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THE GUILFORDIAN
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
EDITORIAL BOARD
Donna A. Mcßane. . .Editor-in-Chief
David J. White. . Business Manager
Gladsone Hodgin Secretary
Mark Balderston. . . Faculty Advisor
Mark C. Mills Faculty Advisor
Alma T. Edwards . . .Alumni Editor
Associate Editors
Florence Martin
Norman Fox
Dovie Hayworth
Shields Cameron
Genevieve Lindley
Algie I. Newlin
Katherine Campbell
Arthur Lineberry
Madge Coble
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CALENDAR
Wednesday, 6:30 Freshman
class meeting.
Wednesday, 8:00 p. m.—French
play, "Barbe Bleue."
Thursday, 6:30 —Christian associ
ation meeting.
Friday, 7:00 p. m. —Literary So
cieties.
Friday, 8:15 p. m. —Peace Con
test.
Saturday, 7:30 p. m.—High School
contest.
Sunday—Regular Services.
Monday, 7:00 p. m.—Chorus
practice .
Tuesday, 6:3o—Senior class meet
ing.
DON'T FORGET THE MAY DAY
FETE
The college is planning for the
biggest day of the year. Are you
planning to be here? About a thou
sand invitations will be sent out this
week. If you don't get yours come
anyway. Tickets are only one dol
lar. We are not allowed to divulge
the exact schedule of events but
hoops will roll and elfs will dance
on the green. It will be a grand
picnic day for the college and all its
friends. Come back home to Guil
ford for a day and visit with all your
old friends.
FOR A GREATER GUILFORD
It has often been said that order
is heaven's first law. If this be true
Guilford college must be a very un
heavenly place.
Let us for a moment look at our
selves and see how we really appear
to visitors who chance to come
among us from time to time.
It is time for chapel. We file into
the auditorium by twos and three
and take our places. Dr. Binford
announces the number of 'the hymn
to be sung and we stand—that is a
part of us stand and sing while the
rest lean on whatever happens to
be nearest and talk or write notes
which we throw to some person
across the aisle. Now it is not the
preparatory students and the Fresh
men who misbehave most during the
chapel exercises, but the upper
classes —the students who are soon
lo go out to be the leaders in the
social, educational, and religious
life of their home communities; the
students who should be trying Ito
make the most of every opportunity
to gain inspiration and knowledge
I'or the life work which is just before
them; the students who should at
least, be setting a good example for
their younger fellows.
Chapel exercises are over. We go
to our respective classes. The
teacher, who probably has spent
much time preparing the lesson so
that he can give it to us clearly, has
his mind distracted from the sub
ject by our whispering and failure
to give our undivided attention to
his remarks. We leave the class
room without knowing very much
more than when we went in and re
mark to whomever we happen to see
that the teacher of this class which
we have just attended is "no good."
It is Saturday evening. We as
semble in Memorial hall for a con
test. The contestants deliver their
orations —some of them very credit
ably—but two or three forget their
speeches and have to begin a para
graph all over again and one ac
tually has to take his seat without
finishing. While the judges are ren
dering itheir decision a piano selec
tion is given. We are fond of music
but we are fonder still of talking, so
we talk right on. All through the
contest and the music we talk al
most as if we were having a social
jnd talking was the only thing to
do. We wonder why the memory of
two or three of the contestants
failed them. It does not occur to
us that we are probably the cause of
all this. If we had paid strict at
tention to the speaker, if we had not
been craning our necks to find some
particular person in the audience,
.ind had not been talking to the peo
ple around us, the same person
whose memory failed him worst,
might have won the medal.
On Sunday some of us go to
church just because we have to. It
does not occur to us that we should
be going for the purpose of wor
ship. If there is some person pres
ent dressed a liitJtle differently from
'he majority of the people in the
congregation, if the person at the
piano does not know quite as much
about music as the person who play
ed the Sunday before, a few of us
sit back and giggle all through the
hour for worship.
Now I am sure not one of us really
intends to be rude. We are simply
thoughtless. We do not bear in
mind any one except ourselves. Our
own wishes for the immediate pres
ent is all that interests some of us.
If when our fellow students appear
in any public function in Memorial
hall, or when our teachers try to
give us knowledge and inspiration in
the class room or in chapel we
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tured person can spend .their time in
this way.
Many times during ithe lecture Mr.
Lowrey wandered away from the
subject by telling some of his amus
ing experiences and stories, such as
love-making and imitating the friv
olous customs of the people. These
experiences only made the lecture
more striking, as well as increasing
the fun of the hour. Many humorous
suggestions were made in regard >to
the dress of women and to the boast
ful men. These were striking illus
trations to emphasize the fact that a
person who tries to attract the at
ention is never an attractive person.
Mr. Lowrey said that the greatest
sentence in all the world is that lit
tle sentence of just three words,
'God is Love." There are few peo
ple who think about it and few who
really know what it means. Love
vorks miracles —it will make a per
•011 both wise and foolish, both liap
ny and miserable. In a very clever
way Mr. Lowrey illustrated how love
oan make a person both wise and
foolish and both happy and miser
able.
Again he said, few people ever
have an opinion because they do not
know what i't is. "An opinion is a
conviction based on evidence."
The man who makes the greatest
uccess is the man who does not
spend his time in wondering what
other people think of him. The
Inest person is the one who can see
something beneath the surface and
•ealizes the value of others; the man
who faces the world wiith unselfish
ness; the man who is the kindest, the
tenderest, and willing to deny his
own pleasures for the sake of his
fellow men.
The lecture was very much appre
ciated by all who were present. Ev
ery one admitted that Mr. Lowrey
was indeed a humorist.
would give them the same support
that we give the ball team ou the
athletic held there is no doubt but
that Guilford would be a greater col
lege and a much better place in
which to prepare ourselves for life.
It is a great deal more important
that we learn to conduct ourselves
properly in public than it is that we
iearn English and mathematics.
Though we may master these sub
jects if we are Jtiot courteous to
those about us, if we do not put the
feelings and welfare of others be
.ore our own petty desires all our
learning is of little use, for this is
the day of service ,to our fellowmen.
And if a little thoug'htfulness on our
part will help our fellow students to
cultivate their gifts and at the same
,ime will help ourselves to become
better students and more useful per
sons, it is certainly time for us to
begin to think. So let us hereafter
at meeting, at chapel, at any public
sxercise or in the class room keep
ur faces toward the speaker and
?ive him our whole-hearted atten
tion. Though we may be very much
bored it is our duty to be quiet—and
allow others to listen and in this way
help the speaker to do his best. To
be courteous is a duty which we owe
to ourselves, to our parents, to our
fellow students, to our teachers, and
to our college. Let us contribute
this much toward a greater Guilford.
Vanstory Clothing Co.
MODERN CLOTHING
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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GREENSBORO, N. C.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS
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W. H. FISHER CO.
BEST LINE OF ENGRAVED CARDS
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC
PRINTING
FREE "FITS" IN
Fashion Park Clothes for Young
Men Who Care
Edwin Clapp and Howard & Foster
Footwear
Nifty Furnishings
Donnell & Medearis, Inc.
The Young Man's Shop
Wash Yourself Free in Our Shower
DR. J. S. BETTS
DENTIST
Corner Elm and West Market Streets
over Greensboro Drug Co.
The Broadway Cafe
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Opposite the PostoflU-e
Special arrangements for the stu
dents of Guilford College. Excellent
service.
DR. C. T. LIPSCOMB
DENTIST
Phone 793, Residence 1300
Opposite Meyer's, Greensboro, N. C.
THE HENNESSEE CAFE
C. C. SHOFFNER, Prop.
THE HOME OF GOOD COOKING
We have a rest room furnished ex
clusively for ladies. You are
always welcome to our Cafe.
I. ISAACSON
208 S. Elm St.
Men and Young Men's Clothing
We Cater for the College Boys. Full
Line of Gents Furnishings and
Shoes
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BROWN-LYNDOJT SHOE CO.
114 W. Market St., Greensboro, N. C.
Jas. A. Banister and Regal Shoes
| For Young Men.
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CLEPHEUS STANFIELD
"The College Barber"
New North Section Coy Hall