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THE GUILFORDIJIN
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EDITORIAL
GOATS OF TWO COLORS
It is interesting, this disagreement
between Elon and Guilford, relative to
the football game to have been played
in Winston-Salem on last Saturday. It
gives everybody a great chance to say
what they think of each other, above
board, and Guilford has been holding in
a good many things of late years. Most
of the racket from Elon has come from
their most distinguished coach, what
ever his name is (names make very
little difference when a man's charac
teristics are so outstanding). Mr Bar
ney, Elon's graduate manager, has said
very little, (all honor to him) and
that little was too much according to
Mr. Carboy. But whatever Mr. Carboy
has failed to do with his various teams
he has at least made a definite impres
sion in athletic circles. He should be ap
plauded—loudly—but we Guilfordians
don't see it just that way, since we are
the goats of the Winston-Salem-Elon-
Guilford fiasco, and Elon the seeming
winners. But we have an idea that
their pleasure will turn to ashes in
their mouths.
Among the choicest bits of literature
that came out of the affair was a letter
from Elon's coach, in which he informs
Guilford (in reply to a letter from Mr.
Herring cancelling the baseball game,)
much in the spirit one would expert,
that Elon "could get along without
Guilford." This was an immense sur
prise to Guilford. We thought she
couldn't. If Elon ceases to play Guil
ford, from whom else can she hope to
win? But probably thereon hangs a
tale. She probably felt that she was
■ot ,*;oing to win from Guilford again,
particularly this year. At least that is
what public opinion at Guilford would
have it. From figures, Elon won from
Guilford the past three games played
(football). This year, as the prophets
would have it, she would not win from
Guilford. As others have added, there
fore she cancelled on us. But this is a
mere supposition. An opinion from
this side of the camp.
But rather, from recent correspon
dence, we would judge that Elon never
intended to play Guilford in football.
Last spring she made out her schedule,
omitting Guilford, and it was only
after negotiations that a game was
scheduled, first at Siler City, then at
Winston-Salem. AND IT WAS
SCHEDULED WITH BOTH PARTIES
IN- AGREEMENT, in so far as a letter
from Mr. Barney, Elon's graduate man
ager bound Elon. But, it seems, in the
words of Elon's coach, "his letter
doesn't mean anything," inferring only
that we should not consider a letter
from Mr. Barney as binding.
Guilford admits her error in failing
to secure an iron bound contract. But
then for many years we have formed on
numerous occasions, what is commonly
called a gentlemen's contract with col
leges of the State, and this is the first
time that one has been violated. It
would seem that Elon's coach, and he
must have some backers, does not con- |
sider a gentlemen's contract binding in
any way. It is strange that colleges
. should so far reduce their relations to
business technicalities and legal trans
actons that the chance of sliding out of
a loop hole and leave the other col- j
lege in the lurch should be taken ad
r vantage of. But it will happen, it
seems.
Guilford has not broken off athletic
relations, officially with Elon, at the j
present writing. L. Lea White, gradu- j
ate manager, doesn't consider Carboy's •
letter as Elon's official attitude nor de
cision in the matter. However, there is
1 a great deal back of the affair, and
Guilford's course should be clear. When !
| a college goes so far as to deliberately
I break faith, with or without legal con
| tract, to the extent that it leaves the
j other in a lurch, can they two continue
to meet on terms of sportsmanship? I
When good sportmanship is obviously j
lacking, why should they meet? What
ever decision the colleges come to
peacefully, it should be friendly rela
tions but no further contests —athletic- ;
ally speaking. Why continue to be the j
goat?
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RED HOT MAMA AND AVOGAD
RO'S THEORY DON'T MIX
When one is concentrating on Chem.
istry, either 011 class, or on Lab. there
is nothing more disturbing than to hear
some fortunate soul on the second floor
pounding away on jazz or sweeping
away on a waltz. Sometimes, it's a j
violin, sometimes, it's a saxaphone, and
more often it's just a piano. But what- I
ever it is it's the fellow who is playing ;
that is getting all the fun. For what
ever you say, no one can study, when a j
known melody keeps beating on your I
ears. The continuous clamor of scales
and classic music is not disturbing. |
The melodies are not outstanding enough
to become tantalizing. A continuous
humdrum is not disturbing. Bui a tan
talizing waltz is not conducive to an
analyzing of Avogadro's theory. If the
music teacher decreed that the student
play them, all well and good . . . . ;
No one can stop them. But has any
one the right to play jazz during studv
hours in Memorial hall when class is i
going 011 below? Have they even the
right to play it under the pretense of j
orchestra practice? When it disturbs
fifty people, the answer should be self :
evident. | 1
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The Dramatic Council is offering this 1
year, undoubtedly, one of the most ar- \ I
tistic and entertaining programs ever 1 '
attempted. There will be fantasy, trag
edy, comedy. Something that every | '
person can and will enjoy. Every play
is by an accepted author of high liter
ary merit. It is decidedly the highest
point of attainment of the Council.
But there will be those who will not 1
think so. The Council is laboring un- ; 1
der one of the most trying conditions
imaginable ... a gruop of people ;
with chips on their shoulders. They '■
first want to get their dollar's worth, but 1
at the same time they want it clearly 1
understood that they do not approve of '
the plays chosen. Half the audience
is on the offensive . . . the Council '
on the defensive. The work is not ac
cepted as an attainment. It would
seem that the Council is constantly try
ing to put something over 011 people.
Just wait until after the plays and such v
wild comparison of past successes as '
vould scare a telephone pole. The
Council wants everybody to come. To 1
be able to hang out a "Standing Room
Only" sign is the height of its ambi
;ion, next to giving plays of creditable
value. But if you are coming to crit- (
icise ... if you are coming with a
chip on your shoulder, . . . turn f
around before you arrive.
Or come to see what sort of work the I
Council is doing. Come and enjoy the
plays—they're great. The Council is \
really trying to give you a dallar's worth
of entertainment, justify its existence by
excellent production, and aid the Y.W.
C.A. in its work.
Q
Miss Margaret Stewart visited Debo
rah Mendenhall Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Guthrie called
on Gladys Gardner Saturday evening. c
Mrs. W. W. Mendenhall, of CI eve- il
land .Ohio, spent the week-end with S
her daughter, Deborah. F
THE GUILFORDIAN
THE WAGGING TONGUE
By Beulah Allen
Some news! some news! My kingdom
, for some news! But there seems to be
| ne news at present so I'll have to refer
you to "Only 20 Years Ago" from "The
Flainsman, Auburn, Ala" for news you
; may find in the following:
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had seen a wrist watch.
Nobody had appendicitis,
i - Nobody Wore white shoes.
Nobody sprayed orchards.
Most any young man had "livery
bills."
Farmers came to town for their mail.
The heavens were not full of man
birds.
Nor the seas alive with under-water
boats.
The hired girl drew $1.50 a week
j and was happy.
The butcher 'threw in" a chunk of
liver.
The merchant "threw in" a pair of
j suspender with every suit.
Nobody "listened in " on the tele
i phone.
There Were no sane Fourths nor ele
| trie meters.
Straw slacks were burned instead of
baled.
Publishing a country newspaper was
not a business; it was a dueling game.
There were no bolshevists nor inter
national anarchists.
The safety had not introduced the
j clean shaven face.
"Furman University claims that its
publication is perhaps the first college
newspaper in the state, or even in the
I South, to be put on sale and actually
sold by newsboys."— The Salemite.
Up in Boston in the Old Granary
Burying Ground there is a tombstone
on which is engraved the following
j epitaph:
Here lies buried
the body of
Capt. John Decoster
Who died Jan. 28th, 1773,
Aged 26 years.
"Step here, my friend and cast an eye, j
As you are now so once was i;
j As i am now so you must be:
Prepare for death and follow me."
A student observed this quaint rhyme |
I thoughtfully for some time. Then he j
! crossed the street and bought a piece '
[of chalk at a shop. Returning to the j
I grave he bent and wrote below the j
| verse:
' "To follow you i'm not content,
For i don't know which way you've |
went."
—The Phoenix, Swarthmore College. |
Boston has nothing on us when it j
comes to poetry and epitaphs! New
Garden cemetery may not be as old as !
the Old Granary Burying Ground, but
I we will vouch for the authenticity of the
following. It seems that there is a
grave on the west side of the gate that is
i covered by a slab of marble, and on it
are these melancholy and pessimistic j
lines:
"Stop blooming youth as you pass by,
As I am now so you will be.
As you are now so once was I:
Prepare for death and follow me!"
Editors Note.
Dumb: "What did Longfellow mean
when he said, "Tell me not in mourn
ful numbers'?"
Bell: "He must have received his mid
term report!"
Angry Prof: How dare you swear be
fore me?
Student: How did I know you wanted
to swear first!
Any girl can be gay in a classy coupe,
In a taxi they all can be jolly:
But the girl worth while is the one who
can smile
When you are taking her home on the
trolley.
—The Salemite
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