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Page Four The Garbage Gene Key's chapel speech was very enlightening. It is indeed com forting to know that the problems which plagued Guilford students fifteen years ago were no different than those which trouble us today. That's progress. The Christmas Dinner-Dance sponsored by the Monogram Club and the Social Committee was a tremendous success. All those pres ent were treated to a steak dinner by candlelight, soft lights and the music of the Rhythm Vets. Con gratulations to the two sponsoring organizations for a well-planned and enjoyable evening! And speaking of steak and music, the S and E Club, Guilford's fine organization devoted to exquisite cuisine and appropriate music, will hold its first meeting of the year on December 15. The club members have decided to feature two Pig Nights in this year's calendar of cultural events, the first of which will take place this week. Student Legislature (Continued from page 1) In other actions, earlier in the year the Legislature was confront ed with the problem of students' refrigerators in the dormitory rooms. The Legislature, acting on behalf of the student body, was successful in having the refrigera tor prohibition revoked. The Legis lature approved numerous changes in the constitution of the Honor Board. The Homecoming Commit tee enjoyed a very successful plan ning and staging of this year's event. The Legislature, MSC and WSC also successfidly sponsored the visit of the Red Cross Bloodmo bile. Throughout the course of the year the Student Legislature is re sponsible for eight convocation programs. The latest of these was Randy Ihara's well-received con cert on December 7. Thus far this year, the Student Legislature has been functioning extremely well with most meetings resulting in significant actions in coordination, legislation and repre sentation for the Guilford College student body. Stop by and see our fine collection of lambs wool V-Neck Sweaters for fall. Feature colors include Yellow Gold, Navy, Olive-Heather, Autumn Brown. Also available in cardigan styling. $11.95 The 3Htth Ltd. QUAKER VILLAGE SHOPPING CTR. AND JEFFERSON SQUARE AT 100 N. ELM Other Fine Stores: Chapel Hill and Durham by GARY LESSNER The Guilford College chapter of the Matt Dillon Fan Club will hold its first meeting soon. Members of this new organization are easily rec ognizable by their ten-gallon hats and cowboy boots. The authorities have officially closed the snake-hunting season in English Hall due to the high mor tality rate and near-extinction of the reptiles in that area. Long-range plans: Funds are be ing sought to improve the hairpin turn between English Hall and Armfiekl Stadium. An eighteen-de gree bank and reinforced steel guard rail are called for in the plans. The Traffic Committee esti mates that when the installation is completed sustained speeds of up to ninety miles per hour can be maintained. It has been requested, however, that until this improve ment is completed that drivers ob serve the usual twenty-mile-per hour speed limit. WSC Rules Pending (Continued from page 1) en or head resident should be con tacted immediately." Article XII, paragraph 3, should be amended to read: "The house president, proctors and members of the dorm council may give house cuts." Amendment to Article XIII, to read: "Smoking shall not be permit ted in the classrooms, Dana Audi torium, the library, the dining halls, or the parlors of the dormitories. Women may not smoke while in transit." Amendment of Article XIV to read: "Guilford women are not per mitted to drink alcoholic beverage while under the jurisdiction of the college. Women students are under the jurisdiction of the college at all times while enrolled, except when in the home of parents or guardians. DRIVE SAFELY THIS HOLIDAY THE GUILFORDIAN Quaker News by LIBBY VOSS This year the Quaker staff is quite enthusiastic about producing an outstanding yearbook which the students will be proud to own. The layouts have been drawn by a com mercial artist. This will give the annual a better composition than has been seen in previous years. The cooperation of the student body and faculty has been excellent thus far. Photographers from Guil ford College, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Winston-Salem have taken your picture, sometimes without your knowledge. As a result the Quaker has many good photo graphs, both posed and candid. The staff is using an entirely new and unusual approach to copy-writ ing, styled after the Yearbook of the University of Loyola (Chi cago). The cover of this year's Quaker will also be totally new. The Quaker hopes to resume the taking of group pictures for organi zations on December 7-10. Some group shots must be taken again. They are the day students, SAB, and the Student Legislature. Schedules will be given out in chapel. The staff of the Quaker hopes that this 1964-65 yearbook will be a valued possession of the Guilford College students for years to come. W.S.C. News Briefs A committee of Ellen Bernstein, Ann King, Kay Brewer, Wendy Nichols, Janice Sparger and Gail Schoolfield is making plans for the W.S.C. Christmas project. Each year the W.S.C. and the Student Christian Association sponsor such a project. Gifts, food and clothing will be purchased and delivered to a family recommended by the Guil ford County Welfare Department. The Committee on Counseling has promised to begin reviewing the Constitution and rides changes this week. All women students will receive reports when they are re ceived from the committee. Beat Panthers Recognition of Red China! American foreign policy has found itself increasingly confront ed with the menace of Red China in its diplomatic dealings abroad: in Southeast Asia, India, Latin America, and the emerging nations of Africa. Many sound arguments can be found to support the United States' refusal to recognize a bellig erant, bellicose regime which open ly advocates the inevitability of violence and conflict to bring about "the revolutionary uprising of the world's laboring classes." In the tradition of moralistic diplomacy which was initiated in this country during the Wilson administration, it is only natural to assume that this government would withhold recog nition from an ideological regime whose actions would prove detri mental to the freedom and sover eignty of non-communist nations throughout the world. In 1933, however, another tradition entered American diplomacy when the Roosevelt administration recog nized the Soviet Union; this was the idea of pragmatism (sometimes called "the American philosophy"). It would seem to this writer that this latter trend has been partially overlooked in withholding recogni tion of the Chinese communists. After the Revolution of 1917 in Russia, many diplomats in the West thought this Rolshevik regime would fall of its own inadequacies. The period of civil war and war communism seemed to support this view. The period of the New Eco nomic Policy in the mid 1920's and the consolidation in power of Stalin and his forces in the latter part of the 1920's soon made the West aware that the Soviet Union was here to remain, and in 1933, the United States finally recognized Moscow. Many foreign correspond ents who have traveled behind the Bamboo Curtain recently are re porting a similar situation. There are no fat people, yet nobody seems to be starving in the days of the dis astrous "Great Leap Forward" (1958-1961). Once again factories are producing, and some are even expanding without the aid or tech nicians of Russia. Red China's mili tary force probably numbers in the neighborhood of three million men and when consideration is given the recently acquired nuclear capa city it would appear that Chiang Kai-shek on Taiwan holds on to a hopeless dream of returning to the mainland. Mao Tse-tung has so firmly com mitted himself to the "overthrow of the war-mongering, imperialistic American butchers" that his pres tige might suffer if the United States were to recognize his regime. Reports have come out that Mao is showing increasing signs of feeble ness. Might it be possible that with in a few years after his death we could see "de-Maoization" in Red China in the same light that we saw "de-Stalinization" in Russia after 1956? Constant reference to foreign re porters points up another reason for recognition of the People's Re public of China —our general lack of knowledge of what is happen ing behind the Bamboo Curtain. Though American diplomats were narrowly restricted in their move- 1965 Basketball Schedule JANUARY s—Newberry Home 7—Catawba Away 12—Wesleyan Away 14—Elon Away 16—ACC Home 30—Newberry Away FEBRUARY I—High Point Home 4—Catawba Home 6—Methodist Away B—Appalachian Away 11 —ACC Away 13—WCC Away 15-—Lenoir Rhyne Home 20 —Pfeiffer Home December 16, 1964 by SAM ROSE ments within Moscow from 1933 to the mid 1950'5, nonetheless by their very presence they were able to detect changes in the Kremlin's policies and actions. Would the same not be true of a legation in Peking? Also, the members of the earlier legations in Moscow were instrumental in beginning a greater understanding between the two na tions on a more personal relation ship. Red China, from all reports, is beginning to learn from the mis takes made in the 1950'5. Agricul tural and industrial production has once again reached the 1958 level, and show possible signs of rapid expansion on Chinese initiative and technology. Contraception and birth control methods, contrary to traditional Marxist refutation of Malthusianism, are being increas ingly urged upon the people by the government. It is significant to note that the Soviet Union now looks at the Chinese communists with al most the same dismay with which the United States viewed the Rus sians in the 19305. Though there were several times between 1933 and the present when tensions be tween the United States and the Soviet Union almost reached the combustion point the two never broke relations, and now that Rus sia is reaching closer to industrial maturity, her standard of values is coming closer to that of the United States. It is not possible that a na tion like Red China, which it wit nessing the emergence of a new generation to replace its dying ideologists, and which has over come a greater industrial lag than even the Russians had to face, might not eventually emerge with a similar type of maturity and self interest common to industrial na tions? Does it not seem rather un wise to not at least open the possi bility for a beginning of under standing and co-existence with the West? As to the knotty problem of the "Two Chinas" and the United Na tions, many students of interna tional situation have pointed out that Chinese communist represen tation in the General Assembly be comes more inevitable each year, especially in the light of the recent recognition of Mao's regime by De- Gaulle. As to the question of which China will occupy the Security Council seat, this is a constitutional battle yet to be fought. It would seem to be in the best interests of the United States, in view of the pact with Taiwan, to oppose any change in the Security Council seat until the United Nations is strong enough to withstand such a test. In summary, this article is only a consideration of the reasons sup porting recognition of the People's Republic of China. In any eventu ality, the United States must dras tically renovate or revise its China policy within the next five years, because by that time, the Chinese communists will probably have a delivery system for their nuclear potential. In closing, would it not be the supreme irony if, after years of quibbling over the question, the United States decided to recognize Red China, only to be refused rec ognition by the Chinese? Broad Development Planned (Continued from page 1) deemed necessary for the imple mentation of Guilford's cultural re source program. Tentative plans call for the administration-class room building to be located across the college entrance road from Dana Auditorium, on the same East-West axis and matching Dana Auditorium in Georgian style. In addition to these proposed im provements a fieldhouse and gym nasium with swimming pool are being considered. Tentative plans call for its location to be east of the present gymnasium. Additional plaving fields for intra-mural sports will also be considered as funds become available.
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