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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
EDITOIUAL BOARD
Deborah M. Brown. .Editor-in-Chief
Jos. G. Reddick.. Business Manager
Bernice E. Pike Secretary
Alma T. Edwards. . . .Alumni Editor
Prof. H. H. Brinton. Faculty Advisor
Prof. Mark Balderston
Faculty Advisor
Associate Editors
Ira G. Hinshaw Clias. B. Shelton
Kate Smith Gertrude D. Cronk
Ruth Coltrane John White
Algie I. Newlin Totten Moton
P. V. Fitzgerald
Address all communications to
THE GUILFORDIAN,
Guilford College, N. C.
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Wednesday, 6.30: Freshman class
meeting. Science Club.
Thursday, 6.30: Prayer meeting.
Friday, 7.00: Literary Societies.
Basket ball, Guilford vs. Carolina, at
Chapel Hill.
Saturday: Durham Y. M. C. A. vs.
Guilford, at Durham. Lecture, 7.30.
Sunday: Religious services.
Monday: First Chorus practice.
Tuesday: Senior Class meeting.
Wednesday: Sophomore Class
meeting; Literary Club.
KING HALL.
The attention of our readers is
especially called to an article in this
number by Dr. Hobbs on King Hall.
The Guilfordian has undertaken this
year to instruct its subscribers in a
ietw bits of Guilford history which
are generally unknown, but which
ought to be known by all Guilford-:
ians. Guilford's history of over 80
years has been eventful and full of
interest. The present Guilford does
not wish to break with the past and
the best way to prevent this is by a
clear understanding of the history
and ideals of the past. Twice King
Hall has risen from its ashes and
this spirit which has so often over
come. misfortune should be able to
overcome all the difficulties of today.
We believe that the present article
by Dr. Hobbs will make the present
King' Hall stand for something more
than a mere place to hold classes. It
means that much has been done in
the past and the fact that it is in
complete means that much must be
done in the future.
"CASTLES THAT FALL."
Ambition is worthy of praise if di
rected toward a worthy end, yet how
many men come to college with the
idea of being somebody in this little
world of ours, and who gradually
slip back to lose sight of their high
aim in the general storm and stress
of college life.. All is not plain sail
ing on the way to the goal of ambi
tion, and derelicts, so to speak, are
many. A man comes to college, for
example, with the purpose of real
study. At first, perhaps, he does get
into the spirit of things, but after a
time pleasure lures him away, and to
do enough work to just barely get
by, is all that remains of his ambi
tion. His little bubble has bursted
through his own lack of will power.
Again, men come to college with the
purpose of making good in athletics.
A few weeks of hard work and then
they are on the rocks, all interest is
gone, all ambition played out. Those
sort of men are never a credit to a
college, and are never likely to suc
ceed in the business world, as success
is reckoned now. Yet, how many,
how many are there, who qualify for
this class.
To make up for all the failures,
however, there are a commendable
number of successes. The student
who conies here with worthy ambi
tions, who lives up to those ambi
tions in the right way, who works
hard and does not give up when
things are going adversely, is the
man who makes the reputation of
any institution, be it a college or in
the business world —a man whom
every one respects and admires, and
to whom success is not the mere at
tainment of ambition, but is the high
ground from which he can look back
and view with pride the obstacles
that he lias overcome in his forward
struggle. We need more men of this
sort —the college needs them, the
business world is calling them. No
man wants to see the castles that he
has pictured for himself, falling
away into crumbling ruins. Force
of Character, strength of will and
stick-to-it-tiveness, are attributes to
be universally sought after in this
world, and once attained are of in
estimable value. Let us not have
our castles in ruins, let us not allow
our dreams to fade from us without
their realization, but let us earnestly
strive toward the goal we have in
view, and whether in success or fail
ure, the knowledge that we have not
"given up the ship" will be a source
of great satisfaction to each one of
us.
Y. W. C. A.
The Freshmen Have Charge of an
Interesting Meeting.
The subject of the Y. W. C. A. on
Thursday evening was "Being Glad."
Mary Lou Raiford chose for her
Scripture reading the 100 th Psalm,
and then she gave two good rules for
being happy. One by Henry Van
Dyke "never believe anything about
anybody unless you know it is true."
The other "joy is not in things, it is
in us."
At this point the subject of the
meeting was further developed by
Elma MacVey and Lula Raiford sing
ing "Help Somebody Today."
Mi S3 Shamburger gave a sketch
of Polyanna, the glad girl, how \n
spite of all her misfortunes and her
uncongenial surroundings she per
sisted in being glad. "We should
cultivate this spirit of happiness,"
said Miss Shamourger. "A smile or
a grouch malkes all the difference in
the world, and if we look with
enough determination we should be
able to discover the silver lining in
every cloud."
The meeting was then opened to
every one and all the girls were en
abled to take part. Each girl was
more prepared to realize her bless
ings and to aid whomever she could;
as a "merry heart doeth good like a
medicine."
THE GUILFORDIAN
CLAYS ELECT OFFICERS.
The regular meeting of the Henry
Clay Literary Society last Friday
evening was called to order by Pres
ident J. T. Zachary. The way in
which the new men are taking hold
of the work shows that they have a
keen interest in what is being done.
The program for the evening was
well rendered. The question for dis
cussion was: Resolved, that the
President of the United States should
hold office for one term of six years.
The affirmative was successfully ad
vanced by L. L. Williams, N. A. Fox
and H. W. Moore, while the negative
was ably defended by J. Holt, J. C.
Newlin and L. R. Casey. The new
men are to be complimented for the
excellent work they are doing. The
debate as a whole was unusually .in
teresting. Much "pep" was display
ed by both affirmative and negative.
The second number on the program
was "Current Events" given by Wal
lace Dalton.
This being the regular night for
the election of officers the following
men were chosen: D. H. Jackson,
president; J. B. Jones, secretary; B.
L. White, chaplain; Z. W. Dye, ser
geant-at-arms; A. I. Newlin, censor.
After an instructive critic's report
by Jones, society adjourned.
WEBS DEBATE
RAILROAD CONTROL
At the regular meeting of the
Websterian Literary Society on last
Friday evening mucfh interest was
shown in the discussion of the ques
tion, "Resolved, that the Federal
government should own and operate
all interstate railroads after the close
of the war."
Herman Raiford, Mack Brown and
Joe Taylor debated the affirmative
side of the question, while the nega
tive was defended by David White,
J. Dewey Dorsett and Macauley Babb.
The affiramtive speakers argued the
question from three points of view,
namely, the progress of the country
demands public ownership and oper
ation; private companies cannot be
depended upon in time of crises, and
the government is capable of meet
ing the task in an effective and suc
cessful manner.
The negative upheld the method
of private control of the railroads by
•showing that t'lie financial condition
of the government at the close of the
war will not allow it; that govern
ment ownership and operation has
had its failures where tried, and that
private corporations have managed
the roads successfully in the past.
At fhe close of the program a
strong report was given by J. G.
Reddick, the critic for the evening.
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