September 20, 1974
Town Meeting is Held
by Jimmy Johnson
Cub Reporter
The first town meeting of
the schoolyear was held
Wednesday evening in the
cafeteria. In the past years 4 the
town meeting has served as an
opportunity for the entire
college community to ex
change ideas and thoughts.
During last year this kind of
meeting helped open up the
issue of antiquated visitation
hours for women and
eventually helped change
them to a moderate degree.
This year's first meeting was a
rather low key affair with
approximately seventy-five
students, faculty, and admini
strators attending. Though
there were new faces present
most people seemed pretty
familiar.
Ken Schwab, Dean of
Students, opened with a brief
explanation of the purpose of
town meetings and then
introduced Bob Forman,
President of the Student Body.
Forman talked of the
transformation of Guilford
from last year to this year; the
mixture of new and old giving
an exciting feeling to the
coming months. He mention
ed a wide range of new
happenings including a winn
ing football team, a $6500
grant for Women's Studies,
and a new method of
communication called "take a
teacher out to lunch."
Forman called attention to
two important issues for
Guilford students: visitation
hours and alcoholic beve
rages. The Student Senate has
just passed another bill which
would give women a choice on
when their hours should be.
In reference to these two
issues Forman presented the
figures of a poll taken in the
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THE GUILFORDIAN
cafeteria, Wednesday with the
response of about 50% of the
student body. On the issue of
visitation hours approximately
84% voted yes they would like
to decide their own hours
whearas 15% said no. On the
alcohol issue 78% voted for
alcohol in the Grill Room and
coffeehouse and 21% voted
against it.
Forman closed his speech
with a description of the
Guilford College Community.
He included not only students,
faculty, and administration
but those people we never see
who provide a large portion of
the money.
With a short introduction
Forman turned the micro
phone over to President
Grimsley Hobbs. President
Hobbs spoke of the excitement
of opening another year and
called it "a time of new
beginnings" for students and
teachers. He felt a very
positive attitude in the air and
said that Guilford had the best
new faculty in ten years.
President Hobbs said the
new College Center was on its
building schedule and promis
ed it to be ready for use next
August. He expects the
College Center to be a
"unifying function" at Guil
ford with its recreational
lounges, classrooms, meeting
rooms, and auditorium.
President Hobbs talked
about the Self Study of
Guilford which is just being
completed. He said we will not
just sit back now that the
study is complete but go into
new directions from what we
have learned.
He also read a brief
statement on the purpose of
Guilford College which is now
being put together. He
stressed the many types of
individuals at Guilford and
said that this diversity must be
recognized. He hopes that
there will be a close
community and that it will not
become fragmented into
"we-they" groups." One new
line of communication that will
help this situation is the
Community Council. This is a
group made up of all parts of
the community.
President Hobbs finished
his speech with some figures
on the growth of the library
and the number of faculty with
PHD's.
After Cyril Harvey's intro
duction of the new faculty,
Bruce Stewart reviewed some
of the highlights of Guilford.
He emphasized the many
stimulating programs we offer
and the achievements of our
students.
Following Stewart's speech
there were refreshments.
Thus the first town meeting
was a kind of formal
introduction to Guilford.
Verrett Opens Art Series
by Jon Hiratsuka
Shirley Verrett, Metropoli
tan Opera mezzo-soprano, will
appear in Dana Auditorium on
Monday, Sept. 23, at 8:15
p.m. Her recital is the first
event sponsored by the
Guilford College Arts Series
this year.
Although best known as ar.
opera star, Shirley Verrett's
versatility enables her to sing
music of many forms, periods,
and cultures. This Monday
night Miss Verrett will sing
Negro spirituals, art songs of
Italy, Germany, and France,
and one operatic selection by
Rossini. Critics say Miss
Verrett has "a voice which can
do practically everything."
Shirley Verett has a beauty
of voice and a pleasing stage
manner. She enriches and
brings out the emotion in her
material, be it a Negro
spiritual or an opera sung in
Italian. Her capacity to create
beauty and convey emotion
through voice is not unlike
that of Joan Baez, due
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Ms. Verrett to Perform in
Dana Auditorium
consideration given to diffe
rences between their types of
music.
Born in New Orleans and
raised in Los Angeles, Miss
Verrett began her musical
career late in life. Says she, "I
could always sing, but I didn't
do anything about it. After
college I found myself working
in real-estate sales and 1 asked
myself what am I doing
here?"
Miss Verrett then went to
Julliard School of Music where
she won numerous awards.
For some time she avoided
opera in deference to the
Seventh-day Adventist's dis
approval of opera's passion
and violence. But in 1966 she
toured Europe and sang in the
operas "Carmen," "Aida,"
and "Don Carlo". Her fame
grew rapidly, and in 1968 she
made her Metropolitan Opera
debut as Carmen.
Shirley Verrett has sung
with the major opera compa
nies, orchestras, and festivals
in the United States and in
other countries. Her roles
Greensboro, N.C.
have included Cassandra in
"The Trojans," Azucena in
"IL Trovatore", and her
mainstay. Carmen.
Arts Series coordinators
Hugh Stohler and Bob Bussey
are proud to have the
international star perform at
Guilford. Bob Bussey empha
sized that on Monday night
Guilford students will have the
opportunity to see one of the
world's greatest performers.
He also spoke of the Arts
Series' purpose of bringing to
the college a variety of artistic,
cultural, and intellectual
events.
Other Arts Series events
this semester feature colum
nist Art Buchwald and the
Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre.
Full time Guilford students
are admitted free to all events
upon showing student ID
cards.
Any student interested in
attending a reception for Ms.
Verrett Monday evening
following her performance is
requested to contact Lin
Cruickshank at the Arts
Services office in Bryan Hall.