VOL. LV
A&T University
Gets Richardson
Foundation Grant
A&T has received a grant of
$20,000 from the North Caro
lina Leadership Institute, Inc.
for a program designed to
identify and develop future
leaders for business, government
and industry.
In announcing the grant, Dr.
Lewis C. Dowdy, president of
the University, said A&T will be
the first black institution in the
state selected to participate in
the North Carolina Fellows Pro
gram, which has operated since
1967 at UNC Chapel Hill,
Davidson College, North Caro
lina State University and East
Carolina University.
The initial leadership program
was developed in connection
with the Smith Richardson
Foundation.
The Richardson Foundation
funded the two year Richardson
Program at Guilford College.
Dowdy said that the A&T
program will be directed by
William C. Parker, Jr., associate
dean of student affairs. "We are
pleased to be a part of this
unique program which will serve
to eliminate some of the stumbl
ing blocks which potential lead
ers sometimes face," said
Dowdy.
Parker said the initial project
at A&T will involve 15 students
during the 1970-71 school year.
A number of other students will
be added next year.
"We will try to tailor this
program to the individual needs
of the participants," said Parker;
"but the emphasis will be placed
on informal meetings, on
campus seminars and personal
contact with prominent leaders
in different fields."
During the year, the partici
pants will receive career place
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Union Talent
Search Begins
The College Union Advance
ment Committee has been
making plans for a talent show
in December. Hopefully, stu
dents and faculty will be willing
to volunteer their talents for the
enjoyment of the College Com
munity. Anyone who can sing,
dance, talk, or play an instru
ment is invited to call the Union
Office (299-9826) or leave a
note for Tom Clayton in the
mailstick, giving your name and
type of entertainment. You will
be contacted later about audi
tions and rehearsals.
The Advancement Committee
also is trying to organize a Pep
Band; anybody interested please
contact the Union Office or
Tom Clayton.
Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine is available and
being given in the Infirmary
10 A.M. - 3 P.M. Monday
thru Friday beginning Oct
ober 19 thru Nov. 23, 1970.1f
you have ever had vaccine,
only a booster is required.
Otherwise, the series will be
needed. The cost is SI.OO per
shot.
The Ciuilforfon
Friendly Road Hearing Held
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Grady Bergin talks with students and faculty concerned
over the widening of Friendly Road.
Faculty Shortens Dean's List
Dr. William Burris, Academic
Dean, expressed concern at the
faculty meeting held Monday,
Oct. 12, in the Leake Room,
over the length of the "Dean's
List," which is composed of all
those students who have ach
ieved a 2.0 quality point average.
Last term those students num
bered 240. Dean Burris reported
that this limit had been set
several years ago, when students
had complained to the faculty
that the standards for the Dean's
List were too high. At that time
the standard was lowered to 2.0.
The Dean asked that the faculty
raise this standard to 2.5.
One faculty member than
proposed to the group that
perhaps rather than raise the
standard for the Dean's List, the
faculty should re-examine the
grading system of the school to
see if it is a true indicator of
student achievement. The fac
ulty approved the new 2.5
standard, which will affect the
list for the current semester.
Committee appointments and
discussion of the widening of
Friendly Road were also topics
of concern. Nominations to
faculty committees were pre
sented by Dr. Hiram Hilty,
chairman of the nominations
committee. The committee's
suggestions were accepted by the
faculty.
FRIENDLY ROAD
Jim Newlin, assistant Business
Manager of the college, present
ed to the faculty meeting a
summary of the state's plans
regarding the widening of
Friendly Road to seven lanes. He
also informed the faculty of
steps the adminstration has
taken and plans to take in
protecting the interests of
Guilford College in this matter.
The faculty considered adopt
ing a resolution indicating their
disapproval of the road plan, but
decided to allow the administra
tion to handle the initial
proceedings at the corridor
hearing on Thursday (yester
day).
HISTORICAL GUILFORD
Dr. J. Floyd Moore presented
OCTOBER 16. 1970
photo by Wi/lson
a proposal urging the creation of
"a special historical zoning
commission" within the city of
Greensboro and a "private
non-profit New Garden Village
Corporation." These organi
zations would provide for a
special historical zone in which
New Garden Village would be
restored along the lines of Old
Salem in Winston-Salem or
Williamsburg, Virginia. The vil-
Legislature Appoints Representatives
The second meeting of the
student legislature was held
Monday, Oct. 12. At this
meeting student appointments
to faculty committees and
student representation to faculty
meetings were decided.
Chairman Joel New presided
over the meeting in which
eighteen students were ap
pointed as regular members of
faculty committees. Two pro
posals concerning student at
tendance at faculty meetings
were presented by the chair and
an additional proposal came
from the floor. The proposal
approved by the legislature
provided for seats at faculty
meetings to be filled by three
students elected by legislature,
one student elected by each
class, three students elected
from the student body at large,
and one seat to be filled by a
member of the GUILFORDIAN
staff. Also, any reasonable
number requesting attendance,
the number to be set at the
discression of the student body
will be allowed to attend. The
proposal concludes with the
statement: "The student legis
lature urges the faculty to open
those meetings that are of
concern to the entire college
community."
ROOM VISITATION
The legislature approved a
proposal presented at the pre
vious meeting by Connie Gonzal
ez which would allow each unit
of living to determine the hours
it will observe open visitation.
Guilford President Grimsley
Hobbs, acting as spokesman for
the college; stated Thursday in
the "corridor" hearing scheduled
by the State Highway Com
mission, that Guilford was op
posed to the planned widening
of Friendly Road to seven lanes,
'and to the proposed closing of
the college gates.
Students and faculty also
combined in denouncing the
plan, which called for a seven
lane stretch from Muirs Chapel
Road to New Garden Road, thus
making necessary the destruc
tion of George White House, the
closing of the front entrance of
the college, the massacre of
some twenty large trees, and the
loss of a large part of the
college's land bordering on New
Garden Road.
Hobbs affirmed the college's
recognition of the need for a
wider road, but called for some
use of the land on both sides of
lage would be restored as "a
means of furthering the educa
tional, historical, commercial,
recreational, and aesthetic values
of this historic community," the
proposal said.
The faculty asked Dr. Moore
to revise the proposal and
develop it further before they
endorsed it, although many
indicated that they supported it
in principle.
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Joel /\ eir presides over sccoml Legislature meeting,
This proposal was suggested as
an amendment to the units of
living proposal and to the
PATHFINDER.
Chairman New delivered a
presentation of the events of the
faculty meeting held earlier that
afternoon to the legislature.
Report of that meeting will be
found elsewhere on this page.
The legislature did respond to
the raising of the standards for
the Dean's List from 2.0 to 2.5
quality point average. Students
spoke in favor of and in
opposition to the change. The
legislature made no official
response to the move. New also
relayed the faculty's message
urging the student personnel
staff and the students to move
to stop the loud automobile and
motorcycle noises which they
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the road (Friendly), rather than
completely on Guilford College
property.
Concerning the New Garden
Road expansion, Hobbs strongly
criticized it on the grounds that it
deprived the college of a great
deal of land which could have
been used for future expansion,
plus the fact that Guilford had
invested $15,000 dollars only
recently in installing curbs and
gutters there.
As a solution, a plan was
presented which called for the
continuation of New Garden
straight across Friendly, and
directly across the property of
Hardee's.
The entire project, which
involved the widening of Friend
ly Road from Westridge Road on
past the airport, was predicted
has having the total cost of
$3,250,000. Hobbs said the
estimated cost to Guilford bor
dered on" 52,000,000, consider
ing all the damages to the
college.
Grady Burgin, president of
the Biophile Club, submitted a
petition containing 800 names,
also strongly opposing the
widening plan. Along with prac
tical considerations, much dis
agreement with the plan arose
because of its effect on Guil
ford's historical tradition. Sev
eral students and faculty mem
bers pointed out that the ex
pansion as it is presently dia
grammed would go a long way
toward destroying the atmo
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photo by Willson
stated disturb the campus
atmosphere. The legislature ap
proved two units of living
constitutions .rami Shore Hall
and Binford Hai".
STUDENT APPOINTMENTS
Students appointed to faculty
committees are listed below.
Library: Ann Marorelli, Teacher
Education: Kathy Campbell and
Hugh Moore, Ajfttissions: Clare
Glore, Foreign Edith
Lebrato Shepparu and Ming Sin,
Academic Retention: Evan DaVia
and Patty Lyman, Athletic:
John Lord and John Dent, Dana
Scholars: Kathy Bunch and
Ronnie Gelman, Foreign Stu
dents: Sue Scheider and Simon
Suarez, Curriculum: Bob Shaffer
and Connie Gonzalez, and
Educational Policies: Tori Potts
and Jeanette Ebel.