October 11,1977 Robert Bellah, the noted sociologist of religion, will speak at 8:15 p.m. tonight in Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College. Individual tickets will be available at the door for the Arts Series event. Dr. Bellah's topic will be "Civil Religion, Biblical Religion and the American Republic." His numerous writings include "Religion in America," "Beyond Belief: Essays on Religion in a Post-Traditional World" and "The Broken Covenant: American Civil Religion in Time of Trial," for which he received the Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association for 1976. Currently Ford Professor of Sociology and Comparative Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Bellah has served as Chairman of the Center for Japanese and Korean Studies at UC-B. Dr. Bellah, a Fulbright Research Grantee to Japan in 1960, formerly was professor of sociology at Harvard Uni versity, where he was graduat ed summa cum laude in 1950 and earned his doctorate in sociology and Far Eastern languages in 1955. Faculty Colloquium: Wednesday, October 12, at 3:30 p.m., Gallery, 2nd floor Founders. Rose Simon will speak on "George Chapman's The Courtier - Hero in Bussy Plays." Rose Simon says that it will be helpful to those who attend this colloq uium to have read the two plays, Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, a copy of Chapman's tragedies has been placed on Closed Reserve in the Library. John Gosling and the North Carolina Symphony open the symphony's Greens boro season with cellist Lynn Harrell as guest soloist. The concert will begin at 8:15 p.m. at Aycock Auditorium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Harrell, whose playing has won him an exclusive record ing contract with RCA, will perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto. Admission is by season memberships, which are SIO.OO for adults and $5.00 for students. Single concert admission is $6.00. Announcements The North Carolina Coastal Seminar in Geology scheduled for fall break has been cancelled due to lack of leadership. The seminar has been tentatively rescheduled for March 30 through April 4, 1978. For information on the seminar, contact Charles Almy in the Geology Dept. Erik W. Oldenburg, a European embryologist, will be speaking on Thursday, October 13, at 3:30 p.m. in the Gallery of Founders Hall. His presentation, "The Drama of the Unborn," will include slides of his research and discussion touching on the implications of genetic engineering. Dr. Oldenburg received his degrees from the University of Stockholm and the Etudes Universities Internationales in Brussels. This lecture is organized by the Schwab- Toben Section of BHTC-101; all BHTC students and other interested persons are welcome. Voter Registration: Per manent Guilford County residents who plan to vote in the November election must be registered by October 10. Voters may register at the Board of Elections Office in the County Courthouse down town or with John Richardson in English 26. Students may register to vote if they are permanent, full-time residents of Guilford College. Sign up for volleyball now with your unit representative. Deadline will be Tuesday, October 11. Play and practice starts after Fall Break. College Poety Review: The National Poetry Press announcs the closing date for the submission of manuscripts by college students is November 5. Any student attending is eligible to submit his verse. There is no limitation as to form or theme. Shorter works are preferred because of space limitation. Each poem must be typed or printed on a separate sheet, and must bear the name and home address of the student, and the college address as well. Manuscripts should be sent to the Office of the Press: National Poetry Press, Box 218, Agoura, Ca. 91301. The Guilfordian Guilford Scholarship Society meeting, Wed nesday, October 12, 5:15-6:15 p.m. in the east dining room. Sociologist Robert Bellah has been invited to eat with us and we hope that his schedule will allow him to do so. Please try to attend, if only for a short while. Girls and guys - there will be a morning exercise class given on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays from 11:15 to 12:00 a.m. at the Guilford VMCA on Guilford College Road. Come for a complete and thorough workout for anyone interested in keeping their bodies slim, trim and fit or just in good, healthy condition. If your joints need oiling, here is an opportunity to get your blood flowing and your muscles growing. In addition, there will be a Modem Jazz dance class taught on Wednesdays and Fridays from 4:30-5:30 p.m. This more advanced class will enable students to expand and increase the knowledge of their own bodies. Individual as well as group participation situations will be geared to the student who has at least some sense of rhythm and balance. Don't be shy; give it a try. For registration information, call 855-6377. Class will begin on October 24, the week after fall break. More Student/Faculty committee representatives elected: The Senate has elected Richard Phillips to serve on the Student Awards Committee and Bob Franklin to represent the students on the Student Aid Committee. Representatives to the Graduation and Library Committees are still needed. Triad Arena proudly presents Nitty Gritty Dirt Band plus special guest New Grass Revival on Sunday, October 23, at 8:00 p.m. The doors will open at 7:00 p.m. There will be festival seating with advance tickets costing $5.50 and tickets bought on the day of the show costing $6.50. Ticket locations are School Kids Records, Record Bar at Friendly, and the Triad Arena box office. For more information, call 292-7470. Stroh's and Drummond Brothers Beer will be on sale only during the concert. Once again it's flu season. The College Infirmary will be giving Bivalent Hong King- Victoria flu vaccine 9-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, start ing October 3 through Nov ember 15. Faculty $2.00, Students SI.OO. Getr it now, before it gets you!!! For Sale: One Cadet Piccolo, excellent condition. Call or contact Corky Williams at Mary Hobbs # 1, P.O. Box 17649, or 852-3977. Student check cashing service: the student check cashing service 'Cash is a Flash' is now in operation. Weekdays: 1-3:30 p.m., 7-8:30 p.m.; Saturdays from 1-3:00 p.m. All checking activity will take place at the information desk, Founders Hall. Checks should be made payable to Cash in a Flash. Maximum per check is S2O. What do you know about the West Indies? Probably not very much, unless you know either Garnet or Roberta Maharajh who happen to come from Trinidad. Now is your opportunity to "broaden your horizons" by coming to hear Garnet speak about his country at the next meeting of the International Relations Club. This will be the first in series of informal talks given by several of the club members on their respective countries, but American students - don't think this excludes you! All are invited to come - Wednes day, October 12, at 12:00 in the small dining room in the back of the cafeteria. Broadway in Greensboro: A limited number of discount tickets are available to Guilford students to Sir Michael Redgrave's performance of Shakespeare's People, Wed nesday, October 13, at 8:15 p.m. in the War Memorial Auditorium of the Greensboro Coliseum. These tickets are available at the incredibly low price of $2.50 each, due to a generous subsidy provided by the Community Senate, College Union, and the Arts Series. Don't miss this great night of theatre! Normal ticket price for this show is $6.00. Page Seven Road Races: On Saturday, October 15, the Greensboro Runners Club is sponsoring three road races in this area; a marathon (27 miles), a half marathon (13 miles) and a 10,000 meter race (6.2 miles). Entry fee is $3.00 cheap if postmarked no later than October 8. For further infor mation, drop a note in box 17226 and address it to David Harris. The women's intramural kickball regular season play ended this past week. Hobbs tied with the Dana-Bryan- Dayhops team for first place. Bryan 3rd settled for second place after losing to D-B-D on Thursday. The playoffs for the kickball championship are today. Persons interested in becoming ski instructors will have an opportunity to learn the necessary skills and methods of teaching at the first annual Southern Ski in structors clinic to be held October 15 and 16 and Nov ember 5 and 6, 1977. The clinic is an intense 16- hour ski instructors training course taught by the French- Swiss Ski College. The clinic will be conducted at the Holi day Inn of Boone, using the conference center for indoor work and a 60 foot artificial snow ski ramp for the prac tical on the slope portion. Registration forms may be obtained by writing: Instructors Training Clinic, French-Swiss Ski College, P.O. Drawer 1250, Boone, NC 28607. Strong Skiing fundamentals are required and the cost of the clinic is S2O. The number of participants will be limited. 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