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Associate Editors:
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GENERAL STAFF MEMBERS: Nancy Thomas, Erras D ivis, Jean Parvin. Phil Edgerton, Patty Lyman, Doug
Reu, Jani Craver, Betty Jo Guill, Don Bass, Joe Walker, Dave Smith, Abby Moore, Cathy Lowdermilk, Vicki
Wyszynski, and Phil Sanders
The Desegregated Trustee
The students and faculty of Guilford
College should view the persistent
rumors of trustee Hugh Moore's
pending resignation as a serious affront
to their interests.
In sharp contrast to other trustees
who are busy persuing freshmen reading
lists for inappropriate words to
associate with students and faculty
members, trustee Moore is well known
for his willingness to mingle freely with
students and faculty alike.
For all but the most select
students, Hugh Moore's regular visits to
the college campus provide the only
opportunity for grass roots
communication with a trustee.
Although the students often find
themselves in disagreement with trustee
Moore on crucial issues, such as the
Guilford's Only Hope!
The decision of the Board of
Trustees to admit one student and
faculty member as board meeting
observers is more evidence of the
board's inability to understand the need
for faculty and students to participate
fully in their educational process.
Despite all the public relations
oratory to the contrary, the scheme is
designed to placate the students and
faculty while keeping them virtually
powerless.
By denying the observers any sort of
a vote, all student and faculty
suggestions are at the mercy of trustees
who are well known for their allegiance
"Activists" In
Dear Editor:
I am leaving Guilford at the
end of this semester for several
reasons, the greatest one being
a lack of financial resources.
But greater than that is my
disillusionment with the
students and the way of life
here.
A fine example of this is
Robert Frazier. In the catalogue
under the philosophy of the
school there is a beautifully
written paragraph stating a
liberal, progressive attitude
toward man and education. But
how crushing a blo.v to find
that this man, who supposedlj
is helping to carry out these
ideals, is nothing more than a
protector of white paternalism.
The students here say that
they are interested in their
education, yet they react
almost with violence when any
mention of field trips or
role of students in college decision
making policy, an air of mutual respect
and restraint always prevails.
We strongly urge trustee Hugh
Moore to halt the rumors of his
pending resignation, remain on the
Board of Trustees, and continue his
dedicated efforts at making Guilford
the kind of college that Quakers want
it to be.
And we urge those trustees who
seem to enjoy such a passion for
segregating themselves from students
and faculty members to realize their
duty to communicate with the college
community.
For such positive action is an initial
step if Guilford is to avoid the bitter
confrontation between students and
trustees which now looms so ominously
on its horizon.
to a long list of prejudices including
support for an archaic drinking rule and
the imprisonmnet of women students
during certain hours.
We urge the students and faculty of
Guilford to show disdain for this
decision which is merely making
scheme for avoiding student and faculty
participation in the decision making
policy of their educational institution.
For Guilford's only hope in avoiding
the kind of disruptive activity which is
so plaguing some other institutions in
through the full participation of faculty
and students in the governing of the
college.
extra-academic activities is
made. And the clubs at
Guilford are still another farce.
The only meetings they hold
are once a year to have the
yearbook pictures taken. I've
supposedly been a member of
two union committees yet each
one has only had one meeting
the entire year. It seems as if
the activity at Guilford rests
solely on paper.
Then there are the 'student
activists' the segment of the
Guilford community who act as
our contribution to the student
power movement. They dress
the part, make the drug scene,
and stand up in class to spout
off about the lack of student
power, and the lack of
freedom, both on campus and
in the world. Yet that is all the
majority of them do. Talk. Do
they work with GUTS or with
any of the other groups in the
The Guilfordian
city pledged to helping alleviate
the many problems in the
community? No, they don't,
they sit around putting their
cold, unfriendly minds together
over a nickle bag and discuss
the necessity of ousting Lanier.
To achieve the appearance of
the complete intellectual is
their goal; not to help, improve,
or even agitate for student
rights. In the two years I have
been at Guilford the only time
the student body united and
worked and agitated for their
rights as students and human
beings was when the cafeteria
was given a 'B' health rating.
To me the situation seems
hopeless, and somewhere inside
my mind I feel guilty fo
leaving, but there is really no
other way when there is so
much to overcome.
Elaine Alligood
Quaker Pulse
One Way To Get
Needs Answered
Dear Editor,
The article in the last
Guilfordian by Jean Parvin on
Robert Frazier was very
enlightening. Mr. Frazier
appears to be an old man so
caught up in his own personal
life that he is unresponsive to
things going on around him.
This man apparantly still
believes in attitudes and
educational theories of the
early Milner days at Guilford.
An interesting example of this
out-moded view is his defence
of the Board of Trustees'
supposed unresponsiveness to
student ideas. Mr. Frazier said
that, "dancing was originally
prohibited, but students asked
that it be changed and it was
granted." Perhaps Mr. Frazier's
view is more modern than it
seems, for my relatives who
were here at Guilford when
dancing was "asked for" tell
the story a little differently.
The students had been asking
for dancing for a long time and
had gone through both the
president and the Board of
Recent Grad States:
"SAC Acted Hastily"
Dear Editor,
As a relatively recent
graduate of Guilford College, I
find that I follow the
happenings of the college with
a great deal of interest. I
especially note that the college
has florished since I have left,
and ponder a cause and effect
relationship. Be that as it may,
I have noted the furor over
some "pot" on campus and
thought that, with your kind
permission, I might give a
thought or two to the matter.
From the facts which I have
gathered, it seems to me that
the student-faculty-administra
tion committee which voted to
suspend Mr. Reu for the
remainder of the semester acted
with undue haste. I am rather
glad that Mr. Reu's fate in
criminal court of the State of
North Carolina was not acted
upon as quickly. Otherwise, I
fear that he would already have
been spirited away to some
undisclosed jail to remain,
incommunicado as it were, for
the duration of his sentence.
1 say this because I wonder
what might have been the
outcome had Mr. Reu
Lentz Quote Refuted
Dear Editor,
In Quaker Quotes of May 2
Miss Lani Lentz stated Quaker
tradition was conservative and
if you don't like it get out. The
interesting thing is that this
violates to principle Quaker
beliefs 1) respect for every
individual, because there is God
in him. 2) consensus and moral
responsibility.
Quakers have always felt
they were never conservative or
liberal or radical. They have
tried to follow God's dictates
to their conscience as much as
they could.
George Fox and the early
Friday, May 9, 1969
Trustees with no favorable
response. Finally, one evening
after supper the students
pushed back the tables in the
cafeteria, set up a record
player, ignored the threats of
administration, and began
dancing. Since there was no
way to stop them (police were
not called in in those days),
dancing was "granted."
If this example is the best
method, perhaps the only
method, to get through to the
Board of Trustees about how to
"answer needs and wishes of
students", maybe we need to
have a beer blast in front of
Founders and our "needs and
wishes" might be answered on
this matter. If Mr. Frazier
praises extremist action "years
ago" when legal channels and
use of "the system" failed,
students at Guilford today
should at least oblige him by
defying the rules as before,
since that seems to be in vogue
today even more than it was
years ago.
Respectfully yours,
Phil H. Edgerton
committed some lesser felony,
such as manslaughter, arson, or
theft. No doubt, upon learning
of his ALLEGED crimes, the
same committee would have
pitched Mr. Reu out of school
forthwith. No doubt indeed! I
rather think that the good
committee would have awaited
the outcome of Mr. Reu's trial.
"Due process" is certainly not
guaranteed to Guilford College
students, but I rather think that
the school should act in good
taste.
I do not admit to Mr. Reu's
guilt unless he should; I await
the outcome of his trial. Should
he be found guilty, I daresay
that he should be suspended
since those are the rules. I
wonder if Guilford College
thinks of itself as a "parent
away from home." If it does, it
should be ashamed for itself for
throwing one of its children to
the dogs, and if it does not, it
should await the outcome of
the trial in state court. Either
way, Guilford College has
shown intemperance in a highly
emotional issue.
Sincerely,
Kennethe Jay Miller
Quakers till modern times have
built their reputation on their
martyrs and protestors. "Speak
truth to power" is a central
Quaker dictate. Quakers today
are mostly opposed to the war
in Vietnam and racism and
many refuse to fight at all, and
go to jail or become CO's.
Many Quaker meetings have
taken monthly meeting minutes
in favor of draft resistors.
People who have gone to jail
and death to protest immoral
laws since the 1600's could
hardly be said to have a
conservative tradition.
Nick Marshall