David Madden Poetry Reading David Madden, Writer-in Residence at Louisiana State University, will present a reading of his own work in fiction and poetry at Guilford College in the Gallery of Founders Hall at 8:15 the evening of Tuesday April 13. He will also conduct an awards workshop on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 in the Gallery, where prizes will be presented to winners in the Piper Literary Contest. David Madden has publish ed widely, edited some dozen literary collections, and criti cal works, and conducted courses and workshops in English, dramatics and writ ings in many universities. His novels include The Beautiful Greed, Cassandra Singing, Brothers in Confidence, and Bijou, a Book of the Month Club Alternate in 1974. His collection of short stories. The Shadow Knows, won a National Council on the Arts Award. Add Lecture to Itinerary A public lecture, free of charge, has been added to the schedule of Guilford College's Distinguished Quaker Visitor, best-selling novelist Jcssamyn West. Miss West will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday (April 8) in the Sigmund Stcrnberger Audito rium, named for the late Greensboro businessman and civic leader. Her topic will be "Clio and •he Quakers." In Greek mythology, Clio is the Muse of History. The noted writer, to be at Guilford College until Sunday, April 11, will publish her 15th book this month. Il is "The Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Life and Death" and is Ihe biography of her mother and sister. Among her books arc "The Friendly Persuasion," for which she also wrote the screenplay for the popular motion picture, and "Mass acre at Fall Creek." During her week at Guilford College Miss West will speak at club meetings and participate in several class discussions with students. She is accompanied by her husband. Dr. H.M. McPher son. They reside in N; pa. Calif. K-jmjss.j | '■ ' ~ .^waAi David Madden To Read His Fiction, Poetry The award-winning author David Madden, whose 1974 book "Bijou" was a Book of the Month Alternate, will present a reading of his own fiction and poetry at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in the Gallery of Founders Hall at Guilford College. The public is invited free of charge to attend the program sponsored by the classics department of the college. High school and college students are especially invit ed. Madden's first novel, "The Beautiful Greed," was pub lished in 1961. His second, "Cassandra Singing," be came a movie. His third was "Brothers in Confidence." "Place and Space Course Added in England" Something new has been added! According to Professor Gary McCown, leader of the 1976 Summer School in England, a new course in perception of our natural and architectural environment will replace a previously announc ed history course this year. Entitled "Place and Hu mane Space in British Architecture," the course will investigate several questions about our relation to our environment. "How does the architecture man creates influence the way he feels as an individual and as a member of a community? How have our ideas about the best relationship between our selves and the places we make to live in changed from the Middle Ages to the present?" The Guilfordian A collection of his short stories, "The Shadow Knows' won a National Council on the Arts award. Madden is associate editor of several journals dealing with films, fiction and literature. Writer-in-residence at Loui siana State University, Mad den has read and lectured at more than 100 universities and colleges. He is well-known for his effective dramatic read ings from his fiction. On Wednesday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the Gallery of Founders David will be judging submissions to the 1976 issue of The Piper and discussing poetry with faculty and students. Everyone is welcome to participate. Such questions will be examined on a number of architectural and landscape sites both in France and England. Some of the sites to be explored include: Hauss man's grand design for the city of Paris; the palace of Versailles and its gardens; the medieval cathedral town of Chichester and the medieval universities of Oxford; Hamp ton Court Palace built during the Tudor period; the Banqueting Hall and the Queen's House designed by Inigo Jones; John Nash's plan for Regent Street and Regent's Park in London; churches by Christopher Wren; several manor houses in the countryside outside London. Finally the group will evaluate some 20th centurv Careers jCifX in Criminal Justice The fourth annual North Carolina Criminal Justice Career Day will be held Wednesday, April 14, at Guilford College with Attor ney General Rufus L. Edmisten as one of several guest speakers. Edmisten will speak at the 12:30 p.m. luncheon which will bring an end to a dual-thrust program involving adults, veterans and high school and college students. One part of the program will be a seminar in careers and education in the criminal justice system. A registration fee will cover all materials and the lunch. The other part of the program will offer discussion and interview sessions be tween federal, state and local criminal justice agencies and veterans and students inte rested in careers in criminal justice. There is no fee. Registration for both pro grams will begin at 9 a.m. in the Boren Lounge of Founders Hall. The seminar and discussion sessions will begin at 9:30. Criminal Justice Career Day is sponsored by the Guilford College Administration of Justice Program and place ment office and the N.C. Association of Criminal Jus tice Educators. architectural monuments de signed to fit into urban London in the light of the earler architecture examined. According to McCown, this course in visual perception will complement the course in British theatre which focuses on the spoken word. For this course the group will attend performances of contemporary British stage productions with England's leading actors at a number of prominent thea tres: the Chicester Festival on the Southwestern coast, the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and at the Alwych Theatre in London, and the National Theatre in its new S4O million dollar home on the banks of the Thames River. Students interested in joining must contact either April 6, 1976 The seminar group will hear two discussions, "Articulation of Criminal Justice Education Programs (Progress and Problems)" and "Education and Careers in Criminal Justice." The first will be headed by William Formby, an East Carolina University professor and president of the N.C. Association of Criminal Jus tice Educators. Appearing with him will be Robert Willis, The Urban Center of Guilford College; Dr. Richte* - Moore, Appalach ian State University; Philip Seuberlin, Davidson County Community College; and Byrle Carraway, Guilford Technical Institute. The second discussion will be led by John Harlan of Guilford College. Participants, all Guilford students or graduates, are Allan Dame ron, Division of Prisons (McLeansville); Keith Holi day, Division of Parole and Probation; Thomas Arm strong, Greensboro Police Department; Robert Argo, district attorney's office in Greensboro; and Ms. Dana Tingen, Guilford Technical Institute. Attorney General Edmisten will speak at the luncheon on "Criminal Justice, Education, Training and Standards in North Carolina." Claude Shotts at extension #25 or Gary McCown at extension #73. In the evenings he can be reached at 272-0678. Since passports take about 3 weeks to process, interested students are urged to contact one of these persons immediately. 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