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It Began A Decade Ago
There has been a lapse of ten years
since the sit-in type of demonstration began
to spread across this nation. The tenth anni
versary of this type of protest by Blacks
should be of particular interest to students
enrolled here.
The "sit-in", as a form of protest against
unequal rights, was begun in Greensboro, on
February 1, 1960. Not only was the sit-in
initiated in Greensboro, but four freshmer
students at A & T conceived of the sit-in
as a form of protest.
Believing that too many people talk but
never act, these freshmen entered the down
town Woolworth's five and dime store and
sat themselves at the lunch counter after
patronizing other counters and attempted
to place orders.
The white waitress simply shook her head
in refusal to wait on them. These four fresh
men males simply sat at the counter until
the store closed, refusing to move.
Thus began a form of protest by Black
people against discrimination in public ac
commodations that spread rapidly across the
Letter To The Editor
Frazier Challenges 'Purposes'
Dear Editor:
I wonder if you will call to
the attention of your readers:
1. That banning religious wor
ship (prayer, etc.,) in Memorial
Hall was required in order to
obtain federal funds to help in
its renovation.
2. That taking non-Quakers
on the Board of Trustees would
break the contractual provi
sion that "Trustees shall be
'Evening of Opera' Scheduled
WINSTON - SALEM, NORTH
CAROLINAr-The first act of Mo
zart's "Marriage of Figaro,"
scenes from Act II and Act 111
of Rossini's "The Barber of
Seville," and Chabrier's cham
ber opera, "Incomplete Edu
cation," will be included in "An
Evening of Opera" to be pre
sented by the school of music of
the North Carolina School of the
Arts.
Two performances of this pro
gram will be given - Friday,
Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28,
at 8:15 p.m. in the main audi
torium of the School of the Arts,
Admission will be charged (a
dults, $2.00; students, $1.00).
Reservations may be made by
calling the box office (784-7843).
"An Evening of Cfcera" will
be fully staged with orchestra,
country. It should be noted that this form
of non-violent protest has accomplished im
mense gains in areas of public accomoda
tions.
Since the initiations of sit-ins, men of all
skin colors are sitting down to eat at lunch
counters that formerly served only whites,
eating in cafeterias that formerly admitted
only whites, housing themselves in hotels and
motels that rented rooms to only whites.
Such accomplishments, hailed then as "An
Idea Whose Time Had Come", are now a
matter of history. The names of those who
initiated the sit-ins: Ezell Blair, Jr. and
David Richmond of Greensboro; Franklin
McCain, Washington, D.C.; and Joseph Mc-
Neill, Wilmington-have been inscribed on no
monument.
But these four freshmen gave impetus to
a movement that undoubtedly led to a greater
emphasis on Blacks andßlac k Awareness.
Surely they are to be congratulated for their
bravery, their endurance, and their foresight.
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members of the Society of
Friends and recognized as such
by North Carolina Yearly Meet
ing of Friends", which was in
serted in the charter by act of
the North Carolina General As
sembly when Guilford became a
college.
Mistakes in such matters, how
ever, are little in comparison to
changes in the purposes of Guil
ford College which now are being
costumes and scenery. William
Beck, teacher of voice at the
School of the Arts, and mem
ber of the New York City Opera
Company, is stage director. Nor
man Johnson, member of the
visiting faculty at the School of
the Arts and conductor of the
Denver (Colo.) Lyric Opera, is
musical director and orchestra
conductor.
Roles will be sung by: Linda
Austin, soprano of Greensboro
(Friday evening); John Cheek,
bass - baritone of Wilmington;
Donald Cranfill, baritone of
Raleigh; Marise Etteson, so
prano of Mount Olive (Friday
evening); Elizabeth Herrick,
mezzo - soprano of Richmond,
Va.; Donald Litaker, tenor of
Concord; Virgil Lonergan, tenor
of Rose Creek, Minn; Kaye Lowe,
soprano of Durham; Ellen Mc-
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undertaken.
Trustees hold that which is not
theirs but which is only entrust
ed to them. They are trusted
to use their trust according to
the will of the creator of or the
contributor to their trust and this
may be not according to Trustees'
personal desires.
Robert H. Frazier
Lain, soprano of Franklin, Tenn.;
David Perry, tenor of Minneapo
lis,, Minn.; Carole Rolandi, so
prano of Spartanburg, S.C. (Sat
urday evening); Neal Schwantes,
baritone of Montreat; Lynda
Smith, soprano of Fort Myers,
Fla.; Johnny Williams, baritone
of Raleigh.
Scenery, lighting and costumes
will be by the school of design
and production. Agnes Lattak, fa
culty designer, is in charge of
costumes. Set designer is Julian
Eubank of Hampton, Va. Cammie
Lavine of New York is production
manager. Carlton McKenney of
Richmond, Va. is stage manager.
Lighting will be by William Par
ris of Greensboro, and Edward
Byers of Cuba, 111., is in charge
of properties.
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Letter to Editor
Bloom; Uniform Rule
Changes Campuswide
Dear Editor
During the past few months
there have been numerous at
tempts to change the existing
rules. For one reason or another
things have been bogged down.
Dates to present proposals to
the legislature and to the Board
of Trustees have been post
poned again and again.
Why is it taking so long?
Why are the people on the Unit
of Living Committee worrying
so much about the trivial matter
of elegant wording? Why are
they avoiding the topic of rule
changes? This proposal also
says that it is trying to "find
the simplest way of structuring
student government. . ." but
is it? It also mentions that it
will be "maximizing the op
portunities for individual self
determination," but to this
I strongly disagree.
This proposal, as I see it,
will group students in the dorms
according to which set oi
regulations they prefer. In doing
so you will be grouping similar
types of students together. This
wofild especially apply to the
women, because of the number
of dorms. The result of such
groupings are: 1) The for
mation of a social fraternity -
and sorority-type or organ
ization. This is contrary to
the Guilford philosophy. 2) The
student body will be segregated
into groups according to how
naive or conservative they
are. 3) It will prevent inter
action between the increasing
ly varied student body which
the school so actively seeks to
enroll. 4) It will further alien
ate the student body, due to this
lack of interaction. 5) It may
cause a great deal of confusion
when people decide they do not
like the regulations of their dorm
and decide to move to another.
6) A student may be forced to
live in a certain dorm because
of the regulations or the lack
of them, rather than the dorm
itself. 7) It will break down
most chances for any kind of
mass student involvement. 8)
The final and long range result
is that the student will be less
well prepared to live in society
after graduation than he is al
the present time. Although man)
of these points are repetitive
and overlapping, each one is im-
Monday, February 23, 1970
portant and should be considered
very carefully.
The only way to achieve "self
determination" or self
regulation is by doing just that.
College should prepare the stu
dent for life in society. It should
develop in each individual a
knowledge of people and how to
cooperate and to work out
grievances with each other, as
well as a knowledge of oneself.
To do this is simple to initiate:
leave the set up of the rooming
arrangement as it is and im
plement a policy of student self
regulation. All rules affecting
the personal life of the student
should be removed, allowing the
students who live together on a
hall or in a suite to deal with
each other as they might in an
apartment building, except on the
personal level of the college com
munity. In this way each person
will be learning how to deal with
the other people around him.
If someone makes too much noise
or messes up the living area,
the others will have to deal wit!
him on a personal level, tellin§
him to try to be more con
siderate. If the person con
tinues to be a nuisance the other
people will sign a petition and
present it to the head resident
who asks that individual to leave
the dorm, either to another or
to an off-campus location. If
the school property is damaged,
then the person responsible is
charged for the repairs. In no
instance should the student be
punished in any academic way
for anything that the student does
in his non-academic affairs.
It is simple enough to see,
that when there are many reg
ulations that deal with the stu
dent's private life there are
bound to be many infractions.
When these are eliminated it
is obvious that no infractions
can occur. Students will be
come less frustrated with foolish
restrictions that are not paid
attention to anyway. Each in
dividual should be able to reg
ulate his own personal life and
at the same time learn to live
with others and cooperate with
them. In this way the student
will be finding out his own
limitations and his own cap
abilities and will be building
up his character to the fullest
extent. An individual who will
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