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The Legal Issues of the Draft:
Attorneys John R. Kernodle, Jr.
and Robert C. Cone will lecture
on the legal issues of the draft in
the Gallery at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Sept. 28. Everyone is
invited to attend this important
lecture!
Ann Deagon will read from her
novel, "The Diver's Tomb" at
7:30 p.m. on September 26 in the
Gallery, Founders Hall. This
Letters
Hand to Cap
Dear Editors:
I want to compliment you on
Julie Yindra's article on the
Guilford experience of the han
dicapped. She has addressed,
head-on, a concern which I think
the college - so far - has dealt with
irresponsibly - using the ap
proach the actress Butterfly Mc-
Queen immortilizes in her role in
"Gone With the Wind": Before
Lynch's Line
Blessings Are Mixed
By Janice Lynch
I've spent four years at
Guilford College longing for my
own room. I am the eldest of four
children and thus have always
been entitled to my own room at
home. It is not easy to accustom
oneself to a paired world: two
beds, two desks, two dressers,
two closets and another body in
the room. It's hard to understand
why a roommate should use your
toothpaste or try some of your
brand-new peanut butter. If your
roommate snores, it may be im
possible to shrug it off.
This year my status as a senior
and as a dorm president have
given me one grand privilege:
my own room. How I gloated all
summer to friends, family, and
passers-by that I would have a
single room. How I dreamed of
indulging myself with all of my
favorite vices—sleeping with five
blankets and no one to laugh at
me; eating peanut butter while
studying; and reading
"Cosmopolitan" in secrecy. By
August 281 was well prepared for
the great move. I had my colors
picked out—my towels matched
my bedspread. I had enough junk
for ten women.
Unfortunately, I had forgotten
an old fear. I had neglected to
consider one paralyzing aspect of
my life: I am afraid of the dark.
On August 28 I lay in my new bed
staring out the window, waiting
for the psychotics on Friendly
Avenue to climb a tree, cross the
porch, break the window, and
crawl into my closet. I could not
move and did not sleep.
On August 29 I crawled into my
new bed and left the hall light on.
I listened for unfamiliar noises in
the yard. At 3 a.m. my terror
forced me to sleep. On August 301
novel has just been accepted for
publication by St. Martin's Press.
A reception will follow. Spon
sored by the Women's Studies
House.
"The Piper", a literary-arts jour
nal, is now accepting submissions
for the fall editions. Poetry,
essays, short fiction and artwork
are welcome. Artists should con
tact Helen Passes. All others
should be addressed to Janice
Lynch, P.O. Box 17306.
to the
the fact: "Law Miss Scarlett, I
know all about birthin' babies."
(At Guilford, translate: "Law,
Julie, we want handicapped
students and are ready to deal
with their problems.")
As Julie points out, Guilford
responds to the situation like But
terfly McQueen's character who
says, when Melanie's baby is
about to be born: "Law, Miss
Scarlett, I don't know nothin'
'bout birthin' babies." (At
Guilford, read: "Oh yes Julie, we
recruited you, but now what do
pictured someone climbing
through my window and landing
on my bed. Terrified, I took my
teddy bear and pillow and crawl
ed into my sister's bed
downstairs. On August 31, having
been told by my sister that a
single bed is made for one, I
again crept downstairs and slept
in an extra bed. On September 1,
the women in our dorm heard so
meone knocking at a window.
(We had no locks and our fear
was magnified). Panic-stricken
we stayed awake throughout the
evening. I did not feel so stupid in
my phobia. This pattern con
tinued for several days, in spite of
the new locks on our doors.
My mother then informed me
that if I could not sleep in my own
room I would have to move
elsewhere. I could not continue to
disrupt the house. Marcian Cash
came over and shut my bedroom
windows, thus psyco-proofing my
room. He then threw a rock at my
window proving its resistance to
the outside world. I remembered
the advice of a fifth-grade Sunday
school teacher as he said:
There's nothing there in the dark
that isn't there during the day. I
didn't tell him that fruitcakes
breed in the night. I slept in my
own bed for one week.
On September 15, there were
suspicious noises on the
driveway. Wind was blowing in
the wrong direction. I went to my
sister's room and found her sleep
ing with her Garfield. I saw her
roommate sleeping with a teddy
bear. I swallowed my pride, got
my pillow, and crawled in beside
Michele. We are college educated
and we are afraid.
This weeks' movie, sponsored
by the Guilford College Union
Film Series, will be "Lawrence of
Arabia," at 8:15 p.m. on Friday
night, Sept. 23 in Sternberger
Auditorium. This Academy
Award winning color spectacle
made in 1962 is about the legen
dary British officer, T.E.
Lawrence, and his exploits,
military and non-military, in
Palestine circa World War I.
Stars Peter O'Toole, Omar
Sharif, Anthony Quinn.
you want us to do to meet your
needs? We've compiled with all
the Federal guidelines and we
don't know nothin' 'bout anything
else.")
So, as Julie points out, a han
dicapped student has limited ac
cess to buildings - and as I
remember from last winter and
the one before - takes his/her life
in his/her hand when sidewalks
(except for those to the ad
ministrative offices in New
Garden) are slick with ice and a
real danger to those dependent on
crutches or other resources for
the handicapped. The college
position? ("Law me, Julie, we
don't known nothin' 'bout meetin
the needs of handicapped, we've
met the Federal guidelines, and
you want more, where's the
money to come from?")
I think Julie has pointed out a
question - or questions - we need
to address as a Quaker communi
ty: Is our concern really for the
individual? Do we really value
students who have had to con
front suffering and are therefore
"different" from most 18-year
olds? Do we see them as assets
with valuable lessons to teach all
of us - or do we simply tolerate
them, giving mere lip-service to
the Quaker "respect for the in
dividual" as we, in actuality,
seek and provide for physical,
conformists? Let's make an in
formed decision.
Sincerely,
Carter Delafield
Correction
Dear Editors,
As Julie and Lisa know, I've
had a long and rather personal in
terest in the often neglected pro
blems of the handicapped. I am,
therefore, certain I witnessed the
construction of the front library
and Archdale ramps after I came
to Guilford in 1978; I did not, as
Julie says, see dormitory ramps
built, however; and I do not
remember saying anything
about Duke to her. I am pleased
to have been interviewed on the
general subject, and I know from
where we are and however far
we still have to go in meeting the
needs of the physically handicap
ped, Guilford is more considerate
and advanced than most institu
tions in this respect.
Cordially yours,
Bill Schmickle
Guilfordian, September 21, 1983 --
Learning from
When entering the brick gates
of Guilford College, the eyes feast
upon the green lawns, the
beautiful oak tree outside New
Garden, the majestic columns of
Dana, the other Georgian-style
buildings, remodeled, restored,
or even relatively new, and the
many squirrels scampering
across the grass.
Visiting students are often at
tracted to Guilford on first sight
and decide this is the place for
them. Therefore, Guilford Col
lege is taken at face-value until
the student arrives for freshman
orientation. Absorption of
knowledge begins from honor
code regulations to alcohol policy
to the IDS 101 book, 1984. The
same student may now want to
know more about this academic
insitution he has chosen—what
makes it tick?
Everyone knows "that Guilford
was founded by the Society of
Friends in 1832 and began as a
boarding school in 1837." But
what is known concerning stu
dent involvement and concerns in
the college's immediate past?
One way to answer this ques
tion is to speak with faculty and
administration who have been
with the college for the past 10 to
15 years. Another method of
research is to visit the Friends
Historical Collection in the
library for an afternoon filled
with moments of laughter and
moments of deep concern.
To read about one's
predecessors—their reactions
and actions regarding campus
and world events—is indeed a
learning experience. In addition
to the many historial documents
and profiles held, the Collection
houses complete volumes of the
Quaker, the Guilfordian, and the
Collegian—the Guilfordian's
predecessors which was printed
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Co-editors Donna Horton, Susan Harvey
News editor Ann Shea
Features editor Iris Velvin
Sports editor Doug Drotman
Photography editor RoyStottler
Layout editor Wendy Harrison
Business manager Michael Gatton
Advertising manager John Roberts
Circulation manager Ellen Gilmore
Cartoonist Greg Hastings
Staff Michael Barker, Susan Chase, Tracey Clark,
Becky Gunn, Heidi Hall, Martha Hayworth,
Catherine Hubbard, Janice Lynch, Jacque Lesßoot,
Curtis Marshall, John Mottern, Tim Meadows,-
Amy Norman, Taimi Olsen, Todd Owens.
Snee Plaut, Rachel Purple, Tom Risset
and Julie Yindra
The Guilfordian reserves the right to edit all articles, letters,
and artwork for taste, veracity and length. The deadline for all
copy is 12:00 p.m. on Saturday preceeding the Wednesday of
publication. Material may be left on the office door upstairs
Founders, or mailed to Box 17717. The opinions expressed by the
staff are their own and not necessarily those of the paper or of
Guilford College.
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through the early 1900's. Students
have creatively, sometimes bold
ly, expressed through pictorial
essays and news stories the con
cerns of the day.
For example, interesting items
from the 1968-70 issues of the
Guilfordian include:
April 18,1968...a shocked campus
reacts to Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s assassination while the city
of Greensboro is under a curfew
and National Guardsmen flirt
with Guilford girls...
...students protest a proposed
semi-formal dress code for even
ing meals and classes...
Oct. 23, 1970...a day student re
quests day student representa
tion at legislature meeting and
then withdraws his request...
...group of Guilford students in
response to indictment and arrest
of Kent State students support
boycott of Guilford homecom
ing...
May 3, 1968... May Day '6B
festivities include May Queen
crowning and "The Platters"
performing...
Nov. 13, 1970...students win
right to be represented at faculty
meetings.
...John Grice speaks out and as
usual "This is free; you won't be
tested on it..."
Why would a student want to
ask these questions about
Guilford's history? First, the
answers can be interesting and
fun. However, a second less ob
vious reason for inquiry sums up
why we are students at all and at
this college in particular. We
need to know where we are going
as individuals and as an institu
tion of higher learning. The
foresight takes consideration of
the past of both the institution
and the students who passed
through those same gates
decades before us.