Basketball Team Still "Soaking It In"
by Jon Hiratsuka
Saturday, March 17, Guil
ford defeated Maryland-Eas
tern Shore 99-96 to win the
National Association of In
tercollegiate Athletics (Small
College) Basketball Cham
pionship in Kansas City. Star
Quakers included M.L. Carr
(23 points and 16 rebounds)
and Lloyd Free (30 points).
In earlier rounds of the gruel
ing six day tournament Guil
ford defeated Keene State,
N-H, Valdosta State, Ga.,
Westmont, Calif., and Augus
tana, 111. Guilford qualified
for the NAIA playoffs by de
feating Barber-Scotia and
Winston - Salem in District
play. The Quakers are the
first unseeded team ever to
win a national championship.
"Still soaking it in," said
Teddy East referring to the
team's recent national cham
pionship. Several Guilford
players offered their reactions
to the Quakers' first NAIA
crown and to their overall
experience on the Guilford
basketball team.
While Lloyd Free, Teddy
East, and M.L. Carr expressed
surprise at actually winning
the crown, they said they
went to the NAIA tourna
ment to win games and they
always felt the team had a
chance. "I thought the team
would have a good year,"
Lloyd Free told a reporter
after the deciding game, "but
this (the title) it's kind of
hard to say." Following the
final victory. Free also con
fided that he was too tired to
even clap his hands.
While Ted East still finds
the championship "hard to
believe," he claimed he
thought Guilford could win
after the underdog Quakers
survived the third round. He
was encouraged by seeing sev
eral top seeded teams upset.
"It will be strange to see Guil
ford listed number 1 the next
published National Ratings,"
East added. M.L. Carr said
that at first the championship
seemed like a dream, but now
it seems more like reality.
"You remember all the hard
work you put into it."
When asked what made
the team a winner. East and
Carr cited team closeness.
"We became a more closely
knit group as the year pro
gressed," East said. "We got
Dickinson Ticket
Discusses Election
by David Dickinson, Rob Newman,
and Jean Johnson
In reviewing the results of
the recent election, we feel
that there are several things
we would like to say.
First, we feel that though
we did not win, we profited
somewhat by the experience.
We all developed a greater in
sight into the workings of de
mocracy, and must conclude
that the differences between
national politics and campus
politics are not as great as we
has previously assumed. Se
condly, we at least managed
to give vent to the feelings
and hopes that many of us
feel are important. Though
we didn't win, the issues and
problems that confront Guil
ford have not disappeared, and
we will continue to work for
change, and for a better school
for us all.
better play out of everyone
in Kansas City," Carr added.
He cited the Quaker's ability
to get back fast on defense as
the key to stopping Maryland-
Eastern Shore's running game
in the deciding contest. Carr
also mentioned the coaches,
the type of players recruited,
the hard work as factor's in
the Quakers' success. The
coaches have something
which makes the players put
out, Carr suggested - "It can't
be explained."
Lloyd Free, the tourna
ment's most valuable player,
is a Freshman from Brooklyn,
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Shore As Co-Ed: Proposal Explained
by Jim Baxter
Although the final vote on
whether or not to transform
Shore Dormitory into an ex
periment in co-ed community
living has not yet been cast,
arrangements for this change
are now tentatively being
made, pending the final deci
sion. The final decision will be
made by the Board of Trus
Part of the problem we
faced in getting elected was
that our ideology did not dif
fer too greatly from that of
Kris Rice's ticket. As a result,
our vote was split, almost on
an even keel with hers. It
should be remembered that
these votes, when combined,
surpass the vote of the third
candidacy. It becomes obvious
then, that if these two electo
rates combine in the run-off,
victory would be a distinct
possibility. What we are pro
posing is clear Kris Rice's
ticket best exemplifies what
we feel. If the students who
voted for us are serious in
their intent, we must not let a
temporary defeat keep us
down. Let us not give up
we can win we can change
things. Vote in the run-off
it means a lot.
iors from Winston-Salem and
Wallace, N.C., respectivley.
Both seniors plan to play pro
ball; Carr plans to go into
the clothing business after a
pro career. M.L. Carr called
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FRIDAY. MARCH 23, 1973
tees late in April. Students in
terested in making an applica
toin to join this experiment
should go ahead and do so,
and these applications will be
held until the final decision
is made.
The idea behind the con
version of Shore Dormitory is
to create a living community
that would increase the feel
ing of concern and involve
ment among those students
participating in the project.
The attempt will also be made
to create an atmosphere con
ducive to study. All those stu
dents who apply to live in
this co-ed community will be
asked, by their application, to
show an interest in working
for the success of the project
and an acceptance of the res
ponsibility that will be a large
part of living in this dormi
tory project. All students par
ticipating, for example, would
be expected to attend weekly
group meetings for evaluation,
discussion, and planning. The
dormitory would be self-go
verning, within the confines
of the regulations of the col
lege at large, with the princi
pal governing representatives
made up of students elected
from within the project, also
including the residence co-or
dinator and intern(s).
The current project began
last November, as a number of
interested students began in
quiring as to the possibility of
those in the college athletic
department fine people,
though their programs could
use more money and facil
ities. "We could use a new
gym in which to hang out
making a dorm or a small sec
tion of a dorm into a small,
co-educational community.
Their inquiries led them, as
the number of interested per
sons grew, to discover similar
attempts made earlier and to
develop the project now
waiting final approval. SAC
approved the conception of
such a co-ed community early
last year, but no definite plans
were made and no efforts
were made in time to be im
plemented, so the project lay
dormant until this fall. Since
then, the project has gone
through a number of stages,
and through the assistance of
a number of the faculty and
administration, has developed
into the current project. The
efforts for this current project
were almost too late for im
plementation next fall, as the
final decision, to be made by
the Trustees, could not be
made until late April. Natural
ly, housing assignments have
to be made much earlier than
April. Circumstances being so,
the people in charge of hous
ing, principally Ken Schwab,
have agreed to the extra work
entailed in making preliminary
arrangements for the dormi
tory, pending the Trustees de
cision. Otherwise, the project
would have to wait another
year in order to be implemen
ted.
Many attempts have been
and are being made to revive
championship banner," he
said. Referring to the NAIA
crown and his four years at
Guilford, Carr concluded, "I
know that four years ago I
chose the right school."
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the sense of community at
Guilford College. The Shore
project is only one of them,
as the people involved well
know, and this project is by
no means exclusive. This is
not the first attempt to make
either a co-ed or community
situation in a dormitory here,
but this project has developed,
combining and supplementing
previous efforts that laid the
groundwork for this project
now under consideration, and
as such, hopes to reflect the
needs of all students for a
wide choice of living styles.
If passed, the dormitory hopes
to sponsor various activities
aimed at drawing together
those living there and the en
tire campus as well. These ac
tivities would hopefully in
clude such areas as lectures,
workshops, crafts, and semi
nars, involving both faculty
and students. In addition to
the body of interested stu
dents living in this co-ed com
munity project, there would
be a board of interested facul
ty to evaluate and advise the
project, and help those invol
ved to achieve the goal of the
dormitory group: to be a ben
etif to those living in Shore
and to the Guilford commu
nity at large.
If you are interested in
living and working with this
project, applications are avail
able from the Housing Office.