THE GUILFORDIAN VOL. X. CRIMSON AND GRAY SQUAD FAST ROUNDING INTO AN ADLE FOOTBALL MACHINE Six Letter Men Will Probably Be in Line-Up When First Whistle Blows Thirty leather lunged Crimson and Gray warriors are daily bat tering their tireless muscles to the solidness of iron. What else couid be the result of smashing drives through mountains of husky man hood, miles of rlunning, and pass ages through the third degree? These iron men are being coupled and riveted into a machine that will, according to Coach Doak, make tough traveling for many state teams 1 this fall. Just how true these pre dictions are will be seen on Satur day the 29th, when the Guilford warriors will battle Trinity, at Dur ham. Six letter men will appear in the lineup as it appears to the mentor now. The team has as its mainstay, Captain Everette Mcßane, of Ala mance county, who is starting his fourth year as a first string man. He will plav the position of left halfback and call signals. Thomas English, of Trinity, who last year played halfback on the scrub team has been shifted to left end where in practice he is pulling down some beautiful forward passes. On the other end will appear' Block Smith, of Greensboro, a letter man j and another of the foundations of j the team. Warrick, for two years holding down varsity position at center, will continue to snap the oval. Herring, of Goldsboro, a new man of Guil ford, is doing some pretty work at left tackle where he is apt to start against the sons of Trinity. Gray Shore, of Winston-Salem, and Jack Harrell. of Goldsboro, both experienced men of ?h.- o'iaker ere, furnish some of the stiffness to Doak's line and will be found doing guard duty when the releree s whistle opens the first game. Neece, a heavyweight, from last 1 year's scrub squad, is also adding stamina •• the Quaker wall and is bursting through in the name of right tackle. Woody, from Alamance county, a seasoned man in handling the pigskin, is taking the place of Purvis, last year's fullback, and ac cording to the mentor is a valuable addition to the Guilford backfield. Lassiter, Casey and Knight, also seasoned men, have only been on the gridiron a week for practice but are expected to add impetus to the back field in the first game. New English Head Reads Own Poems at Chapel Professor Lester C. Farris of Guilford college made hi-r first ap pearance before the stuelent-hodv last Thursday morning when he re?d some of his own poems which were received very enthusiastiully by his audience. Mr. I arris came to Guilford this fall from the Ceorizii Institute of Technology. He has completed his residence work for the Doctorate and at present is working on a literary criticism of Edgar Allen Poe. METROPOLITAN OPERA STAR TO GOME HERE Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell Also Comes in This Year's Lyceum Course Included in the Guilford college lyeum course this year is Nina Morgana, of the Metropolitan opera company, one of the proteges of Caruso, and who has appeared with him a number of times. She is a very popular soprano, singing leading coloratura roles at Metropolitan opera. The date of her appearance here has not been definitely fixed but it will probably be toward the first of the year. Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, famous medical missionary of the polar regions, will also appear before the Guilford college audience some time during the scholastic year. He has degrees from colleges all over the world. King Edward of England conferred upon him the Order of Companion of St. Michael and St. George. Oxford gave him the only honorary M. D. which the institution has every bestowed. Harvard also falls in line by be stowing 011 Dr. Grenell an honorary M. A. The college bureau feels very fortunate in being able to secure Dr. Grenfell. His subject here will be '"Midst Ice and Snow in Lab rador." This lecture will be illus trated with special moving pictures and slides. The first number of the lyceum course is the concert of the Filipino quartet which will be given at Guil ford October 20. They come with both vocal and instrumental selec tions, which will be mostly interpre tations of the music of their own land. These artists are considered to be the best in their field. An impersonator completes this course. The date of his advent is uncertain. He travels with a full wardrobe and a changeable face. Accordinsi to testimony received here he can imitate the criminal as well as the Christ, the oriental as well as the occidenal. DRAMATIC COUNCIL PLANS FOR FALL Y. W. C, A, PLAY The Dramatic council of Guilford Colloire met on Monday night to discuss the play which is to be given this fall under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. Various plays were considered but no single one has been decided upon as yet. It is the plan of this council to stage a play at Memorial hall on Novem ber 24, proceeds of which go to the treasury of the Y. W. C. A. Miss Hedwig Hoffman, head of the Romance language department will act as coach and director Prof. J. D. White, and Prof. J. W. Pan coast, members of last year's exe cutive staff. Those representing the student body on the council are: Hazel Richardson, Ethel Watkins, Katherine Shields, Fred C. Winn, Edward Holder and Robert Mar shall. Mr. Thos. C. Wilkins of Hillsboro was on the campus Sunday to see his sister, Mary Lou Wilkins. GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. SEPTEMBER 26, 192:3. TILMAN HOBSON. EVANGELIST OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA IS HOLDING REVIVAL MEETINGS Tilman Hobson, of Pasadena, Calif., general superintendent of the World's Evangelistic association, is conducting a series of meetings at the Guilford meeting house. The services began Sunday, September 23, with a powerful sermon 011 the subject of "Christian Courage or Enthusiasm," dealing with the power of the Bible in American life, ele livered at thi morning hour. He will continue to preach here for ten ( days or two weeks. Mr. Hobson came to Guilford meeting house at the urge of the con gregation to conduct a revival, both for the community and the student body. During his stay he will de liver two sermons daily, one at 3:00 o'clock, on various subjects per- | taining to his evangelistic work. Mr. Hobson came to Guilford directly ; from Mt. Airy, where he has been i holding a successful meeting at the Friends church of that city. What Dwight L. Moody was to the Congregationalist church, so Mr. Hobson is to the Friends e-hurch. He is considered the leading Quaker • evangelist of the world. During his twenty years of ministry, Mr. Hob- | son has crossed the continent some forty times and following the clcse of this meeting will make his forty first transcontinental tour. He will go to Wichita, Kansas, for a meet ing following which, he will conduci a series of meetings at Oskaloosa lowa. Both of these cities are Quaker college towns and Mr. Hobson is looking forward to a good series. Although Hr. Hobson is a Quaker evangelist and for a short time previous to this tour acted as the pastor for the Friends church at Pasadena, he does not confine him self strictly to Quaker meetings but conducts "open" services in the various tabernacles over the country. 1 It is said that through his in spirational sermons over one hun dred thousand souls have been con verted and some five thousand volunteers have entered various Christian and missionary services. WANTED! IDEAS DO you ever write poetry? The Guilfordian wants you to contribute to its magazine section any scandal you have collected; any views you hold on subjects pertinent to student life; any children of your imagination and pen. Send along your original themes; descriptions that are not catalogues, informal es says that are humorous, nar ratives, character sketches, quips and comments will be welcomed. See yourself in print. JAMES WESTLEY WHITE GIVES VOICE RECITAL Program Selected From Classics; Accompanied by Philip Jeffreys Prof. James Westley White, popu lar baritone of Greensboro, and director of vocal music at Guilford, gave to the college audiences of Saturday night a program of much merit. Philip Jeffreys of Greens boro was Mr. White' accompanist. The program was well selected from the classics, and from modern composers. Mr. White's first number 1 was two songs from Handel, given ; with delicate phrasing, and with re markable smoothness in the legato passages. Mr. White's voice is well adapted to the richness and forceful character of Handel's music. Three German songs, works of Richard Strauss, were given with good diction, and with something of the sturdiness and sound music of the earlier German composers. But i the height of the program was 1 reached in the aria from Verdi's "Ballo in Maschera." Mr. White had intense volume in the first part of this work with perfect control; in the second part of the aria, the love theme, he sang with passionate tenderness. The last part of the aria approaching a grand final, was I given with perfect evenness. Professor White responded to re quests for encores with a negro spiritual and some Southern songs. (Continued on page 3) PROF. PANCOAST BUYS NEW STOCK OF CHICKS The poultry department of Guil ford. just initiated at the beginning of this year by Prof. J. Wilmer Pancoast. is growing rapidly. This past week saw added to the former flock 110 Barred Plymouth Rocks. This stock comes from the same flo: k that produced the best bird, and also include the best pullet and the second best pen in the ' Greenshoro show. The chic-kens purchased by Mr. Pancoast include part of the best pen in the show and also includes the best pullet in the show. Mr. Pancoast announces that part of the Guilford college flock will be sent to the Guilford county fair this fall. A lot of new equipment is here ready to be installed, including a modern 2400-egg incubator and, besides, a number of small brood ers. There are about 15 students tak ing this course in scientific poultry raising. This department has in stitued a program of progress which will build up the flock to a maximum in about three years. The flock now includes a pen of white leghorns, one of the Owen strain of Rhode Island Reds and one Barred Plymouth Rocks. Vivian White Injured In Football Practice Vivian White sustained painful injuries from a fractured collar bone in football practice Friday aftrnoon. He was taken immedia tely to the Wesley Long hospital, but was able to be brought back Friday night. He is now on tie road to speedv recovery. OR. CARLETON RECENTLY ADDED TO FACDLTY, HAS KING OF ENGLAND MEDAL Was Medical Missionary in India For More Than Forty Years LIVED IN LEPER COLONY Not many people have had the honor of being decorated for bravery by the King of England but this can be ascribed to one of Guilford's new instructors, Dr. Marcus B. Carleton, of the biology department. Dr. Carleton, who is a graduate of Amherst College, and of the Uni versity of New York, where he re ceived his M. D., was born in Indian and spent the greater part of his life there, with the exception of a few years in America. His work has been mostly in Northern India, in the Punjab district—which means the district of the "Five Waters." He specialized in optometry and in surgery. "These two branches of medical work are more generally in demand in India today than per haps any other," he said. India Needs Doctors "I am often asked what is needed more in India." said Dr. Carleton, '"and I always reply—medical mis sionaries. There is an immense de mand for medical workers especially among the more ignorant classes of natives. On some day as many as four hundred patients come for many miles on camels, elephants, donkeys, and in ox-carts to receive treatment. Cataracts on the eye are common sights, and I can report as many as three thousand eperations a year for this one trouble." Tells of Work "Often people bring their sick relatives from as far as eight miles in the hope of obtaining relief. They are wrapped in a blanket, swung be tween two poles which the men carry and are exposed to the hot sun and weather conditions constantly. As to the climate, Dr. Carleton says that it is extremely arid, as there are no rains from the first of September to the last of December; after which the rainy season sets in. During the months of July and August malaria is very prevalent and the work of the doctors is heavy during this period. Work with Lepers Besides his medical work, Dr. Carleton has lived for years in a leper colony of 3,000 people. It was for his bravery in this work that he received the "Kaisar-I-Hind" from the King of England. In between all this, he found time to run a hospital, superintend a high school of 170 boys, five village schools, and was even asked to open a girls' school in Central India. He went down to see about it and was courteously but firmly refused by the natives. When asked as to the reason of their doing so, they replied that as women have no soul it would be a waste of time for them to learn. This is an example of tne deplorable condition in that country; where less than one per cent of the women know how to read or write. He came to Guilford College at the beginning of this term to assist in biology. No. i

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