THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. IX
J. HENRY SCATTERGOOD
DELIVERS ADDRESS ON
COMMENCEMENT DAY
Speaks on European Deadlock;
Urges Value of World
Outlook
TWENTY-FOUR GRADUATE
J. Henry Scattergood of Philadel
phia delivered the commencement
address Tuesday morning, June 5,
in Memorial Hall, speaking on the
Ruhr situation and the deadlock in
Europe, as he saw them while on
a special mission in Germany for
the American Friends' Service Com
mittee.
Mr. Scattergood states that it will
be impossible for Germany to pay
the 533.000,000.000 indemnity ex
cept in goods, the excess of exports.
All countries in fostering their own
trade, do all they can to prevent
being made a dumping ground for
German goods. What Germany sells,
someone else must buy, and al
though all are clamoring for in
demnities none are willing to re
ceive them in the only way it is
possible for them to be paid.
This indemnity is 43 per cent
of Germany's pre-war wealth, and
66 per cent of her estimated post
war wealth Mr. Scattergood further
stated. Of this. $3,500,000,000.00
have already been paid; over three
times as much as the entire indemni
ty exacted from France in 1871.
Money in Germany is practically
worthless, 5000 marks now exchang
ing for the value of one before
the war.
As to French intentions in the
Ruhr, Mr. Scattergood said: "It
is not possible to be sure of national
intentions. The United State-) and
England have disarmed and gone
home since 1919, when France was
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1922-23 HIGHLIGHTS
1. $230,00 subscribed on a
$375,000 endowment cam
paign. Prospects point to a
successful completion
2. Completion of hard sur
face road between Greens
boro and Guilford College.
3. Double decision in inter
; collegiate debate with Hamp
| den-Sidney College.
4. Most successful High
School Day in her history.
Attendance 229.
5. Preparatory department
officially dropped from the
catalogue.
6. Total enrollment for year
245. Largest number of "col
lege" students in Guilford's
history.
7. Basl'etball team wins ten
out of sixteen games.
8. Glee dub and orchestra
gave eleven concerts.
9. Dramatic Council suc
-1 cessfully produced two out
standing plays.
10. Nine representatives at
Blue Ridge Y. M. C. A. Con
ference. Largest number in
ten years.
11. Installation of automat- *
ic time system. Gift of the J
Class of '23.
THE GOD OF HOPE IS
BACCALAUREATE THEME
Robert L. Simkins of West China
University Officiates
The God of Hope was the theme
of the baccalaureate sermon preach
ed by Robert L. Simkins, of Wc3t
China Union University of Chengtu,
China, before a packed audience on
Sunday morning.
"We are accustomed/' he said
"To think of God in terms of his
wisdom and power, as creator unci
upholder of the universe and as
revealed to us in Christ, as One."
"Growing out of this idea,' he
continued, "Is the thought of th;
God of Hope. We owe everything,"'
he pointed out, "to tnis God o'
Hope. Hope drives out the thi.igs
that interfere with the plan of lite
God wants men to live a great life
and hope increases the desire to do
this and helps ment to realize their
desires. It makes men and women
patient in the affairs of life. - '
"It is easy enough," he said, ''to
start an undertaking or a career,
but there comes a time when going
on seems impossible. It is then
that we must feel rooted and ground
ed on the "God of Hope." Une?s
we do, we cannot stand up under
difficulties and carry the burdens
of life."
"If I desire anything for you who
graduate," he continued, "It is tna 1
you put first things first. The qties
tion is not always between good and
evil. Sometimes it is between good
and the best. Hope makes us
alert to this and to the opportunities
that come."
In his concluding message to the
graduating class he said, "I desire
for you, first, that you be of hr
vision, looking forward and away to
Jesus Christ, the author of yo.ii
Faith. Second, that you may have
the spirit which cannot fail, tha
you may know that no other wav
can permanently win except the way
of Christ whieh is the way of tie
Cross. Third, that you may be men
and women of gratitude, learned
through service to others. May you
be all this and may you continue
throughout your entire life to love
and worship the God of Hope.'"
SMITHOEAL RE ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF ALDMNI
C. C. Smithdeal of Winston-Salem
was re-elected president president of
the Alumni association. Mr. Smith
deal is of the class of 1911. Other
officers elected were vice-president,
George W. Bradshaw, '11; executive
committee, Miss Mary Petty of
North Carolina college, and Miss
Clara I. Cox of High Point; trustee
of alumni fund, Mary E. M. Davis,
"91. Ralph Parker, 'Ol, was
re-elected as alumni member of tlv>
board of trustees.
Dr. E. C. Perisho and W. E.
! Blair addressed the alumni in a
public meeting yesterday evening.
| Dr. Perisho pies? iter 1 th-j jiuiati -n
'of the college as it now stands,
analyzed its need- nd presented to
the alumni the appea! summed jp
j in the words, "The greatest asset of
J a college is its graduates."
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., JUNE 5, 1923
James Spottiswood Taylor, '23
J. Spottiswood Taylor of Dan
bury, N. C., who has been awarded
the Haverford scholarship for 1923,
receive this mark of attainment as a
recognition of his schlastic ability
and his college activities as a whole.
He is an enthusiastic supporter of
all religious, literary, and athletic
activities and is liked by the whole
student body to whom he is known
as, "Spot." The following is a
summary of his college activities:
president, Henry Clay Literary
society, (4); business manager, (3)
and Editor-in-chief, (4) of Guilford
ian; Inter-collegiate debator,' (3).
(4); varsity foot ball, (3), (4);
president Federation county clubs,
(3); class president, (1), (3).
THE TRYSTING PLACE
PRESENTED BY SENIORS
Tarkington's Charming Playlet
Scores a Decided Hit As
Class Play
The charmingly youthful play.
"The Trysting Place," one of Booth
Tarkington's inimitable comedies,
was presented at 5 o'clock Monday
afternoon in the little nook behind
the library by the seniors, with Ben
bow Merriman, Hope Motley, Spot
Taylor, Dewey Crews, Josephine
Mock, Helen Robertson and Ralph
Farlow in the caste.
The scene was a supposedly se
cluded terrace of a big hotel, cosily
furnished for privacy.
The plot of the play which was
published in "The Ladies' Home
Journal," is, in brief, the complica
tions resulting from the efforts of
three pairs of lovers and one would
be lover to have confidential chats
with their more or less financees.
Unfortunately, they are all selected
the same place for their tete-a-tetes
and came at approximately the
same time.
Lancelot Briggs, a second "Seven
teen" makes ardent love to Mrs.
Curtis, a young widow. His mclher,
who has an affair of her own, inter
feres so Lancelot hides under the
settee. While there, he overhears
the interview of his sister Jessie
and hor young man, Rupert, to
whom her mother objects. Both
Rupert and Lancelot hear the pro
posal of Mr. Ingoldsby to Mrs.
Briggs. This is interrupted bv a
Mysterious Voice, who causes the
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GUILFORD ENDOWMENT
STEADILY INCREASING
$230,000 Mark Has Been Passed;
Alumni Are Responding
With Enthusiasm
Over $230,000 have been sub
scribed on the proposed endowment
fund of $375,000, Dr. Binford an- |
nounced today. The General Educa- i
tion Board of New \ork has prom
ised SIOO,OOO of this, and the re- |
maining $130,000 has been given
by friends of the college in the
state.
The necessity for a larger endow- |
ment is shown by the fact that j
Guilford's present annual income j
amounts to only $36,000, all of ;
which is required to pay the fac- j
ultv salaries. This leaves nothing
for other expenses and the many
improvements which are needed at !
present. Guilford will lose its
standing as an "A" college, unless
the endowment is raised. Therefore,
$300,000 of the total sum will in
crease the endowment to $500,000
while $75,000 will be used for im
provements.
The campaign has had organized 1
effort from the first. It was officially
launched by a banquet in Greens
boro, Feb. 9. Quotas for various !
sections were then assigned, though J
slight changes have since been made.
Greensboro and Guilford college I
community were to raise $75,000;
High Point was assigned $60,000: j
the sum for the rest of the county j
was $15,000; for the state, $25,000; '
and for friends outside the stale, !
SIOO,OOO.
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"Martha" Presented by Chorus
on First Night
:
The Choral society presented a 1
an opening feature of commence
ment selections from the opcr i
"Martha," by von Flotow, at Memo- j 1
rial hall Saturday evening, June 2. i
The solo numbers were giver; by J :
Mrs. W. B. Owen, Jr., soprano, and
Mrs. Russell Perkins, contralto, both j
of Winston-Salem; John Gunny
Briggs, tenor, High Point; and 1
Professor James Westley White, |
basso.
The chorus sang best in the j
first number "Come, O Maidens
Fair." The voices were remarkabl .• ;
well balanced, and sang smoothly i
and yet with spirit the swift pas
sages of this chorus. The chorus ■
with the sheriff, gave opportunity j
for solo parts. These were taken by )
Hope Motley, Mary Webb Nicl.ol- 1
son, Vera Farlowe, and John Rev
nolds.
Of the solo parts, "Tis the Last
Rose of Summer" probably made i
the widest appeal. Mrs. Owen sang
th is old favorite with much expres |
sion, and with a charmingly delicate
approach. Lionel's love lyric, "O,
When She Rose Fair on my S'ght,' j
was sung by Mr. Briggs with due
tenderness and feeling:. "Midnicht
Chimes Sound Afar" was the more ;
effective of the quartette numbers.
Mrs. Perkins gave a beautiful inter
pretation of Nancy's solo "Gay of
Heart."
The chorus and solos were accom
panied by Mrs. Robert Dann and 1
Miss Beatrice Byrd. Professor White
ably directed the chorus.
NEW ROAD CHRISTENED
THE FRIENDLY ROAD" AT
CIVIC CLUO BANQUET
President of Clubs Make Enthu
siastic Speeches on
Good Roads
"The Friendly Road" was the
name unanimously voted for the
newly completed Guilford Cjliege
'road at a banquet tendered the four
civic clubs of Greensboro by Guil
ford College and community, Fii
!day evening, June 1.
The name was suggested by A.
M. Scales and the suggestion was
quickly ratified. Mr. Scales explain
ed that there are several Guiiford
! College roads and that this new
| road was entitled to a special dis
tinctive name, and being appropri
j ate as suggesting the existence of
I friendship between Greensboro and
jGiuiford college, it found ready re
sponse in the large gathering. The
I County commissioners will be asked
to designate the road officially by its
i new name.
The celebration was largely at
tended by citizens of Greensboto and
the Guilford College community.
Starting off with a wedding of
Greensboro and Guilford College,
the principals being dressed in true
Quaker style, thus setting the key
note for the theme of the evening.
The program was full of remmisi
censes of the eariy days when roads
were roads, when Guilford was
young and passed through various
stages until it ended in a great
praise of North Carolina's glories.
Dr. Raymond Binford, president
of Guilford college, started off in
the chair, and made a most interest
ing talk on the place of Guilford
college in the educational structure
of this section; its aims and ideas
and the advantage of a church
college and a small college where
it was possible for the greatest per
sonal contact between the students
and the faculty; a great workshop
where character was built and strong
men turned out to do their part in
the world.
President Binford opened with a
speech of welcome. He also out
lined the place of Guilford college
in the educational structure ol the
state; its aims and ideas.
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The Marvin Hardin Schol
arship has been awarded to
Robert T. Marshall.
The folowing literary so- !
ciety honors were awarded:
Philomathean improvement
prize, Maude Simpson; ora
; tor's prize, Inez White: Hen- '
; ry Clay improvement med
al, Albert Peele; orator's
; medal, John Reynolds: Zat
asian improvement prize,
Ina Mixon; orator's prize,
Sarah Hodges: Websterian
improvement medal, J. D.
Welborn; consistency medal,
E. M. Macon.
The Bryn Mawr and Hav
erford scholarships have
been awarded to Ruth Rey
nolds and J. S. Taylor, res
pectively.
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