady Mcßane
Mr. Wheeler - Gladstone Hodgin
Mis. Wheeler - - Eurie Teague
Bobby Wheeler Benleon Merrimon
Cora Wheeler - - lone Lowe
Violet • - - - - Marianna White
Mrs. Martyn - - Ruth Outland
Mr. S'.ern - - - - Lane Harris
Delia Sally Wilkins
Dinwiddie - - - Tom English
The play will be given March 18.
The Dramatic Council is highly
gratifed in the interest in dramatics
which has been manifested by the
students this year. Much previously
unrecognized talent was displayed in
the recent try-outs, and while all of
it could net be used in the small
cast of "Clarence," its discovery
augurs well for the success of futui'a
>lays at Guilford.
NEW X-RAY APPARATUS
Elimination of the danger from
contact with high voltage wiring
in the use of modern X-ray ap
paratus, has been accomplished
recently by Dr. W. D. Coolidge.
The X-Ray tube, and transfoimer
are enclosed in an oil filled metal
ease within which the ordinary
household current is "stepped up"
tc a pressure of between 40,000
\nd 00,000 volts. The X-rays then
pass through the cover of the
case and are used in the regular
way for making photograhps. The
case which contains the high ten
sion elements is grounded and
swung from a folding arm or
bracket allowing the rays to be
directed at any angle. Only a
low voltage lead of 110 volts is
exposed and this comes from the
lighting circuit.
The apparatus is suitable for
dental work or general radiogra
phy. Its development is said to
be a big forward step towards
making X-ray apparatus safer to
handle than at any other time in
the past.
It is interesting in view of the talk
to the effect that railroad laborers
are paid high wages, ki consequence
of which he managers of the lines
only keep the wheels going round
with difficulty, to note the announce
ment of Senator LaFollette that he
intends to produce facts in the Sen
ate showing that railroad labor's
wages are less today than at the
beginning of the present century.
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
CONSTITUTION RECEIVED
The constitution and rules of the
Virginia and North Carolina Inter
collegiate Athletic Conference have
recently been received at the college.
This conference was held in Rich
mond, Virginia, on Jan.. 10, and the
work of forming the association will
be completed when the constitution
and by-laws are approved by the
colleges. This conference is making
an effort to regulate the intercolle
giate athletics of the smaller colleges
of the two states and to establish
these contests on a high amateur
basis.
The colleges forming this associ
ation in Virginia are: William and
Mary, Randolph-Macon, Hampden-
Sidney, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Emery
and Henry, and the University of
Richmond. The colleges of North
Carolina ai - e: Wake Forest, Davidson,
Trinity, Elon and Guilford. Other
institutions may be admitted to mem
bership by a two-thirds vote of the
conference.
LAND LIGHT HOUSES
Demonstrations with an apparatus j
consisting of a large size searchlight
and a huge inclined mirror, which
have just been completed by the
sfcrchlight engineers of the General
Electric Company at Schenectady,
N. Y., are believed to be the fore
runners of land lighthouses for the
use of aeroplanes at. night.
The equipment used in the tests
comprised a 36-inch, high intensity
sea searchlight having a capacity of
325,000,000 beam candlepower and a
mirror sufficiently large to reflect
this powerful beam. The searchlight
was enclosed in a housing stimcture
and remained stationary. The beam
played through a window in the house
; upon the mirror and was reflected
| straight up into the sky to a great
I height. The mirror was inclined at
'an angle of 45 degrees, and was
movable, allowing the light beam to
be rotated in the air.
The proposal is to identify the
town or station by rotating the light
in a certain manner. Thus a string
of these land lighthouses could be
set up. 25 miles apart, between two
points, like New York and Washing
ton. and to the aeroplane pilot famil
iar with their signals they would con
stitute a perfect guiding path through
the night, as well as identify desired
landing places. By enclosing the
searchlight, this delicate apparatus
would be protected at all times from
the weather.
In the General Electric tests, the
light beam was observed at points
from 60 to 75 miles distant. Land
light houses, if established, would
be only about half as far apart,
however.
PLANS FOR WRESTLING TEAM
MATERIALIZE
Davidson, N. C., Jan. 28.—For the
second time in its history Davidson
College is going to back a wrestling
team. A number of men have, for
some time, been training under the
superivsion of a coach which they
hired at their own expense. And
finally, after many interviews the
Athletic Association has agreed to
back a wrestling team. This team
is to be composed of seven men;
ranging in weight from 119 to above
175 pounds. Many of the berths on
this team are practically filled and
the men are in the pink of condition
for their first match which is to be
held with Trinity. The match will
be held at Davidson on Fab. 18th.
Plans for calling a general interna
tional strike in event of a threatened
wa.r have been made by the Interna
tional Federation of Trades Unions,
according to a statament received this
week from the Amsterdam headquar
ters of the organization, which rep
resents 24,000,000 trade unionists in
Europe.
SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE
AT GOILFORD BEGINS SOON
Preparations for spring football
training are now under way, and
actual work will be started within
the next two or three weeks. A
squad of about twenty-five men will
report for the training, which will
last until the middle of April. The
men will be given work-outs in all the
different positions with a view to
spotting likely candidates for the
vacancies which will appear when
the autumn call is made next Septem
ber. In addition the high school
material which was new in the game
| this year will be given an opportu-
I nity for some valuable training in
. preparation for the next season.
At a recent meeting of the Athletic
Association Mr. H. Shore was elect
ed manager of football for the 1922
season.
The schedule for the coming sea
son has been completed. It will be
interesting to note that an inter-sec
tional game has been arranged
| with Harvard College at Haverford,
] Pennsylvania. Haverford is a well
1 known Quaker institution located just
, out from Philadelphia. The fact
| that this is an inter-Quaker as well
I as an intersectional game will lend
]an added interest to the contest.
In addition to this game Guilford
1 will add one other college to the
1 schedule as played this year.
, Wofford College of South Carolina
} will be played in Greensboro. Fof
' the past two sessions Wofford has
; i not appealed on the Quakers' schedule
i owing to a failure to arrange sati3-
■ factory dates. The management has
1 ' now arranged an annual game to be
- j played sdterr.ately in Greensboro and
: | at Wofford on Thanksgiving day.
Two other games will also be
1 | played in Greensboro. Wake Forest
j is scheduled for October 28 and Elon
j for November 11.
f ' The Schedule follows: —
Sept. 30, Trinity at Durham; Oct.
7, Lenior College at Hickory; Oct.
24, Lynchburg at Lynchburg, Va.j
Oct. 28, Wake Forest at Greensboro;
Nov. 4, Haverford at Haverford, Pa.;
Nov. 11, Elon at Greensboro; Nov.
18, Roanoke at Salem. Va.; Nov. 30,
Wofford at Greensboro.
MISS LLOYD MERRIMON CELE
BRATES BIRTHDAY
Miss Lloyd Merrimon celebrated
her seventeenth birthday, Friday,
February 3, by a "feed." The guests,
comprised of the Wiggs family and
Miss Luna Taylor, were invited early
in order that they might assist with
the preparations. At six o'clock, the
hardworked guests sat down to their
well-earned reward. The dinner"
was eaten—tho not served—in
courses. The menu consisted of:
grapefruit cocktail, roast chicken,
celery, hot biscuit, devilled eggs,
pickles, cheese sandwiches, chicken
dressing, waldorf salad, fruit jelly,
cake, cocoa, and mints.
As a preliminary to the birthday
feast, Mis 6 Merrimon blew out the
seventeen candles which decorated
the cake. The candles were put out
with three breaths, indicating thai
the young lady is to be married with
in the year. However, she refuse 1 !
to reveal the unfortunate victim.
Between 'Courses, the hostess was
toasted by the various members of
her family. The continuity of the
feast was rudely broken by the bell
for society. After the basketball
same, the somewhat depressed guest#
returned to their festivities. After
much conversation and a few acci
dents such a turning over cups of
! ccoa—by Miss Jack Raifoi'd, an
j adopted uncle whose affinity for
I cocoa has heen publicly attested,
Tha guests were scattered by "litrfcts
j out."
Visitors of the campus Sunday
were Shelley 'Beard, Clarence John
son, Thomas Barber, Shirley White,
and Mr. Sisk.
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