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FHA Prevents
Student Eviction
by Kyd Brenner
The Federal Housing Admini
stration has intervened to pre
vent the eviction of four Guil
ford students and one UNC—G
student from their Austin Gar
dens apartment, leased to them
by Mr. Z. W. Austin of Greens
boro.
Austin attempted to have the
students evicted because one of
them, Gus Davis, is black. Austin
also claimed that he had received
complaints about noise coming
from the apartment, and ob
jected to five persons living in
the two bedroom apartment at
833 West Bessemer Avenue.
Guilford students Gus Davis,
Fred Schofield, Barry Davidson,
and Jamie Davis, along with
UNC—G student Paul Chantner
were threatened with eviction.
In a compromise agreement
between FHA Investigator Dan
McDonald, Austin, and Austin's
lawyer, Mr. Norman Smith,
Barry Davidson moved out of
the apartment into Milner Dorm.
When the five moved in
around September 10th, Chant
ner notified Austin's secretary
that a black would be living in
the apartment. He was told that
he would have to speak to Mr.
Austin.
When Chantner spoke to
Austin on the morning of the
16th, he was told that they
would have to pay a deposit of
$lB7 in addition to the $62.50
deposit already payed. Austin
asked for the deposit by 5 p.m.,
or the students would be
evicted. Austin demanded the
extra deposit because they were
college students, and because of
the presence of a black. Austin
rents to other college students.
Chantner left, and called his
father, who then called Austin
and had the deposit reduced to
$125. During the conversation
Austin complained that the
students had "slipped a nigger in
on me," and stated that he
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would not have rented to them
if he had known they were
students.
That afternoon Chantner and
Jamie Davis returned to Austin's
office. Discussing the situation
concerning Gus Davis, tire black,
Austin said that "a thing like
this could ruin me." Jamie Davis
questioned Austin's policy as
racist. Austin then asked Davis
where his home was. When Davis
told him that he was from
Atlanta, Austin replied "Well,
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Senator Ervin
To Speak
Senator Sam Ervin, esteemed
in Congress for his strict adher
ence to the Constitution and his
concern for the protection of
citizens' rights, will lecture
Thursday, October 21 at 8 p.m.
in Dana.
Ervin has served for the past
ten years as chairman of the
subcommittee on constitutional
rights, revision and codification
of laws and separation of pow
ers.
In this capacity, Ervin is
currently conducting an investi
gation of the invasion of the
privacy of citizens by the gov
ernment and its agencies.
Ervin entered the Senate in
1954, shortly after the passage
of the school desegregation act,
and established himself firmly in
opposition to it. Ervin has
persistently opposed legislation
for racial equality charging that
such laws are unconstitutional
and unnecessary. His position
has been that such laws give
rights which were never denied
by law, and that in doing so they
limit freedoms of others.
While this belief serves as the
basis for his opposition to
legislation for racial equality, it
has in other issues of citizens'
rights made Ervin a champion of
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1971 GREENSBORO, N.C
Trustees Meet Today
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photo hy Clawges The Trustees . . . behind closed doors.
Assault Case Heard
A freshman was round guilty
of charges of assault in the
Judicial Board proceedings of
Oct. 11.
The student was found guilty
of causing bodily injury to two
other students and was placed
on strict disciplinary probation
for a period of two semesters.
Under the terms of proba
tion, the student will not be
permitted to continue to play
football for the remainder of
this season. The Board, by
special compensation has per
that state health laws forbid any
animals or pets to be kept in
dormitory rooms.
Saga Responds to Survey
The Student Government
Food Committee survey taken
week before last, and a meeting
Tuesday between Food Commi
ttee representatives and SAGA
personnel have resulted in a
step-by-step action plan pro
posed by cafeteria manager Hd
Fisher and SAGA District Mana
ger Mr. Chuck Boppell.
Food Committee Chairman
Rich DeKoyer, Fisher, Boppell,
Assistant Business Manager Jim
Newlin, and several others went
through the completed surveys
to identify what were seen by
the students as the greatest
problem areas, and discussed
possible solutions.
milled the student to participate
in spring football practice.
In another case, a sophomore
resident of '(iS was charged with
a visitation violation. The board
accepted a plea of guilty and
issued a reprimand with a
caution aguinsl further violation.
The Board warned the off
ender that second cases of
visitation violation warrant more
serious action.
In a third case, a student was
accused of keeping a snake in a
'6B dorm room. The student
pled guilty and staled thai he
had gotten rid ol the snake. The
Board remiioned the student
The major concerns expressed
on the survey were: breakfast
docs not last long enough, and a
wide enough variety of foods are
not served. Comments on the
food centered around com
plaints of undercooking and
overstarching.
SAGA's response to the sur
veys was a three page action
plan, meal by meal, detailing
possible solutions to complaints.
Highlights of the plan are at the
end of this article.
Participants at the Tuesday
meeting also discussed the gen
eral attitude of the students
toward the cafeteria, and possi
ble solutions to the attitude
problem. Mention was made of a
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Committee reports, the
Annual Report from the Presi
dent. and other reports will be
the main area of business when
the Guilford College Board of
Trustees holds its Annual Meet
ing this afternoon. The meeting
will be held in the Board room
of New Garden Hall, at 2:00
p.m.
Several proposals concerning
social conditions on campus may
be on the agenda. II they are on
the agenda, however, action on
them is not guaranteed due to
the large volume of material
which must he covered by the
Trustees during the meeting.
The President's annual report
covers social, financial and aca
demic aspects of the college
during the past year. New
programs and professors are
reported to the Board, along
with the current financial situa
tion of the college.
Members of the tiuilford
College Community expressed
their feelings on the role of the
Trustees in governing the college
in a survey taken last spring. The
survey revealed that among per
sons directly and totally in
volved in the college slightly
over 50' A' felt that the Trustees
role involved supporting the
desires of the students and
faculty. The sample polled were
nearly unanimous in agreeing
that Trustees do not have
responsibility for everything on
campus, yet nearly 50% felt that
the Trustees should have an
in-depth knowledge of what is
happening on campus day to
day.
The Board meets in closed
session. Two students represent
the student body, without vot
ing privileges, in the meetings.
Doug Scott, as Student Body
President, and Vicki Greene, as
student representative from the
Senate, will attend the meeting.
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees is Mr. tdwin P. Brown,
'2(>, of Mufreesboro, North
Carolina. Brown recently moved
on campus into one of the
faculty houses.
reciprocal bad attitude between
students and cafeteria workers.
The traditional feelings about
institutional food were seen as
primarily responsible for the
attitude toward the cafeteria.
The physical appearance of
the cafeteria and the noise level
were also seen as contributing to
the cafeteria's image.
Responding to the complaint
of lack of variety, Manager td
Fisher explained the problems in
trying to please 800 people. He
felt that the variety problem is
one caused by the wide range of
tastes students have. He has
found that he can usually aim
each dish at only about 200
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