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Page 2 THE GUILFORDIAN Published weekly by the Zatasian, Henry Clay, Philomathean, and Web sterian Literary Societies. Editorial Staff Edwin P. Brown Editor-in-Chief Harvey Dinkins Managing Editor Maude Simpson Associate Editor Nereus English Associate Editor Miss N. Era Lasley Alumni Editor George P. Wilson .... Faculty Adviser Algia I. Newlin Faculty Adviser Reporters Beulali Allen Katherine Shields Maude Simpson Kenneth Neese Max Kendall Pauline Cliaffin Charles Weir Joseph White Business Staff James B. Joyce Business Manager Pansy Donnell Circulation Manager Address all communications to The Guilfordian, Guilford College, N. C. Subscription price $1 50 per year Entered at the post office in Guilford College, N. C., as second class mail matter. Member of North Carolina Collegi ate Press Association. EDITORIAL KNOCKERS VS. BOOSTERS In every college we find two classes of students who have an entirely differ ent attitude toward all college activi ties and organizations. These are the knockers and the boosters. The knockers are those whose sole purpose it is to find fault. They have no definite aim in view and never offer a better solution for a problem but can always point out the mistakes made by others. They do it not with the idea of doing any real harm, but it is just their habitual method of expression and is usually caused by a bad temper or by poor digestion. Opposed to the knockers are the boosters. They have a good word for everybody and everything. Their busi ness is to help and more is accomplished by their smile andcontageous enthusiasm than by twice the amount of criticism. The last named class are those to be most desired in college, for with only a few such students interested in the col lege they will make the various organ izations successful. Such students be come the leaders in college, are the life of all student activities, and are more appreciated than are the knockers. Moral: if you want to be a helper and be appreciated by your associates, follow the advice of the near poet who said: "Boost and the world boosts with you; Knock and you are on the shelf, For the world gets sick of one who'll kick And wishes he'd kick himself. "Boost for your own achievements, Boost for the things sublime, For the one who is found on the top most rung, Is the booster, every time." (Reprinted from Guilfordian of April 12, 1916.) SENIOR GIRLS WIN (Continued from page one) the various classes during this basket ball season. But the thing which has meant the most to the Women's Athletic association for the past weeks is aftet all not entirely in the scoreboard. It is the increasing of lively interest in this sport, and the spirit of sportsman ship manifested, which really marks the success of the closing tournament, and the major part of credit for this suc cess is due to the interest and fine work of the coach, Miss Elizabeth Parker. :o:— ———— PHILS GUESTS OF WEBS (Continued from page one) who acted as critic for the evening, the society repaired to the men's society halls where the rest of the evening was spent in partaking of delightful refresh ments and engaging in pleasant con versation. In addition to the Philomatheans, the Websterians had as their guests Misses Emma King and Elma Rayle, Professor Pancoast, Mr. William Hammond, of Asheboro, and Addison Smith, of Greensboro. OPEN FORUM DO YOU AGREE? Changes in a social system must of 1 necessity come slowly or all concerned I will suffer because of the violence of '.lie change. A change usually comes as the result of a felt need. A satisfied people demands few changes. The i writers of this article are not after vio lent changes; nor do they desire a shift ing of conditions that will result badly I for those concerned. But the writers do question whether more harm does come j from the present state of affairs, than j would come if some changes were made. Apropos an editorial in last week's | Guilfordian suppose we go to the hot- | torn of things and find just what is the J matter. It says, ''At nearly every pub- j lie gathering there are several men who : persist in talking out loud . . —an ungentlemanly thing to do, indeed! But where else have they a chance to con verse? according to the customs at j Guilford, we understand that seniors j are allowed one hour a week for social J meetings between the sexes. All under j classmen are allowed 30 minutes! To J be more graphic, for upper-classmen, ; this means a little over eight and a half j minutes a day and for lower classmen a J trifle over four minutes a day! What I does this mean? ft means that the young men and women of the College 1 are either going to obey the rules or j violate them. If they violate the rules, i they suffer. We will not discuss that , side of the question. What will happen j if they obey the rules? The answer is j simple. A young man and woman might keep company at Guilford for four years i and emerge from the institution such i total strangers that neither would know to what political party the other be-1 longed! Someone has even made the! statement in jest, that the young men, if they adhere strictly to Guilford regu lations, Would become so unfamiliar i with the ways of the fairer sex that they ! would be justified in their ignorance, if J I hey reverted to the Club and hair- j earing methods of approach used by j their caveman ancestors. On what grounds do we make these statements? Upon the grounds that the j nen and women of the College are not j allowed a reasonable amount of time j for social affairs. Thehe hour and half hour dates that are allowed have been i ermed by some of the girls ''The privi lege to sit i nthe showcase" for such a j length of time. Of what value are they? Three hours ! a week for 18 weeks is considered by the faculty the necessary time for ac- j quainting oneself with some of the simplest courses offered in College. Yet j officials have decreed that one-sixth of that time is all that is necessary for a j student of Guilford College to cultivate the friendship of the members of the opposite sex, under conditions where I they may discuss matters not usually in- j tended for publication. If this were indeed enough time, the condition at- ! tending its allotment and use, are in- ! tollerable. Some may argue that the men and women are permitted to attend programs given at Memorial hall. Indeed, they are! And they are censured for their bad order, when as a matter of fact they are only availing themselves of the op portunity of becoming acquainted. They have had no other chance to do this. So what course is left? They use their half hour a week and find it all too short. Were these the only grievances to be countenanced by the men and women of Guilford, they might be taken as a matter of course and overlooked. But conditions are aggravated by customs or regulations that have grown up re garding the difference between the atti tude which is presented to the college men and that which is accorded to the outsiders. It seems that at present any outsider may visit with any college girl for the whole" Sunday afternoon while the college boys are denied this privi lege. These same outsiders may, by securing a faculty chaperone, go to ride with our college girls on Sunday after noon with the lone requisition that they return by seven o'clock. In the eyes of many of the dormitory boys this is nothing less than a gross insult. Is it possible that the dormitory boys, who are known to the authorities are without the degree of honor and gentlemanly qualities that are possessed by the men THE GUILFORDIAN from the outside who visit the young women of the College? We hope this is lot the case. We do not ask for this latter privilege. I This would be impractical for all con cerned. But what harm could come from allowing the men and women to mingle on the campus Sunday after noons? We are not arguing for bad order at j public programs. We do not advocate j violation of rules. We do not favor violent changes in the regulations gov erning the social structures at Guilford, j We simply voice our opinion which is j ihat we are living in a higly artificial ] environment; that our social system is] not even conservatively abreast with the j imes; that more social intercourse than is allowed at Guilford is necessary to the well rounded education which a college is expected to give. In this last idea we are supported by a statement made by a man once on the Guilford faculty, "No man should go through college without having a girl friend with whom he can discuss his problems privately, ft is necessary to a liberal education." Signed, Sam M. Keen, Jr. Max L. Kendall, j Joseph J. Cox, Harvey Dinkins IDA M. TAHBELL LECTURES (Continued from page one) only soldier of the ages. "Woman naturally, cheerfully, carries on the life of the world without complaining." Miss Tarbell asserted that woman through her isolation from the world ! lias acquired an instinctive knowledge of the right thing to do, and that by virtue of this tremendous subconscious ! life she is right in ninety-nine out of a ; hundred cases. She further stated that : the good woman generally gains her desires. Among the things a woman can ac- i complish in the present day the speaker j mentioned: first, the separation of bus iness and politics in town and cities; ! second, the opposition to the foolish j practice of multiplying laws; third, hold j offices when they can do the work bet ter; and fourth, attempt to find a sub stitute for war. She described the aid that women have already given in the J first three. In regard to war she assert- ' ed that war destroys everything for which woman stands; that there must ; be more than mere opposition to war. j Women must commence teaching peo ple that it is possible to do without war. ; She maintained that if persons can be i brought to a point where they oppose war then it will end. She presented the claim of certain persons that war makes i men strong, courageous and good, and i stated that the fine, courageous, and chivalrous soldiers of America acquired these qualities in times of peace. The speaker further stated instead of history being the record of dramatic ; episodes, it is a long process of slowly j moving causes. She favored the League of Nations as a step toward world peace, but asserted that the machinery to bring the end of war will be no better than j the men and women who administer it. \ "Good will is what does the work.'" j said she. "People must begin to build up good will in children—here is where woman's work begins. The basic thing i is to create good will in children, which, although a slow process, will bring the desired result." GLEE CLUB PERFORMS (Continued from page one) | Mr. Pavlov, in a number entitled i "Russian Folk Scenes, delighted the | audience with characteristic songs and | dances of his country. This number | was very enthusiastically received. A Hawaiian trio shifted the scenes again and delighted the audience with their selections. The concert ended j with a Sailor quartet doing a hornpipe | dance and the club singing a pair of ! sailor songs. This last number will be done with the whole club in sailor costume as soon as the costumes are available. The club was entertained by the Home Economics department of the high school and were served punch after the concert. The treatment they received was the subject of much favorable com ments from members of the club. The next appearance of the club will be made in Thomasville on Friday, March 14. J.M.HENDRIX&CO. SHOES * ► :: 223 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C. :: - >- • - +■ * "-Hi, | MITT YOUNTS GEO. H. DEBOE YOUNTS-DEBOE CO. | GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX and HICKEY-FREEMAN ! CLOTHES 1 STETSON and DISNEY HATS j Manhattan Shirts Inter-Woven Hose * . H CANNON & FARLOW || Fine Stationery Groceries Eats, The Very Best a* W . 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