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Page Two THE GUILFORDIAN Published semi-monthly by the Za tasian, Her ry Clay, and Philomathean Literary Societies. MEMBER North Carolina Collegiate Press Association STAFF Dorothy Wolff...— Editor-in-Chief Pearl Kimrey Managing Editor Sinclair Williams Sports Editor Robert Carroll Associate Editor Frances Carter Associate Editor Miss Era N. Lasley Alumni Editor Mary E. Pittman Ass't Alumni Editor Miss Dorothy Gilbert Faculty Adviser Philip W. Furnas Faculty Adviser Reporters Frank Allen Nell McMullan Sara Davis George Greene Bera Brown John H. Williams David Parsons Leroy Miller Edith Cooke Julia Plummer Business Staff Wade Mackie Business Manager Robert Jamieson Ass't Business Mgr. Morgan Raiford Ass't Business Mgr. Edith Trivette Circulation Mgr. Carl Jones Ass't Circulation Mgr. Alice Conrad Ass't Circulation Mgr. Mary Linville Secretary Elizabeth Parker Secretary Duane McCracken Faculty Adviser Address all communications to THE GUILFORDIAN, Guilford College, N. C. Subscription price $1.50 per year Entered at the post office in Guil ford College, N. C., as second-class mail matter. ANOTHER CHALLENGE We have been challenged to a finer unity of conduct and thought by the institution of the honor system. Con fidence in our ability to discipline ourselves has been shown by the fac ulty in its acceptance of the students' wishes for more personal initiative. We have made a step toward the es tablishment of self-respect and self reliance within ourselves as a stu dent group. An opportunity is being offered us that we may prove our capabilities. The student government councils, representing both the men and women, are the nucleus of this system which will allow the develop ment of leadership. They are attempt ing to work out plans whereby the in dividual must consider himself not only a part of a functioning machine but a vital part of the whole. Enum erated regulations, which bind one to the straight and narrow, are being avoided as nearly as possible, and in their stead the attempt is being made to build up precepts normal to human behavior. With this in mind, in co operation with faculty advisors, they began at the bottom to construct new means of self-discipline. They at tempted to think through the possible solutions of our particular problems, and after several weeks they are sub mitting their suggestions to the stu dents. One of them, which can be most profitably applied to our campus is the plan to make it possible for all of us to have time to do the thousands of things we "never get around to." As the primary reason for our pres ence in college, the intellectual life is considered first in the time budget. There will be guarded hours, when the whole atmosphere of the campus is to be one of academic concentra tion. These are to be from eight to twelve every morning during the week, from one-fifteen to four on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fri day afternoons, and seven-thirty to ten on Monday and Wednesday even ings. In providing for extra-curricular activities, Wednesday afternoon is to be entirely free. Recreation periods are from four to six every afternoon in the week, and class committee, Lit erary Society, Y. M. and Y. W. meet ings are to be held on Tuesday, Thurs day and Friday evenings. The remain ing hours are to be spent as each in dividual desires. With this system functioning, the campus should lose all semblance of random activity. A quiet, unobtru sive, yet purposeful, atmosphere should pervade. Loafing would neces sarily cease, and "legging" would take its place with prehistoric practices. For the students would assume the sound attitudes (so long searched for) which result from sound habits. And the students of Guilford College would be real thinking, working men and women. This is a second challenge given to our student body. This is a second op portunity to prove that our ideals are not just brilliant literary flourishes, but are deep and sincere. We are of fered not only the privilege of work ing out our own salvation, but the privilege of making that salvation a sane, business-like improvement in every phase of our daily existence. And the result remains with you. Y. M. Entertained By Rev . J. Peele The Y. M. C. A. met at the home of Rev. Joseph Peele, February 26. The host gave an interesting and suitable talk on "Putting Character First," which was well received and appreci ated by the small adudience. He stated that many people start out in life determined to always let charac ter occupy its rightful place, by com ing first in their thoughts, but they are lured from their noble aim by that dazzling power—money. Num erous banks and business firms have recently failed because someone did not put character first." He point ed out other examples to show that the really successful man was the one with an excellent character. A brief social period was enjoyed, during which games were played and refreshments served. The enjoyable occasion was cut short because of the Guilford-Catawba basketball game. OPEN FORUM Dear Editor: A point of etiquette not always observed at Guilford College is that men should wear coats and ties to the evening meal. There are several rea sons why this custom should be ob served by all male students eating at Founders Hall. One of the most important reasons is the impression that a visitor re ceives when stopping at the college. If several boys straggle in without ties and coats their appearance re flects the fact that they are either in different or lazy. Another cause for attention to this matter is out of respect to the girls who always make it a point to appear neat—regardless of the carelessness of those of the opposite sex. I consider it the duty of all men to check up on this matter and to im prove their appearance, at least at the evening meals. —Anonymous. To the Editor: We realize that the standards of juilford are changing; they are be ng raised in an effort to compete .vith other colleges in the state and n the country. Every year there are mprovements made and facilities ad- Jed to make our equipment more ef ficient, to beautify our campus, and to elevate our standards in the in tellectual field. But is it not rather a "come-down" o walk into our dining halls and vitness there the retard in our cul tural development? We openly ad mit that we come to college for cul ture, for a rounding-out in every field. This practice in principles of refine ment is not limited to socials and formal occasions; it is confined to any one phase of life, so why not let it be an ever-present element in our dining halls ? We believe, contrary to some type experts, that curly hair is beautify ing to many; we have a limited be lief in this, however, and by that we mean that the beautifying part is limited to the last stage of the wav ing process,—when the hair has been thoroughly dried and combed, and ready for the admiring glances of the public. And while we're down to "brass tacks," is there any reason why we can't slip on a different frock for dinner, and take one quarter of the pains for immaculate dress that we do for the welcomed-but-few semi formal or formal occasions? Let's raise our standard of dress, and set a precedent for future class es to emulate. —'32. Dear Editor: The ancient Egyptian Custom, which has been in practice here for several years, of exchanging old light bulbs for good ones or just taking the good, has recently gained such impetus that the time-honored tradi tion is about to fall into disrepute. Aside from the annoyance of enter ing your room and finding that the bulbs have disapperaed, a new phase of undesirability has been added. We have to pay for new ones now. This financial obligation throws a new light on the light situation, and it is time that the matter be brought be fore the Student Council so that the offenders may be justly dealt with. It has previously been considered a rare joke to steal lighting facilities and get away with it, but such traits lead to greater dishonesty and only serve to mar the record of an institu tion with the honor system. The sooner the petty thief realizes his un popularity and that the students are down on him, the sooner the evil practice will come to an end. —A Victim. "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup." "Well, after all, mister, how much soup can a fly drink ? THE GUILFORDIAIS QUAKER. QUIPS Now, the young folks of today Take joy in vice 'n sin A throwin' these wild parties N'adrinkin' rotten gin. They fly 'round 'n airplanes 'N' drive their cars like mad. Then laugh 'n' Joke about it When it makes their fam'ly sad. They go away to college, But never learn a thing Except 'n' maybe college yells 'N' the crazy songs they sing. They're all 'lowed to run 'round 'N' raise the very dickens Seems t'me that what they need Is a few old fashioned lickin's. In "Believe It or Not," Ripley claims that one John Anderson has won 600 golf trophies. We wonder if the Coach has been holding out on us. It seems that Pop couldn't remem ber his lines in the play unless he held Rose's hand, and that Rose couldn't remember hers if he did. Little David WAS worth his weight in gold. We hear that "Red Grange" has moved over into the Jersey Apart ment in Archdale. The circus is now complete. We might have won that relay race Saturday night at Carolina if that Presbyterian anchor man had waited awhile for us. FEATURE COLUMN 'Editor's Note: The French De partment recently completed a study of Fontaine's Fables. A special fea ture of the work was the selection of a fable and an original parody on the selection. This parody was sub mitted by a member of French 6.) Original—Trans, by Elizur Wright. A grasshopper gay Sang the summer away, And found herself poor By the winter's first roar. Of meat or of bread, Not a morsel she had! So a begging she went, To her neighbor the ant, For the loan of some wheat, Which would serve her to eat, Till the season came round. "I will pay you," she saith, "On an animal's faith, Double weight in the pound Ere the harvest be bound." The ant is a friend (And here she might mend) Little given to lend. "How spent you the summer?" Quoth she, looking shame At the borrowing dame. "Night and day to each comer I sang if you please." "You sang! I'm at ease; For 'tis plain at a glance, Now, Ma'am, you must dance." Parody (With a double recipe of apologies). A Sophmore gay Played the quarter away— Forgot she'd be trounced When exams were announced. Of studies so bad Not an inkling she had! So she hurried away To her friend "the straight A," For some knowledge of French To extract from the wench, Till exams were well passed. "I will pay you," she saith, "On an imbecile's faith, If my work is repassed, You will ne'er be outclassed. ("Straight A" they'd abuse, Her plugging to use If she had no excuse.") "What did you last quarter?" G rowed she, glancing once At the terrified dunce. "Every night to my lover White lies I would tell" "White lies? Toll the knell! For the price of that bunk Is that French you must flunk." —Patronize Those Who Patronize Us | Doak-Connelly Sporting Goods Company | Sporting and Athletic Equipment j | Gold Supplies, Sweaters, Tennis! Supplies, Outdoor Shoes ! Tennis Rackets Restrung 123 S. Green St. Greensboro, N. C. | VOLUNTEER UNION CON FERENCE ATTENDED BY MANY STUDENTS Internationally Known Men Discuss Race Prejudice At Chapel Hill NEW OFFICERS ELECTED Can your doctor find any symptoms of race prejudice in your blood? Then you should have been at Chapel Hill last week-end, February 27 to March 1. If you could have attend ed the lectures, entered the discussion groups and rubbed elbows with many races you would have been cured. The conference on Missions was sponsored by the North Carolina Student Volunteer Union. The gen eral theme of the entire conference was "Human needs and world Chris tianity." The conference opened Friday afternoon with an informal tea, for the purpose of introducing the speak ers, and leaders. Friday night the conference was organized and an ad dress was given by Dr. Elbert Rus sell, of Duke University, on Human needs and a Challenge to Christian Students." Saturday was the big day of the conference. Several interesting talks were given and discussion groups met with the leaders to discuss the pro blems that confront the students of today. Some of the leading speak ers were: Fay Campbell, Y. M. C. A. Secretary at Yale University; E. McNeil Poteat, former professor at Shanghi Baptist College, China; Dr. Paul Harrfson, Medical Missionary to Arabia; Lee Phillip, a young negro poet of Harvard University; and Gar field Evans, former president of Pen sion College, Cuba. As a special favor to the confer ence, Professor Nelson 0. Kennedy of the Musical Department of U. N. C., gave an organ recital. Saturday evening the program was a message from the Nations. The speakers were: Hagop Hapapian of Egypt; Alfredo Nagareno of the Philippines; K. K. Thomas of India; and Mrs. J. E. K. Aggrey of Africa. Special music was furnished by a negro quartette. The Sunday morning church ser vices were held at the University Methodist Church with Dr. Paul Har rison as speaker. Dedication services to install the new officers of the un ion was preformed by the pastor of the church. On Sunday afternoon a "Confer ence Follow-up" was held to discuss the plans for the coming year. A number of foreign projects were al so discussed for China, Greece, Tur key and Japan. There were two hundred and fifty delegates from the leading Colleges of the state present. Guilford was represented by the following stud ents: Louise Melville, Mary Rey nolds, Dorothy Whitfield, Julia Plum mer, Marshall Budd and Matthew Bridger. Back Those Who Back Us Trade With Our Advertisers Mi&WM Oh! For Claudius And Happiness Once Again Claudius Antigonus Themistocles is being mourned anew! His death was of tragic nature that memories of him were laid aside with the wax flowers and black veils. But now the campus is awakening to the loss of the unfortunate C.A.T. Sleepless nights are filled with yearnings for the departed, and wakeful maidens sigh for his presence. For during Claudius' eventful regime as chief nuisance-remover for the dorms, the death-rate of all mice, indiscrimi natingly, was alarmingly high. But came his death, and came also an un dreamed-of repopulation of the mousey world. The boldness of these seemingly in significant creatures is most shock ing. They invade even the timid co-ed's boudoir and execute all sorts of athletic triumphs on the edges of waste baskets. Around a bunk makes an ideal race track, and a flying leap from powder puff to a bottle of Jocur indicates that there is some remote relationship to the squirrel family. They are not at all inclined toward Quakerism, but instead, they have public and private sham (and family) battles. They believe implicitely that noise is a sure means of routing the enemy, so they charge at full speed toward any unwary opponent, (and no firing squad or crack riflemen could be more effective in dispelling sleep,) giving blood-curdling shrieks of dia bolic delight that rival even the favorite Indian war-hoops. Some of the more "athletically minded" mice have organized them selves into several groups which real ly put on classy performances. There is a Dramatic Club which recently put on "When Claudius Reigned." It was a rather heavy tragedy. The acting was extremely difficult, but the terror of the past was done quite effectively and the author of the dra ma must have been among those who escaped Claudius' death-dealing paws. Only a small audience was present for the masterpiece, but a greater number enjoyed its sequel "Now The Cat Is Away," which was a light com edy brimful of clever lines and snap py action. A burlesque was an ad ded attraction and the feature of the evening was a top-dance given by a little flapper-mouse all dressed up in ruffled tulle and silver drapes. She won great applause and, having danced away almost the entire pro gram, she made a spectacular re tiral by doing cartwheels to the exit then a split as the final curtain drop ped. (We decided that we might could do all that too if we would go to Physical Ed every day and be good children.) In addition to the dramatics, an especial athletic meet was held last week in the Hassell-Strickland Stadi um. One crew, which placed first in almost every contest, wore blue jer seys adorned with a huge "H." Hur dles were most popular, and a long array of shoes made the track a first class one. Hendrix puts out good men and one more laurel was added to its crown by the wearers of the orange and black who cleared all the hurdles then did some spectacular high-jumping from the top of dress ers to the foot of the bed. Pole vaulting was interesting, but one youngster, called "Horace," broke a pole in mid-air and that dampened the enthusiasm somewhat. Practicing Patronize Those Who Patronize Us * THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK HIGH POINT. N. C. ALWAYS SERVE THE BEST PHONE 2-1125 4 ■+ J. M. Hendrix Company The Place to Buy SHOES All Sizes, Widths, Best Styles 223 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C. March 11, 1931 for big league ball showed up nice ly and it seems as though Connie Mack might have some prospects from among our local amateurs. A peanut scramble was the closing number and waste baskets were ran sacked throughout the whole dorm. It's nice, and all that, to have plen ty of entertainment, but would that Claudius might live again! DR. ANSCOMBE SPEAKS ON ENGLISH CONDITIONS On Sunday evening, March 1, Dr. Francis T. Anscombe, Professor of History at Salem College, conducted one of the classes at the School of Missions. His subject was "The Changed England." He began by giving a picture of England before the war. England had the greatest shipping tonnage, largest capital and the finest system of government in the world. She boasted that the sun never set on the British Empire. She had a fine his tory from the standpoint of litera ture, many inventors, lead the world in production and had the world's greatest navy. "Looking down the corridor of time it seems impossible to say that she no longer has her former leadership and superiority, but it is true," he stated. Why has she lost her super iority? During the American and French Revolution and the Napole onic wars, there was a great demand for war goods and England got this trade. Her prosperity depended on this trade. Since the war France controls her own coal fields, and the Welch mark ets are losing her trade. The U. S. burns oil or uses electrically driven machinery. The European Capitalists are building up industries in Japan and India in order to use cheap child labor, America provides her own goods, Japan provides for the Near East, and India for herself. This has caused England to lose one half of her textile trade. This means one half of her skilled workers are idle and these 3,000,000 people are paid insurance yearly. When this unem ployment Insurance was started no one supposed it would last. But con ditions are continually becoming worse; last year England had to bor row $50,000,000 from her other funds to pay it. LIBRARY A library is a friendly place With lovely books in every space. The quietness and serenity of mind Lends to life the sublime. Were I ever to poetry aspire, So that others might admire This peace, joy, and glee Which is ever present for me. —A Student. ELLIS, STONE & CO. "MERCHANDISE OF QUALITY" Ready-to-Wear, Millinery Shoes and Accessories CARL JONES Agent For SY K E C SHOE SHOP O 110 W. Market St. Greensboro, N. C. 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