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Volume LXVIII, No. 16
Big Tree Topples
by Jennifer Park
A large red oak tree in front of
Sternberger Auditorium was
blown over on Feb. 26. The tree
fell across the flagstone walk
creating a dent in the bushes lin
ing the path. The tree's roots also
broke and lifted a large piece of
the sidewalk.
Dr. Fulcher, chairman of the
biology department, counted the
rings of the tree while it was be
ing cut up and he told Bill Scott,
Guilford College Grounds
Manager, that the tree was 228
years old.
Scott said, "We had looked at
taking it down," in the past year
or two because of disease and
deadwood. He decided the tree
was, "viable enough to leave it
there."
The tree was toppled by a
"wind from the east, which is a
rarity," Scott said. He said most
winds here are from the north
and west. After the tree fell one
could see where the east side had
already died, he said. Scott ex
plained that the "only reason"
the tree fell was the direction of
the wind, and that the tree had
endured equal and greater winds
from other directions.
Scott estimated that 80 hours
were spent removing the tree. He
said he expected new concrete for
the sidewalk to be poured early
this week if the weather remain
ed good.
Scott said some of the wood
from trees that die is set aside for
use in campus fireplaces. This in
cludes two fireplaces in
Founders, one in CCE building,
and another in the President's
house, he said. He explained that
the President needs wood to burn
when he is hosting college func
tions. The remainder of the wood
is dumped behind the
maintenance building with other
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Lyn Beasley (left) skates rapidly towards a startled Neil Davis (right) during Friday night's midnight
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deadwood and brush gathered on
campus. There it is available
"for anyone (faculty, staff and
students) who wants to come
down and cut it up," Scott said.
As the tree was living before it
fe ; : the wood is green-and needs
to dry before it is burned.
Scott said that the school has a
tree replacement program.
"Every time we lose a tree we go
in and replace it." Scott said. He
said that the grounds department
would like to plant replacements
for diseased and dying trees in
advance so that when the tree
goes the replacement is already
in place.
The replacements are not
necessarily the same kind or in
the same place as the tree that
was lost. Scott said that the
replacement for the one that blew
over will probably be a white or
black oak. He explained that
there are very few black oak on
the campus. Scott said that the
place where the tree was stan
ding is "too confined" for a
replacement. The next few
replacements, including two for
the trees cut down over break for
the cafeteria addition, will pro
bably be near Hege-Cox and Ar
chdale, he said.
Since he came to Guilford five
years ago Scott says there have
been five or six trees lost. He said
three suffered from a condition
known as oak decline and one or
two have been damaged by
lightning. Scott said that to the
best of his knowledge the deep
root feeding program carried out
this spring was the "first in the
history of the school." This pro
gram was the source of the larger
holes that dotted the lawn last
month. Approximately 70% of the
large trees received this treat
ment designed to improve health
and longevity.
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During the spring break, construction workers began removing trees and sidewalks outside the cafeteria
in preparation for construction of the new addition.
Addition To Cofe
by Donna Morton
Construction began during spr
ing break on the new $450,000
cafeteria expansion.
James C. Newlin, Guilford's
Director of Financial Affairs,
said that the new addition will in
clude 100 extra seats in the main
dining room. The dining room
now seats 230. (Plans are shown
on Page 5)
A portion of the L-shaped addi
tion, raised several feet above the
main floor, will include a 50-foot
long greenhouse-type glass wall.
Improvements are also slated
for the grill room. 34 seating
spaces will be added on an
elevated plane identical to the
cafeteria's. In line with the
greenhouse upstairs, windows
will be added to allow more light
into the basement area. Newlin
said a glass covered walkway
will be built between Sternberger
and the cafeteria.
Newlin said the expansion will
be paid for with an advance from
quasi-endowment funds. He also
said the money will be paid back
with room and board fees over
the next ten years.
Dick Coe, Associate Business
manager, said, "Essentially, we
are borrowing from ourselves."
5 The college usually likes to
have the capital ready before a
project is started. Newlin
however said, the cafeteria ex
pansion was needed to relieve
overcrowding.
Coe said that the Board of
Trustees accepted the proposal in
January and the college moved
on it because we wanted to finish
this before the capital drive for
the $3 million library addition
began.
The project is set to be com
pleted in August by builder Jack
Wakefield. In May, if Dick Coe
decides the project cannot be
completed by August, only the
L-shaped addition will be finished
Senate Notes
by Becky Gunn
New President Tom Jarrell
opened his first Senate meeting
last Wednesday with the tradi
tional moment of silence. Jarrell
then announced that he had ap
plications for anyone interested
in becoming an academic
Senator, after which he introduc
ed his Vice President John Good
win who gave the Senate budget
March 21, 1984
in August, 1934, Newlin said.
He said that expansion of food
serving lines and addition of
private dining rooms would then
be completed as a 1985 summer
project.
Construction will not interrupt
regular cafeteria business
through the rest of the semester.
Newlin said. As usual the
cafeteria will be closed the month
of May, first session summer
school. Newlin said most of the
inside work will be done then.
Before a decision to do the addi
tion this year was reached
Newlin said that the architect
Frank Asbury's plans were
presented to the Senate Food
Committee and the Senate.
Diana Wurster, co-chairperson
of the Senate Food Committee,
said of the addition, "It'll give
people a place to socialize other
than the library." She said
Founders would be more of a stu
dent building.
Bo Markley, the other co
chairperson of the Senate Food
Committee, said, "Rarely, have I
seen a project carried out so
quickly and so well, I commend
the administration for making
these much needed im
provements for students."
report.
Nathan Bohn and Jim
Freeman, chair persons of the
Senate Auction Committee, gave
an update report on the service
auction which will take place this
Friday, March 23. Other topics
discussed at the meeting included
Lobbying day in Washington,
D.C. (March 26) and more news
on N.C. FICUS.