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PAGE TWO Editorial provokes thought I recently read an editorial in the Winston Salem paper which described an idea that I believe our college community would do well to accept: Our Own Brain Drain When the time comes for the bright North Carolina Negro student to choose a college, he often feels with some justificat ion that he can do better outside the South than in it. On a northern campus, he will encounter less overt prejudice and greater social opportunity than he would find in his home state, or at least he may think so. * And when he completes his education in Massachusetts, New York, Chicago, or California, he may decide to seek a job there for similar reasons. And so Carolina loses its investment in a potentially valu able citizen. Students at the University of North Carolina are trying to do something about this "brain drain", as they call it. An organization called the Carolina Talent Search has been formed through the cam pus YMCA to recruit ralented Negroes to Chapel Hill, and the student legislature is considering a bill which would provide the group SB2O for its recruitment pro gram. The money would be used for visits to high school campuses, and for printing brochures about the university. Such efforts work no magic, but they do help to show the superior Negro youngster what his own state can provide in higher education before he decides to look elsewhere. And that, he may find, is quite a lot. My hope is that the Guilford student's reaction to this editorial will be: Why can't this same kind of effort be made on our campus and by our students. If the article succeeds in arousing such a response, I would hope to see a couple of major variations in the tone and type of program. First, I would want to see any such effort made by Guilford include (Con't page 4) There has been a change in Guilford College's calendar: Christmas Holidays: Classes will begin at 8 a.m. January 3rd. 1968. Reading Day: January 17th., 1968. Semester Examinations: January 18th. through January 24th., 1968. First Semester Ends: January 29th., NO CHANGE! Dear Editor: Dear Editor: In reference to your article of October 27th about the new admissions policy, I would like to know if the locked-door policy during holidays will continue or will these out-of-state and foreign students be placed at the mercy of friends for the numerous week-long holidays that occur approximately every three weeks starting in November? I would like to propose to the admini stration that these shorter holidays (Thanksgiving and semester break) be elim inated in favor of two long holidays a year. This would make it easier on the pocketbook and also make it more worth while to go home for these holidays. There are students on this campus now ®oarjUlM a® GREENSBORO'S MOST POPULAR SANDWICH SHOP Ofis tfozdian Published by the Students of the South's Only Quaker College PRODUCTION EDITOR CHERYL SPRINKLE FEATURE EDITOR JANET GHEZZI NEWS EDITOR RICH McKELVIE Quaker Printing Co., Printers Few students attend social functions Dear Editor: A few years ago, Guilford was known as a "suitcase college." When asked about campus social life, students would look at one another and shrug their shoulders. There were occasional dances, but the general opinion of the student body was that there were not enough popular social events on campus. If you did not own a car, your social life was dead. All the "swingers" took off for the weekend to party at a more socially-oriented school. Even when there was a dance, the attend ence was often half-hearted. The music ians may have seemed uninspired, and justifiably so, because a small audience can nevgf muster the enthusiasm of a packed house. Reply to President Dear Mr. Wilson, In regard to your letter concerning my article, I have only one thing to say. If you knew that the Appeals Board did not need a constitution, why didn't you tell them so before they wasted their time writing one. Perhaps if you had read the Student Government Constitution my article would never have needed to be written. The other point I would like to make is that if I want to write a letter to my self, it's my business. However, I am glad • to see that you at least read the Guilford ian. I hope you will continue in your support of our much-needed criticism. Yours truly, Janet Ghezzi, Co-editor of the Guilfordian P.S. I hope you won't find it necessary to form a committee to investigate my actions and purpose, however if you do I would like to volunteer for chairman. who, were they to go home every time the dorms closed, would spend more than a fourth of what a college education is costing at the present on transportation alone. Another solution to this problem would be leave at least one dorm open for students who cannot, for some reason, leave the campus at these periods. Some provision should be made for these few students to be fed. I don't feel that this is asking too much of an otherwise understanding administration. Doris Hoy Miami, Florida THE GUILFORDIAN Many complaints were made and some changes began to come about. The Social Committee had its budget increased and attempted to imporve on the on-campus activities. This year, with the advent of the Guilford College Union, better co ordination of activities and fresh ideas, combined with an enthusiasm that arises within a new organization, has the potent ial of being the greatest in Guilford's history of social affairs. Ironically, now that more and better social activities are here, I am beginning to sense a widespread opinion of "who needs it?" The last few weeks have shown that although everyone seems pleased with the quality of the entertainment we are having, only a few bother to attend. The attendence at the Jay and the Tech niques concert could scarcely have been less if it were an unknown group. The trend was again borne out at the Spont anes combo party. The Spontanes, in my opinion, are one of the best bands of their type that we have ever had the opportun ity to see on this campus, but their op inion of our combo party turnout and enthusiasm left much to be desired. Groups of this nature are very ex pensive. The price of admission is not intended to cover the cost. This money goes back into the treasury to be spent on future events. These groups were paid out of the Student Activities Fund. They were hired because we believed that this was what the students wanted. If there is some reason why this is not the case, I would appreciate any suggestions. 11 would speak poorly of Guilford's "swingers" if we had to institute compulsory combo parties ( just to see that they got their money's worth. by: Tom Huntington Cheerleaders need our support The 1967-68 cheerleading squad is comprised of eleven girls and two boys. Judy Murray, a senior who has been on the squad for three years is chief. There are four juniors all of whom have been on the squad for two years. They are Nancy Mundy, co-chief: Becky Richards, Sara Pierce, and Jean Knight. New to the squad this year are Martha Petty and Susan Ratteree, sophomores, and Babs Bergner, Kate Flippin, Vicki Dalton, Leslie Hood, Gene Gurley, and Walter Harris, freshmen. The cheerleaders have been working hard this year as an organization by hav ing two required practices each week. Perhaps the student body has not taken notice of the many new cheers because of their ever present apathetic spirit. With the approaching basketball season it is hopeful that the students will work with the cheerleaders to support the championship team that we have. MUIRS CHAPEL CURB MARKET Welcomes Guilford College Students NOVEMBER 21, 1967 Count your blessings "Count your blessings" time is upon us once again. This year students will be giving thanks for passing philosophy, for Thanksgiving vacation, and for not being drafted. However, the one real thing, the one important thing in life, will once again be overlooked - love. In theory love is wonderful but in practice it is ignored. The hippies tried to stage a reincarnation of love and were scorned. Churches tried to preach love, and religion went on the decline. A love-in today is both policed, and ridiculed. Today's world is geared to the individual, to his protect ion, well being, and safety. It is not safe to love, because loving calls for a committ ment to one outside ourself. It could mean getting hurt. People of today are so worried that they might get hurt or laughed at that they are not willing to give anything of themselves. They do not see that giving is a part of being real, than love is real. This year when Thanks giving comes do not just give thanks, give love. "One man can make a difference" "One man can make a difference and every man must try." With this the late President Kennedy envisioned a need for contemporary leadership. Through the halls of the educational institutions flowed the procedures to direct leadership. The traditions stem from european heritages supporting class of aristocratic leadership. The aristocrates were the ones of education while the masses generally accepted their role of inferiority; But the development for ideas of equaliity were to be forces of change in the United States. One of the vehicles of change was to be education which would change the historic acceptance of leader ship. But the consequences are that the direction of leadership through education in colleges and universities is undeter mined. Although there are many plans for the future and many goals of education, presently many institutions as Guilford are caught in an ambivalent role. On the one hand this college supports flexibility through the innovations of the new cur riculum and on the other hand it restricts an individual through compulsory con vocations. If the college wants to continue its parental responsibility and breast feed its students then it is going to be producing intellectual babies and not leaders. The direction of a college must be continually reconstructed. In reconstruct ion, it seems that the college with its community of scholars in administration, faculty, and students should begin to foster leaders. Each generation of students should raise hell, demonstrate student power and give reasons for change; faculty should change methods of teaching; and administration should push for policy changes Think and act. Revert the traditional character of Guilford. COMPLIMENTS OF PEPSICOU
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