THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. X.
Asheboro Meeting Marks Holiday
Activity of Guilford Endowment
Campaign: Oscar Redding Ch'm'n
GUILFORD'S CHANGES FOR
GOOD BASEBALL TEAM LOOKS
REST IN SEVERAL SEASONS
With The Exception of One
Man All Veterans
Are Back
COACH DOAK OPTIMISTIC
New Material Seems to Indicate
A Better Team Than
Last Year
Guilford's promises for a winning
baseball team are the best in sev
eral years. Every man on last
year's regular line-up, with the ex
ception of Orvie Hayworth, is ex
pected back to don the Crimson
and Gray and Coach Doak is quite
optimistic over prospects for new
recruits, lie is confident that lie
can develope several valuable
players for Guilford from the new
material available.. Many of the
candidates have played high
school baseball extensively and
have acquired valuable experience
m baseball tactics.
Old Recruits Back
Last year's first string men who
are back are "Shorty" Frazier,
"Babe" Shore. "Goat" Cunuuings,
Fred Winn, "Block" Smith and
Everette Mcßane. Xereus Eng
lish. Roy Bulge and George Fer
rel are expected back at the begin
ning of the second semester. Cum
mings, Shore and Mcßane are
fourth year men, while several of
the other men have been under
Coach Doak's supervision for
three seasons.
Strong Pitching Staff
"Babe" Shore is expected to do
the major pitching this season
although Ferrell and Burge are
both dependable "agate hurlers.
With these three and some pros
pective new material, Bob Doak
will build a pitching staff expect
ed to be invincible.
Positions
J. W. Frazier, who has recent
ly returned to Guilford, will re
sume his position at third base.
Cummings, W inn and "Block
Smith will probably take their
regular berths at first and second
bases and ceter-field respective
ly. French Smith last year's sub
stitute outfielder is sure to give
some of the veterans a lively race
for their position on the team.
The New Material
New men who will doubtless
contribute to the team's success
are: Frank Smithdeal, Clvde Mc-
Bane, Wade Linley, Rufus Smith,
Richard Ferrell, Odell Hepler,
Charlie Frazier, Floyd Cray and
Paul Woody.
Smithdeal comes from Mount
Pleasant where he has played
baseball for four years. He play
ed last summer with the Blue
Ridge league. He holds the
unusually high batting average o!
over 400 and a record of twenty
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County Superintendent of Schools
T. F. Bulla Commends Work
Of Guilford
GUILFORD QUARTET SINGS
Dr. Perisho Presents Financial
Status of Guilford
To Meeting
The work for the Guilford En
dowment is being vigorously
pushed at the present time. An
interesting meeting was held in
Asheboro court house on the ev
ening of December VS. All the
students of New Garden and Guil
ford College living in Randolph
county helped to make this Guil
ford gathering one of the inport
ant events of the holidays. The
occasion was one of old time fel
lowship and the renewal of the
joy of college days. On the whole,
this meeting was one of pleasure,
information, and inspiration.
Oscar Redding Chairman
()scar Redding "98, chairman
of tlie Guilford College club of
Randolph county, was ill, and
hence unable to attend. William
Armfield, of the class '94, acted as
chairman of the meeting. He
made an interesting opening ad
dress, setting forth clearly the in
fluence of Guilford College and
the Quakers upon the history and
development of North Carolina.
T. F. Bulla Speaks
County Superintendent of
Schools, Thomas Fletcher Bulla,
of the class of 1911, spoke enthu
siastically of the work of Guilford
College, and paid a high tribute
to the institution for what it had
done for Randolph county, and
the influence the college had ex
erted directly and indirectly upon
the leading men and women of
the county.
W. C. Hammond Present
William C. Hammond, of the
class of 1901, made an excellent
address, in which lie urged those
present to take the time and ef
fort to peruade at least one young
man or woman to attend Guilford
College next year He was certain
that if young people eager for a
college education knew what op
portunities Guilford offers many
more would enroll in the college.
Debts To Guilford
Jesse Philip Garner, of the class
of 1917, emphasized in his inter
esting address the debt which ev
ery student of Guilford owes to
the institution..
Students Represented
Cilenn Lassiter, of the class of
1954, representing the present stu
dent body from Randolph county,
presented in a very effective way,
the present activities in the col
lege. The audience was much in
terested in what he had to say
of the Christian organizations, the
literary societies, the glee club,
and the prospects of the athletic
teams.
Guilford Quartet There
The Guilford quartet, members
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.JANUARY !>. 1954
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BANQUET
HELD AT FOUNDERS. THEME IS
BUILDING THE HOUSE GUILFORD
Professor Rhesa L. Newlin
Toastmaster; Harry
Barton Talks
"Building the Tlouse Guilford"
was the theme which Professor
Rhesa L. Xewlin, toastmaster,
presented to the students at the
annual faculty-student banquet
held Saturday evening December
15th. "Hail, dear Old Guilford"
were the strains which wafted up
from the student body as they
filed from the dining hall of
Founders after enjoying one of
the faculty's most successfully
planned banquets.
Professor Rhesa L. Xewiln, as
toastmaster, spared no amount of
wit and humor in his attempt to
keep the enthusiasm running
high. He presented Guilford Col
lege as a house to the student
body and in the construction of
the "House Guilford" he called
upon the following students con
tribute something to the build
ing: Robert K. Marshall '25, ex
plained very effectively the study,
and showed how each life and
ideal contributed a book to the
study of Guilford. French Smith
'2G briefly brought before the stu
dent body the fellowship of the
Dining Room. The Playground
was the contribution Lucille Pur
die ' 27 made to the House. "With
out the playground" said Miss
Purdie, "no house would be c .111-
plete." She described several
ways by which general interest
in athletics may be stimulated.
Ilerslial Macon '24 in his depic
tion of the Living Room conc'ud
ed by presenting to the college
" The Quaker" which the class'of
'.4 is getting out.
Dr. L. L. Hobbs, in the opening
speech of the evening, briefly de
scribed what Founders Hall used
to be back in the last century
when Guilford was known as Xew
Garden Boarding school. "Found
ers Hall," said Dr. Hobbs, "was
the first building erected, and the
site of it was chosen because of
the healthful as well as the arti->t !•-
location." Dr. Hobbs in closing
expressed a wish that the old
Friends who were instrumental in
the beginning of New Garden
Boarding school might have a
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Stars and letters were
awarded the following men
for meritorious service in
football the past season :
Stars
T. E. Mcßane, Captain
R. G. Lasiter
H. B. Shore
E. L. Warrick
P. G. Knight
C. D, Smith
Jack Herrell
Fred Thomas
Letters
W. W. Blair, Manager
Grey Herring
T. E. English
Kenneth Neese
Paul Woody
Guilford Students Attend Ninth
International Volunteer Meeting
Maude Simpson, Virginia Os-
Moir Edwards Go
(By Bessie Maude Simpson)
"The ninth International Stu
dent Volunteer Conference held
at Indianapolis, Indiana, Decem
ber ".'8 to January 1, was perhaps
the greatest one ever held in the
history of the organization. There
were nearly 6,000 student dele
gates present besides 200 return
ed missionaries and various speak
ers and non-students. Students
from all parts of the United
States, Canada and possibly forty
foreign countries were present.
Fine Spirit
The spirit manifested by the
delegation was exceptionally fine
and the various speakers, with
clean cut messages, arloused in
the vast delegation a true sense of
duty to their fellowmen. Among
the most outstanding speakers of
the convention were Robert Wil
der, General secretary and foun
der of the Student Volunteer
Movement, John R. Mott; Dr.
Robert E. Speer, Secretary of the
Presbyterian Board of foreign
missions; Dr. Paul Harrison, a
medical missionary of Arabia;
Cannon S. Wood of Cambridge,
England; Sherwood Eddy, noted
student leader.
Discussion Groups
Perhaps the most outstanding
features of the Convention were
the "discussion" groups held on
Saturday and Monday of the con
vention week. The students were
divided into forty-nine different
groups to discuss racial relations
and international problems.
Most of the group discussions
centered entirely around the race
problem and the question of war.
Many new ideas were brought to
light on these subjects, and al
though there were many differ
ences of opinion expressed, there
was evidenced a unanimous de
sire to see the convention take
some action in regard to these
great quetsions.
Resolutions Presented
A committee from each group
was appointed to draw up a set of
resolutions to present to the en
tire convention, and after care
fully considering the points
brought up in each group the con
vention adopted the following res
olutions :
1. Eliminate the teaching and in
graining of white superiority
in our schools.
2. Have prayer groups on every
campus, who pray and work
for the breaking down of race
barriers.
3. Convert our own family to the
race problem.
4. Right concrete racial wrongs.
5. Through the means of the
press try to tear down race pre
judices.
In regard to war, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
1. Work against the teaching of
glorification of war.
2. \\ ork for the elimination of
R. O. T. C.
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GYMNASIUM IS CENTER OF
ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES NOW
Best Material in Quaker Lineup
In Years Opinion of Many
Since the holidays the Quaker
gymnasium lias been the center
of enthusiasm on the campus,
where a group of peppy, swift and
accurate ball-cagers are fitting
themselves for the first game of
the season, which will be against
the Trinity "Blue Devils" Janu
ary 14.
With the best material in the
lineup for years and a strong sec
ond team affording competition
for the varsity, the Quaker five
is expected to make a good start
on a successful season.
Lineup Against Trinity
The lineup against Trinity is
likely to find Captain J. W. Fra
zier and J. G. Frazier as forwards,
Cummings as center, Thomas and
R. Smith as guards. Owing to
stiff competition some changes
are likely to be made before the
opening game. This is suggested
by the brilliant playing of Rich
ard Ferrell, a candidate for for
ward. Ferrell was a member of
the Guilford high school team of
last year. In Albert Smith, hail -
ing from Goldsboro, Coach Doak
has a prospective center. The
other prospects who are making
good 011 the Moor, include Henry
Tew, French Smith, Gray Her
ring, Gilmer Sparger and John
Reynolds.
Captain "Shorty" Frazier
In Captain J. \Y. Frazier, the
team lias an allround athlete, this
being his third varsity year in the
three major sports, in basket
ball, as the "Chatham Rabbit",
lie is the swift midget that calls
the court his territory and claims
every angle at the basket, his fa
vorite.
\\ hen thinking of the outstand
ing Guilford p!a\ ers of past
years there always comes to mind
the prominent star of the state,
ex-captain J. G. Frazier, who will
play on the Quaker squad again
this year.
George Ferrell, Earl Cum
mings, Thomas and Rufus Smith
will form a strong defense and
this, combined with the Frazier
offense, seem to give a bright tint
to Guilford's 1!>24 basketball pros
pects.
A Note of Thanks
To my friends, one and all. who
have shown so many marks of
kindness, to all of whom I cannot
write individually. I wish to ex
press my hearty thanks; for the
many expressions of sympathy,
for the many wishes of Christ
mas ceehr, and especially for the
rich floral offerings, I thank you,
and assure you of my grateful
appreciation of every act and ex
pression of kindness in my sad
i bereavement.
J. Franklin Davis
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