Page Four HENRY CLAY NOTES "I had rather be right than presi dent." Thus spoke the noble Henry Clay, and thus has been worded the motto of the Henry Clay Literary So ciety for forty-six years. Under the influence of this American patriot and the Henry Clay Literary Society, we have as our representatives in the world such notables as Joseph M. Dixon, ex-governor of Montana, and now assistant secretary of the Inter ior of the U. S. H. Sinclair Williams, six times a member of the General Assembly of North Carolina; Dudley D. Carrol, Dean of the School of Com merce at the University of North Car olina; Ernest Grady Shore, famous ex-baseball pitcher of the Boston Red Sox; and Dr. A. I. Newlin, professor of History at Guilford College. The combined traditions of these men and the Henry Clay Literary Society is sue a challenge to both the new and old students of Guilford College. The purpose of the society, from the time of its founding in 1885, has been to train its members in the art of public speaking and debating. The future of the society rests with the students of the college. It is very es sential that the students participate in some such organization, and the Henry Clay Literary Society takes great pleasure in welcoming each stu dent to visit its next meeting. PHILOMATHEAN NOTES The Philomathean Literary Society held its regular meeting Friday even ing, September 11. Under miscellaneous business a new secretary, marshall, and treasurer were to be elected. They are as fol lows: Secretary, Lillian Holder; mar shall, Genevieve Sheetz; treasurer, Marie Beecham. The society then elected a student affairs board repre sentative, Margaret Warner. The Philomathean Society met Sep- tember 18 at 7:00. Following the sec retary's report Esther Lee Cox gave a welcome to the new members. ZATASIAN LITERARY NOTES The regular meeting of the Zatas ian Literary Society was held Friday evening, September 18, 1931, at 7:00 o'clock. The program for the evening was a musical and literary one. As the opening feature Earline Ad ams played "Londonderry Air," a pi ano solo. Dorothy Wolff then gave a reading of Bradford's entitled "Sampson." The next number on the program was a vocal duet, "I Love a Little Garden," by Edith Trivette and Elean or Grimsley. The program was brought to a close by i,he reading of two poems of Edwin Markham. This was done by Eleanor Bangs. The society was glad to welcome in to its membership several new mem bers. A program committee was appoint ed to serve during the next six weeks: Mildred Burton, chairman; Mozelle Teague, and Ava Roberts. Following the critic's report, given by Ruth Hiller, the society adjourned to join in the reception given for the new girls by both societies. There was a call meeting of the Zatasian Literary Society Tuesday, September 15, in order to elect off ficers to serve the next six weeks. Back Those Who Back Us New Fall Line in Clothing TURNER & CORNATZER SOUTH ELM ST. i - Trade With Our Advertisers — — ~ s Complete Line of Stationery S. H. KRESS & CO. SOUTH ELM V. > Hack Those Who Back Us J GUARANTEED ALL WOOL | SUITS MADE TO MEASURE | I Homeland Tailoring Co. i I Inc. | Baltimore, Md. | S2O - $25 - S3O - $35 \ "Built on Principle" • Represented by Bob Jamieson j Those elected were: President, Lottie Stafford; secretary, Sally Davis; marshall, Clara Belle Welch. PERSONALS Mr. A. W. Blair of New Jersey Ex periment Station at New Brunswick recently visited the college, and ex pressed much interest in the develop ment of the library. Dr. E. Worth Ross, a child special ist of Detroit, visited the college during a recent trip to North Caro lina. Mildred Beasley was the week-end guest of her sister, Rachael. She came down especially for the opening re ception. Eleanor Carson was a visitor on the campus the past week-end. John Lippincott has been visiting us for the past few days. Glad to see you again, "Lipp." Priscilla White is spending the week-end at her home in Greensboro. Miss Helen Jones of High Point was the week-end guest of Martha Taylor. Miss Katherine Ricks and Eva Campbell spent a few days last week at Wrightsville Beach. Mabel Ingold, Verna Andrews, and Leona Guthrie were here for the op ening reception. Jeanette Trotter of Pilot Mountain was the guest of Rachael Beasley last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ward and Mil licent Wood of Concord were visitors of Ralph and Bill Ward last Sunday. Nell McMullen spent the past week end with Sarah Jarrett. She was here especially for the opening reception. Mr. H. S. Williams of Concord was a visitor on the campus last Sunday. Rachael Beasley spent the week end at her home in Pilot Mountain, N. C. Those going up for the Guilford- Emory and Henry game were: Lewis Abel, Frankie Allen, "Deacon" Chol erton, Johnny Williams, "Ikey" Cox, Tubby Blair. Freshman C iris Are Found Quilty On Friday night, September 11, the bloody Soph girls decided it was time to show their superiority. The culprits were marched in sin gle file to back hall at Founders where they were tried for various unforgiv able crimes and pleaded guilty in al most every instance. After consider able difficulty in keeping order, the Sophs, having gained the upper hand, read several rules which the rats were to observe strictly: A large green bow was to be worn on the hair, no make-up could be used, books were to be carried to class in pillow cases, and all upper-classmen were to be spoken to. The meeting was ended by the first song every Freshman learns when he enters college, "How Green I Am." "Freshman Talent" Has Social Night On Tuesday evening, September Bth a freshman talent program was pre sented in the auditorium. David Par sons was the master par excellence of ceremonies. Readings by Gertrude Mears, Orpha Newlin, Leona Teague, and Lilly Butler intervened by piano selections by Helen Flynn and Mar garet Pringle. Maurice Farmer and Smiley Wilkie performed in a most pleasing manner upon the guitar and harp. The audience was agreeably urprised at the unusual talent shown by the freshman class. —Patronize Those Who Patronize Us— - -——A Greensboro Hardware Co. HARDWARE OUR STORE WELCOMES YOU 221 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C. THE GUILFORDIAN Mr. Foster Is Chapel Speaker "Credit Habits As Character Builders" Subject of Address "Credit Habits as Character Build ers" was the subject discussed by Mr. Foster, head of the merchant's association of Greensboro, who was the chapel speaker for Tuesday, Sep tember 22. According to psychologists, it is as easy to form one kind of habit as an other. Ihe bill-paying habit is a good habit, and one that every respectable person should form. Roger Babson, the statistician, at tributes a great part of the present depression to the fact that many peo ple have not formed the bill-paying habit. Only fifty-seven per cent of the people are prompt bill payers. The fact that you get a bill is a sign that someone has confidence in your honesty. If you would maintain this confidence there are four prin ciples you must observe. First, use your credit carefully; do not expect to start out in life on a par with what your father has amass ed over a period of years. Second, ob ligate yourself to pay what you can pay and no more. Third, save some thing for an unexpected mishap. Fourth, do not make additional obli gations unless you can meet the ones you already have, together with the additional ones. Credit is the best thing one can have. Mcney can be gotten in various ways but credit is obtained through years of honorable living. A man's character may be judged by his credit. MAYOR PAUL C. LINDLEY GREETS NEW STUDENTS Member Of Hoard Of Trustees First Speaker Of New Year Mayor Paul C. Lindley of Greens boro and a member of the Board of Trustees of Guilford College, address ed the assembled students in chapel on Wednesday, September 9, on ex tending a hearty welcome to the Freshmen and old students. By giving examples of his school days at Guilford and those of otners, he pointed out the need of joining lit erary societies and entering into other activities on the campus in order to develop poise and a foundation for life. By starting one boy in hoeing, he helped him climb to the position of the landscape department of the Uni versity of Wisconsin. In closing, he remarked, that we must develop our salesmanship—our powers to sell ourselves. STUDENT AFFIARS BOARD HOLDS FIRST MEETING Point System, Class Standing and Day Students Considered The Student Affairs Board held its regular meeting in East Parlor on Wednesday evening. Members from most of the student organizations were present. The greatest interest was in getting plans and work for the year organiz ed. To investigate the point system, a committee was appointed consisting of Allen White, Chairman, John Hugh William and Julia Plummer. The points and averages of students are investigated in an effort to carry out the regulations concerning the re quirements for carrying outside ac tivities. Bob Jamieson and Sam Bass were appointed to investigate the standing of class officers as required by the regulations. Miss Lasley suggested that the Stu dent Affairs Board take the initia tive in promoting more cordiality and gcod will between the campus and day students, that they may feel they are a part of the whole college life. SUBSCRIPTION BLANK Business Manager, The Guilfordian : | Deal - Sir: Enclosed you will find 51.50 for which please send me the :j Guilfordian for the year 1931-1932. Name ij Address State 3 (Please Print Your Name and Address I^egibly.) The Bridge of Sighs Tradition —the creed of all true minstrels—has woven about the name of Venice a veil of romance and mys tery. Not the least colorful thread in the weave of this veil is that of the Bridge of Sighs, which curves its romber convexity above one of the hundred of water-ways that make Ve iice one monstrous network of stone rising majestically out of the Adri atic's salty waves. It boasts no beauty—the Bridge— ncne save what the halo of Time and Tragedy have given it. Moss grown, jagged, hideous, eternal, it has for centuries defied the elements and re mained grimly faithful to its dread duty—that of connecting the court of animals in the Doge's Palace with the city prison opposite. In former times, a prisoner con demned to torture or death for hav ing committed some crime, crossed the Bridge of Sighs soon after sen tence was passed. If he loved the sun light, the blue canals, tM bluer heav ens, and the sweet wind-swept beauty that was Venice, he said a long, long farewell to it all before entering the prison door, for a Doge's prisoner crossed the Bridge once only, and in but one direction. Tradition has it that back in the dim days of the fifteenth century, there ruled in Venice a particularly wicked and cruel Doge. Heartless, tyrannical, grasping he was, and pos sessed of a diabolical and unaccount able aversion and hatred for all man kind. Nor was this the comparatively reasonable, healthy hatred of honest foe for honest foe, but rather it seem ed to be a bitter, corroding, defensive hostility, which we, of today, would say verged on madness. And yet the man was clever—oh, so clevert The Doge's was a serpent's nature, almost. Certainly his glittering, black eyes and thin pointed face suggested the reptile he showed himself to be. None might boast of daring to look straight into his eyes for more than a few uneasy seconds at a time, and some gave as their excuse the opinion that no human being, but only Satan himself might gaze without qualing into the flaming cruelty, crime, and unutterable horror of evil that leaped and surged within the bottomless depths of the Doge's eyes. Whether or not the Doge knew of the fear which his look could awaken in those about him, certain it was that his chief delight appeared to be that of forcing some timid, tremulous one—a child, a maiden, or perhaps a prisoner half-frenzied with terror— to meet his hellish gaze. The Doge al so, at such times, often smiled. His bloodless lips were exceptionally thin, and his fine teeth exceptionally white. 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The next, a man's arms reached out for her from the vague obscurity of the gondola. Slowly, gently, they half drew, half-lifted her downward, till she loosed her held on the rope and rested, safe, against the man's should er. All the while, she had kept her eyes tight-closed, as a child does when half frightened yet very happy. A mo ment longer the white lids hid the sweet glory of the jewels that lay be neath them; then they fluttered con tentedly open, and through the gloom thinned by proximity, Lorenzia look ed into a pair of the steadiest, black est, and most glittering orbs that ev er pierced the midnight. Suddenly the Doge smiled, and his teeth gleamed white, while the gondola with its triple cargo rocked a gentle bit, in the darkness .... Five nights later, on the moonlit eve of her twentieth birthday, a girl, leaning heavily upon the proffered arm of her husband, walked with bow ed head and stumbling foot, across the Bridge of Sighs.