STUDENT
OPINION
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r OLUME XLIX
New Semester System Is Proposed
Charles Estus
Is Interviewed
By PAT JOHNSON
Mr. Charles Estus, recent guest
speaker for Religious Emphasis
Week and professor of Sociology at
Drew University, is an unusual man
of varied interests and intellectual
skills. He holds many interesting
views on a wide scope of topics
ranging from apathy to urbaniza
tion.
Mr. Estus is of the impression
that student apathy is really a
"dodge on the part of the student,
because underneath the 'I don't
care' attitude is a lot of confusion."'
One may gather that Mr. Estus is
of the opinion that students would
care about their environment if
they understood what was going on
in that environment.
Mr. Estus appeared concerned
with what he termed "a double
standard for men and women" on
our campus. He felt that the smok
ing rules for women might be con
sidered a good example of the
"double standard" in operation.
I asked Mr. Estus, who has trav
eled extensively, if he noticed any
significant differences between
Northerners and Southerners. He
replied that the Yankee is more con-
New M. S. C.
Constitution to
Be Presented
The Constitution Committee of
the M.S.C. has almost completed
its work. The revised Constitution
will soon be presented to the
Council, probably within the next
two meetings. The Constitution
Committee is presently studying
proposed methods by which the
new Constitution might be most
effectively presented and discussed
within the M.S.C.
The Men's Student Council
would like to invite all students to
its meetings. They are held at 6:45
p.m. every Wednesday in the Stu
dent Union Lounge.
It was reported at the February
3 meeting that a letter is being pre
pared for presentation to the Ad
ministrative Council requesting a
number of improvements in the
Cox Dormitory. Among these are a
water fountain, refreshment ma
chines, and better maintenance in
general.
In recent meetings a number of
new M.S.C. representatives were
recognized. They are: Gene Bruni,
alternate of Old South; Kurt Wat
kins, freshman class representative;
George Hannum and Gordon My
ers, representative and alternate
representative, respectively, of New
North; and Steve Ausband, repre
sentative of the Day Hops.
Porter Dawson, M.S.C. president,
would like to thank the men stu
dents for their cooperation in mak
ing the examination period one that
was conducive to study.
To Speak in Chapel
Friday, March 19 "Evolution
and World Order," address by Dr.
Charles C. Price of the University
of Pennsylvania and President of
The American Chemical Society, a
Piedmont University Center Visit
ing Scholar.
The Qui (for (Son
Published by the Students of the Souths Only Quaker College
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Judy Greene, a junior and president of the Student Christian Association; Mr.
Cfuules W. Estus, instructor of Sociology at Drew University in Madison, N. J.,
and Mr. John M. Pipkin, assistant professor of Religion at Guilford. Mr. Estus was
the guest speaker during Religious Emphasis Week.
cerned with accumulating wealth
than practicing religion. The South
erner, he said, "is more concerned
with being white." He also made
mention of what he considered a
difference in the pace of living.
"Northerners are more concerned
with promptness and time-tables
and train schedules."
Mr. Estus voiced an interesting
theory when asked about urbani
zation. He noted that it has affect
ed all of us, regardless of what sec
tion or region we may be native to.
"Urbanization brings an increase in
the separation of various roles that
Freshman Class
Activities
By SUSAN REES
The freshman class has partially
carried out its plans for fund
raising projects and entertainment
activities during the year. The Guil
ford mug campaign was very suc
cessful. About 150 mugs were sold.
The profit will go toward class
sponsored entertainment activities.
On February 2, a dinner-hoote
nanny took place in Founders base
ment for all freshmen. Everyone
enjoyed a delicious dinner. After
wards, campus and local folk sing
ing artists provided excellent enter
tainment.
Plans are now under way for a
class function sometime before
spring vacation.
Although this class is the largest
ever to attend Guilford, it is still
striving for unity. By sponsoring
these activities the class officers are
trying to help obtain the unity
needed for an active class.
Ten Vie For
May Queen
The 1965 May court will be pre
sented to the student body on
Monday, February 22, in chapel.
Ten young ladies of the graduating
class of '65 will vie for the honored
title, "Queen of the May," as bal
lots are cast that morning.
According to the Election Com
mittee of the Student Legislature,
those seniors engaged in practice
teaching will be given an oppor
tunity to vote their "interests" in
the court at a later time. Be alert
for an announcement!
FEBRUARY 19, 1965
we play." Thus, he concluded, we
find ourselves more dependent up
on others and this brings about an
increase in interpersonal problems.
Mr. Charles Estus, born in Kan
sas, reared in southern Missouri,
educated in New York and North
Carolina, has brought controversy
to our campus. He has stimulated
discussion and perhaps, in some in
stances, provoked self-evaluation.
Whether or not we have agreed
with his views, we all owe this man
a measure of thanks for what he has
done. He has indeed been a worth
while experience.
Deans and P.U.S. Discuss Plan
On February 11, the deans of
nine North Carolina colleges met
on the campus of Methodist Col
lege in Fayetteville to discuss the
problems of small church-related
schools.
Although the group met to dis
cuss problems, the meeting was
dominated by discussion of the
Pfeiffer Plan. Dean Atwell and
Sterling Whitley, dean of students
at Pfeiffer, discussed the plan at
great length. Dean Whitley report
ed that the plan has been a great
success at Pfeiffer, where a vast
Tourney Draw to
Be Held Sunday
On Sunday, February 21, Sta
tion WFMY-TV will present the
official drawings of positions of the
Coach Jerry Steele and David Odom discuss matters during a brief pause in the
action at a recent game in the Quaker gym. Guilford has been competing for a
seeded position in the upcoming Carolinas Conference tournament.
'Administration Says Final Decision Will
Depend Upon Student and Faculty
The administration of Guilford
College has proposed a plan which
would radically change our present
semester structure. The proposed
system is known as the Pfeiffer
Plan because neighboring Pfeiffer
College, which is now using it, pio
neered its development in North
Carolina.
In essence, the Pfeiffer Plan pro
poses the following changes:
1. Registration and classes will
begin two weeks earlier than they
have in the past. Thus, if classes
were to begin on September 17,
they would, under the new plan,
begin on September 3.
2. The Christmas vacation will
be extended from two weeks to one
month.
3. Final examinations will take
place one month earlier than they
have in the past. Thus, if final ex
aminations were to begin on Janu
ary 15, they would, under the new
plan, begin on December 11.
4. The extended Christmas vaca
tion will serve as a semester break.
5. The semester will, under the
Pfeiffer Plan, begin one week ear
lier than as before.
6. Final examinations will also
occur one week earlier. Thus, final
examinations would begin on May
12 as compared to May 19, as it
would be under the present system.
The adoption of ths plan, which
is presently being discussed by
members of the administration, will
depend heavily upon faculty and
student opinion. "The reasoning be
hind this is logical," said one mem
majority of the faculty and the stu
dent body have shown favorable
reaction.
Discussion of the Pfeiffer Plan
generated such a great deal of inter
est that a copy of the plan is being
sent to each of the nine schools
that attended the meeting.
The plan is also being studied by
the Piedmont University Center, of
which seventeen North Carolina
colleges are members. At present,
the Piedmont University Center is
discussing the possibilities of adopt
ing the plan on a large scale basis.
| The enlarged plan would urge all
Carolinas Conference basketball
teams for the coming tournament
which will be held at the Lexing
ton YMCA from Wednesday, Feb
ruary 24, until Saturday, February
27.
Woody Durham will act as mas-
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ber of the administration. "The
students and the faculty will be the
ones most affected by any change
of this sort and they should have
some say in the final decision."
In order to properly measure stu
dent opinion, the administration in
tends to launch a trial balloon. The
dean of men and the dean of wom
en have presented the Pfeiffer Plan
to the Men's and Women's Student
Councils. The members of both
bodies, in turn, discuss the plan
with their section members. Each
representative will bring back to
the M.S.C. and W.S.C. the opinions
and suggestions of his section mem
bers where they will be tabulated
in the form of a discussion.
The administration will use this
information, which it hopes will be
an accurate representation of stu
dent opinion, in reaching a decision
concerning the adoption of the
Pfeiffer Plan.
In addition to the use of the
M.S.C. and the W.S.C. as tabula
tors of student opinion, Dean At
well has asked for independent stu
dent comment, either through the
Guilfordian or to a member of the
administration.
Final approval of the Pfeiffer
Plan must come from two bodies.
Upon favorably passing the Ad
ministrative Council, the proposal,
with Dr. Milncr's recommendation,
must also be passed by the Board
of Trustees.
If a new semester system is to be
adopted, it will go into effect not
earlier than 1966-1967.
seventeen member schools to
change their semester systems to
the Pfeiffer system. If such uni
formity is accomplished, the Uni
versity Center would then attempt
what may be "a major step in
American education." A plan would
then be considered in which it
would be possible for a student at
one college to take a course at an
other college and transfer the grade
with full credit. The implication is
this: every college in the state
would be a member of a uniform
higher education network. This
privately-owned network would
provide every student with a wider
choice of courses without a loss of
course credit.
ter of ceremonies for the drawings,
which will be seen on channel 2 at
4:30-5:00 p.m.
The eight coaches of the tourna
ment teams will be interviewed by
Mr. Durham and films of the Con
ference's most outstanding players
will be shown.
Clara Neal of High Point College
will be the tournament queen. She
will appear on the program and
will have the honor of making the
drawings.
The tournament will be set up in
the following manner:
The first place team will be
placed in the upper bracket. The
second place team will be placed in
the lower bracket. The third and
fourth place teams will draw to de
termine the bracket in which they
will be placed. Therefore, it is pos
sible for either the third place team
or the fourth place team to be in the
same bracket as the first place team.
After this has been determined, the
first four teams will draw to deter
mine which of the second four
teams each must play. Therefore,
any one of the first four teams can
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