Guilfordian
April 4, 1979
Committee releases course evaluations
During the week of preregis
tration the Senate Course Eval
uations Committee's First An
nual Report will be out for
general perusal
Five copies of the report will
be on permanent reserve in the
library. In addition during the
week of pre-registration, two
copies will be available at the
Information Desk.
The Evaluations Committee
was started by the Senate last
spring in the absence of any
other campus course evalua
tions system. A few years ago
there were student evaluations,
and the process was mainly
handled by the faculty and
various administrative offices.
All of the results were compu
terized, and several print-outs
of those results for different
periods are still available in the
Library on reserve The actual
evaluation consisted of one
page of ratings, from 1 to 5 on
various characteristics.
Due to several controversies,
such as the validity of the
results, the process was discon
tinued by the faculty.
The Committee adapted a
questionnaire from the Duke
student evaluations that was
slightly longer and less quant
itative. During the Spring Se
mester of 1977-78 four copies of
this questionnaire were distri
buted to each student in each
dorm by their Senators, and
re-collected.
Since the return rate was
poor, the system of distribution
was changed for the Fall Semes
ter of 1978-79 to mobilizing a
mass of students to pass the
questionnaire out during clas
ses before the finals, with the
faculty's cooperation.
The distinction between the
results of the Spring and Fall
Semesters is important, and is
further explained in the Intro
duction to the Report. It is
necessary to include as many
students of the Guilford College
campus as possible in order for
Guilford College Greensboro,N.C. 27410
the results to have meaning and
to represent the students.
Information from the instruc
tors were sought each semester
on a different kind of question
naire. (There are samples of the
two questionnaires in the Re
port at the end.) Other sources
include the Guilford College
Catalog and the Student Direc
tory.
The compilation of the infor
mation obtained from these
sources is as good, and as
limited, as the input received
The attempt was to include facts
and themes as well as opinions;
in some cases such information
was unavailable. In any case,
the results are certainly not
unquestionable, and are meant
only to serve as a guide, NOT
The Truth.
The Report serves as the
most complete, composite pic
ture of Guilford academia to
date. As such, it has potential
for many purposes. The most
commonly recognized purpose
by far is a guide to students
during preregistration. In light
of that purpose, it makes no
sense to include discontinued
courses and retiring professors.
However, it is also possible
for this Report to provide feed
back to teachers, comparisons
between courses, and A Stand
ing Picture of Cuilford's Cour
ses During This Particular Per
iod, which could be examined
and compared on many differ
ent dimensions to the future.
It is with this purpose in mind
that all available information
has been included. It is hoped
that this will stand as a resource
for many varied related purpo
ses.
The Report represents the
range and consensus of student
opinion, as well as available
requirements, facts, prerequi
sites, and themes. It also repre
sents the time and effort of the
student body, the faculty, some
Welcome to Ser
A new look for "Serendipity
79" will be "Welcome Cen
ters" at two locations on the
main drive of the college. These
Centers will be located adjacent
to the Binford/Bryan Parking
area. These Welcome Centers
will be staffed by members of
the Housing/Security Staff and
will be for the purpose of
welcoming Guilford Alumni and
invited guests of the college to
"Serendipity 79."
•Because Serendipity is an
event sponsored for the benefit
administrative offices, the Cor
respondence Center and Print
Shop, the Senate and its Sena
tors, and the various specific
students on the Committee
who compiled it.
The report is dedicated to
those who approve of the effort,
use it, and find use in it, and it
is also dedicated to those who
do not approve of the effort, in
the hope that they will be the
ones to improve it. It is well
worth examining.
Furthermore, for anyone who
is curious about more detailed
methods and procedures behind
this process, a paper describing
such things will soon be on
reserve for general considera
tion in the Library.
New courses available for Fall
To help students with prere
gistration, some professors
have provided the GUILFOR
DIAN with the following more
detailed descriptions of their
courses.
IDS 401 The Culture of the
1920's and All That Jazz Donald
Millholland
In this course students will
study the art, music, literature,
and philosophy of the 20's.
Some of the most significant
work of the twentieth century
was begun in this decade.
World War I had destroyed
traditional idealism. This
brought on a wave of cynical
thinking and at the same time
opened up new directions of
creativity.
Among the topics to be
studied: Hemingway, Fitzge
rald, Gertrude Stein, Picasso,
Jazz, Stravinsky, and Bertrand
Russell.
of the Guilford College commu
nity, persons not associated
with the college will not be
admitted unless escorted by
someone from the college com
munity. Students who have
invited guests to this weekend,
please arrange to meet them at
one of the Centers
Alumni and guests will be
asked to park in either the
Binford or Dana Parking areas
and no traffic will be allowed
beyond these points. This will
ease greatly the congestion on
Vol. LXII No. 14
jr j ®
Brw. l
Dave Maclnnes demonstrates molecule structure during an
advanced chemistry course.
IDS 401-095 Death and Dying
Dr. Margaret Young MW 7:25-
8:40 PM
The class will explore death
and dying from a number of
perspectives and disciplines.
Students will examine 7] defi
nitons and cross-cultural mean
ings of death, 2] the experience
of dying, 3] grief, mourning,
and funeral customs, 4] children
and death, and 4] choices and
decisions in death.
Course requirements will in
clude discussion of assigned
reading, participation in several
class activities, three essays,
and preparation and production
of a one day program on death
and dying to be presented for
the college community.
Readings include such works
as Understanding Death And
Dying, An Interdisciplinary Ap
proach, Wilcox and Sutton,
Death, The Final Frontier,
Hardt; Don't Die On My Shift,
Sayers; New Lives Survivors
campus roads, particularly in
the Milner/Bryan area where
most of the activities are going
on. Local traffic will be permit
ted, however
The Serendipity schedule will
include:
April 5
Thursday Night Live, 8:00 p.m
in the Passion Pit
April 6.
Concert with Johnny's Dance
Band and special guest Nina
Kahle, 8:00 p.m., Dana Audito
rium
April 7:
Musica Orbis, 12:00 in between
Milner and Bryan Reveler's
Performance, 2:00 p.m., in
between Milner and Bryan
Dance with the Georgia Pro
phets, 9:30 pm Sternberger
April 8
Swamp Cats, noon, between
Milner and Bryan Public Do
main, 2:00, between Milner and
Bryan
of the Holocaust, Rabinowitz;
The Life Beyond, Ford; one of
Kublerross's works; Passing
On, Sudnow or Toward A
Sociology of Death and Dying,
Lofland; and selected short
stories and articles
ENC 450, FA 301 Comparative
Arts Rudy Behar
Students will study each of
three arts in turn to discover
their mode of existence, on the
grounds that we can only com
pare know. There is an ad
vanced and intense scrutiny of
art works in painting, literature
and music prior to theorizing.
There is much collateral read
ing, almost all of it authored by
primary theorists or artists, e.g.
Stravinsky and Aristotle. There
are three or four papers. A
conference with the instructor is
a prerequisite for entry.
Continued on page ten