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THE GUILFORDIAN
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
That "some men are born great,
some achieve greatness and some
have greatness thrust upon them"
may be a true saying, but a little
investigation and thought clearly
proves that greatness, which is really
nothing more than success in most
cases, comes to the individual who
has sense will power and determina
tion enough to do his daily task
with the same degree of interest
and efficiency that he wishes to ap
ply to his masterpiece, which is to
be worked out twenty or thirty
years hence. i'
College students, perhaps more
than any other group or class of
people, consider that'they are merely
preparing for life and experience a
little bit of drudgery before stepping
into that 'supposed big job which
the world is holding especially for
them. It is true that more of
ithem, sooner or later, gain a posi
tion of importance. Nevertheless it
is equally true that the sooner
they awake to the fact that edu
cation is a part of life, the greater
will be heir opportunites.
If we who are in school can learn
to create interest in our daily tasks,
even though they may seem to be
composed of nothing but dry cold
facts, by associating class room work
with life as we expect to live it,
then we have mastered one of the
fundamentals of living. When we
have learned to multiply by ten it
is not very difficult to multiply by
one hundred. A big problem is often
nothing: more than a collection of
small ones and is generally solved by
the same process.
Failure can commonly be traced
to the lack of confidence. A hard
lesson may be made so by a doubt.
The doubt lessens the effort; less
ened effort brings on difficulty and
the lack of self-reliance which is the
beginning of failure.
Self-reliance must not be confused
with that hated term, egotism, but if
we cannot trust ourselves whether
on the athletic field or in the class
room, then it is evident we cannot
expect to be blessed with the con
fidence of others, who as a rule class
us according to our own estimation
As we visualize in our dreams,
the accomplishments of the great
men of ihis age and of past ages,
we almost inevitably associate with
these characters some extraordinary
gifts of genius. We are advised to
give up all attempts as useless and
to grow green with envy; yet Emer
son, the great American thinker,
says "envy is ignorance." Every per
son has been endowed with certain
characteristics and tetnperaments
which make him peculiarly fitted for
certain tasks and gives him that
individual stamp which we call per
sonality. That man, whether in
school or out of school, who having
recognized his abilities, proceeds to
turn them into realities, is the man
who really succeeds, regardless of
the type of work he may choose.
Does ether exist? This must be
assumed in order to explain how light
travels through the air between the
stars, and how radio signals are sent
through space. A purely hypothetic
al medium the ether has suddenly
become of more than scientific im
portance simply becase it is freighted
with, song and speech, with words of
love and hate, with messages that
effect the destinies of nations.
Through our very bodies pass the
unseen, unfelt vibrations out of which
music and lectures are conjured.
The' ether is alive. Anybody can
tap it with simple intruments, and
in that fact we have the whole ex
planation of radio's sudden entry
into thousands of homes.
A new industry has been born.
In thousands of homes, knobs that
look like those on safes are turned
in the simple process of "tuning
in" so as to make audible the news
or music radiated by a brodacasting
ptation.
On Sunday the stations broadcast
sermons, which are heard with as
much reverence as if the voice that
preached reached the ear directly
from the pulpit. At the proper mo
metn congregations have been known
to fall down on their knees and pray
simultaneously with those in the
church from which came the direct
ing voice fifty miles away.
Doubtless there will soon be a kind
of radio impressario—a man who
will engagie Sir Harry Lauder to
sing his Scotch songs, or Kreisler
to play his transpositions of old
Viennese Waltzes.
At present the companies that
manufacture receiving apparatus and
a few radio dealers pay the ex
penses of broadcasting, but if broad
casting is to be maintained and if
it is to become a profitable enter
prise, it must obtain its revenue from
some other source. There is no
immediate prospect of collecting
anything from radio audiences, but
some day we may have to buy tick
ets—buy something, at any rate,
that will entitle us to listen to a
h'ghly paid tenor or violinist.
Education by radio? who knows
but that in a few years lectures will
be delivered to millions of students
by the professors of some radio
university.
FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES
BURY THE HATCHET AT
MENDENHALL SPRINCx
On Wednesday while the members
of the upper classes, in their best
bibs and tuckers, were worrying
about which fork to use next, the
Fresmen and Sophomores with the
joyful abandon of youth and the
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freedom of the forest, were toasting
weinies around a huge campfire near
the Mendenhall Spring. The menu
may not have been so classy as that
served at the Robert E. Lee but
no banquet was ever more enjoyed
than the sandwiches and other good
things.
All picnics must start early to
give plenty of time to build the fire.
Wood must be gathered and then
while the good souls who are pos
sessed by industry rather than ro
mance, spread out the meal, the rest
carve initials in various mysterious
combinations in the unprotesting
beeches or taste the magic waters
of the spring—which though very like
other water must of course, be pos
sessed of some marvelous efficacy.
As weinie toasting began to pall an
increasing number of the toasters de
serted the fire and each couple tried
to make the circle a little wider.
Just as a few audacious ones had
settled on a mossy bank just beyond
the searching rays of the fire someone
suggested singing some songs and
the whole group was gathered in
and sang till the old oaks echoed
back the familiar melodies. Then the
fire was put out with hardly the cer
emony it deserved and the party
gioped its way back to the Guilford
campus.
STANDARD CLASS RING ADOPT
ED BY GUILFORD
(Continued from page 1)
those who at the time of the pur
chasing of the ring have full Junior j
standing according to an official list
provided by the Dean of the College
shall be permitted to order and
wear rings in accordance with Res- ,
olution. 11. Anyone fulfilling the
requirement s for class standing ;
in Senior Year may order a ring [
as soon as the Dean has informed !
him of the fact.
Resolution IV. All rings shall b'J
purchased through the College Treas
urer and a copy of these resolutions
shall be filed in the Treasurer's office.
Resolution V. Any student failing i
to receive the degree at the time j
specified on the ring shall forfeit |
the right to wear that ring. It is j
recommended that a student, intend- !
ing to complete his course at Guil
ford College at some later date, keep
his ring and have the numerals
changed to those of the class in j
which he enters. It is further rec
ommended that if the student does
not intend completing his course, he
sell the ring to some person eligible
to wear it. This transaction should j
take place through the College
Treasurer.
Resolution VI. Any person having
received a Bachelor's degree from
Guilford College desiring a standard
ring may order one through the
College Treasurer on or after June
7, 1922.
Resolution VII. Resolutions I and
VI shall not be changed before
1927, and after that date shall not
be changed without a two-thirds vote
of the Student Body, the Faculty l
and of the Alumni present at the
annual meeting.
Resolution VIII. Resolutions other
than resolutions I and VI may be
amended by a vote of two-thirds
of the faculty. Amendments may
be brought before the student body
only with the consent of the Execu
tive Committee of the faculty.
A five year contract is being made
with Skillkrafters, the company sub
mitting the sketch selected.
BASEBALL TEAM WILL LEAVE
FOR EASTERN TRIP
Coach Doak's Quaker ball tossers
aie scheduled to leave here, April 13.
for an Eastern circuit, taking on
Trinity, State College and Wake For
est and returning to Greensboro
where they will play Elon college
Easter Monday in the annual holidav
game.
With the experience of six games
tucked up its'•sleeve, the team should
be round'r.g into mid season form
and the dope is that the eastern
games will find the Quakers going
like a whirl wind. The defensive
work has improved fifty per cent
since the frame with Mars Hill, and
the team is getting a slugging eye
that will look mean to any hurler
of the national pill.
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