THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. X
DOCTOR ROFUS M. JONES
NOTED FRIEND, TO GIVE
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Dr. John L. Kesler of Vanderbill
Will Deliver Baccalaureate
Sermon
Dr. Rufus M. Jones of Haverford,
Pa. will give the Commencement ad
dress at Guilford College on June
Since 1904 Dr. Jones has been Pre
fessor of Philosophy at Haverford
College, and is recognized widely in
Inter-church circles as one of the
greatest religious leaders of the day-
He is chairman' of the American
Friends Service Committee, and has
travelled abroad extensively in the
interest of this work. He studied at
Oxford University, England, last
summer.
Dr. Jones is the uthor of several
books on religious education and
Quakerism. Among those which we
have in the library are, "Abundant
Life," "Dynamic Faith." "Later Per
iods of Quakerism." "Practical Chris
tianity," "Quakerism, a Religion for
Life," and "A Service of Love in
Wartime."
John L. kessler. LL. D., of Vander
bilt University, Nashville, Term., will
preach the baccalaureate sermon on
Sunday morning, June 1. Dr. Kesler
is a North Carolinian by birt and is
a graduate of Vi ake Forest College.
For some years he was closely con
nected with the Y. M. C. A. confer
ence held at Blue Ridge.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO
ATTEND N. C. CONVENTION
Guilford is planning to send quite
a large delegation to the annual
State Student Volunteer Convention
which is to be held this year at
Queen's College, Charlotte, Mar h i
to 9.
At this convention there will be
delegates from colleges all over the
state who convene for the purpose of
outlining their work lor the ensuing
year. Besides) other notable state
leaders, Robert P. Wilder, one of the
founders of this movement, will at
tend the convention. Several famous
addresses, which constitute the main
feature of the program, are antici
pated. Aside from the addresses,
various group meetings are planned
in which the different phases of stu
dent volunteer work will be discuss
ed.
This meeting will be the largest
of its kind vet held in the state, and
it has adopted the following as its
matto: "Charlotte to North Carolina
what Indianapolis was to the world.
To those who attend this conven
tion it will mean much as a source
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THE DOVER IAD
MEMORIAL HALL
SATURDAY
March 29
Auspices
Athletic Association
Guilford Smashes Through Virginia Scoring
Five Victories, One Defeat; Wallops Wake Forest
and the Richmond Blues in Return Games
VIRGINIA ROBINS APPEAR
IN ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Reorganized Musical Club Gives
Semi-Classical Program
The Virginia Robins, let it be ex
plained here, are not new kinds of |
birds from Virginia. Everyone who
attended their first concert given in
Memorial hall last Wednesday night
Feb. 27, knows that the Virginia
Kobins form one of the most inter
esting organizations on the campus--
an orchestra.
The versatility of the orchestra
was shown bv the program thev
, 
gave—one part jazzy, two parts class
ic. As the success of an orchestra
depends upon the individual player,
no one of li'rm can he too highlv
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nmispd.
(
The numbers given by the club .
were | 'cued with rhytiun and expres- .
sidn which s! owed the results of bard j
work and n uch practice. The* in
cluded the "Anvil Chorus," from
Verdi, .and ' 'Amaryllis," by Ghy, .
"'Down on the Farm" and "When It's j
Night-time in Italy" were jazz num
bers made jazzier by choruses sung
by the orchestra.
Special praise should be given to
Mr. Casay, who sang beautifully the
"'Canoe Song," by Lieurance, in In- j
dian costume. Mr. Pamplin, who
played his violin solo, "Farewell to
Cuculion," with masterly skill and j
technique, is a new addition to the
orchestra. He is one of its most val
uable members on account of his
ability as a violinist. The piano solo
by Mr. Kendall was also well done.
Mr. Holder the pianist for the or
chestra. is the backbo.ie of the organ
ization. It is due to him and Miss '
\ irginia Robinson, for whom it is
named, that the orchestra has reached
its present importance among other
college activities.
R. H. DANN GIVES TALK ]
IN QUAKER FAITH SERIES 
i
\t chapel Thursday Professor
Dann gave another of the series of '
lectures on principles of Quaker
faith.
He gave two conceptions of re- J
ligion as: the idea that religion is
something outside of the individual,
permanent and unchanging—the idea '
that religion is something within man
that there is a constant revelation of
God to man, that religion is in f
an ever-fresh and changing condition ,
"All the great reformers adhere |
to the second belief," Mr. Dann main- j
tained. "The idea that the church [
band experiences of Christianity to (
persons is the old idea.'
Mr. Dann read a series of extracts
from great Christian leaders giving
their conception of religion. He first i
quoted St. Augustine, "Thou hast \
made us for Thyself, O God, and our i
heart is restless till it rests in Thee." 
The extract from Peter Waldo stress
ed personal communion with God f
and the need for the rejuvenation of
the church by a return to original |
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.March 5, 1924
Guilford 32
N. C. State 22
Guilford 23
Wake Forest 20
Guilford 37
Richmond Blues 36
Guilford 3+
William and Mary 26
University of Richmond 29
Guilford 27
Guilford 41
Hampden-Sidney .. — 22
J. G. Frazier Scores 88 Points
In Closing Week of Basket
Ball Season
The 1924 curtain was pulled down
on the basketball season* last week
when the Guilford varsity returned
home from their Virginia trip with
five victories and one defeat. They
defeated N. C. State by a count
of 32-22, threw and earthquake
into the Wake Forest camp by defeat
ing them 2.3-20, nosed out ahead of
Richmond Blues by a score of 37-36,
and smothered William and Mary
and Hampden-Sidney by scores of
34-26 and 41-22 respectively. They
lost to Richmond University by a
count of 29-27. This record brings
the total number of victories this
season to 13, while defeats stand
at 5.
During the week's rampage J. G.
Frazier pierced the hoop for a total
of 88 points, and according to the
Richmond papers demonstrated n
brand of basketball which overshad
owed anything seen there this season.
J. W. Frazier was largely responsi
ble for "besmattering" the Baptists,
and showed the fans everywhere
that he was no back number in the
court. Tew, Cummings and Thomas
made a wall of defense which was
nearly impenetrable. "Shirt" Smith
also found the basket many times
and with his strong left arm nobly
defended the magic loop.
The quint went into the State tilt
with the regular line-up. J. W. Fra
zier and J. G. Frazier played the
offensive. Tew at center, and Cum
mings ,and Thomas clashing against
the Tech advance. This formation
was maintained in the Wake Forest
game and against the University of
Richmond. In the scrap with Rich
mond Blues Smith was run in at right
forward. In the game at Williams
burg and Hampden-Sidney he held
down the left wing of the defense
N. C. State Outclased
In the N. G. State game the Quak
ers proved themselves superior in
almost every phase of the game. J. G.
Frazier as usual ran wild, ,and scored
17 points while "Shortie" Frazier
followed close with ten points to hi.*
credit.
Baptists Resign Third Place
Wake Forest's hopes for third place
in the state lineup were smashed
when the Crimson and Gray quint,
with their placid form of caging Hi k
ed them in the hair raising scrap
Tuesday night. The excellent foul
shooting of J. W. Frazier was largely
responsible for the) three winning
points.
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THE DOVER ROAD TALE
OF TANGLED ELOPEMENTS
Spring Play is Absurd Comedy
of Eccentric Bachelor and
Runaway Couples
Rehearsals are now under way for
"The Dover Road." the play that has
been chosen for this spring's pro
duction, and already the casts are
learning that elopements are not as
easy as they are put up to be. "To
elope or not to elope" seem? to be:
the question: and according to the
views of Mr. Latimer, benevolent
bachelor who has rather odd and
eccentric' ideas on this question,
young people should at least be given
a try-out before they decide finally.
Young people are so apt to be im
petuous and hasty.
Therefore, the plot of this delight
ful comedy of tangled situations. Mr.
Latimer, being a wide awake execu
tive personage, as well as a philan
thropist, proceeds to try out his pet
hobby, in the quiet seclusion ol his
country home justoff the Dover road.
And, if one wishes to advertise
one's home a* a hotel, and so incur |
the risk of various strange v where
is the harm? Also, once a young
couple is inside, observations and
data can be made in readiness, and
incidentally at the same time th?
interested parties give themselves a
week's uninterrupted enjoyment of
each other's presence.
So thither ci me Anne .1;: I Leonard
(very much in love I, who are tak
ing the Dover road togelhe . only to
find that another couple likewise are
spending a rather forced and sulkv
week at the country house. Mr. Lati
imer unfortunately possesses the idea;
that a man is a creature of environ
ment, and will of necessity react to
it. determines to give the stray coup
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Musical Clubs to Give
Initial Concert March 15.
\\ ith the advent of the spring sea
son the Glee Club emerges from its
trainging tamp to make its bow to
the public. Ihe initial performance!
is scheduled at McLeansville high
school auditorium. March 15.
During the remaining weeks of
March the club will appear at neigh
boring high schools, touching Pleas
ant Garden, March 20, \ ienna March)
22, Jamestown, March 25, and Ger
mantown. March 28. This short tour
of the high schools will put the club
in fine form for the schedule proper
beginning the first week in April.
Dates have not been definitely ar
ranged, but: the schedule will in
clude High Point, Winston-Salem,
Asheboro and probably Greensboro
before Easter. During Easter week
the manager expects to take the club
over the western part of the state,
giving concerts at Charlotte, Salis
bury, and Concord. The Program
will be broadcasted from the radio
station at Charlotte.
The engagements at Rich Square
and Woodland have cancelled. The
schedule will close with the home
concert May 3.
HERBERT HOOVER INVITED
TO ADDRESS THE ALUMNI
ON HOME COMING DAY
Sec. of Commerce and Nationally
Prominent Guilfordians May
Speak at Commencement
"Home Coming Celebration" to be
held on Monday, June 5, is now being
carefully planned by the Aiumni
committees. Governor Joseph M.
Dixon, of Montana, a graduate of
Guilford, Herbert N. Hoover, inter
national figure, T. Gilbert Pearson,
president of the National Audubon
Society, and Guilford alumnus, have
been invited to speak on this day.
ft ith these as speakers on Monday,
Doctor J. W. Kesler of Vanderbilt
'on Sunday, and Doctor Rufus M.
[ones of Haverford the following
Tuesday, the commencement will pre
sent the greatest array of speakers in
the history of the college.
"Home Coming Day" is distinctly
an old student arrangement. Everv
old student either of New Garden
Boarding School or of Cuilford Col
lege will be and is invited to attend
the celebrations on the day which
will be in the form of a jubilee over
the successful winding up of the En
dowment of $500,000.00. Everybody
is expected to return to their Alma
Mater and meet everybody else. It
is be a GRAND CELEBRATION—
!A COMMENCEMENT JUBILEE—
A HOME COMING DAY—for all
i Guilfordians.
Arrangements for the day have
beeen placed in the hands of various
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1924 QUAKER MATERIAL
ROUNDING INTO SHAPE
The 1921 Quaker will soon be a
i book in reality. A great deal of the
material has already been sent to the
publishers and Hershel Macon, the
editor-in-chief, reports that the re-
I inainder will probably go in before
the end of this week. So far about a
hundred prints of different kinds have
gone ahead to be arranged in their
respective panels, while only some
twenty or twenty-five are on hand to
be forwarded this week.
Hugh Dixon, a capable artist, has
charge of making the drawings for
the opening of the different sections
las well as some other designs. His
work is practically finished and most
of his drawings have been mailed out.
As there has not been a Quaker
published for several years, the class
is making a special effort to pro
duce a really worthwhile publication.
It will contain at least 170 pages, and
will be bound in semi-flexible black
fabrk'oid with the Guilford seal
: stamped in gold on the front cover.
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Tentative Program for the
Commencement Exercises
Saturday night, May 31, Concert
"The Mikado."
Sunday morning, June 1, Bacca
laureate sermon Dr. J. W. Kesler
Sunday night, June 1, Address be
fore Y. W. and Y. M. C. A.
Monday Jnue 2, Home Comoing Day
4:00 Alumni Business meeting
10:00 Class Day Exercises
5:30 Class Parade
6:00 Alumni Dinner
8:00 Alumni Address
Tuesday, June 3—Commencement
Exercises
Address—Doctor Rufus M. Jones
Awarding Diplomas
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