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OPEN FORUM How can the boys of Guilford Col lege be made to realize the proper use of public property? This is the question that has arisen in the minds of some of the student body, and has been discus sed to a limited extent, many times during the last three years. When a man is admitted to Guilford, the dormi tories and all the other buildings are given to him to use during his stay here. The circumstances in which 1 was admitted and allowed to stay here for three years to enjoy the privileges of an education and to enjoy the avail able comforts of life, have caused me to think seriously of the treatment of property which has been entrusted to my .use. It has been almost sacred to me to see that this property is not misused. 1 suppose it has been for this reason that I have had a fighting spirit raised within me many times when I have seen property misused. In my first year here, I saw a fellow deliberately sit in his room and, with a small rifle, shoot into his dresser, door, walls, etc. I almost had to fight that fellow and I don't think it was the devil giving me the encouragement to do so. I have seen a fellow stand up and rap the granite slabs on either side of our steps, blow after blow with a piece of iron pipe about a yard long. A piece of granite Would fly at each stroke. It was small indeed but they say that the soil of the earth is made up of small bits of disintegrated rock. Very often the heavy iron shot-put which lies around in front of Cox hall is thrown against the granite steps or is rolled thoughtlessly down the steps by some person. Many bright spots are now YOUNG MEN! Here yon will find all the newest shades of Gray, collegiate cut models, ev ery snit with two pair pants. At four popular prices— s2l—s26—s3l—s36 Come in and inspect them. No obligation. U. S. Woolen Mills Co. 30i S. Elm St., GREENSBORO, N. C. noiicable on the edge, of the granite steps where pieces have been knocked off. Even granite, the mother of rock, cannot withstand the thoughtless and foolish acts of these so-called, college students. Mr. A. M. Scales of Greensboro has spent a good sized fortune building, for the public, a beautiful lake, called the Hamilton Lake, about a mile from the College. The students of Guilford Col lege and the people of the community have derived much pleasurable benefit from this kind act of Mr. Scales. It is a beautiful place for the students to go for a swim in the afternoons. It is an ideal place for many of the college ac tivities such as the Freshman-Sopho more picnic, Senior picnic, etc. Mr. Scales gladly gave permission for these things and, I suppose, was glad he was able to do something for the students and for the community at large. He re quired no compensation for this splen did service to all. He tried to make the place beautiful for us by expending large sums for roses and different kinds of shrubbery to be planted around the place. He requested only thing and that was proper use of the place. Now, what happened? The same spirit to ward the use of public property that is so noticable around the college pre vailed there. The boys have gone down there and trampled his roses, broke up some of his shrubbery, misused and dis troyed his property. The result is this: Mr. Scales has been forced to place guards down there to protect his prop erty, the use of which he tried to give to the public. No more will the stu dents of Guilford be given the opportu nity of using Hamilton Lake without Man' Made Lightning FRANKLIN removed some of the mystery. But only recently has science really explained the electrical phenomena of the thunderstorm. Dr. C. P. Steinmetz expounds this theory. Raindrops retain on their surfaces electrical charges, given off by the sun and other incan descent bodies. In falling, raindrops combine, but their surfaces do not increase in proportion. Hence, the electrical pressure grows rapidly. Finally it reaches the limit the air can stand and the lightning flash results. And now we have artificial lightning. One million volts of electricity —approximately one fiftieth of the voltage in a lightning flash —have been sent successfully over a transmission line in the General Engineering Laboratory of the General Electric Company. This is nearly five times the voltage ever before placed on a trans mission line. Much valuable knowledge of high voltage phenomena—essential for extending long dis tance transmission —was acquired from these tests. Engineers now see the potential power in remote mountain streams serving in industries hundreds of miles away. Man-made lightning was the result of un grudging and patient experimentation by the same engineers who first sent 15,000 volts over a long distance thirty years ago. " Keeping everlastingly at it brings success." It is difficult to forecast what the results of the next thirty years may be. General|jJ}Electric General Office O ® ID O,OV Schenectady, N. Y. V 95-485K THE GUILFORDIAN fi:st going to Mr. Scales and getting permission to do so, and I think that he will have to be assured that he is not granting privileges to someone who will again misuse his property. This problem of thoughtlessness of students in using public property should be dealt with. Just as this spirit, which they practice here, followed them to Hamilton Lake, in like manner will it follow them away from college out into life and into all situations in which they find themselves. —Kenneth Neese LARGEST SENIOR CLASS (Continued from page one) ta Tuttle, Rural Hall; Vivian White, Belvidere. There are fourteen majoring in His tory, five each in Home Economics and Biology, five in Mathtmatics, three in English, three in French and one in Religious Education. Thirty-one mem bers of the class are planning to teach next year, three to continue their course of study and one to go into business. For the second consecutive time The Davidsonian has been chosen by the North Carolina Collegiate Press Associ ation as the best college newspaper in the state. This honor was conferred upon the paper in recognition of its news stories, its editorial policy and its general make up.— Queen's Blues. First Co-Ed—-''Why are you so angry at Henry?" Second Co-ed—"l told him I was neither pretty nor brainy, and the hor rble thing said he didn't care; he loved me anyway," G. H. MCKNIOHT, PRE S. & MOB. | Gifts That Last ; ■ For Graduation ■ ■ For your convenience ■ you may pay in small ■ monthly payments. : leroelrd ■VH 8C OPTICAL CO —CJ ■ ■345 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C. 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