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THE GUILFORDIAN
GCI LFOIH) COLLEGE, X. C.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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BOARD
Fred H. Morris Editor-in-Chief
C. Robet. Mitchell. .Business Manager
Bessie Guthrie Laura Davis
Harrell Budd Ethel Speas
Ezra Moore Sarah Richardson
Joseph Reddick Mary I. Shamburgei
Deborah Brown Clifford Hinshaw
SrnscHii'Tiox I'mck SI.OO
Address all communications to
Tll k GriLi'-OKiUAN. Guilford Col
lege, X. C.
THE GUILFORDI AN'S GREETING.
The new students have been
welcomed to Guilford College bv
the faculty and old students, both
individually and collectively, but
Ibis is the first opportunity that
has been given to the Guilkordiax
to greet you through its columns.
To one and all we extend a hearty
welcome. We are glad to have
each one of you here because each
individual is a unit, which when
combined with the other units
makes the student body. The stu
dent body in turn makes the col
lege and it is you new students
who will make future Guilford
history, that we especially desire
to welcome to this institution. In
so doing we would also like to
make you realize the responsibil
ity now renting on your shoulders.
Yours parents' faith is placed in
you and it is your duty to justify
their confidence by winning for
yourself an individual place
among the students of Guilford,
which we feel encouraged to be
lieve you will.
To the old students who are
back, and with whom we have al
ready formed a pleasant acquaint
ance, we wish a very successful
year. We are glad to see your
familiar faces ou the campus
again—you who are known and
tried friends.
The Gujlfordian not only
wishes to welcome the students to
Guilford, but it also wishes to ex
tend a hearty invitation from the
board, to each individual student,
to use its columns.
This paper is the students' pa
per and should be a medium of ex
pression for an}' ideas that the
students may have. Any sugges
tions that have as their object the
improvement of (he paper or of
conditions at (luilford will he ac
cepted and highly appreciated.
Finally in this the first issue,
the board wishes to ask the hearty
support of the student body, the
faculty, and the alumnae. We
ask you to support it financially
by paying your subscription fee
and help make it a better paper by
numerous contributions to its col
umns.
Every autumn there conies to
Guilford College a large crowd of
young men and women as new
students. They come, as a rule,
to obtain the completeness of
mental training and that breadth
of vision which college life is be
lieved to impart to the earnest
student.
Today, it is recognized that col
lege training is not restricted to
things learned from text-books.
There are many other influences
surrounding the student, probably
the most potent of which, speak
ing strictly of (iuilford, although
il may apply to similar institu
tions, is connection with a Liter
ary Society.
Here we have four well organ
ized societies, each one capable
of doing efficient work. Two of
these societies, the LMiilomathean
and the Zatasian. are composed
of the girls of the college without
class restrictions. The other two
societies, the Henry Clay and the
Websterian, are composed of the
college boys also without class re
strictions as to entrance.
These four societies are to all
practical purposes, governed by
similar constitutions; they have
many common interests and un
doubtedly they are working to the
same end —the development along
general lines of its members.
But to reach a pertinent point
—why the prevalent friction be
tween the two branches of these
societies? It would seem that the 1
girls' societies were striving for
altogether different results or
that the young men's organiza
tions had in mind divergent ends.
Speaking generally, a member of
either of these societies is firmly
convinced that his society is ac
complishing more real good than
its fellow society and therefore he
feels it his duty to inform the
new student of J:his and solicit a
promise from him to join '"his oi
lier society." In some cases the
student is scarcely allowed inde
pendent thought but is besieged
by representatives of the rival so
cieties until, out of sheer weari
ness, he breaks oft' with one group
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self 1o the other organization
and, in I urn. does unto other new
students as he has been done bv.
Why do not those students who
employ this method of gaining so
ciety members realize that one
person who joins a society on bis
own volition is of as much value
to that society as would be two
members gained by coaxing?
Were not undue influence brought
to bear upon the students, each
one would, after careful consider
ation, attach himself to the soci
ety more in keeping with his per
sonal likes and dislikes and would
willingly assume his share of the
responsibilities. Almost invaria
bly. if the truth could be learned,
that person who is not interested
in his society, nor loyal to it. was
over-persuaded by some old stu
dent to join the organization.
If Iliis college stands for one
tiling, educationally, let that thing
be broad-mindedness. The spirit
existing between the societies
when new members are eligible is
intolerable. Always there is a
veiled resell I men t but in autumn
it bursts into such a blaze that
the year is nearly over before it
can even appear dormant again.
The fact that this condition has
existed almost ever since the so
cieties were made distinct organi
zations is a potent reason for its
discontinuation. A friendly riv
alry is very necessary to the life
of either the girls' or the boys'
societies, but let it be mwre in
the work done than in the number
of new members secured by ques
tionable means—and above all, let
the rivalry be friendly.
CHANGES IN THE FACULTY.
With the coming of the new
school year we see many new faces
and miss many of the familiar
ones of last year. Among those
whose absence we realize most are
several members of the faculty.
We are indeed sorry to part with
these and trust that some of the
friendships made will be lasting
ones. Those leaving were Profes
sors Hobhs, Dixon and Montgom
ery and Misses Rhoades and Daw
son. Their places have been filled
by Professors Briuton, Balder
stein and Moore and .Misses Pap
wortli and White. We heartily
welcome Ihese to Guilford and
assure them of our earnest en
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of work real pleasures.
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