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Woods recognized, move toward national register
Joyce Atkinson
Production Coordinator
The historical valueof Guilford
College has officially been ac
cepted on the local and state
Register of Historic Places. This
makes the college eligible for the
National Historic Register. This
application, if approved, will
increase the chances of diverting
Painter Blvd. to an alternative
route.
Beverly Rogers, the official
Guilford presence at the city
council meeting regarding the
local and state approval, said that
Changes on schedule for 1990-91 term
Betsy Vance
Assistant Layout Editor
The new telecommunications building is
clearly making progress as the academic
year closes and this progress is expected to
continue until completion in late September
1990.
A new main entrance will complement this
addition to the northwest area of campus.
The current main entrance, off Friendly Ave.,
will be used as a secondary one, while the
Arcadia Road entrance will be upgraded to
accommodate heavier traffic.
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A preview of the proposed entrance on New Garden Road.
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although this approval will
greatly aid the diversion of
Painter Blvd., it does not guar
antee that it will stop it. Rogers
said, "The approval does not say
that highways can' tbe built but it
does say that before the land is
changed to public use, there must
be a good reason and alternative
routes to fall back on."
The three major historical is
sues the college claims valuable
are: the rooted influence of
Quaker land ethics, the land use
during the Revolutionary war,
and the land's use during the
ante-bellum period as part of the
Underground Railroad.
Guilford College used a large
The computer services department plans to
take residence in the new building over the
summer so that it will be working at full capac
ity when fall semester begins. Other depart
ments (security, education and accounting)
will begin occupying the building in stages
throughout the fall. Jim Newlin, vice-presi
dent for finance and development, expects the
entire building to be "open and available for
use by [spring 1991]." This includes 24-hour
study space.
The entirety of the computer network system
is expected to take two years to complete, ac
cording to Newlin, and it is taking a $2 million
share of the project's entire $6 million budget.
A combination of funds has made the project
part of the 220 acres as a demon
stration farm until 1943 as a
means of practicing the Quaker
ethic. The administration be
lieved in building the campus on
a small area in order to leave
much of the land (most of it was
given by Quaker farmers) undis
turbed. The college still em
braces this ethic by using the
woods as a forest retreat and by
keeping all new buildings within
the current campus boundaries.
It is known that during the
Revolutionary War, both Ameri
can and British troops used the
wagon road in and near the
Guilford woods as they marched
to the battle of Guilford Court
house in 1781.
Along the banks of Horsepen
Creek are remains of earthen
caves said to have been shelter
stations for fugitive slaves trying
to escape from the South before
the Civil War. These depres
sions, although difficult to locate
by the casual observer, give evi
dence of effectiveness of the
Underground Railroad.
Today the woods are used for
recreation, field studies and so
cial outreach programs such as
drug rehabilitation through the
ropes course activities.
Rogers suggested that Guilford
needs to make tour guides (with
students as the guides) available
possible. The primary sources of money
have been Ed Bauman and contributions
from a variety of individuals, corporations,
and foundations. Additional funds have
come from tax-free bonds, and, according
to Newlin, more results of fund-raising ef
forts are on the way.
Bids for construction of the new en
trance will be collected in May, and Newlin
expects that project to be "substantially
completed in August." This project is
being financed by a monetary gift from
Jack VanLindley, in honor of Guilford
College Trustee Seth Macon. Although
VanLindley did not graduate from Guilford,
his father and grandfather are both Guilford
alumni.
The change from a Friendly Ave. main
entrance to a New Garden Road entrance
was necessitated by the much heavier use
of the latter in recent years. The design of
the new entrance will facilitate traffic flow
around the campus and make the area more
easily accessible. The City of Greensboro
plans to move the one traffic light serving
campus traffic (adjacent to New Garden
Hall on New Garden Road) to the new
entrance area.
These are just a hint of the changes the
Guilford community can expect to see in
the next year. Other planned improve
ments include residence hall renovations
and the construction of new parking areas.
April 23,1990
to schools, Rotary clubs, and
other public groups. She said,
"We need to be generous with
the land, this would be a proac
tive way the woods could be
used."
The next four months will be
crucial in gaining support for the
national historic register. Among
those Guilford will seek to sup
port the application will be Con.
Howard Coble, Sen. Terry San
ford, Sen. Jesse Helms and Gov.
James Martin.
The local and state application
was approved with a 5-4 vote. In
support of the application are
Dick Grubar, Carolyn Allen,
David Brown, Alma Adams and
Earl Jones. Currently opposed
are Robert Mays, Bill Burckley,
Tom Phillips and Mayor Vic
Nussbaum.
Rogers said it is important for
students interested in attending
public meetings to know who the
players are. She said it's vital to
have a broad view on the Painter
Blvd. situation while also repre
senting astudentpositior 'these
meetings, as they are run in a
formal manner. If any oti dents
plan on attending the üblic
meetings next fall, said Rogers,
they should be well informed
about the ecological and histori
cal issues rather than the per
sonal ones.
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