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jmr The Guilfordian
K Entered at Guilford College, N. C„ as second class
matter under the act of Congress, August 24, 1012.
Published semi-monthly during the school year by
the students of Guilford College.
Editor-in-Chief Adrian Brodeur
Managing Editor Shirley Williams
Business Manager Harold Atwood
Assistant Business Manager —Harold Atwood.
Associate Editor —Bill Kerr.
Sports Editor —Herb Schoellkopf.
Photographers —James Patton, Don Troxler.
Feature Staff —Fred Bray, Benny Brown, Jack Dabagian, Jerry
Allen.
Business Staff —Allen Dixon, Ruth Graham, B. G. Edwards, Jane
Wallace.
Circulation —Julia White, John Charles Rush, Barbara Katz, Judy
Gainey, Rosa Lee Warden, Sarah Arnold.
Sports Staff —Roy Cuneo, John Haworth, George Short, and Dorry
Loesges.
News Staff —George Abrams, A 1 Cappiello, David Hadley, Bettina
Huston, Nancy Hitt, Barbara Pearson, Reginald Roberts, Audrey
Schepps, Marie Kelly, Eleanor Stansfield, Ward Threat, Jeanne
Van Leer, and Doris Willard.
Faculty Advisers —Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert, David Parsons.
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Continue the Spirit
Campus elections are here, and for the first time in several
years the students have taken an active part, have been interested
enough to put up their own candidates, and have a good contested
election. The Students' Party has shown real spirit by actively
campaigning and putting forth a platform, and we hope this will
mean that in the future they will take more interest in activities
on campus and not leave things to be run by the same faithful
few.
Now that elections are over and the excitement is put back in
the closet until next March, we hope that the spirit will remain.
Where were these people, these actively interested students, all
during the past year? Were they willing to help make Saturday
night programs in the gym a success? Did they come out for
assignments on The Quaker or on THE GUILFORDIAN ? Did they
volunteer to help the Dramatic Council with the • necessary back
stage work? Any program, to be a success, needs workers and
work.
We are all for more student participation. But that means
active student participation all year 'round; it means working
together and taking your responsibilities and cooperating. It
means the active support of the candidates whom the students
elected.
Our very special thanks to the editors of last season's GUIL
FORDIAN. They did a grand job and deserve our appreciation.
This is your paper; if you. want it to be a success, come out and
work for it. Come to GUILFORDIAN meetings. Things will be
changed only if everybody interested gets busy and makes the
changes. If you want a better paper, support it. If you want
a better school, work toward it all during the year.
JEANNE VAN LEEB
Reviews and Previews
By Benny Brown
An entertaining comedy worth
seeing is "Suddenly It's Spring." It
co-stars Paulette Goddard and Fred
Mac Murray. Fred Mac Murray Is
also to be seen soon in the screen
version of Betty MacDonahl's best
seller, "The Egg and I." This is
also a comedy. Mac Murray, who
has done well at the box office polls
for the past few years, will soon
begin work on "Tile Miracle of the
Bells" which has to do with a small
Pennsylvania state town and the
church bells that, on a certain occa
sion, rang for several days.
"The Bed House" Is the best thril
ler to lie released recently. Edward
G. Robinson and some newcomers
star In this tense film melodrama.
"Stairway to Heaven" Is a Brit
ish fantasy about a man who cheat
ed death. It is a movie well worth
seeing starring David Niven, Ray
mond Massey, and Roger Livese.v.
Victor has just released a 12-inch
platter by A 1 Goodman and his
orchestra, apparently being set on
popularizing the classics. "Trau
merei," from the mad #miposer,
Robert Schumann, features the vio
lin of Oscar Shuiiisky. "Under
current" was adapted for the mo
tion picture of the same name from
themes of Brahms' "Third Sympho
ny" and gets the Goodman treat
ment with the outstanding piano
performance of Vladimar Sokoloff.
Another Ls 11 series of albums of
fering Andre Kostelanetz and his
orchestra featuring music of semi
popular modern composers has re
cently been Issue by Columbia. The
composer is Richard Itodgers. Al
though the pieces originally were
composed as parts of musical plays
or motion pictures, each now stands
brililantly on its own under the
Kostelanetz baton. Some of the
best recording in this collection are
"My Ileart Stood Still," "It Might
as Well Be Spring," and "There's a
Small Hotel."
The haunting melody of "Anni
versary Song" is ably executed by
Tex Beneke, with the Miller orches
tra. Garry Stevens does the vocal
aided by the Mellp Larks. But for
vocal recordings of this song, none
can surpass Dinah Shore. On the
reverse side of the Beneke platter
Is "Hoodie Addle," which will be a
true delight for boogie woogie devo
tees. On the other side of the Shore
recording is a mediocre song,
"Heartaches, Sadness and Tears"
which Is sung in her usual superb
manner. Such songs as this profit,
by Dinah Shore's talents. ,
Kay Kyser has cut another two
sided hit. The top side features
the subtle voice blending of Michael
Douglas and the Campus Kids
against an excellent orchestral ac
companiment. The song Is "That's
the Beginning of the End." On the
reverse side is a tongue-twister
about the beauties of a small Latin
town, "Nagua, Nicaragua."
Harry James has done an excel
lent recording of "Jalousie." On the
other side is a slow rhythmic tune
called "The Man With the Horn"
in which James spots his solo stars
throughout.
THE GUILFORDIAN
The Bed Is Made
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it is still far from the personification of perfection, but we
say it is the best publication that the school has ever had.
Tha opinion is not a vain one, but something we sincerely
believe. We have nothing to apologize for.
In the eight issues printed since September there have
been a total of 52 pages printed, or an average of over six
pages per issue. Three of these were of eight pages, four
were of six pages, and the other had four pages. An over
all total of 59 pictures were printed in The Guilfordian.
Less than one-quarter of the total space was devoted to
advertising; only 1,248 inches out of 4,680 inches being ads
—enough to make the paper pay, but not enough to lose
valuable reading material and pictures.
These figures prove our point—that we have nothing for
which to apologize. The succeeding manciging officials and
figureheads will take over the paper in the best condition,
financially and fundamentally, that has ever been the expe
rience of new editors assuming the leadership of The Guil
fordian. The paper is in the black due to concentrated
efforts on the part of the business staff and advertising
solicitors.
You, the new editors, have the keys and the dummies
now. Make what you will of them, campaign for what the
students want, inaugurate your new policies, publish the
paper so that we may read it "ON TIME." It will be dif
ferent—and just difficult enough to be near impossible. We
shall watch for what you've promised—don't forget them.
WILLIAM L. KERB
The Past and Future
The present staff and myself relinquish, with pride, the paper,
ink, and typewriters to the new editor and staff of THE GUIL
FORDIAN. We have had a successful year. New students have
both criticized and acclaimed the paper—old students have com
mented on the decided improvement over the past issues.
And outside of the college THE GUILFORDIAN, under the retir
ing staff, has won prestige and acclaim. One of the editors of
the Oreensboro Daily News said, "The 1946-47 GUILFORDIANS
have been the l>est I have ever seen." THE GUILFORDIAN'S print
ers, The McCulloch Press, stated: "In the 19 years we have
printed THE GUILFORDIAN, this year's editions were the best."
"For the first time THE GUILFORDIAN has had a newspaper
appearance, the column arrangements were changed, headlines
varied, and a paper with photographs," so stated the critical
board of college newspapers.
We have no apologies to make in turning over this paper to
the new staff. In the past year we have found it impracticable
and often impossible to give you, the students, THE GUILFORDIAN
(.m time. Consequently we have never printed a time calendar.
Under the present printing eosts THE GUILFORDIAN would be
issued only nine times at the most during the course of one col
lege year. Printing costs make it impossible to edit a paper here
at Guilford without increased space devoted to advertising. A
four-page paper costs approximately $75 to print. Unless the
back page and the third page were almost completely filled with
advertising the paper would lose money. Consider, then, a paper
that had but one page of news and an editorial page. It would
be a waste of time.
On the other hand, a six-page paper will almost pay for itself
with the increased amount of advertising made possible by the
addition of two extra pages. But then, is there NEWS enough
at Guilford College to fill a paper of six pages every two weeks?
A newspaper should contain news—many short stories in THE
GUILFORDIAN could have been greatly expanded in length. The
present staff has a taste and an eye for news—trite phrases and
paragraphs were cut. THE GUILFORDIAN, besides being a news
paper, is a permanent record of the activities of Guilford College
to be preserved for the benefit of posterity. That should always
be borne in mind.
Our business manager and assistants have done an excellent
job. THE GUILFORDIAN leaves the new staff well fixed in financial
matters. The cost of photograph engravings is high; we have
spared no cost in putting pictures in THE GUILFORDIAN, yet we
have come out on top financially in every edition.
This could go on for pages. It is best that I close and extend
my gratitude to the two faculty advisers, Miss Gilbert and Mr.
Parsons, for their assistance and advice; to all the heads of cam
pus organizations for their help in giving us news; to the faculty
for praise and constructive bits of criticism. And lastly, to the
staff who made THE GUILFORDIAN a NEWSPAPER and not a
medium of prejudice and irony. ADMAN (DOC) BEODEUR
VETETORIAL
The ball is still rolling in Wash
ington to make it possible for the
vets to turn in their terniinnl bonds
for cold, hard, green bills. Repre
sentative Dwight I/. Rogers of Flori
da has drafted a "discharge peti
tion" to force a speedy house vote
on cashing the $2.150,000,(MX) worth
of bonds being issued to ex-Ol's for
terminal leave pay. Rogers, a
Democrat, predicted strong Repub
lic support.
Various bills are pending in the
House Armed Services Committee
but there has been no definite action
so far. If signed by 218 House
members, the petition would bring
the bill directly to the floor for
action. Rogers informed newsmen
that he expects no trouble obtain-
ing the necessary signature because
the men on Capitol Hill recognize
the unfairness of the 1 {>4o require
ment for payment in bonds, which
the Senate wrote in to the law over
House opposition.
Justice For All
Speaker Joe Martin of Massa
chusetts told the House last July
that he believed the next Congress
would see that the injustice would
he corrected. Martin affirmed the
opinion that the ex-Gl's are prob
ably having a bigger struggle now
to make ends meet than anyone
else and have a definite need for
ready cash. Aw you know, the pay
ments are being made in bonds
which may not be cashed or other
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March 22,1947
SON SPOTS
By DABAGIAN
This being the last issue under
the editor's knife of "Doc" Brodeur,
it can be said without fear of being
accused of "mulling and puking"
that "Doc" deserves a "well done"
ovation. Editor of the Guilfordian is
one, if not the most thankless job
on this campus. It is practically
a one man affair with the editor
a nursemaid to listless would be
reporters and a punching bag for
the impossible to please. It can be
safely said that the Guilfordlans
of the past year were the most "in
dependent and agressive" of any in
the history of Guilford College.
This is a credit to the staff but
more so to the college administra
tion which, even through some very
trying and no doubt embarrassing
issues, retained a hands off policy
which reflects 'the belief that a free
press can exist. Guilford College
may have some trite and overly re
actionary rules, but compared to
other American colleges and univer
sities, it undoubtedly ranks at the
top for liberality.
Although it took the crowbar
method to lo it, the dining room
has most obviously shown credit
nble improvement both in appear
ance and in food. Who knows, the
days of Dovle Chenault Bardwell
may still return. (Naw, wasn't
bribed!) We are indebted to Robie
for cutting out that cheese for
breakfast routine and that grass
they call weeds ... I mean, greens.
The Story Grows
As the tale is woven, John Pres
nell was In the Ave and dime the
other day and bought a bag of
candy. The clerk wasn't around so
he placed the dime on the counter
and started off. As he neared the
door, the floorwalker stopped him
and said: "Don't you want that
wrapped?" "No, this will be OK."
"Did you pay for it?" asked the
jerk. 'Yes, I put a dime on the
counter." "Well, let's go back and
see." The two returned to the coun
ter and lo! No dime in sight. "Per
haps we'd better go upstairs and see
the manager," said the floorboy. As
they walked into the office a little
boy sitting within saw John and
said: "They catch you too? This
is the second time they've caught
me!" John explained to the boy
that there had been some mistake.
The floorwalker went into the mana
ger's office and the boy wandered
near a window. "Well, well" he
beamed, "a tire escape." He prompt
ly opened the window and took oft
down the ladder. John ran to the
window and leaned out watching
the boy. The floorwalker came out
and figuring John was trying to go
out the window, started (fulling his
leg—JUST DIKE WE'RE PUDDING
YOURS.
Bill Hyatt's attentions to M.T
Sweeten leads one to believe that he
has finally found a gal to suit his
whims. But there's a da.vhop named
Dave Smith pushing him for time.
"Jas" Ralls cut out Jimmy Nantz
for Midge Ridge. Good thing he
is also a baseballer because ap
parently Midge is strictly a gal who
goes for athletes who are "in
season."
Ask "Melt" Davis if he "got in
yet."
Nancy Hyatt managed to stay out
of one issue but succeeded in hooking
John Phillips, sooo, she rates a line.
What is it that fisherman say?
"There's a hook for every fish."
The machinations of fixer-upper
"Dush" Richardson finally paid off.
BJ Thompson and Hank Pollock
are again trading lip prints. Or was
it just n "AGT" move?
Shades of Bull Moose! A group of
students formed for the recent elec
tions a "Student Party" and drew
up a list of candidates. Their list
was noticeable for it had tile names
of some exceptionally qualified stu
dents who, for unmentionable but
insinuated ideas, have seldom been
included on regular election lists.
Regardless of how you yourself felt
about it. this "Student Party" was
like grnss growing in a desert.
Adding Color
Severnl months ago Howie Kauf
man and the late Jessie Butler were
standing in Hollow-ell's when a girl
walked in. The two boys flipped a
coin to see which was going to ask
her for a date. Kaufman won the
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