April 13, 1970
Letters To The Guilfordian Editor
Hulburt: No Salary For Staff
Dear Editor,
First of all I would like to say
that in no way do I support The
GUILFORDIAN strike, if in
deed, it is a strike. The staff
refers to their actions as a strike,
yet The GUILFORDIAN con
tinues to be published. The
point has been made that the
staff members desire salaries.
The GUILFORDIAN staff,
however, is not the only staff on
campus that works hard. It is
not the only staff that has
deadlines. It would be nice if
everyone could be paid.
According to the last issue of
The GUILFORDIAN, salaries
could be paid if each student
paid a mere $1.50 extra per
year. (This figure would actually
be closer to $1.70 per year.) But
why do 1 haggle over a mere
$.20? Why, especially, when stu
dents (as The GUILFORDIAN
cleverly pointed out) pay $2,500
per year? But are v#e talking
about a mere $.20, or a mere
$1.70 per student, per year?
No. The question is whether
or not an organization's staff
should be paid. Also, there are a
minimum of twenty-three organ
izations on campus at the pre
sent time. If each organization
desired a mere $1.70 per stu
dent, each student would then
be paying an additional fee in
excess of $39.00.
But, one might ask, would
every organization seek this ad
ditional amount? I would think
not, in all probability. But the
point is we're not speaking only
of The GUILFORDIAN, and
we're not speaking of only $1.70
per student.
Over Dramatizations
My figure of $39.00 is cer
tainly an overdramatization of
my point. But was not the last
issue of The GUILFORDIAN
also a rather ridiculous over
dramatization? Was it necessary
for the issue to include nearly
seven blank pages? Would not
further "strike editions" be a
clear waste of the money stu
dents have allocated? I definitely
think so.
Mr. Chapman argues that
salaries are necessary "to retain
and attract qualified staff mem
bers." Are salaries the only alter
native to this problem? I think
not.
I think some sort of retribu
tion would be good, though not
imperative, nor absolutely ne
cessary, for some leadership po
Hobbs Supports
Dear Editor,
I have no wish to get involved in the argument over whether the
L-ditor and various personnel of the GUILFORDIAN should be paid
for his services, but I am glad to state my belief that student
interests could be well served if the most important and most
time-consuming offices of student organizations carry a stipend. This
is, of course, the case at a number of colleges and universities.
I say this for several reasons: it would tend to stimulate a lively
interest in and competition for these offices, thereby increasing the
likelihood of obtaining highly qualified persons; it would encourage
persons needing financial assistance to aspire to these jobs rather
than having to take others to help defray expenses; it would tend to
attract capable students to come to Guilford, and would stimulate
the officers continuing sense of responsibility to perform the duties
of his office. All of these would be definite plus factors.
No doubt we would all wish that the above conditions would
prevail without this form of artificial stimulation. We also do not
like the matter of increasing the cost of a Guilford education.
Students must weigh these matters seriously, but I am of the opinion
that the students could be well served by offering stipends for
leadership positions.
Grimsley T. Ilobbs. President
sitions on the campus such as
the President of the Student
Government and the College
Union, The Editor of The GUIL
FORDIAN, and of the QUA
KER, the head of the Radio
Station, and perhaps others. But
1 think we are going too far by
giving salaries to the other staff
members of our student organi
zations. At a college of this size,
1 think we are biting off more
than we can chew.
1 also think we are kidding
ourselves if we assume that the
reason we don't have many stu
dents vying for leadership posi
tions on this campus is the fact
that no salaries are offered. I'm
afraid the reasons for this are a
little deeper than a lack of sal
aries.
Immature? Hogwash!
Members of Student Legis
lature have been accused of
being immature by The GUIL
FORDIAN Editor. I believe this
is pure, unadulterated hogwash.
Those members of Legislature,
including myself, who have had
dealings with Mr. Chapman, have
also been accused by him of
being dishonest and untrust
worthy.
I defy Mr. Chapman or any
other member of the college
community to bring forth any
information which would so
much as imply that I have been
anything else than honest in my
dealings with them. I find these
remarks ludicrous, unwarranted,
and slanderous.
Mr. Chapman went on to
accuse those students, again in
cluding myself, who are in oppo
sition to The GUILFORDIAN
staff of dealing with person
alities rather than with issues. At
the risk of repeating myself, I
believe that this too is pure
unadulterated hogwash.
Guilfordian
Editorship
Applications are being ac
cepted until April 20 for the
editorship of the GUILFORD
IAN and the QUAKER.
Interested persons should
contact Mrs. Carter Delafield,
Mrs. Janet Speas, Mr. Frederick
Purkhurst, Mr. David Morrah, Dr.
William Lanier, Mr. George Roy
croft, or leave their names in the
GUILFORDIAN'S office
THE GUILFORDIAN
No Staff Salaries
Time and time again I have
stated my position regarding sal
aries. I am opposed to giving The
GUILFORDIAN STAFF sal
aries. I am NOT opposed to
giving some sort of compen
sation to the heads of some
organizations-including The
GUILFORDIAN
I suggest that Mr. Chapman
take another look at the issue at
hand—that of giving salaries to
the Editor and his staff, not the
Editor alone. To me there is a
vast difference-one of $l,lOO in
terms of dollars and cents.
Mr. Chapman announced that
this issue of The GUILFOR
DIAN would carry letters to the
Editor concerning the strike. I
find it odd that a statement to
this effect was not carried in the
previous issue so that all stu
dents interested in writing letters
would be encouraged to do :o.
Surely this announcement
would have reached more stu
dents via The GUILFORDIAN
than by relying on our "imma
ture" Legislature members.
Surely Mr. Chapman did not
assume that word would be dis
seminated by our "irrespon
sible" Legislators. Perhaps our
Legislators are only irresponsible
on some issues.
Reconcile Dispute
I would hate for the dispute
between the Student Legislature
and The GUILFORDIAN staff
to drag on still further. Legisla
ture has stated that money shall
not be allocated for salaries for
the staff of The GUILFOR
DIAN. The Executive Council of
the Student Government sup
ports this decision.
If we want to talk about the
question of salaries as compen
sation for any student leader,
let's begin-but continuing to
bang our heads together on the
issue at hand will get us no
where.
I)AN HULBURT
President, Student Government
Morrah Defends
Salary Requests
Dear Editor,
The practice of paying salar
ies to principal staff members of
student publications has been
common practice at many col
leges and universities for de
cades. Because student publica
tions are important elements of
campus communication systems,
many administrators and student
leaders long ago realized that
financial incentive would help to
attract responsible and qualified
students who might otherwise be
unwilling to work many extra
hours without academic credit,
to reduce time spent studying,
with a resulting reduction in
grade averages, and to receive
often unwarrentedly harsh criti
cism from students, administra
tive officials, alumni and trus
tees.
The position can be taken, as
it often has been, that other
students should receive pay for
their work. This statement is not
Activities Are
Outlet For Interest
Dear Editor,
It is my opinion that salaries
for extra curricular activities at
this time are if not out of place
at least premature for Guilford
College. My own reasoning on
this point is based on two main
factors. First, extracurricular
activities are just what the title
implies and that infers that stu
dents get involved with them
because they have an interest in
the activity and are fortunate
enough to be supplied with an
outlet for that interest.
Secondly, there is just not
enough money to go around to
ali the organizations for salaries
for all the top echelon workers.
Any other manner of dispersing
salaries other than by sheer title
of office would be a form of
value judgement that I don't
think the Student Legislature
should be involved in.
Upgrading Life A t Guilford
Just how would funds be
allocated to the people who put
in the real work? Would this in
fact upgrade the quality of the
participants? Would this tend to
Student Dismissed
In Springfield, Mass.
WASHINGTON - (CPS)
The spirit of Spiro Agnew has
apparently penetrated the state
of Massachusetts, which already
holds the record for censorship
cases in the country this year.
Springfield College in Spring
field, Mass.. triggered another
college press battle last week.
Lawrence Libow, a columnist
for the Springfield STUDENT,
received notice of his dismissal
from Dean of Students John
Costello in early February after
he wrote a series of articles
intended to be an argument
against such a position.
However, when financial re
sources are limited, it is the
opinion of this writer that salary
priorities should be given to pub
lications personnel because of
the responsibility they must
exercise and because of the un
usual demands on their physical
and mental resources.
As to salary levels, I can cite
the payments to editors and
business managers at N. C. State
College as long ago as 1933
when N. C. State had fewer than
1,500 students, tach received
540.00 per month, plus a sub
stantial share of profits from
advertising revenue-usually a
total of about 5700.00 per year.
Other student leaders were not
paid salaries at that time.
DAVID W. MORRAH, JR.
Journalism Instructor
shift the emphasis from the
learning and sharing experience
to one of a more commercial
and competitive nature? I am
not sure of the answers to these
questions. 1 do think there are
many more and perhaps better
ways to upgrade the life of
students at Guilford. I do agree
that this challenge MUST be met
soon.
I am afraid that I cannot
agree that there will be a whole
sale acceptance by the student
body to increase activity fees for
the purpose of paying other stu
dents. If the activity fee were to
be increased for some purpose or
program which would generally
benefit the student body as a
whole, I feel there would be less
debate on the point.
But let us face the fact that
money is tight this year with no
real hope for a brighter situation
next fall. There are a number of
students who feel that they just
can't lay out extra funds to the
tune of a 35% increase. 1 think
this has to be respected.
Karen Rheeling
questioning college involvement
in a local community devel
opment project. Included in
some of the columns were
sprinklings of grafitti from stu
dent desks around the college. A
later editorial in THE STU
DENT, which has given no sup
port to Libow, noted that the
grafitti might be construed as
"obscene."
During the weekend over a
hundred students continued a
constant sit-in vigil in the college
administration building to pro
test Libow's dismissal. Spring
field College President Wilbert
Locklill's only comment was
"the students have permission."
The letter of dismissal from
Dean Costello referred to he
Joint Statement on the Rights
and Freedoms of Students and
the Springfield College dismissal
policy as reasons for Libow's
dismissal. Costello's letter to Li
bow stated:
"It is appropriate to indicate
that your attacks on personal
integrity and the techniques of
harassment and inuendo in ear
lier articles, culminating with the
objectionable language in your
article in the Springfield College
STUDENT ... is not consistent
with the ideals and ethical stand
ards of the College and of the
professions to which preparation
is being given ... in fact, such
action is considered prejudicial
to the welfare of the students
and the College. " (Italics ours)
Libow and his attorney,
Steven Silvermann of the local
American Civil Liberties Union,
appealed Libow's dismissal to
the Springfield Faculty Hearing
Committee in closed session
Feb. 17. Silvermann had made
request to the Committee chair
man that his stenographer and
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