April 8, 1975
Film, Speaker on China
Far East Reporter editor
Maude Russell and the
documentary Film "Red Flag
Canal" will afford students a
rare opportunity to learn of the
life and spirit of modern
China. The film will be shown
in the Leak Room on April 13;
showtime is tentatively set for
8:15 p.m. After the film
Maude Russell will answer
students' questions and offer
.her reflections on China.
Maude Russell has been
intimately acquainted with
China for over half a century.
She lived in China from 1917
to 1943 and returned to visit
post revolutionary China in
1959 and 1972.
The eighty year old Maude
Russell has devoted her life to
promoting friendship between
Chinese and Americans and
shattering misconceptions and
prejudices which the two
peoples hold of each other.
She continues to travel across
the country for lectures and
speaking engagements. She
Worn tires?
Those worn tires you just
discarded may still be giving
you a smooth ride. Paving
oads with used tires is just
one of the solutions to the
waste disposal problem posed
by the 200 million tire casings
abandoned every year. Ac
cording to astudy by the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency, tire casings can also
be used to generate power and
to serve as artificial reefs,
impact absorbers on high
ways, and in retreaded tires.
"Roadbuilding could solve the
waste problem immediately
and almost completely,"
reports the EPA. "The
possibility of incorporating
rubber into roads has been
considered and tested spor
adically over the past 45
years." EPA tests indicate
that a '/ inch film of rubber
should increase by 440 percent
a road surface's ability to
withstand expansion and
contraction without cracking.
Compounds made largely of
reclaimed tires have been
used in at least 52
road-surfacing projects in nine
states.
The cost is also practical.
Rubber tires could also be a
viable alternative to coal and
other types of fuel. A british
firm currently operates a plant
which consumes 700 tires an
hour and generates 3,500
pounds of steam an hour with
savings of sllO a day over the
cost of coal. And, as fuel,
there is reportedly little
environmental difference be
tween tires and good quality
coal.
has been doing this since the
McCarthy era.
The film "Red Flag Canal"
recounts the building of a
canal through the side of a
steep mountain range in order
to bring water to one of the
driest regions in China.
Construction took ten years;
very primative methods were
used. Large numbers of
people participated proudly;
women played an important
role in the construction. "The
effort was nothing short of
heroic," said a member of the
U.S.-China Peoples' Friend
ship Assoc.
The film shows something
of the spirit, philosophy, and
way of life in China today. Aki
of the International Relations
Club took the initiative in
bringing the film to Guilford.
He said the film was
suggested to him by Frances
Goldin, the activist who
visited Guilford last month
and that several students have
expressed the desire to see it.
Excellence in Teaching Awards
You now have the opportu
nity to see an outstanding
professor rewarded for his or
her contribution to the
Guilford College community.
Monday and Tuesday, stu
dents, faculty and staff
received ballots asking them
to nominate two teachers of
the past academic year
('74-'75) to be considered for
the "excellence in Teaching"
awards. After giving your
nominations serious thought
you are asked to comment on
the reasons for your choices
and to return the ballot in the
following manner on Wednes
day April 9 Main Campus
Students, Cafeteria, 11:30 am
- 6:30 pm; Day Students, Grill
Room, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm;
Urban Students, Urban Center
- 8:30 am - 2:00 pm and 5:30
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service further reports that 43
small tire reefs are now in
place off the East Coast
shores. The Service estimates
that a billion tires would be
needed to construct all the
reefs required on the East
Coast alone. Tires submerged
in ocean water for 10 years
show no signs of deterioration,
nor does sea water appear to
contaminate by prolonged
exposure to tires," the EPA
report states.
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Faculty are asked to return
their ballots to the Develop
ment Department Mailbox
sometime on Wednesday. The
comments on the ballots will
receive the most serious
consideration, so spend a little
extra time reflecting on the
motives for your choices.
The two recipients of the
awards will receive a cash
grant of SSOO contributed by
the Board of Visitors.
Traditionally known as a fund
raising body, the Board is also
interested in furthering the
quality of education at
Guilford College. This grant is
to be used as the recipient
chooses on projects relating to
their field or in some way that
will benefit their students or
their teaching skills.
The final decision will rest
with a Selection Committee
consisting of David Hayworth
and Charles M. Reid Jr. of the
Board of Visitors, Cyril
Harvey and Grimsley Hobbs
of the Administration, and
Mel Bringle of the Student-
Scholarship Society. They will
weigh not only the amount of
nominations a professor re
ceives, but the reasons for
which they were nominated.
The announcement and pre
sentation of the awards will be
at the commencement exer
cises May 10 by Mr.
Lineberry, president of the
Board of Visitors.
Be sure and get your
nominations in on Wednes
day. Take this opportunity to
get the outstanding professors
of Guilford College recognized
Journey Into
Blackness
Journey into Blackness
continues Sunday April 11
with emphasis on religion.
The 8.A.5.1.8. Black Ensem
ble will be featured as they
sing gospel and spiritual
songs. Dick Woodward will
give the message of the
evening.
The Guilford College stu
dent body and Community are
cordially invited.
Choir News
The Guilford College Choir
will be joining the Consortium
Choirs of UNC-G, Greensboro
College, Bennett College and
A&T in a concert in
conjunction with the Greens
boro Symphony. The featured
choral and symphony piece
will be the ever-classic
Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
The concert is being perform
ed at 8:15 this evening at the
War Memorial Auditorium.
This is the final major effort of
the Guilford Chbir this year.
Their two remaining perfor
mances will be at the Quaker
meeting in Sophia on April
19th and at the Commence
ment exercises on May 10th.
The
Farmworkers
are asking you
to boycott
Gallo wines.
Please help.
United Farm Wtrkcn
of America (AFL-CIO)
P.O. Box 62
Keene, Ca. 93531
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Biophile
Calender
The Biophile Club is
organizing for next year's
Calendar. We created the
calendar for the whole
Guilford community and we
would like it to be from the
whole Guilford community. If
you have nature-oriented
drawings, photographs,
quotes, or original writings,
please contact Cindy Norman
(Hobbs #27, 294-1073.)
Bizarre
Biophile Bazaar
Another bizarre bazaar was
held Saturday, April sth in
front of the cafeteria. We were
set up by 10:30, but business
did not pick up until about
11:30 when people began
gathering for lunch. Food was
the most popular item (it
seems many people come out
of the cafeteria hungry) and of
the foods for sale, the
chocclate eclairs took the
cake.
In addition to food we sold
several types of plants (green
and bright colored ones, the
latter not being live) strange
glass creatures (which they
say came out of the Chemistry
department); pressed flower
notecards; a few crocheted
items and one duck pinata (out
of a number of pinatas).
The hit of the day was to be
a silk-screening project -- the
brain-child of Scot Oliver.
Unfortunately no one got this
design on their T-shirt
because a thick ink gummed
up the screen and finally the
design was damaged. Scot
says (with no promises!) he
will TRY to remake the design
and set up the screen again in
a few weeks. So hang on to
your shirts!
Late in the afternoon we
moved over near where the
picnic dinner was set up with a
new batch of eclairs! However
with the cold and the wind we
did not last long, so at about
5:30 we packed up and left. If
you had things reserved, they
are probably waiting for you in
Hobbs room #27. Or if you
missed us, there are a few
flower notecards and some
cloth flowers (or if you want a
pinata we can make you a real
gocd deal!) still for sale in
Hobbs #25 or #27.
This Biophile Bazaar was
much smaller in scale than any
previous ones. But we were
successful in selling almost all
we had and so cleared about
$35. This money will be sent
as a donation to an
environmental organization of
the Club's choice.