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EDITORIAL
Welcome Alumni
We of THE GUILFORDIAN would
like to extend to our returning
Alumni a very cordial welcome.
Homecoming Day is recognized by
all of us as the day when graduates
of Guilford College return to enjoy
once more the spirit of our school.
It has been our wish to make your
visit a rewarding one and hope
that you will come and see us
again.
EVERYONE A REPORTER
THK GUILFORDIAN would like to
extend an invitation to all students
to report to us news items. It is
sometimes difficult to cover every
newsworthy event, especially if we
have no knowledge of it. We have
attempted to spread our coverage
so as to include clubs, seminars,
and various campus organizations.
However, being fallible it is en
tirely possible that we may miss
an item or two. If such is the case,
please call it to our attention.
Thank you. —R. S.
Your Rumormate
Remember the saying, "Dia
monds are a girl's best friend?"
Guilford co-eds seem to think so,
too, judging from the abundance of
rings that have appeared on cam
pus this fall. Last week, Carolyn
Newlin became engaged to Tom
Liverman and Judy Winslow re
ceived a diamond from "the boy
from home." Merle Shelton also
has a sparkler from Guilford Grad
Jerry Payseur. Best wishes to all
three couples!
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A Faculty Member's View...
Why Adlai?
By DR. EDWARD BURROWS
The selection of a President of
these United States is a serious
matter tor upon it depends mucn
ot our future. Admittedly, tnere
are arguments that can be given
m favor of either candidate, out
cne strongest arguments, as 1 see
it, favor Adlai Stevenson.
From a negative approach, as
standard bearer of the Democratic
party, Stevenson has an advantage
because that party, through its tra
dition of adjustability, and its in
clusion of numerous young, cap
able figures, offers greater prom
ise than does the Republican party
at this time. Further, Eisenhower's
record during his tour years in
office has been disappointing; ana
lie has failed to provide the insight
and forceful, responsible leadership
that we need. Finally, the present
condition of his health offers little
hope that such abilities as he does
liave would be available for his
country for another full four, ac
tive years.
On the positive side, were
neither the state of the Democratic
Party nor disappointment witn
Eisenhower to be considered, 1
would choose Adlai Stevenson be
cause I am convinced that he
would make an excellent president
of the United States. His ability,
experience and personality all
qualify him for the highest honor
and responsibility that we can
give him.
Adlai Stevenson is a very capable
man. He has an agile, well trained
mind and knows how to use it. He
recognizes the complexity of our
national problems, yet is not afraid
to face them. He is capable of un
derstanding a wide variety of sub
jects, yet is obviously willing to
learn from others. He can and doss
put his own thoughts and ideas
into effective form to convey them
to others, an essential of a strong
leader.
Adlai Stevenson is an experi
enced political leader. This he
demonstrated not only as gover
nor of Illinois, but also by his astute
conduct during the past four years.
Further, his experience is not lim
ited to the United States. He has
traveled abroad and has first hand
knowledge of many of the subtle
ties of foreign affairs.
Adlai Stevenson is a strong per
sonality. He blends the strength of
confidence in himself and his
abilities with a genuine humility
that is rare among public figures.
He is not afraid to take a stand on
a matter of principle; yet he is not
insensitive to the deeply rooted
(Continued in last column)
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Why Ike?
By DR. PHILLIP FURNASS
I favor Eisenhower, not because
he has shown himself a great mili
tary leader nor because he is a
likeable man who does not put on
airs nor hold himself above the
common people, but because he
stands for what, from the observa
tions of a lifetime, I have come to
believe are the more practical, the
sounder principles of government.
I have no objections to Stevenson
as a man; in fact I have admired
his skill and cleverness as a public
speaker, and he has dignity. But I
disapprove of his ideas on govern
ment. I think those ideas are any
thing but profound and I feel that
he lacks the remarkable genius for
and training in administration
which the army found in Eisen
hower and developed by their
rigorous system of discipline. At
the same time Eisenhower has not
proved to be too domineering, as
one might have feared a military
man would be.
Under Roosevelt and Truman,
die power of the states was steadily
weakened; labor, which had un
doubtedly once been the under
dog, was indulged until it became
a near tyrant and the whole Fed
eral government expanded into a
monstrous organization. The debt
of the nation and the yearly ex
penditures became incomprehensi
ble in magnitude. Where so much
money is flowing freely there are
always a few greedy and dishonest
politicians who succeed in directing
some of the flow into their own
pockets. The more enormous the
funds are, the easier it is for some
of them to be misused.
Not only have these things been
true, but the government, under
the Democrats moved slowly fur
ther and further in the direction of
socialism. The dignity, prestige,
powers and respect accorded the
states were correspondingly re
duced. These are, as I shall try to
show, unwholesome tendencies.
Eisenhower has attempted to stem
these tendencies and to promote
private enterprise, but a common
initiative.
Any person of candor, must ad
mit there are abuses and imper
fections in the system which favors
private interprise, but a common
fallacy is the idea that, because
there are imperfections in a given
system, you must change to another
system. People do not seem to
realize that although a new system
may correct many of the abuses of
the old, it will introduce new
abuses which may be as bad or
worse than those of the old. In the
present case I believe the Demo
crats by their changes introduced
more imperfections than those they
corrected—if any.
I may say that I feel this attitude
is not mere prejudice, since I have
in the past voted Democratic, but
gradually I have corrected (The
word is corrected, my good Demo
cratic friends) my thinking and my
choice.
I have often thought that a
tendency towards the welfare state
and socialism ought theoretically
to be a good thing. For example it
seems reasonable that a govern
ment should be able to plan ahead
for the whole nation and then
steadfastly shape the actions of the
people to this plan. They do such
things in Russia and China. Right
now the government might take
a very sensible point of view that
we should not waste millions of
gallons of gas which carry people
about on pleasure rides on Sunday
and at other times. Walking is per
haps more healthful. Such a use
of gasoline might well be forbidden
in the interest of economy and con
servation. But it is quite possible
that under a government that
would not flourish and no new dis
coveries would be made. Under a
different system, some person
might well invent or discover some
new form or source of energy
which would completely outmode
the use of gasoline. So, after all,
we may as well be permitted to
say, if we can afford it, "Fill 'er up;
we're going for a ride."
Take the matter of farm sur
pluses. The government under the
Democrats was determined to help
the farmers. Perhaps the govern
mental intentions were good, but
of course they have been merely
expedient. Instead of helping the
farmer to help himself, they made
a plan. Everything was adminis
tered from Washington. The money
drawn from all the taxpayers was
used to help the one social group.
The sorry result was an enormous
surplus of food stuffs which grew
and grew until, under Eisenhower
and Benson, they were, with the
greatest difficulty, reduced. As long
as the surplus has remained it has
depressed farm prices and threat
ened a depression. The land bank
idea of the Republicans may prove,
in the long run, to be equally bad,
but I honestly doubt whether it
will be as bad as the idea of a
support for farm prices. Bolstering
the price of coffee in Brazil was
tried and proved dramatically un
successful. This is only one exam
ple of the dabbling in economic
control that socialistically minded
governments drift into.
Not to take an example closer
home, the control of rent in Paris,
OCTOBER 26, 1956
which sounds like a good idea, has
had very unhappy consequences.
Rents were established at so low
a rate that the landlords could not
keep their property in order. Con
ditions deteriorated and became
scandalous because there was no
healthy, normal competition on the
part of the landlords to secure rent
ars. Controls, controls! This has
been the slogan of the Democrats.
Experience teaches that free com
petition and free enterprise con
stitute the best controls. Admitted
y, monopoly and restraint of free
jade must be prohibited by the
government. Imagine a controlled
government which built the auto
nobiles. If conditions were like
hose in other socialistically minded
governments, one would not be
able just any day in Boonville,
Missouri, to step into a sales room
and buy a new Ford. In practice
the government, which like that of
die Democrats, tries to do all things
i : or all people, in actual practice,
works out badly.
Because, then, he wishes to
restore to the American people
more of that self-respect which
goes with doing things for them
selves, because he wishes to reduce
die controls and the machinery of
the central government, because
he wishes to restore the dignity
and respect of the individual state,
and because he is a gifted and
Highly trained executive who has
oeen successful in practice, I favor
Eisenhower for President.
❖ —
WHY ADLAI?
(Continued, from column two)
feelings that may affect the think
ing of others. Religion is an integral
part of this life, but his faith is not
the kind that offers easy soporirics
in the business of living.
Of course there are criticisms
that can be leveled at Stevenson,
it is charged that as governor of
Illinois he did not clear up all the
imperfections of the political situa
tion in that state. The record shows
that he did much, I believe; and no
one questions where he stood on
the issues involved. He is divorced
which is a matter of concern to
those who feel that the occupant
of the White House should set an
example for all to follow. His per
sonal behavior and deportment are
above reproach, however. He is an
intellectual which is a fault in the
eyes of some, But he searches deep
ly, thinks clearly and does not per
mit his mental superiority to cut
him off from understanding and
appreciating those not so gifted as
himself.
Frankly, i think it would be a
genuine pleasure to be able to call
Adlai Stevenson our president. His
clear, beautifully wrought and
carefully enunciated prose would
be a relief after the years of flat,
halting addresses we have had
from the White House for the past
decade. He would bring both dig
nity and vision to the position of
our chief executive at a time when
both are needed. Americans of
every race class and creed could
follow him with pride and assur
ance that, although he may not
work the miracles so glibly prom
ised by others, he would use his
God-given talents to lead us to
ward our ideal of American life,
and to steer our nation into the
pathway of true and lasting peace.