THE GUILFORDIAN
VOL XI
Alexander Meiklejohn Outlines
Educationa
Discusses Virtues That Conflict, also
Developing Problems That Our
Educational System Must Solve
On Tuesday morning Dr. Alexander
Meiklejohn, ex-president of Amherst
College, a noted educator and lecturer
on educational subjects, gave the bac
calaureate address before the gradu
ating class. The speaker began his
address, "America and Education," by
a discussion of American life from the
teacher's viewpoint. The mind of man,
according to the speaker, faces the
greatest danger, and the remedy rests
with the educational institutions. The
chief obstacle is that Americans are
too simple-minded that they do not see
the need of study. "Yet," said Dr.
Meiklejohn, "common sense won't
teach men how to live."
The speaker mentioned the great
amount of thinking expended in im
proving the quality of shoes, and then
questioned whether nearly so much
thought was used in solving the prob
lems of religion, morals, and capital
and labor, and in matters of taste. "In
all the matters that make a difference
in life," said he, "we do not see the
need of study. Life in its essentials is
a very complex and difficult thing. A
(Continued on page 2)
MILDRED TOWNSEND AND
KATIE LAMBETH APPEAR
IN GRADUATING RECITAL
Mildred Townsend and Katie Lam
beth. graduating piano students of
Agnes Holli-ter Winslow, appeared in
their reci'al Wednesday, May 27. and
presented a well balanced and well in
terpreted program. They were assisted
by Paul Reynolds, Beatrice Elliott and
Sam Keen, Jr.. al-o of the piano de
partment.
Miss Townsend gave an exceUent in
terpretation of the "Tarantella" by
Liszt and received the hearty approval
of the auc'ience. In her "Concerto in
A Minor" by Greig she achieved an
artistic success also. This was a two
piano number, Mrs. Winslow playing
the orchestral parts on the second pi
ano.
Miss Lambeth played prelude Opus
23, by Rachmoninoff with feeling and
poise and "Karmennoi-Ostro," a beau
tiful poem by Rubinstein, which cap
tured her audience.
In the first part of the program, Paul
Reynolds made an excellent impression
on the audience when he played Liszt's
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6." "Ro
(Continued on patze 3)
♦
■>' The following "honors" were ♦
;; awarded for 1924-1925: t
Highest honors, Edward HoldeT.
" High honors. Beulah Allen, Ed- "
' * win Brown, Maude Simpson. '
"• Honors (to Sophomores), Theo- "
dore Doub, Annie Wagoner. ,
'' The Bryn Mawr scholarship ]' ]
~ was awarded to Sara Hodges. 4 .
" ■ The Haverford scholarship was ♦
1 [ awarded to Robert Marshall. )
>• The Marvin Hardin scholar- •
' [ ship was awarded to Annie Wag
.. oner. ~
" • Ruby Hall won the Philoma- °
* * thean Improvement prize. ''
>• Cori'ia Thompson won the Phi- .
'" '-v athean Orator's prize.
~ " vgaet Levering won in the
"■ i" Is' r eace contest. " •
, Lucre Moore was awarded the
~ /.a'" hn Improvement prize. ..
Earl L'enly was awarded the ''
Web : terian Improvement medal. X
■ • Paul Swanson was awarded the •
Websterian ( W. L. Rudd) Con- ] [
. sistency prize. ' [
J * Gilmer Sparger was awarded ' •
~ the Websterian Orator's medal. "
Alton Watson won the Henry •
I Clay Orator's prize.
► Waldo Williams won the Hen
• ry Clay Improvement medal.
Kenneth Neese won in the
• Men's Peace Oratorical contst. ♦
GUILFORD COLLEGE. N. C.. JUNE 9, 1925.
I Needs in America
TOM SYKES DELIVERS
ADDRESS BEFORE THE
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS
Tells Students to Go Out and be a
Force for Good—Can Be No
Neutral Ground
Rev. Tom Sykes, pastor of the Friends
Church of High Point, spoke before the
Christian Associations here Sunday
night. He took as a text the seventh
verse of the first chapter of second
Tirothy. "For God hath not given us
the spirit of fear, but of power, and of
love and of a sound mind."
"You are going out into a world lack
ing in moral energy," said Mr. Sykes.
"Go out interpreting and transmitting
the better way of life. Every human
life is leaving an impression either for
good or bad; there is no neutrality."
"The world has gone smash," Mr.
Sykes declared. "Men are living upon
discrediting principles." You are going
out into a world dominated by imperi
alistic society. I want you young peo
ple to see that the tyrannical politicians
have ignored the way of the Christ of
Calvary. The world has been continu
ally stepping away from the Christ-like
world.
t "I stand here tonight believing that
institutional religion is a failure," said
Rev. Sykes. "Do not put your trust
in ecclesiastical organization and ma
chinery. The trouble with the world is
we haven't been thinking right. We
must understand what Christ stands
for. 'As a man thinketh in his heart,
so is lie.' You are courting disaster
every time you depart from clean think
ing."
"Every one of you are going to be
leader?," said Mr. Sykes, "either for
or against Christ. There is no neutral
ity. Go out and be a force for good.
Bling back that precious ideal of
I .hristianity."
TENNIS MATCH ATHLETIC
COMMENCEMENT FEATURE
The commencement athletic feature
was a tennis match between Guilford
and the High Point Country Club. A
shower of rain prevented the match be
ing finished. Joyce and Burke of Guil
ford lost quickly to Warrick and Tay
lor while Brown and Trotter battled
with Lambert and McKaughan in a
three set tilt. Brown and Trotter were
in excellent form and played the best
game seen on the local court this year
but were unable to win in the final
set. The score: 6-4, 0-6, 75. Joyce
was playing Taylor a hot game and
had promise of winning but was cut
oif by rain.
"KNAVEFHEARiTiS
PRESENTED BY SENIORS
Was, or was not. the Knave of Hearts
a rogue? The senior class settled this
perplexing question that has been hand
ed down from the annals of Mother
Goose quite satisfactorily Monday
morning in a most clever presentation
of Louise Saunder's puppet comedy,
"The Knave of Hearts," a one-act play
based on the famous old nursery rhyme
concerning the renowned stealer of the
tarts.
Ethel Watkins was a charming and
winsome Violetta and pouted delicious
ly. Small wonder that she twisted the
great Pompibidable around her fin
ger. With such a woman as that, what
need was mere cookery? Nevertheless
we admired her coolness in the matter
of concocting the tarts, under which an
ordinary woman would have broken
down. Miss Watkins played this part
(Continued on page three*
SENIOR CLASS HONORS
J/MES FRANKLIN DAVI?
They Present Portrait of Professor
Davis to the College—Supper
Given in His Honor
The graduating class, the faculty, the
student body and the people of the
community united on the day set aside
for class exercises and did honor to a
member of the Guilford College faculty
at the commencement that marked the
end of 37 years of efficient work for
that member of the faculty. That mem
ber of the leaching force, J. Franklin
Davis, has been for all the years, since
the chartering of Guilford College, Pro
fessor of Greek and German and will
again teach these subjects next year at
the earnest request of Doctor Binford,
who had once before this year, asked
him to reconsider his 1 resignation.
The class of '25 set out early in the
spring to plan a program that would ex
press the feeling of the class toward one
who has helped to shape and direct the
ideals of Guilford for so long, and at
the same time do proper respect to the
college itself. Their plans were con
summated Tuesday morning when they
unveiled, in the library, a life size por
trait of Professor Davis and offered it
as a gift to the college.
Russell Branson, speaking for the
senior class, formally presented the
work of art. He spoke in unstinting
terms of the scholastic work of Profes
sor Davis but emphasized more, what
the class of '25 had found in their in
structor, "that intangible something
that means more in the living of a life
than the conjugation of verbs, the de
clension of nouns, mathematical formu
las and chemical equations."
He repeated the poem which Mr. Da-
Continued on page 1
EDWIN BROWN ELECTED
PRESIDENT GLEE CLUD
At a recent meeting of the Glee Club
officers for next year were elected.
They are as follows: president, Ed
win Brown, who succeeds Ralph Land
is; secretary and treasu:er, Byron Ha
worth, who succeeds John Reynolds;
business manager, John Cude, who suc
ceeds Edwin Brown; 'ibrarian, Max
Kendall, who succeeds Frank Crutch
field.
Pictures have been made, and the
club voted that these should be paid
for out of the treasury and distributed
among the members.
VARSITY CLUR ELECTS
"BABE" SHORE PRESIDENT
A new idea was brought up in a
meeting of the Varsity club last Mon
day afternoon. After Bascom Shore
and Elton Warrick had been installed
as officers, the club discussed the pos
sibility of raising a loan fund for ath
letes who were excellent scholars. A
committee was appointed to appeal to
the alumni for support of this loan
fund. The letter men's club also dis
cussed the future policy of athletics
and decided to support them in the
future even more strongly than they
had in the past.
BARBEEIHEADTHE
Y.M. WORK NEXT YEAR
At the meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
Thursday night the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
President, James Reed Barbee; vice
president, Raymond Thomas; secretary,
Walter Robertson; treasurer, Elton
Warrick; marshal, Sydney Winslow.
The president appointed as chair
men of the various committees the fol
lowing men: Bible Study committee,
Sydney Winslow; Mission Study com
mittee, Ira Newlin; Social committee,
Kenneth Neese; Music committee, By
ron Haworth; Membership committee,
Raymond Ebert; Finance committee,
Ellon Warrick; New Student committee,
Howard Trivette.
tiiiiiiiir
HK
JKil
J. FRANKLIN DAVIS
• ————
CHORAL SOCIETY GIVES
COMIC OPERAJ'PINAFORE"
Louise Frazier, Marguerite Stuart,
Elicood Peele and Frank Casey
Sang Brilliantly
"H. M. S. Pinafore," Gelbert and |
Sullivan's delightful comic opera was
presented by the Choral society under
the direction of Prof. James Westley
White, on the opening night of the
Commencement. The Principals headed
by Louise Frazier and Frank Casey
.:iade the evening an outstanding musi
cal event of the year. Marguerite
Stuart, Edward Peele, Sam Keen, and
Professor White completed the list of
principals.
Louise Frazier was charming . se- [
phine the heroine, and sang tin ole I
with excellent effect. Her be. tiiiful
lyric v. ice fitted well into the delight
ful music of the captain's i ligh
ter. Her solo in the secoi if s en
thusiastically applauded bv tin audi
ence.
Little Buttercup, the buniboat woman
found an able interpreter both vocally
and dramatically in Marguerite Stuart.
.Miss Stuarts work in the second act de- i
served the highest commendation and (
the auc-ience was not slow in according
it.
Frank Casey, as Ralph Rackstraw,
was an ardent lover. Mr. Casey, who
has usually, appeared as, a baritone,
adjusted his range to the tenor role and
scored a fine success. The ease with
which Mr. Casey shifted his vocal
range was remarkable.
Edward Peele was decidedly the
vocal "find ' of the evening. He shared
with Miss Frazier and Miss Stuart in
the most enthusiastic applause of the
evening . He was a commanding figure
when oil the stage, and he c'i played a
1 Continued on pane Hires;
KENNETH NEESE WINNER
IN ORATORICAL CONTEST
On May 26, Kenneth Neese of Swep
sonville look first place in the Peace
Oratorical Contest held in Memorial '
Hall. He went the following Thursday
to Raleigh and represented Guilford
in the state contest. Sydney Winslow
took second place in the local contest.
The contestants were Paul Swanson,
Gilmer Sparger, Alton Watson, Kenneth
Neese and Sydney Winslow.
Various ways to establish and main
tain peace were discussed. Every
speaker put forth splendid arguments
and delivered his address in an excell
ent manner. Education of the peoples I
of the world, especially those of the
United States, was stressed along with
the strong points of the World Court
and the League of Nations. The en
trance of the United States into these
organizations was strongly urged by |
nearly all of the speakers and many
logical reasons were put forth for that
contention.
The judges for the evening were
Professors George P. Wilson. A. I.
Newlin and Samuel Haworth.
!iEV. 0. ELTON TRUEBLOOO
OF EOSTON, DELIVERS
SERMON ON "FAITH"
Preaches Powerful and Well-Thought-
Out Sermon
D. Ellon Trueblood of Boston Mass
achusetts delivered the baccalaureate
sermon at the meeting house on Sunday
morning.
The speaker discussed faith
The speaker discussed "faith'' and
likened who keep the faith to ad
venturers, who stake thier livse, for
tunes. and honors to prove that their
contentions are true. The story of
'olumbus' venture into the unknown, he
used as an illustration of one who had
an unshakable faith in a project and
was willing to risk all to prove that his
belief concerning it was right. "There
are those who have no faith," stated
the speaker, "but those who keep the
faith are triumphant. Religion is bet
ting your whole life there is a God.
And there have been in all ages men
who kept the faith."
Continuing in his application of the
subject, Rev. Mr. Trueblood called the
cross of Christ the emblem of faith,
the greatest of ventures. "Christ," he
said, ''was willing to risk all for what
he knew was a true and wholesome
teaching. Love and faith are essential
ly the same. In his love, Christ allowed
himself to be hanged upon the cross
with arms outstretched, exposing his
(Continued on page twot
0. RALPH PARKER ELECTED
PRESIDENT ALUMNI ASS'N
At the regular meeting of the alumni
association last Monday night D. Ralph
Parker was installed as president of
the association. To serve with him Era
Lasley was elected secreetary. Hardy
A Carroll was elected vice-president
and Era Lasley as trustee of the loan
fund. The executive committee is John
B. Woosley and Edgar H. Mcßane.
All of the standing committees read
their reports which were satisfactory to
the meeting. Miss Gainey and Miss
Benbow were elected honorary members
of the association and all the members
of the class of 1925 were voted into
the body.
Five of the association had died dur
ing the year and memorials were read
for the following: L. Lea White, Mar
garet Peele Gray, Anna Mendenhall,
Bertie Dix Carroll and Brown Finch.
The committee which was appointed
to investigate the boys' club room idea
reported but no definite action was ta
ken on the matter.
X OFFICERS 1925-26 "
.. 1. Men's Student Council
Nereus English, president.
.. Morris Trotter, secretary.
~ 2. Women's Student Council *"
*' Hazel Coltrane, president. -
* | Annie Wagoner, secretary. "
3. Y. w. c. A.
Maude Simpson, president. - >
Elma Jones, secretary. *'
;; 4. Y. M. C. A.
~ James Baibre, president. "
•' Walter Kobertson, sec'y. ■
f ""
"' 5. Men's Athletic Association
Nereus English, president.
> Willard Allen, secretary I
*►" *
* • 6. Women's Athletic Association ■ ■
J Ina Mixon, president. J'
. Lena Marshburn, president. . ►
.. 7. Glee Club ..
Edwin Brown, president.
* * Byron Haworth, secretary. I
► John Cude, business mgr. • •
8. Philomathean Literary Society "•
* * Lalah Cox, president. ,'
Elma Jones, secretary.
► 9. Zatasian Literary Society ■ ►
** Beulah Allen, president. I *
, Grace Kimrey, secretary.
" I 10. Henry Clay Literary Society
1 ► Edwin Brown, president. •
Raymond Thomas, secretary *"
• TL Websterian Literary Society ">
"' Nereus English, president. * *
, „ Walter Robertson, secretary.
No. 30.