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'Limited' Welcome Edition Guilfordian ZZZL No Vacation for Maintenance by Iris Velvin Entertainment Editor The students were away from campus for a month, but the grounds were far from deserted. There has been much activity by the Maintenance Department, whose members have been busy with vacation-time upkeep. Break time is always a busy time for Maintenance, whose heaviest work must necessarily be done when dormitories and classrooms lie empty. So when the students and faculty are away, the maintenance staff works harder than ever. Perhaps the most obvious and noticeable change is the new paint and trim in the interior of Milner dorm. Old baseboards and window trim were replaced, and the walls were painted in various colors which were requested by the residents. Another less ob vious improvement, but one which would be very noticeable in its absence, is the fumigation to rid campus buildings of insects. Spraying for ants is done on every break, according to John Lindstrom, head of the Maintenance Department, and W mt ntJSk s * iv * "' * * ttj Despite the community's wish for warm weather, Photography Editor Roy Stottler reminds the campus that Springtime is not just a bed of roses. the insecticide used is biological ly safe to the environment, harm ful only to the bugs. However, the effects of the fogging are only good for a few weeks, so to keep living quarters insect free, students should be careful with their garbage. Empty beer cans and pizza boxes lying around for days will attract the bugs back. With the coming of cold weather, the department has been checking and repairing heat controls. In many buildings, the heating system is becoming anti quated, and due to a "flywheel ef fect," rooms will heat and cool unevenly, despite thermostatic control. There are long-range plans for repairing and renovating the heat distribution systems on campus. Work has been going on out side, too. Bill Scott, who heads the grounds crew, pointed out the clean streets, grounds, and park ing lots. A lot of hidden litter ac cumulates over several months, and maintenance only has a few weeks to straighten the land scape. Heavier work will be star ting soon, with deep-root fertiliza tion of all the trees. There is even talk of planting more trees this spring and summer. Members of the Maintenance Department have also been re organizing storage, and taking out some old furniture and office equipment for resale at flea markets. The proceeds from this will go into the college's general fund. On a college campus, anything can go wrong that can happen with a private home, only magnified. There are also other problems not usually faced by private homes, such as pot-holed parking lots, that have to be handled. John Lindstrom em phasizes that with limited man power, it is sometimes impossi ble to handle all jobs immediate ly, and priorities must be set. A broken pipe will get more im mediate attention than a leaking faucet. But even that faucet will get fixed as soon as possible. Mr. Lindstrom wants to keep the lines of communication open. To facilitate efficient handling of all complaints, any requests for Maintenance work should be sub mitted in writing through the Stu dent Housing office upstairs in Founder's Hall. Classical Return One of the nation's leading black pianists will be returning to Guilford College on Jan. 27 to play with the same blend of energy and precision that spell bound a large crowd here two years ago. Classical pianist Leon Bates will perform works by Ravel, George Walker, Schubert and Rachmaninoff in a concert scheduled to begin at 8:15 pm in Sternberger Auditorium. "He is back by popular de mand," said Ed Lowe, chariman of the college's music depart ment. "His last performance at Guilford was before a near capacity crowd and it was simply stunning. "He fe a spellbinding per former, one who communicates well with his audience and totally absorbs them." Bates is one of only a handful of black pianists who have achieved success in classical music, Lowe said. "He has excelled in a perfor mance medium in which it is noteworthy for a black musician to simply survive," Lowe said. Bates began his formal study of the piano at age six and, as he progressed, won numerous awards and competitions such as \trnnms A ■ BK IB QHH ;f -PHMffi SB / / £> ' ffim fH^^i tl the National Association of Music Teachers' orchestra competition, the New World Competition and a fellowship grant from the Na tional Endowment of the Arts. His recorded works have been praised by music critics at both the Washington Post and New York Times, and he has appeared at Carnegie Hall as well as the Kennedy Center and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. "The facility and easy power of his fingerwork were quickly established as foregone conclu sions," observed a review in the New York Times. "At the same INSIDE Infirmary Follow-Up • ••• page 2 Pizza Contest • ••• page 3 Quaker Notes •••• page 4 Odd Bodkins • ••• pages 5* 6 The Verdict....page 6 time, he is an elegant player with a keen ear for color, and a flair for poetry as persuasive as his bursts of fiery extroversion." Besides his ethnic origin, Bates also is a rarity among classical pianists because of a hobby that would seem out of keeping with the traditional image of a classical pianist; he is an avid weightlifter who makes time for bodybuilding whenever he isn't rehearsing or performing. Tickets can be purchased in ad vance at Founders Hall on cam pus, or at the door on the night of the performance.
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