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Intercollegiate Athletics
To arrive at an intelligent conclusion as
to the merits of the Guilford College Inter
collegiate Athletic Program, both the expen
ditures on the current program and the be
havior of the participants involved must be
considered.
For the current year, Guilford College
Business Manager David Parsons estimates
that total intercollegiate athletic expenditures
will slightly exceed $201,000 including anal
most $7,000 deficit from the operations
of prior years.
Estimated receipts including donations
from outside college sources as well as
college funds designated exclusively for ath
leucs amount to slightly over $93,000.
The remaining SIOB,OOO of the budget
must be funded by the college itself each
year.
A sizeable amount of this budget is spent
on athletic grants.
This year the college allocated $55,600
for this purpose although approximately sls,
CCO of this sum was from funds clearly
designated for athletic grants. The $15,000
estimation is included in the $93,000 figure
of estimated receipts.
It is worth noting that this $55,600 worth
of athletic monies was awarded to athletes in
programs involving approximately 120 stu
Democracy For Greensboro?
B> supporting the Modified Ward System
on November 4, Greensboro voters will have
an opportunity to institute democratic gov
ernment in our city.
Under the Modified Ward Plan, Greens
boro would be divided into eight equal pop
ulation districts with each district electing
their own city councilman. Two other coun
cilmen and the mayor would be elected at
large.
The outdated method of electing all city
councilmen by voting at large is largely
responsible for the failure of the pres
ent form of Greensboro city government
to respond to the needs of its citizens.
This method of biased government has
enabled residents of Northwest Greensboro
to consistently control the Greensboro City
Council which elects one of its members
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dents while the $122,000 in academic monies
was awarded to participants in nonathletic
programs encompassing 930 students.
The average participant in intercollegiate
football at Guilford has a lower quality point
average than the average nonparticipant male
and is more likely to be dismissed from
college for academic reasons than the average
Guilford male student.
In addition the Guilford football player is
more likely to be convicted of an MIG viola
tion than a non-player and approximately 5
times more likely to be convicted of an Honor
Board violation than the average Guilford stu
dent.
Although it must be realized that the ma
jority of Guilford football players like the
rest of Guilford's student body are good
college citizens, these statistics do provide
some comparison of football player and non
football player behavior.
Thus while we urge caution in the use of
statistical information in determining the
merits of a program involving people as par
ticipants, we do believe that such evidence
is worthy of serious scrutiny in determining
which aspects of Guilford's Intercollegiate
Athletic Program are in need of an overhaul.
as mayor.
However, residents of other sections of
the city have found themselves unable to
get streets paved and receive other govern
mental services.
It is not surprising that Greensboro City
Councilmen have established the custom of
running for office devoid of campaign plat
form or sensible proposals.
Unfortunately many voters have become
so frustrated by their inability to elect
representatives who truly reflect their in
terests that they have lost hope in the dem
ocratic political process.
We urge the voters of Greensboro to end
this frustration, which is the end product
of an unjust and undemocratic form of city
government, by endorsing the Modified Ward
Plan on November 4.
Last year we were totd
"The Best Plan is worth waiting for]
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The Human Condition
By DOUG SCOTT
"Idiot: a member of a large and
powerful tribe whose influence
in juman affairs has always been
dominant and controlling."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's
Dictionary"
America was started by cynics.
The first government (The Con
federation) was totally cynical in
nature. The constitution was
written by cynics (notice how
very little they trusted govern
ment). Why doesn't anybody trust
a cynic?
Bierce, a great 19th century
American cynic, defined cynic
as "a blackguard whose faulty
vision sees things as they are
and not as they ought to be."
College students and teachers
understand. Popularly thought of
as cynics, they are the living
example of the power of edu
$ Activities
At Guilford &
J This Week
November 2-Sunday of Soul
Special-2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
November 4- Soccer at home with
Pfeiffer
November 4-Soccer at home with
Pfeiffer
November 6-Revelers' Club Pro
duction-one act play in Dana
"The Boor," by Chekov
Soccer game with Erskine
November 7-Revelers' Club Pro
duction-one act play in Dana
"Dark Lady of the Sonnet," by
Shaw
November 8-Home football game
with Emory and Henry College,
ke/elers' Club Production-one
act play in Dana-"The Death of
Bessie Smith," by Edward Al
bee.
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Saturday, November 1, 1969
cation. The more you learn, the
less you understand. When you
know the magnitude of the prob
lem facing you, it's easier to be
a little leery of it. God knows,
we have the problems.
But cynics can be realistic.
Witness our leader, Dick Nixon.
Then look at Hubert Humphrey.
Not much difference? Who won?
Aside from the two isolated
facts that Hershey bars are still
a nickel (smaller, but still a
nickel) and LBJ's back on the
farm, the cynical mind is the
last reassuring sign in America.
Who said never fight a land
war in Asia?
Africa, India
Superstitions
Same In N.C.
Superstitions concerning the
spirits of the dead are much the
same in North Carolina, West
Africa and West India, says a
recently published article.
The article appears in the No
vember issue of "North Car
olina Folklore," a publication of
the N.C. Folklore Society.
The article, entitled "Par
allels in West African, West
Indian and North Carolina Foik
lore," cites the similarities in
such beliefs as the existence of
persons with second sight, meth
ods by which spirits make their
presence known, and measures
to ward off evil spirits.
The authors conclude that "the
persistence of these beliefs, down
through the centuries, is living
evidence of the reluctance of man
to shed folklore thai offers him
some measure of comfort and
psychic-protection.''