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ALUMNI NOTES i Miss Emma King, who is making a card catalogue of the donors to New Garden Boarding School and Guilford College has very kindly given us the following facts which, I am sure, will be of interest to readers of the Guilford ian.—Alumni Editor.) While making a card catalogue of donors to the funds and equipment of the Boarding School and College we have found much that is of interest. The recurrence of family names, for ex ample, is striking. At the yearly meet ings of the early '3os subscriptions were taken for the establishment of New Garden Boarding School. The minutes give amounts but there seems to be no list of donors in existence earlier than 1837. In that year subscriptions were made by two men whose grand child ren's and great grand children's names are found among the donors in the last endowment campaign. Five grand child children of the first, an entire family except one who did not attend this college, are among the donors of 1923. One of these is a member of the class of '97, the others were students in the years immediately following. Another grandson, a member of an early grad uating class, is a contributor to the 1923 endowment, as is a great grandson who has recently graduated. A great grand son and a great granddaughter, both students here now, have made pledges to the fund. The second donor of 1837 has a grand son among the most liberal of all the Alumni who have contributed in the va rious campaigns and a great grandson among the recent graduates who has also contributed in the last drive. Tlies are by no means all the instances that could be given, but they serve as illustrations. We will mention only one name in referring to this first list of donors, that of Nathan Hunt who contributed $25.00 in the yearly meet ing's subscription of 1837. His name appears more often than that of any other in the records of the early days of the institution, for he gave not only of his means, but his time in its service. The list of names of. his great grand children who are now donors in a long and interesting one. It is equally as interesting to find that some Alumni and former students whose names occur on a list of subscrib ers to the fund for rebuilding King hall in 1885 have responded to the latest call—the endowment. Several members of the early graduating classes who subscribed a dollar each in 1885 sub scribed SIOO.OO in the last campaign; a member of the class of 1901, a very small boy in 1885 when he gave fifty cents gave fifty dollars in 1923. The names of a father and five of his children, then living near the col lege. appear on the 1885 list. The four sons' names appear on our last list and the sons of two of these. Two women, who were later valuable members of the Advisory committee, contributed sums of $1 00 and $5.00 in 1885. The contributions of the sons of these two are in the thousands, and their daughters, too, have given gener ously. The above are only a few of many like examples. One of the present Advisory Board gave $5.00 in 1881 to help rebuild King hall and she has always contributed when funds are being raised. Her sub scription in 1923 is $500.00. One of our trustees, who gave SIO.OO for rebuilding King hall and who has contributed gen erously throughout the years intervening, gave $10,000.00 in 1923. It is of course true that we find the names of the same persons, both gradu ated and former students, as well as other friends of the college, on the sub scription list of 1904 when the college debt was paid, 1903 when the electric light plant was installed, 1905 the year of the general endowment campaign, 1907 and 1909 when New Garden hall and the Library were built. A number of graduates of the early classes came to the college for the dinner February 13, when members of the Guilford clubs of Wiston-Salem, High Point, and Greensboro gathered here ■with old students and Alumni of the college community. From the second class '9O, John T. Benbow and David White; Frank B. Benbow, S. Addison Hodgin, Arthur Lyon, and Joseph Peele !'9l; Laura D. Worth '92; Henry A. White '94; Cecil A. Boren '95; E. Edgar Farlow '96; Walter E. Blair '9B. Of our twelve honorary members, eight were present: J. Elwood Cox, W. A. Blair, the toastmaster for this and many other happy occasions at the col lege, and Robert N. Wilson; Dr. Bin ford, Dr. Hobbs, Miss Osborne, Pro j fessor Davis, and Dr. Perisho. We all regretted that Mrs. Hobbs, our loved honorary member, could not be present. It Was a source of particular pleasure to all who were present, and particular ly so to the members of the faculty, to liava so many former students, not graduates, present. Among others came Mrs. Lou Kirkman Stanton, of Winston- Salem, who always seems to enjoy re | unions at the college. Mrs. Stanton entered New Garden Boarding School in 1873. SPARKS Yesterday we heard and unrehearsed, but what seemed to us a very clever thrust of wits pulled off by a boy and j a girl in a local place of business. He: (as he walked in very uncon- I oernedly) "'I Wonder What's Become lof Sally?"' She: (replying quickly, but just as unconcernedly) "I thing she's among the missing girls." He. (coming back) "No, she's eloped i wi th 'Charlie My Boy'." THE JACKASS A woman candidate for political office ; was making her maiden speech before a mixed audience. "We don't want any woman in office," shouted a heckler. "What do you know about govern ment?" ''Quite a lot," answered the candi : date. i "But you don't know how many I teeth a jackass has," was the retort. "Come up here and I'll count them," was the gently reply. LOVE'S SHORTHAND On his tour of the district an in i spector of the city high schools came before a class of girls. He wrote upon the blackboard, "LXXX," Then, peer ing over the rims of his spectacles at I a good looking girl in the first row, he asked: "Young lady, I'd like to have you tell me what that means." J "Love and Kisses," tile girl replied. HE WAS GAME There was a very pretty nurse passing in and out. The patient eyed her with admiration. By way of a pleasantry the I doctor said: "Be good and I'll prescribe a kiss for you at 4 o'clock." But at 4 o'clock an exteremely home ; ly nurse came on duty as the physician I knew she would. However, the next day he ventured to ask the patient how things had gone. "I took my medicine," briefly replied the young man. A BIRD IN THE HAND "Well," said the happy bridegroom i to the minister at the conclusion of the ceremony, "how much do I owe you?'' "Oh, I'll leave that to you," was the reply. "You can better-estimate the value of the service rendered." "Suppose we postpone settlement then—say a year. By that time I shall know what to give you." "No,, no," said the clergyman, a married man himself, "make it $5.00 now." TIMES HAVE CHANGED j Reverend Fred Eastman, of New | York, recently said: "It has been less than on hundred years since a school board in Ohio passed this resolution, addressed to some young men: "You are welcome to use the school house to debate all prop ler questions in. But such things as railroads and telegraphs are impossible j and rank infidelity. There is nothing in the Word of God about them. If God had designed that His Intelligent creatures should travel at the frightful speed of 15 miles an hour by steam He would have foretold it by the mouth of His holy prophets. It is advice of Satan to carry the soul down to hell." They did not even use Alabastine on their school buildings then. THE GUILFORDIAN IHE PERISCOPE By Beulah Allen WOODROW WILSON COLLEGE Last year the Chamber of Commerce of Milledgeville, Ga., instituted a drive for funds for the establishment of a Woodrow Wilson Memorial College. Pledges amounting to 1500,000 were raised. A tract of 10 acres was pur chased and the drive for funds was made through the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor. A committee of educational experts, headed by President Sidney Mezes, of the College of the City of New York and David F. Houston, a member of the Wilson Cabinet, were requested to ad vise as to the type of college to be creat ed. Limitation of the student body to not more tlion 400 or 500, enrollment of only those students who show unmis takable signs of becoming leaders; lim itation of number of subjects taught to those conducive to intellectual leader ship; good salaries offered to men of high ability, were the recommendations made by the committee. This advice will in the main be fol lowed. Quality, not quantity, say the proponents of the cause, will be the keynote of the college—the type of instruction that Woodrow Wilson him self would have most heartily approved. —New Student, JOURNALISTS TO HAVE PRACTI CAL EXPERIENCE Nine members of the staff of the Uni versity of Southern California Trojan are to have practical experience in journal ism. For a short time they wil edit the Fuller ton Tribune, the newspaper of a Los Angeles suburb. Not only will the editorial work be taken over but mem bers of the advertising class will write, sell and arrange display advertising, giving the university students complete charge of everything but the actual printing and delivering. Other papers are to be edited during the next few weeks.— The A ew Student. BASKETBALL SEASON ENDS (Continued from page one) This year has also been fatal to cap tains, Fred Thomas, the captain elect from last year was forced out of the game practically all season with heart trouble. This necessitated the election ol another, so Henry Tew was elected to fill the captaincy but after a few games he had to retire from the game on ac count of sickness. So Coach Doak has been compelled to use a mixed and disorganized line up which has been a great disadvantage when strong teams were met. In the 19 games played Guilford scor ed 508 points against 670 by her op ponents. For the Quakers, Rick Ferrell, and J. W. "Shortie" Frazier tied in number of points scored with a total of 134 each. Rufus "Shirt" Smith came second with 95 points and Thomas next with 46 points. These four players bore the brunt of the offensive playing during the past season. But it was due largely to the excellent floor work of "Shirt" Smith and Captain Tew that the scores were kept as low as they were. Special mention should also be given Herring and Sparger who played in many varsity games this year. French Smith, Albert Smith, John Reynolds, Carl Mackie, Frank Sniithdeal, Patrick Stuart, Mathews and Griffin also played well and worked hard during the past season. Individual scoring for the season fol lows. Points J. W Frazier 134 Richard Ferrel 134 "Shirt" Smith 95 Fred Thomas 46 Gilmer Sparger 39 French Smith 20 Henry Tew 14 Albert Smith 12 Carl Mackie 8 Reporter: "What shall I say about the two peroxide blondes who made such a fuss at the game?" Editor: "Why, just say the bleachers went wild."— Ex. IT'S THE MAN WHO PAYS Ethel: "Did you have the porch seat painted yesterday?" Father: "Yes; why?" Ethel: "Well, Harold and I sat on it last night and Harold got paint on his trousers." C.H.MeKNioMT, PRES. & MGR. I GOOD PRINTING ONLY ■ j 194-J j ■ The Golden Rule Press ; ■ 321 1-2 S. Elm St., Greensboro, N. C. ■ ;; CAROLINA VULCANIZING COMPANY 117 South Davie Street • Greensboro, North Carolina Phone 1150 ' X Goodrich Silver-twon Cord Tires and Tubes - X P. L. GROOME W. C. 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