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BY FRIEDA SCHWARTZ
A debate is raging on
campus as bitter, in its own
modest way, as the Carter-
Ford debates. Students are
asking themselves and each
other why they came to
Guilford. Answers to the
question sharply divide the
student body.
On one side are those who
came here to ruin their eyes,
by reading books. On the other
side are those who came here
to ruin their ears, listening to
rock music. (There are of
course some middle-of-the
roaders who manage to read
while they are listening to
rock music. They ruin their
eyes and ears at the same
time.)
Each side argues for its
rights: on the one hand the
right to read, on the other
hand the right to play music
and throw parties. The readers
can't hear themselves think.
The partiers are doing their
damnedest not to think.
Frieda says, let's take a hint
from the working class, and
set aside a time for thinking
and a time for not thinking,
a time for work and a time
for play. Let's try the 40-hour
work week. Study from eight
The Danforth
Foundation, long active in
fellowships for graduate educ
ation, recently declared its
intention to increase support
for the advanced education of
able minority persons interested
in preparing for careers in
college teaching.
After eight months of data
gathering and study by Staff,
the Board of Trustees adopted
the following reommend
ations:
1) that the Danforth,
Dent, and Graduate Fellow
ships for Women be reorgan
ized into one program the
Danforth Graduate Fellowship
Program
2) that the Danforth Grad
uate Fellowship Program offer
approximately 100 fellowships
for graduate education
annually, with 25 of these
awards designated for
American Indians, Blacks,
Mexican-Americans, and
Puerto Ricans.
3).. That approximately 60-65
of the 100 annual awards go to
persons applying as college
seniors and that the remaining
The Guilford Debate
to five, Monday through Friday;
weekends and evenings free.
Teachers can hardly demand,
in good conscience, that
students work more than forty
solid hours a week. And
students will be amazed at
how much they get done in
forty, and only forty, hours
of work.
As it is now at Guilford,
the student's workday is never
done. She feels guilty when
she spends an extra half hour
in the dining room, or when
she talks to a friend on Sunday
night instead of writing
Monday's BHTC papter. There
is always something more to
do catch up on reading,
study a bit more for a test,
proofread a paper, read reserve
books, study notes ... Achl
The solution? The 40-houi
workweek.
The advantages are obvious.
If you give yourself three
hours to write a paper, chances
are that the paper will be the
same as if you give yourself
eight hours to write it. If
you're not on the 40-hour
system you'll probably spend
23 hours on a paper: 10 hours
worrying about it and wishing
you could just make yourself
sit down and write it; three
hours telling your roommate
how much you hate papers;
35 - 40 awards go to post
baccalaureate persons
4) that preference be given
among the early entry appli
cants to persons under 30 years
of age and that preference be
given among the late entry
applicants to persons 30 to 40
year of age
5) that the Danforth Fellow
ships be given to persons
committed to careers in college
and university teaching, in
subject-matter specializations
likely to be taught in under
graduate liberal arts curriculum,
and for pursuit of the Ph.D.
or other appropriate terminal
degree at an accredited univer
sity of the Fellow's choice in
the United States
6) that the fellowships be
for one year, with the possibil
ity of renewal for a total of
four years, the actual period
of support to be worked out
on an individual basis
7) that a Feflowship include
tuition and fees plus a stipend
8) that graduating seniors
be nominated by campus liaison
officers and that postbaccalau
reate persons make applica-
The Guilfordiani
must of the weekend trying to
enjoy yourself while still leaving
enough time to write the paper;
and finally, late Sunday after
noon, if it's raining, finally
getting down to work.
Why do people party on
Friday nights? Because they
suffer from the illusion that
the work week is over. But,
as a matter of fact, most
students seem to work as
much or more on weekends
than at any other time. I'd
be willing to wager that more
work is done between 2:00
Sunday afternoon and mid
night than in any other ten
hour period during the week.
Since everyone studies at
different times during the day
and week, there is no block of
time when everyone is free to
communicate, commiserate,
fornicate, and vegitate, least
of all on weekends. If students
could get their work done
during the day, knowing that
at 5:00 they are free, they
could engage in all sorts of
evening activities folk
dancing, pot-smoking, name
dropping, Christian Fellowship,
wine-tasting, you name it.
Chamber groups might form
on campus, and stamp and
chess clubs. Cat fanciers
would get together, and model
airplane buffs. Who knows.
tion directly to the Foundation
9) that the criteria for
selection feature, in addition
to an appropriate degree
program and a commitment to
teaching, dedication to a life
of service informed by moral
or ethical values
10) that the Foundation utilize
unexpended Fellowship funds
in any fiscal year for purposes
of identifying, recruiting, and
educatfng minority persons
These recommendations
will become effective in the
1976 - 77 academic year, with
the first appointees entering
graduate study in the fall of
1977.
More than 50 persons, mainly
from the minorities, particip
ated in consultations held at
various locations around the
nation. Also, data were
studied on the status of
minorities in higher education,
and there was a review of
accomplishments of minority
persons in Danforth-funded
fellowship programs.
The Foundation's commit
ment to the needs and interests
of persons from racial and
hobbies might come back in
style.
But wouldn't the 40-hour
work week be unfair to
athletes? Since football and
basketball players practice in
the afternoon, they would
have to study in the evening
while the rest of the student
body is busy amusing itself.
An easy solution to this problem
would be to designate a part
of the campus "a quiet place" -
somewhere in the environs of
the library perhaps and there
the athletes could do their
bookwork in peace, undis
turbed by the cacophany of
their classmates.
Well, Frieda, you'll say, do
you practice what you preach?
Of course not. If I did, I'd
never see my friends, cause
they only work at night and
on weekends.
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ethnic minorities has been
shown in the past through
various grants and programs.
Approximately 20 percent of
the resources expended
through grants have in one
way or another been directed
to minorities. In the graduate
fellowship programs adminis
tered by the Foundation, ten
percent of the awards in the
last ten years have gone to
persons from the minorities.
The Southern Fellowships
Fund of the Council of South
ern Universities has received
fellowship grants totaling
16,000,000. There have been
grants to various individual
universities for minority fellow
ships. Now, in addition to
continuing support for some
of these activities, the Found
ation will emphasize fellow
ships for persons from selected
minorities through the Danforth
Graduate Fellowship Program.
Recruitment activities have
already started, coordinated
by Dr. John Ervin, Dean of
Continuing Education,
Washington University, St.
Louis, who has been appointed
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Advisor to the Foundation.
Several other persons repre
senting minority groups will
work with Dean Ervin and the
Foundation Staff.
The Danforth Foundation,
established by the late Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Danforth in
1927, is a national, educational,
philanthropic organization,
dedicated to enhancing the
humane dimensions of life.
Activities of the Foundation
emphasize the theme of
improving the quality of teach
ing and learning. The
Foundation serves the following
areas: higher education nation
ally through sponsorship of
Staff-administered programs;
precollegiate education
nationally through grant
making and program activities;
and urban affairs in St. Louis
through grant-making and
program activities.
Editor's Note: Two former
Guilford students, Mel Bringle
and Laura Donaldson, were
recipients of the Danforth
Fellowship in the past several
years. They were judged
nationally for this fellowship.