THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL XI.
DEATH OF L. LEA WHITE
FELT IN EVERY PART OF
GOILFORD COLLEGE LIFE
His Sudden Death Occurs
Seven O'clock Mon
day Morning
Three years ago Professor Lyndon
Lea While, heail of the Educational
department of Guilford College, under
went a nervous collapse from which he
was supposed to have recovered. His
work and service as teacher at Guilford
since that time had been of such a
high order that 110 one realized that his
powers had been so completely shat
tered as to threaten the apparently
self-inflicted wound which resulted in
his death in the north yard of his home
at seven o'clock .Monday morning, Feb
ruary 16th.
Professor White had been laboring
under a severe nervous strain for the
past several weeks and had remarked to
his wife that his condition was even
more trying than previously, but he
continued with his regular college class
es in Education; taught his Sunday
school class of young men on Sunday
morning, and a class on "How to Teach
Sunday School" at the School of Mis
sions on Sunday night, and to them all
brought his usual depth of feeling and
keen analysis, although slight distur
bances and unintentional disinterested
nesses seemed to weigh heavily on his
mind. Rising at his usual hour Monday
morning, he slill seemed to be under
strain, but not until Mrs. White heard
the gun-shot did she, or anyone else,
realize the servere mental strain that
had resulted in the final collapse.
Mr. White was born near Trinity,
N. C., in Randolph county, 46 years
ago. He entered Guilford in 1900 and
received his A.B. degree in 1904, being
awarded at the same time, on account
of his high scholastic standards, the
Haverford scholarship. He studied for
one year in this college and then entered
the educational work, obtaining an
enviable reputation throughout the state.
Last summer lie acted as superinten
dent .of education of Guilford county
and for the past four years has been a
member of the Guilford faculty. For {
10 years he was principal of the city j
high school in Winston-Salem and as
such was declared to be the most be- J
loved executive that the city schools
ever had. He was director of the sum
mer school at Flora Macdonald college
three years ago and taught in the sum
mer school at Trinity college two years
ago. Dr. Raymond Binford, president of
Guilford college, made the official an- '
nouncement of Mr. White's death at j
chapel yesterday morning. "There was
no man on whom I depended more,"
brokenly declared the president. "1
think that >ou leaii/.ed that he was 1
giving his life to you. The strain was
just too great. We face a tragedy this |
morning but 1 be.ieve that if Mr. While
in his best moments had spoken to us
he would have urged on such an occa
sion that we go quietly about our regu
lar duties and 1 tiiink that the best
thing that could be done today is to
go to class as usual. He has fallen but
let it not be in vain. Let the spirit
which pervaded his work and life on
the campus live through you and your
e.Torts."
. un. i'c.l servi.es were held at 3:00
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the New
C ardcn Meeting. House. Doctor A. K.
McLarty, pastor of the Wesley Memor
ial church, High Point, N. G.. and Rev.
Joseph M. feele, of Guilford College,
conducted the services. Appreciative
tributes were paid by President Ray
mond Binford and President Emeritus
L. L. llobbs. Interment was in the New
Garden cemetery. The many floral de
signs and the overflowing church attest
ed to the love and respect in which he
was held in the community.
He leaves a wife, who before mar
riage was Miss Jessie Foust, sister of
T. R. and J. I. Foust, of Greensboro;
four small children, Lucy May, Martha
GILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY, IS, 1925
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LYNDON LEA WHITE 'O4
two brothers, Ernest White, of Greens
boro and Julian White, of Raleigh.
Gray, Lyndon Lea and Frank Foust;
bis fattier, Isaac A. White, of Raleigh;
A Faculty Minute
The following Minute was adopted at
a meeting of the Faculty on Tuesday
morning, February 17th, 1925:
"The Faculty of Guilford College ex
press their sense of great loss in the
death of their friend and co-laborer,
Lyndon Lea While. We extend to his j
family and relatives our deepest sym- I
pathy in their bereavement.
"Throughout his connection with Guil
ford College as a student and a teacher, •
his loyalty and devotion to its best in- j
terests have been unquestioned. His
understanding of the spirit and tradi
tions of the College have made him a
valuable member of the Faculty. His
ability to understand the students, his
capacity for appreciating their view
point, his sympathy for them and his
efforts in their behalf have won the con
fidence of all who knew him. lie never
seemed to try to force the students but
to lead them, lie was always ready to
give efficient help to members of the
faculty as well as to the students. He
never seemed to flag in his service even
when the burden of it was breaking
down his nervous powers of resistance, j
I "On the committees of the Faculty
lib counsel and advice were always' ap
preciated. As alumni and faculty di
rector of athletics he stood for high
ideals. As a member for several years
of the Executive committee of the Alum
ni Association he did valuable work in
correlating in a helpful way the devo
tion of the graduates to the life and
progressive policies of the College. In
educational associations and intercol
legiate conferences in the state he has
been active in advancing the standards
and high ideals of his Alma Mater.
"To his many activities for the welfare
of his fellow students and his college
and for the achievement of educational
standards in our state and to the en
thusiastic manner in which be gave him
self to others we pay our tribute.
"On behalf of the Faculty,
Raymond Binford, President.
Era Lashley, Secretary."
The girls of Greenville Woman's Col
lege (S.C.) have challenged the senior
class of Furman University to a cross
word puzzle contest. Much interest is
being shown in this new intercollegi
ate sport. — Bulldog.
"SHUN' THROUGH" CHOSEN
FOR SPRING PRODUCTION
Play Made Famous by
Jane Cowl and Madge
Talmadge to be
Staged
The Dramatic Council lias chosen foi
its spring production "Smilin' Through"
by Allen Langdon Martin, a play toe
well known to need commenting upon
Many people will remember Norma Tal
madge in the film verson of it. and stil
others more fortunate, Jane Cowl, whe
lias since been acclaimed the greatesl
Juliet of modern days. The song of tht
same name lias also added to its fame
It has all the advantages in htat it is
well known, popular and equally bal
anced as to cast. It should prove quite
a drawing power, speaking from tht
box office point of view.
The play is well handled and the seen
ic bits are lovely. The whole play i:
laid in an English garden with a beau_
tiful English Queen Anne house ii
, the back, solid, sedate and restful look
ing, and all enclosed by a high bricl
wall, overgrown with green.
In this iiNllic setting, many yeari
• ago so the play runs, a tragedy hat
taken place and the horrors of it stil
overshadow the present, so that Johr
j (iarteret, owner of t lie house, can 110
Lear the thought cf his ward, Kathleen
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CHAIRMAN PEACE COM.
WILL SPEAK AT GUILFORI
j On the 19 and 20 of February Richart
R. Wood, chairman of the Peace Com
mittee of Philadelphia Yearly Meetinj
of Friends, and President J. M. Henry
of Blue Ridge college, New Windsor
Md., chairman of the Peace Committei
of the Church of Brethren, will be a
Guilford College. They will havi
charge of chapel exercises on Thursda;
and Friday morning and will address 
join' meeting of the Christian Associa
tions on Thursday evening.
The purpose of the visit to Guilfort
is to stimulate interest in the cause o
j peace among the students of the Guil
lege.
An opportunity will be given the stu
dents to have group and individual con
ferences with Mr. Wood and Presiden
Henry during their stay at Guilford
QUAKERS WIN OVERHIGH
POINT RUT LOSE A CLOSE
ONE TO VIRGINIA GAGERS
Scrubs Lose Fast Game to
Oak Ridge Varsity
After a week's trip into Virginia the
Quaker squad came back home with re
newed energy for the three home games
that were played during the past week.
The first collegiate game of the week
was with High Point college which Guil
ford won by the decisive score of 33 to
39, while on Saturday William and
Mary defeated the Quakers in a thrill
ing contest by the narrow margin of 24
to 20. The Varsity reserves met Oak
Ridge on Monday night and were de
feated 30 to 28 in the most exciting
game of the year.
High Point Game
The young Methodist Protestants from
High Point college went down in de
feat in a fast game here Thursday night
by the score of 33 to 19. The game was
full of pep in spite of the uneven score
which was chalked up by the locals in
the first half. The visitors got away
to a poor start and could not overcome
the 17-5 lead that the Quakers piled up
in this period. But with the beginning
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ALTON WATSON T 2SWINS
GLAY ORATORICAL CONTEST
The thirty-ninth annual oratorical con
gest of the Henry Clay literary societ;
held in Memorial hall Saturday night
proved to be one of the most success
ful contests they have ever had.
T. Alton Watson, speaking on "The
Road to International Peace,"' said tha
the next war will be even more de
sirurlive than the past war and to guarc
against future outrages of blood atu
money some prevention must be found
Mr. Watson held out as the solution oi
this problem of international peace tlx
establishment of a permanent Court oi
International Government. America
may either stop the elForts of peace oi
join the Court and show "that Ainerict
is still to be the beacon light of free
dom of the world." Mr. Watson was
awarded the gold medal.
Byron A. Haworth pointed out tht
j fact, in "The Majesty of the Law," thai
we, America, are accused of being thi
j most lawless Christian nation. There ii
no liberty . without law, and we mus
again become a law abiding people
"The majesty of the law must once more
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OR. PERISHO TALKS ON
MISSION CONVENTION
Dr. Elwood C. I e>is!io, who attendee
the Foreign Mis-ions Convention hel
at Washington, I). C. from January 2?
to February 2nd, inclusive, told abou
the program of the Convention in his
chapel talk Wednesday morning. Thir
ty-three or n ore countries were repre
senled on this progrim and there wen
over 6,000 delegates to the conventior
from the United Stales and Canada.
Dr. Perisho said I hat there were sc
many good speeches made that it wouk
be difficult to pick out many outstand
ing speakers. Some of the most notei
were: President Coolidge, Hon. New
ton W. Rowell, Toronto, Canada; Bish
op Michael Bolton Furse, of England
Dr. Rufus M. Jones, from llaverford
Pa.; and Prof. Hull, from Swarthmore
There Were noted men from almost ev
ery nation present at this convention.
Dr. Perisho concluded by static
some of the outstanding impressions o
the convention. The convention stand:
for rapid growth, better cooperation anc
more interest in foreign missions. Amer
ica has gained for herself a great nam*
as a nation. She has become the leadei
in world progress in foreign mis
sions. We should try to keep this up
Above all, we should be christians ir
fact and not in name alone. These
were the sentiments of the convention.
FESTIVE EVENT BRINGS
TOGETHER FORMER GUIL
FORD ATHLETIC STARS
Ernest Shore, Tom Zach
ary, Ed Wilson, Lucian
Smith Among Speakers
BLAIR TOASTMASTER
The Greensboro, High Point, Win
ston-Salcm, and Gllilford College Al
umni clubs met ai Founders hall last
Friday for a good dinner and lo talk
over the "Good Old Days" in Athletics
at Guilford. One oi the primary pur
poses of the meeting was to get together
again such old Guilfordians as Ernest
Shore, Tom Zachary, Lucian Smith,
John Gurney Frazier, Bill Lindsey, and
a number of other athletes of national
fame. The whole gathering was thrill
ed at the presence of such men as
'"Zack" anil Shore, who have reached
the peak of stardom in the baseball
world.
Nothing surpassed Col. William A.
Blair's wit for the entertainment of the
evening. The clubs were very willing
to admit that he, too, deserves fame as
a most humorous toastmaster. He was
the life of the party. Those who at
tended the meeling are still wondering
how any man could have gotten together
such a selection of new jokes and un
surpassed humor.
Dr. Elwood C. Perisho was the first
speaker of the evening. He spoke on
"The Old Days at Guilford." "You
can't tell how old a man is by the
amount of hair he has," said the
speaker. Then he began his reminis
cences of the yesterdays of yester-years.
He told of James Parker, pitcher, and
Loy Morris, catcher, of the first team at
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HOME ECONOMICS CLASS
DOING PRACTICE WORK
The Parent-Teacher Association have
organized to serve hot lunches at the
high school with the assistance of Miss
Kopf and the cooperation of the Senior
! girls practicing there. The Home Eco
nomics pupils serve, under the direc
tion of some senior. So far this plan
has proven quite successful.
The class in Household .Management
have been working on some theses in
this department for their mid-term pa
per, and have recently handed them in.
Miss Kopf reports that she was exceed
j ingly well pleased with the papers. All
of I hem showed thought and excellent
direction. Some of the papers handed
in that showed much fore thought anil
work were: "Fruit and Vegetables in
the Diet," by Margaret Conrad, "Veg
etables Three Times a Day is a Good
Health Slogan," by Louie Frazier;
"The Business of Being a Woman In the
Modern World," by Fairy Staley, and
"Good Shopping and Marketing Hab
its,*' by Ghita Tuttle.
WINNIFRED CRAMP, LONDON,
WILL VISIT THE COLLEGE
Miss Winnified Cramp, who is con
nected with the Council of International
Service with headquarters at Devon
shire, London, England, wi'l spend Feb
! ruary 23. 24 and 25 at Guilford College.
Miss Cramp has been in America for
•1 few months and has been lectin ing at
■ j the Woolman School, Swarthmore, Pa.,
on International relations.
Her experience in Relief work
among students of Berlin and her wide
; travels on the continent, have prepared
her to speak with authority on the Youth
> Movement. Miss Cramp has also made
I a careful study of the new school of
European artists and writers and is
prepared to speak on this subject if
there is such a demand.
In conjunction with her visit to Guil
ford she will speak before the Inter
i national Relations Club at N.C.C.W.,
; and will also visit Friends meetings in
| and around High Point.
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