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HOW ARE THE FIRE SAFETY
CONDITIONS ON CAMPUS?
Fire safety conditions have been
discussed quite frequently here on
campus by various groups, and
now some definite facts have been
collected concerning the conditions
in the various dormitories. They
are presented here for the purpose
of informing the students and the
administration of the college just
what has been done and what
needs to be improved.
Boys' Dorms
Cox HALL —(Better known as
New North, Old North, Old South,
Center Section, and Yankee Sta
dium.) From the 3rd to the 2nd
floors there is only one fire escape
for three of the sections, with no
lights to help evacuate about 35
men. From the 2nd to the ground
floor there is one small one-man
ladder in each of the five sections,
also with no lights, to evacuate
nearly a hundred men. On the
first floor, there is only one front
door in each of the sections, al
though the two end sections do
have one side door each, in addi
tion. The steps from the front
doors are old and are in hazardous
condition.
ARCHDALE HALL —Archdale has
two floors, and no fire escapes.
From the second floor there is one
staircase leading down to the first
floor with no lights except those
from the hall. On the first floor
there are three doors.
ENGLISH HALL —English Hall al
so has two floors, and there are
no fire escapes here either. There
are two staircases leading from the
first floor to the second, one at
each end of the hallway. There are
doors on the first floor.
Girls' Dorms
SHORE HALL —Shore has two
floors, and has no fire escapes.
There are two staircases, leading
from the second floor all the way
down into the basement, one on
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either end of the hall, and the
lighting facilities on them are good.
There are an adequate number of
doors from the first floor, and also
from the basement.
FOUNDERS HALL —Founders has
three floors, and although there
are two fire escapes leading from
third floor all the way to the
ground, the girls on the third floor
must wait for someone from 2nd
floor to lower the escape steps-
Lighting is better here than in any
other dorm on campus, for there
is a light at the top of the buildinc
which lights up the major part of
the escape. Inside, there is only
one flight of stairs, that leads from
the third floor to the ground floor,
and one staircase that leads from
the infirmary to the ground floor.
There are front, side, and back
doors on the first floor. ♦
MARY HOBBS HALL—M ar y
Hobbs has three floors, and two
fire escapes leading from the third
floor to the ground. There are no
lights on either of the escapes, and
it takes an extremely long time to
evacuate both the second and the
third floors, for girls from the back
of the building must come all the
way to the front fire escapes. There
is one front door and two back
doors from the ground floor.
In this brief survey it can be
found that some things are suitable
to the rule of fire safety, but there
are many that could be improved,
especially in the areas of installing
fire escapes and providing adequate
lighting. In the girls' dormitories
especially, every girl should be
taught how to let the escape steps
down, for one of the greatest haz
ards that faces both Founders and
Mary Hobbs is that every girl has
to wait for the assigned one or
two that know how to release the
escape.
FT A Sponsors
Picnic
The Future Teacher's Associa
tion of Guilford College will spon
sor a picnic for all the education
majors and minors—anyone who
is working for a teaching certifi
cate. It will be held at Mr. Bailey's
house on Tuesday, May the 12th,
from about five p.m. through seven.
This picnic is an affair that is
held every spring. Tickets are be
ing sold for fifty cents by the
following people: Ramona Barrow,
Betty Lou Chilton, Doug Kerr,
Betty Lou McFarland, Arlene Shef
field, and Jerri Waldrep.
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LETTERS
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EDITOR
Dear Editor
As faculty co-ordinator for Guil
ford College's "Special Cultural
Events Series" of 1958-1959, I wish
to make use of the Guilfordian's
"Letters-to-the-Editor" column to
express publicly my thanks to the
many members of our student body
who assisted both me and the
performing artists in a variety of
ways throughout the academic
year now ending. I am deeply
grateful for all the help given by
those individuals and groups named
below. I am also very proud of
these students and of the student
body to which they belong: their
co-operative spirit, their responsible
carrying out of the tasks requested
of them, their cordiality in wel
coming our guest artists and their
gracious manners are but four of
the many praiseworthy things noted
repeatedly during the year, not
only by me but by each visiting
performer. Many of those named
below have told me that it has
meant much to them to get to be
around these artists, to assist them
in both rehearsal and final per
formance and to talk with them
informally. It is equally true that
our visitors gained much from their
contact with these students and
were most favorably impressed by
that special kind of friendliness
known as "the Guilford spirit."
Particular mention must be made
of the invaluable service rendered
by all members of the Revelers
Club in connection with Jean Erd
man's creative dance concert on
Oct. 10, a program which required
much assistance in such matters
as costuming, lighting, slide pro
jection and music amplification.
Members of the International Re
lations Club helped make David
Kwok's visit on Dec. 5 an out
standing one among this many
campus appearances as a calli
graphic artist. The I.R.C. also as
sisted in serving refreshments to
the large group of people who
attended Mr. Kwok's demonstra
tion in the College Union. Mem
bers of the Fine Arts Club were in
charge of the reception given in
the Union for the four musicians
from Duke and Carolina who on
February 13 played a chamber
music program for us. The same
Club, augmented by many Choir
members, served as campus host
to Earle Spicer, the ballad singer,
on April 10. In addition, five stu
dent musicians—Merle Mallard,
Howard Hinshaw, Haroldean Jor
dan, John Juchter and Kenneth
White—were co-performers with
Mr. Spicer in several of his num
bers.
The Student Marshals ushered
and distributed programs for all
performances except that of Mr.
Kwok, who could have no printed
program for his type of presen
tation.
The Guilfordian staff has been
very co-operative and generous in
its running of feature articles as
well as of extended announcements
dealing with each of the events in
this year's series.
Tom and Carolyn Liverman, in
their capacity as Alumni-Guest-
House residents, made the over
night stays of Miss Erdman, Mr.
Kwok and Mr. Spicer comfortable,
restful and pleasant. Indeed, on
several days Tom served breakfast,
thereby going beyond the call of
duty.
I also wish to thank individually
the following persons most of
whom not only took care of par
ticular tasks themselves but also
assumed considerable responsibil
ity for seeing to it that other
students I myself was unable to
contact became interested in help-
May 8, 1959
Students Vote For
Wm. F. Overman's
Junior Scholarship
This past week the students have
been voting on juniors holding a
2.00 or better on all subjects taken
at Guilford College for the Wil
liam F. Overman Scholarship.
The election is not based on a
consideration of the amount of
participation in student activities;
rather it seeks to find the one who
has done the best piece of con
structive work in improving some
area of student activities, or the
most to improve co-operation be
tween faculty and students, or to
create a fine college spirit. Results
of this election will be announced
soon.
Mr. Overman was a former stu
dent who established the fifty
dollar scholarship as an honorary
one to recognize the rising senior
who has made the greatest con
tribution to college life through
high grades and constructive work
in student activities.
The scholarship is awarded to a
rising senior in the spring of his
junior year. It goes into effect in
the fall of his senior year.
Veterans Submit
Bill To Congress
The Administrator of Veterans
Affairs, Sumner G. Whittier, has
submitted to Congress a bill that
is designed to modernize the sys
tem of pensions for veterans and
feature a graduated scale of pay
ments keyed to needs of the in
dividual.
The bill was referred to the
Committee on Veterans Affairs of
the House of Representatives and
its chairman, Representative Olin
E. Teague, said he expected hear
ings on the bill would begin around
May 11, provided that was agree
able to the veterans groups and
government agencies concerned.
Under the bill proposed, 55 per
cent of the 1,223,000 veterans,
widows and children who are now
on the pension rolls of VA would
receive increased pensions. VA
said approximately SIOO million
would be added during just the
first year to pension payments,
which currently total $993 million
per year. In the long run, however,
it is expected that the modernized
pension structure if enacted into
law would reduce the total volume
of annual pension payments con
siderably below the present levels.
The proposed bill contains a
"savings provision" to provide that
no beneficiary who is now on the
VA pension rolls would be cut off
and would give these beneficiaries
their choice between the old and
the new rates.
ing entertain our guest artists:
Lillian Burrow, Frances Cook,
Rasma Frisbergs, Heea Haider,
Virginia Honea, Haroldean Jordan,
John Juchter, Doug Kerr, Carol
Mcßane, Clara Montgomery, Betty
Ann Pringle, Betty Jean Steele,
Mary Ellen White and Bob Winsor.
Sincerely yours,
Carroll S. Feagins