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Page Two THE fiIIILFORDUH Published weekly by the Zatasian, Henry Clay, Philomathean, and Web itierian Literary Societies. Editorial Staff Edwin P. Brown Editor-in-Chief Harvey Dinkins Managing Editor Maude Simpson Associate Editor Nereus English Associate Editoi Miss N. Era Lasley Alumni Editoi George P. Wilson Faculty Advise: A. 1. Newlin Faculty Adviser Reporters Beulah Allen Maude Simpson Charles Weir Katherine Shields Reginald Marshall Frances Osborne Alice Hazard Ira G. Newlin Joseph Cox Byron Hawortli Business Staff Murray M. White Business Mgr. Pansy Donnell Circulation Mgr. Address all communications to THE GUILFORDIAN, Guilford College N. C Subcription price $1.50 per year Entered at the post office in Guil ford College, N. C., as second class mail matter. Member of North Carolina Collegi ate Press Association. THE BUYING OF ATHLETES There seems to be a variety of sen timents expressed in the digerent col. the hiring of athletes. It is a known fact that in several of the leading colleges and univesities in the state, this practice goes on. In a recent editorial in the Technician the edi tor expressed the idea that it was about time to begin cleaning up col athletics in the state. The Old Gold and Black, of Wake Forest, broke the ice by coming out against the system. And the authorities at Wake Forest, it seems, have made a long stride toward cleaning up ath letics there. According to the New Student, there seems to be a tendency toward cleaning up college athletics in gen. cral. over all the United States. Ilarver ford College, our sister Quaker institu tion. and one of the wealthiest colleg es in the United States, has just hail a revolution in athletics. These upheavals in other colleges, though of interest to us, do not af fect us in a material way for Guil ford does not hire any athletes. No athlete who could punt the pig skin or twirl the apple is here be cause of tainted money shaken in his face. Fellow Guilfordians, this is an enviable record and one that makes the name of Guilford stand out every where in the state for clean and whole some athletics. Some might say that we don't win so many games in football. Well we don't. But our teams are just about on an equal with any team which goes out from any college in North Carolina whose enrollment is near the .100 mark. Can Guilford with her fewer than 300 students, hope to put a team in the field which will he able, gener ally speaking,, to stand up against a team picked from a student body of 2.000 or more? There would be something wrong if the team, under ordinary circumstances, did win from larger institutions. It is occas ional true, however, that the small college is able to win from the larg er institutions. Bui we are getting somewhat away from our main point, which we had started to bring out. Here on the campus, and among certain groups oi alumni, there is a movement which will culminate in the bringing in of hired ''layers to Guilford. This ac tion would be a thrust at the very heart and purpose of our college and would mar the record which we now hold in slate athletics. It would start somelfi'ng which we could not stop. True we milbt put Guilford's name in tlii newspapers for a short time. But this is CHEAP GLORY and is hardlv possible, at all, with the limited amount of money which it would be possible to raise. It would also only spur on other small colleges to pit their financial resources against (art. Here is the real need of Guilford, and the need of its students. We can rally around this point, ALUMNI, and raise money which will help our institution and its suns in a permanent ly beneficial way. First we need an adequate coaching system. We need to develop the manhood here on the campus, (anil we have the best here, too) ; we need to systematize our physical education in general There are many men i>n the campus who ought to develop into athletes of the first degree. But they do not. because they are not forced to ge out and face the fire and vim which comes from proper physical training. We have plenty of good material here for our teams. Help us develop it instead of spending money to bring in some idle waster who plays some sport well. This article is not a thrust at Coach Doa'k. He has a place in this institution, but it is simply im possible for one coach to do all that needs to be done here and in develop, ing the men on the campus. You men who are agitating the hiring ol players, you men who want to make Guilford College to make a better showing on the athletic stage, you alumni, who want to help Guilford with your money, Get Busy. Help her in a permanent way. Give us better coaching and better physical training and tlierbv develop athletes here. What about it, Alumni and Students. AUCTIONING ATHLETES What is to be the future policy of Narth Carolina colleges regarding the hiring of athletes? Of couse. this is a question to be discussed primarily in the dark, because it is generally practiced in such a place. However, since our contemporary. The Old Gold and Black of Wake Forest has broken the ice, we are constrained to shed some light upon the matter. With all due apologies befitting such an outburst, we are wondering if there is not much house cleaning to be done by the colleges of this state in the matter of hiring high school boys t> come to college to play football or baseball. Theoreli eallv, no one receives pay for such service. The general public must not believe that colleges would toler ate such practices. As a matter of fact what happens is—well it doesn't take a detective to find out. Not that the colleges do the hiring, for {is it is pointed out by the edi. torial in Old Cold mid Black, it is usually the Alumni who negotiate the purchase. It is opssible for the college officials never to know what i going on. Again, it is possible for them to encourage the loyal sons in their grand and noble work for ; their Alma Maler. The worst feature of the situa tion is its almost universal exist ence. Statements from faculty anil students from many North Carolina colleges certainly are enough to give I strong support to the belief that many of them have men on their teams who are being remunerated j for their ability to plav some popu lar game. The colleges have about reached the place where they must pay a good price or get what is left of the high school material. They find themselves in an endless circle. It is well-nigh impossible for any single' college to quit. The only ! solution for the athletic directors i ! to keep pace with other schools and I outbid them occasionally. Doubtless I many of the officials are longing 1 for some solution, but not daring I to break away from the established custom. The only solution we can see fot this problem is a concerted efforl on the part of all the colleges. The students must let their sentiments he known, as they have already doni in a few colleges. Among these arc Dartmouth and University of Ala bama. With the support of the stu dent bodies, the athletic committees could curb the enthusiasm of the , Alumni, if it is this group who ari causing the trouble. In the case oi a student who was not financially able to pay his way through college. THE 6UILFORDI AN l)ut who could meet certain require ments, let him he given an athletic scholarship. Undesirable as this ( scheme might be, it would at least . eliminate the element of secrecy at tached to he old mehod. Editorial Taken From The Tech nician Is Dr. Paschal Right? In a recent article which was given a prominent place on the sports page of the News and Observer, and which is reprinted in this issue, Dr. G. W. Paschal- formerly chairman of the facluty athletic committee, at Wake Forest, was quoted as saying: "Prom what 1 know about the matter, 1 should judge that not less than §25,000 is spent every year in our col [ leges and universities in North Caro lina in paying the expenses of mem bers of football teams, baseball teams, and basketball teams." IS HE RIGHT? The practice of hiring athletes has long been larried on extensively by North Carolina colleges and universi. ties. Although we do not primarily attack the administration of athletics in the several colleges in North Caro lina. much of the blame can be as cribed to them for the encouragment which they lend to Alumni in their efforts to "Raise the bid" on high school athletes. And so it is that the Alumni of the various institutions comb the nation for athletes, fever ishly endeavoring to offer more finan cial inducements:: to swing the dash ing halfback or the no-hit pitcher to their respective Alma Maters." Only recently one of the Asheville dailies carried a news article in which there was the report of the visit of a Rol lins College athletic official to that city, and the success of the manipu lator in inducing seven Asheville ath letes to return to Florida to enter Rol lins. Incidentally, a Wake Forest freshman was among the nomads. Another instance: it lias been alleged I that a small North Carolina college ! transported an entire football team | from foreign parts, and last season | created quite a stir in the "Little I Five." Clearly it was a financial deal and evidently one that would make I Florida realtors envious. The sale is on. I lie market is open, and the "old gratis are crowd ing the auctioneer to have their bids registered. If the athlete is not yet ready to he sold, an option is granted and so the fight continues. 01 course the deal is somewhat camouflaged, and the excuse of the purchaser is that he is especially interested in the boy on account of personal reasons and so much, et, ceiera ;but. as it always co incidental happens, the boy is an embryonic lied Grange or Steve Ober lander. Old Gold and Mack. M\M Ml SICAL PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE TO GUILFORD (Continued from pajre 1) These classical concerts are always well attended liy both tlie students and community folk of Guilford Col lege. Hie Flonzaley Quartet, said to be the greatest string quartet in the world, will perform in the Odell Mem | orial building in Greensboro February 8. Fritz Kreisler. tlie greatest living violinist, will appear in Greensboro for concert in the near future. Grand opera, light opera, and interpreting painists are among the other feature concerts to be staged in Greensboro this season. 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