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Page Two THE GUILFORDIAN Published weekly by the Zatasian, Henry Clay, Philomathean, and Web sterian Literary Societies. Editorial Staff Joseph J. Cox Editor-in-Chief Ira Guthry Newlin ... Managing Editor Frances Osborne Associate Editor Ttobert Atkinson Associate Editor Miss N. Era Lasley .... Alumni Editor George P. Wilson Faculty Adviser Miss Dorothy Gilbert .. Faculty Adviser Reporters Marie Barnes ...... Elizabeth Braswell Sarah Edgerton Edwin Rozell Gurney Collins Robert Atkinson Reginald Marshall ...... Alma Hassel Sudie Cox Paul Reynolds Sallie Wilkins Turner Moon Business Staff Scott Benton Business Manager Alice Hazard Secretary Thelma King Circulation Mgr. Address all communications to THE GUILFORDIAN, Guilford College, N. C. Subscription price $1.50 per year Entered at the post office in Guilford College, N. C., as second class mail matter. Member of North Carolina Collegiate Press Association. What Are You Doing at Guilford? How many students at Guilford College have any real interest in the institution or its extra-curric ular activities? It is hard to find an adjective that will adequately describe the attitude or industry of the student body as a whole. Lazy, indifferent, unloyal group of winter resorters might apply to 50 per cent who neither study nor take an interest in anything at Guilford. Last half there were 32 people out of 250 who failed to pass nine hours' works, most of this because of laziness and inadaptation. The remaining 50 per cent of the stu dent body is . ciomposed' oi worms and students having an edu cation as their aim.' Agitations and criticism..of the administration of. the college, es pecially on subjects pertaining to athletics, are continually arising and it is interesting to note that they have their greatest backing among the students who never do anything constructive for the col lege, or come out in the open and discuss questions. It only takes one irrational and non-constructive man about live minutes to get a room full of his collegiate col leagues vociferously denouncing some stand of the administration. None of the groups have enough foresight or insight, fairminded ness or reasoning power to go into the question thoroughly with the idea of arriving at the best solu tion. What they want is their own free way, but the only thing they are accomplishing is the forming of more and more factions in the student body and more misunder standing between the administra tion and students. The adminis tration is to blame to a degree for allowing itself to be misinterpreted. These factions are Guilford's greatest danger. Open discussion and fair criticism never will do harm; but to work from the inside, more or less secretly, to cause some desired change, will only under mine the feeling of loyalty to Guil ford that is held by most of the students. OPEN FORUM jf'.By Worth Mackie In the edition of the Guilfordian for February 16 there was an article in regard to athletics at Guilford. I want to. say a few things not only about athletics but also about things in gen eral. I think there can be no doubt about Guilford's being moral victory cham pions. At present Guilford has played 12 games. Out of those twelve games, Guilford has been Victor in two, one against White Oak "Y" and one against Greensboro "Y". Those "Y" teams are not considered in the race for they are of another class. When it is said that Guilford is champion it means that as far as . other institutions and colleges are concerned. If any other college has such a record, let us see. it. In football the record was slightly better. Guilford won two games out of nine. This probably is the best record in moral victories, but it is sup posed that another institution not so far away has better claims. There is 110 need of saying anything about other sports. This is enough evi dence. Not so long ago I was in the "Y" building. I noticed 011 the wall pic tures of former Guilford teams. Among these was picture after picture of a former championship team, not of moral victories but actual victories. Unless something has been seriously misrepresented, Guilford has actually had a championship team. Can those former athletes look back upon Guil ford with pride and admiration? If they can they are a most peculiar bunch. The fact is they do not. The question generally is "What in the world is wrong with Guilford?" Here is the problem. What is wrong at Guilford? While Guilford does not profess to fit an athlete for a profes sional career, it does profess to lit a man for work. I believe no sensible man could say that an institution ex cells in one field and is at the bottom in -another. When Guilford put out championship teams, more than likely she trained championship teams, men who have made an enviable record in their career. It would not be so bad if athletics were the only thing on a decline at Guilford. If I can see straight there are several things on the decline. The time has come for an awaking, awaking to some of the existin'g conditions. This student body will 110 longer en dure some of the things they have en dured in time past. -Most of the stu dents pay for their stay here and they want their money's worth. Some peo ple may think classes can be conducted in any haphaaardous sort of'way, any topic can be discussed and make it fit in, that dining room conditions will be tolerated and therqi will be no com* plaint, but somebody is going to be fooled. Most of the student body are mature persons. They cannot be driv en, they will not be driven. They have a right and. they are going to assert ,it as long as this is a land of free speech. Gulfford daniirft exist on its''reparation; it cajinot •stand JOIJ. .its LlJlS|oiy, its, uiem : bership in the Southern Association of Colleges will not hold it up. If you differ with any other fac tion of the student body, come out in the open and discuss it with the intention of arriving at the best solution. If you think the admin istration isn't doing the best thing for the college, then for Guilford's sake, say so in the open. But keep your mouth shut if all you want is success for your own small and easily dispensable desires. Work for a Guilford that is united. Don't always agree with everybody else, for you may see how you can im prove Guilford by a change, but at the same time, back what we are doing and don't pull for your own personal 'wants. THE GUILFORDIAN We Take Issue With Mr. . Maqkie! *♦ i • In an /accompanying. Open Forum article th'e point is brought out that Guilford used to put out championship teams, but that of late things have been changed. We respectfully ask Air. Mackie if he has considered the fact that Guil ford has put out teams in the past that were champions mainly be cause the men were athletes before they came here. No coach can take a bunch of inexperienced athletes and make of them a championship team. Tom Zachary could pitch baseball before he came to Guil dford. To be sUre, he' improved while anybody does with practice. But Tom Zachary would have been tempted to go to some institution of learning that would give him free tuition if he was starting in college today. The i practice of commercializing ath letics has been growing since the time of Tom Zachary and Ernest Shore. Guilford does not practice the inducement of athletes. That is, the policy of the administration, is against it. On the other hand the larger institutions of the state and certain of the smaller ones do use such means as free tuition to attract the best high school ath ; letes. A few years ago, Guilford was able to compete with the now Targe institutions of the state but due to their growth we should limit out athletic activities to colleges of our own size. Mr. Mackie seems to have "cut loose" rather eloquently in regard to the supposed decline of the con ditions at/i Guilford- since the "grand old days." We suggest that he has shown a slight igno rance, or shall we say uninformed, attitude about the "several things on decline at Guilford." Eight years ago, Guilford Col lege was on the rocks in more ways than one. She had a debt of $60,- 000,000 and an endowment of only $200,000. Today, because of the untiring and sacrificial work of a few and the help of many benefac tors, Guilford lias wiped out the debt and raised her endowment to $600,000. We would like to ask Mr. Mackie if he has noticed any great decline in the variety and quality of food in the dining hall in the past three years. To be sure, there are always things that can be found as excuses for grumbling, but why growl around all the time about the food ? Institution food always gets monotonous and we dqn't elaiyi ,that, f3\iiJford's cull* nary' are," always palatable. Neither are 'the 'meals' k'tf ftofne al ways delicious. We have heard of complaint of husbands about the grub, outside of funny papers. In the past three years, in the opinion of this column, there has been no decline in the dining room. We admit that Guilford can not live 011 its past history, but we would like to remind the student body as a whole that Guilford can not live without unity in the col lego itself. Dissension seems to be a mark of intellectual prowess in the eyes of the average campus "construetionalist." What Guil ford needs is less quibbling over little things of grievance and a better co-operative spirit in the student body to work with the ad ministration in developing G/Uil "BOOK REVIEW" SOCIAL WAS UNIQUE SUCCESS i '/ •' Prizes Awarded to Boy Girl Hav ing Most Clever Costumes HELD IN NEW GARDEN HALL The Social Committee carried off every honor in planning and carrying out a unique and colorful social affair Saturday,night, February 19. The "Book Review" held in New Gar den Hall from 7:30 to 10 o'clock was attended by many of the faculty mem bers and most of the students, in cos tume. Aioilg. the numbers of clever costume representations of books were "Black Beauty," "A Tale of Two Cities," "Th.e Little French Girl," "The Flapper Wife," "Little Bed Riding Hood," 'and "Just DaviS." The decision, of the judges after the grand march gave the first prize, "The Rescue" by Conrad, to Ira Newlin; Who Was remarkably con vincing- in his make up of "Peck's JBad Boy." Miss Sara JinnettQ carried off the seebivd- sfize, a book of poen\s' by her picturesque "Freckles." Miss Eunice Lindley dressed as "Just David," Miss Ilolliday as "The Rainbow Trail," Mr. Alton Tew, representing "Pilgrim's Progress," and Mr. Floyd Pate as.Kip ling's ''Light- That- Failed," were gi'ven honorable mention. 1 The Boys Orchestra played fori the grand fnaVch and gave several other selections afterward. The performance of . the orchestra : was one of She most 1 successful and enthusiastically received features of the evening. ( Sally Wilkins, Elizabeth White, Eed Ebert, and Hale Newlin, in a quartet,, entertained with "I Was Sorry for Old Adam," "Hand Me Down Mah Walkiir Stick" and other similar numbers. "The Soup Ladler's Union," com posed of Eed Ebert, Sidney Winslow. Justice Strickland, and William Ward, led by Floyd Pate, rendered "It was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down," to the delight of their audience. Until ten o'clock games were played in the dining room and in the parlors the social was unusually animated. ford so that it will be able to at tain its goal set for 1937. We apologize to Mr. Mackie for taking advantage of the last word, but we consider that his stand has enough publicity and therefore want to bring out another side for the consideration of the student body. If anyone has any more argu ment, we will have space in the next issue for open forums. jpa !J>;j^©NE Printers, Engravers • ■ . Binders •...• • Office Equipment and Supplies Greensboro, N. Ab. BURCHETT Picture Framing, Novelties, and Wall Paper 108-B West Market St. PHONE 469 GREENSBORO, N. C. THOMAS & HOWARD WHOLESALE GROCERS Greensboro, N. C. , Pennsylvania Lumber Co. Manufacturers of MILLWORK AND FRAMING (Quality Has No Substitute) Phone 231- GREENSBORO, 'N. C. February 23, 1927 See us for DIAMONDS, WATCHES and JEWELRY SASLOW'S JEWELRY CO. 306 S. 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