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page Two THE GUILFORDIAN Published semi-monthly by the Students of Guilford College. MEMBER North Carolina Collegiate Press Association STAFF George Greene Editor-in-Cliief Samra Smith Managing Editor Francis Carter Feature Editor Frank Allen Sports Editor George Parker \ss't Sports Editor Johnny Williams Ass't Sports Editor Edith Cooke , Associate Editor Miss Era X. I.ashiey Alumni Editor Miss Dorothy Gilbert Faculty Adviser Philip W. Furnas Faculty Adviser RKPOBTEKS Sarah Davis Ervin Werner Emla Wray I'riscilla White Clara B. Welch Maud Hollowell Martha Taylor Bill Sicliol Julia Blair Ilodgin Fred Newman BUSINESS STAFF Robert Jamieson lliisiness Mgr. I.ewis Abel Ass't Bus. Mgr. Plin Mears Advertising Mgr. Dan Silber t ss't Advertising Mgr. Massey Tonge Circulation Mgr. Flora Bungarner I#' Cir. Mgr. Bob Mears Cir. Mgr. Mary Belle Buchanan Secretary Elma McCaniess Secretary Ralph Pastlne Secretary Duaue McCracken Faculty Adviser Address all communications to THE GCII-FORDIAN, Guilford College, X. C. Subscription price $1.50 per year Entered at the post office in Guilford College, N. C., as second-class man mutter. The Dance That the soul of the young stu dent is inherently rebellious against the sound of modern music is proved in a conservative college I know of. Even those young peo ple who came without knowledge of the new ideas of Quaker youth quickly catch the spirit of it. The plan of a well-meaning benefactor of the institution to place radios in all social centers was looked upon as a preposterous absurdity. "Let the scrape of the violin and the brazen blare of the saxophone and trumpet stay in the dance halls and radio broadcasting rooms," is their idea. These young rebels against mu sic have as their chief objection the fact that it is conducive to that barbaric rhythm of feet and body known as the dance. They object to having a custom which came into being in the days of caves and ani mal skins as a part of their every day life. In spite of all that those who realize its good qualities may say, the students hold out. They are told the exercise is healthful; it promotes friendly relations with more people than one could other wise know ; it develops grace, poise, beautiful posture. The wise-bene factors and law-makers have not made a dent in the invincible ideals of the young Quakers in spite of all their pleas. "The physical contact necessary to carry out the dance is repul sive," they declare when person ally interviewed. Their social life is complete when they can sit in chairs carefully arranged in rows and talk about economic situa tions and presidential campaigns. Dance? when such recreation can be had for the mind, body, and soul without strenuous effort being put into the dance? The young stu dents combine a conservation of energy with a pleasurable evening spent in wholesome discussion of burning problems. Their happi ness is complete. Let us review history, for it is one of the few standards bv which we can judge a past civilization. Grosse has said, "that all our most advanced civilizations were based on dancing." It has possessed a peculiar value as a method of na tional education. It we are to be lieve an ancient Chinese maxim, a king was judged by the state of dancing during his reign. It is so among the Greeks, for it is known that music and dancing lay as the foundation of the Doric States. In individual education the great importance of dancing was realized at an early stage in human develop ment. Plato declared in the "Laws", "that a good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well." In other days educators have lamented over the decay of dancing. Stanley Hall declares, "dancing is needed to give poise to the nerves, schooling to the emotions, strength to the will, and to harmonize the feelings and the intellect with the body which supports them." Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving and the most beautiful oi all arts because it is lite itselt. It is the only art of which we our selves arc a part. Nietysehe said, "Every day 1 count wasted in which there W ioon no dancing." "The dance lies at the beginning of art. and we find it also at the end. The first creators of civilization were making the dance, and the philosopher of a later age, hover ing over the dark abyss of insanity, with bleeding feet and muscles strained to the breaking point, still seems to himself to be wearing the magic of the dance." Faculty members can be the only salvation for the ailing students. They are the go-between of au thority and subject. They alone can impress upon the indomitable will of the provincial students the beauty of song and dance. Did You Know That ... The father of one of our young men was a soldier in the Russian army . . . May Day has a rather peculiar origin (ask 11. Mooret . . . one of the faculty members can tell you all about selling brooms . . . one of our students has raced Johnny Weisinuller . . . Rudy Vallee's ambition is to be a Senator (mine's to be comfortable) . . . one of our undergraduates lias already grad uated from one college (bet you can't guess that one) . . . one of our faculty members won a bunch of tennis tourna ments over in lCurope . . . one of the world's greatest leaders depends on a .safety pin to keep himself from get ting rebarressed ((iliandi. you nitwit) . . . there is a Steel tombstone in the grave yard . . . Paul Wliiteinan used to be the driver of a taxi that had neither top nor windshield . . . the depression is on the wane (we found two fellows Wednesday night that were willing to lend us two bits) . .. . one of the poems we wrote in the early days of the Quaker Quips was recently printed in a college newspaper as an original article (and are we burnt up!) ... it was the tiftli vertebrae that Itasely cracked . . . the big red leather-backed book 011 the top shelf of the second tloor of the stock room is our family geneology . . . sophomore means wise fool . . . there are three first aid life guard examiners at G. C. . . . exams are only 10 days off. THE GUILFORDIAN WHATIDO J YOU THINK ♦ The following arc a few of the things that are being discussed 011 the campus. Write your opinion and drop it 111 the post oftice in care of the Guil fordian Editor. Cafeteria Service for Breakfast Everyone at Guilford knows what a gripe it is to have to be in the dining room by 7:10 every morning if break fast- is to be had. If yonr first class isn't till or 10:15 the absurdity is even more striking. Recently there has been a rumor concerning a plan to have cafeteria service for breakfast. We don't know the authority for the rumor, but the idea is a fine one. The break fast service could be available from 7 to 9. This would give half the students another hour or two of sleep. One pro fessor has stated that he is "tired of getting up in the middle of the night throughout the winter to eat." No change would l.ave to be made in the number of men students who help meet expenses by waiting 011 the /ables. They could work in shifts at breakfast and as usual at the other two meals. Late Comers to Meals In sense of justice to the waiters, why not everybody get to meals 011 time for the rest of the year! Exams will soon be here and, believe it or not, some of those boys would like to get out at a reasonable time to study. A few strag glers are always the cause of their hav ing to stay in the dining room 10 or 15 minutes longer than they should. Dancing 111 the last two meetings of the Men's Student Body, discussions as to the pos sibility of obtaining dancing as a form of social recreation have been long and heated. The prevailing opinion among the male students of the campus is that laiui„ K should be allowed at Guilford. What do the women think about it? Conference Schedules Tll both basketball and baseball Guil ford has lost, th" championships in 10 year 011 percentage. For the last two years the basketball team has >von more games than any of its conference op ponents. Yet, because it played a long er schedule than any of the other teams, "ELECTRIC BULLETS" THE result of exhaustive wind-tunnel tests of | | conventional trolley car models revealed that coming air resistance. Streamlining saves approxi operating efficiency. In developing transportation apparatus, college-trained General Electric engineers have conducted extensive tests to improve oper ating conditions. On land, on sea, and in the air, to-day's equipment is safer, swifter, more dependable, and more comfortable. 95-922 GENERAL# ELECTRIC SALES AND ENGINEERING SERVICE IN PRINCIPAL CITIES it didn't have as good a percentage. 1 This could be remedied by having each | school's team play a stipulated number of games in the conference. Much hard feeling could thus be eliminated. Ice Cream Tubs 111 the bushes in front of the Music Hall and at the northern entrance to Archdale stand two ice cream tubs. They've been there for months. The ice cream has long since been consumed at two of Guilford's few social affairs. If the companies who own the tubs don't want them, why not have them hauled down back of the laundry and kept out of sight until it's time to build the bonfire after the EIOII game next sea- , son? The looks of the campus would be improved. MRS. W. A. WHITE, JR. IS SPEAKER AT CHAPEL Mrs. W. A. White, Jr., of Jamestown, entertained the students at the morn ing chapel period, April 18, by reading several original poems. Mrs. White, who is a former student of Guilford College, is gaining quite a reputation as a poet, and she has given a number of readings before various groups in this section. Her poems 011 nature were beautiful and the ones written upon the Quakers certainly reflected the Quaker spirit. But the students were particularly pleased with her poems 011 childhood, the ideas for which she received by ob serving her own small son. SPRING PASSES WITHOUT ANNUAL CLEAN-UP DAY (Continued from Page One) Clean-up day has been a tradition at Guilford in the same sense that David son always has a fighting football team. Why destroy that feeling when it is dear to every student? As a social event it should be encouraged—not done away with. The social life at Guilford is not so full that we can af ford to discard it. Anything which the college 111 two ways must lie for the good of all concerned. It improves both the personal appearance f the campus and the attitude of the students. Here's to bigger and better clean-up days in the future. May 11, 1932 FOLLY OF JUNIOR SOPHOMORE TALKS Not Practical to Make Only Two Speeches During Four Years of College. NEW COURSE IS NEEDED Guilford has inaugurated a program whereby sophomores and Juniors must make speeches on subjects related to their majors before their fellow stu dents and faculty members. The ad ministration gives as its reason for this system the lack of a public speaking course in the curriculum and the need for some such training. No doubt their object is commendable, yet it seems that the present system is entirely in adequate. A student required to stand up be fore a group and make a formal speech twice during his four years at college is more apt to be harmed than bene fited by the experiences. The two speeches come a year apart. All the good I lie tirst one may have done him or her is forgotten by the time the sec ond one is given. They fail to give the student confidence and fail to make him at ease while talking to a group. Rather than that they frighten him. Many timid students are obsessed by the fear of making those two speeches. The ordeal weighs upon his mind and when the time conies lie or she is a to tal nervous wreck. The college should go to the expense of having a required public speaking course similar to those of other col leges and the best high schools. It is a very important part of one's educa tion to lie able to speak confidently and fluently. Such ease can only be ac quired by constant repetition found in an organized course. I " Complete Line of I !! Stationery j S. H. KRESS & GO. j I South j
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