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Volume LXIV No. 9
Guilford seeks president
When the announcement of
President Grimsley Hobbs' res
ignation was received last
spring, efforts were immedi
ately undertaken to begin the
search for a replacement. Fol
lowing is a report on these
efforts.
by Joel Richon
Staff Writer
The Search Committee, after
being formed last spring to find
a new president to replace Dr.
Grimsley Gobbs, has narrowed
the field from two hundred and
fifty to three candidates for
on-campus interviews. These
interviews are the last step
before names are submitted tot
he trustees as possible replace
ment for the president.
The three candidates are:
Hillbur Wolbome Jr., who is
presently President of Coker
College, formerly Vice-Pres
dent of Academic Affaris at the
College of Cahrleston, and was
Captive audience hears Rubin
By Stephen Harvey
Staff Writer
Despite a small group of
portesters outside Dana Audi
torium, more than 300 Guilford
college students and staff heard
60's political activist Jerry
Rubin speak for four hours last
Thursday evening.
Before the speech covering
his activities during the 60's
and 70's, and his projections for
the next decaee, students out
side the auditorium protested
Rubin's appearance, insisting
he had "soldout". They carried
signs demanding that he donate
his fee to Cambodian relief
programs.
Inside the auditorium, until
Eric Johnson of the College
Union introduced the activist,
the audience watched Rubin sip
tonic water to the strains of
pre-saved Bob Dylan.
Rubin first spoke of his
activities during the 1960'5. He
explained his own move into
polictical activism along with
the massive development of
social consciousness by stu
dents in that decade.
Highlights of the talk includ
ed Rubin's version of his testi-
a member of the Classics
Family at Duke; Allan Pfnifter,
who is executive Vice-Chancel
lor at the Uiversity of Denver,
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Photo by Steve Lowe
The search continues for a new
president when Dr. Grimsley
Hobbs leaves this May.
"Inside the auditorium, until Erie Johnson of the
College Union introduced the activist, the au
dience watched Rubin sip tonic water to the
strains of pre-saved Bob Dylan."
mony before the House Un-
American Activities Committee
(where he dressed as a revolu
tionary soldier and passed out
copies of the Declaration of
Indendnece) and the antics of
the defendants in the Chicago 7
conspiracy trail.
Occasionally Rubin would
stray from his reminiscences' of
the 60's to alternately rage
against nuclear power, speak
for men's liberation, condemn
the use of the word "asshole"
as deragatory term, or assert
his belief in a black female Cod
with a great sense of humor.
Rubin then denied that the
70's has ben a time of apathy,
insisting that students in the
60's had done so much that
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410
and formerly Dean and Provost
of Wittenburg Collge; and Ross
Jones, who has been Vice-Pres
ident of Institutional Affairs at
Johns Hopkins for eighteen
years.
The Search Committee has
not discontinued its search for a
new president, and still plans to
interview more people off cam
pus. Some are Quaker. It is
perceived that a non-Quaker
"Even if the new president was not affiliated
with the Society of Friends, the campus
would remain Quaker."
Elwood Parker, a committee member,
speaking only for himself.
president will alter the campus.
Elwood Parker, member of
the committee, does not share
this opinion. Speaking for him
self only, he told this reporter
that even if the new president
was not afiliated with the Soci
ety of Friends, the campus
would remain Quaker.
those of the 70's were simply
overwhelmed.
After his speech, Rubin an
swered questions and took
statements from the audience,
making good his promise to
offend everyone at least once
during the course of the even
ing. Questions ranged from
such diverse subjects as the
dangers of nuclear energy and
his analysis of presidential can
didates to the brand name of his
down jacket.
Despite the fact, that most
every member of the audience
disagreed with something
Rubin, said, most of the crowd
was impressed with his talk and
in the words of one student,
"He made me really think about
some important issues I hadn't
thought about before.
He also stated that he, per
sonally, was looking for a
president with a "Quakerly
attitude": one that would take
an active role with the Society of
Friends and have an under
standing of the Quaker process.
If these conditions are met, he
feels that there would be little
chance of the College becoming
non-Quaker.
This concern over the lack of
a Quaker candidate led to an
active search in which at least
fifty Quakers were contacted to
find more Quaker candidates.
From these efforts, at least two
more people shall receive pre
liminary interviews.
One charge that has been
leveled by some against the
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jerry Rubin, 60's political activist, speaks in Dana Auditorium on
his experiences of that decade and his projections for the next
decade in a Guilford College Union sponsored talk.
November 20, 1979
Search Committee is that one or
more members of the commit
tee being dominated by other
members. This accusation was
denied by the Committee. The
rumor probably arose from the
fact that so much has been
accomplished by the Commit
tee, which is run by concensus.
Reaching concensus can be a
long, tedious process; for the
Search Committee, it has not
been. Their progress has been
attributed to the fact that none
of the members have taken an
unyielding position on any subj
ject, but have instead been
willing to discuss all topics.
There are twelve members on
the board. Alumni, trustees,
faculty, and students are repre
sented on the Committee. The
student representative is Jan
Earl and two of the teacher
representatives are Jerry Cod
dard and Elwood Parker.
The Search Committee is a
new phenomenom on college
campuses, where the selection
of a new president is usually
left in the hands of the trustees.
Photo by Steve Lowe