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Volume LXV, No. 9
Welcome to new trustees
The Guilford College Board of Trustees has chosen Seth
Macon and Howard Haworth as chairman and vice chairman
of the board, respectively. Both are Guilford graduates.
Macon, left, vice president and director of Jefferson-Pilot
Corp., was the 1978 recipient of the 1978 Guilford College
Distinguished Alumni Award.
Haworth, right, president of Drexel Heritage Furnishings,
is a former editor of the Guilfordian, chairman of the Honor
Board, and letter winner in tennis, track and football.
Y.M.C.A
successful venture
By Mark Gurley
Balancing the needs of the
Guilford College student body
with those of the Greensboro
Metropolitan YMCA has been a
complex, though successfully,
met challenge. Scheduling con
flicts, equipment delays, and
administrative dissension are
potential problems as two large
institutions join in an ambitious
venture.
Geoff Miller, director of the
Physical Education Center,
feels that these problems have
either been avoided or handled
exceptionally well. He especial
ly gives credit to the YMCA for
its cooperation. He points out
that the YMCA's help is crucial.
The few problems that resulted
from the relationship have been
resolved.
Students had complained
about the 25 cents charge they
had to pay for towels. This
charge was stipulated in the
original fnancial agreement
with the YMCA. At first, they
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Students can have input on pool scheduling.
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410
thought the towel fee was
needed to cover the expenses of
the service.
Miller, however, took the
students' complaints to the
YMCA directors, and they
readily agreed that their exist
ing income could cover the cost
of towels. "As of today," Miller
says, "towels are free. I think it
was an act of good will on their
part."
Many persons also felt that
Guilford College alumni should
not have to pay in order to use
the facility. They now pay the
full YMCA membership cost.
Miller argues that the agree
ment is fair, citing the very high
number of alumni in Greens
boro. "The YMCA felt that free
access would be unfair to other
members, and would hurt its
drive to recruit. I can sympa
thize with its position."
He thinks that the YMCA
offers Guilford alumni a bonus
anyway. "Alumni are not re
stricted to either Y or College
Campus plagued by thefts
Estimated total loss: SISOO-2000
By Kathy Carlson
For the past two weeks,
Guilford has been plagued with
thefts.
According to Bob White Di
rector of Housing and Security,
there has been a total of five
major thefts on campus: four in
Binford and one in Bryan. In
each case missing articles es
sentially consisted of gold jew
elry easy to steal, mov
able, and valuable. And in each
case the thefts have occurred
due to the carelessness of
victims, all of whom left their
doors unlocked
As Bob White pointed out,
gold is desirable and likely to be
in nearly every woman's room
on campus in a jewelry box
either on the dresser or in a top
drawer "People are very un
imaginative about hiding val
uables," said White.
The police have arrived on
campus at reports of the thefts
and have been helpful but not
hours; they have access to the
facility during both times," he
says.
Aside from the work required
to integrate college and VMCA
scheduling, a few minor annoy
ances plague the director.
The pool must be heated by
hot water hoses, for instance,
because the pool's heating sink
does not generate enough pow
er to do the job. The root of the
problem, however, lies in the
gym's overall heating system
"The energy system still has
some kinks in it that need to be
worked out," Miller admits. He
attributes these "kinks" to a
contractor's failure to complete
his work, not to the engineering
or design of the system itself.
"Once all of the work is
completed, the system will
function properly," Miller says.
The installation of glass cov
erings for the pool wall, and
locks for the locker room, has
also been delayed. According to
Miller, these items have failed
to arrive from the companies
from which they were ordered.
In the case of the locks, a
worker's strike prevented their
delivery. Similarly, two re
maining sets of basketball goals
for the new gym have not yet
arrived. Despite these delays,
Miller expects the equipment to
be here soon.
Another problem, which
greatly troubles the director, is
student apathy. Citing the low
response from the question
naire asking for criticisms and
suggestions which recently ap
peared in the Guilfordian
(which students were asked to
tear out and send in), Miller
claims that students should not
complain if they refuse to
hopeful. In every case there is
little hope of retrieving the
stolen articles. "There is much
buying and sellng of gold," said
Bob White, "and buyers re
quire no identification or proof
of ownership, which makes gold
so easily movable." The thief is
doing a profitable business as
the estimated total loss in
Guilford's five thefts is SISOO to
S2OOO.
The thief is also fairly cool
and brassy at his work. He's
been seen walking down the
halls of Binford, not just on the
first floor, knocking on doors as
if he were visiting someone.
Anyone seeing him would un
derstandably not suspect a
thing. The description given by
Bob White is of a black male,
20-25 years old, about 6'l",
175-180 pounds, and he has a
beard and mustache. No Guil
ford student is suspected
The best advice to everyone is
to LOCK YOUR DOOR' Whe
inform the gym's staff about
their specific problems.
"The primary purpose of
distributing the questionnaire
was to get feedback from the
students concerning additional
time for recreational use, and
the operation of the building in
general," says Miller. "As of
this date we have had only two
responses, which to me is very
frustrating."
Nevertheless, the director in
vites student input "If a stu
dent has a legitimate problem, I
encourage him to write it down
and send it to the Physical
Education Center."
An area where the sugges
tions of students would be likely
to have an effect is scheduling.
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ther going next door or to the
bathroom for five minutes, lock
it. "Five minutes is ten times
the amount of time needed to
steal you blind," said White.
Also, students should be more
imaginative and illogical with
where they keep their valu
ables Don't make it easy. An
open door is an open invitation,
day or night.
With the exception of one
theft, all have occurred in the
daylight hours, usually from ten
to eleven thirty in the morning.
Don't overestimate the power of
daylight!
If one should happen to see
anything suspicious, report it
immediately to a coordinator or
intern, or contact Bob White in
the Housing Office. White rea
lizes the probability of false
alarms in such cases, but does
not want that to stop reports.
It's better to be safe than sorry,
and even false alarms could act
as a deterrent to further thefts.
Some students have wondered
why the pool is not open during
the mid-afternoon The pool is
closed, Miller points out, be
cause students have exhibited
virtually no interest in keeping
it open at tht time.
"One big factor to take into
consideration is the cost ana
lysis,' Miller says. "Does one or
two people swimming during an
additional hour justify the
hiring of two lifeguards, oper
ating the lights, and the other
costs involved?"
The director emphasizes the
relatively heavy use of the pool
durng hours already scheduled
for campus use. During the
month of October, a total of 381
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