THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. X.
Guilford Home Coming Day
Will Take Place Nov. 2; Foot
ball, Lynchburg vs. Quakers
Alumni Are Asked Back;
Football Dinner To Be
Served In Founders
LETTER MEN ASKED
Four Literary Societies Plan
Home Coming Programs
For Old Members
Guilford College. October 23—■
Home coming day is going to be
the feature on Guilford college
campus Friday November 2. Its
to be a gala affair for all those
who ever attended the old Quak
er institution. The football game
with Lynchburg college starts
the works going. This is to be
followed by a football dinner at
which both Lynchburg and Guil
ford teams will occupy places of
honor. Alumni and old students
have also been asked to be pres
ent at this dinner.
Famous Athletes Be Here
Among the number of Guilford
enthusitsts will be famous Guil
ford athletes of former years to
toast the present teams. Busi
ness Manager S. Gladstone Hod
gin has assured the authorities
that there will be a bountiful
supplv of dining room material
available and it is confidently
expected that the college "Chef'
Jim will fix this up to suit the
most fastidious alumnus or a
lumna.
Founders to Ring
Founders Dining hall will in
all probability ring with the yells
of former classes and teams. The
old eating place will be strung
up with class colors subordinated
to the college colors of crimson
and gray. Between two and
three hundred old students and
alumni will gather on the occa
sion according to present indi
cations.
Literary Societies Prepare
Tn addition to the athletic meet
and dinner the four college liter
rary socities have planned home
coming programs at their regular
Fridav evening sessions, for their
old members. Since the liter
ary societies furnish the strong
est feeling at Guilford, it is ex
pected that those old loyalty
ties will be renewed.
The day of festivities end when
the dignity of literary society
procedure has been laid aside
and the Guilford supporters gath
er in the gymnasium for college
songs and yells. At this time
also there will be stunts and
feature prepared by the various
college organizations. Ml in all
it is to be ? Guilford day, and
will probably end witlr th;
strains of Alma mater.
MissThelma Hill spent the
week-end with her brother in
Greensboro.
Miss Virginia Gallawav spent
the week-end at her home in
Greensboro.
MRS. BUMPSTEAD LEIGH GETS
TO BE MORE THAN BREAM OE
COLLEGE DRAMATIC COUNCIL
"Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh" is
rapidly becoming something
more than a dream of the Dra
matic Counc'l for p o:!ucti n
November 24, under the auspices
of the Y. YV. C. A. The entire
play is now in rehearsal and the
actors are gradually beginning |
to assimilate their various speech
es and actions.
At the present time, Ethel
Watkins, as Mrs. DeSalle, keeps j
the intruding audience in con
vulsions of laughter. If Miss
Watkius continues to display,
such comic effects, the final night i
of production will be a knock
out. The play itself it a knock- !
out.
Mary Lou Says "Rawther"
Miss Hoffmann is explaining
to a quite competent Mrs. Bum
pstead-Leigh. of the Mary Lou
Wilkins, that the English pro
nounce the word "rather," "raw-1
ther," and so to keep the illusion,
Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, nee Del-j
la Savles of Missionary Loop.
Ind., goes about the stage, sav
ing fawncy, rawther, and doncha
know in the approved English
fashion. She seems to have a
command of the french language,
also, considering the nerve with!
which she uses that language to
out wit her would be enemies.
She uses the lorgenette, quite
effectively.
Leora Sherrill Not Clinging
The violet of Leora Sherrill,
is not quite the clinging type,
usually found in plays, since she
brings about the climax in the
second act. However, Fred
Winn, as Anthony, her financee
has time to make love in rather
exalted words long before that
time.
Staged in Drawing Room
Tlie play will take place in the
drawing room of a wealthy New j
Yorker. The staging will con-i
sist of gray and silver panelling,
which will give everyone a chance ;
to display their charms to the best
advantage. Gray and silver pan- 1
elling will in spite of many de
fects, make a very plain women,
very pretty. This is no reflec
tion On the cast, however, but
a compliment to the staging. The
cast has been said to be the most
pulchritudious one of many j
moons. A large variety of shades
of hair are represented among the !
feminine members. There is the
golden, the chestnut, the black,
the auburn, and the red.
Among the Sunday callers
were; M r - Gilmore Pickett, Mr.
Wendell McCracken, Mr. Elsie
Hadley and Mr. William Wright.
Miss Mable Balch spent the
week-end at her home in Leaks
ville.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. OCTOBER 26, 1923.
TRUSTEES MEET IN ANNUAL
BOABB, FACULTY REPRESENTED
SESSION WITH ADVISORY
Dr. Raymond Binford Re
ports $245,00 Raised on
Endowment Campaign
MRS. DAVIS MAKES GIFT
Twice as Many College Students
Enrolled, as Six Years Ago
The annual joint meeting of
the Board of Trustees, Advisory
committee and representatives
from the Alumni association and
Faculty met at Guilford on Wed
nesday, October 17. J. Elwood
Cox of High Point, was re
elected as chairman of the board
of trustees and David J. White of
Greenbsoro was re-elected sec
retary. Henry White and D.
Ralph Parker, the latter a nomi
nee of the Alumni association,
whose terms had expired were
retained by vote of the board.
A joint meeting of these com
mittees is held annually, in Octo
ber, for the purpose of cooper
ation and the exchange of view
points.
Dr. Binford's Report
Dr. Raymond Binford, presi
dent of the college, announced
that $245,000 on the endowment
campaign had been raised, or
which $31,500 had been paid.
Seventy-one alumni to date have
been solicited from whom $33, 500
has been received. This leaves
375 of the graduates of the in
stitution yet to be seen by the
campaign committee.
Advisory Committee Meeting
The advisory committee of the
college, which is a board of 12
women, met in joint session with
the trustees. From their hall it
became known that Mrs. Mary
E. M. Davis, of Guilford College,
was re-elected as chairman with
Miss Mary Petty of North Caro
lina college to serve in the capa
city of acting chairman. This
group of women also decided that
.it would meet monthly.
The memorial fund started re
cently in memory of Elihu E.
and Abigail N. Mendenhall, par
ents of Mrs. J. F. Davis, received
an addition of $2,750, the gift of
Mrs. J. F. Davis. Mr. Menden
hall was for 30 years chairman
of the bord of trustees of the
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| HOME COMING DAY
PROGRAM
NOVEMBER 2
3 p. m.
Football Game
Guilford vs. Lenoir
6 p. m.
Football Dinner
7 p. m.
1 Literary Societies give (
Home Coming Pro
• grams to their I
old members
9 p. m.
Festival with stunts in
gymnasium.
Governor of Montana, Guilford
Alumnus, Speaks to Students
FILIPINO QUARTET GIVES
POPULAR MUSICAL PROGRAM
"The Rosary" On Ukulele Given
In Tremelo Chord Effect
With their native instruments
the Filipino quartet presented a
[ popular musical program in Me
■ | morial Hall Saturday evening,
; I comprising the first number of
| the college lyceum course.
The program, though light,
' was thoroughly enjoyable. For
•la time the college assembly was
' transported to the moonlit beach
es of the Pacific isles, dreaming
" under the palm trees to the ac
• compainment of a Hawaiian
■ serenade; again they found them
• selves in a Spanish cabaret; at
'i reveille they saluted the "Red,
• White and Blue," and cheered at
■ the banner of "Dixie," and then
■ finally everyone was brought
back to "Carolina in the Morn
, ing."
Probably the best part of the
evening's entertainment was the
"I ukulele number. In "The
I
Rosary," this instrument, which
• is rarely regarded as more than
an ingenious toy, was made to
' carry a sustained melody and a
delightful tremolo chord effect at
the same time. The comic over
-1 tures, in which all of the instru
'lntents were employed, and the
brilliant piano work, in both
solos and accompaniments, oc
cupied the front of the program.
, The instrumentation of the
quartet was mandolin, two emit-
I .
ars. banjo, ukulele and clarinet,
with piano accompaniment. Ad
ded to these were the rich tenor
voices of two of the men, which
except for solo work, were in all
1 cases made subservient to the
strings.
The success of the program
depended in large measure upon
the leader, who emphasized everv
number in advance, with car
acteristic, farcical action.
! HERSHEL MACON ELECTED
EDITOR IN CHIEF OF ANNUAL
Hershel Macon was the man
: chosen by the members of the
| Senior class, as Editor-in-chief
j of the "Quaker" which they are
! getting out this year.
Realizing that this matter of
I getting out an annual is a mighty
j indertaking, involving much work
j and executive ability, the Seniors
I are wasting no time in getting
I to work. Much interest, conse
j quently, was shown in the elec
[ tion of the chief officers on last
! Friday.
Serving with Mr. Macon in
i the capacity of managing Editor,
j is John Well) Carwoll. The class
| was unanimous in their selection
1 of these two men.
j . . William Blair was elected as
I Business manager, and Glynn
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Joseph M. Dixon Visits
Alma Mater On
Way Home
SISTER LIVES HERE
Guilford College, Oct. 23—Go
vernor Joseph M. Dixon, of Mon
tana, a native of North Carolina,
made an address to the student
body of Guilford college tonight.
He has been in attendance at the
conference of governors called by
President Coolidge in Washing
ton and is returning to his ex
ecutive chair via Guilford college
and Elkin to visit his sisters one
of whom is Mrs. Roxie D. White.
Alumnus of Guilford
Governor Dixon is an alumnus
of Guilford and while here today
spent some time in visiting the
places that occupied the center
of his attention about 33 years
ago while he was in attendance at
the old Quaker institution. A
mong them were his room in
Archdale hall and the hall of
the Henry Clay literary society
of which society he was one of
the founders. The governor
leaves for Chicago Wednesday
morning.
Native of Alamance
Governor Dixon is a native of
Alamance county. It was just
forty one years ago that he first
set foot at New Garden boarding
school, which is now Guilford col
lege. In 1889 he graduated at
Guilford college and went west
where lie served from the state
of Montana as congressman twice
and as senator one term.
A good part of the speech of
the western executive was filled
with reminiscences of the cam
pus of Guilford and the things
connected with it. The oaks of
niilford looked the most familiar.
Archdale hall which use to be the
showplace of the campus lie now
finds nearly deserted. lie seemed
to be happy that the college
had grown so and according to
him taken on itself a more col
legiate air.
Praises Small Co'leges
The governor praised the work
of the small colleges. There is
not the personal touch in the big
institution which the smaller one
can give, he said. One of the
most delightful hits in the states
man s speech was his relation of
his acquaintancship with Lloyd
George, whom he met a few days
ago in Chicago. lie was greatly
impressed with the Welshman
and named him as the greatest
living figure of the day and, out
side of Theodore Roosevelt, the
greatest of his generation.
Guilford Historic
(iiiilford college is in the center
of one of the greatest historical
parts of the United Sataes and
the govenor deplored the facl
that suitable monuments had
not been placed to mark thes
spots. Within rifle shot of tin
college campus Speaker Joe Can
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