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See related story on page 3
Admission Policies
BY BECKY SENSEMAN
I am sure that you have all
wondered at times why you
picked Guilford College, but
have you ever wondered why
Guilford picked you? Jean
Stewart, a member of the
Admissions Staff, helped me
satisfy my curiosity.
The Admissions Staff follows
a policy that "past performance
is the best prediction of future
performance." The high
school record plays the l&rgest
role in determining if a person
will or will not be accepted
to Guilford. The courses taken
and the grades achieved are
the factors considered.
Unlike many schools, the
SAT scores do not place first
on the list of determining
factors, but second. The
reasons for not placing
primary emphasis on SAT
scores are that some students
perform poorly on standardized
tests and that a student could
conceivably have a bad day.
(After all, we are all human.)
There is no set bottom cut
off point, although generally
persons with a combined score
lower than 700 will not be
accepted. The median com
bined score is roughly 1025.
Extracurricular activities are
next on the totem pole. Both
activities in the high school
and in the community are con
sidered with emphasis placed
on activities exhibiting leader
ship qualities.
Although an interview is not
required, it is highly suggested
and regarded as important.
The interview achieves many
things for both the prospective
student and for Guilford. The
student acquires a feeling for
the school and the school a
feeling for the student: Guil
ford looks at what a student
can contribute to the school
and to the community. Both
parties have the opportunity to
ask questions and attain
personal answers.
The Admissions Staff wel
comes as many different
perspectives of the student
as possible and each perspec
tive contributes to the decision
of acceptance or refusal.
Guides are asked to express
their viewpoint since some
Guilford Undergoes Inspection
BY CAROLINE COLES
In 1969, the Occupational
Health and Safety Act was
passed, making it possible for
the related organization to
inspect the buildings and
grounds of any large employer
for safety hazards. This group
has been concerned with
industries, but recently they
came to see if Guilford College
was safe in comparison with
their standards.
By safety standards OHSA
intends to exclude any struc
Greek Summer School
The leaders for the Guilford -
UNC-G Summer School in
Greece have been selected by
the Joint Summer School
Committee. The leaders are
Laura Stone Barnard, Assistant
Professor of Classics at
Wake Forest University and
Mark Barnard, Ph.D. Candi
date at Chapel Hill. Both have
taught at Chapel Hill and
studied abroad.
As in past years, the group
will stop in Paris, Florence,
and Rome for a study of their
classical resources before
Revealed
times a prospective student
will feel more relaxed with
someone his/her own age.
High school counselors are
required to send recommenda
tions and students are encour
aged to submit a creative
expression of him/her self
in the application. Although
none of these alone decides
who will or will not be accepted,
they all aid in reaching the
decision.
This has been the procedure
throughout all of Guilford's
history. No single aspect of a
prospective student deter
mines his/her fate.
Ms. Stewart added that
students invest large amounts
of time, energy, and money
into an education and that
careful consideration, on both
the part of the student and
the school, ought to be given.
The selection of a college
demands at least as much time
as the selection and purchasing
of a car.
Luckily the Admissions
Staff seems to care more for
the student than a car salesman
cares for his client.
tures that could harm an
employer, by comparing exist
ing conditions to their specified
list of beneficial safety
features. OHSA is not
concerned, to any great
extent, with students, although
they too could be concerned
with those objects regarded as
unsafe. (OHSA does not
consider students harmful to
the health of Guilford college
professors).
Although the Guilford
administration had never seen
any guidelines or received
continuing to Athens for the
final five weeks. Visits to the
Peloponnesus and to historic
Greek Islands are planned to
supplement learning in the
classroom.
The program is nine weeks
in length, six weeks for formal
classes and three weeks for
individual education and travel.
The classes meet four morn
ings each week, leaving the
afternoons and long weekends
for group excursions or indiv
idual interests. Two courses
are given with 8 hours of
credit.
Mark Barnard will teach a
course in the history of Greek
civilization which will cover
the Minoan-Mycenean period
through the death of Alexander.
Study will focus on monuments
of Greek art and architecture
in their historical context.
Laura Barnard will teach
Classical Literature in Trans
lation which will pursue
masterpieces from Greek and
Roman literature, and their
relationship to the history and
thought of the ancient world.
Students will also have an
opportunity to see classical
tragedies performed in the
ancient theater of Epidaurus.
The cost of the summer
school is SI3OO. This covers
roundtrip flight from New
York and all travel, hotels,
meals (2 per day), and
programs, including guides,
admission fees, excursions
and faculty leadership during
the six weeks of formal study.
Expenses during free time
and individual travel are the
responsibility of each student.
For more information stop
by the Center for Off Campus
Education, Frazier #2l.
correspondence of any kind,
these labor inspectors declared
thirty-one general and seven
monetary violations upon
Guilford. One member of the
administration said that the
inspectors were reasonable
people, the premises fair, but
the monetary principles unjust.
For instance, did anyone
realize that there should be
a covered tin plate for the
disposal of cotton swabs as
well as eyewash facilities in
many labs that do not have
them. Other violations includ
ed: saws placed on tables
without being covered with
their guards and the omission
of "No Smoking" signs on the
gas tanks.
Although a great percentage
of the problems have been
corrected, the time limitations
seemed very rigid to many,
as eyewash facilities and other
changes, could not be imple
mented by the late November
guideline. So Jim Newlin
and Bob White took the initia
tive in attempting to persuade
OHSA to drop the penalties
on the seven items as well as
asking the North Carolina
Inspector of Labor for exten
sions in some installment
projects. The extension
requests were granted, but
three of tHfe seven fines
remain.
The first hearing was inform
al but the next major step is
a formal hearing before the
Safety and Health Review
Board of North Carolina and
the College's attorney is work
ing on this case.
This is not the first time
OHSA's techniques have
been considered unfair, as
they initially fined at least
two other North Carolina
colleges, without warning.
These colleges received fines
,for much greater sums of
money, as compared to Guil
ford's minor fines. However,
it should be remembered that
the court has previously ruled
in favor of the owner or insti
tution and with this thought
in mind: Guilford's case, if
rejected at the Appeal Board
level, may forge on to more
formal courts.
But most importantly, some
members of the administration,
who legally are employees of
the college, are fighting for
and not against Guilford.