THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL. X
GUILFORD NIKE DEFEATS
WAKE FOREST: LOSES TO
TECH EN AND PATRIOTS
Baptists Claim Small End 8-4
Score; State Shuts Out
Quakers 210
PATRIOTS WIN 7-4
The Guilford nine slugged their
way to victory over Wake For
est but lost two well played
\games to State College and
Greensboro Patriots last week.
The game with the Techmen was
chiefly a pitchers duel between
Shore and Allen, with both
teams played high class
baseball behind the two hurlers.
Guilford took the lead early in
the contest with Wake Forest
Forest, and maintained a com
fortable margin throughout the
game. The Patriots captured
the Quakers' first home tilt of
the season chiefly by timely hit
ing. "Babe Shore's wallop that
sent the agate into territory un
attended. was the feature of the
game
Scores: State-Guilford 2 -0:
Guilford-Wake ' Forest 8-4,
Greensboro-Guilford 7-4.
State-Guilford April 4
The game with the techmen
was featured by the steady pitch
ing duel between Shore and Al
len. Each hurler pitched a cred
itable game. The brilliant pitch
ing of Shore turned back the
techmen with only five safeties,
while Coack Doak's cohorts piled
up a half dozen bingles to their
credit. The Quakers threw a
score in State's ranks by load
ing the bases in the fifth frame
after one man had been retired,
but (Gladstone shattered their
hopes by gathering in Winn's
drive and beating Smithdeal
back to first. C. Frazier did a
good day with the stick, landing
three safeties out of four times
at the bat.
Guilford-Wake Forest April 5
By heavy hitting and brilliant
playing the Quakers trounced
the Baptists to the tune of 8-4.
Guilford started her slugging
early in the fray. After two men
were down in the first inning,
C. Frazier reached first on Ar
nette's error. Winn and Cum
mings followed with three bag
gers. Winn scoring Frazier and
Smith. Guilford's hefty outfielder,
smacked the apple for a homer
in the fourth frame of the affair.
Wake Forest also scored in the
first inning; Armstrong singled.
Arnette and Pool were out and
Edwards drove Armstrong in
with a three bagger. Again in
the third Edwards scored Ar
nette with a two bagger.
Greensboro-Guilford April 8
Guilford was defeated by the
Greensboro Patriots in the init
ial home game of the season by
a 7-4 score. "Babe" Shore's
smashing circuit clout in the last
inning of the seven frame affair
with one Quaker resting on the
second sack accounted for two
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J.. HUE! DELIVERS
IDMESS EO SEIIDENES
Candidate for Democratic Nomi
nation for Governor Assists in
Jefferson Memorial Service
J. W. Bailey, a prominent attor
ney of Raleigh, and a candidate
for the democratic nomination
for Governor, delivered an in
spiring- addreess on "The diffi
culties and resources of Jeffer
sonian democracy in the present
day," appropriate to the Jeffer
son memorial week services.
After defining democracy as
the rule of the people, the con
duct of government by the peo
ple, Mr. Bailey contrasted the
widely differing ideas of Thom
as Jefferson and Alexander Ham
ilton. The speaker stated that
Hamilton believed in a govern
ment by a group of highly edu
cated men who should rule in the
interest of the people. Jefferson
on the other hand believed that
the people should govern them
selves for "government is not
founded on authority .... all just
governments derive their pow
ers from the governed." Jeffer
son maintained that govern
ments can be truly great only
when they are based on justice
to the individual. Thus in a
government where the poor have
equal chances with the rich the
ideal of Jeffersonian democracy
would be realized.
In contrasting the days of Jef
ferson with the present, Mr.
Bailey stated that there was then
unlimited room for expansion,
whereas at present the United
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CANDIDATES NOMINATED
FOR ALUMNI OFFICERS
Final Plans For Home-coming
Day Drafted in Alumni
Business Meeting
Candidates for the official staff
of the Alumni association were
nominated at the meeting of the
association Sunday, April G, at
Founders hall. Ballots for the
election of these officers will be
mailed out in the near future,
and the results announced at the
commencement meeting. The
candidates follow: president, D.
Ralph Parker, R. J. M. Hobbs;
vice-president, A. I. Newlin,
Paul Nunn; executive commit
tee, L. L. White, E. H. Mcßane,
C. C. Smithdeal, Virginia Rags
dale; Trustee of loan fund, J.
Hal Lassiter, David J. White.
Plas for Home-coming Day
were discussed and some final de
cisions reached. It is planned to
various committees around the
have another meeting of the
first of May.
The Alumni present at this
meeting were:
Mary M. Petty, Katherine C.
Ricks, Laura Worth, Era Las
ley, R. S. Doak, L. Lea White,
R. T. M. Robbs, R. L. Newlin,
Samuel Rodgin, S. G. Hodgin,
Samuel Hodgin, S. G. Hodgin,
addition to these, Raymond Bin
ford, and Mrs. E. C. Perisho.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., A "R IL 14,1924
FACULTY AND STUDENT DODY
HONOR THOMAS EFFERSON IN
MEMORIAL CHAPEL SERVICES
! Entire Week Devoted to Jeffer
son Men~orial; Websterians
Present Program
Beginning - with Prof. Lester
| C. Farris's description of the life
;of Thomas Jefferson, the chapel
exercises of the entire week were
| devoted to a memorial service
I for Jefferson.
' Prof. Farris mentioned many
important events in the life of
this great statesman, especially
j stressing his work in the Virgin
ia legislature and in the Conti
j nental Congress. Here he was
| famed, not as a debator, but as
j the "document writer," the
Declaration of Independence be
ing 'practically his individual
work. Mr. Farris mentioned the
democratic code of laws which
| Jefferson formulated for his na
tive state, his resolution relating
to the Northwestern territory,
his introduction of decimal coin
' age, his work as American am
| bassador to France, his consum
j mation of the Louisiana Pur
chase, and the foundation of the
University of Virginia.
Dr. Hobbs, who gave the
chapel talk on Tuesday, named
the three leading achievements
of Jefferson as the Declaration
of Tdnependence, the statute for
religious freedom, and the foun
' dation of the University of Vir
' ginia. He spoke of the work of
the Jefferson Memorial Founda
tion in securing and endowing
Monticello as an American
shrine of democracy belonging
to all Americans. The three dis
tinguished Americans selected
annually as guests at Monticello
are to cooperate with the Uni
versity of Virginia in promoting
I American ideals.
Prof. J. F. Davis Wednesday
morning mentioned the interest
ing fact that Jefferson, although
a believer in strict construction
>f the constitution, was enabled
' by "stretching his authority" to
acquire for the United States the
vast territory west of the Miss
issippi in the Louisiana Pur
chase.
Prof. Davis stressed the fact
that Jefferson was a believer in
freedom of thought and relig
ious belief as well as a leader and
one of the earliest exponents of
the great democratic movement
in America.
On Friday morning the Web
sterian literary society presented
a Jefferson program.
"Strife for mastery—Jefferson
vs. Hamilton" by Hershal Ma
' con was a discussion of the great
political struggle between the
aristocracy of Hamilton and the
advocates of democracy led by
Thomas Jefferson.
The second number "Life on a
Virginia plantation" was given
by Wendell Cude. Mr. Cude
presented in an interesting way
the life in an early day. with
; particular emphasis on the con
ditions at Monticello.
The work of Jefferson in the
educational realm was discussed
Iby James Howel in "Jefferson,
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KENNETH NEESE WINS
IN ORATORS CONTEST
Dr. Perisho Awards Websterian
Oratorical Medal To
Neese '27
Kenneth Neese was the win
ner of the medal in the thirty
ninth annual oratorical contest
of the Websterian literary soci
ety, held on April 12. The sub
ject of his oration was "The
Progress of Patriotism."
In a brief way he traced this
patriotism from its most primi
tive and simple form, when it
was only the instinct of self
preservation, up through its
stages where it came to be a
desire to protect not only self
but offspring and neighbor. He
continued the line of thought un
til he visualized the ideal pat
riotism to which the world
should aspire, a worldwide
brotherhood.
Joe Welborne was the first
speaker, taking as his subject,
"The Christ Spirit in Interna
tional Relations." He offered
as a solution for some of the ex
isting problems, a more general
application of the spirit of Christ
in international affairs.
Gilmer Saprger, the second
speaker, speaking upon the sub
ject, "Americanism," pointed out
some of the dangers that attend
the country because of its having
to play the role of "Melting Pot"
for the world. His oration ceti
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GUILFORD PLAYERS ATTEND
N. C. DRAMATIC CONFERENCE
Dramatic Council Represented
In First Meeting of Carolina
Dramatic Association
Guilford was represented with
seven delegates in the first annu
al' meeting of the Carolina Dra
matic Association, the statewide
organization of societies and
schools engaged in the writing
or production of plays, held at
Chapel Hill, April 4 and 5.
This assocition is a division
of the department of the Uni
versity. Fifty-one delegates rep
resenting various schools and
dramatic clubs of the state were
present at the first meeting.
The delegates received the
greetings of President Harry W.
Chase of the University and
Prof. Frederick H. Koch, direc
tor of Carolina Playmakers and
professor of dramatic literature
in the University. At the Friday
afternoon session lectures were
given on various phases of dra
matic work; and slides showing
scenes from successful Carolina
folk plays were shown. At five
thirty the delegates gathered in
the Chapel Hill high school for
an informal banquet.
Friday evening! the Carolina
Playmakers presented three one
act comedies: "The Flapper," a
comedy of the younger genera
tion, "The Wheel," a story of the
evolution of the college ?boy,
presented in five short tabloids:
and "Gains and Gaius, Jr.," a
page from the history of a fine
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GUILFORD ENDOWMENT
DRIVES NEARING FINISH
Old Students Who Did Not
Graduate Have Subscribed
Over $90,000
1890 CLASS GIVES MOST
Subscriptions to the endow
ment have reached $335,000 up
to the present issue, leaving
$40,000 to be subscribed before
the close of the campaign at com
mencement 1924. This amount
is being solicited from the alum
ni, old students and present stu
dents.
The old students of Guilford
College who did not graduate
•have up to the present subscrib
ed over $90,000 to the endow
ment campaign. The campaign
which was launched sometime
over a year ago to increase the
endowment to one-half million
dollars is gradually reaching the
goal and it is predicted to be a
matter of almost certainty that
by commencement or before the
end will have been attained. At
any rate the alumni in charge are
preceeded with the plans for
the biggest commencement ever
staged at Guilford to celebrate
the successful completion of the
campaign.
The alumni are also pushing
their end of the drive at the pres
ent time. The class of 1890 has
made the largest subscription
with an average for each mem
ber of the class of over $1,500.
The class of 1891 has the largest
average gift per subscriber,
running over $4,500. The class
of 1902 was the first class to get
subscriptions from 100 per cent
of its members and the class of
1895 was the second class to suc
ceed in getting an every mem
ber gift.
Of the old students who did
not graduate there are 2,000 yet
to be solicited. Dr. Binford, in
discussing the financial outlook
of Guilford was in a very opti
mistic mood and he feels sure
that the alumni and old students
who will return at commence
ment are going to have some
events over which to rejoice.
Committees have already been
appointed and arrangements are
being made to take care of hund
reds of the old Guilfordians
who are expected to return June
2, for the homecoming events.
Edward P>. Moore, of the gradu
ating class, 1899, says he will
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_ Report of the third quarter
showing the following hon- J
p or grades.
Straight A's
Edward Holder '25
All A's but one
Viola Tuttle '25
Hazel Richardson )24
Maude Simpson '26
Edwin Brown '26
Olive Crow '27
Annie Wagoner '27
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