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. I circumstances, next week's March 23, 1976
on Thursday
Sprung! instead of the usual Tuesday.
New Funds for
Foreign Students!
The administration has
been assured by the Director
of Financial Aid that all
commitments made to cur
rently enrolled International
Students will be met.
Guilford College will have
$3,500 in aid for newly
enrolled International Stu
dents for the 1976-77
academic year.
The administration plans
(barring unforeseen financial
exigency) to increase that
amount to $7,000 for the
1977-78 academic year, at
which point Guilford College
will reassess the commitment
to determine if the institution
can feasibly meet this amount.
If not, our priority would
remain to meet needs of
students currently enrolled
before assisting new students.
The administration appre
ciates the sensitivity and
maturity of the International
Students organization and
those who supported them.
Guilford College values the
presence of this group, hopes
this amount underscores our
feeling and regrets it cannot
be more.
See Story Page 7
For Student's Reply
Refund and
Withdrawal
Policy
The Dean of Students Office
wishes to remind students
about the college policy on
student withdrawals from
college and the return of the
SIOO escrow deposit. Students
who are planning to withdraw
from Guilford and who want a
refund on the SIOO deposit
(less any unpaid financial
obligations) must notify the
Dean of Students Office no
later than April 1, 1976. A,
withdrawal form and the
continuing admission request
(which you should have by
now) need to be filled out and
given to the Dean of Students.
If a student withdraws after
that date the SIOO deposit will
be credited to the students
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Laura Donaldson
Photo by Townsend
Dick Gregory in
Dana Wednesday
Black activist Dick Gregory
will speak at 8:15 p.m.
Wednesday (March 24) in
Dana Auditorium at Guilford
College. Admission will be $2
per person and free to
Guilford students.
Following the address,
sponsored by the College
Union, he will be guest of
honor at a reception in the
Commons Room of Founders
Hall.
The union arranged to have
Gregory speak at this time to
coincide with Journey Into
Blackness IV, a six-day
observance sponsored by
Brothers and Sisters in
Blackness (BASIB).
BASIB, a student organiza
tion, planned Journey IV to
expose the community to
various interests and talents of
black students and to promote
a sense of blackness in all
participants.
account for one year. If the
student returns the deposit
will again be used as the
escrow deposit. That deposit
is forfeit to the college if the
student does not return withon
one year.
For further information
please consult the "Proce
dures for Campus Housing
which was put into student
boxes during spring break or
inquire at student personnel.
Born in the black ghetto of
St. Louis, Gregory became a
slate champion in track and
field in high school, and he
later expanded his honors in
track at Southern Illinois
University in Cnrbondale
Dick Gregory
Gregory decided on a career
in comedy at a time when
black comedians received
bookings only in black clubs
and theaters. In 1961,
however, he was called as a
last-minute replacement at
Chicago's Playboy Club and
was an immediate hit. He soon
began appearing in major
clubs and on national
television.
Student
Fellowship!
by Pat Townsend
Laura Donaldson, a senior
Religion major, has been
honored this week as a
recipient of the prestigious
Danforlh Fellowship. This is a
scholarship for a select few.
only 65 students in the entire
United States, given to those
who intend to enter a field of
teaching at the college level.
Laura has commented that she
"still finds it hard to believe."
...Of the 65 awardees. only
four are from the Southeastern
sector of the United States,
the other three being from
William and Mary College in
Virginia, Vanderbilt Univer
sity and Florida Slate.
Laura is the second Guilford
student in as many years to
have won this Fellowship, Mel
Bringle having won* it last
year. In both instances, the
Guilford students were the
only awardees in the state,
(which says something pretty
good about the school, hmm?)
During the civil rights
movement of the 19605,
Gregory participated in every
major and most minor
demonstrations for human
rights in America.
His participation cost him
over $1 million in cancelled
bookings, travel expenses and
legal fees. He was jailed
several times, twice serving
45-day sentences.
Each year the Danforth
Foundation receives over 2000
applications from which 200
arc primarily chosen. Then
each of these students are
individually screened and
interviewed to narrow the field
down to the final 65. Laura
had been waiting anxiously
since the time of her interview
on February 18th. She
received the good news on
Thursday. March 18th.
After graduation. Laura is
planning to continue her
education at Yale University,
where her eventual goal will
be a Doctorate in Medieval
Theology and Literature. Then
she plans to share her
knowledge as a professor in
this field.
The Danforth Fellowships
have been awarded since 1952
to students who seek to
become college teachers and
arc vitally interested in
relating their educational
plans to their basic values.
Candidates are nominated by
the College's Liason Officer,
(which in the case of Guilford
College, is Mel Keiser), and
must be under 35 years of age.
The scholarships are for one
year, but renewable for the
ensuing three years of school.
VOTE
TODAY!
See Story on Page 2.
Gregory has fasted many
times. In 1970 he did so to
dramatize the drug problem in
America. In 1971 he fasted to
protest the American involve
ment in Vietnam.
As a lecturer, Gregory visits
more than 300 colleges each
school year, and his popularity
among business groups is
rapidly growing.
He has made several
albums for the Poppy label
and has written eight books,
including his autobiography,
"Nigger," and the most
recent, "Dick Gregory's
Natural Diet for Folks Who
Eat: Cookin' with Mother
Nature."