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Page Two THE GUILFORDIAN Published semi-monthly by the students of Guilford College dur ing the school year except during examinations and holiday periods. Member North Carolina Collegiate Press Association Editor-in-Cliicf Milton Anderson Associate Editor Charlotte Parker Managing Editor Flora Huffman Assistant Managing Editor Thomas Asheraft Business Manager Thomas McKniglit Assistant Business Manager Prank Poole Circulating Managers Win. Vanhoy, J. W. Edgerton SPECIAL EDITORS Feature Editors Tom Taylor, Philip Kelsey Bl>orts Editors Ken Morris, Meric Woodward Sootety Editor Mary Priscilla Blouch Exchange Editor Dorothy Cliappell Proofreaders Jynette Laßosa, Kathleen Leslie, Mary Labberton REPORTERS Richard Binford, Francis Lael, Thornton Conrow, Eleanor Gale, Bernard Foste'r, Audrie Gardham, Mary Jane Gibbons, Barbara Ilam iin, Charles Hendricks, Ruth Hopkins, Grcig Ritchie, James Parker, Alice Swiek, I'ete Moore, Shirley Messner, Clarence Woolston, Dale Thomasson, Priseilla Palmer, Virginia Snow, I'olly Morton, and George Wilson. FACULTY ADVISERS Dorothy Gilbert Robert Marshall Sammy Smith Address all communication* to THE GUILFORDIAN Guilford College, N. C. Subscription price £I.OO per year 1937 Member 1938 Associated Golle&ide Press Entered at the post ollice in Guilford College as second class matter Food for Thought One tiling about the Monogram Clul> initiations: they certainly are edifying for the dining-liall audience. Our nomination for "Man of the Hour" is Dr. Russell Pope, for his Shaw lecture if for no other reason. And about the Student Affairs Board's point system: we agree with one of our distinguished alumni that the student carrying the most points in a given year should lie given a medal, instead of being penalized. The student budget is coming up for discussion December !), so get your knives sharpened. About This Gym, Now The new gym is on the way! We realize that that has been tlie opinion of each student genera tion since that famous collection was taken up in the early years of the century. We have no hesitation in stating it as a fact because we know that the administration has taken it in hand as Guilford's next immediate goal, and because we know that immediate goals taken in hand by the present administration are as good as realized in the long run. It will take time. Certainly four or five years, perhaps seven or eight years will pass before the present plan becomes a brick and mortar reality. Hut we venture to say that progress toward it as a goal is as inevitable and relentless as the much-publicized march of Time itself. It is extremely probable that all of the present student generation will have passed into Guilford's history before the gym is built, hi many ways that is unfortunate, but, whether it is true or not it is no excuse for failure on the part of those now 011 campus to support it as ably as possible. We do not advocate considerable financial gifts from individual undergraduates; no one who knows as well as we the pro verbial pennilessness of the pupil would ever suggest that. But for every one of us there will be occasions when we, each in his own way, can aid the cause. It is in anticipation of those occasions that we urge your wholehearted support of the administration's aims. Apples to You! The shiny red apple this week goes to the girls, both student coun cil members and private citizens, who authored the petition recently passed by the faculty. We have long believed that much could be done for Guilford women if they'd just take the bit in their teeth and ask the faculty for what they wanted; and the so-long-prevalent policy of sitting back and waiting for the professors' group to guess what they were after was obviously doomed to failure. That the faculty would willingly grant any reasonable request must have been self-evident. The solons had nothing to gain by refus ing to cooperate. But the effort just made is the first within our per sonal recollection to be attempted by the WSC—on a matter of general import, at least. Thanks to their effort, curfew does not ring on Saturdays until 11 p. m. The day of the frenzied effort to get back from the movies before "Lights out!" is past. There is an excellent possibility of further advances in the near future. And so, again, our hat is off to the Guilfordians who initiated the movement, and to the faculty who passed it. Keep up the good work! THE GUILFORDIAN SECOND-GLASS MATTER By THE CARRIER Now that mid-semesters are pa9t (passed), tlie football season is over and you have nothing to do but sleep, we'll put in a plug for the play which graces the Guilford boards tonight . . . They do say that Anderson is a great lover on the stage, too. Thinking of Arms And The Man re minds us—Do your Christmas shopping early, Girls. Thanksgiving went by with the foot ball season, so of course nobody noticed much when this poetic jewel flashed upon the literary horizon. But it is still there. On the horizon. It won't go away Thanxgiving day is here. Thank god. It comes but once a year, Thank god. Well,the boarding department crossed us up nicely on Homecoming Day. j Remember? We came out with a crack about not being able to eat the eggs, and darned if they didn't serve us eggs we COULD eat that veVy morning . . . Chcnault acquaintance be forgot . . .? Three years is a long time, huh? No? liOokee hyar. . . As usual we were dig ging up things about people the other day (to print, that is) and we un earthed these literary gems in "The Gristmill" of November 17. 1934. There were poets in them days: 1. "My faults are many, my crimes are more."—Earle Maloney. 2. "Past is the- pace from childhood to man."—John Ryan. 3. "We were alone—just we two — above the clouds."—Ruth Stilson. And Time staggers on . . . 1. Smat-Boy Maloney—Who among Wlios in American Colleges. 2. Poopdeck Pappy Ryan Who's What on the Gridiron. 3. What's That in the Air? Seems as if some of you guys and ginches want to know what's gone with the Dirt Column. Well, we'll tell you. This is it, only there ain't tfoin' t'be no dirt. No. Our objective is this: a new enemy every issue. . . . We hear that Trotter has decided "definitely" to attend Juliard School of Music next year. Some of the gals think it's aMayesing. Contrary to popular opinion, Little Audrey just cried and cried. Tesh, Tesli. And that reminds us ... It seems that James (Robert Taylor) Parsons and another inmate of New North— a much less frequent visitor at Mary Ilobbs—were leaving there at the same time (ten o'clock, of course) one night a couple of weeks ago. James Robert, whose customary youthful exuberance had been heightened by previous events of the evening, yanked his friend's tie out of his vest. That worthy, in a similar mood, retaliated with a remark which had to do with Mr. Parsons' canine ancestry. Them's fightin' words on Pine St., Philadelphia, and James' lady-friend could not ignore them. She turned upon the uncouth gentleman in hot defense of the fair name of Parsons and exploded, "I heard what you called him, and I regret it!" Ripped at Random I.ove, the quest Marriage, the conquest Divorce, the inquest. —fiah'initc. A man with a slender salary should always marry a girl with a small waste. —( 'aruliniini. The Egyptian Ministry of the In terior lias announced that electric ad vertising space is to be let on the Pyramids- Haitio I>ifie.il. In their declining years. American barbers' chairs are shipped to the Congo where they are used as tribal thrones.—if catiers' Digest. Open Forum Editor, The Guilfordian: Slowly but surely I am being driven screwy by the infernal and eternal groanings of Ezra's new pride and joy, the "God Box." Twenty-two hours a day (The two hours between one and three a.m. arc still open; see Dr. Weis and sign up if you would like to have these.) that low moaning wail pursues me. I go to the library and hide in the stack's most secluded cubbyhole, but find 110 respite. In vain I try to work in Mr. Parsons' office; the vibra tions of the bass notes sobbing for lornly above makes the paper clips on my desk tremble. I go to Cox, Archdalc, King, every where, but I cannot escape it; it is useless. Sometimes I want to scream and myself on it.) but so far I have borne up very well. I don't think that I am abnormal—at least not much—because I have heard a number of other stu dents ranting about the same thing. For the good of our mental health, can't something be done? I suggest a brief recess of red-hot swing music twice a day and once at night, along about midnight. I have heard hymns so much that I often won der if I am dead; but I know I'm not because in heaven everything is enjoy able and in hell they don't play hymns. The thing that realy floors me, real ly puts me in the aisles, is the fact that Dr. Beittel has refused Willie Furinan and his band a place to re hearse on the grounds that they will disturb those seeking to study. To me this is a crime and not the real reason for keeping Willie and the boys from beating it out. Last year they made progress, this year they have enormous possibilities for success. We need a good band for our own school dances— but no, say the officers of our admin istration. We mustn't offend the back woods bygodders, at any cost. Oh, well, what's the use? Sincerely, A. EVALUATION' OF CHAPEL Editor (ii'ii.FoiiiiiAX ; Dear Sir: Regarding the compulsory chapel programs: I. like most of tlio other students, am against them in theory; but I am even more opposed to them in practice—at least, as they have been practiced recently. If the best pro grams the .-linpel committee can devise must give half the period to the sing ing of Iloly Roller theme songs and negro spirituals, then let'B hurt a iietr com mittcc! Of course. I realize that the present organization is composed of the cream (slightly soured, perhaps) of the stu dent body and of our esteemed faculty. However, if it were possible to get just one person with some common sen ;e on the comniit'.ee, lie might be able to show even the cultured "highbrows" which now make it up that the phrase, "Variety is the spice of life" has some meaning. It might even be that such a person (oil. but perish the thought!) could do away wivh the daily temple chant, or have as speaker a militarist or wiwc/ioi/// who is neither pacifist nor sociologist. At least, I hope lie could ! Sincerely. IV Editor of Tiie (ii n.i ohdian : I would like to use the columns of your valuable paper to express my In dividual appreciation of the job that the chapel committee has done toward improving the tri weekly convocations about which a few perpetually dis gruntled rant and rave. I've been here three years and I think that during that time your system lias improved 100 per cent. Your rearrangement of the seating order: the optional silent meetings in the Hut; the tri-weekly program va riety that you have introduced have all lent to my increasing interest in chapel. .Maybe I'm different or maybe I think a few open forum contributors are daffy about the subject. Yours for more of the good stuff I X. November 27, 1937 THE INQUIRING REPORTER (Tlie question below was asked of the following students during the week after that which the question con cerned. The answer, as the reader will at once remember, is: Monday, Profes sor Smith (pinch-hitting for President Gobbel of G. C.) : "I Don't Like Stained-Glass"; Wednesday, Tom Tay lor: "World War I'oems"; and Friday, Dr. Elbert Russell: "Church Confer ences." As not all of the students ques tioned knew that they were talking for publication, their answers are not to be held against them.—Ed.) Question: What were the chapel pro grains last week? (November S-12). Answers: A. C. WOODiiOOF, JR. .Mon day: "I think it was that thing about Church and State. You know— that guy that had been to all those con ferences and things." Wednesday :"I don't know. I'm trying to do Spanish." Friday: "I haven't the slightest recol lection. Let me alone." CLIFFORD FOX—Monday: "Oh, uli, those spirituals, I think." Wednesday: "That must have licen the Armistice Day program, I guess. Yeah, that's right." Friday: "That was that bird from Duke. You know, the Dean of the School of Religion." JACK BURTON—Monday : "ll—, I don't remember." Wednesday: "Well, let's see. Wednesday we had those war poems." Friday : "Wo had that eccles iastical bird that had been to all those church conferences and things. You know. oh. yes, 1 do remember Mon day, too. It was some guy Smith, from (i. ('. He had the most poinllins speech. It was abstract as h . It was one of those s'.ock speeches about grasping things or seizing opportunities or some thing. You know the kind I mean— one of those tilings that could be given at a birth-control conference or a kin dergarten class equally well. Hurry up with that key, Bowman. It's cold out here." MOODY STItOI'D —, Monday: "El bert Russel, wasn't it? Talked about conferences in Edinborough and all that." Wednesday: "That was Tom Taylor." Friday: "I don't remember. Have you got a pencil?" I'RISCILLA PALMER—"There was one about a man who quoted people all the time. There was one about a man from Duke—some religious man. There was one about —I've forgotten." KATIILEEX LESLIE Monday: "Let me see, now. Let me see. Oh, that was Tom Taylor—no that was on Wednesday. Maybe Dr. licittel made a speech. I dunno. 1 bet we did sing a hymn, though—we're always singing hymns. Wednesday: "1 said that was Taylor, didn't I'.-" Friday: "Something about stained-glass windows or a church or something, oh, yes—it was a mm: from a church, lie quoted i very thing he'd ever read before. I gue.ss. Will you sharpen this pencil for mo, please?" A. C. U. WHO'S WHO NAMES STANDOUTS: SEVEN HONORED from Page One) desired for inclusion in Ibis year's edi tion of the reference book. Questioned, Mrs. Milner indicated that she would probably send in a list of nominees, nlthough it hardly seemed worthwhile in view of the fact that Guilford's quota is apparently already tilled. Listing in the book has practical as well as sentimental value, since copies are sent to many business houses and used by them in consideration of pos sible employees. The idea of issuing a reference book of this sort is in dorsed by the National Student Fed eration of America, the Southern In tercollegiate associational for women, and the American Association of State Universities in addition to several other organizations, both of students and of business men.
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