September 20,1977
"Hey Cutie, Whan'cha . . .?"
BY PAT STABLER
"Hey cutie, whan'cha park
your car right here?" The first
one yells, his hair long and
held back by a hard hat. His
companion stops digging and
accompanies his call with a
whistle.
"We'll give you a real good
time!"
Everyone can identify with
that experience in some
capacity or another - worker,
female, or bystander. It
had always been a phenomen
on that interested me, and
perhaps that interest
was one of my motives in
opting for a blue-collar
summer job with a road
maintenance crew. I was
aware that groups of people
tend to perpetuate behavior
that arouses desired responses
in people, but the only reac
tions I had ever known or
heard about from other
women had been ones of
anger, disgust, or indifference.
In short, I decided I needed
to get closer to the other side
of the exchange to begin to
really understand.
I can tell you, first,
that there were "girlie"
magazines in the office, and
many choice exerpts pinned
on the walls. The mend did
whistle and comment on
the women going by, but
more of their time, especially
the younger men, was occupied
in mock battles, "defending"
themselves physically and
verbally in a profuse array of
colorful insults and threats.
Women and sex were dis
cussed, but the most absorb
ing topics were centered
around machines - CB radios.
Johnny Carson at Guilford
That's right Johnny
Carson, Woody Allen, Groucho
Marx, and the entire Star Trek
crew are coming to Guilford
in the form of John Roarke
as Carson & Company.
This Student Union
sponsored event occurs
Saturday, September 24, at
9:00 p.m. in Sternberger
Auditorium. Admission is
25C to students with a
Guilford I.D. card and SI.OO
to all others.
More than an impressionist,
John Roarke is capable of
'transforming himself into
a personality. With the help
of makeup and costumes, he
brings to the audience the wit
and wisdom of some of
America's funniest comedians.
Roarke's presence on stage is
so overwhelming that he
becomes his characters:
stereos, vans, or cars.
Each day, we quit work
at four o'clock and then sat
in the air-conditioned office
for a half-hour talk. This was
an important time, dominated
by the superintendent and the
other older men, for sharing
and more interesting discus
sion. The subjects ranged
from income and family life to
politics, all invariably spiced
with teasing or insulting
remarks. Obliquely or directly,
the emphasis seemed most
often to be on economics and
its impact on their buying
power.
Indeed, I could clearly see
by the end of the summer,
how their financial position
affected the men's life style.
The often boring or tedious
jobs required diversions, as
well as healthy and strong
bodies. Seemingly absorbed
in either the work or the play,
the men nevertheless, were
always confronted with their
low societal status.
Faced with feelings of
powerlessness, it is appropri
ate for the blue-collar man
to resourcefully look for
values and attitudes that he
can apply to himself and
achieve some feeling of self
respect. Unfortunately, the
process calls for some groups
that can be put down safely
as inferior. The men some
times mentioned certain
"nigger" jobs, that they
considered beneath them;
{These jobs were always
somehow less desireable then
our often menial tasks.)
The other group, of course,
were women. Interestingly
First comes Johnny Carson
zany monologue and all.
Close behind is Groucho Marx,
asking you to "Bet Your Life"
and wiggling his eyebrows.
Next comes Woody Allen, re
counting his past experiences,
both in his life and others.
On his heels are Captain
Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Bones,
and the whole crew in the
routine excitement -of Star
Trek.
After an encounter like this,
it is hard to forget the power
of John Roarke as a performer.
More than just comical or
entertaining, Roarke creates a
dramatic "air of the theatre"
with his elaborate props and
makeup. After Carson &
Company have come to
Guilford, you'll feel as if you've
been entertained by the
best of them —"that is, after
The Guilfordian
enough, though, many of the
men's wives made more
than they did through various
government or corporation
secretarial positions, but
I could not detect any resent
ment or anxiety about the
fact. Their wives salaries
enabled them to raise their
standard of living, by buying
mobile homes or other coveted
articles and activites, cars,
tape decks, and entertain
ment. Somehow, their hier
archy of males-females was
unperturbed by the fact.
However it was not only this
obvious economic advantage,
but the highly complex roles
the men and their wives played
contributed also. Their
strength and aggressiveness
was a workable counterpart
to the wive's nurturant role;
she feeling protected and he
being both looked after, and
still feeling the boss.
Coming back to the "Hey
cutie" syndrome, I did get a
real feeling for the context in
which that ritual plays an
integral part. I witnessed
female response where
"cutie's" stopped and talked
to the men, even offering
them rides to the beach.
Although, I cannot condone
the behavior, I do see it now
as a symptom of our entire
social structure, along with
the educational institutions
that perpetuate it. Neverthe
less, as I walk by a work crew,
now, I sometimes laugh or
smile with them for the game
it all is. And after all, don't
we all play games?
you go this Saturday night.
HHPSHi
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John Roarke in one of his
antic routines:
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Haworth Explains Embedding Technique
On His Own
BY BOBBIE JONES
What does a student do
when he or she wants a
course that Guilford doesn't
offer? That student designs
his or her own. It's called
an independent study, and for
it to be successful two
elements must be present:
a bright, resourceful student
and an educational environ
ment which fosters individual
growth. That such a combin
ation is possible at Guilford is
evidenced by an independent
study now being completed by
Charles S. Haworth.
Charles is a senior bio
chemistry major from High
Point, N.C. who plans to attend
medical school next fall. A
special interest of his is
human embryology; so, with
Dr. Frank Keegan, he designed
a course which allowed him to
do in-depth work on that topic.
The course was designed to
be an extension of Dr. Robert
Bryden's Comparative
Vertebrate Embryology dealing
specifically with the develop
ment of the human nervous
system from germ cell to
maturity int he adult. Not
without its share of routine,
the course called for the order
ing of two special texts and,
of course, two exams. Far
from routine, however, are the
three lab projects which
Dr. Keegan required to
parallel the text work.
The first lab is a series of
40 cross sectional drawings of
Why Not Go to Study ?
Dr. William Carroll, of
Guilford's Political Science
department, spent a cold and
wet, but worthwhile, summer
in London, England. Professor
Carroll, however, was not
merely an American tourist,
but a student completing part
of the series of British Bar
Exams. He wanted to learn
more of English law in order to
compare the British and
American political systems
which involve the perspective
of both the lawyer and the
Dolitical scientist.
Although his wife thougnt
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10 mm pig, showing the
development of all the organ
systems. The second, now
on display in King Hall,
explains the development
of the human brain from
conception to differentia
tion into the adult brain with
drawings, actual human brain
sections and written material.
Charles describes this process
and that of preparing the brain
sections with enthusiasm and
a casual fiuency that fails to
mask their complexity. The
third project is a series of
200 microscope slides which
cross section the entire body
of an eight week human
embryo, making it possible to
observe every part of the
nervous system at that stage
of development.
How did Charles decide
exactly what he wanted to
do? He read extensively and
he traveled. He studied the
process of embedding brain
sections in plastic at the
George Washington University
Medical School and he
researched staining techniques
in neuroanatomy texts. Then
he blended these ideas
together to create a project
uniquely his.
So, if you want to spend
an interesting hour studying
human neural development,
stop by first floor King and read
through Charles' display. And,
if you want a course that
Guilford doesn't offer, design
it yourself.
London was bloody cold. Dr.
Carroll said, "This past summer
was an interesting one but
I'm glad to be back in a
routine."
There was a strike of Air
Traffic Control Assistants in
England, Spain and France,
cancelling one of Carroll's
return flights. Although it
wasn't easy. Dr. and Mrs.
Carroll came to Greensboro
via Brussels, Montreal, New
York, Baltimore and Washing
ton, D C. after Guilford had
begun this fall. But then,
that's a darn good excuse for
being late to class!