THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. X
Dramatic Council Scores Its
Biggest Success In Giving
Comedy, "Mrs. Bumpstead Leigh"
Mary Lou Wilkins Is Outstand
ing Player In Performance
MLLE. HOFFMAN DIRECTS
The Whole Caste Stands Behind
Star With Effective Acting
The Guilford College Dramatic
Council in its presentation of
Harry James Smith's comedy
"'Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh" in Me
morial Hall last Saturday night,
scored its biggest success. From
the beginning to the dramatic,
and well worked out finish, the
whole play was splendidly given,
as was attested by the large ap
plause of the audience.
Mary Lou Wilkins. Star
The laurels go to Mary Lou
Wilkins for her splendid and sym
pathetis interpretation of the diffi
cult title role. As Mrs. Bumpstead-
Leigh, alias Delia Sales of Mis
sionary Loop, Ind., and daughter
of a patent medicine celebrity,
.Miss Wilkins carried off this rolei
with admirable finesse. One!
would hardly believe that a col"
lege girl could so easily assume!
such dignity, such poise, such I
Savoir faire or such aloofness.
In the former role she delight
ed her audience highly with her]
english accent and "fiddle-de
dee"'; and showed admirable ver
satility in her ability to change'
from the sociably correct Matron
to the stringent voiced Delia
Sales; when with her own family.
This was an exceedingly diffi
cult role to handle, and credit
should be given her for the splen
did portrayal of this part.
Leora Sherrill, winsome
Leora Sherrill's "Violet" was
winsome and charmint 'indeed.
Needless to say she captured all
the masculine hearts in the audi
ence. and there was more than'
one gallant present, who perhaps
wished he were in Geofifrey's
place, to comfort her in the con
ventional way.
French Smith as Geoffrey made!
quite a realistic and handsome
lover. ()f course he tried to act
unconcerned and with aloofness
at first: but one knew how it
would end just the same. It did
end—quite nicely in the last act:
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$200.00 Gift
A gift of S2OO was made
| on November 26 by the wo- jj
men students of Guilford p
p College to the Men's Athlet
ic Association. This action
was an outcome of vote tak
-3 en at a mass meeting held on
the above date. The gift
ij is doubly appreciated, com
ing as it does, at a time of
j financial e nbarrassment of
the Men's A. A. and as an
pj evidence of their grateful
p ness. Guilford men have
each pledged three half days,
jj toward the grading of a new
§§ athletic field for the women.
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UPPER GLASS WOMEN BEAT
FRESHMEN BASEBALL CUTFIT
j
Zachary and Newlin Star For
Their Respective Teams
Before bleachers frantic with
j yells, the upper class women trounc
ed the freshmen to the melody of
10-5 last Thursday afternoon on
Hobbs athletic field. The score
however is a little deceiving as to
the interest that the game contained.
Not until the later part of the
battle did the count assume its final
proportions.
Brilliant plavs and lusty swats
featurtd the work of both aggrega
tions. Four extra base hits wers
marked up, two for each side.
Bertha Zachary who did the mound
work for the veterans was touched
for only nine scattered bingles while
her opponent twirler, Beeson had
15 safe swats marked up against
her. Outside of one inning however
the freshmen hurler had a good
day. In this particular canto she
was hit for six trips to the initial
sack five of them coming in a row.
Annie Maid Newlin, sister of
the mathematics professor, was the
outstanding figure in the combat.
Out of four trips to the rubber she
connected with the agate three
times for a gain, two of the hits
securing for her trips to the third
sack. She and Lalali Cox stopped |
the apples behind the willow v.ield
ers for their respective teams in
a stellar manner
Two base hits were made by Inex
White, Sarah Hodges, Lalah Cox,
Bertha Zachary and Katy Cooper
for the Upper class women.
FOOTBALL LETTER MEN ELECT
CHARLES D, SMITH CAPTAIN
FOR NEXT YEAR S TEAM
At a meeting of the football let
ter men of Guilford college, Charles
I). I Block I Smith'2s, of Greensboro
was chosen to captain the team
next year. Smith has just finished
varsity having earned two stars bv'
the gridiron route.
He has been the star right-end for
these three years and the team has i
probably picked its ideal leader
for another season. He is one of
the most consistent players that
Guilford's eleven boasts.
Stars were granted to Everette
Mcßane, Glenn Lassiter, Jack Har
rcll, Charles D. Smith, Elton War
rick, Bascom Shore, Paul Knight
and Fred Thomas.
Letters were awarded to Frank
Casey, Kenneth Neese, Gray Her
ring, Paul Woody and Thomas Eng
lish.
Everette Mcßane, Bascom Shore
and Glenn Lassiter will be lost
to the Quaker's varsity in point of
playing, all of these being members
of the senior class. However, with
"Block" Smith to shepherd it, there
is a strong nucleus here upon which
to build a powerful machine next
year.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. NOVEMBER 28, I>
QUAKER ATHLETES, TURN TO
GYMNASIUM FLOOR NOW THAT
THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER
Quaker Athletes
Now that the dull thud of pad-
Jed shoulders, the smack of boot
f ed pigskin, and the shrill call of
anxious quarter-backs have died
away from the furious field of bat
tic, the sporting fan's attention
turns to the closed court where
lightly clad figures pass and shoot
, a circular pigskin. These lovers
of athletics are all occupied with
, the same great question, and that
, is; What five men will represent
' their College this year? Among
! the Quaker supporters there has
i been speculation as to who will;
.! wear the Crimson and Gray jer
, seys through the coming basket-:
1 ball season.
One Man Gone
As the outlook now has it. the
1 last year's team will be intact
with the exception of the center.
■ I had Mackis. This will be a diffi
. cult position to fill and it may be
I that J. G. Frazier will have to be
j shifted from forward in order to
stop uj) this gap. One forward. J.
! \Y. Frazier, and a guard. Geo.
! Ferrell, have not made their ap
pearance in the Quaker Camp, but
( their coming is expected within
' the next few days. With this
string of old men including; J. (1.
J Frazier, J. W. Frazier. F. Thom
as, Geo. Ferrell, H. Tew, F.,
Smith, E. Cummins, and Albert
I'eele, coach Doak has an ideal
framework around which he is ex-|
pecting to build up a winning
! team by a careful use of his new
material.
New Recruits
And these raw recruits are not
to be thought of lightly.. In Rick
Ferrell and Rufus Smith, Coach
Doak has two players that will
keep any college man fighting to
hold his berth. It would not be out
of place to say that ere this sea
son rolls around these men will
have been favorably heard from.
Among the other newcomers.
"Smut" Smith, G. Sparger, F.
Smithdeal and Max Kendall are
close on these, and fighting des
perately for recognition are Duke
Morris, Price Crowell, S. Starnes.
C. Friddle, R. Thomas, T. Doub.
and H. Kimrey. These husky has
ketballers are expected to be
'"greatly responsible for the vic
torious team which Guilford
hopes to put in the field.
J. G. Frazier—Star
According to Coach Doak these
| hopes are well grounded. In J. ]
G. Frazier he has one of the best i
forwards in the state. A close
second to this player is J. W.
Frazier, a forward of last year.
lOn the job as guards will be
Thomas and Ferrell. over whom
very few goals have ever been
j registered. For the other berth ;
there are twenty odd seekers
the quality of whom assures that
it will be well filled. ,
Miss Pauline Trent was the week
end guest of Miss Alvin Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Holder were
on the campus Saturday to see
their brother Edward Holder.
Miss Bertha Mae Neal was the i
week-end guest of her Sitster Miss
Evelyn Neal.
Now The Smoke Has Passed
Guilford Football Reviewed
SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR
GIVES BR. PERISHO PLACE
Doctor E. C. Perisho has receiv
ed an appointment from Governor
W. H. McMaster of South Dakota
■ to represent that state at the Nation
al convention of the Anti •>. loon
League of 'America, which will
meet at Birmingham, Alabama, Dec
ember seventeenth to twentieth in
clusive, 1923.
This followed close on the ap
pointment of Doctor Perisho by
the governor to also represent the
state at the National Farmer's con
vention.
MISS KATHERINE RICKS
ATTENDS BIENNIAL LIBRARY
MEET IN WINSTON SALEM
Miss Katherine C. Ricks, libra
rian of Guilford College, attended
the biennial meeting of the North
Carolina Library Association which
was held in Winston-Salem, Novem
ber 23rd-24. This meeting was per
haps the best ever held by the as
sociation.
The theme of the convention was
1 two-fold. First, the story of library
progress, and second, plans for the
further development and expansion
of library service in North Caro
lina.
The speakers at this conference
were as follows: Dr. Louis R. Wil
son. ot the University of North
Carolina, president of the Associ
ation, Misses Mary Flournoy and
Mary B. Palmer of the North Caro
lina Library Commission and Miss
Adlaide Fries, president of the Stat;
literary and history association.
The main feature of the con
vention was an address by Dr. C.
Alphonzo Smith of the United States
Naval Academy, at Salem College
on Friday evening. The subject of
Dr. Smith s speech was "Our Most
Startling Statistics." In his dis
cussion lie showed where the State
stands on the reading of newspa
pers. magazines and books. In speak
ing ol North Carolina, Dr. Smith
said that her one redeeming feature
lies in the fart that the state oilv
needs to be shown facts in order
to bring about a reformation. North
Carolina is negligible in the matter
of literature because she doesn't
know her real standing in this mat
ter.
About one hundred delegates
from various parts of the state at
tended the convention. Durin;
their stay in Winston-Salem thev
visited the Richard J. Reynolds
High School, the Carnegie Library
and Salem College.
Miss Sapp was the week-end guest
of Miss Elizabeth Cude.
Miss Eva Holder of Winston-Sa
lem visited her brother Edward M.
Holder during the last week-end.
Miss Pearl Perry of High Point
was also a visitor on the campus
Sunday.
Carrie Norman had, as week-end
visitors, her sister from Mount Airy,
Ila Noi •man.
Giidiron Talk On Guilford Past
Z And Coming Seasons
The close of Guilford's 1923
1 football season in the clash with
I Wo fiord College last week mark
ed the close of one of the most
II intensive schedules in the annals
of Quaker footballdom. Over
whelming defeat at the hands of
the gridiron warriors of Trinity,
Wake Forest, and William and
Mary in their respective camps,
was only the fulfillment of antici
pated outcome. Yet such engage
ments resulted in added experi
ence and impetus for the team to
rally against the weaker oppo
nents met in the latter half of the
season.
. ()f the battles against Lenoir
I Lynchburg, Elon and WofFord,
only one—the game with Lynch
burg—resulted in wholesale dis
aster and the candid opinion of
1 many is that the 25-0 score in the
Virginians favor was by no means
indicative of the respective merits
of the two teams. Both breaks
and morale went against the
Quakers in this bout.
A victory over Lenoir by a
comfortable shut-out and losses
to Elon and W'offord by narrow
margin of seven and three points
respectively, are reassuring facts
for the team's playing power.
Captain Mcßane Outstanding
Captain Everette Mcßane, the
outstanding football player of the
season, bossed a worth-while
team in every respect. The sup
port of hrs team mates in the vari
ous clashes, during the fall, was
an outstanding and commendable
feature and it is safe to say that
were Mcßane to have had all the
regulars who were on the crip
ple list, functioning in every
game, more victories would have
been marked up for Guilford.With
Smith, C. Mcßane, Neese, Her
ring, Lassiter, W arrick, Harrell,
and B. Shore from which to pick
a line with a grip and a punch
and with a bevy of backfielders,
including English, Casey, Knight,
Woody, E. Mcßane and Thomas,
the matter of developing a letter
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THE 1924 QUAKER
The business management a
of the 1924 Quaker announc
es the opening drive for sub
scriptions to th e new annual.
The success of this enter
prise depends upon the co
operation of the student
body and the alumni of Guil- B
ford. The engraving, print- a
ing and materials used in the a
construction of this annual H
will be of the highest qual
ity that money can buy.
These elegant books will be
issued for S4.CO par copy.
Upon receipt of a deposit
of SI.OO your name will be fj
placed on the circulation list.
Address all communica
tions concerning subscrip
tions to R. G. Lassiter Cir
culation Manager.
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