Faculty Discuss Contracts,
by Tori Potts
The Guilford College fa
culty met in the Moon Room
on Wednesday, March 21 at
9:00 a.m. In a two hour meet
ing they heard faculty com
mittee reports on the down
town campus move and ac
tion in the curriculum com
mittee, discussed the possi
bility of teacher evaluation
takina place this spring, and
elected a new presiding clerk
and recording clerk for next
year.
Earl Redding opened the
meeting and after a period of
silence, he read a selection
from On Caring, by Milton
Mayerhoff, who defined car
ing as "helping each other to
grow" and stated that it is
only in a relationship of car
ing that one is able to find
his own place in the world.
Mildred Marlette, chair
man of the Committee on
Faculty reported a recom
mendation of that commit
tee that the date for the is
suance of contracts be chang
ed to April 1, and the date
for returning them be May 1.
There would be no change in
the existing policy if the con
tract is not to be renewed,
and any faculty member who
was considering leaving Guil
ford would be free to nego
tiate earlier than April 1.
The main reasons for the
change, which was given fa
culty approval, were that the
old dates for issuance and
signing of contracts do not
fit the new calendar well, and
that the school budgetary
projections are incomplete at
the former date for issuing
contracts.
Kathy Sebo, chairman of
the Committee on Evaluation
of Teaching, stated that her
committee was interested in
instituting a standardized
form for teacher evaluation,
to be used for teacher im
Matteson
Elected
Jane Matteson, junior art
major from Greenville, S.C.,
is the new president of the
Guilford Community Senate.
Serving with her are secretary
Beth Zulick, a freshman poli
tical science major from Tim
onium, Md., and treasurer,
Bob Forman, a junior (or so
he claims) from Broomall,
Pa., majoring in humanistic
studies.
Their victory over the
Rice-Lathrop-Haddad slate in
the Monday run-off followed
the elimination of the Dick
inson-Newman-Johnson ticket
in the March 5 general elec
tion.
The Matteson ticket cap
tured 270 votes, or 57.3%,
while the opposition garnered
201 votes, or 42.7% of Mon
day's total. Voter turnout was
a mere 51.9% of the on-cam
pus student body (471 out of
906).
Matteson ran on a plat
form of "student rights-stu
dent power." She and her
running mates, all veterans of
previous Senate battles, are
concerned with the Guilford
self-study planned for next
year, academic grievance pro
cedures, and faculty-course
evaluation.
Nominations Evaluations, and EPC
provement, promotion and
tenure, and for the know
ledge and benefit of the stu
dents.
After reviewing dozens of
forms, they had decided that
the form best suited to Guil
ford's needs is a form handled
by the Educational Testing
Service in Princeton. The
committee suggested that eva
luation of all courses take
place at the end of this semes
ter. Each faculty member
would have the option of
reviewing the evaluation of
his own courses, and making
whatever comments he wish
ed. The evaluations would
then be made available to the
public.
The faculty first approved
the motion but it soon be
came apparent that consen
sus had not truly been reach
ed and that a substantial min
ority of faculty were uncom
fortable with the decision.
The decision was made
to call a meeting for Wednes
day, March 28, for the pur
pose of further discussing tea
cher evaluation for this year.
The Clerks Committee
presented nominations for
clerk and recording clerk for
next year. Edward Burrows
was elected to a two year
term as presiding clerk, and
William Fulcher was elected
to a one-year term as record
ing clerk.
Act Now For Fall Academic Aid
Students must act now if
they are to have sufficient
financial aid for the fall, ac
cording to education groups
in Washington, D.C.
"Time is short," said Lay
ton Olson, executive director
of the National Student Lob
by (NSL). "If Congress does
not fund the new Basic Op
portunity Grants (BOG) pro
gram by March, up to two
million students will not get
the additional $1 billion
which was promised them in
1972 when the Higher Edu
cation Act was passed." BOG
entitles needy students S2OO
to SI4OO a year.
"Although some fear
BOG may be used as a sub
stitute for old programs rath
er than as a supplement,
funding BOG will legally gua
rantee funding of certain
threatened programs such as
defense loans and work
study," he added.
BOG is one of the few
new education programs for
which President Nixon re
Arts
Exhibit
Pottery, paintings, home
made bread, and other arts,
crafts, and assorted goodies
will be on display and for
sale in front of Dana on April
14 of the Serendipity Two
weekend. Proceeds from this
sale will be used for Vietna
mese relief. Those who wish
to exhibit or sell items (either
on a consignment or commis
sion basis) should contact
Marilyn Neuhauser at 294-
0477. In the event of rain,
the display will be in the
Union Lounge.
Appointments to commit
tees were also made.
Ed Caudill reported that
the move of the downtown
campus is proceeding on sche
dule, and explained that one
of the reasons that the down
town program has been so
successful is that it has pro
duced a quality product. Ac
cording to Caudill, many stu
dents have gone to UNC-G
because of its lower costs, but
have found it to be unsatis
factory and have returned to
Guilford.
The priorities and goals
of the two programs are quite
different, he continued, for
the priorities of the Urban
campus student are time and
money. "We need to under
stand the differences and not
try to have the same priorities
for the two programs," he
said.
Robert Bryden reported
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THURSDAY MARCH 29, 1973
quested funds ($622 million
for this fall, $959 million for
fall 1974).
The Committee for Full
Funding of Education Pro
grams, a strong coalition of
education groups including
National Education Associa
tion, American Council on
Education and NSL, is sup
porting not only full funding
($1 Billion) for BOG but also
funding for old programs.
The Committee says,
"The best way to pressure
"Ope n
Educat i on"
In the Visiting Scholars
Program of the Piedmont
University Center, Vincent R.
Rogers will speak on the Guil
ford College campus on Mon
day, April 9, 1973, at 1:30
p.m. in the Leak Room, ac
cording to Cyrus Johnson,
chairman of the education
department. The lecture title
will be "The Case for Open
Education."
Dr. Rogers is Professor
of Education at the Univer
sity of Connecticut. He is the
WQlid' Social Studies and the
Social Sciences in English Ed
ucation: An Evaluation based
on Fulbriqht Study exper
iences in England and nume
rous magazine articles. His
special interests are in inter
national education, the deve
lopment of social sensitivity
in children, the role of reli
gion in education, and the
development of teacher edu
cation.
All students, faculty and
community members are wel
come to attend.
that the Curriculum Commit
tee has approved the addition
of Math 465, and Econ 100
(Consumer Economics) to the
curriculum. Also the trip to
Colombia with Dr. Almeida
this summer will fulfill one of
the requirements for intercul
tural studies.
Bruce Stewart reported
that the Educational Policies
Committee had met with the
language department in an
effort to clarify policy re
garding the fulfillment of the
distribution requirements in
foreign language.
The committee reaffirm
ed their position that two
three hour courses from sum
mer school or any other in
stitution be allowed to fulfill
Guilford's requirement, but
if the transferred courses
/vere three credit courses, on
ly three credits would be giv
en toward graduation.
Congress to pass needed ad
ditional financial aid is for
students to write their own
Congressmen and Senators,
key subcommittee chairmen
Cong. Daniel Flood (D-Pa.)
and Sen. Warren Magnuson
(D-Wash.) and Ranking Re
publican Members Cong. Ro
bert Michel (R -1II.) and Sen.
Norris Cotton (R-N.H.).
"Letters about the need
for grants and the rising cost
of college should also come
from your college president,
Students should not be
allowed to take courses from
another consortium school if
the same courses are offered
here at Guilford. Exceptions
could be made in the case of
irresolvable scheduling con
flicts.
Stewart further reported
that the EPC intended to re
view all distribution require
ments of all departments. For
example, he explained, the
main course was originally
designed to fulfill one of the
science requirements. This
function may no longer be
served.
The Fourth Annual Urban
Affairs Conference will be
held on April 12, 1973 at
A & T University.
Congratulations were ex
tended by the faculty to
Coach Jensen and the basket
ball team for their fine per
formance in Kansas City.
GREENSBORO, N.C
student body president, fin
ancial aid officers and pa
rents."
Full funding for BOG will
also relieve financial pressure
to raise tuition across the
country.
Be Editor!
Applications for editor of
The Guilfordian, Quaker, and
Piper will be accepted
through April 13. Please send
applications to David Morrah
in New Garden Hall.