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THE GUILFORDIAN
Published semi-monthly by the students of Guilford College dur
ing the school year except during examinations and holiday periods.
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Editor-in-Chief Thomas Ashcraft
Associate Editors George Wilson, Floyd Moore
Managing Editor Bernard Foster
Assistant Managing Editor Ken Morris
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SPECIAL EDITORS
Sports Editor Snag Hartley
Assistant Sports Editors David Parker, David Register
Robert Hire, Rob I>. Wilson
Society Editor Mary Priscilla Rlouch
Feature Editors Robert Register, Tom Taylor
Secretarial Staff Retty Edwards, Mary Labberton, Amelia Teller
REPORTERS
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When You re Dancing Tonight
... to the tune of the Social committee's radio-phonograph playing
the inevitable recordings, take a little time off. Look around you.
You'll Observe
. . . that the dance isn't the best one that you have ever attended.
You're with as nice and as congenial a group as you have ever seen
together at a dance. They will seem to he having fun, but it will not
be a red letter dance.
There Is Something Lacking
. . . and that something is an orchestra. A real live honest to good
ness orchestra. And one reason, the main reason, for not having an
orchestra is a silly rule.
Now
. i . is a good time, after a week of intensive activity, for the social
conscious of the campus to begin something really constructive. Chang
ing the rule prohibiting an off-campus orchestra is a good subject to
begin with. Whether or not Sadie Hawkins Week will accomplish
anything constructive and lasting remains to be seen. The group that
is' responsible for it deserves commendation for doing something about
the proverbial "it."
This Same Group
. . . that has taken the first forward step in the field of action is the
logical one to propose some rules alterations. There is much that
needs to be done. Progress will be made one step at a time. A revision
df the rule governing off-campus orchestras should be the next step.
We've Said It Once
. . . and we'll say it again. We want a water fountain on the west
side of the campus. Those of us who frequently spend an afternoon
in the library, Mem or King are just as frequently forced by thirst to
go to our respective residence halls some time during the afternoon
for a few satisfying gulps of aqua pura. We are not blessed witli the
endurance of a camel. We want a water fountain!
Quotable Quotes
"There is every sign that the capital of Western civilization may
cross the Atlantic and find itself in another generation or two on the
shores of this new land, so to speak, because that land has in its power
the intelligence and moral courage to make itself the outstanding ex
emplar of those policies of liberty, of progress and of human service
which alone can save and develop our civilization." Columbia univer
sity's President Nicholas Murray Butler points to the continued de
cline of cultural Europe.
•
"Democracy and its hazardous position form no basis for a 'new'
educational program. Better educational foundations are certainly
needed, but they can he built steadily; no complete break with old
procedures is required." President ITenry M. Wriston, Brown univer
sity, votes against a sweeping revision of education policies and
procedures.— A. C. P.
THE GUILFORDIAN
SECOND-CLASS
MATTER
BY
THK CARRIER
Ah Propos SADIE HAWKINS
(Seven Itums by Ol' Man Hose's Son
Hose, Whut Went t' Collidge)
Itnin 1 : Lots o' soo-pressed an' tin
soospeekted dee-zires (lone cum t'lite,
ain't they? Jest standing at th' bar
at Clide's t'watch yo cum'n go is a
ree-porter's dooty, an uselly it's Pleas
ant. But Ins week—well —some o'th'
things, whitch cum t'lite Ah wisht
nh'd never saw ner hered. Reemarks
an' looks has reeveeled iiuleevidjil
feelins with a un-cum-for table broo
tality. You uns wuz speshally trants
parent las weak. Bm-bare-ass-ingly
so. You uns air a harsh lot, most
o'yo. Ah wisht ah didn't 110.
Itum 2:
"lm-portant to hisself as I to me
Has each man bin whut woman ever
bore."
There ain't 110 diihhle standard wher
thet quo-tashun is cuncurned.
Itum 3: Usually ah'ni snuttin er
bout fer noos, but not this time.
There's a ad-age back in Dogpatch
whitch "speaks to mi cundishun" sez
thet "Th'smell o'food'll ketch a hongry,
b'ar an dis gust a gorged un."
Itum 4: Quote from a camp-pus
wolf: Ilo'nell Hart done tore down
in one nite everything I bilt up in
fo' mnnths.
Itum 5: D'.vo ree-meniber when:
Menwer men an winunin wer glad
of it?
Itum (i: This mud ree-niinds me
o' mi ol' pappy's advice: Stick t'th'
land. 111 a boy, an it'll stick t'yo.
Itum 7: Pappy wuzzn't talkin' o'
Gillf'rd wimmin.
Ityrd rame to class the oilier morn
ing and jauntily took his seat. He
immediately got up again with a yell
of pain. Reason: Palmer lisid left a
needle in his pants.
Francis (Crab) Lael "will be the
first official college referee department
head in the history of Lenoir-Rhyne
athletics. . . lie was the head of such
a department at Guilford last year."
That is a quote from the Lenoir-
Rhyne paper announcing Crab's ap
pointment as head of the referee de
partment for the tennis matches there.
Does anybody remember that depart
ment here? I don't. Of course we
all recognized that Crab was history
in the raw.
Grace and Zero were caught off
campus together by our saltant snoop
er last week. It is his opinion that
any day now they may be caught
holding hands.
CaulfleUl was definitely in the Sadie
Hawkins race, but kept Wilson at a
two-foot distance from the minute he
suggested "a little West porching."
She was doing better with Pearson,
but Blouch just whistled. You should
have seen him run.
Goldberg was the only Daisy Mae
to get 11 date with Glamour Hoy Cham
bers. She took the direct route to
his heart by carrying him a piece of
cherry pie (his favorite) baked with
her own lily whites.
A statistically-minded uplifter in
quired meaningfully of me the other
day how many cigarettes I'd smoked
altogether. Well, let's see now . .
I always step 011 butts with my right
foot. My steps are about two feet
apart when I'm not in a hurry, and
I haven't been in a hurry since 1
started smoking. So I calculate that
if I'd taken a walk and done nothing
hut stamp out all the cigarettes I've
smoked, I'd have to have walked thirty
and two-tenths miles to do it. I've
been smoking for eight years if you
want to know what it costs me. Want
to investigate me some more?
Ex-President Herbert Hoover has
been awarded a Doctor of Engineering
degree by Stevens Institute of Tech
nology.
CAMPUS STUFF - By SANDERS
J TRY
I VARSITY 7^
"Is the dance tonight formal, or can I wear my own clothes?'
OPEN FORUM
.Air. Thomas Ashcraft,
Editor, The GUILFOUMAX.
Dear Editor:
The Christian Associations wish to
thank you for the sentiment expressed
editorially in the last edition of the
paper concerning the "Spiritual Em
phasis Week" in which Dr. and Mrs.
Ilornell Hart were present.
Activities of the nature of those
sponsored during that week are valu
able to college students in ways that
will not be realized. In many instances,
for a long time. Itut there are many
of us who caught a renewed interest
iu our own pursuits and as a result,
are doing better jobs.
It may appear that the surge of en
thusiasm for social events has been the
principal results of the week. On the
surface that is true. We believe all
of these activities may not be com
pletely effective, however, for it is logi
cal to assume that the success in that
area will not be 100 per cent. We do
not advocate activities of this nature to
the extent that they will interfere with
our regular academic work, which is
the primary reason for our presence
on Hie campus. We do feel, neverthe
less. that they are conductive to a more
unified community life.
In the realm of spiritual results of
the week's programs we think that the
Sunday morning forum which is re
viewing Ir. Hart's book, "Living Re
ligion," is a vital and valuable study.
The Guilford Institute is serving ad
mirably. At the same time, the inner
life of many students has been quick
ened to a fuller and richer realization
ol' personal religion.
We agree with you, Mr. Editor, that
our conception of a "Spiritual Em
phasis Week" has changed consider
ably.
The Christian Associations,
Pete Moore,
Mat'iauua Dow.
I'I.ANS KOR MAY DANCE
ARE BEING COMPLETED
(Continued from Page One)
The Modern Dance club, headed by
Hetty Locke, is working on a modern
version of the minuet to give it more
grace and pliability and possibly will
originate other dances to teach the
gym classes which participate in the
May Day fete.
The May Court will be elected early
iu March in the general spring elec
tions from a group of eligible senior
women nominated by the senior class.
February 18, 1939
LOOSE ENDS
By KOIiKKT REGISTER
I have a friend (fortunate column
ist !) who is a connoisseur. I doubt
that he would admit it—or pronounce
it. (fenills is seldom spectacular.
Vow have seen him in the library, idly
tearing leaves from a reserve book and
gaping vacantly at simpering co-eds.
You have seen him in the dining hall
and remarked the unconcern with
which he dunked his napkin as lie ogled
the eccentricities of feminine mastica
tion.
His attitude produced one of two re
actions in you: if you were the girl in
question you though him an apprecia
tive fellow:.if yon were the male more
indirectly concerned you thought him
a—but enough of that, there are ladies
present.
Vou were wrong: lie is neither. My
friend is a gentleman and a'scholar—
iml a connoisseur. You have merely
ipprchcnded him in the field work of
in experiment that has occupied his
iiest thought for some time. As his sole
confidant and publicist I am in a posi
tion to release the results of his re
search.
Objective observation reveals that
there are ten types.'
No. I—The campus queen, aloof with
her "You'll learn" attitude. She must
keep popular at any price—and dot-s
--at a price.
So. - The pillowy type. A soft, wil
lowy creature who is demure on no oc
casion at all.
No. ">—The tatky type. lias nothing
to say and says it with illustrations. A
good date for an introvert.
No. -1 liig sister. The night mare of
passionate young men. A born dictator.
No. s—The motherly creature. Con
sistent. si nsilile, sympathetic lint
motherly.
No. ll—The snuggle puppy. Reason
number one for Greek letter fraterni
ties.
No. 7—Sweet but bashful. (It is a
professional secret of my typing friend
how one tells when a bashful girl is
sweet.)
No. s The sports enthusiast. Ksscn
tially a career woman. Men are quite
incidental.
.No. 9—The clever girl. Always home
ly. If she is pretty she moves into the
realm of
No. lit—The ideal girl. No elabora
tion needed. Anyone can dream.