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continued from page four
canH get interested in others, and
to me that is an unforgivable sin.
Through teaching languages and
through his publications, McNab
seeks to spread the enrichment
he has gained from other cultures
to his students.
And, to the public.
McNab is co-editor of "Degree
Second: Studies in French Literature
from the Renaissance to the
Present," an international journal
which accepts articles in French,
German and English.
The journal's editorial board
consists of scholars from such
distinguished American schools as
Princeton, Vanderbilt, Amherst
and Duke and from many outstand
ing foreign universities.
James has written numerous
articles on French literature and
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Guilfordian
Author takes in adventure;
Increases ecology wonder
By RICHARD FULTON
Strapping on my boots, I was glad
it was raining. The North Carolina
weather had been too beautiful and,
my boots were getting bored. So
I swung my green North Face pack
on, and my boots and I were off to
do some mud stomping.
It had been a long while since
I went rain hiking or strolling by
myself through the woods near the
Guilford college lake (thanks to a
couple of famous friends, S. Simon,
E. Parker, and others).
On my way down to the lake,
I decided to take a closer look at
the construction area. The rain was
recently submitted a book on
Saint-Germain-des-Pres, focusing
on 20th century artists in the small
French town.
Although he has been living in
Greensboro only a little over a
month, he is "cautiously happy
and optimistic here.''
He has quickly developed an
interest in local history, particu
larly the Battle of Guilford Court
House and the role his Scottish
ancestors played in the bloody
confrontation.
Many a morning he can be seen
running in Battleground Park or
merely sitting or walking, soaking
up the history and reading the
monuments for his own education.
In other words, getting to know
the world around him and, of course,
adding another wrinkle to his
'' cultural schizophrenia.''
Leaping lords can be expensive
continued trom page four
Nine ladies dancing can be seen
on The Lawrence Welk Show. It
will cost 25t to turn on the TV
and 15t for the ear plugs (a-one
and-a-tweand-a-three).
Ladies also dance at local discos,
so go watch them do their thing.
Cost shouldn't be more than $20.00
for the evening.
Hiring live lady dancers from the
School for Theater Arts will cost
$275.00 per day.
ten lords a-leap -ing,
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Lords a-leaping, in plastic, will
cost 59t each. For ten Lords,
using higher mathematics, a grand
total of $5.90 can be figured.
However, real leapers are much
more exciting. At $37.00 per hour,
per actor, this would be $370.00
per hour or $2960.00 per day.
Hiring real lords to leap (assuming
that they can be found) is rather
expensive. Air fare from London to
really pouring down, like beer from
a Bryan Keg party, and the red
clay sucked at my boots as I
approached the small area of trees
just before the lake.
I pulled out a small piece of
paper and pen and copied the words
on a small rust ridden metal sign
that stood just beyond a series of
marsh plants. The transcription
of the rusty letters was hard as
I attempted to write on my rain
sprinkled paper. I believe the sign
reads as follows: "Biophile marsh
acting for preservation, and for
Environmental and Conservational
purposes. Do not make changes
here without the permission of the
Biophile Club.''
I wondered how long that sign
has stood there, I also wondered
how many people knew about it.
My mind couldn't stop wondering
as I looked at the huge hole in
my right and the lake and marsh
on my left.
I wondered what good the small
bundles of hay, perhaps a foot
tall, were doing. I guess they were
carefully designed to stop tennis
balls and floating beer cans from
reaching the marsh and eventually
the lake.
Behind the hay was a knocked
down barbed wire fence. The
purpose of this eluded me. The
mud nearly swam inside my boots
as I continued to wonder.
If these preventive measures
were an attempt to stop the red
clay runoff, they were pretty in
effective. My boots could have
told me that.
I stomped onto harder ground as
Greensboro will run $13,160.00
for a first class round trip. It will
cost $650.00 per day to house them
in a hotel suite suitable for their
rank, $300.00 to feed them ("Hello,
could you tell me how much Lord
Feed is?") and $5,000.00 for
wages.
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Eleven pipers piping can be very
cheap if there are 11 friends who
don't mind playing kazoos for a day
(get members of Kudzu to do this -
The Kudzu Kazoo Corp). Cost is
$5.61.
Musical quality will probably
improve if eleven eighth grade
recorder players are hired. Great
music at $ 5 5 a day.
Of course professional pipers are
the best. An assortment of pipers
from the North Carolina Symphony,
local bands, and a few big names
like lan Anderson and Jim Horn
will cost $30,000.00 per day.
Page five
I walked towards the lake. I
noticed that the creek on my left
was not only at a higher level than
usual, but was also an outstanding
brick-red hue. As this water ran
past an old rubber tire, the sight
of the lake sent my memory back
to my high school days.
Not more than a year and a half
ago, a couple of friends and I had
this great swimming hole a half
hour drive from home. We'd go
there after school, during school
and even after midnight on clear
summer nights.
However, like all good places
within 50 miles of Washington,
D.C. it was destroyed by bulldozers
and steamrollers as they leveled the
land for houses.
The builders had enough fore
sight to cut down all the trees
between the hill they were building
on and our lake.
In no time at all, our swimming
hole was polluted with so much
excess mud the water became too
hot to swim in. Even midnight
dips became a sauna bath experience
for the skinny dipper.
Back at Guilford College I sat
down on the small wooden dock
and wondered....
Support
The
Guilfordian
twelve drum - mers drum - ming,l
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Money can be made when get
ting twelve-drummers- drumming
for a day. Many parents will pay
you to get their kids (and the
racket) out of the house. Since loud
noise is associated with mental
distress, the true love might not
appreciate this gift.
A local high school marching
band is more expensive but they
would not cause as much trouble.
Expect to pay $120.00 to hire this
budding talent.
Of course pros are the most
expensive. Get a group of rock
drummers like Ringo Starr, Keith
Moon (if he'll make a return per
formance) Charlie Walter - the list
goes on -to $50,000.00 a night.
At the end of Twelve days, the
poor (cheap) lover will spend
$383.38. The middle class (spend
thrift) lover will spend $12,967.51,
and the wealthy (lavish) lover will
fork out $1,285,292.20!