THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. X
Mrs. Mary E. Mendenhall Davis
Lifelong Friend of College and
Community Patron, Dies
Married to Professor J
Franklin Davis In
1897
GRADUATE OF GUILFORD
Has Made Many Gifts to
Guilford College
In Lifetime
The death of Mrs. Mary E.
Mendenhall Davis which occurr
ed on Sunday morning, December
2. has caused universal sorrow in
Guilford College and the sur
rounding community and among
her numerous friends all over the
state. Mrs. Davis had for many
years been closely identified with
the college and with her death it
loses a most valued and loved
friend and patron and the com
munity mourns the loss of one
of its most beloved members. Her
life and benefations have been de
voted almost entirely to the uplift
of the college and community.
Was Mary E. Mendenhall
She, before her marriage to
Professor J. Franklin Davis in
TB9T, was Mary E. Mendenhall.
She was born in 1850 in the Deep
River neighborhood. Iler parents
were Elihu E. and Abigail N.
Mendenhall. She attended school
at Westown Boarding School
near Philadelphia and was a
graduate of Guilford College. She
travelled,., in Europe at one time
and while there was instrumen
tal in collecting funds for the Col
lege.
Mrs. Davis was a teacher in
New Garden Boarding School be
fore it became a college. During
that time she was the principal
teacher and governess of the girls.
She was a charter member of the
faculty when the Institution be
came Guilford College, serving as
the efficient head of the English
department and also in the capa
city of Librarian. Her work as
a teacher here covered a period
of twenty years. She was one of
the girls' aid committee which
built New Garden Hall and did
much toward the raising of funds
for that building. The College
has from time to time been the
recipient of her generosity. She
established a memorial fund for
her parents and has recently gi
ven $3500 for the endowment
fund. At the time of her death
she was president of the advi
sory board of the college.
Connection with Church
Mrs. Davis was made promi
nent not only by her activities in
the college bnt also her connec
tion with the Friend's Church.
She was closely identified with
all the work of the local Church
and Sunday School having been
an Elder in the Church for more
than twenty-five years and teach
er of the Davis Philathea Class
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YMGAANOYWCA
HOLDS A JOINT SESSION
A joint meeting of the Young
Women's and Young Men's Chris
ian Associations, was held as a
Thanksgiving service at seven
o'clock. Thursday evening, Nov
ember 29.
The beginning of the program
was a duet sung by Ethyl Wat
kins '25 and John O. Reynolds
'25 and accompanied by Viola
Tuttle '26.
The leader for the evening. Dr.
Elwood C. Perisho, discussed the
various things for which Guilford
students should render thanks.
"Thanksgiving" said he, "is an
attitude of heart, mind and soul,
which concerns itself with the
great gifts of God and nature.
Tlie smallest individual is one
who has lost his sense of grati
tude. One should be grateful to
every one who has aided him."
"Why should we be thankful ?"
queried Dr. Perisho. "First, one
should be thankful for purely
personal reasons as for his health
and intellect. Dr. Binford has
said that 'The greatest gift of
God to the world is intellect.'
One should praise God for the
intellect so training it that he
may render more service to the
world."
"All should be thankful for the
churches of the country," he con
tinued. "Especially should there
be gratitude among Guilford stu
dents to New Garden' monthly
meeting. Likewise, gratitude is
due the college not only for its
associations, spirit and atmos
phere. but for its financial gift of
two-thirds of the tuition cost to
each student. The college and the
church together furnish more
than s'2oo in tuition yearly to
each Guilford student.
"Every American," asserted the
speaker, "should be thankful to
God and to the men and women
that have made this country pos
sible; for the United States is
the greatest country underneath
the stars. Yet one is ashamed to
think that the United States is
doing no more to help Europe
that she is present."
"Another way to show personal
gratitude," he maintained, "is for
each to do his part in personal
evangelism among the twenty
four million young people of the
country (eight hundred thousand
of them in North Carolina) who
are receiving no religious training.
And finally let us remember God
as the author of all that is good."
Friends will he glad to learn, that
Miss Vestal Lineberry who was taken
to St. Leo's Hospital for appendi
citis, is very rapidly improving.
Miss Sallie Wilkins of Rose Hill
spent the past week-end on the cam
pus with her sister Mary Lou Wil
kins.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. DECEMBER 1!23
BASKET BALL PRACTICE
OPENS WITH TWENTY
FIVE MEN AFTER PLACE
Several Squads Organized; Keep HIGH POINT OUTING CLUB
Gymnasium Floor Busy. jp gp Q|J|LFORD
At a mass meeting on Dec. 3, of
all prospective players, Coach
Doak officially opened the basket
ball season at Guilford
were issued to twenty-five men
Several squads were organized
and a schedule was adopted that
will keep the court occupied for
all the remaining practice period
before the opening game. The
varsity as before will have the
floor every night The afternoons
will be taken up with scrub squads
of various strength. These will be
pitted against each other and
many shake ups are in order un
til a strong second squad is devel
oped. This team will be immedi
ately thrown against the fast var
sity, for strenuous work-outs,
From then 011 straight practice or
scrub games will be staged, ac
cording as Coach wills it. It is
his purpose to see every man in
action, and to carefully select his
team according to their merits.
Through this system. Coach
Doak hopes to be able to an
nounce, in a short time, the men
who will wear the Crimson and
Gray for the coming season. This
squad will include the ten best
men, upon whom Guilford will
pin her hopes of victory. Accord
ing to Coach this year varsity
will be much faster than that of
last season. These Quakers will
get a chance to try their strength
first on Jan. Otli, when they meet
The Champion Y. M. C. A. here.
OLD GUILFORD MAN ELECTED
CAPTAIN OF WOLF PACK
Tom Cox, who for two years
went to Guilford college, lived
in Cox hall and played as star
left tackle on the Quaker team has
been elected captain of the Woif
pack grid team of N. C. State for
for the coming season.
Cox is from Goldsboro and
went to State to take up engineer
ing. Since being there he has
made a name for himself on the
eleven of this institution. Rarely
a game passes but that he receives
some mention for his brilliant
style of playing.
Miss Hattie Burgess was the week
end guest of Miss Virginia Gallo
way at her home in Greensboro.
Miss Neola Steed spent the week
end at her home in High Point.
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Welcome Outing Club!
m Welcome High Point!
Welcome Everybody!
Guilford's campus., and
Guilford's spirit sctend to
you their heartiest good
- wishes for your keen enjoy
ment of this, your day at
Guilford.
Fifteen rahs for High
Point! Everybody!
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Thanksgiving is Celebrated
With Busy Day at Guilford
Club with Students will Gather
for Campfire Supper
Suits
High Point Outing Club comes
to Guilford on Monday, the 19th,
to visit, to see. and to enjoy Guil
ford. The dav is to be called
"High Point Day" and over a
hundred visitors from this nearby
city is expected to come.
The High Point Outing Club
is a club organizated by Reverend
Tom Sykes of the Friends
Church. High Point. Oak Hill and
Spring field, and weekly take a
few hours off to play and tell
stories around the campfire. The
Club has grown to include both
young and old and their activi
ties range from football to possum
hunting.
The Club comes to Guilford on
the invitation of President Bin
ford and will be entertained by
the student body. Games, such
as football, tennis, basket ball,
are to be played between the visi
tors and the students, after which
| both students and visitors will
gather about the campfire to tell
hair raising stories, sing songs,
and cook weinies.
This is the first time within the
last few years that High Point
Friends have been guests of the
student body and the prospects
are bright for a great and glori
ous good time.
THANKSGIVING PARTY FOR
OLD GUILFORDIAN GIVEN
Ruth Finch Entertained at
Dinner by Louise
Frazier
On Friday evening, November
30. Miss Ruth Finch, a member of
last year's senior class, was charm
ingly entertained at a Thanksgi
ing dinner party, given in her
honor bv Miss Louise Frazier.
The dining room decorations
were artistically chosen, which
lent the pilgrim Father's spirit to
the occasion. A profusion of au
tumn leaves, wild berries, grains,
i and fruits clouded the dim back
ground, which made the centrally
placed Thanksgiving table stand
J out in bewitching relief. A huge
1 pumpkin, cleverly carved, and
overflowing with wild flowers,
grains, autumn leaves, and fruits
of the late harvest, stood in the
center of the table. Around this
stalked a flock of the conventional
turkeys, that served as favors.
Place cards were Pilgrim Maids,
each bearing a letter to her chosen
partner. A light snow of pop
corn, spotted with brown nuts,
encircled the several places. Corn
colored candles cast their charm
i over the entire setting.
During the dinner hour the fol
lowing courses were served;
frozen fruited jell in half grape
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Church, Hike and Big Dinner
fills Morning Program
TWO RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Cox Hall and Women's Dormi
tory Keep Open House
By Harvey Dinkins
"Thanksgiving! A magic word!
It spells hike, church, promis
cuous visiting, dinner (baked gob
bler and cranberry sauce), basket
ball, joint "Y," and socials galore.
That is, it does at Guilford.
The day was to have started
with a hike, but Jupiter Pluvius
frowned so threateningly that few
couples ventured out. However,
some of the more determined did
sallv forth and saved us the trou
ble of marking the hike off the
program completely
Church Service
At ten-thirty all gathered at the
meeting-house for the Thanks
giving service itself. Here many
beautiful sentiments were ex
pressed, and the hour was observ
ed in a manner in keeping with
the spirit of the Pilgrim fathers.
All this was preliminary'
nary, however, for it was not un
til the church service was over
that anything out of the ordinary
happened. Then Guilford awoke.
Cox Hall was soon filled with
the fairest of Guilford. This
frowning castle took on a little
less somber air. One could hear
delighted "ohs" and "ahs" from
every porthole and turret as the
feminine train filed through the
old hall and viewed the battered
armor, leather helmets, shoulder
pads, and other essentials to a
coat of mail, all now obsolete
since "Pigskin Chivalry" has been
for some weeks a thing of the
past. These expressions of de
light were curtailed to some ex
tent by reason of the religious as
pect within the cells themselves.
Here were evidences of great in
terest in the study of Holy Writ.
Bibles were scattered profusely
over the tables and other articles
of furniture. Such was ample
proof of the "superpiousity" of
of the valiant knights.
The Dinner
At dinner the "Gobble Artist"
offered himself a willing sacrifice
to custom and tradition. Along
with his contribution came a pro
fusion of other delicacies only a
little lower in rank, and equally
as appetizing; and it was during
this period that fewest students
got cuts in the usual sense that
the word is used at Guilford.
At two o'clock usual restric
tions were thrown off and the
young men were allowed to en
ter the innermost temples of
Founders and New Garden. Here
the things that most attracted the
attention of the young swains
were not as one would surmise the
cozy arrangement of furniture and
splendid show of decorative skill
but the fair occupants themselves
At every turn one could see the
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