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Page Two The Guilfordian Jjffik Published semi-monthly during the collegiate year by the students of Guilford College p't " Editor Garry Blanchard Cartoons John Huffman Mng. Editor Linda Sheppard Assoc. Editor Margaret Leith Bus. Mgr Linda James Sports Editor Lynne Hundley Office Mgr Pearl Neave Layout Ed. . .. Marianne Lancaster Circulation Mgr Patty Gibbs Advertising Mgr John Wasson Photo Harley Mimura Exchange Mgr Lin Palmer MSG Reporter Dan Raiford WSG Reporter Jane Ansell Club Reporter Margie Rubins STAFF REPORTERS Brenda Alexander Glenda Watson Susie Forrest Margaret Seymour Laurie Lamb Haword Krakow Willis Bivens Stanley Heist Adrene Andrews Frank Walton Layout Jane Coltrane Typing Gayle Neave Shirley Jones 5,000 UC STUDENTS GOT THE POINT . . . IT BEGAN QUIETLY ENOUGH - that recent student-stimulated Rights rhubarb in California. It Mffjk began when a group of University of California stu miMu dent liberals numbering less than 100 invited a man named Frank Wilkinson to come to the UC campus and speak to them. Wilkinson, about to begin serving a one-year sen- AY\ tence for refusing to tell the House Un-American yr-AJ Activities Committee whether or not he is a Com yl munist, agreed to come. A JA Then commenced the rhubarb. "Whassabigidea?" demanded many irate, professedly ultra-patriotic \ Americans. "Lettin' a dirty Commie speak on state " property?" After all, that was quite obviously the whole point of the matter. o a a Onto the Capitol steps in Sacramento descended a placard-carrying crowd of indignant Californians led by three pastors. Believing Wilkin son pro-Communist, the group had come from San Francisco to per suade Gov. Edmund G. Brown to prohibit Wilkinson from speaking on campus. UC President Clark Kerr had been urged repeatedly to do so earlier. But he had refused, saying: "The university is not engaged in making ideas safe for students—it is engaged in making students safe for ideas." Into the Governor's office marched the three pastors: "Wilkinson has been linked with the Communist conspiracy. Do you think such individuals as diis have the right to speak?" o a o Wrote Art Hoppe of the San Francisco Chronicle, "The Governor listened to their questions with his arms folded. Then he asked: "Who is to decide which man is to speak and which is not? "Would you really delegate such responsibility to me? "Are you really afraid these students are so weak they will lose their faith in our system from hearing a speech? . . Apparently a little short on answers, the pastors stalked back to their placard-laden followers. O So Wilkinson spoke. To an overflowing crowd estimated by campus police at better than 5,000 almost a fourth of UC's 12,000 student body he spoke. "He outdrew Rockefeller," said the editor of the campus daily, ap praising the record turnout. O 0 O Asked if he was a Communist after the "temperately spoken" speech, Wilkinson declined to answer "until the courts shall declare that to refuse to answer the question under compulsion shall be unconstitu tional." 'We will not save free speech if we are not prepared to go to jail in its defense," he had said in his speech, adding, "I am prepared to pay that price." According to the Chronicle's reporter, a spot check of students who attended as to why they were there "invariably brought this response: 'l'd read they tried to stop him from speaking, and I just don't go for that.'" To the students, that was the whole point of the matter. Editor's Notes . . . To our way of thinking, this is probably the tightest little four {>ager Guilford's ever had. At the ast minute we considered expand ing to six pages, then decided it would be better to have four tight pages than to have six, slightly loose. fc^ f . ,A3||^|^i^.'i^iK^!]{J^Hßßß^^^BHi^^-^^Bl^Bi For parents and friends who plan to visit Guilford College, arrange accom modations at the Virginia Ragsdale Alumni House. Located on Campus Quiet Restful lnexpensive Rates from $2.50 for information write: VIRGINIA RAGSDALE ALUMNI HOUSE Guilford College Guilford College, N. C. Within three days of the first staff meeting (held March 28) this issue's news matter had been gathered, processed and complete ly laid out, thanks to the outstand ing efforts of the Guilfordian staff ers whose' names appear in the masthead. THE GUILFORDI AN Vacation Notes: Guilfordians Were All Over The Place Spring vacation is over, and the old routine of classes and studying has begun again. However, some students seem to be inhibited from assuming the familiar activities by visions of sunshine, beaches, and good times experienced during the recent holiday. Florida, the perennial haven for vacationing college students, offer ed a great attraction for many Guilford students. Bob Rice, Rusty Brown, Bobby O'Daniel, and Ken Hendricks visit ed the popular city of Fort Lau derdale. They stopped at almost every attraction along the way, in cluding Marineland and an alliga tor farm. Susie Forest, whose home is in Miami, was hostess to Prudi Fen gado and Margaret Seymour. The girls went to Fort Lauderdale to find out for themselves, "where the boys are." Bob Lovell, a Connecticut Yan kee, visited Florida as a guest of Maurice and Dan Raiford. Lynn Hundley, Jane Truelove, along with two members of our faculty, Miss Perry and Miss Up church, visited Miami. The two physical education te"achers had a harrowing boat ride in which they narrowly escaped an unsolicited, close acquaintance with alligators. Dick Ayers not only visited Flor ida but the island of Nassau as well, and got a close look at the famous calypso dancers of the is land. Several other students, in cluding the choir members, visited the sunshine A state. Adele Brown, who hails from El Paso, Texas, obviously tried to compete with those students who visited Florida, and received a sun stroke the first day she was home. John Salter spent his vacation as the guest of his roommate, John Sherrill, in Acme, N. C. They spent the vacation looking for the Amer ican egret's nesting ground near Lake Waecamaw, N. C. Nona Boose and Gaye Mason, two North Carolinians, crossed the Mason-Dixon line as guests of Bar bara Stroud, who lives in New Jer sey. Others who went north report ed good weather and a good time. But the students who spent a quiet, restful time at home have several consolations: first of all, they have no sunburns to nurse, and secondly, their cases of spring fever are not aided by fresh, dis tracting memories. New Look in the Library Four new tables and a complete ly new fluorescent lighting system awaited Guilfordians upon their return from spring vacation . . . also a new arrangement whereby new books can be reserved before they are processed. Check with librarian for details. New books, too, including sev eral from the best-seller list: James Michener's Hawaii and Allen Drury's Advise and Consent, in fic tion; and William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Vance Packard's The Waste Makers, and John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Cour age in non-fiction. Other new books are: Mary Ellen Chase's The Love ly Ambition; Weimar Jones' My Affair with a Weekly; Dr. Thomas Dooley's The Night They Burned the Mountain; Alastair Buchan's NATO in the 196ffs; and Nox-man Cousin's well-illustrated, simply told Lambarene. Guilford Newscene (Continued from page 1) ance totaled nearly 500 for the two presentations. Audience-volunteer ed appraisals of the play were all highly favorable. The Dramatics Council will meet in the near fu ture to plan next year's produc tions. CULTURAL CALENDAR April 9—Choir presents Spring Concert. April 14—Scholarship Society (Chapel) April 19-20—Dr. Crownfiekl, Mr. Dave Morrah (Chapel). April 21 Merle Mallard, Senior Recital, 8 p. m., Memorial Hall. Dr. E. G. Purdom, Coach Herb Appenzeller, Director of Admis sions Charles Hendricks, and Alumni Secretary Gene Key re turned last Monday from a fund raising trip to the north. The four some attended alumni meetings in Washington, Wilmington, Phila delphia and Collingswood, N. J. Lillian O'Briant, Charles Stout and Margaret Haworth attended the annual North Carolina Educa tion Association meeting held in Asheville March 24 and 25. Charles and Lillian, Guilford's Mr. and Miss FTA, were presented to the assembly of educators along with representatives from other colleges in the state. The Guilford dele gates will report on the trip at the April FTA meeting. TWENTY - FOUR By JANE ALLEN When it comes to finality in college, you must agree that the only thing more final than graduation is expulsion. Last-minute comments before Spring vacation included "Don't get burned in Florida," and "Who got president in the run-off?" Two weeks before we were saying, "What are we going to do now?" We even had a meeting and listed some activities for this Spring. Briefly, here they are: a college weekend, a "big name" band for a concert or dance, a wiener roast at the lake with a combo and dancing, and an off-campus dance. Now, with suntans, new officers, and a list of' what-to-do's maybe we can get something done. When these suggestions were discussed at the mass meeting a few weeks ago, one of us combined several of the above suggestions and came up with a single idea to expand May Day into a May Day weekend. Since then the Four Corners have offered to present their last concert of the year on the Friday night before May Day, if a wiener roast or hamburger feast by the lake can be arranged for that night. Maybe we even could have a combo and some dancing on the sand. There's Sunday to think about, too. The WAA promises to take good care of Saturday if the Social Committee will work on Friday and Sun day. I wonder if our successful politicians will continue to display the prowess and persuasiveness that they showed during elections. A word of warning to them: the student body has you checkmated for all but one move—Action. CHOIR NOTES Our choir had quite a trip to Florida. Their motto these days: Join the choir and see the boys. Unfortunately, there were no bookings to be had in Fort Lauderdale. But Daytona had a beautiful beach. I un derstand Fort Lauderdale residents don't have to worry about enter tainment during Spring Vacation season. MOVING DRAMATISTS Here at Guilford we celebrated the end of a new era as Mem Hall literally went up in smoke during the Revelers Club's last dramatic production. For their next play the club will be reveling in the new auditorium, and all the "fantastical junk" that has gone into past plays will have to be moved across the street. That's the end of the old prop room 'Saroya.' Have you even seen it? What a fascinating collection of playthings go into making it up! It was named after the room in which Solomon kept his harem. A rather impromptu title granted by a fellow Guilfordian several years ago, but how terribly fitting it is. Back to the salt mines for Solomon. ZOO JOG You will excuse me. It's time for a sojourn in the Soda Shop, so I shall trot over to the Zoo. Randall Jarrell got his inspiration at the Zoo, and what's good enough for Randall is good enough for me. Later. HOT SHOPPES, INC. MARRIOT MTR. HOTELS Representative will be on campus Thursday, April 13th, to interview graduat ing seniors who are inter ested in careers in manage ment. Contract Dr. Kent, Placement Director, for ap pointment and further in formation. APRIL 6, 1961 Guilford IRC (Continued from page 1) recommended the censure of the Union of South Africa for its "apar theid" (literally, "apartness") policy. Speakers Ambassador Boland in his ad dress noted the increasing impor tance of the neutral nations of the U. N., emphasizing that the suc cess or defeat of a resolution in the U. N. is largely determined by the neutral nations. Dr. Boland point ed out that this situation is weak ening the power of the Western and Socialist blocs within the U.N. Speaking to the assembly a s American college students rather than diplomats, Dr. Boland urged students to strengthen the interna tional body through increasing their understanding of other coun tries and their problems. Dr. Larson spoke of the impor tance of distinguishing between a problem of law and a problem of politics, in his address to the as sembly. He cited the Suez Canal crisis as an example of a legal prob lem (canal ownership) which was extended several months because political tactics were used to cope with the situation-. African King bought a new throne and put his old one up stairs, While sitting on his throne, enjoying himself, the king was knocked unconscious by his old throne falling through the ceiling. Moral: People who live in grass houses should not store thrones in the attic. For That Superb Look College Cleaners Guilford College, N. C.
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