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Page Two Wgt #utlfori)tan Entered at Guilford College, N. C., as econd_;UM matter under the act of Congress, August 24, 1912. Published semi-monthly during the school year by the students of Guilford College. Editor-in-Chief Gene 8 - Kejr Managing Editor Ward R Threatt Associate Editors William L. Kerr, BeaveHy Utley Business Manager Garland Hakestraw Busiest Staff - - Hurley trader, Bill Byrd Circulation Manager J? a * id Circulation Staff June Nelson, Peggy Tweddell, Emily Johnson Sports Editor ... —-- Alan Conner Snorts Staff Tom Evul . Edward Poet Feature Staff —J. Wm. McCraclcen, Harry Johnson, Earl Tyson, James Mann. News Staff Joe Keiger, Nancy ftaynes, David Van Praagh, Gar rett Pettingell, Eugene Terrell, Jack White, Eleanor Cornell- TmistT^'- a . n - rin - ger - Bobby Marshall, Connie Hardin Photographer - Faoulty Adviser - Dorothy lAoyd Gilbert Subscription Price SI.OO per year Are We Becoming Pagans? Somehow we regret the fact that we have given 110 more acknowledgment to an event of the significance of Easter. We do feel that it isn't only our shortcoming, but that of many of us who are rushing madly forward in this era in which life has been shifted from "high" to " overdrive." In this shockingly materialistic world, where people are becoming more and reluctant to sacrifice or give of themselves, we, as Christian college students, should pause for a moment and think of a sac rifice that was made long ago, by a Being Who was not thinking of Himself at all. . . . What Is Your Purpose? What is your purpose in being in college? We could play "Man on the Street" on Guilford campus, and out of approxi mately 600 students we would get 500 somewhat different answers to this question. This would be no cause for attention if all the answers were legitimate. However, we hear students say, ''l don't know," "To learn how to make money," "Because Paw and Maw sent me," "Because I don't have anything else to do," and "Because Uncle Sam is paying for it." Maybe we'll be burned at the stake for saying it, but we would rather cast our lot with the student who answers, "I don't know" and "Because Uncle Sam is paying for it." We make this choice because the student who doesn't know is certainly going to search for an answer, and the one who is in college because Uncle Sam foots the bill has had experiences in the past that he wishes never to duplicate, nor his offspring to do so. With these thoughts in mind, and being exposed to the fact that education can help bring world peace, he may stumble upon some phase of an answer. On the other hand we sypmpathize with the student who plans to make gobs of money through his learning, because his parents are sending him, or because he has nothing else to do. It may be that this goal may so fog his brain that lie can't make that pot of gold ... or if he does make it. lie may realize too late that there are things that money won't buy, and among these things are the essentials of a happy life. lie may also find that if he has nothing else to do but go to college he may still have nothing else to do when he finishes. Isn't it possible that it' the huge world has only one place for an individual at this point, it won't make a place for him because he roomed in a dormitory and ate college food for four years? And isn't it a pity that the indi vidual who comes only because his parents sent him can take no other objective? For these very parents may be the ones who see that life for them had a missing link, and they are sweating blood in order that their child may be able to capture the missing element that had eluded them in their pursuit of happiness and contentment. Somehow, we believe that the space taken for this dissertation is. more justly spent than if we had cried for better food, less broken buttons, or better cooperation from the faculty. G. S. K. A Defensive Pact With the establishment of the Atlantic Treaty, the United States has formally and finally turned its back on isolationism. Our fate is inextricably bound up with that of the still-free nations of Western Europe. The act, in effect, extends the Monroe Doc trine into the very heart of Europe. Few intelligent persons still call upon Washington's admoni tion against foreign entanglements. When we remember two recent World Wars we cannot help but realize that we are entan gled in Europe and treaties or no treaties, the fact remains. By formally acknowledging the situation and allying ourselves with peace-loving countries, we have insured against the entangle ment's being disastrous. Inspired from abroad, there are a few in the United States who regard the pact as seeking to form a sort of vigilante buffer state for imperialism. Actually, however, the parties to the treaty are exercising a privilege granted in the U. N. charter to form a regional defense zone. Cries about aggressive intentions of the treaty nations are like wise inapplicable and false. The nations, for the most part, have been victims of aggression in the past, and the lesson has not been lost upon them. Pledged to consider an attack upon one an attack rupon all, they have formed a purely defensive pact. Unlike the THE G UILFORDIAN CANDIDLY SPEAKING . . . .. . wtn. mccracken Beyond it hp gates of New York Harbor stands a statue with a lamp that shines through the fog and blackness of night. Not only does her beacon of hope shine in the night that follows each day, but it shines wherever men are bewildered, where chaos has twisted their lives and for 'them there is no brightness. For them, the sun throws the barred shadows of striped Angers across their cells, and its shafts of light are weak and thin. Liberty Is her name. Liberty, the ideal that men have searched for since the beginning of time, the ideal thait made and makes a hunger greater than the lust for gold. More beautiful than the Helen of Troy whose face launched a thousand ships, her beacon has drawn mil lions of lives on an endless search into the unknown beyond, because that which was behind had be come a void. Men have sought her with the name of tolerance in religion, poli tics, and society on their lips, and when they have attained these, they have failed her by becoming in tolerable themselves. Man has sought her by blood, disease, death, and once having found her, have themselves denied her to others. Cities, nations, boundaries have been crossed, changed, destroyed in her name, and new ones have risen from out the barren ruins. The im penetrability of seas and wilderness es has been forged with her symbol Straight From the Horse's Mouth By Jerry and Carl A short one-act. one-scene, and one short dialogue play entitled "The Killers Revenge," or "You can piny with my sister but leave my gal alone." Characters: (you can say that again) Two-gun Slim Presnell, the roughest, toughest, hombre west of Liberty. Ace Dunkle, the only river boat gambler ever to work the coal mine district. Scene: a little ice cream terminal. Time: late Saturday night. As the curtain rises Aee Dunkle can be seen in a darkened corner booth firmly clutching a strawberry ice creanf soda in one band and Nettie Lou Lomax in the other. The table is strewn with empty soda glasses, mute evidence of the orgie that went before. Suddenly •the door bursts open and in strides Two-Gun Slim Pressnel, reeking of chocolate marshmallow sundaes, with revenge in his heart and mur der in his eyes, he strides over to Dunkle's table and says: Two-Gun Slim Presnell: Thats ina gal you is wit, podner. Ace Dunkle: Ila! T.G.S.I*.: Not only you steal ma gal, but you is also two-timing ma little ole sister, Jeannie. A.D.: Ila! T.G.S.I'.: lali think I'll kill yo 'all. A.1).: Ha! (He's the strong silent type.) T.G.S.I*.: On the count of three well draw and shoot it out. A.1).: (You guessed it.) Ha! T.G.S.P.: One, two, BANG BANG. As the smoke clears A.D. can be seen slumped over his half empty strawberry soda, while T. G. is reaching for one last Chocolate marshmallow sundae before passing on, meanwhile Nettie Lou is making eyes at speedball Bill Kerr trying to get another soda, while back at a nearby institution sits poor little ole Jeannie madly searching through her little ole black book to find little ole John Schrum's number. FINIS (that means the end In college.) The other night, around 7 P.M. we happened to lie passing Mary Hohls London Naval Conference and the Washingtin Disarmament Con ference, this pact is not to disarm hut to build up the armament of our new allies. By no stretch of the imagination can anyone honestly contend that the treaty is designed to threaten the secu rity of any non-member neighbor. Such an intent could not possibly be carried out unless there is a common military com mand and a pooling of troops and equipment. There is no such provision in the Pact. Rather it is a statement of purpose, set down in terms which reflect the serious temper of the signee's determintion not to succumb again to the powers of a greedy invader. It will be interesting to note which nations will protest against the pact. Probably it will be those whose plans the treaty has thwarted. Law-abiding citizens do not object to a neighbor's locking his door. The animal which upbraids the porcupine for his sharp quills Is usually overlv fond of porcupine flesh. W. B. T. in men's hearts, but often in their paths, they have left the jealous seeds of suspicion and selfishnes to grow. Yet, at her base are engraved these lines and more from that im mortal poem by Emma Lazarus, "... Give me your tired, your poor, Your hudled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door." Liberty, would that we once gain ing you, should never fail you. Would that we might keep the self lessness, the tolerance, the deep feelings of humanity that are born among the wretched after we have come, and when we all shall come to know you, for how we in this frenzied present, forget the price we had to pay to reach you in the past? And having touched you. Liberty, let us with you hold your torch high. Within your hand, it blazes, btu the flame will never be so bright until the time when we each light our candles at it, and keep them burning not only in our hands, our I hearts, but in our actions. You stand against man's inhuman ly to man. Would that man himself lived your principle and dared to remain constant! among the many happy couples neck . . . er sittin,?. On the porch were Jack Chatham and Lucy Leake. We thought, what a purrty sight true love is! That same evening at about eight we saw the same Jack Chatham but this time with Patty Simpson. We pondered about his quick change of heart, but passed it off to the fickleness of youth and went our way. Later that same night, while coffeeing in the soda Shop, who should walk in but yep, Jack again, and this time he was back with Lucy. Along about here we got so confused we went home and to l>ed. During 'the recent choir trip, Sally Haire had a big time dating Clint Talley while poor old Hank remain ed working his elbow to the l>one. While on the subject of the trip, hear tell Shiney Williams really en joyed Texas very very much, especi ally them there cowboys. Benbow better trade that yaller car of his for a horse (for more reasons then one). Ginny Toole and Rodney Schellen ger have a lot in common, both have hidden desires. Ginny's revolves around A 1 Milner while Rodney's yen is none other then that all American, red blooded, young man, A 1 Johns. Ginny is a bit more enter prising than is Rodney, as she has hired Hobby Marshall to act as cupid. Rodney doesn't believe in that sort of nonsense. Course Ginny only has Bettina Huston and Polly Vann as competitors and Rodney lias the entire Guilford female popu lation to buck. We wish both luck. The other day Gene Terrell came into Founders and with a blanket over his arm and a gleam in his eyes he requested from the house President prmission to dat Dodle. Gtting 'the president's O.K. and blessings they happily trudged of to the east. What we would like to know is Wha Hoppened! In closing we would like to say that, in case any one is interested. Woman's College Is presenting 'Joan of Lorrain' on 'the 29 and 30 of the month; April that is. It should be a grand little play and we think you will really enjoy it. So why don't yoose all drop around, huh! April IS, 1949 | Letters to the Editor | The Quaker Quips Wilmington College Wilmington, Ohio The Editor The Guilfordian Guilford College Guilford, N. C. Dear Mr. Editor, We are on the exchange list with your paper and today I happened to be reading the various editorials and came acro the one In your February 19th issue in regard to journalistic training. I would like to congratulate Mr. Alex Leslie on a practical and level-headed view of the present day training for Jour nalists. We face the same problem in our college but have been con ducting work-service projects where by the aspiring journalist Is given a part time job on the nearby news papers. They will do anything from running a linotype to reporting, with a part of both. Further, they re ceive credit from the college for the work done. We feel that this type of training is of much better value than the usual academic frills mentioned in Mr. Leslie's edltoraL We do feel, however, that too often a college graduate considers he has all the requisites needed when in reality it is only a beginning. Sincerely, Franklin Adae Editor, Quaker Quips Dear Sir: Please allow me a few words of criticism of an editorial "Vibrant Realities" which appeared in the last Issue (March 19, 1949) of the GXJIL FOKDIAN, and subsequently a cri ticism of Dr. Carl Voss's speech. Before I discuss the "irrefutable sense of his (Dr. Voss's) talk," I would like to point out an apparent contradiction in 'the editorial com ment: In ithe second paragraph the author accuses those indifferent to the Palestine situation of indolence; in the very next paragraph he states that "Israel is," and accuses those who show Interest in the Pales tine issue of "digging up an old skel ton." In regard to the latter does the fact tli-a t "Israel exists" exempt it from criticism? The writer 6f the article does not seem to realize thai Dr. Voss seri ously misrepresented the facts (if you will paadon an understatement). I would like to cite a few instances: (1) Dr. Voss contradicted Wajee's statement that all the Arabs feel ii hat they belong to one common brotherhood. I feel that an Arab is a better authority on such a ques tion than a man who has spent only a few weeks in Palestine (evidently carefully guarded from facts by the Zionist leaders). (2) Dr. Voss's statement that the Arabs of Palestine are not taking part in the lighting is an outright falsehood. One of our own faculty members is a witness to the fact that Khe Palestine Arabs are taking part in the lighting. (3) Dr. Voss's statement that the Jews are not aggressive can hardly be accepted when one realizes that the Jews have taken and held a con siderable amount of territory more than that allotted litem by the Uni ted Nations Commission. (4) Dr. Voss never answered the very first question: Why do the Jews have u right to Palestine? Yet Dr. Voss claimed 'to have answered all the questions. (5) Dr. Voss said the Kussians were not trying to any great extent to take Israel into their sphere of influence. Why Dr. Voss chose to hide the truth in this matter I can't see. Immediately upon the estab lishment of Israel, Itussia recognized the new country and sent a number of diplomats out of all proportion to the size of the country. It is clear that the duties of those "diplo mats" consist of more than diplo macy. Dr. Voss mentioned the mili tary aid sent to Israel from Hungar ian and Czechoslovakia!! factories, and yet I)r. Voss said that Israel did not receive aid from Russia. Certainly Dr. Voss is not so naive as to see difference between receiv ing aid from liussia anil receiving aid from one of her satelites. The Russian government has even made moves to take over land belonging to old Orthodox monasteries for which she claims she Is resi*>nsible. In conclusion I would like to state a criticism of Dr. Voss's whole ap proach to the question. Dr. Voss throughout ills speeches attempted to convince his audience that it is "right" and "proper" for 'the Jews to have Palestine. In view of the facts, I feel that it is impossible to prove this and that Dr. Voss is hurting the Jewish cause by trying. —BERT 1 SMITH
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