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Page Two THE GUILFOROIAN Published weekly by the Zatasian, Henry Clay, Philomathean, and Web gterian Literary Societies. Editorial Slajj Byron A. llaworth .... Editor-in-Chief Joseph J. Cox Managing Editor Frances Osborne .... Associate Editor Ira G. Newlin Associate Editor Miss N. Era Lasley Alumni Editor George P. Wilson Faculty Adviser A. I. Newlin Faculty Adviser Reporters Charles Weir Marie Barnes Williajm Tomlinson Ruth Malpass Alice Hazard Edwin Rozell Regin.ld Marshall Alma Hassel Virginia Painperin Paul Reynolds Sudie Cox Business Staff Edwin P. Brown Acting Bus. Mgr. Thelma King Circulation Mgr. Address all communications to THE GUILFORDIAN, Guilford College N. C. Subcnption price SI.SU per year Entered at the post ottice in Guil iord College, N. C., as second class mail matter. Member of North Carolina Collegi ate Press Association. EDITORIAL Was it Bryan who advocated the famous campaign solgan "Sixteen to One."' Well, "Shirt" has a new one which was coined in the opening game with the United Stales Marines: "Fif teen to Four." It's strikeouts he means. It was "one to zero"' when the first : half of the ninth was over and they hadn't wavered! Don't the Marine corps sometimes have what they call battery practice, Well, so do the Quakers. They took a workout Monday. It seems like the boys took the ex pression, "Tell it to the Marines" in its literal sense. After all, it was just the Quakers peaceable way of lickin' the stuffin' out o' the liglitin gang without strikin' a lick. But there's not a man on the local club that would't agree that every man in Co ch Keady's team is a real ball player. Likewise, every one of Coach Doak's three-quar'.c - of a dozen think of the Marine boys as an aggregation of clean sportsmen. But how about the other 20 games? Sixteen of the count in the per lentage leading up to the state champ ionship. Let's line up—one hundred per cent strong—squarely behind the fightin'est little te m in the state. Let's make 'em win straight through. VALUE OF MANNERS "Today, bad form is really good form, . nd if you want to be consider ed the right person, you must do the wrong sort of thing." These start ling headlines were found in the "Foremost Newspaper of the Two Carolines" Feb. 8, 1926. When such claptrap is published it is refreshing to remember that in this new era of freedom many people have learned to think for themselves and no longer sawllow, bait hook and line, every thing that is written to catch the eye of the unsophisticated automaton. Men and women who have attained really enviable positions tell us that as the road of life becomes more and more crowded the need for traffic rules becomes ever more urgently manifest. There- is nothing that gives a per son away so completely and quickly as his manners, or rather his LACK of manners. One need not be a Lord Chesterfield in order to observe the common courtesies of every day life and have what is termed culture. Emerson says that the basis of all good manners is good behavior. The loud mouthed galoul, who brays like a donkey in (he dining room until the place sounds like the alarm clock in . circus menagerie is lacking in good behavior and culture. Female cacklers and masculine comedians who ' try at chapel and other public gather- l ings to be amusing, usurp the speak- ' e s place an attempt to furnish enter- j tainment for the crowd, .re absolutely | crude and lack even the refinement J of a well trained pet. Because they t attract attention by buffoonery they seem to think they are making them selves populaV when in reality they ire onl> reflecting discredit upon 1 their homes and themselves. Culture is not attained by "book-. le ruing": it is a cultivation of the finer side of a person's nature and con -equentl) brings out the best there is in him. The twaddle of the modernist who tells you that bad form is really good form in this day of enlightment I is merely food for the sucker. Be havior is now. as in the past, a re vealer if real character. There are certain acquired niceties that re im perative if one is to be truly educat ed and fill a worthy position in life. A course in good manners should be put into the curriculum of our col lege and every student entering re quired to take it or else pass an ex amination to show conclusively that lie does not need it. A person so shal- > low and superficial as to object to such . course would probably in nine ty-nine cases out of one hundred be unfit and udessirable as a student at Guilford. Those who object to good manners are the ones who usually in hale their soup, eat with knife, 101 l j on the table, tilt back in their chairs, j wield a fork as if pitching hay into j a barn loft, satisfiedly wipe their! mouth on their coat sleeves, guffaw I loudly and long and actually make ' themselves repulsive to those with whom they come in contact. Such a course as the one mentioned would be more assistance to a man when he steps out of college with a diploma in his hand than ;II the book knowledge he has crammed into bis bead. Why could not Guilford take the initiative and do something rather unique by adding such a course? It would certainly meet a much lelt need in the lives of many I I oys nnd girls who upon entering col- ! Iriie realize that their adv ntages and i environment have not been sufficient j to teach them all they would like to j know about social usage and amenities. I After all, fine manners are the oil of our social machine and tend to simplify existence more than they com plicate it. UN GARCON BRAVE The I. test definition for that species of the genus homo popularly known as '"sheik'' and the one which Noah Webster will probably crib, as the writer has done, is simply this: "A sheik is a young man who can keep his scat in a street car and flirt with the girl who is standing up." I'n Garcon brave! DEPENDABILITY What better recommendation does a lan need than lie is dependable? If we find it difficult to answer this ques tion we can at least s v witii assur ance that without this quality all other recommendations would be nugtory so for as a successful life is concerned The following epitome is Mr. G. Y. Cement's comment on dependability. "Ability is a fine quality to possess, and yet we daily see evidences where persons of recognized ability fall down miserably. We h. ve all known men who were recognized failures and yet whose ability was unquestioned- they COULD perform very worthwhile service, but didn't. When their ability was used it was applied at the wrong time, or in the wrong way or with the wrong attitude or in some other wiv that failed to measure up. They had ability without dependa bility! A man mry have plenty of skill and lots of ability but be of little or no value to the rest of us if he is without dependability. The first attribute of an individual ' must be "DEPENDABILITY", THE GrUILFORDI AN ASK THE FRESHMAN Professor D. Riley Haworth, in a 3 recent chapel talk., named several jg reasons why students fail at Guilford, i Evidently Airs. Binford was not en tirely satisfied with his conclusions as she sought for further information from the freshman class. It cannot - be said that the freshman lack orgina- % lity. Thirty-five different causes erf failures were found in the themes re ceived by Mrs. Binford tli t were not mentioned by Mr. Haworth. After looking over an epitome of the many possible causes for failures i> seems that considerable surveillance f would he necessary to keep the bright- J est of students off the "flunk list." I THE HIKE | Another question might he placed 4 alongside of the poetic one. "What is 2 so rare .s a day in June?" and that I i l -. '"What is so rare as the first signs f of spring?" However the first signs ♦ of spring were out in no reduced numbers last Sunday afternoon. The first group of mixed hikers left J Founders lialll about three o'clock and §g went for a round of the fourteen P blocks of northwest Guilford. They |I tfhy readier Academy Boulevard and | went south on Station |Drive until ,g? went past the Guilford high school | building. They finally returned from 2 the country by the way of the Lindley g road. Tom Sykes w. s member of the party mid he led the rustic enthusiasts with M a hearty pace that tried their mettle, -f Time was allowed at a number of , } times for observation of the signs of t spring ami for an enjoyment of the -4 beautiful late winter scenery. Manners easily ;nd rapidly mature into morals —Horace Mann. A speaker comes to chapel, f Some wise word to say; 5> He look* at the student body > And then says. "Let us pray." • "Is your son going to college this i full?" v "lie hasn't said, but he lias bought f a second-hand ukelele.'' i ? ' \ A Freshman off at school wired iiis ' f father: ".No mon; no fun; your son." The answer read. "Too bad; how s sad; your dad." - —— 4 Mother, in crowded street car: * "Clvde. whv don't vou get up and 4 • 1 give your seal to your father Doesn t j it pain you to see him reaching for a 2 strap?" * Clyde, cheerfully: "Not here in the car, mother, but it does at home." Billy: "If 1 wasn't here, I bet that jelly bean would kiss you." Sally, horrified: "You awful boy! | Go away this minute." Porter: "Yo* better keep yo' h. id g out oh dat window." Bones: "Look here, blacker dan | midnight. I don't take orders from no- E body." Porter: "Well, ef you damage any f oh our railroad bridges, you sholy gon' • |iay fer 'em." i I's: "Forward, forward, ole time in 1 I ill' flight! Make that bell ring before j I recite." ' Father: "If you are good. I'll give ' A you a nice, new, shiny quarter." * Bobby: "Haven't you got c. horrid, j dirty, old dollar bill, instead?" 4 Lady: "I want to cash a check for ty daughter." Clerk: "But I don't know your aughter." Lady: "Oh. that's all right; I'll in- i roduce you." _— ; , Clarence, waiting in the parlor for | Janet: "Is Janet, your oldest sister at | home?" Kid sister: "Yeh." j Clarence; "And who comes ; fter her?" ; Kid sister; "You and two other ginks, mostly." 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