Unit of Living
Proposal Passes
Legislature
VOL. LIV
Teens
To Vote
Soon?
W ASH INGTON -(CPS)- The
voting age will not be lowered
by legislation in the current ses
sion of Congress, and chances
for passing a constitutional
amendment to allow 18 year
olds to vote are considered slim.
This is the view of most
observers here despite the Senate
passage of the Mansfield amend
ment to the Voting Rights Bill
which would allow 18 year old
to vote in all elections after
January 1, 1971.
The bill now goes to the
House of Representatives. If the
House refuses to agree to the
Senate amendment, as expected,
the question will be left to a
House-Senate Conference Com
mittee whose chairman, Rep.
Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) has
vowed to "fight like hell" to kill
the bill. „
House Appointees
Since Celler, as House Judi
ciary Committee chairman, will
appoint a majority of the House
conferees, it can be expected
they will not be sympathetic to
the idea of lowering the voting
age. Rep. William McCulloch
(R—Ohio), the ranking Republi
can on the Judiciary Committee,
will appoint Republican com
mittee members. He is believed
to feel the issue should not be
decided without hearings, which
the House has not held.
Although the Senate over
whelmingly passed the Mansfield
amendment, its conferees are
not expected to be much more
disposed toward the 18 year old
vote. Both Senators James East
land (D-Miss.), the Judiciary
Committee chairman, and
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Proposal
Delayed
The new curriculum pro
posal written by the Educa
tional Policies Committee
was approved for possible
implementation in the Fall
semester of 1971 in a meet
ing of the EPC held March
20.
However, the EPC did
not formally commit itself
to implementation for the
Fall semester of 1971.
Some supporters of the
proposal originally hoped
that the proposal, which
features a four course load
and a four day week, might
be implemented by Septem
ber 1970.
One member of the com
mittee told The Guilfordian
that some members of the
EPC argued lhal there was
not enough time to make
the plans that would be
necessary to put the pro
posal into effect by this fall.
The QuilfonS'cm
Administration Answers Demands
Blacks State Grievances
-photo by Willson
Napoleon Jasper, Jr., left, a spokesman for the Black Students, talks
with other BASIB members in New Garden Hall.
Guilford Names Two
N.C. Men Trustees
Charles A. McLendon of
Greensboro and Herbert T.
Ragan of High Point have been
appointed to the Board of Trus
tees of Guilford College an
nounced Dr. Grimsley T. Hobbs,
college president, today.
McLendon is vice president
for personnel of Burlington In
dustries, Inc. A native of Greens
boro, McLendon graduated from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and later studied
at the School of Textiles at
North Carolina State University.
He joined Burlington in 1948
and was elected a vice president
ten years later. In 1962 he
assumed his present position.
Leg. Adopts Proposal
The Units of Living Proposal
was adopted by the Student
Legislature Monday, March 16.
The prop sal, written by a con.
mittee chaired by Craig Chap
man, was titled "Proposal for
the Partial Re-organization of
Student Government."
The proposal now goes to the
Student Affairs Committee and
The Administrative Council for
approval prior to its presentation
to the Board of Trustees.
Drunken Driving Section
The provision that any stu
dent convicted of drunken driv
Monday, March 23, 1970
McLendon is a director of
First Union National Bank in
Greensboro and a trustee of
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hos
pital. He is a former chairman of
both the Greensboro Human Re
lations Council and the Heart
Fund.
Ragan, a 1937 graduate of
Guilford College, is president of
Ragan-Carmichael, Inc., a High
Point hardware distributing firm.
He is currently serving as chair
man of the college's alumni
annual giving program and is
president-elect of the Guilford
College Alumni Association.
Both Ragijn and McLendon
are also members of the Guilford
College Board of Visitors.
ing may lose automobile privi
leges, Article 11, Section B was
deleted.
Legislator Dale Mundel urged
the Legislature to reject the sec
tion on the grounds that drunk
en driving rules should be at the
discretion of the State Legis
lature in Raleigh. During the
course of debate, Mandel labeled
Craig Chapman author of the
controversial section a "fanatic
about drunken driving."
Damage Deposit
In further dabate on the Unit
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BASIB, the Brothers and Sis
ters in Blackness, staged a sit-in
in New Garden Hall Monday,
March 16. Twenty-five of Guil
ford's Thirty-two Black students
participated in the demon
stration.
During the sit-in, a list of five
demands was presented to the
college administration by several
Black students including Napo
leon Jasper, who served as
spokesman for the sit-in partic
ipants.
The list of demands included
a Black studies center, four
Black professors, guaranteed C's
to all Blacks during the Spring
semester, better transportation
for Black students, and clari
fication of disciplinary charges
against a Black student allegedly
involved in an offense last year.
College Cars
Following discussions be
tween members of the group and
the administration, it was an
nounced that college cars would
be made available to BASIB like
any other college organization,
and that rooms in the center
section of Cox Hall would be
immediately designated as a
BASIB office and Black Studies
Center.
The administration also
agreed to ask the Student Affairs
Committee to review the discip
linary action taken against the
Black student last year for his
alleged rule violation.
In addition, the adminis
tration agreed to "redouble their
efforts" to employ Black pro
fessors.
Guaranteed C's
The protesters' demand that
no grade less than C be given to
any Black during the Spring sem
ester was made with the ex
planation that the demonstrators
feared reprisals from the faculty
would be directed at the sit-in
participants.
-photo by Willson
Legislator Dale Mandel
See Page 3
For Complete
Proposal Text
The administration referred
this concern to the Curriculum
Committee which rejected the
demand, in a special meeting
during the sit-in, on the grounds
that granting guaranteed C's
would jeopardize the College's
accredation.
However the Curriculum
Committee did ask the Aca
demic Retention Committee and
the faculty to consider the spec
ial instances that Black students
find themselves in at Guilford.
A spokesman for the admin
istration stressed that the action
taken by the Curriculum Com
mittee was a reinforcement of
present college policy for all
students.
I.eave Building
The protesters departed the
building around 7:30 p.m. Dur
ing the day long negotiations,
the demonstrators occupied
their time by sleeping and eat
ing.
A spokesman for the admin
istration noted that the demon
strators were very orderly and
that no College rules were bro
ken.
In explanation for the day's
activities, protest participant
Faye Drew said, "We felt we
weren't welcome socially as well
as academically."
BASIB is a relatively new
organization at Guilford. It's
constitution was ratified March
2 by the Legislature.
The organization, composed
of the 32 Blacks has three Prime
Ministers: Napoleon Jysper,
Larry Walker, and Charles Chris
tian, two Ministers of Records:
Marion Burton and Ginny Wil
son, two Ministers of Finance:
Melvin Alexander and Faye
Scales, and three Ministers of
Defense: David Sheppard, Chris
Clark, and Jack Reynolds.
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