THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. IX.
GREENSBORO CAMPAIGN
PASSES $50,000 MARK;
FACULTY SUBSCRIBES
Solicitation in College Community
Now Under Way
From headquarters of the Greens
boro Guilford college endowment
campaign come reports of progress
—real progress as a reward for the
past week's efforts. Of the appor
tionment of $75,000 for Greensboro
and Guilford college community,
campaign director R. J. M. Hobbs
states that $50,088 have been pledg
ed. This leaves slightly less than
$25,000 to be raised.
Following the enthusiasm created
by the local banquet held by the
Guilford college community, this
week has been devoted to a vigorous
solicitation for gifts from the com
munity for the endowment.
The executive committee after
careful consideration divided the
community into sections. The cap
tains were chosen and each of these
selected the workers to be under
him. It is the intention that every
body living about Guilford shall
have opportunity to contribute to
the endowment fund. The college
expects liberal gifts from those liv
ing in the neighborhood, states Dr.
Perisho, and outlines a few of the
advantages which the college brings
to the community.
' Land values are much greater
because the college is here. More
roads have been built or are under
construction. Most families in the
community have educated or will ed
ucate their children at Guilford col
lege. Every young man or woman
living in the neighborhood saves
from S2OO to S3OO each year by get
ting his education at our college.
Moreover, there are the advantages
of lectures and entertainments given
at the college, open to all who live
in the community."
The faculty of Guilford college
are so determined to make the cam
paign a success, that they are con
tributing without solicitation to the
new endowment.
The initial gifts committee report
pledges abounting to over $3,500
from the single source.
Last week's results are quite grat
ifying, declares R. J. M. Hobbs, be
cause the Guilford community cam- [
paign was not yet under swing and
only a comparative few have been
working in Greensboro. Yet the
total for the week, was just one
fourth of the amount thus far pledg
ed. No definite reports have been
received from High Poir.t, but ru
mor puts their pledge at SIO,OOO.
I CAMPUS CALENDAR J
March 10, 8 p. m. I
Lecture by j
Gorst, "The Bird Man" |
March 17. 8 p. m. i
! Movie j
"Vallev of Silent Men" ?
March 24, 8 p. m. j
Play I
"Three Live Ghosts" 1
ENDOWMENT FUND DRIVE
DE6INS IN COMMUNITY
The executive committee for the
local campaign for the College en
dowment met on Sunday afternoon,
March 4, to discuss plans For an im
mediate Campaign within the col
lege neighborhood. Territory to be
covered, along with a list of pros
pective subscribers was assigned to
the captain of each soliciting team
and details for canvassing were well
outlined. Dr. E. C. Perisho and
president Binford were present to
offer instructions and information.
It was the plan of the committee
to start the campaign on Monday,
March 5, to avoid interruption by
the Ministerial Conference conven
ing at the college during the week.
The canvassing team will meet in
Memorial Hall, Friday, Mar. 9, seven
p. m., to report on the progress of
the campaign:
The following is a list of the va
rious teams and their captains:
Team No. 1: L. L. Hobbs, cap
tain; W. A. Coble, Lucian Smith
Cornelius Knight.
Team No. 2: J. F. Davis, captain,
Jos. I). White, Ida E. Millis.
Team No. 3: W. A. White, cap
tain, J no. E. Hodgin, B. S. Kimery.
Team No. 4: H. M. Crutchfield,
captain; L. S. Jones, J. H. Peele.
Team No 5: Robt. S. Doak, cap
tain; Laura D. Worth, C. T. Lam
beth.
INSTITUTE OUARTET
DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
The Hampton Institute quartette
presented a group of negro spirit
i uals and plantation ballads in Me
morial Hall Thursday evening.
The program consisted of three
groups of songs. The first present
ed some familiar spirituals. "Little
David Play on Your Harp" and
"The Old Ark's Mov'ring" were
were among the best numbers. In
the second group the folk songs
| "Listen to the Lambs a Cryin,' and
| "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray"
| were especially appreciated. Prob
ably the most enjoyed of all was the
campmeeting song in the final group,
"It's Me, O Lord." The entire pro
gram was well received and encores
were demanded after each group.
In quality of voice the bass car
ried off the laurels with his deep
rolling tones. The other voices
however never once failed to har
monize at his suggestion. The tenor
exhibited a remarkable clearness in
the high tones and put them over
with apparent ease. The combined
effect was perfect balance and har
mony.
Robert Ogburn Purvis, field sec
retary of the institution, introduced
the singers, and told something of
the work of the school.
Mile. Hoffman to Teach Summer
School
Mile. Hoffman has recently ac
„ cepted a position as teacher in
Hunter college, New York City for
text summer. Hunter college is the
mu ii ipal college of New York and
j Yas on its roll several thousand
! students. She states, however, that
1 she will be ready to resume her
work at Guilford next September.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 7, 1923
TRINITY GAME CLOSES
BASKET BALL SEASON
FOR CRIMSON AND GRAY
Quakers Lose Last Game But
Defeat Elon 33-17
Winning from Elon 33-17 and los
ing to Trinity 32-42, Guilford wound
up her basketball schedule last week.
This brings her total victories to ten,
against six defeats.
Taking the lead in the Elon game,
Guilford kept the score doubled
practically the whole time. The
Christians could never have enter
tained a hope of the laurels after
the first few minutes. In spite of
this fact, however, they played des
perately in both halves with a des
perateness that at times took the
form of dispute with the referee and
rough playing, which bore fruit in
the expulsion of three men for per
sonal fouls, among them Perry, the
famous Elon guard, who did not
last through the first half.
The line up of the Crimson and
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INTEREST NECESSARY
FOR LOVE OF WORK
Psychology of Study Distaste Ex
plained by L. L. White
Prof. L. L. White on Monday
morning, spoke from the subject,
'"Why do students not get interested
in certain studies?" and made a
unique picture of the student who
fails to develop an interest in his
work. "Those individuals who com
plain about their work," said Mr.
White, "do it because they do not
see the interesting side of the sub
ject."
"It is necessary," he continued,
"for the student to have a purpose in
life if he wants to receive genuine
pleasure from his work. Not only
is a purpose in life necessary but
the individual must have a good
foundation for the subject before
he can get really interested.
"In order for one to receive the
most benefit from a course he must
exert a special effort toward his
work.
"Many people fail to use this
method, and go about their work as
a slave driven to his task," declared
Mr. White, "But with interest, one
goes about feeling good and not as
a prisoner behind the bars. My
plan is, if in doubt, try it out!"
The Dramatic Council j
presents j
THREEUVEGHOSTSj
on Saturday Evening j
March 24 j
Under the Auspices of
?
The Athletic Association \
Save The Date I
EMINENT ORNITHOLOGIST
TO ENTERTAIN COLLEGE
Higher by two octaves than the
voice of Tetrazzini is the voice of
Charles Crawford Gorst, who reaches
even an altitude greater than that of
the hummingbird in those imitations
of bird songs which are an interest
ing feature of the lecture he will
give on March 10, at Guilford Col
lege Lyceum.
Mr. Gorst is first of all a lover
and student of birds. At the age of
eight he began to imitate bird songs.
At eleven he had evolved a method
neither whistling nor singing, but
producing the notes in the mouth
and varying them with lips, tongue,
throat and diaphram by which he
has deceived even mother birds into
bringing him worms in answer to
the food cry of their young.
He is a well known authority on
bird life, and illustrates his happy
talk on man's feathered friends.
"The insect eating birds," he says,
"alone stand between mankind and
starvation." He illustrates with paint
ings of the birds and reproductions
of about 60 bird songs.
Other musical artists have insured
their hands. Mr. Gorst has had a
dental surgeon make an accurate
plaster cast of his upper and lower
jaws so that in case of injury to his
teeth they can be accurately repro
duced, that further bird-singing will
be possible.
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GLEE CLUB PRESENTS
UNUSUAL PRGGRAM
From the plaint of the Frankstown
road negro to the classic love poem
of Haydn, from the discordant syn
copation of "The Little Red School
hose" to the stately harmonies of
Tosti, the Glee program combines
and harmonizes all that is musical
and Jazzical.
The program has been arranged to
satisfy the craving for excitement,
for adventure, for niose, for rhythm,
and even for music.
It promises to transport ttose of
romantic abilities to the South sea
isles in so far as the life and avoca
tion of a a British sailor are con
nected with the region. It carries
one through a Spanish gypsy camp,
"over the world and under the world
and back at the last to you" as Kip
ling says. And you visit Japan, and
discover how romantic a Japanese
moon can be; and you finish in the
home country by meeting the Amer
ican lady who never forgets to pow
der her nose. Such is the extent of
the 1923 program of the Guilford
College Glee Club.
To those whose musical tastes are
developed rather than inherent, the
standard European composers are
offered at their best. Famous among
these is the little "Serenade" of
Haydn. While representing the art
of the eighteenth century, this piece
embodies the sentiment still domi
nart in the heart of man in the
springtime.
And last, to those who are pure
products of the age, there is dedi
cated the best of the popular publi
cation. A whistling novelette; a
collection of college noises and a
quantity of imported jazz make up
this part of the program, and round
out an evening's entertainment.
FEAR OF GERMANY, CAUSE
OF INVASION OF RUHR
VALLEY, SAYS R. P, LANE
Drector of Junior Red Cross
Lectures at Guilford
"The direct cause of the action of
France, is her fear of Germany"
said R. P. Lane, European director
of the Junior Red Cross in his lec
ture on "France and the Ruhr Inva
sion" at Guilford College, March 2.
Mr. Lane, who has within the past
few weeks returned from a three
years' stay in Europe, stated that
these three years have given to him
a sense of reality of the history
which is now being made before the
world's eyes. He pointed out that
America's understanding and ap
preciation of present conditions may
have much to do with the future
developments, and while the Ameri
can attitude, that France is already
plunged into war, is a mistaken one,
this feeling of concern may be as
much a foretaste as an aftertaste.
It is the instinct of France to fear
the growth of powerful states close
at hand. She realized that Germany,
though weak now as a result of the
recent war, in fifty years will be
much stronger than France herself."
At the present time the popula
tion of Germany is 60,000.000, while
that of France is only 40.000,000,
and the birth rate in France i 9
( much less than that in Germany.
Along with the open breach be
tween France and Germany is the
dissension between France and Great
Britian. These two nations are not
standing together, and the reason is,
according to Mr. Lane, the great
differences in the temperament and
viewpoints of the English and French.
They differ greatly in their respect
ive attitudes toward Germany.
I'ranee knows she has suffered great
ly during the war and believes that
reparation is due her, that Germany
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
The 1 rustees and Advisory com
mittee of Guilford college held their
annual joint meeting at Founders
hall, Wednesday March 1, to com
plete the plans for the budget of the
college for the coming year. Plans
will be made to continue enough of
the sustaining fund to meet the
needs of the college until the in
come of the endowment is sufficient
to cover the needs.
The campaign for funds will be
pushed forward with vigor until it is
completed. Reports for the Endow
ment Campaign committee were
gratifying to the Trustees and they
were very optimistic concerning the
final outcome.
Trustees attending where: J. El
wood Cox, chairman, Joseph D. Cox
of High Point, Walter Blair. Paul
Lindley, Cyrus Frazicr of Greensbo
ro and D. D. Carroll of Chapel Hill.
Members of the Advisory commit
tee present: Mary M. Petty, Ger
trude Mendenhall. Sandia Lindley of
Greensboro, Mary D. Cox of High
I oint and Mary E. M. Davis, and
hoxie D. White of Guilford College.
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