Monday, February 23, 1970
I The Human Condition
Political
Conflict
By DOUG SCOTT
Anarchy is by its very nature
and that of human nature, only
temporary. Man will have some
kind of governing structure, for
mal or informal, based on mu
tually agreeable rules, whether
he knows them consciously or
not. The goal of these agree
ments is to avoid conflict.
Formal government was born
when man gained the agricul
tural capacity to have a food
surplus. Six distrinct forms have
emerged: monarchy, aristoc
racy, democracy and their
degenerate forms, tyranny, olig
archy, and mobocracy. Folk
ways and mores constitute an
informal government, existing
within a framework of formal
government or alone. The
structure (which is largely de
fined by a goal, selfish or other
wise) decides how successful a
government will be in avoiding
conflict.
In degenerate (or self ful
filling) forms, a government
might find war an instrument
of diplomacy. Pro bono sui(for
the good of the people) forms
resort to war for national sur
vival (and to preserve national
identity) or deep enough
national (read: ideological) in
terest. Within any state, the
government lessens inter-group
conflict. Historical exception
dictates mention of Hitler per
secuting Jews and Stalin versus
the Russian middle class. The
potential for inter-state conflict
seems larger when dealing with
i degenerate government.
We have, at this point, a col
lection of national groups, of
different backgrounds and goals,
existing in close proximity of
each other. Those governments
desiring peace are barred from
the creation of an "enemy."
Governments holding national in
terests over peace do not have
Campus
Rules
Reform
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be able to live in society and
to live and to deal with people
will result.
In addition, it should be an
insult to any student to say that
he is not capable of controlling
his own life. In either the Unit
of Living method or the system
as it exists, the problem of
preparing the student for life
is being avoided.
To find out more about what
is being done and to speak out
for what you want, everyone
should come to the Student Leg
islature meeting tonight at 6:30
in the Leake Room.
Sincerely,
Jeff Bloom
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:hat problem.
For a moment let us look at
the totalitarian form, with Hit
ler, Stalin, and Mao as exam
ples. In two, (Stalin and Mao)
revolution and violence were em
ployed to gain power. The
demagogue Hitler was elected
by his creation of fantastic na
tionalistic goals for de
pressed (spiritually and econom
ically) Germany as well as his
storm trooper tactics. In demo
cratic governments, these men
are despised for their crimes
against humanity. The fire bomb
ing of Dresden and the use of
atomic weapons on Japan is
glossed over. Can a democratic
government be morally
superior to its citizens? It may
be seen that all governments,
disigned to prevent conflict, can
not avoid all conflict and con
tinue to survive.
Candy Jar
Contest
Kathy Bunch and Mike Mc-
Craw tied for Ist place in the
Valentine Candy Contest held in
the cafeteria last week.
There were 839 pieces of candy
in the jar. Kathyguessedß36 and
Mike guessed 842. Mary Ella
Tetterton won 2nd place by guess
ing 834.
The following students receiv
ed honorable mention for their
guesses between 800 and 875:
J. Thompson, C. Bunn, S. Wub
benhorst., V. Jensen, L. Thomas,
D. Young, P. Seymour, B. Dixon,
J. Kneisley, J. Scott, M. Mc-
Coy, M. Robertson, K. Camp
bell, S. Wessells, N. Wren, R.
Wolinsky, M. Houck, K. Lee,
B. Garfield, J. Campbell, and K.
Marshall.
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photo by Willson
MARY ELLA TETTERTON-CANDY JAR WINNER
THE GUILFORDIAN
Seminar Shows Best,
Worst In Education
By TORI POTTS
(EDITOR'S NOTE: THE FOL
LOWING IS THE FIRST OF A
TWO PART SERIES ON OFF
CAMPUS SEMINARS. NEXT
WEEK THE GUILFORDIAN WILL
PRESENT AN INDEPTH RE
PORT ON THE RECENT NEW
YORK SEMINAR.)
Education can be an exciting
and interesting adventure if you
approach the idea with the proper
attitude. With the help of Claude
Shotts, David Mallery and
Larry Elworth, fourteen students
discovered this kind of education
in Philadelphia last week.
The students went to Philadel
phia on a Guilford College Off-
Campus Seminar on Urban Ed
ucation. The seminar developed
from an education course
which Bruce Stewart taught at
Guilford last semester. The
course was a survey of criti
cisms of American public ed
ication and some of the new
concepts in education which are
gaining wide recognition today.
Some of the students in the
course and other students who
are interested in education went
to Philadelphia to get a closer
look at the problems and ideas
they had been reading about.
JOHN BARTRAM HIGH
The first day of the semi
nar was spent in a large urban
high school, John Bartram High
School. Bartram is faced with
all of the problems of big city
schools; drugs, truency, disci
pline problems and had a high
drop-out rate.
The group was met by Peter
Thompson, a young English
teacher, who explained some of
the problems at Bartram. The
school is so overcrowded that
it is now run on a split-session.
The juniors and seniors come
in the morning until noon, and
the freshmen and sophomores
go to school from noon until
4:40 p.m.
Students at Bartram have a
faculty advisor whom they see
for ten minutes every morning
in home room. Peter Thomp
son is the advisor for all the
ninth grade students,
The Guilford students went
to classes all day at Bartram.
They decided at dinner that
night that though there were
some teachers who were trying
to do something about the sit
uation, the school was a pretty
depressing place.
OUTWARD BOUND
Tuesday was the most active
lay of the seminar. The Guil
ford group joined about forty-five
other people from schools runby
the Society of Friends for a
demonstration of the Outward
Bound program. The participants
were divided into groups of fif
:een. Each group contained people
of all sizes, ages and sexes
teachers, students, grandparents
and children. The groups trouped
out into the pouring rain to com
plete a series of tasks which
required group cooperation.
Each group was supposed to
get each of the people in the froup
over a tree limb which was nine
feet off the ground. They walked
around on repet which were
hung between trees, carried an
"accident victim" over a"pit"
via a cargo net and walked on
a stone wall. Several Guilford
students, Carla McKinney, Terry
Wyszynski, Bob Shaffer and
Marnie Page completed the day
by scaling a fifty foot wall.
The friendships which
developed in those few hours
more than compensated for the
discomforts of wet muddy clothes
and aching muscles. Jeanette
Ebel was voted the muddiest
member of her group.
PAS
The Pennsylvania Advance
ment School was the next school
which the group visited. PAS is
trying to develop methods and
curricula which will reach
underachieving students. They
are working with 185 eighth grade
boys who have high ability levels
out low achievement levels.
The school is experimenting
with teaching such things as me
dia, communications and inter
pretive drama instead of the
usual school diet of English,
math and social studies.
The Guilford students went
to classes at PAS and later
talked to Charlie Bugg, a Guil
ford graduate who is now work
ing with the advancement school.,
The students attended a class
in communications which was
run entirely by one of Ihe stu
dents. He used a tape recording
of a conversation betweenarobot
and a man in 2443 A.D. The
tape, complete with sound effects,
was written and produced by
students.
The next two days were
spent in Frlends Schools in Phil
adelphia. The groups visited
classes at Germantown Friends
School, Greenstreet Friends,
ind Plymouth Meeting Friends.
COME GROW
WITH COBB
Representatives of the Cobb County School
System were on campus on Monday, Feb
ruary 9, 1970 to Interview prospective teach
ers. If you were unable to schedule an in
terview on that day and are interested in
employment in the Cobb County Schools,
please contact: Clinton J. Taylor, Assistant
Superintendent for Personnel Services, Cobb
County Schools, Marietta, Georgia. Phone
422-3471
The Guilford students were im
pressed by the tremendous a
mount of freedom that seemed
to be an integral part of Quaker
education.
When asked to define the free
dom that they saw, the seminar
members, found it impossible to
do. It was an undercurrent, an
atmosphere of interest and ex
citement which provided an al
most painful contrast to John
Bartram High School.
The week was ended at Chest
nut Hill College, with what was
billed by David Mallery as "an
epic educational orgy." The
speakers were Dwight Allen,
President of the University of
Mass. School of Education and
Douglass Heath, chairman of
the psychology Department at
Haverford College.
Participants in the seminar
were Jeanette Ebel, Terry Wys
zynski, Alan Rosenblatt, Gai
Frietag, Charlotte Hobby, Tori
Potts, Bob Shaffer, Carla Mc-
Kinney, Taffy McCoy, Judy Har
vey, Vicki Wyszynski, Mary Lou
Yancy, Bonnie Boyles, and
Marnie Page. Adult advisors
were Mrs. Bell and Mr. Shotts.
Scope
Solicits
SCOPE--Student Council on
Pollution and Environment
wants ideas from students to
pass on to Department of the
Interior officials, according to
Randy Simmons, SCOPE Co
chairman for the Middle At
lantic States.
SCOPE'S are independent nine -
student advisory councils re
quested by Interior Secretary
Hickel for each of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Ad
ministration's (FWPCA) nine
regions in the Nation to pro
vide student input into the
growing national reaction to
pollution. Students on the Middle
Atlantic SCOPE represent col
lege and high school students in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Dis
trict of Columbia, Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
GOV'T WILL RESPOND
Simmons stressed that all
ideas that seem to the nine
students on the SCOPE to have
merit will be forwarded to the
Department of the Interior, and
a response will be received from
the FWPCA regarding the ad
vice.
Simmons said SCOPE can be
reached writing to Post Of
fice Box 5017, Richmond, Vir
ginia 23220.
In addition to its advisory
capacity, the SCOPE can pro
vide information literature on
pollution to those who want it.
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