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Page 2 The Quilfor6icm The Guilfordian is printed by the students of Guilford College, weekly except for examination periods and vacations. The office is in Cox Old North. The telephone number is 292-8709. Address: Guilford Col lege, Greensboro, N. C. 27410. Subscription rates: $3.50 per year; $2.00 per semester. Craig P. Chapman-Editor-in-Chief Peter B. Ballance Business Manager Associate Editors: Bob Price -News Ted Malick----" Sports Jean Parvin-------Managing Mark Lessn er----Contributing Nancy Mengebier--Feature Phil Edgerton---- Contributing Neil Whitlock, Stuart Sherman, Jim Wilson-"* Photographers Kelly Dempster----Cartoonist Janet Ghezzi--Proofreader t Fran White, Ellen Turner Circulation General Staff: Tori Potts, Jeanette Ebel, Clare Glore, Jeff Bloom, Helen Macarof, Carlo McKinney, Patty Lyman, Deanna Day, Liz Sparger, Carol Adams, Mary Lou Hinton, Minnette Coleman, Doug Scott, Jani Craver, William Buckley. Democracy At Guilford The Student Legislature should be commended for finally repealing its required convo edict. For the first time in several years the stu dents held their legislature ac countable for its actions. The fact that the students ex erted pressure to make the legis lature responsive to their wishes contradicts the widely circulated myth that students are an apathetic lot. And while it is admirable that the legislature finally did yield to student pressure, the fact that it took so long and was such a hard battle is an indictation of the faulti ness of the present system of stu dent government. Certainly it is reasonable to expect the government of a country the size of the United States to use a complicated and often confusing system of political pressure,feed Students And Alcohol The inability of the students at last weekends leadership retreat to adequately control their consump tion of alcoholic beverages created a contemptible and hypocritical situation. We believe that the episode was contemptible since it denied the retreaters the opportunity to inter act with one another in a sensible manner. Moreover the distrust and re sentment which the actions of the Guilford students ellicited from the high school group using the retreat facilities was particularly unfortunate. In addition we consider it hypo critical that some of the same stu dents who are so vocal in main taining that they are responsible enough to deserve the right to con sume alcoholic beverages on cam THE GUILFORDIAN back from citizens, lobbying, and other "behind the scenes" acti vities in its system of government. However, it seems unnecessary for a school like Guilford with only one thousand students to model its system of student government after the United States Congress. We rather, believe a true democracy, inestimably more re sponsive to the wishes of the governed than the indirect type, would work well at Guilford. Under the system, every stu dent at Guilford who chose to at tend the scheduled meetings would be allowed to vote and present is sues. The Student Legislature should find ways to increase student par ticipation in government. We be lieve that a pure democracy is the best way to achieve this important objective. pus either became intoxicated themselves or encouraged others to do so. Unfortunately the events of last weekend are not isolated. Rowdi ness and intoxication by a relatively small segment of Guilford's stu dent body, both on and off campus, have long detracted from the im age of the college. In light of the influence of this segment we doubt if Guilford Stu dents, without the presence of en forcable restrictions on their be havior, are sophisticated enough to accept the responsibilities that ac company the right to consume al coholic beverages. We urge those in favor of legal izing drinking on campus to come to grips with this problem and propose a reasonable set of restrictions to insure the orderly and sensible use of alcoholic beverages. vi \rX V5fX AA- - • \ * \\ i/ / / l \ "IF I LOOK HARD ENOUGH, SO ME DAT, I'LL FIND A BETTER SYSTEM OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT." Scott Ponders Draft Notice By Douglas Scott At 2:35 p.m., Friday, Sep tember 26, I was Informed that I became 1-A, according to local board No. 80, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Mrs. Charles H. Folly, Clerk) of the United States Selective Ser vice Agency, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, commanding. When so told I calmly bit through my pencil and poured coffee on my chin. I was a bit upset. Now I'm sure that neither Lt. General Hershey nor Mrs. Folly (How about that for symbolic?) have anything against me. They couldn't. I've never ex hibited traits warlike enough for "Them" to go to such great lengths to get ahold of my body. Maybe I have killer psych test Poets' Corner By B.A. Steegmuller Reach out my child and see a rich new world. Be free. Don't hide beneath a mask. Awareness is not a task. "Impossible" you say? It happens every day. It's hard at first, that's true. Sincerely just be you. Social conditioning's bad. To play a role is sad. Express yourself—be real. Act as you deeply feel. Don't think about yourself. Put inhibitions on the shelf. Be sensitive to others' needs. True joy grows from this seed. Toward others is the route. So, my child, reach out. By Michael Joe Leach One thousand moved Friday, September 3, 1969 scores. What would good old (55? 60? 70?) Mrs. Folly do with my person; It's flattering though. Oh. I did go to the Vietnam Moratorium (Oct. 15) meeting. Maybe the General thinks I want to check the deal out first hand, or read the releases as "mobilization." All I did was ask for General Her shey's picture when I regis tered. (Do you think they saw me carve my name on the table?) Maybe they really want my old man, or my mother, or sister? Why me ? The Registrar says everything will be alright but If this Is any indication you can see me off at the boat. See the world. Berlin. Domi can Republic. Korea. Vietnam. Selma. Oxford. Chicago. When are we going to have that war with the Eskimos? Kill! on sin.parched fields where earth and sky has kneaded men into each others hated selves— where tempered steel has torn the sores of battle's woes through every heart who took a part, who built the wall of man—toy whims— of arms and life— of death and compunction.
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