Alumni Buy a 1927 Quaker VOLUME XIII Trustees Indorse General Administration Policy SUPPORT PRESIDENT IN REQUIREMENT OF ATHLETIC STUDENTS Is Answer to Petition Asking Trustees For Investigation of Condition and Policy MEETING IN GREENSBORO Anti-Binford Activity Has Practically Disappeared and Constructive Movements Are Begun The Board of Trustees of Guilford College, meeting last Thursday after noon, March 10, at the office of the sec retary, Mr. David White, of Greensboro, made a public statement in which they declared themselves strongly in accord with the policies of administration of Dr. Raymond Binford, especially in reference to athletics, which have been under lire since the circulation of a pe tition some time ago asking for the re moval of the President. The following statement was pub lished in the Greensboro Daily Sews of March 11: "The trustees of Guilford College have given patient and careful con sideration to the complaints which were made by a group of students con cerning certain phases of the college administration. It appears that the dif ficulty had its origin largely in differ ences of opinion concerning athletics. Some other matters became confused as a result of the misinterpretation of the president's strong position on athletic standards. The trustees fully indorsed President Binford's position in the mat ter and extended him their hearty sup port in his policy of raising the stand ard of the college all along the line." "Under Dr. Binford's administration Guilford College has moved to the fore continued 011 Page Two) DR. EDWINE. SLOSSON TO BE HERE THURSDAY Chemist-Novelist is to Speak at Memo rial Hall Thursday, March 17, to Student Body CREATIVE CHEMISTRY BEST WORK Edwin E. Slosson, chemist, author educator, and editor, will lecture to the Guilford students as a lyceiun number Thursday evening, March 17. Dr. Slosson has been asked to lecture on "Creative Chemistry," which is an ac count of the recent achievements in industrial chemistry. Having made chemistry his life's study, he has been able to learn the fine points of the cause, and he conies to Guilford with the reputation of be ing an absolute master in his field of study. Dr. Slosson has lectured extensively in practically every state in the union and lias spent much time studying and lecturing abroad. As an author probably his best know work is "Creative Chemistry." It ex plains in a popular way the applica tion of chemistry to industry and daily life, and has had a wider circulation than most novels. It was adopted by the Chautauqua Institution as one of the four required books of its home reading course and is included in library lists of the hundred best books of popular science. Qy THE GUILFORDIAN Dramatic Council Chooses "Grumpy" For the Spring Play and Commences Choosing the Cast The Dramatic Council has se lected "Grumpy" as its spring pro duction. "Grumpy" is a comedy in four acts and has been a favorite vehicle for amateur production for several seasons. The character, "Grumpy," alone will furnish amusement for an au dience. lie is a shrewd old retired criminal lawyer who apparently dozes in his big arm-chair the greater part of the time, but dur ing and between naps he unravels a baffling case dealing with his own immediately family, having as his only clue a "camelia," and these flowers all look alike. The dual love of Virginia, the heroine, adds to the interest and would lead one to thing that women are fickle, while Susan, the wise lit- QUAKER PRINCIPLES REVIEWED IN TALK Richard J. M. Hobbs, of Gas tonia, Speaks on Beliefs of and Work of Friends AT SCHOOL OF MISSIONS "The forces that rule the world to day are the same as they have always been," said Richard J. M. Ilobbs, at torney of Gastonia, N. C., in his ad dress on "Quakerism" to the school of Missions. Sunday evening, March 13. Mr. ilobbs clearly outlined the prin ciples and forces that are governing the world at present. Friends combat the wrongs of politics, international af fairs, personal contacts, and religion with prayer and earnest self-seekings to discern the true way of life accord ing to the principles laid down by Jesus. Quakerism began at a time when England was in the throes of a civil strife. There was at the time an urgent need for a fuller, better way of life. The fundamental basis of Quakerism is the seeking after truth. Fox, as founder of Quakerism, began preach ing the evils of the political and war spirit prevalent under Cromwell. "There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition," reported Fox in telling of a visitation of the Inner Light, "That light which light eth every man." Out of these conditions came a sect that grew and dominated the minds of the disgruntled folk who were tired of the everlasting round of duty im posed on them by the Church and State. The Inner Light is that pe culiar sense that shows us our way and God's way for us to follow. For God to speak, we must listen and in order to hear Him we must attune our ears to his voice as manifest by the Inner Light. Silence is the background of this light and the presence of God, the basis of Quaker belief and worship. The Friends testimony against the use of oaths and other than plain lan guage is one of the most fundamental, forgotten, testimonies of Friends in the present day. Their testimony in behalf of Peace has found expression in recent years, especially since the Great War, that (Continued on Page Three) GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 16, 1927 tie maid, plays an important part in unraveling the mystery,, and Jaris —but to tell what Jaris is would not be fair yet. The past week has been given over entirely to try-outs and the task of picking the cast has almost been completed. It has been ru mored that much hidden talent has been found among the students and the council is well pleased with the number who have been suffi ciently interested to try out. The play will be coached by Dr. Busack, who has very successfully coached some former plays. As usual, the council will supervise the costumes and staging. The date for the production has been set as April 30. The cast will be completed early this week and practice will begin immediately. COLLEGE PURPOSES TOPIC DR. UPHOUSE The Greatest Duty of a College Is to Aid Students to Adjust Themselves For Life GOD FUNDAMENTAL AID Dr. W. E. Uphouse, head of the de partment of Religious Education in the Southern College, was a welcome speaker in chapel last Thursday morning. "What Is College For, or What Is College All About?" was the subject of his talk. The colleges are being criticized a great deal today. Some critics are optimistic; others pessimistic. Never theless, a college helps a man or wom an to become adjusted in life. The greatest care of a college is adjust ment which means mental and spir itual death if it does not come; its chief aim is to help students to adjust themselves to that thing of which they are a part. To make themselves efficient, is the student's purpose in attending college. Social efficiency is a large part of col lege life; it is also a knowledge of the trials and inspirations of the hardships of life. College is not a four-year vaca- (Continued on Page Two) A JOINT DINING ROOM COMMITTEE CREATED The student body of Guilford has entered into a new dfegree of co-opera tion with the faculty in meeting cam pus problems, in the new Dining Room Committee, which lias been formed. Last year the Dining Room Commit tee, which was to discuss and to take action to solve any problems which might arise in connection with meals and mealtime conduct, was exclusively a faculty organ. This year tlie mem bers of this committee, Miss Ricks, Miss Worth. Miss Meredith, and Professor I'ancoast. invited the House chairman of Founders and the President of the men's student body, with three addi tional representatives chosen by these students from the senior, junior, and sophomore cfosses in each body, to meet and discuss dining room condi BYRON A. HAWORTH IS WINNING ORATOR Wilmer Steele, Paul Swanson and Gurney Collins Also De liver Good Orations STATE CONTEST MAR. 25 The State Orotorical Contest, to be held at Raleigh, N. C., March 25, 1927, has aroused much enthusiasm among the boys of Guilford College. This was proved Wednesday evening, March 9, when four of the best orators of the college came before an audience com posed of college students, to test their oratory and their fitness to represent the school in the coming contest. Even though it was a preliminary contest, it possessed all the qualities and charac teristics of a real contest. There was a wide variation of the subjects discussed, from peace and love of a home to peace and international relationship. Again prison reform found its way into the discussion, and was discussed with all the good quali ties of oratory. Wiliner L. Steele spoke on the sub ject, "The Queen of Today," of which lie discussed the love of a mother and the ties that hind human affection. Byron liaworth used as his theme, "America First," giving a great deal of his time to peace and the place that America holds with the other nations of today. He was able to captivate the judges to such an extent that he won their decision. Paul Swanson discussed "Capital Punishment" from the viewpoint of morality and social effect. Gurney Lee Collins spoke 011 "Peace, an Evolutionary Ideal," in which he idealized peace as the keynote to fu ture international prosperity. He spoke rather fluently, setting forth peace as a world ideal and reality. These speakers should be commended 011 the interest they have shown in preparation for this preliminary con test. It is their desire to put Guilford at the head in state-wide oratory. It is realized that oratory is not bor rowed from rhetoric, but something one feels and believes with the greatest sincerity. Evidently these men were inspired with this feeling and belief when they came before their audience. The judges for the preliminary were: Dr. Elwood Perisho, a prominent mem ber of the Guilford College faculty; Dr. X. A. Fox, a local physician, and Miss Ida Mil lis, a teacher in the Guilford public school. tions. The committee meets periodically to consider conditions in the dining room and complaints or suggestions relating to such conditions as may exist or arise. The idea of a joint student and faculty body, is to make improvements effective by appealing tlieni to the stu dent bo'dy as a whole with its own rep resentatives rather than to have fac ulty members deal with conditions at each table. The committee receives at tentively such suggestions as may come from either students or faculty. It is a force for adjustment and improve ment in atmosphere. It will act as a clearing house for complaints and as a channel for the introduction of de sirable innovations in the established order and customs. Students Buy a 1927 Quaker GLEE CLUB DEBUT AT VIENNA SCHOOL WALKERTOWN HIGH Club Gets Annual Big Meal at Vienna and Plays Before a Large Audience AT RAMSEUR THURSDAY Season Opened Successfully at Walker town and Ex-Members Commend Musical Program The Glee Club began its spring con cert season with a concert at Walker town on Friday evening, March 11, and at Vienna High School. Saturday night„ March 12. As per custom, the dress rehearsal Thursday night given before a select group went rotten, but the two first concerts were better than the usual be ginning. This first program will be changed a bit before the next concert, which will be at Ramseur, Thursday evening, the 17th. The concert at Walkertown was given before an audience of about 300. Although two chorus numbers went a little worse than usual, the special numbers and quartettes went over so well that they made up for the lack of good chorus work. The encore to the quartet and Mr. Hendriekson's popular solo numbers won the most applause from the audience. About 400 people listened appreci ateively to the program at Vienna High School on Saturday. The program showed much improvement in chorus work but the special numbers were not so good as the night before. Here the orchestra featured, and Mr. Cox and Mr. Ilendrickson received lots of ap plause for their popular solos. This was the fifth time the club has been to Vienna, and besides having a good audience the fellows look forward to the dinner which is always served them by the Home Economics Depart ment of the high school. GIRLS' CONTEST CLOSES, SOPHOMORES WINNING Interciass Basketball Tournament Pro vides a New Afternoon Amuse ment —Some Good Games FLUNK-OUTS PLAY CHAMPIONS The girls' basketball tournament lias come to an end, with the underclass men carrying off the honors. The sophomores were winners of the tourna ment, not having last a single game, and the freshmen were runners up. The series was conducted on the basis of each class team meeting every other class team twice. The entire list of games with their respective scores, are as follows: Freshman-Junior, 45 to 15, and 37 to 25; Sophomore-Senior, 40 to 13; Junior-Senior, 0 to 45, and 11 to 34; Freshman-Sophomore, 23 to 28 and 18 to 41 ; Sopliomore-Jnnior, 51 to 2!> and 29 to 12; Freshman-Senior, 31 to 21 and 24 to 14. Outstanding players were Lassiter and Kay, for the freshmen; ,T. Me- Bane, Ilollowell, and Osborne, for the sophomores; Kendall and Futrell, for the juniors, and A. Reeson and Marsh- Imrn, for the seniors. Inasmuch as the rules governing girls' athletics do not permit any girl to be on a class team unless she lias passed 12 hours' work, there were sev eral good players who failed to make a team. Consequently, they made lip a team among themselves and chal lenged the sophomores for a game Fri- (Continued on Page Four) NUMBER 22

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