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Letters to the Editor
Fellow Guilford Students:
Often, because of a "Desire
to intimately intract with
nature" or just plain laziness,
we disregard sidewalks and
tread on the grass. At first,
such shortcuts seem harmless;
today, however, our campus
lawn bears scars of abuse.
Take, for instance, the Dirt |
Road that has formed
between Founders walkway
and Duke Memorial.
Okay. We have three
alternatives. One, to put up
more sidewalks where these
paths currently exist. Two,
to rope off the grounds or
build hedges across lawns on
campus. Or three, to take it
upon ourselves to avoid walk
ing on the grass. We assume
that the last alternative would
be the most practical. Further,
it would preserve the grounds
and keep them more "natural."
The grass is disappearing;
it is obliterated and carried
into the Library, Archdale,
Founders, Milner, and just
about every other building on
campus. Also, when it rains,
the dirt that becomes mud is
tracked onto floors, ceilings,
whatever.
Obviously, we'll have to do
something sooner or later.
Let's do it now.
The Community Senate
To the Editor
I have been contemplating
writing this letter for a long
time. Since my days at Guil
ford are limited I feel the time
is now or never to express
some of my personal concerns
and ideas about my four years
at Guilford. Before proceeding
however let me state that the
following comments are|
editorial. They are based on
my own personal feelings and
experiences during my stay at
Guilford College. It is impera
tive that the readers remember
that what is stated in this
article is based only on my
feelings as an individual Black
student, although the particu
lars may have been experienced
by others.
When I first arrived at
Guilford College in August of
1973 and saw the campus,
I told my father to take me
back home. I said this not
out of dislike for the way
the campus looked, but I was
simply expressing my fear of
the unknown. I knew very
little about Guilford except
that it was located in Greens
boro, N.C., the place with the
coliseum. My knowledge
about the school was limited
to what my high school
counselor had told me. I
chose Guilford for basically
two reasons. The first one
was that I had a close
relationship with my counselor
and trusted her recommenda
tion. The second reason
being that out of 7 colleges
I applied \o, Guilford gave me
the most financial aid. So these
two factors were the primary
reasons I came to Guilford. To
this day I can remember my
high school counselor saying,
"Alicia, Guiford is a good
school, the people there are
very friendly and at this
school you won't be a com
puter number, but you will be
known as Alicia Chandler."
I knew Guilford was
predominantly white, but
I didn't realize how few
number of Blacks it had enrol
led here. The fact that there
were so few Blacks at this
school made my adjustment
to college life even more
difficult. After going to
practically all black public
schools in a predominantly
black city, (Washington, D.C.),
you better believe it was very
difficult at first for me to
adjust to being the only Black
person in a classroom, living
with a white roomate, having
all white instructors and
finally interacting with so few
number of Black students. It
is not to be misconstrued that
this problem of adjustment
has been resolved because it
is just that this situation is
a little less threatening than
it was four years ago. Because
of this very threatening
situation and my fears I took
a very passive role in every
aspect of college life
during my first semester.
This passiveness subsided
especially in the course BHTC.
Unlike Guilford's
s required curriculum today it
was required that all freshmen
women take BHTC their first
two semesters in school. I
hated this course and my hate
red for BHTC caused me to
get up the nerve to talk to
my professor. I can remem
ber telling him how much
I hated this course, its readings
and how I felt that the course
was very irrelevant. Further I
told him how I felt that the
course was white-oriented and
one black authored book.
Autobiography of Malcolm X,
didn't make the course appli
cable to me as a Black person.
My anger was intensified when
the class finally began dis
cussing Malcolm X and I was
asked to give some insight as
Continued am
The Guilfordian
Judicial
Board
Selected
The Judicial Board selection
committee met last week to
select the 1977-78 Board
members. The selection
committee consisted of the
Dean of Students, the Chair
man of the Student Affairs
Committee, the Co-ordinator
of Judicial Affairs, one faculty
and one student member from
the current Judicial board, one
day student and one campus
student from each dorm
(appointed by the dorm Presi
dents).
The committee reviewed
eighteen applicaitons looking
for students who were
responsible, strongly supported
the code, and would represent
a wide cross-section of the
campus. Ken Schwab (Dean
of Students) said that the
committee was pleased with
the number of applicaitons
received from qualified
students.
The Judicial Board has nine
member, six regular and three
alternates; who hear judicial
and social honor code vio
lations and set penalties. The
following student were
selected to serve on the
Board next year:
>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Portrayal of Hell
They Descended into...
One by one, the audience
descended into . . . the
Rehearsal Lab Wednesday
and Thursday night for per
formances of No Exit, an
existential play by
Sartre. They were a receptive
and appreciative audience
small and close. Strange and
unfamiliar, the Rehearsal Lab
added to the mood and setting
of an unusual sort of Hell.
Costuming was delightfully
realistic, and the scenery
appropriately served an
obviously important role.
The descended audience in
turn watched the "descent"
of three of your "everyday"
sinners into a Hell which
seemed at first surprisingly
and disturbingly normal and
calm. Who would expect their
life hereafter to be in a simple
living room (although rather
barren) with an eternally
locked door? Through the
process of the play, the
A Last Editorial
BY FORREST HUGHES
During my talks with
future graduates and alumni of
Guilford College about the
school's effect on them, one
aspect resurfaced repeatedly.
It was an appreciation for
Guilford's community
spirit. I have felt it myself
during my four years here.
Now I have my doubts as to
whether Guilford can keep
that warmth. I have noticed
an increasingly pervasive
atmosphere of apathy and I'm
afraid it's going to take over
the school.
This year there were no
applicants for the positions of
editor of The Piper or The
Quaker, and there was one
applicant for presidency of
the powerful Student Union.
The Piper and Woman
sprouts were forced to
extend their deadlines in order
to receive enough poems to
warrant an edition of their
respective magazines. The
Guiffordian is kept alive by a
tiny corps of students who
do most of the writing, edit
ing, and lay-out.
D 0 OOOOOOOO——— C 9 O 0 a I
Sally Busken (alternate)
Denise Dussom
Glynis Hill
James W. Hood
Lynn A. Lippincott
Philip R. Manz
John P. Richardson (alternate)
William H. Terrell
James Weiner (alternate)
Planning will start this
week for the Board's present
ation to new students during
Orientation.
ISSARA FMNK
characters came to realize that
their hell rested in their
company in the room. Inez
was doomed to forever seek
the love of Estelle in her
; hatred of men; Estelle, in her
longing for male attention,
was fated to eternally make
junsuccessful attempts
with Garcin; and Garcin would
endlessly try to convince the
sceptical and scornful Inez
that he was not a coward
on Earth.
In this "critic's" opinion, the
acting was beautiful. (I
attended on Thursday night.)
Unfortunately, there were
a few obvious errors in lines,
but, considering the amount
of material each actor/actress
had to memorize, the inter
pretation of the script was
excellent. The characters
came across quite subtley and
graphically. All in all, the
content and endeavor of the
play made for a very enjoyable
evening.
April 26,1977
I hope Guilford does not
fall completely under the sway
of apathy. If her students
and faculty are moving away
from traditional interests, I
hope those interests will be
sufficient to keep the commun
ity spirit alive. It's one of
Guilford's most valuable
assets.
This Is
Where Your
Money.
Goes
The Budgeting Committee
presented the proposed
budget for the 1977-78
academic school year. After
much discussion and addition
al proposals, the Senate
passed the following proposal:
Assn. for Creative Ed. $300.00
BASIB 3,750.00
Biophile 1,000.00
Campus Assn. of 200.00
Photographers
Choir 2,000.00
Craft Center 1,200.00
Guilfordian 8,300.00
History Club 100.00
IRC 600.00
Lama Lo 250.00
Pep Band 275.00
Piper $550.00
Quaker 11,950.00
Revelers 5,000.00
Senate 1| ■ 3,000.00
SPS IT 300.00
Union 26,105.00
Women's Center 1,100.00
Young Democrats 270.00
Young Republicans 200.00
(Senators: please note
corrections in budget section
of minutes.)
How many words
f/j can you make from
I this word? PANE
STUN PAST
DTAPE SPATE
PENT ES PUNT
ZNEAT PEAT
SPUN PSAN
SPENT NEST
SANE NEAP SATE
PATE NAPE
LU SEAT S PASTE
Q. SNAP PAUSE
AUNT EAST
These are just the first 30,
Can you think of any more?
Lisa Baker (Estelle) has
a success in her senior
thesis, and Tom Abrams
(Garcin), Lucy Janney
(Inez), and Steve Batten
(The Valet) deserve credit for
a job well done.