Friday, May 9, 1969
Potpourri
CONNOISSEUR COURSES OFFERED
Courses for the fall term of the Davidson Free University will
include new ones on the "Kennedy Phenomena," Connoisseur 101
(a course in the proper selection of wines and foods),
"environmental problems," the "Student Role in Change," and
carryovers from this year like Bridge and Automobile Mechanics.
The student leaders of the program feel that 1968-1969 terms
have been successful first steps in the concept at Davidson, but
"brainstorming sessions" are being held by those interested
students and faculty to try to improve overall educational policy
and quality of the experiment.
BOARD GETS GRADS
The Board of Trustees at Princeton has voted to add recent
graduates to the universtiy's Board. The new trustees, who are to
be elected by students and recent graduates for four year terms,
will join a Board whose median age is above 60. At Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, seniors are preparing to elect a trustee who
will take office after graduation. Graduating classes of '66, '67,
and '6B will also elect one trustee to join the Board. Nominees are
chosen by a nominating committee, appointed by the President of
the Alumni Association. Vanderbilt's action guarantees at least
four members of the university's governing bodyy who are recent
graduates.
A&T GETS GRANT
The Department of Sociology and Social Services at A&T State
University has received a grant of $89,000 from the North
Carolina Department of Public Welfare for a new program for the
training off social workers. The funds* will allow the University to
secure additional books and other teaching aids, equipment and
several additional personnel. There is great concern about the
definite shortage of social workers in the United States. Expanded
programs, such as the one at A&T are needed throughout the
country. The state of California this year could hire all of the
graduate social workers from all of the colleges and still have
positions open.
Profile Of Trustee
(The following information is
reprinted from College &
University Trustees by Rodney
T. Hartnett.)
In this time when there is
greater demand for student and
faculty involvement in college
and university governance, it is
interesting to note how trustees
see their roles in the educational
program, their backgrounds, and
their attitudes toward education.
In a 1969 study for the
Educational Testing Service,
Rodney T. Hartnett surveyed
trustees from over 500 colleges
and universities.
In general, trustees are white
males in their late fiftys, well
educated, and financially very
well off. They occupy prestiege
occupations such as law and
medicine, but more often they
are business executives. They are
mostly political moderates, are
alumni of the school they serve,
and usually are on only one
board of trustees.
In the area of decision
making it would appear that
although they prefer an
arrangement in which faculty
and students do not have major
authority, trustees do not wish
to "rule" by themselves. They
do, however, admit relevance of
student authority in matters of
student life such as housing,
honor violations, social
organizations, and the like.
Trustees feel that areas of
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greatest faculty authority should
be academic matters, such as
adding or deleting courses, or
the criteria used in the admission
of students.
Even though they favor a
"top down" form of governing,
trustees would rather not
formulate programs or make
direct decisions. They would
rather hold veto power of their
decisions in fisical areas,
regarding the physical plant, and
the handling of "external
affairs", in that order. However
the survey showed that many
boards of trustees spend the most
time and energy in the selection
of new trustees.
Geographical diversity plays a
role in trustee view of academic
freedom. In the New England
and Mid-Atlantic areas, free
expression of opinions of
faculty, students and outside
speakers is favored. However in
the West and especially in the
South, trustees feel that
administration should control
the contents of the student
newspaper and campus speakers
should be screened. Also
Southern board members favor
by 63% the view that action
should be taken against students
punished by local authorities on
off-campus matters, while only
39% of New England and
Mid-Atlantic trustees feel this
way.
The Guilfordian
Letter to Editor
Campus Polarization Questioned
Dear Editor:
Several weeks ago it became
quite evident that a polarization
of interest groups exists on the
Guilford campus. It was clear
that the dissatisfaction of one
group of students with the
disciplinary decision concerning
Doug Reu was not aimed at
Doug but at a group which is
associated with the "new left."
There are several distinct groups
at Guilford, quite separate in
their inter-action and even
hostile toward each other at
times.
The "new left", the athletes,
and the black students, are
three divergent minorities
among the majority of Guilford
students who are usually aware,
but are labeled as apathetic
members of the college
community. This majority is
Legislature
Due to lack of space in the
previous issue of the
"Guilfordian" several items of
the April 28 Legislature
meeting were omitted. The
GUTS and Young Republicans
Constitutions were adopted at
that time. A six point Menue
Proposal was presented, of
which two articles were passed:
(1) a Student Study Break, four
nights a week offering drinks
and pastries (2) increase in cost
of service. Both measures will
cost $20,644.80, and a motion
to form a new cafeteria
committee was passed. The
Legislature moved to accept last
year's UNICEF policy, whereby
students voluntarily give up a
meal(s) with the money going
to the starving throughout the
world.
At the May 5 meeting of the
Student Government, Dan
Hulbert was elected student
representative to the Board of
Trustees. Joel New was
approved chairman of the
Elections Committee upon Tom
Simek's declining. Phil Sanders
and Cathy Lowdermilk were
elected to the faculty
committee, Man in the
Twentieth Century.
The previously adopted
Article 5 of the Menu Proposal,
designating a Student Study
Break, was reconsidered and
defeated due to the clarification
that drinks and left-over
cafeteria desserts would be
served. A motion to increase
meals by 5 cents was also
defeated.
The survey illustrates the
general views that trustees hold
of their own roles, backgrounds,
and educational attitudes. It is
interesting for Guilford College
to compare its governing board
with this nation-wide "average"
board of trustees and decide
how its program should conform
to or diverge from this mean.
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given the ugly name of
mediocre or average and is
accused of being conservative
elements, representative of
middle class America.
The Rue incident was a
demonstration that these
individuals are not content with
letting the minorities rule the
campus, or letting the college
cater to the desires of the "new
left."
The feeling exists that the
faculty gears their classes and
their activities on the college
campus to the "new left!"
The "products of middle
class morality" or the majority
on Campus are insulted that
they are neglected. On the
peripheri of this controversy are
two more distinct elements of
the college community; the
jocks and the black students.
The schism which exists seems
to me to be the most crucial
problem facing Guirford.
All academic endeavor and
the process of maturing while
in college is dependent on the
interchange of ideas. These
divergent groups and the
polarization of the campus
deny this. All groups should be
willing to change views and
accept the others within the
group as an individual for his
own worth; particularly at the
Quaker college individuals
should be regarded as
contributing members of the
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community regardless of
stereotyped impressions. I
believe that I can learn from
anyone who is willing to give
his honest effort in relating
ideas and ideals.
Mr. Editor, I call on each
student and faculty member at,
Guilford to look at himself as a
member of the greater college
community and to evaluate
how he can prevent the
polarization from continuing
and growing more crucial.
Guilford, a Quaker College,
should be the environment for
the exchange of opinions and
the acquisition of knowledge. It
should be the responsibility of
each to recognize and develop
the worth of every individual.
This recognition of society is
essential in our preparation for
the challenging future.
It is up to each individual
student and faculty member to
make Guilford a college
community of concern for the
worth of each member of the
community regardless of his
stereotype! The future of the
college and we who are a part
of it, is dependent on it. I
suppose what I have attempted
to say is: accept others for
what they are; learn from
others and their experiences;
and unite as a body concerned
about developing ourselves.
Sincerely,
Keith Parks