THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL XI.
PHILOMATHS GUESTS
OF WEBSTERIAN SOCIETY
WELL PLANNED AND VARIED PRO
GRAM GIVEN BY WEBSTERIANS
The Philomalheans were delightfully
entertained by the Websterian liter
ary society at its regular meeting at
Memorial hall, Friday evening, March
6. This reception had been eagerly
looked forward to by both old and new
members as the crowning social event
of th? spring term.
After the meeting was called to order
by President J. W. Frazier, and the
usual business dispensed with, a very
unique and well planned program was
rendered. The program Was of a varied
nature, and succeeded in carrying the
minds of the guests through the hap
penings of a series of events, ranging
all the way from Russia through the
gold fields of Alaska and down to our
own sunny Southland.
The first number which appeared on
the program under the modest title of
"Reading" by Gilmer Sparger, proved
to be an effective enactment of Robert
W. Service's "The Shooting of Dan
McGrew." As the poem was very ef
fectively read by Mr. Sparger, the
guests were gripped in the spell of the
Alaskan mining town life and sympa
thetically followed the story until its
tragic ending. However, Fred Thomas
and John Cude in the second number
of the evening, succeeded in dispelling
the tragic effect of "Dan McGrew" by
their lively string music.
Through the Dixie Dialogue enacted
by Elton Warrick and Jack Harrell, the
guests were enabled to catch a glimpse
of the romantic plantation life of the
Southern negro, and their sonorous ren
dition of the old negro folk-song "Keep
Your Hand on the Plow," carried the
listners in flights of fancy back to the
snowy white cotton fields of Dixie.
The Russian folk dance by Alexander
Pavlov which came as the fourth num
ber, added much charm and quaintness
to the evening's program.
Another feature of variety was intro
duced into the program by Kenneth
Neece, who by his humorous rendition
of Will Roger's speech, supposed to
have been given before the traffic cops
of the world, forcibly set forth the sad
plight of the present day pedestrian.
Patriotism was aroused in the minds
of everyone present by a splendid ora
tion, "The Unknown Speaker" by John
Hughes. By his sympathetic interpre
tation of the oration, Mr. Hughes paint
ed a word picture of July 4, 1776, and
the memorable signing of the Declara
tion of Independence.
Inez White, Clara Coble, Alice Thomp
son, Virginia Pamplin and Virginia Gal
loway responded in behalf of the Pliilo
mathean society to the welcome of the
Websterian president.
After the report of James Howell,
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MR. AND MRS. OLIVER
SPEAK TO STUDENT BODY
Mr. and Mrs. William Oliver, who
are at present leading in an Open Bible
Crusade in Greensboro, were present
for chapel Friday morning. After a
short greeting from Mrs. .Oliver to the
students, Mr. Oliver, who is a lay evan
gelist of the Methodist denomination,
took charge of the chapel exercises.
The central thought of Mr. Oliver's
talk was that the world is need of men
and women who face the greatest diffi
tuliies  f life fearlessly and with cour
pfie. Men and women who never say,
"I can't,'" whenever a difficulty comes.
Cod sends us out not to see if we can
do it, but how we may do it, for when
God sends us out to do anything we
can do it if we take Him along. The
difficulty is not the thing that is in our
way—our disposition, our reluctance is
in our way," said Mr Oliver. Another
interesting point was that every person
has some influence on other people and
should direct his influence with that in
mind.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. v MARCH 11, 1925
GUILFORD BASKETBALL
SEASON ENDS WITH SIX
GAMES WON AND 13 LOST
FERRELL AND FRAZIER EACH SCORE
134 POINTS—SMITH. TEW AND
THOMAS EXCELLENT GUARDS
By Nereus English
The basketball season of 1925 is now
a tiling of the past; the curtain was low
ered February 27 with a victory over
Salisbury "Y". The lovers of inter-col
legiate basketball will have to wait until
another year comes around and brings
with it another basketball season, before
they can watch the wearers of the crim
son on the court. Yet the many thrills
that the Quaker quint and the clean
sportsmanship which they displayed will
leave with it a happy and a clear idea
of how intercollegiate athletics should
be played.
When the scores of Guilford, and
those of the opponents are placed side
by side, it will seem that the season has
been a failure, but there is something
to consider in athletics beside winning
games and that is how the game is won.
During the past season Guilford won 6
and lost 13 games. They won from
Virginia Medical college, High Point
college twice, Lenoir-Rhyne college
twice, and Salisbury "Y." Out of
the nineteen games played the local
team won six, which is not a bad season
after losing such stars as J. G. Fra
zier and Earl Cummings by graduation.
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PROFESSOR A. I. NEWLIN
REVIEWS INAUGURATION
Wednesday being inauguration day,
Prof. Algia I. Newlin spoke concerning
the inauguration program of this year
and past years. He began by saying,
"One hundred years ago a man from
Massachusetts was inaugurated into
the president's chair. Today a Massa
chusetts man will take the office of
chief executive of the United Sattes."
We look upon the President of our
nation as the most powerful executive
in the world. "There will probably be
15,00 people present today at the inau
guration and doubtless 25,000 people
will hear the address of the in coming
president by radio and otherwise."
"Simplicity will be the main attrac
tion at today's inauguration," said
Prof. Newlin. President Coolidge or
dered that the usual expensive decora
tions be dispensed with.
There are four parts in the inaugu
ration program. In the morning about
ten o'clock the induction of the evice
president occurs. About noon the pres
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RETURNED MISSIONARY
GUEST AT THE COLLEGE
I Mr. Edward T. Hole, a missionary to
■ Africa for the last seventeen years,
| spoke to us in chapel Monday morning
j on the value of a personal recommenda
tion. "We have no idea of how much a
I personal recommendation can do," said
| Mr. Hole. As an example of its ability
| to accomplish things he told a story of
an African boy in the mission station
who had accepted Christ and who re
commended him to another boy. That
one to whom Christ was recommended,
decided to try Him and he is now a
great worker for Christ in the mission
field. He cast down his molten images
and idols and worshiped God. The
neighbors protested against such actions
and begged him to set up his idols
again. He refused saying, "I have
found something better. I have found
| my God."
Mr. Hole said "I never dreamed that
a certain boy to whom I recommended
Christ, would ever enter the mission
i field but he did and today is a great
Christian worker. So we see it is hard
to estimate the value of a personal
recommendation."
IDA M. TARBELL FAMOUS
SOCIOLOGIST LECTURES
SPEAKS ON "WOMAN AND THE
TIMES;" CLAIMS WOMAN'S
GREAT PROBLEM IS
PROMOTING PEACE
By James Howell
On Tuesray evening, March 3, Miss
Ida M. Tarbell, sociologist, noted lec
turer, and author, gave an address on
"The Woman and the Times" in Mem
orial hall. This, the last lyceum num
ber of the year, was an interesting dis
cussion of the duties of woman in the
present day, given by an authority in
the field of woman's forward move
ment. Miss Tarbell has contributed 1
many articles to numerous periodicals. I
Among the numerous books she has j
written are: "The Life of Lincoln," i
"The Life of Napoleon," "History of
the Standard Oil Company," and "He ;
Knew Lincoln,"
Miss Tarbell remarked that she al- j
ways felt more hopeful of the world
when she visited a college because in
college one gets preparation to do
worth-while things. She said that since j
there were so many more colleges now
there was much more chance to make j
the World a better place in which to i
live.
The present is a time of challenge
according to Miss Tarbell for persons
now challenge government, challenge
their leaders to save them from disaster,
they challenge the work of women.
'"During the war men found that wom
en could do more than they ever dream
ed they could," said Miss Tarbell.
" 'What can you do in these times?' is
the question asked of women." This
is an age of industrialism. Industry is
the controlling agent of the day. In
this industrial age man has been the in
ventor, the dreamer, the poet, the poi
neer, the force that makes for change.
Wise people have said this in a dan
gerous age for no one knows where it
will lead."
M iss Tarbell mentioned the forcible
protests of Thomas Carlyle against in
dustrialism. "Carlyle feared that men
i would depend on machines to do the
work of human minds and hands."
The speaker stated that some ma
chines seem to have telepathic power.
"Indeed," said she, "the day when one
can say 'lt can't be done' is over in
mechanical lines. Persons now want
to secure governments that will run
like machines."
"With the coming of the machine,
woman began to elbow her way out into
the world," the speaker asserted. "The
gradual increasing duties of women and
children led to the movement to relieve
the strain and tension to which they
were subjected. This movement has
been of great educational value. There
is a demand that women be allowed to
enter new occupations. Suffrage was
needed to correct evils.
Miss Tarbell stated that some state
universities limit the number of women
students to one third of the total num
ber, for Women are fast taking advan
tage of higher education. She mention
ed that in New Yory state there are
women bankers, and in some states
there are women architects.
"Women have used the vote as well
as men,'' said she. "Are women going to
be able to contribute something to these
times by the use of the tools they pos
sess?" she asked.
"Woman has had to carry on life,"
said Miss Tarbell. "She has been the
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woWs ATHLETICS
Miss Parker, director of the Women's
athletics, has announced that in the near
future the season for track, baseball,
and tennis will be in full swing. The
track squads will work toward a new
goal, namely, a field day. Class spirit
is even stronger than ever for each class
is anxious to eam the greatest number
of points and thereby win the cup which
is being presented by the Young Wom
en's Athletic association
Senior Girls Winners in Annual
Inter-Class Basketball Tournament
THE GLEE CLUD GIVES
INITIAL PERFORMANCE
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM GIVEN AT
VIENNA HIGH SCHOOL
The Glee club gave its initial perform
ance of the season, Saturday, March 7,
at Vienna high school, and judging by
i the ovations received at the end of every
| number, and by the expression of satis-
I faction received at the close the con
cert was a decided success. Over 600
people were in the audience and all
seemed very well pleased.
! "Forester's Chorus," from Mid-Sum
mer Nights Dream, the opening number,
! showed the club at its best. This diffi
cult and tricky number was done with
precision, and the colorful interpreta
tion put upon it by the club was very
well received.
The Hungarian Raphsody, No 6,
played by Paul Reynolds, was another
high spot in the first part of the pro
gram. Mr. Reynolds played with a
calmness and feeling that denoted he
had the piece very well in hand.
The second part of the program, al
together informal, completely captured
the audience. Mr. Joyce with his read
j ing was the outstanding performer in
this part of the program, while Mr.
Casey and his whistling was a close sec
ond. These two artists were received
very enthusiastically and answered to
■ several encores.
! The string sextet and Virginia Rob
ins orchestra wound up this part of the
program with popular music.
The third part of the program, con
sisting of features done in costume and
with special lighting effects, lent color
and variety to the concert and gave the
, audience new material for applause.
A double quartet in Scotch costume
was followed by Mr. Casey and accom
panist in Indian costume. Both re
. ceived much applause.
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WILL NOT PAVE ROAD
OY COLLEGE CAMPUS
The propsition to pave the road lead
ing from the entrance to Guilford col
lege campus to the fork at which the
Oak Ridge road leads off from the Bat
tleground road, a distance of approxi
mately half a mile, was turned down by
Guilford commissioners last week when
presented by W. E. Blair and David
1 ; White, representatives of the board of
trustees of Guilford college.
The representatives of the institution
declared that the dust from the sand
clay road swept over the campus during
I the dry seasons and made a situation
which was sometimes intolerable. The
county fathers agreed to experiment on
the strip with an oil dressing, which
* according to J. Elwood Cox, highway
: commissioner who was present, would
, cost about $2,500 per mile.
: "We have just borrowed money and
built hard surface roads until we have
t made a name for ourselves," was the
5 view taken by one of the commissioners,
r "and we have vowed that we are not
i going to build another foot of paved
- road except that for which contracts
have been let."
THE SENIOR CLASS AN
NEXES ITS FOURTH CON
SECUTIVE INTER-CLASS
BASKETBALL CHAMPION
SHIP; SOPHOMORES TAKE
SECOND PLACE IN THE
TOURNAMENT.
Last week witnessed the
deciding game in one of
the most enthusiastic and in
tnese seasons of the year in
girls atldetics as the inter
class basketball tournament
came near to the finish.
Amid the lusty support of their fellow
classmen of both sexes, each team has
exhibited a series of lively and interest
ing contests; but the senior class,
having been victorious in all games as
yet engaged, has already definitely won
all possibility of the championship hon
ors despite the fact that each team plays
one more game this week to close the
tournament.
This last victory gives the present sen
ior team the enviable record of having
won out in all basketball tournaments
from and including the freshman year.
This fact does not mean that it has been
an easy victory, however. There has
been great display of enthusiasm and ex
citement along the side lines as winning
of the laurels sometimes wavered back
and forth in indecision between the
classes before the final whistle blew.
None of the games have been without
interest, but those in which competition
was greatest were the Senior-Sophomore
and the Sophomore-Freshman games,
during which the score Was often tied,
and the groups along the sidelines were
raging with "pep" and hearty backing
of their respective teams.
The names of the four contesting
teams follow: Seniors; R. Hodges,
captain, B. Zachery, C. Norman, S.
Hodges, I. White, J. Cannon.
Juniors: G. Highfill, captain, 1. Mix
on, A. Thompson, M. Fitzgerald, T.
Edwards, M. Townsend.
Sophomores: I. Blanchard, captain, L.
Moore, L. Mashburn, A. Futrell, J.
Conrad, J. Wolff.
Freshman: K. Moore, captain, L. Ken
dall, B. Dunn, L. York, V. Pampin, N.
White.
The results of the games played in
the double series is as follows:
Teams Score
Senior-Junior 27-11
Senior-Freshman 20-10
Junior-Freshman 14-20
Junior-Sophomore 19-30
Senior-Sophomore 14-13
Senior-Junior 20-13
Sophomore-Freshman 23-18
Senior-Freshman 13-6
Sophomore-Junior 16-11
Sophomore-Freshman 10-18
Final scores to some extent, but not
entirely, represent the work done by
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LIBRARY TRAINING GLASS
ORGANIZED BY MISS RICKS
Miss Ricks has recently organized a
Library Training class and has initi
aled it into the mysteries of library
routine. The class is a large one and
already there is much evidence of its
work.
Last Thursday, Miss Johnson, of the
North Library Commission,
gave and interesting lecture to the class
on the mending and rebinding of worn
books. She illustrated her lecture as
she worked, and afterward the class
was supplied with dog-eared volumes of
every conceivable nature and told to
practice mending them. The result
was that they look like new books. The
set of O. Henrj s works has been ren
ovated entirely and is now on the
shelves looking new and shiny. The
class declared that book-binding is lots
fun and Miss Ricks hopes for good re
sults from this enthusiasm.
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