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THE GUILFORDIAN
Published scmi-monthl.v liy the students of Guilford College during
Ihe school year except during examinations and holiday periods.
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"The Old Order Changeth"
Tt is no longer necessary to go to college for lack of something to
do. In the years that followed 1029 the youth of America trooped
to college and was immediately sent home because of "lack of funds."
Those who stayed, stayed by sheer grit and grind, stayed because there
was 110 employment elsewhere.
Today, youth goes to college because there are funds available for
leisure time, because colleges are increasing their enrollment, and
because a degree has become necessary for a position.
According to the modern prophets, the coming three years will be
those of prosperity after which will follow either a war or a depression,
the like of which we have never seen. Shall we be s;o bent on availing
ourselves of the prosperity that we forget the aftermath which might
be avoided by careful management?
We who number among the fortunate youth of America, those of
us who have the leisure time to think, can we not propose and carry
out a plan to prevent tlie errors of the previous generation? The
monotonous song is sung to us by chapel speakers "the responsibility
of tomorrow rests on your shoulders." If this be true, we can not
begin too soon. The summer gave us twenty-three Guilfrdians in the
volunteer work of the American Friends Service Committee. This
winter, as a campus, as individuals, we must begin to prepare ourselves
to inaugurate a new and workable social order founded 011 the good of
the whole rather than 011 individual gain. ]\l. N.
Come All Ye Faithless
Our collective hat is oft' to the faculty-student quintet which, under
the humdrum title of the Chapel Committee, got quietly together
during this week just past and scrapped a few of the time-worn con
ventions that have been weighing Guilford College down for the past
hundred years. True, the reform that this group achieved was small
enough in itself—the discontinuance of the old, super-nice sexagrega
tion idea that has long been one of the glaring absurdities of chapel
(or convocation, as they choose to call it now—a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet). However, in essence it is a step—hesitant
if you like, but still a step—into a field long untouched and ripe for
the plucking. The vista of possibilities opened by the chapel reform
is endless, -and we sincerely hope that some other fearless soul among
the powers that be will realize that as strongly as do we and will act
accordingly. M. A.
For Sophomores Only
Again Freshman Week was observed by flip supposed sophomores.
And again, the childish stunts of the snake dance such as "prayer
for rain," "the embarrassed proposal," and "the wavy singing" were
all enacted and the usual amount of empty laughter followed each
stunt.
We assume that when a boy has reached the stage of graduation
from high school that be is beginning to learn how to conduct himself
according to the ethics of a gentleman and surely when he reaches his
sophomore year in college we would conclude that he should know a
few rules of conduct. However, this is not the case on Guilford campus.
Why cannot the sophomore men follow the lead of the progressive
group in their class and he numbered among those college classes which
display adult intelligence. M. N.
THE GUILFORDIAN
First Centennial
1837-1937
(Editor's Note: Interesting and his
torical stories about Guilford College
mid the Centennial will appear. in this
column. Thomas Ashcraft will b. the
editor. >
NEW GARDEN CEMETERY
One hundred anil eighty-one years
ago there was formed by the New (Jar
den Monthly Meeting, the nucleus of
one of the most historical burial
grounds in the state of North Carolina.
The original tract containing two
acres was purchased from Ilenry Hal
linger. Through the years it has ex
panded to 21 acres with an additional
is acres ready for use. It contains
the site of the tirst grammar school
organized by the New Garden Friends,
the foundation of which still stands.
The most historic part of the ceme
tery is "The Revolutionary Oak" which
stands today as it did in 178 H. It has
recently been struck by lightning and
i: is feared that the old tree will not
live much longer.
To the east and a little south of this
famous tree are the graves of l.* British
soldiers who were killed in the Battle
of Guilford Courthouse. It is prob
able that nil of them died in the old
(junker Meeting House used by Lord
Cornwallis as a hospital. From a re
liable source we have learned that
seven of the soldiers were buried in
one grave and six in another.
Soldiers of the Civil War. both I'liion
and Confederate, are buried near the
tree also.
Not far away is the grave of Harriet
Green, a distinguished Friends preacher
from England who died while in tlr's
state.
(Mi November 21. I!>2s. the New (Jar
den Cemetery Association, Inc., was
formed by the monthly meeting for
the purpose of taking cure of the burial
ground.
Hundreds of people whose names
have passed from memory lie in un
marked graves.
Such families as Ilobhs, Cox. Llnd-
I ley. White, Worth. Benbow, Peelo.
llodgiu and Hunt, whose names have
been connected with North Carolina
Yearly Meeting and Guilford College
for the last century compose a large
percentage of the cemetery.
SEMEL ET SIMUL
How mingled in our ecstasy was dread
In that short hour—exquisite, memor
able ;
Dread that kept us ever mindful of our
Unhappy lot which was to be fore'er
Not true and constant lovers, but mciv
il roams
To one another —figments of fantasy.
The trees, the moon, the glistening sur
face of
The lake and you—all transient joys to
make
Reality a sad, unwanted fate.
Naught but tli call of lonely whip-poor
wills
Reachod us from shores that wavered
through the mist—
With what caprice was our supernal
host
Moved to astound us as we silently
Disturbed the black and silver mirror
of the
Moon that cast deceiving rays on shift
ing
Forms that now are shapely trees which
seemed
A hundred yards before cavorting elves.
Fragile beauty is short-lived and floes
From time ad care and unrequited pas
sion.
Thus passed away our own enchanted
hour,
And now in revcry I wonder if
Twas ever so or did I merely dream
That you had clasped my hand in yours
and spoke in
Mystic words of love and life and laugh
ter
While all the time we knew that this
and only
This brief interim was ours to share.
Teacher "Willie! Define the word
'punctu reV
Willie —"A puncture is a little hole in
a tire, usually found a great distance
from a garage."—Presbyterian Motorist.
In times of change like these it is a
comfort to come to the great institu
tion with a justified feeling of pride
and which many formerly among us
possibly regard with no small d.gree
of nostalgia.
The inevitable effect of Cupid's po
tent darts is presented in striking con
trast in the following ri.mantie in
trigues: For example, the classical man
ner of one who gave unrequited love
to a New Gardenette for three 1-o-n-g
years. What was it? Just ask him,
Willie Bi-g-lad to tell you! Incident
ally his new slogan is Victoria or die!
Seen about the campus . . . one
first rate business man, honor student,
Democrat, and Y. M. C. A. President
(You must come again to Dr. Battel's
of course) with a look on his face very
much like that of a devoted dog who
has just lost his master. The potential
brother-in-law says the fem in the case
is doing very nicely.
Truly Cupid has been busy this sum
mer. Three members of the faculty
have been wounded by his darts and
four former students are, 1 understand,
about to become that way or at least
are willing to be. The New England
states are harboring both of these cou
ples at present. Congrats, from IVLI
to Jevvy Maclean and Bill Hines, Jr.
A lass that i shud l>c so rudely arous
ed by the melodies of one wlio calls
himself Poppa Duck. Recently he en
listed an Archdalian and Founderite
with an interpolation of "J Just Couldn't
Take it Baby" reference to repasts. An
x-columnite founder of the l T glie
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EGOTISTIC OBSERVATION
A
lounge
is used by
guys like me.
But only Freshmen
use
tree.
Nips at novices: what has become of
the food gripers? X.8.: observe the
Cuban's super-Southern "sh," especially
in reference to seating position.
LOST LETTER
"Dear Sir:
"You have not used your charge ac
count with us recently and we are
somewhat concerned about it. I sin
cerely hope that nothing is wrong and
that we shall have the pleasure of serv
ing you again real soon."
But no signature . . . such a con
fidence in ye columnist. Drop any info
to college box 131 and it shall be pe
rused.
Suffering Sergeant: T'd do anything to
stop this blamed toothacln.
Sympathetic Private: Try chewing the
end of your rifle. If your tooth still
aches—reach down and pull the trigger!
—Foreign Service, V. F. W.
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September 2(i, 1030
BEAUTIFUL SILENCE
Green leaves
Whispering of kisses
From the wind—
Blue inverted howl of sky
Spot-lit by the sun;
Serene, calm, placid—
Vet, stay! A discord!
Feet heating on the stairs
Rumbling, thundering, trampling
Shattering Utopian quiet;
Students hurrying
To silent chapel.
TO ONE WHO LOVED AND
LOVED NOT
I caught all the color of the mountains
in October,
Gathered a sail boat in sunset,
I took the smell of pine and magnolias.
Mixed it all with the mystery of a
great city and gave them all to
you.
I spilled warm white blood, gave all my
love and then borrowed from the
gods!
And you, you laughed, smiled, then
wept on my cool white breasts,
dried your tears and went away.
Life:
f laugh with an idiot's laughter,
I sing with a fool's pride,
I talk with a hypocrite's tongue—
Why? why? why?
MUSIC
Like music curling lazily into nothing
ness,
Soft music melts into your being
Smoothly, without your knowing, it
takes possession
Of your body,
And makes of it n wild, untamed thing
That first, in awe, lies quivering—
bewildered.
Then as the music swells in sharp
crescendo,
Fast beats the pulse of this strange
creature,
Once so calm, so cool.
Ah, thank God! The (Innuendo!
And so back to your smug, complacent
self.
FAITH, FAREWELL!
One night when faith and I were one,
God whispered in the darkness,
"In doing good for others
Will you find your greatest happiness."
And though I waited, no words followed.
As youth does, so did I.
Tli bidding soon was faded
And as it lost itself in black, unyielding
shadows,
Faith arose and followed.
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