THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. IX,
THREE LIVE GHOSTS"
ROUNDING INTO SHAPE
OFFERS AMUSING COMEDY
Tickets on Sale March 19
With March 24 less than two
weeks away, rehearsals are going
forward vigorously for "Three Live
Ghosts," the play to he presented by
the Dramatic Council on that date
for the benefit of the men's athletic
association.
The play, which ran for a suc
cessful season in New York and was
hailed as the most ingenious and
amusing comedy of the year by New
York critics, deals with the compli
cations that arise from the return
to England from a German prison
camp of three soldiers, two British
and one American. Of these men
who are officially dead, two, Jimmie
Gubbins and William Jones, the
American, have good cause for re
maining dead. The third, Spoofy,
must remain dead since shell shock
has robbed him of memory and
identity.
But the poor mentality of Spoofy,
after causing most of the troubles
of the three comrades, is the means
ultimately of untangling their diffi
culties, even though he resorts to
kidnaping and burglary to do so.
The two lively love affairs end
properly, Spoofy regains his mem
ory and everybody lives happily
ever afterward.
Publicity and the business man
agement of the play are in the hands
of J. D. White, J. Spot Taylor and
Fred C. Winn. Tickets will go on
sale March 19. Since only fifty
seats are being charted as rush seats,
all mail orders for reservation
should be in the hands of Fred C.
Winn early next week.
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STATE HIGH SCHOOLS
HERE IN ANNUAL CONTEST
The thirteenth annual interscholas
tic declamation contest and track
meet will be held at Guilford col
lege on April 21. Indications are
that an unusually large number of
schools will participate and the
committee in charge of High School
day are planning to make this
year's contest an even greater suc
cess than those of previous years.
There will be the usual number
of features on this occasion includ
ing a track meet for the boys, a
girls' basketball game and a decla
mation contest open to boys, and
girls.
Two prizes will be offered in the
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
; March 17, 8 p. m. ; j
Movie
"Valley of Silent Men"
March 24, 8 p. m.
Play
"Three Live Ghosts"
March 26, 3:30 p.m. !
Baseball
Catawba vs. Guilford
March 30, 11:30 a. m.
to !
o April 3, 1:30_ p. m. ' j
Easter Holidays
GUILFORD COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Hack Roiv: Miss Byrd, J. O. Reynolds, G. E. Michael, J. B. Joyce, T. F. Casey, Jos. D White, V. R. White, J. R. Barbee, C. M.
Smith, R. K. Fallow, Miss Robinson.
Front Row: J. F. Cude, M. 11. Shore, R. G. Lassiter, T. H. Mackie. J G. Frazier, E. M. Macon, Benbow Merriman, E. M. Holder
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
PROGRESSES SLOWLY
Community Subscription Passes
$7,500 Mark First Week
After one week of community
■anvassing, 57,500 has been sub
scribed to the endowment fund by
the community, it was announced at
a meeting of the canvassing commit
tees, Friday evening, March 9. Re
ports say that the faculty allotment
has been oversubscribed, and the
'caders of the campaign are confi
dent of a similar result from the
cmmunity.
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MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
MEETS AT GUILFORD
The third annual conference of
the ministerial association of the
\orth Carolina Yearly Meeting was
held at Guilford College, March 6
to Li. The conference was largely
attended and was pronounced a
■reat success.
Much of the success of the con
ference was due to Milo S. Hinkle,
a former missionary, who is now
field secretary of the American
Friends' Board of Foreign Missions.
V T r. Hinkle gave several inspiring
addresses, among them, "The Minis
ter and the Church's Vision" and
"Our Stewardship."
George S. Moore, pastor of the
Friends' Church, Asheboro, N. C.,
gave several splendid addresses,
among them a very inspiring chapel
talk to the students.
All sessions of the conference
were well attended, specially the
evening sessions when the college
students formed a large part of the
nudience.
These conferences are held yearly
for the purpose of bringing up
various pastoral problems which
may arise and for the promotion
ol' good will and fellowship among
the various monthly meetings
throughout the state.
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 14, 1923
GLEE CLUB SEASON
IN FULL SWING
The combined glee club and or
chestra gave a concert in the James
town high school auditorium on
Wednesday night, March 7, and
again in Reidsville at the Grande
theatre on Friday evening, March
9. Both concerts met with great
success. At Jamestown the club
sang to an audience of about 300
while at Reidsville nearly 700 were
in attendance. The program render
ed at both places was chiefly com
posed of the same numbers but the
Reidsville performance was decided
ly a better concert, the sunny spots
being Joyce's reading, the sailor
quartette's Hornpipe dance and the
i endition of "Goodnight Beloved"
by the Glee Club. Individual hon
ors for the evening went to J. F.
Casey for his whistling solo that
(airly "brought down the house."
The Club was entertained royally
at dinner in the Reidsville homes
and by a reception tendered bv the
Parents Teachers Association in the
Belvedere Hotel after the program.
A concert will be given at the
Capitol theatre in Asheboro on
Friday evening, March 16, and the
Club will go to High Point on the
following Tuesday night.
The remaining dates for the seas
on follow:
Asheboro, March 16; High Point,
March 20; Pleasant Garden, March
22; Oak Ridge, April 6; Home
concert, April 7.
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QUAKER QUINT SHOWS BEST
RECORD IN SEVEN YEARS
Winning the first five games, wind
ing up the season with ten victories
out of sixteen games played and
piling up a score of 474 points
against 422 of the opposing team,
the Guilford college quint of '22-'23
has made a name in basketball
history. This is the best record by
a Quaker five since 1916. The
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ADVANTAGE OF RESEARCH
URGED BY DR. METCALF
OF OBERLIN COLLEGE
Independent Study Makes Greater
Interest, Said Speaker
"The field of research excludes
no fitjld of reality," stated Dr.
Maynard M. Metcalf, eminent biolo
gist of Oberlin, in his lecture on
research as a profession, Monday
evening, March 5.
"Research work is simply delving
into the field of realitv," said Dr.
Metcalf. "It is the search for truth
and its appreciation to life. Within
its field are included all the so
called sciences, the study of man
as an individual and his social re
lations; philosophy, and religion."
'Life itself," he said, "in its wor
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"WHAT'S IN A NAME?"
ASKS REV. GEORGE MOORE
"If your name is John, be proud
of the fact! think of the great
personages of history whose distin
guished names have borne the pre
fix, John. John fox, John Wesley,
and so on."
Thus it was that Rev. George
Moose pastor of the Friends' church
of Asheboro led into his subject,
"what's in a name?"
"There is more in a name than
most people recognize," said Mr.
Moore. The instinct of making for
himself a name is so inherent in
the youth that it quite often finds
an outlet in carving his name in
deep and strong letters, upon a tree
or upon a school desk. But wait—
the tree is cut down, the desk is
discarded and the knife carved name
\anishes. Then let those who wish
to have their names remembered,
carve them on a more lasting foun
dation. Let them carve them upon
the hearts of men in indelible
letters and thereby, have the joy of
being remembered."
S-s-sh ' —"Three Live Ghosts"
1 CHARLES C. GORST, WELL
KNOWN BIRD MAN, GIVES
ENTERTAINING LECTURE
UnusuaL Ability to Imitate Bird
Songs Delights Audience
An ornithological lecture, teem
ing with information, cheering with
its beautiful bird songs, and amus
ing with nicely chosen wit and
humor, was the offering of Charles
Crawford Gost to an enthusiastic
Guilford audience.
Mr. Gorst captivated those present
by the exercise of his unusual tal
ent. Simply and familiarly, his
word pictures led his listeners easily
through hills and valleys, fields and
woods, in search of feathered
j friends. Mr. Gorst accurately imi
tated many different birds, and whis
tled songs ranging, in his own
words, "From the ridiculous to the
sublime."
A few of the birds he talked of
and of which he showed pictures,
were the mocking bird, robin, Mary
land yellow throat, brown thrush,
blackbird, bob white, scarlet tanager,
catbird, American bittern and the
hermit thrush.
"The lovliest music of all these,"
he said, "was made by the hermit
thrush."
Just how important bird life was
Jto humanity, Mr. Gorst very force
fully brought out, stressing the use
fulness of such birds as the mourn-
I ing dove and the bob white which
j devour huge quantities of weed seed
and insects. The bob white, he
I said, is one of the few birds which
eats the boll weevil and the potato
bug. He further emphasized the
fact that the birds keep down the
tremendous reproduction of insects,
thus making farming possible in
1 the world.
In conclusion Mr. Gorst told
many interesting experiences drawn
from his years of studying birds,
describing their means of communi
ation.
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MILO HINCKLE SPEAKS
AT CHAPEL EXERCISES
Wednesday morning, Rev. Milo
Hinckle addressed the student body
on the subject, "Opportunity for
Service."
The speaker emphasized the fact
that we have two distinct classes
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The Dramatic Council j
presents j
; THREE LIVE GHOSTS
Saturday evening, Mar. 24 1
at 8:15 p. m. *
Memorial Hall. Guilford College I
Admission 50c, 75c, SI.OO j
t
For the Benefit of the
Men's Athletic Association I
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