THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL XI.
TRUSTEES IN ANNUAL
SESSION TALK FUTURE
PLANS FOR EXPANSION
DR. BINFORD REVIEWS DEVELOP
MENT OF COLLEGE; MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF STUDENTS DE
SIRED 300
The board of trustees and advis
ory committee of Guilford college
met here October T5 in the annual
joint meeting and discussed the
program outlined for the college
for the near future. Representa
tives from the alumni association
and the college faculty met with
the group and all bodies represent
ed united in setting forth a defi
nite progressive program to be fol
lowed.
Dr. Binford presented charts
showing the growth of the institu
tion beginning with 25 years ago
when the major part of the stu
dent body was composed of pre
paratory students. This progress
has continued until the present
year when the preparatory depart
ment of the college has been entire
ly dropped. Every member of the
present student body with one or
two exceptions is a graduate of a
four-year high school and the pres
ent enrollment is the largest in the
history of the school. The college
has set 300 as the maximum num
ber of students that will be admit
ted a d the present enrollment
lack only twenty of that number.
Twenty-five years ago there
were only 11 members of the fac
ulty. Now there are 25 men and
women in that body. The discon
tinuance of the preparatory de
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CAMPAIGN POSSIBILITIES
DISCUSSED IN CHAPEL
At the chapel last Friday Prof.
Algia Newlin gave an interesting
summary of the political situation.
He stated that the only three times
since 1860 had more than two
candidates received electorial
votes, but that probably, such
would be the case this year. He
said the presidential electors had
been chosen directly by the people
since 11363. Further, he stated that
there are 531 electors, so that the
successful candidate must receive
266 electoral votes. "Only twice,"
said he, have there been instances
when no candidate received a ma
jority, these being the elections of
1800 and 1824.
Mr. Newlin then pointed out the
possibilities of this election. First,
he stated that LaFollette may draw
equally from both parties, or he
may draw his support from one
party so that the other will be ben
efited. or, he may gain so many
votes that neither,of the other can
didates will receive a majority.
The speaker then explained the
process of election in the House
of Representatives, the body which
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R.B. GRIFFIN OF WOODLAND
ELECTED FRESHMAN PRES.
The freshman class elected Rob
ert Griffin of Woodland, N. C.,
president, at its second meeting of
the ye.:- Following his installa
on. th" pre- dent expressed in a
few wo-ds his appreciation of the
honor bestowed upon him by the
i ass. Hie other class officers
elected were: Charles Weir, vice
president; Mary Hodgin, secreta
ry and treasurer; Patrick Stuart
marshal.
Two committees were appoint
ed: program committee, Beatrice
Elliott, Lola Durham, Sam Keen,
and Waldo Williams; social com
mittee, Alberta Hodson, Gladys
Gardner, Miles Haines, and Cary
Keece.
GUILFOHD COLLEGE, N. C., October 22, 1924
1 LEA WHITE EXPLAINS
CAUSE OE NERVOUSNESS
MALADJUSTMENT BEGAN WITH HAD
EVES, BAD TEETH, WRONG
KINDS OF WORK
"'What ails the unhealthy
mind?" was the subject of Prof.
L. Lea White's chapel talk on
Oct. 13.
"Health of mind," said lie, "in
volves not only self-management
but adaptation to environment.
A mind lacking either is unheal
thy. A nervous breakdown is
simply a mild form of insanity.
The native nervous system and the
strength of the stimuli brought to
bear upon it are the factors that
must always be considered.'-'
Mr. White discussed the two
types of abnormal nervous sys
tems, the hyper-sensitive or impul
sive and the phlegmatic. Mr. White
compared the hyper-sensitive ner
vous system to a mouse trap that
goes off with the slightest touch,
and the phlegmatic hecompared to
a rusty trap.
That heredity is an important
factor in determining the type of
nervous system was the statement
of Mr. White. As another factor
he mentioned one's treatment of
the nervous system.
As to the cause of nerve-mal-ad
justment the speaker gave a list
compiled by Dr. C. W. Stiles.
These causes are: poor nutrition,
eye strain, bad teeth, nasal ob
structions, bad air, wrong kind of
work, worry, personal antipathies
due to lack of good fellowship, re
pressed or unsatisfied desires, in
dec •ision, and excessive self-sac
rifice. The speaker particularly
emphasized the importance of the
proper kind of work, freedom
fooni worry, brooding, and self
pity, as well as the more external
features.
He stated that there are more
maladjustments than many people
think, that many of these had their
beginning in school days, much of
it being directly chargeable to
poor teaching. Psychiatrists tell
people that fifty per cent of insan
ty is preventable.
After mentioning "adjustment
to environment" as a definition of
education Mr. White gave the. fol
lowing as symptoms of poor ad
justment: lack of frankness, over
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DR. RINFORD ATTENDING
FRIENDS SERVICE MEETING
Dr. Raymond Binford left Tues
day night for Philadelphia where
he will attend an important meet
ing of the executive committee of
the American Friends Service
committee.
The work of the Friends Service
committee has been presented to
Guilford's students from time to
time by prominent Friends. The
movement began during the war
and has been continued up to the
present time. Exetensive relief
work has been done in France,
Germany, Australia, and Russia,
and some valuable assistance at
home in placing teachers in reform
schools, doing prison relief work,
and among the coal strikers.
Jhe question as to whether this
work should be made permanent
or discontinued, will come before
this committee and the decision
will be left to the executive body.
Invitations have been received
by prominent Friends in different
sections of the country to attend a
meeting of this body Wednesday,
October 22. Tn acceptance of one
of the invitations, Dr. Binford is
now in the Quaker city. He will
attend to other matters pertaining
to the College also. He will be
absent from the campus for poss
ibly a week.
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PROHIBITION OBSERVANCE
DISCUSSED BY ERMAN
GOOD CITIZENSHIP REQUIRES THE
OBSERVANCE OF ALL LAW
At the chapel exercises Monday
morning, H. M. Erman, field sec
retary of the Southern division of
the Inter-collegiate Prohibition As
sociation presented the question of
prohibit ion observance before the
student body of Guilford'college.
In presenting the matter, Mr.
Erman explained how the Ameri
can Division of this Association
was aiding twenty-three countries
in putting across prohibition cam
paigns by literature, etc.
In explaining the Association in
the United States Mr. Erman told
how it was divided up into three
fields, first the western field un
der the leadership of Secretary
Phillips of the University of Chi
cago, second, the New England
field under the secretaryship of a
Yale student and third, the south
ern field under his own leadership.
I lie work of this Association
among the colleges and institu
tions of higher learning according
to Mr. E rman has been very ef
fective in enforcing prohibition
observances in our country. Dur
; ing the last five months of last
: year 101 colleges took a definite
j stand 011 Law Observance.
Last year, America's leading de
' bating team from Colgate Univer
sity spent some time debating the
| prohibition cause in England. At
; he present time the Oxford and
Manchester debating teams are in
America debating in interest of
the same cause.
Secretary Erman's main object
in coming to Guilford was to get a
ballot from the student body upon
the question of whether good cit
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POLITICAL PARTIES ACTIVE
AROUND COX HALL
1 onight at eight o'clock there
will be an open discussion of the
candidates for president of the
United States. The supporters of
the different candidates are organ
izing their squads and training
them for active service. "Heavy
battling," is expected. If the ar
guments at New Garden and Foun
ders have been as "heated"' as
those which have been heard
around "Cox" one might expect
even a more exciting time than
last election when the Democratic
nominee "Governor Cox" was bur
ied. It is not difficult to distin
guish between the supporters of
the three candidates for nearly ev
ery student wears a badge or card
varying in size from two to four
inches square bearing the name of
his or her "idol."
COLLEGE WITHIN 21 OF
MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT
149 WOMEN AND 130 MEN REGIS
TERED; LARGEST NUMBER
SINCE 1909
With the total enrollment of
279, Guilford comes within 21 of
having attained her goal of a max
imum number of students and at
the same time establishes a record
for total enrollment in the College
that is the greatest in her history.
President Binford showed to the
Trustees at their regular meeting
on last Wednesday, by means of
charts, that the goal of the students
body of Guilford College (150
men and 150 women) was gradu
ally becoming materialized. There
are 149 women registered this
year which falls short by one of
the maximum to be admitted to the
institution. During the years of
1921-24 the number of women was
130-131, which had had its nearest
approach in 1914 with a female
registration of 124.
The number of men registered
(October 201 totals 130. This
falls short 20 of the desired num
ber. It, however, marks the larg
est number of men at Guilford
since the year 1917 (138). In
1918 the mal registration at Guil
ford totaled 98, while that of the
girls was only 84.
According to the chart, the first
time that number of women ex
ceeded that of the men was 1919,
when the totals were 106 to 70.
respectively. The greatest diver
gence in the male and female re
istration was in 1902, when there
were 141 men and 61 women, mak
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MME. HOFFMANN TELLS
STUDENTS OF EUROPE
Madam Hoffmann, in leading
chapel Tuesday, gave an interest
ing account of her European tour
urged students who contemplate
making a trip to Europe to get and
read good books about art, archi
tecture, and history, for then they
can appreciate Europe better, that
travel and reading form a fine
form of education is the view of
Madam Hoffmann. She urged see
ing .beautiful pictures, reading
good historical novels, and visit
ing as many places of interest as
possible.
I he speaker especially mention
ed the beautiful cathedrals of the
Old World. She was greatly im
pressed with the love which Euro
peans, especially Germans, have
for the Quakers. "They are reallv
the nicest people we know" was
their description of Friends.
She found ninety per cent of the
devastated regions of France were
rebuilt and built better than be
fore.
Roven was the first place that she
visited in France. Here she saw
the tower where Joan of Arc was
imprisoned, the place where she
was burned, and the monument
erected to the memory of this pa-
Iron saint of France. Southern
France appeared a good deal like
western North Carolina to the
visitor.
Besides visiting Germany and
France, Madam Hoffmann went to
Switzerland, Spain and Italy. In
Italy she saw the home where Co
lumbus was born.
"J advise everyone to make a
European tour," said she. "War
causes all to lose, everyone to suf
fer more. In Germany things are
very sad. Ten people sometimes
live in one room there. The pov
erty is more pitiable when the peo
ple attempt to conceal it. Ger
man streets are clean, the people
are clean and neat, yet diseases
are widespread; there are many
consumptives."
QUAKER FOOTBALL ELEVEN
PREPARING TO MEET WAKE
FOREST SATURDAY. NOV. 1
TEAM NOT DISHEARTENED OVER
LENOIR VICTORY; THOMAS TO
RETURN TO BACKFIELD
Although the outcome of the Le
noir-Guilford game was quite a
disappointment to the local grid
men, this adversity has failed to
put a damper on the Quaker's
lighting spirit. Ihe Guilford men
realize that Lenoir's inelligible
men—who have since been ruled
off the team—contributed a great
deal to their defeat, but they also
realize that they did not show the
brand of football that they showed
in their first game of the season
with Trinity.
The line failed at times to hold
at clitical moments. The tacklin>
of the back field was little short of
rotten. It was truly an "off day"
with the Quaker squad. However,
the team is accepting their defeat
and criticism in fine spirit, and of
fering no alibis other than those
which they have a perfect right to
offer. I hey seem more determined
to get down to work and correct, if
possible, these defects.
Ihe Quakers meet the Baptist
"Demon Deacons" next Saturday,
November Ist at Wake Forest. In
this clash with the Baptists, they
will doubtless meet the strongest
and smoothest football machine
in the state. Wake Forest has al
ready defeated the University of
North Carolina and there is no
doubt in sporting world as to the
fact that they will win the state
championship.
The Quakers have little hope of
winning from this team, but they
I eel that there is always hope for
hard fought, clean football. Thom
as. half back, who was sorely miss
ed in the beckfield in the Guilford-
Lenoir scrap, will be able to re
sume his position in the line up
against the "Demon Deacons."
SAFETY LAST, SHOWN
AT MEMORIAL HALL
Harold Lloyd's popular picture
"Safety Last' proved a scream
both literally and figuratively
speaking, when it was shown last
Saturday night at Memorial hall.
Small feminine squeals of terror
every few seconds attested to the
thrill of the heroe's exploits,
while Harold Lloyd balanced pe
cariously on the top ledge of a
seventeen story building, or dan
gled by a rope two hundred feet in
mid air.
But after many hair-raising es
(apades he climbed to the top. and
won the thousand dollar prize
and the girl. Incidentally, the girl
l Mildred Davis) is now his wife—
and this was the last picture lie
fore their marriage.
LATIN TEACHERS SICK
ALL ARE BETTER NOW
Latin teachers at Guilford seem
to come in for a bad time of it.
I' irst Miss Louisa Osborne was tak
en ill with appendicitis and rushed
to the hospital for an operation,
then Professor M. C. Davis was
placed in quarantine for a mild
case of typhoid fever. Doctor L.
L. Hobbs was called upon to sub
stitute for both in the Latin de
partment. Doctor Hobbs taught
for a short time and was taken ill
with a severe case of bronchitis,
and for a short time pneumonia
was threatened. John W. Cannon
24 was then called upon to aid in
the instruction in Latin until one
of the three had recovered suffi
ciently to take charge of the regu
lar classes.
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