s>fember 5, WIS
Guilford Receives Donations from Alumni and Friends
Hightlighted by the most
successful Loyalty Fund cam
paign in the 12-year history of
the program, contributions to
Guilford College during fiscal
1977-78 amounted to more than
three-quarters of a million dol
lars.
President Grimsley Hobbs
announced that various friends
and alumni donated
$753,592 to the Quaker in
stitution now beginning its
142 nd continuous year.
Alumni contributed $219,092
during the past 12 months,
foundations gave $226,925,
non-alumni parents $27,960,
non-alumni individuals $68,275,
corporations $175,555 directly
and $13,202 though matching
gifts, and religious organiza
tions $22,421.
Of the overall total, $107,330
was donated to the Loyalty
Fund, Guilford's annual giving
program which provides money
for unrestricted use in college
operation.
The Fund figure is $18,780
more than the previous high
Loyalty Fund year of 1975-76
and is a 26 percent increase
over 1976-77 in money raised,
the 1,677 donors represent a 23
percent increase over the past
year.
Top classes in increased per
centages of participation were
1946, 1947 and 1970 with 14,
13 and 11 percent increases
respectively. The class of 1970
also had the highest increase
in the number of donors over
the previous year.
The class of 1969 led in two
categories 54,363 increase
in dollars raised and slOl in
crease in average gift per mem
ber.
"The success of the Loyalty
Fund bodes well for Guilford
College, and indeed seems to
reflect the momentum and
strength that Guilford has
achieved in recent years," Dr.
Hobbs said.
Performances will begin at
8:15 p.m.
Season tickets are available
by mail or at the information
office at Founders Hall. Adult
memberships are sl2 each and
senior citizen and student
memberships are $8 each.
Events are free to all full-time
Guilford College students.
In addition to their per
formances on the Arts Series,
the Academy Theatre, Nymphs
& Satyrs, Ze'eva Cohen and the
Revelers will take part in the
1978 Fall Colloquium to be
held each Wednesday, begin
ning Sept. 6, at 3:30 p.m. in
the Gallerv of Founders Hall.
Theme for the 1978 Col
loquium will be "Conflict and
"The Loyalty Fund success
is built on devotion, service and
support of many persons
alumni and non-alumni who
believe in Guilford and its con
tribution tb higher education,"
he declared.
Let Green Grass Grow

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FOURTEEN REASONS TO CONSIDER NOT MOWING YOUR LAWN *********************** C
1. Mowing wastes billions of gallons of fuel 2
2. mowing wastes billions of hours of human energy I
3. cutting grass destroys sapling trees J
4. cutting grass removes air purifying greenery C
5. uncut lawns protect the water table by storing water j
6. mowing destroys baby birds, butterflies, toads, bumblebees..
causes suffering to creatures caught in the machine C
7. If you did not mow your lawn, it would become a meadow, and then a thicket
and then a forest. (
8. When areas are unmowed, it becomes possible simply to toss fruit seeds
through them, and have the seeds grow into fruit trees through a non-till
energy saving method of agriculture.. A SOURCE OF FREE FOOD
9. unmowed areas become a wildlife habitat a
10. mowing causes 55,000 human accidents and fatalities yearly., most i
common are severed fingers, toes, hands
11. mowing with fuel supports big oil companies (
12. not mowing helps prevent erosion
13. not mowing provides a green buffer of noise prevention
14. unmowed areas provide more shade in summer and heat in vinter
I LAST YEAR FORTY INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON BOSTON.. THIS SPRING ITALY HAD RECORD
BREAKING RAINS.. IN APRIL WASHINGTON HAD A RECORD BREAKING HOT DAY. THE
WEATHER PATTERNS AROUND THE WORLD ARE DETERIORATING. THE AMAZON AND INDONESIAN
RAINFOREST IS BEING CUT AT THE RATE OF SEVERAL ACRES A MINUTE. THE OXYGEN
LIFE BELT OF THE PLANET.. EQUATORIAL TREES.. ARE BEING'DESTROYED.
Trees act as a comb retaining moisture when clouds pass over head. Trees
process as high as 40 gallons of water each daily out of the air. When trees
i are cut, deserts advance., in some places the Sahara is advancing at the rate
of 12 miles a year.
Some things your readers can do (we would deeply appreciate your printing
this release) to further the cubic footage of greenery in the world:
1 A. plant fruit and nut trees
B. stop mowing lawns
C. eat the products of trees., apples, oranges, pears, peaches etc.. to help forests
grow.
Resolution." Admissions is
free, and the public is invited.
The Academy Theatre,
founded in 1956 at a School
of Performing Art, has gained
a national reputation as one of
the South's outstanding theatre
companies.
"Long Day's Journey Into
Night" is considered by many
to be the most profound and
beautiful of the plays of
O'Neill, who won four Pulitzer
Prizes and the Nobel Prize for
Literature.
Nymphs and Satyrs is a
group of five young musicians
who have a romping good time
as they sing, play a variety
of early instruments and dance.
The GtiilfoirtAj CJ\
Dr. Hobbs, who graduated
from Guilford in 1947, praised
the leadership and enthusiasm
Of National Chairman Valerie
Johnson McKenna of Wash
ington, who worked closely
with Loyalty Fund Director
Dressed in Renaissance
costumes, they perform songs
from many countries and ages
and throw in a bit of Duke
Ellington and Johnny Mercer
now and then.
Ze'eva Cohen will present
solo performances of works of
several contemporary choreo
graphers. Born in Tel Aviv,
she studied at Juilliard and
danced with Anna Sokolow,
American Dance Theatre and
Pearl Lang before forming her
own company.
During her two-day residency
at Guilford, Cohen will con
duct a lecture-demonstration,
also..
Karen Reehling, both 1972
graduates of Guilford.
Parents of Guilford students
contributed $17,578 to the
Loyalty Fund, and Dr. Hobbs
expressed appreciation to the
Parents Associates Committee
Alaska Now or Never!
By RICHARD FULTON
As the Alaska Bill heads for
the Senate floor there still is
the question of whether
America's last frontier will be
divided up into parks and oil
pipelines or parts of it left
wild.
This is one of the most im
portant conservation issues of
the century and could
influence many future decisions
in United States politics. Some
of the big influences would
range from future energy pol
icies to the touchy Endangered
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headed by Ralph and Jeanne
Bohn of Charlotte.
In addition to making mone
tary contributions, the PAC also
is assisting Guilford's ad
missions program by talking to
parents of prospective students
to help them get some feel
for what Guilford may offer,
he explained.
Dr. Hobbs also praised the
work of the Board of Visitors
of Guilford College, an organ
ization of interested individuals
of diverse backgrounds who
serve as good will ambassadors
for the college in their various
communities.
"Under the leadership of
Cynthia Doyle of Greens
boro, the board attained a new
level of involvement with the
college and the wider commun
ity," Dr. Hobbs pointed out.
Through the board's activ
ities budget, the organization
awarded two SSOO grants for
Excellence in Teaching to
Guilford faculty and $1,500 for
summer study abroad scholar
ships, assisted with trans
portation for Guilford students
to the model United Nations
meeting in New York and as
sisted the London fall semester
abroad last year.
In discussing deferred giving,
he said, "A growing number
of Guilford's alumni and
friends are thoughtfully and
thankfully planning future gifts
to benefit Guilford students
through bequests in their wills,
life income trusts and life in
surance proceeds."
He pointed out that in many
cases the donors receive the
added benefit of conserving
their estates by re-directing as
sets to charitable gifts rather
than having them absorbed in
payment of taxes.
"Continued support of all
these giving programs allows
Guilford to look with confi
dence to the future as it carries
out its mission in higher ed
ucation," Dr. Hobbs declared.
Species Act.
I am a conservationist at
heart and love backpaking in
the widest places, yet realize
the need for more mineral
resources. If you are interested
in finding our or sharing ideas
on this subject, contact me at
George White No. 7 or P.O.
Box 17185. I am supporting
the Alaska Coalition (Sierra
Club) in pushing for the wilder
ness area. I am the Congres
sional District Organizer in this
area. If you would like to help
please get in touch.