THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL XI.
QUAKER 11 SWAMPED BY
DEMON DEACONS BUT SPIRIT
OF GUILFORD NEVER WEAKEN
WARRICK AND SMITH STAR LINE
MEN—ROBERTSON DOES BRIL
LIANT BACK-FIELD WORK
Wake Forest defeated Guilford
by the score of 67 to 0 on the
Wake Forest gridiron Saturday*
November Ist, thereby adminis
tering the greatest defeat to the
Quakers during the present season.
However, the defeated Quakers
won the respect and admiration of
the Baptist rooters by the fight and
never-say-die spirit that they put
Into the game until the last minute.
PASSING NETS BIG GAIN
The heavier Demon Deacon
team penetrated the Guilford line
easily at times but the Quakers
never lost heart, playing a better
game during the last half than
during the first. The game was
more interesting than the score
would indicate for time and time
again the Quaker's line held fast
but the bewildering passing game
of the Baptists was more than the
Guilford backfielders could cope
with. However, despite the sound
drubbing, the Quaker eleven won
the name of "clean players" by
the Baptist sport writers.
SCORE FIRST QUARTER
The first score of the game was
in the first few minutes of play,
when quarterback Rackley scored
a touchdown on an end run for
Wake Forest. At the end of the
first quarter the score was Wake
Forest 16-Guilford 0, and it was at
this quarter that Guilford made
her only first down. At the end of
the second period Garrity sent his
second team in but they failed to
make headway, so he sent his var
sity men back into the fray.
QUAKERS PLAY HARD
The Baptist's gains came from
straight football—line bucks and
end runs—but most of her long
gains were by the aerial route.
Several gains of from 30 yards to
40 yards came this way. For
Wake Forest, Ober and Kackley
in the number of touchdowns,
each getting three but Rackley
took the honors by gaining the
extra points after touchdown. Ober
displayed some of the most bril
liant broken field running seen this
year.
WARRICK AND SMITH STAR
For Guilford, Warrick and
Smith were the bright lights in the
line, both showed a great fighting
spirit, but the entire line fought
doggedly against their heavier op
ponents.
ROBERRTSON PLAYS BRILLIANTLY
In the backfield, Robertson who
is playing his first year on the
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The
DRAMATIC COUNCIL
Presents its
111 SEMI-ANNUAL PW
"THREE WISE
FOOLS"
By A ustin Strong
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
Memorial Hall
GUILFORD COLLEGE. i\. C.. Novembers, 1924
GHOSTS AND GOBLINS
DANCE OVER THE HILLS
VARI-COLORED COSTUMES ADD GAI
ETY TO OCCASION. FENCES AND
DITCHES SHARE IN THE
COMPLICATIONS
■
O.i Saturday night Founders
liall became hilarious with a vari
colored and motley crowd. Witch
es, goblins, indians, fairies and
some of mother Goose's own child
ren assembled in the hight of good
spirit to observe their annual Hal
loween celebration.
Shortly after assembling, when
the heterogeneous mob had evolved
; into a long winding column, they
moved slowly over the hill and
through the woods into the dark
ness. The wild trail led through
thickets, over fallen logs, fences
through briar patches and down
muddy lanes. At intervals dis
i tressed cries burst forth. Some
i times a stream of moonlight re
: vealed the horrible face of an in
| dian or the queer costume of a
goblin. In the distance the blaze
of a large campfire could be seen.
When the group had reached the
I campfire they gathered around and
some ghost told of his experiences,
| songs were sung. Nearby a nar
i row ravine led to a natural cave
beautifully illuminated with can
dles and lanterns. Here Dame
Fortune waited to tell what luck
awaited the revelers in future life.
The air was scented with the
odor of mars'hmallows which were
being toasted over the blaze of the
fire.
Soon the dreaded alarm was
sounded and the crowd assembled
j around the fire and sang the Alma
Mater song, then reluctantly trail
ed their way from die enchanted
land of Halloween back to the
campus.
TOM SYKES TALKS ADOUT
NEED OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
Rev. Tom Sykes, of High Point,
who led the chapel Wednesday
morning, prefaced his talk by
reading I Kings 18:21. Mr. Sykes
mentioned this as an example of a
conflict between home religion and
an imported religion—that of
Baal.
Mr. Sykes quoted the following
from the address given by Moffat
| Peahe, a young English officer, at
the dedication of a soldier's mon
ument in England: "Have those
who fell in the Great War died in
' vain? I never found a British
Tommy hating his late enemy.
The ones who hate the enemy most
are the fashionable women and
club men. Our duty to the dead is
to help in the League of Nations,
to avoid war, and to reduce arma
i ments."
The speaker asserted that one's
i greatest privilege today is to sup
plant superficial contact with re
ligion by spiritual communion
or one's life will be a failure to a
large extent.
"Religious life and training has
| been stereotyped,said he. '"There
is a lack of personal relationship
and communion with God. The
lime is at hand when this genera
. lion must decide whether they will
follow God or Baal, whether to
follow man's rules or God's,"
"One wants more than scientific
ability," he continued. "There
must be a balance of heart and
mind and soul if the world avoids
the mishaps of the past. A pro
found discontent with things as
they are is needed for they are not
in harmony with God's desire.
Fight against the artificialities of
j modern life. Let us be spiritual
I adventurers. A love for God and
| lives that will show this love is the
need of today."
THREE WISE FOOLS WILL
BE PRODDCED DENEFIT Y. W.
-S. G. HODGIN DIRECTOR
DECEMBER 6 DATE OF PRODUCTION;
TRYOUTS TO BE HELD AND CAST
CHOSEN THURSDAY
"Three Wise Fools" by Austin
Strong will be produced by the
Dramatic Council, December 6,
under the direction of S. Gladstone
Hodgin, head of the Dramatic
Council. Professor Hodgin will
have as his associate directors, i
Mrs. M. C. Davis, Misses Eliza
beth Parker and Minnie Kopf.
Professor Howard Smith will act
as business manager.
"Th ree Wise Fools" was chosen
as the play to be produced after a
heated discussion by the Dramatic
Council on Friday night. Jerome i
K. Jerome's play "Fanny and the j
Servant Problem was also discuss
ed as a possibile production, but
the difficulties incountered in
choosing the leading characters
were considered too great for the 1
time available for production.
The play chosen, deals with the
adoption of a most charming
young lady by "three old fools,"
and the complications arising from
her ex-convict father and his fel
low jail-bird, "Benny, the Crook,"
whose one idea in life was to kill
Judge Trumbull, one of the three
"wise old fools." Incidentally, the
most charming young lady falls in
love with Gordon, a typical stage
lover, and the final curtain holds
the usual promise of a "live happy
ever after."
"Three Wise Fools" was success
fully produced in 1918, with Hei
ne Menken and Claude Gilling-!
water, heading the cast. The play
had a long run, at the Criterion
Theatre in New York, was moved
to Chicago, and subsequently taken
on the road where it was acclaim
ed on account of its delightful
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FIRE DESTROYS MAIN
BUILDING AT EARLHAM
Lindley hall, the center of Earl
hani College's educational activity
and the largest building on the
campus of Guilford's sister col
lege was destroyed by fire Thurs
day morning, October 23, with a
total loss of $250,000, and result
ing in the death of one fireman and
seriously injuring another. The
.ire was discovered at mid-night,
by a night watchman, who aroused
the students in a near by hall.
They were able to save the regis
trar's records and records belong
ing to the business office.
ft was thought that the fire orig
inated as a result of spontaneous
combustion in the basement. The
flame soon spread over the entire
building. Great damage was done
to the museum, and everything was
destroyed in the administrative of
fice except the most valuable re
cords. Many valuable portraits,
which can never be replaced, were
destroyed, including portraits of
all the past presidents of the col
lege and pictures and paintings of
many Quaker leaders.
The rooms occupied by the Bio
logy department were the first to
be burned. Many valuable slides
which had been collected and
which were of incalculable value
to science were burned, together
with many historical specimens
and fossil remains, and including
most of the museum.
The entire Music department
also suffered a considerable loss,
many valuable copies of music
and all of the pianos were de
stroyed. The post-office and book
store were complete losses.
COLLEGIATE PRESS ASS N.
HOLDS SESSION AT G.C.W.
RADICALISM AND PROFESSIONALISM
DISCUSSED. DR. JOHNSON OF
UNIVERSITY LECTURES
By Lucile Pur die
Radicalism and professionalism
—these were the two most discuss
ed topics at the eighth semi-annual
meeting of the N. C. Collegiate
Press Association at the Greensbo
ro College for Women on October
30, 31 and November 1.
Mr. Saunders of Chapel Hill,
president of the Association, in his
opening speech at the first session
gave some idea of the spirit in
which the college publications
should be put out. Two things
that he especially impressed on the
members of the convention were
that the college publications
should have the right to free press,
and that the college papers should
lean more toward the form of
the professional newspaper than
it does now. He also stressed the
importance of reporting news stor
ies as accurately as possible and of
getting the "rah-rah" spirit out of
the college paper. The interest of
the student body in national and
state affairs is created through the
paper, he said, and the spirit of
the college toward these things de
pends on serious informative col
umns.
At this first session the delegates
were welcomed to Greensboro Col
lege by Miss Ruth Hoyle, editor
of "The Messenger," of Greensboro
College, and secretary of the N.C.
C. P. A.
One of the most interesting dis
; cussions was that in which a rep
-1 resentative gave a report of the
I circulation, management, and pos
sibilities of his own paper. Sever
al organizations are using the bud
; get system in financing their pa
pers; others are experimenting in
working without faculty advisors;
till others are beginning this years
work with an entirely new system
;of reportorial organization.
At another session Prof. Gerald
Johnson, instructor in Journalism
at the State University, talked in
structively on the differences be
tween the magazine and the news
paper. He discussed these differ
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IMPEDIMENTS MAY BECOME
GIFTS, SAYS CLARA COX
Miss Clara Cox, of High Point,
conducted chapel exercises on
Thursday morning. She based her
talk on the statement of St. Paul,
"T am strong when I am most
weak." She mentioned that each
person has some impediment that
may prevent him from reaching
his goal, that gift may be an im
pediment if it prevents one from
working to the best of his ability,
while an impediment may become
a gift if one strives to overcome it.
She named pluck, determina
tion and endurance as the neces
sary things in overcoming impedi
ments and developing character.
Miss Cox named several noted
men who have either overcome
their impediments or through them
have been led to greater achieve
ment. Among those she mention
ed were Demosthenes, John Bun
yan, Robertson Nocolls, Robert
Louis Stevenson, and the noted
Quaker, Allen Jay.
"We, too," said she, "may turn
our impediments into gifts. Hu
man effort is not enough. It is es
sential to realize one's weakness
for that is the first step toward
strength. All our emptiness is met
by God's fulness. Prayer, pains,
and perseverance through Jesus
Christ will overcome anything."
J. HARVEY THEOBOLD, NOTED
ENGLISH FRIEND IS SPENDING
SHORT TIME ON THE CAMPUS
COMMENDS AMERICA ON HER SOCIAL
CONDITION BROUGHT ABOUT
BY PROHIBITION
J. Harvey Theobold, of Eng
land. reached the campus early
Saturday morning where he will
spend sometime lecturing and vis
ing the College. Mr. Theobold,
who is secretary of the Friends
Temperance Union with headquar
ers in London, England, reached
New York City on the 11th of last
June. While in New York he
spent some time visiting the Bow
ery and Italian quarter. From New
York he went across to Los Ange
les, California, reaching Whittier,
Cal., in time for the second day
of California Yearly Meeting. The
other states in which Mr. Theobold
has visited are, Oregon, Washing
ton, Nebraska, lowa, Kansas, indi
ana, Pennsylvania, and North Car
olina. Mr, Theobold's chief inter
est while in these various state 9
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SENIORS DISCUSS PORT
TERMINALS AT CHAPEL
The Senior class gave a brief
hut very interesting discussion of
the Port Terminal Bill as its chap
el program on Thursday morning,
October 30th.
Sarah Hodges in a concise and
forceful manner pointed out the
problem with reference to trans
portation. She called attention to
the fact that some of the seaport
cities of the neighboring states are
reaping returns on water transpor
tation that should be retained with
in our own boundaries.
John Reynolds discussed the
port terminals themselves. In
brief, he told how many terminals
had been proposed, where they
would be constructed and what
kind of water transportations thev
would accommodate.
James Howell reviewed and pre
sented the question of taking over
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railroad. He stated that its pur
pose was to connect the inland
waterways to the western portion
of the state and thus afford cheap
er rates to all North Carolina's
citizens.
Russell Branson briefly sum
med up what had been said by the
other three speakers and gave as a
solution to the problem, the con
struction of modern port terminals,
the development of internal water
ways and the taking over of trunk
line railways. He emphasized the
fact that, cheap transportation is
essential to commercial develop
ment.
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