For a Better
Guilford College
VOLUME XV
Benjamin N. Duke
Dies at His Home
EDUCATED HERE
Liberal Contributor to College
With a Keen Interest in
Its Activities
GAVE GUILFORD SIOO,OOO
With His Brother, James B. Duke, Do
nated Memorial Hall in Mem
ory of Their Sister
Benjamin X. Duke, nationally known
philanthropist and capitalist, who died
at his New York home last Tuesday
after a lingering illness, was a former
Guilford student and in later years one
of the college's greatest benefactors,
lie has at all times contributed liberal
ly to the college and at the same time
maintained a keen interest in its prog
ress. Mr. Duke attended Guilford along
with his brother, James B. Duke, and
his sister, Mary. During the time he
was a student he was known for liis
good common sense and his remarkable
sense of humor.
Mr. Duke was a former student of
New Garden Boarding School. Since
the time when he was a student, he
has maintained a keen interest in Guil
ford College, into which the New Gar
den Boarding School was changed in
1888. llis brother, James B. Duke, was
also a student of New Garden Boarding
School. The two were joint donors of
the fund for building Memorial Ilall,
which was built in memory of their
sister, Mary Elizabeth Lyon.
lii recent years Mr. Benjamin N.
Duke has contributed very generously
to the endowment fund of Guilford
College. The total contributions of the
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ONLY REAL EDUCATION
ALWAYS SELF-EDUCATION
Dean Trueb!ood Outlines Plan for Edu
cating Oneself After a College
Course Is Completed
MASTER WORKS OF ONE MAN
Dean Trueblood's chapel talk Tues
day voiced an idea which most college
students realize more and more the
longer they attend college, namely, that
we do not come to college to be edu
cated, and since we don't expect it, we
don't get much of it. For all real edu
cation is self-education and most of it
comes within the ten years after grad
uation from college. Or at least that
is the time to start educating yourself.
Dean Trueblood outlined a plan for
those who are interested in educating
themselves, whether they wait till the
close of their college career or take it
up now along with the academic edu
cation they are supposed to be absorb
ing.
In the first place, the majority of
people prefer to read criticisms and
modern books about the great classics
rather than read tliein in their original
form. The person interested in edu
cating himself will have the courage
to read the classics themselves. Many
of them are much more interesting
than students generally suppose—for
instance, Homer's Iliad and o///.v.vc//,
Dante's Divine Comedy, and the plays
of Shakespeare.
In the second place there has been a
great revival in the field of biography.
The self-educator must read a lot of
biography in order to get a sense of
the continuity of the race.
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U THE
GUILFORDIAN
Cude Edits Issue
As the officers of the Guilfordian
are to be elected in the near future,
the present editor announced some
time ago that anyone interested in
the position of editor-in-chief might
be given charge of one issue. This
is to enable the board to better un
derstand the merits of the various
candidates.
Mr. Joseph Cude, present athletic
editor, is editing this issue of the
Guilfordian. The entire editorial
duties have been turned over to him.
COLLEGE STUDENTS SEE
GLASS BLOWING PROGRAM
Make Many Interesting Objects, and
Lecture on the History and Com
position of Glass
STUDENTS TRY BLOWING CONTEST
Jan. 12.—T0 see dolls dressed in
gowns woven of glass thread, and ships,
pipes, and vases made before one's very
eyes from glass tubes, was an unusual
occurrence at Guilford. Mr. 11. It.
Cross proved very adept at bringing
forth images from the fire, while Mr.
M. W. Burke lectured on the history
and composition of glass, at Memorial
Ilall on Saturday evening.
Among his experiments Mr. Cross
demonstrated the methods of blowing
glass in various shapes, the position in
which the tul>e is held being the deter
mining factor. The primitive method
of silvering glass was shown and it
was explained that Christmas tree or
naments are made by this procedure
by child labor in Germany and Czecho
slovakia.
The fashioning of a meerschaum pipe
with its circles and long graceful stem
roused loud acclaim, as did the creat
ing of a small blue and white frigate.
When Earle Dickerson, Austin Gar
ner and Carl Edwin Andrews were
called to the stage to try their skill at
blowing glass, Carl Edwin was most
successful. Even Garner's lusty lungs
could not produce air enough to blow
the tube which he lield, and although
the directors of the evening's enter
tainment felt very optimistic about the
matter, the audience had a suspicion
that the tube lie held was unblowable.
Mr. H. It. Cross and Mr. 11. W. Burke
had as their teachers in the glass
blowing profession Venetians who had
followed a trade at once limited en
tirely to the people of Venice. These
gentlemen have for a number of years
been travelling about the country pre
senting their program. They plan to
devote a great part of next year in
various camps of the country.
FRESHMAN CLASS PLANS
BIG BASKETBALL TEAM
Freshman basketball has at last be
come a reality. The first j'ractice was
held Monday and the material gives
promise of a fine team. Austin Garner
as manager is drawing up a schedule
that includes the freshman teams of
the state and also some of the neigh
boring Grade "A" high school teams.
Notice is given that games will begin
the first week in February and also that
only those that entered the school this
year as freshmen will take part. No man
out for the varsity will be considered.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., JANUARY 16, 1929
DEBATING SQUAD IS
WORKING FOR HARD
WINTER SCHEDULE
Topics for Debate Are Jury Sys
tem and Development of
Natural Resources
DEBATE FOUR COLLEGES
Annual Triangular Meet With High
Point and Lenoir-Rhyne; Dual ffe
bates with A. C. C. and Elon
The Guilford debating squad is work
ing daily, under Dean Trueblood, in
preparation for the hardest schedule it
has ever entertained. Dual debates
have been scheduled with Atlantic
Christian College and Elon. Tile an
nual triangular debate with High Point
and I-enoir-Rliyne Colleges will com
plete the schedule according to the
present arrangement though the ad
visability of arranging a separate de
bate for the girls with one of the above
mentioned colleges is being considered.
The questions under consideration
this year are: Resolved, that a substi
tute for the present jury system be
found and one relating to the advisa
bility of private or government develop
ment of water power and other nat
ural resources. It is probable that the
first mentioned question will be used
in the triangular debate while the lat
ter one will be discussed in the dual
debates.
Prospects for a successful season are
very good. A large squad of men has
reported to Dean Trueblood. Among
the group are Trueblood and Francis,
of last year's team; Ilossell, who has
participated in practically every debate
for the past three years, and Parker
with two years' experience. Other
promising members of the squad are
Mackie, llarper, Stafford, Beach, Blair,
Knight, Matthews, B Xewlin, Murphy,
and Hire.
PROFESSOR FROUNICK
A STUDENT IN ROME
Visits the Catacomb of Saint Calixtus
in the Appian Way, Which Is Cared
for by Monastic Order
NOW INSTRUCTOR OF LATIN HERE
Among the most traveled of the fac
ulty this year is Professor It. G.
Frouuick, instructor in Latin and
Spanish. Mr. Frouuick, originally
from Attica, New York, studied for
some time in the American Academy
in Rome. While in Rome, he made bis
headquarters with some Russian refu
gees who had left Russia when the
Bolsheviks were making things hot
there. There were several Italians and
one German also in the household, mak
ing it quite cosmopolitan. Of !he many
interesting things he saw were some of
the Catacombs. The catacomb of St.
Calixtus, one of the most important in
the Appian Way, is cared for by the
monastery nearby. With one of the
monks as guide, Mr. Frounick went
through it. The entrance is a shed
right out in the open. The monk has
a short stick around which is wound
a candle which he unwinds as it burns.
Each person in the party has a candle
of his own which be lights at the
monk's. Provided with these candles
the party descend a flight of stairs
leading to a dirt-walled tunnel. All
along the walls are recesses or shelves
which are the tombs of the early Chris
tians. Occasionally there is a larger
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COLLEGE MEN MEET
IN BOARD MEETING
AT ATLANTA, GA.
Council of Church Boards of
Education and American As
sociation Hold Session
URGE TEACHER TRAINING
Dr. Binford to Head Investigation Con
cerning Scholarships for Quakers
Desiring to Teach in College
Dr. Raymond Binford has been ap
pointed by the Board of Education of
the Five Years Meeting to investigate
the matter of establishing a number of
scholarships for students who are look
ing forward to teaching in Friends col
leges and who desire an adequate
training for positions of that type. lie
plans to begin his work immediately,
having conferences with Friends who
are at the present time in charge of
certain funds. This move was the out
growth of the meetings of the Council
of Church Boards of Education, the
American Association of Colleges, and
the various church boards of education.
These meetings were held during the
week of January 7, at Atlanta, Ga., at
which Dr. Binford was in attendance.
The general trend of both denomina
tional and national conferences was in
regard to the qualifications of college
teachers, and those things which are
involved in a better program for the
training of the educational side of the
teachers' work. Some definite recom
mendations were made to the universi
ties which have departments for gradu
ate work.
Universities of this type were asked
to ascertain the percentage of graduate
students who hold I'li.D. degrees, who
were really teaching. Surveys show
that between 70 and 80 per ceut of
these nre 111 colleges. They were re
quested to ascertain from each gradu
ate student as early in his association
with liiui as possible, whether or not
be intends to teach, and thus make
bis program of work so as to better
prepare him. The meeting also advised
that ji course in the history and aims
of the American college should be a
part of each professor's training.
Problems were considered from the
teacher's viewpoint, including religious,
educational, and improvement of intel
lectual standards. Methods of select
ing teachers were also considered.
A number of denominations have
boards of education which look after
tin; schools and colleges which are
under their care. From these boards
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IRVIN DAVIS SELECTED
AS FOOTBALL MANAGER
Jesse Carson, of Germantown, Chosen
as His Assistant for
Next Season
Irvin Davis, of Ivenly, N. €., was
elected football manager for the season
of 102!) at a meeting of the athletic
council here today.
Mr. Davis has well earned this honor
by serving as assistant manager
throughout this past season.
lie plans to begin immediately work
ing out a suitable schedule for next
season.
Chosen as Davis' assistant and lined
uj) as the only likely choice for man
agership in l!)iO, is Jesse Carson, of
(lerinantovvn. These decisive steps
were taken as a reward for unusually
good service in capacity of a sub
assistant manager this season.
For a Better
Guilford College
COMMUNITY CHORUS
PRESENTS PROGRAM
FROM THE MESSIAH
Which Was to Have Been Given
the Sunday Before the
Christmas Vacation
VERY CREDITABLE WORK
Greensboro Soloists Assist the Chorus
Which Is Community and College
Group Directed by Max Noah
Dec. 1(5. — The Messiah, presented by
the Guilford College Community Choral
Society last Sunday afternoon at Me
morial Hall, was probably the out
standing local musical event of the
year; undoubtedly so, if viewed from
the standpoint of the number of per
sonages taking part, and the depth and
volume of the music.
The Messiah was to have been given
before Christmas, but had to be post
poned when the college closed early on
account of the flu epidemic. Despite
this fact the appreciation of the large
audience in attendance was in 110 wise
diminished.
The choral society has spent much
practice 011 the chorus work, and it is
much to their credit that they so well
mastered the difficult compositions. The
society is indebted to the visiting solo
ists, Mrs. Edgar Allred, soloist at Asbe
boro Street Friends Church; Mr. Ben
jamin S. Rates, professor of voice at
N. C. C. W.; Mr. Grady Miller, music
supervisor in Greensboro, and their
accompanist, Mrs. Gilbert Powell, or
ganist at the West Market Methodist
Episcopal church, for their whole
hearted co-operation in making The
Messiah the success that it was.
Following is a list of the principal
participants: Mrs. Edgar Allred, so
prano; Mrs. Max Noah, contralto; Mr.
Benjamin S. Bates, tenor; Mr. Grady
Miller, baritone; Mrs. Raymond Bin
ford, chorus accompanist; Mrs. Gilbert
Powell, soloist accompanist, and Mr.
Max Noah, conductor.
FEROCIOUS FLU FAST
FADING FROM SIGHT
Great Precaution Taken to Stamp Out
All Traces of Epidemic Left
from Pre-Vacation Days
QUARANTINE IS OBSERVED HERE
Naturally as does any crisis in the
forward march of civilization, the :i 11
has certainly had its share of attention
since Thanksgiving. Various crusades
have gone out, armed with everything
from Castor Oil to hearses, to check
this great thief that has been entering
the homes of our citizens and stealing
their health and in many eases their
lives.
On tlie Guilford campus two great
wars have been waged against the flu
epidemic with Dean Andrews as com
mander-in-chief of both. The first bat
tle was fought .just after Thanksgiving
when two or three girls were afflicted ;
possibly due to the fact that they
physically weakened themselves during
football season cheering their heroes to
victory. The old proverb, "An ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure," lias been more elastic on Guil
ford campus than lias the Monroe Doc
trine in dealing with international dif
ficulties. The slogan of the local health
department is: Take a bottle of oil
and save an undertaker bill.
1 lie first battle started immediately
after Thanksgiving and lasted until
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