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Think About It
This was supposed to be a big issue, devoid of controversy,
giving you the works, etc. Something happened, or some things
happened, and we decided not to waste the next staff's' funds.
The Honor System, whether we or you like it or not, is the topic
of the day, and we must hear it out. Herein you will find opinions
from both sides. Think about it, faculty and students.
Participate!
The present staff of THE GUILFORDIAN congratulates Edward
Post, A 1 Connor, and Bob Carson on being elected to take over
the reins of this little paper. We hereby inform THE GUILFORD
IAN'S reading public that we are stepping out, as far as policy
is concerned, and if you haven't agreed with our ideas of what
THE GUILFORDIAN should be, get in there and start pitching.
Maybe they will listen to you—and if you'll help them out a little
the chances are good.
Our philosophy has been the experimental one, a reforming one
rathe rthan striving to give you ■what you ivant. Some say that
there was not enough "dirt" in THE GUILFORDIAN. We hereby
thank those people, for that is the nicest thing you can say about
us. Some people don't think "dirt" is so funny when turned in
their direction. We are firmly convinced that THE GUILFORDIAN
should be a slave to no one —students, faculty, or administration.
It should not be in furtherance of any one sect or group. Author
ity should rest solely on the staff and its adviser, with ultimate
authority resting on the editor. Again, the paper should have a
purpose, a constructive one, and go unwaveringly toward that
goal. We have put THE GUILFORDIAN out on schedule, and with
our little resources, have devoted what was left to the above. We,
as for success in its strict sense, have only scratched the surfaces
However, we believe we've l>een oh the right path.
No Controversy
There is one opinion we can express without any controversy
in recording praise for a person who doesn't get enough. We
don't feel like shouting from the top of Cox Hall, or using flowery
descriptions in describing him, for we all know him, and feel alike.
In fact, every other item and member of this institution is the
subject of controversy at some time or the other; but the opinion
is always the same about Dr. Clyde A. Milner.
For those who use slang, he's "tops." Even those who speak
English in stricter terms avow that Dr. Milner is "the greatest
thing that has ever happened to Guilford College." Whatever
the term used in our expression, we, Guilford students, love and
respect our president. And looking at the record of his tireless
devotion, service, and sacrifice to Guilford, why shouldn't we?
Give Up
EDITOB'S NOTE: Due to the nature of the following editorial, and due
to the fart tlmt the complete editorial staff were not in aeeord on its
issues at deadline, tec arc reversing our policy of unsigned editorials.
A poll of students last week showed that the majority were in
favor of continuing the Honor System at Guilford. A student
of State College told us in chapel that the faculty mUst do their
part, and then some, if the Honor System is going to work. These
two statements are really great for thought, but not of much use
practically.
A "new" rule regarding the Honor System recently came to
our attention. It says that the faculty reserves the right to not
accept any decision of the Honor Board that they do not feel is
justified. The student should realize the full implications of this
l>efore he decides on the merits of the Honor System as practiced
at Guilford now.
One case the Honor Board tried last semester involved two boys
charged with eheating on an examination. The Honor Board
found them not guilty, Bl'T the acquittal was overruled by the
faculty member involved and the boys were given failing grades
on the exam. The Honor Board held three sessions on this case.
No session lasted under an hour and one lasted more than two
hours. Was all this time, thought, energy in vain?
Three members of the Honor Board expressed their opinion
last week on this matter They said, in effect, that they would
never have accepted positions on the Honor Board if they had
known their authority was so limited.
The Honor Board cannot be effective as long as the faculty
members feel that their authority should only be in dealing
THE GUILFORDIAN
ANGLES .by JOE KEIGER
(with apologies to Arnold Gesell.
Chilli Development)
"Class S—This week we're using
the behavior profile of the child
after he has reached that stage
of accuini rift ion in which he de
velops a certain numbness to all
further attempts to pattern his
neural reactions. This stage is
called 'neural relapse.'
"Now the behavior day of the
mature organism no lunger begins
spontaneously with an awakening
smile and 'coo.' It is usually neces
sary to stimulate the object with a
ringing of a bell. A common reac
tion to this attempt to pattern
his functioning is a slight growl, ac
companied b.v a rotation of the
torso, and at the same time cover
ing his head with a sheet, and
groaning.
"If necessary for him to arise, the
cover may be removed, exposing the
whole of his cutaneous area to the
frigid atmosphere. By this time in
life, the individual's conditioning
will have worked out the problems
rnised by certain of the vegeta
tive functions, but for other reasons
his reaction to being aroused may
not be too pleasant. This period is
marked by a decided slowness of
the youth to reconcile himself to
the world of things and the world
of persons.
"The feeling schedule undergoes
radical changes at this period, in
order to permit this late slumber.
Letter to the Editor
Dcnr Sir:
Feeling that I should l>e n sup
porter of any institution or organ
ist ion to which I belong, I have
always given my wholo-hcarteil sup
port to Guilford College.
I uphould the various organi
zations on campus, and the fact
that I don't take time to participate
as I should makes me admire those
active in extra-curricular activities.
I have, with others, tolerated
speakers presented by the I. R. C.,
S. C. A., T. X. T., and 15. I'. X. K..
and taken the speeches for what
they were worth—in my opinion.
And I have never quibbled—before.
Now, however, I fell like I have
been encroached upon. I am not
alone in this, either. When the Dia
lectic Senate brought the three
"Evangelists" in to "save" the Guil
ford College student body, they did
no-one a service.
Popular Religious Program
Started by Transfer Students
Although one is a staunch Meth
odist and the other a Presbyterian,
they never have any religious con
troversy. In fact, hoth George I)u-
Bose and George Powell have coor
dinated and developed on the cam
pus popular, half hour religious
service which is held daily around
10:30 p. m. in Archdale Hall for
students of all faiths.
I>ußosp, a transfer student from
Atlantic Christian College, said he
got the prayer idea from the student
services he attended while he was
at The Citadel where he spent his
freshman year. Rut, "Powell and I
sort of got it together," he added.
They put the infant touches to
the idea at Atlantic Christian, and
worked out the details, so that
when he.v came to Guilford it was
just an ide;i on paper, but a swell
developed plan. Their services at
out punishments and having no
further power to decide upon
the guilt or innocence of the stu
dent who supposedly committed
an offense.
No capable student wishes to
be a member of the Honor Board
if they are uncertain of the va
lidity of their verdicts. The re
sponsibility for adopting a new
set of rules for the Honor Sys
tem has been placed in the laps
of the students. If this respon
sibility is veiled behind a screen
of uncooperativeness on the part
of some of the faculty members,
then in all fairness the job
should be made complete by tak
ing it entirely out of the hands
of the students.
WARD B. THREATT,
Managing Editor.
After the meal there is a short
period of playing with pencil and
paper, and at this time it is difficult
to hold his attention.
"Before bedtime a game is played
in which small squares of cardhoard
are piled together, and distributed
and collected repeatedly. The more
active of the age group plays a game
which challenges no mental facility,
but demands the body move slightly
to catch a ball which has been
thrown at the steps. Then the or
ganism finishes its day by swapping
stories, and is tucked into bed.
"At this time the child is being
prepared for a big surprise—Oom-
prehensives. He is developing a
concept of 'number,' knowing the
diflerent times he has taken Math.
Ilis social awareness has developed
to the point that he differs feet ween
"little boys" and "little girls," and
occasionally he is able to form a
complete sentence.
"T/ater on, when the lecture room
is substituted for the crib as his
morning pen, the human voice loses
its fascination. The organism
merely goes about his way, prac
ticing his newest game, 'putting
down what teacher says.' He does
this because of the folkways, not
because he likes it or knows what it
means.
"linguistic apparatus, spurred
ploddingly on by this new morning
activity, undergoes organization
also."
If the boys came in and said
"Here is the way our honor system
works, i't's problems, and its advan
tages," it woud have been o.k. with
us. However, they both set in our
honor system, and told us that we
were sliding along, gaily cheating
our way through college. They
warned us that the "Day" was com
ing, and cautioned our iniquities.
They told us this after landing on
the campus for an hour or so, talk
ing with a lmited group of students,
and forming an opinion, spiced with,
I think, creative imagination.
Xow really, State and U. N. C. are
not so far away that we take them
for a Garden of Eden. We have
friends there who were here, and
friends here who were there, and
I think most of Guilford's students
are honest, decent people." Dia
lectic Senate members, don't let
your s|>eakers speak on an Insight
acquired in a fraction of a morning.
N Robert Garner
A. C. C. were held primarily in one
of the classrooms, and usually fol
lowed the evening meal. Averaging
around five students, the attendance
was gaining. "Our attendance," Du-
Hose remarked, "would have beer
better if we could have met in a
students room, but since we had to
use a classroom, this kept it quite
low." The length of their services
was much shorter than it is here,
he added.
When the two religions minded
students came to Guilford, they
waited before organizing. As the
dark haired youth vowed, "We had
the idea in our mind, but waited
until we settled down and got to
know everybody before beginning
the services." Since having organ
ized around the middle of lasl
November the attendance has been
increasing steadily, and interesting
is the fact that the services are
not just confined to religion majors,
but include athletes and other
groups. George estimates the aver
age service to l>e around 11 boys
with the figure sometimes around
twenty.
When asked if the students joked
about the idea of holding such ser
vk-es, he replied, "At first many
though it was a big joke; however,
after a while they realized that we
were serious and what we were
doing was not a big comedy after
nil."
"To know Jesus and make him
known," Dußose describes as the pri
mary purpose of the meetings. The
typical service, which is technically
termed sermonette, begins with a
short prayer and is sometimes fol
lowed with a hymn. Topics for the
sermons range from "Making Jesus
Way Our Way," to "All the Way
Choo Choo:" Based on the appli
cation of Christianity to college
life, they follow a practical pattern,
and are interesting and enlightening
March 17, 1950
MISCELANEA
By Cochrane
Be it ever so humble, there's
no place like home!
—John Howard Payne
I should write a column
And strain my aching head.
In two more hours
We'll all be gone
And it won't e'er get read.
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Sentimental Stuff
Enjoyed the junior ball and its
old faces on end. Rumor has it
that they made money, but since
this is strictly non-traditional with
Guilford dances we doubt It.
Among the graduate (or "inner
tiil>e") set we heard such rare tales
as . . . Hank ".Pop" Harvey (now
a Virginia Probation officer) telling
about his little rays of sunshine. It
seems that Ilank decided to expose
his problem children to a little cul
ture, so he took live 13-year-olds to
a football game. Late in the fourth
quarter the little angels got bored
and took a powder.. . only to return
a few minutes later proudly bearing
tremendous stacks of cups they had
snitched from the concession stand.
Harvey then led his procession back
through the stands, who roared as
stands are supposed to do.
After listening to such tales, plus
Cuneo and George's teaching stories,
we've decided the only way of con
trolling the younger degeneration
seems to be a "loud voice and a
soft blackjack."
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Also noticed at the dance: Fuzzy's
beautiful side-step-split. Unfortun
ately this delicate maneuver is dan
gerous unless you own a suit with
two pairs of pants . . . Moe Camp
bell's heartbroken moans after he
slaved over his perpetual fountain
all day—and Mrs. Milner didn't show
up. (Can you soap-carve, Moe?)
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Accidents will happen
But not again, we hope;
Someone should take collection
And buy Bill's dog a rope.
•
We appreciate the Founders girls'
poems about Monday night French
lessons and Badminton and stuff.
But, since somebody said the situa
tion had cleared up, we'll hold them
in reserve . . . the power of the press
is so terrible.
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Biology 12
I've last my senior dignity;
I'm going to the dogs;
It's hard to look superior
When elbow-deep in frogs!
I'm sure to flunk the practical,
My nerves are all-aqulver;
I know the dorsal lumbar
But I cannot find his liver!
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Things We Hear Every Year
Prof.: "This really isn't my cus
tom, but in order to cover our mate
rial we mu(Bt read chapters 19
through 98 over the holidays."
Senior; "Well, I've just been read
ing so far—but I'm gonna finish my
thesis at home." Someone once re
marked that writing a thesis at
home was like trying to run a track
meet in a cranberry bog . . . but
we'd rather write a thesis.
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Measurements Class
They condemn the noble essay;
On discussion they all frown;
Two missed gives one a lousy "C";
That oughta cool them down.
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NOTE: The rumor that the Mono
gram Club Is bringing in an ex
burlesque queen for their annual
K.K.K. is not confirmed, says Bill
Teague, treasurer.
Secular, Sacred Numbers
Given by Tour Group
A sizable audience listened to a
concert by the Appalachian A Cap
pella Choir in Duke Memorial Hall
March 10.
The concert was part of a tour be
ing conducted by the group.
The program, under the direction
of Mrs. Virginia Linney, consisted
of such numbers as "Now Let Every
Tongue Adore Thee," by Bach;
"Ezekial Saw de Wheel," by Daw
son ; "You'll Never Walk Alone,"
by lllngwald : "Polly Wolly Doodle,"
by Charles.
The Appalachian group has a
wide range of experience in filling
radio engagements, oratorio per
formances, and its annual Operetta
Productions.
to all. Simplicity is the key note of
their services, and any person can
contribute to the prayers or ser
mon : thus making possible partici
pation by all groups.