Page Two Wife #utlforbtatt Entered at Guilford College, N. C., as second class matter under the act of Congress, August 24, 1912. Published semi-monthly during the school year by the students of Guilford College. Editor-in-Chief Gene S. Key Managing Editor Ward B. Threatt Business Manager Garland Rakestraw Circulation Managers David Holland, Emily Johnson Business Staff— Burley Strader, Barbara McFarland, Barbara Tut tle, Sarah Scott. Feature Staff Joe Keiger, Earl Tyson Sports Editors Alan Connor, Tommy Evaul, Sally Haire News Staff— C. W. McCraw, Virginia Toole, Hollis Heissner. Ruby Sharp, Florence Brice, Edward Post, James Benjamin, Morton Salkin'd. Typist Bobby Marshall Photographer James Kaltreider Faculty Adviser Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert Subscription Price SI.OO per year "Editorial expression shapes public opinion only if it adheres to the right, if it serves the public interest, if it is fearless, vigorous, unprej udiced and persistent; if it adheres to a reasonable policy well-grounded in experience and unassailable in purpose. Such editorial expression is effective if it conies from an independent, free, solvent newspaper, which has won the confidence of its field and is beyond the reach of selfish interests."—Arthur C. Johnson A few thoughts Well, though this is a little early, this is your Christmas issue. We, the staff, feel, however, that it is not too early to impose on you a few thoughts about the season to which we all look forward. Some look forward to Christmas with difficult outlooks. It depends on who you are, how old you are, where you are, what kind of music you're getting on the radio, how far you are from home, and how difficult it is to penetrate the oyster shell which encloses your heart. The kids look forward to the Christmas season as the time of year when they can look forward to receiving gifts from Santa, eating good food, and going places. Not all of them enjoy any of these privileges, but have you ever seen a child who didn't look forward to Christmas, even though he might have been very disappointed the year before? Some look forward to Christmas as a time when they can sell their goods to a thrifty public which has suddenly relaxed its purse strings. To some, it is the part of the year when they just simply quit, and go home for a visit with the "folks." To others, it is the holiday season for gay parties and "doing the town." And then there are those who interpret Christmas as a solemn, holy occasion: the birthdate of Christ and of Christianity. They think of their neighbors, and their hearts swell with an undefln able something when they hear the chimes of "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men." They save and cut the budget in order to buy modest gifts for loved ones, and enjoy putting into practice the saying which goes with Christmas—"lt is better to give than to receive." This group thinks about another group that will not have very much joy at Christmas time . . . P?or reasons beyond their control, many childish feet will stumble in the early morning' to find out what- they were afraid was true before—that there is no Santa Claus. And then, at last, is a group which we cannot classify. With his horn-rimmed glasses, scuffed buckskins he paid $8.50 for and claimed to the boys he paid $12.00, his baggage containing the maximum amount of dirty clothes for "mom" to wash, the book on Plato to impress the bus station attendants, and a bill to be presented to dad for a preposterous amount so he can give that little girl a nicer Christmas present,—the college student goes home. He will recuperate there from three months of rigid study, in order that he will be able to take post-Christmas exams. A desolate and odd figure, yes; but in him we see a mass of potentiality that may be released someday for the good of all the above-mentioned. He may even help convince the kids who have reason to doubt that there is a Santa. A successful season We heard a sports writer say on Thanksgiving day, "Well, if Guilford wins today, they've had a successful season. If they lose, they 've had a bad one.'' We lost, but I challenge this sports writer for this reason: When the idea of athletics began, to win was not the number one objective. Looking good on the field, and playing hard and fair and clean were emphasized more than winning. Also, the spirit of good sportsmanship ranked high in athletic purpose. Though in our time we do not accept these theories, but strive for wins first, we believe that Eddie Teague looks for the highest in athletics. We say this by virtue of candid remarks not meant for our ears. The boys who play for Coach like him. We over heard two seniors say that they were glad they had played for Eddie Teague, even for just a year, because they had learned a lot from him bsides football. As for us, we've enjoyed seeing the fine type of football we've had this year, and we liked the way the boys observed the train ing rules, and those of fair play. They, with the help of their coach, have accomplished something we believe will be alive for years after the game scores are forgotten—and again next year, no team will trot out on the field without respecting and playing their hardest against the team Eddie Teague sends out there! Of course we've had a successful football season! THE GUILFORDIAN MISCELANEA By Cochrane Hark the carol angels shout, Seven days and we'll be out. —Brahms Our degenerate scouts having all been hopped to the eairs on stimu lants such as opium, benzedrine and Soda Shop coffee for the past week, we find gossip nil. So we have de cided to devotte this column to cul ture. Thus is presented a resume of all the important items and hap penings which at present feature the "higher type" life on campus. DRAMA A Short and Truthful Tragedy Entitled "How Low Down Can You Get?" Scene: College room where "Samp son" Shugart is busily grooming himself for ithe big date. In rushes "Slick" Sattea'thwaite. Sam: Swish-swish (hair brush noises). Slick: My date's waiting at Foun ders. Sam (happily): Mine too! Slick: Gee, she is beautiful. Sam (breathlessly) : Mine too! Slick: You got any money? Sam: Dol-glug and urg quart-glug glug (tooth brush noises). Slick: Only a buck and a quar ter—l'll take it. (And he does.) Slick: See you! She's gonna take me walking. Sam (sighingly) : Mine too! (Scene changes to show the happy Sampson rushing towards Founders, ns buddy Slick emerges with young female.) Slick: This is my date. Sam (heartbrokenly) : Mine too! (Lights fade, leaving a lonely Sampson busily 'tearing down Foun ders' columns, with no date—no friend—and not evem a nickel for coffee.) MUSIC SIDELIGHTS The lyrics quoted, at the beginning of this column were penned by Sam Brahms, who pounds piano in the Chili-Oafe in Yonkers. He is not to be confused with the earlier mu sician who did the stuff the choir puts out on occasion. POETRY A short rhyme inspired by the Natural Science courijp . . . entitled "Anode" (woo ha—you get it?) Oh may our teaehers all be blessed, The holiday spirit has kissed us. The time when we like Guilford best Is when we're off for Christmas! MYSTERY STORY DEPT. The "Who Ik Henry?" saga . . . lots of people think they know . . . iiiul Rudy Craven would like to know . . . but Hetty knows for sure (and we don't ll re anyway). Second one is more baffling—ihow could a little old Santa Claus suit mess tip a romance like Day and Jessup? This comes under the "Weighty Problems" classification. REMINDER This may come under the heading of a direct plug . . . but it's well intended. There is still time to make it ito the Christmas dance . . . and anyone who misses this . . . the scent of evergreens and perfumes, woven into a pattern of soft lights, soft music and the soft yap-yap of the fair sex . . . misses an essential part, of the things which go to gether to make Christmas at Guil ford. WHY? Why do I love you, you'd like to know? First of all because God would have It so. Why does the sun rise and slowly climb Except 'to show the way to the stumbling blind? Why does the dew fall so early in the morn Except to quench the thirst the weary night, has l>orne? Why do the flowers bloom so early in the spring? Except to show the world that God reigns supreme? Why do the winds sing so proudly from the trees Except to give a song to those who are in need? Why does the moon rise with its golden amber glow Except to prompt a kiss and help to make it grow? Why do I love you, you'd like to know ? Most of all because I would have it so. —Tyson ANGLES .by JOE KEIGER Our minds hunt the familiar roads into the Christmas season—this is the time for treasured tradition. Time is a smelter for our spirits; it purges the dross and fuses the pure sensations into something like gold—something which resists ob literation and exists as a thing of beauty. What remains of the Christ mases past is not a fond recollection of the growling, grasping, greedy commercial melee, but happily, some thing thUit glows and glitters. Thus of the remembered sensa tions we perceive in this holiday glow, we recall music. And of the Christmas music, the "Messiah" is as old gold. Its musical richness has become a part of what Gtiil -37-Year-Old Psych Test Is Located Students in Mrs. Milneir's Psy chology 21 would probable be in terested in knowing what Psychol ogy was like 37 years ago, and what the teachers at Guilford then con sidered a "good" test. A quiz given by Dr. Louis Lyndon Hobbs on October 16, 1913. is in possession of Miss Era Lasley, college registrar. Mixs Lasley took the quiz. The paper reads as follows (take note, Psychology 21 students) : QUIZ IN PSYCHOLOGY October 16, 1913 The Stream of Consciousness 1. Explain the two methods, the analytic and the synthetic, and state which is followed by James and why. 2. What is fundamental fact of our inner experience? 3. State the four characteristics in consciousness and explain and illustrate each. 4. Explain the substantive and the transitive states. 5. Why is it difficult introspec tively to see the transitive parts! • What is meant by relations? 6. Explain what is meant by psy chic overtone or fringe. ILLUSTRATE. WORDS. MEMORY 7. Explain the difference between mere acquaintance and knowledge ■ about. (Ed. Note: What do you think . about it?) Born in Corn Hilty Happy; "Peeves" By EDWARD POST Every college has its absent-mind ed professor and its family-minded instructor. Our amiable Spanish instructor, Mr. Hiram 11. Hilty, fills the family category adequately. The Hilt.vs have two girls, and are expecting another addition to the family in the nrtir future. When asked how many children they would prefer, the answer wis three or four. He has hopes of trying Eddie Cantor's record of four girls; "but," he said, "the trouble is you can't pick the sex. If salaries rise and inflation decreases, hopes may be turned for having even more," he (added, in a jesting mood. Mr. Hilty is one of eight children. Mr. Hilty was born in the corn country of lowa. His farther was a Mennonlte minister. Because of the Common tendency of churches to transfer their pastors often, they moved to Missouri, where he spent his boyhood life. Guilford's young and quiet professor was educated at Buft'ton College, and received his B.D. from Hartford Theological Sem inary. While "our Spfcinish professor has •traveled neither to the Orient nor to Europe, he knows the eastern I'nited States thoroughly. He has had Quaker congregations up North and in Cuba. He tells of one hu morous experience that happened to him while he was a preacher and volunteer fireman in tin upper New York State church. "On Easter morn ing there was a large fire. A group of volunteers and I were trying to extinguish the fire the best we could. All of a sudden the fire chief came dashing through the smoke and tap December 9,1949 fordiams mean by "sacred memories through the archways . . This ora'torlo's Biblical text ex presses the things hoped for in the Messiah that was .to come. His coming fulfilled these hopes, and while Christmas celebrates His birth it more significantly rejoices in the accomplished expectations. Living with the Handel masterpiece for a couple of hours at least once, then, should be a part of any person's Christmas experience. No one, even a self-proclaimed Philistine, capable of enjoying the glow of Christmas, is incapable of listening intelligent ly to a performance of the "Mes siah." One who has never experienced this musical expression of the real metaning of our greatest Christian festival may be faced with the ques tion of why the Handel work is so esteemed. Perhaps it is mot an brig inal answer to say that it depends upon ihe Old Testament text's in spiration of hope and upon the power of the musical setting, espe cially in the choruses. While there are gentle land tender passages ap propriately descriptive of the Christ, it is the many-voiced rejoicing of the choruses that is symbolic of a common people's crying search for peace, security and love and their rejoiced finding of refuge. Definition of what each individual must find for himself is attempted only by the naive; but he who has perceived a scintillating within him self on hearing it, best knows what great music is. And if on hearing that music once more, new meaning and beauty is revealed, it can truly be called great Judged by these standards, the "Messiah" deserves its place in tra dition. Program Tonight (Continued from Page One) deliver a talk on "The Family of Dolly Madison at New Garden"; and Miss Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert, associate professor of English, will give a historical address entitled "The Planting of Quakerism in Pied mont Carolina." The program was commended highly by a large group at the ninth annual meeting of the N. C. Society for Preserving Antiquity at Raleigh last Thursday. , Miss Gilbert prepared the play for the Chanter Day celebration in 1 !>42. She is also author of "Guil ford : A Quaker College," a history of the institution from its birth through 1937. ped me on the shoulder, and said seriously, 'You are excused; it is time for your service.' " The lliltys lived in Cuba from 1945 until the summer of 1 948. Tht fall he came to Guilford. While in Cuba he had a church and had su pervision over other Quaker churches on the island. Describing he aver age Cuban, he said, "He seems to be like the average American, ex cept he hlas Wot had the breaks." For the benefit of those of you who are business-minded, Mr. Hilty believes there are great possibilities for developing resorts along the coastal areas of Cuba. Photography is Mr. Ililty's main hobby, although he has mamy di versified interests. He is greatly interested in the history of explora tions Und enjoys reading about the work of Columbus in both English and Spanish. About Columbus be vows, "His discoveries constitute one of the most momentous of historic events. America had better been called 'Columbia.'" Mr. Hilty does not have amy spe chil pet peeve. "What some profes sors consider a peeve, J just over look. lam just too ha.ppy," he said. However (editor note) he thorough ly dislikes to read mistakes in the newsplaper. His favorite paper, be sides The Gullfordian, is the New York Times. After having been a resident of various sections of the country, Mr. Hilty feels that Guilford College is his home. He said, "Guilford Col lege has a tradition to be ptimid of. It has great possibilities. I think we can do much experimentation in the various fields, especially in so cial studies, to better mlankind."