VOLUME Lilt
Jane Ericourt
Presents Concert
Guilford students will have a
rare opportunity tonight at 8:15
when Jane Ericourt, pianist and
member of the college faculty,
appears in concert on Dana
Auditorium's stage.
Mrs. Ericourt, who joined the
faculty in September, will be
accompanied on a second piano
by her husband, Daniel Ericourt,
artist-in-resident at the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. She will be playing
a new Baldwin SD-10, rated as
one of the finest pianos in the
world. The instrument itself cost
$10,500, and is seldom
performed upon in this area.
Included on her program will
be Beethoven's Sonata in C
major, Opus 3, No. 2; a group of
Spanish numbers; and Hungarian
Fantasy piano concerto by
Franz Listz.
M rs. Ericourt has
performed since childhood with
the North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra, and has studied in
New York City with Dr. Edwin
Hughes. She and her husband
leave in March for a two-week
concert tour of the Caribbean
islands and the northern part of
South America.
Admission to tonight's
performance is free to Guilford
students, $1 for outsiders.
Board's Abolishment
Recommended
A proposal was made to the Student Legislature
recommending the abolishment of the Honor Board and the
establishment of a proctor system in its place.
Neal Trogdon, who made the proposal, believes that the
abolishment of the Honor Board is the only way to end the
increasing amount of cheating caused by the failure of the
students to accept their responsibility to support the honor
system and by lax professors who fail to report cheaters.
The newly proposed system would place proctors in each
classroom during a test and possibly require the presence of
the professor. Trogdon feels that this system would work
much better in eliminating cheating than the present one by
taking the responsibility away from the students.
After the proposal was made, a special committee which
encompassed the Honor Board, was assigned to study the
proposal. The committee will either bring the proposal back to
Legislature for a vote or make a recommendation to the
student body.
Zack Lowe, Student Legislature president, feels that the
establishment of a proctor system is a step backwards and is
confident that the proposal will not pass if it is voted on.
Although the Honor Board has been weak since its
establishment, Lowe feels that the present sophomore and
freshman classes are well informed of the rules of the honor
system and will make it an effective system.
Beatty Advocates Youth Vote
Rep. James T. Beatty, a
Democrat from Charlotte, came
to the Guilford College campus
Thursday night to speak on
issues of the day.
Former Olympic track star
Beatty is now serving his second
term in the N.C. State
Legislature. For several years
now he has been working to
amend the state's voting laws. In
1967 he, along with
Representatives Britt, Horton
and Ramsey, introduced a bill
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Disruption in Library
Causes Great Concern
Rolling marbles on the floor
or globes across the hallways
have been active sports in the
Guilford College Library in the
past. Present conditions are
reportedly no better.
The noise and disturbances
which pervade the airways have
caused great concern among the
members of the library staff, the
before the General Assembly to
lower the voting age to 18. The
bill was passed on the first
reading but was rejected on the
second reading because there
was no tangible evidence that
those under 21 wanted the
responsibility.
For two years he has been
gathering petitions from high
school seniors and college
students throughout the state.
He said that "the traditional age
for voting (21) is based on the
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MIG, the WSC, the Student
Legislature, and individual
students as well.
"Students are not respecting
the rights of others to study in
silence in the library," Toney
Brown stated emphatically as
she proposed two ways to solve
the problem to the SGA
Monday, February 17.
A system of proctors "in
order to enforce quietness and
prevent the destruction and
theft of library materials" was
suggested. Two WSC, MIG or
legislature members would be
assigned to each part of the
library to check on the students.
This was, however, put aside
for the time being and the
second proposal which requested
that these organizations "help
encourage a better situation for
study in the library," was
discussed with enthusiasm.
The entire subject was finally
referred back to the library
committee for rewording of the
second proposal.
Emphasis was placed upon the
fact that the parlors, Union
Lounge, Grill Room and the Hut
should be used for socializing
rather than the library.
For students who wish to
study together Herbert Poole,
Librarian, announced that the
three study rooms upstairs in the
library will be available in the
near future when offices are
completed in Cox for the
Richardson program which
presently occupy the rooms.
Meanwhile, rooms are open in
Dana at night.
age that one reaches legal
majority—a practice developed
by and derived from the
common law of ancient England.
But it is also true that the
ancient practice was based on an
age requirement for
knighthood . . .
"Fortunately, the Darke Ages
are history, and I hardly think
that 1969 America can be
compared with ancient
England."
Leg. Questions Merit
Of Class Officers
In its regular weekly meeting
Monday night, the Guilford
College Student Legislature
discussed the possibility of
eliminating class officers. The
proposal was the result of
discussions and opinions of some
students that the class officers
serve no real purpose in the
governmental structure of the
college.
It was brought up that most
of the present class officers are
also active participants in other
organizations on campus and
only serve as figureheads in their
respective classes.
Much discussion was heard on
the matter. It was pointed out
that the Jr.-Sr. Prom was a
junior class project, and that the
To Speak March 6
Union Brings
James Farmer, the new
Assistant secretary of the
Health, Education and Welfare
Department, will speak in Dana
Auditorium Thursday, March 6,
at 8:15. Farmer's new position is
the highest one yet accepted by
a Negro in the Nixon
Administration.
A native of Texas, Farmer
graduated from Wiley College
and Howard University's School
of Religion. After graduation
from Howard, he served as race
relations secretary of the
Fellowship of Reconciliations
from 1941 to 1945. In the early
fifties he was student secretary
for the League for Industrial
Democracy, and later as program
director for the NAACP.
Farmer was also active in
organizing the southern drive of
the Upholsters' International
Union from 1946-48. He was
employed as International
Representative of the State,
County, and Municipal
Employees Union and as a
commentator on radio and TV
programs sponsored by the
United Auto Workers in Detroit.
He has written a book
Freedom W'licn', which was
published earlier this year.
One of the founders of the
Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE), Farmer served as its
National Director from 1961 to
1966. He led the first Freedom
Ride and spent 40 days in a
Mississippi jail as a result. He was
also arrested, along with 300
other CORE members, on the
opening day of the New York
World's Fair after a protest
against the segregation and
discrimination practices of many
states exhibiting there.
After his resignation as
National Director of CORE, he
headed a national literacy
program for the Center for
Community Action Education.
Later he taught social welfare at
Lincoln University in
Pennsylvania and courses in the
Civil Rights Revolution and the
New Left in relation to the
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money used to finance the affair
was allotted in the legislature
budget and that the student
union shared in the planning
responsibilities. It was suggested
that the union handle the event
in the future, if class officers
were eliminated.
When the motion came to the
floor for a vote it was defeated.
In other action Monday, the
legislature voted in a five dollar
student activities fee increase.
According to student body
vice-president, Movd Covington,
the additional funds will allow
the legislature budget to increase
the Student Union budget and
that of the newly organized
campus radio station.
Black Revolution at New York
University.
In 1968 Farmer, a registered
Liberal, ran for (Jongross on the
Republican ticket in New York's
12th Congressional District in
Brooklyn. During the election he
supported Humphrey but since
has been increasingly impressed
by Nixon. He was quoted in
Time magazine as saying, "He
means to bring the nation
together."
In his new post with HEW he
will be a key adviser to Secretary
Robert Finch on urban affairs.
He will also try to establish
cooperation between the
Administration and young
blacks who distrust government
and particularly a Republican
Administration. On taking the
job with HEW, Farmer said in
Time Magazine, "A man has to
decide one of two things. Either
he is going to be a revolutionary
and try to destroy the system, or
he is going to make it work. 1
reject the notion that the way to
progress is to make things as bad
as possible."
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