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March 5, 1947 High Scorer ... §ff **' ~ ■■■■Br- - fl ■• i /jB Bk %' * i | I s', t '; * V^M nHni fIHHMHHIHHHHHHHB VHHHHHB-' I Shown above is Jimmy Mann. Quaker high scorer. Maim received an ankle injury in the High I'oint game and was unable to play in the Tournament. Twenty-One Years Ago In THE GUILFORDIAN With Apologies to The Ladies Home Journal Nothing could be more profitable or enjoyable on a dull afternoon when one has nothing better to do than to prepare a five page term pai>er for Philosophy, than to spend a few hours, in the library perusing old Guilfordians. They stand a living witness to the immutability of human nature, especially as revealed by that species known as the college student. Keeping well in mind those deficiencies in our behaviour which seem most to distress our elders (and, at times, ourselves), let us glance at the 1925-20 volume of the school paper to see how our illust rious predecessors were conducting themselves. First to give the all—over picture, an editorial appeared in the April 15 number stating that "according to editors of college papers the on coming intelligentsia dance, drink, pet, and conduct themselves in an ungodly manner, while from seventy to eighty iiercent of the girls smoke!" I don't think our behaviour embraces too much that isn't cover ed there. However to do justice to former Guilford students let. me hasten to add, as the writer of that editorial did, that such conduct was engaged in by students in gen eral, not Guilford students. Guil ford students contented themselves with entertaining "a dearth of intel lectual interest, a craze for excite ment, lack of reverence for law (they disolieyedi the rules too) . . . and dawdling in general" while tlieir "most absorbing occupations" were recreations and athletics. Obviously teachers who schedule tests the day after a game are going against a fundamental aspect of the student being which was already recognized in 1926. It has been rumored that there are now on campus a few Guilford young ladies so addicted to the vile weed that they would advocate a legal opjiortunity to indulge within the sttcred precincts of this com munity. In the February lTth issue girls had "found it necessary to acquire the cigarette habit in order to keep up with the time and be like men . . . And in order to still be different it api>cars that, the men are more and more adopting the vogue of chewing." They had the problem too, but the men students solved it. Faculty chaperones who feel neg lected at. dnnces may have the ques tionable satisfaction of knowing that their's is an old complaint; when the editor was defining college terms In the April 29th Guilfordian, he had to admit that "College man ners are a thing which is much talk ed about but which does not exist and so can not be deciphered." Not only do we find the broad aspects of student behaviour un changed, but even thie specific in fringements commonly encountered have not changed at Guilford in twenty one years. Bemoaning the fact that no one read his editorials the editor added a suggestion that in order "to make the editorial page popular, choice morsals of campus gossip be interspersed" so that everyone could "read the names of the couple® who during the pa si week had taken forbidden rides until the small hours of the day, or to check over the list of those hav ing dates after night in the cemetery to see if by chance any had been missed" (As far as dirt columns went, in 1926 they concluded thai "such stories would surely furnish material for spicy editorials, but after all would they carry any weight or be beneficial?" Dabagian was granted his franchise some what. later.) The whole general attitude of the student Iwxly was summed up under the term "puppy philosophy" which involved the theory "that every one expects to either neck or be necked (used passively the verb "to neck" sounds awful, nicht wahr?) so why heetitate to indulge in this innocent pastime?" The gist of all of which is that we as a generation are doing just what the generation before us did, in general and in particular: It's human nature rearing its ugly head again, which is no excuse, but is an explanation. The testimony of former generations proves conclu sively that young people today aren't as original as they sometimes think they are; can't someone think of a new way to lrik the rules? STARR Electric Company, Inc. j Electrical Contracting j And Repairing j Phone 2-2175 231 North Greene Street t THE GUILFORDIAN The Leonard Brothers ... _____ HHHH| joß| • MB JMg Br^^B it WHB - Hg^tey^^R^K^' Hill (left) ami "Bunk" (right) were two of Guilford's sharp-shooting forwards who helped to end tiie Quakers' losing streak. Choir Presents Church Program This Month Fifty-five members of the Gui ford College Choir, directed by Dr. E. F. Weis, sang at the Centenary Methodist Church Sunday night, February 16. The program was composed of songs by sixteenth century and modern composers. The selections included Organ Prelude. "Moon light," by Fryslnger; "A Choral In vocation," by Clewell: "Awake, O Wake! The Watch Is Calling," by Praetorius: "Ave Maria," by da Vit toria : "O Sing Unto the Lord," by Ilassler; "The Voice of Joy and Health," by Joainaeoni; "Allelujah !" from the Motet, "Exaltate Jubilate," by Mozart: "Praise God, Extol Him," by Sohren-Gaul: "Coine Bless ed Rest," by Bach; "Lift Cp Your Heads," by Ilamnverschmidt.; by special request, "Beautiful Savior," by Christianson; offertory, "Poeme," by Fibich: "I Want To Be Ready," by Cain: "Ole Ark's Moverin," by Gain: and "The Creation," by Richter. > ■ Clothing for Men and Boys VANSTORY CLOTHING COMPANY GREENSBORO, N. C. ■ ■■ ■ ■ Welcome, Students M u SANDWICHES SUNDRIES GROCERIES Hollowd s Hats Shirts Sweaters Neckwear TURNER S CLOTHING STORE Men's and Women's Tailored Suits 227 S. ELM ST. GREENSBORO, N. C. For Food You Enjoy ... Hardy's Restaurant 208 Commerce Place Phone 3-6304 GREENSBORO, N. C. [• MITCHELL OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY "Necessities for Your Office" Call 3-4797 222 S. Greene St. I'. O. BOX 1107—GREENSBORO, N. C. 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