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Volume XLVI
Campus Poll
Are Religious
Values Changing?
In an attempt to supplement the
chapel discussion this week on the
topic of "Religion," THE GUIL
FORDIAN polled ten students on
the following question:
In the changing standards of the
world society, are religious values
changing? How? What is the sig
nificance?
All ten affirmed that religion is
changing, but differed in their atti
tudes toward the nature of the
change. Two students stressed the
social aspect of religion as having
become increasingly important;
four related the changes to the
precarious world situation; two
sensed the need to re-evaluate
present values; and two explained
the situation as a result of other
factors.
The two emphasizing the social
aspect were:
Clarence Lowdermilk: "I think
religious values are changing today
in that religion is becoming more
social than formerly. Such things
as dancing are emphasized as
ways to attract people to the church
group. More emphasis on fellow
ship can potentially bring more
people under the influence of the
church and thus benefit mankind
in general; but this fellowship
must be accompanied by deep re
ligious convictions and conduct in
agreement with these convictions
if there is to be any enduring ben
efit to mankind."
Joann Hanks: "Yes, indeed, relig
ion is changing. To keep its right
place, today's Church must be
living it must take an interest in
current affairs. It must also keep
up-to-date in equipment, with
new ideas in education, with dis
cussions, seminars, and study
groups."
The four concerned with the
world situation stated their opin
ions as follows:
Roberta Davies: "There is an un
derlying malignancy in religion, a
disease of materialism, complac
ency and falseness, which has
been growing and may continue
to spread, erupting everywhere in
self-righteous automatons and hyp
ocritical puppets. What is the
cure? Perhaps there can be only
a radiation treatment for this can
cer."
Margaret Dew: "Although both
world standards and religion are
changing today, it is difficult to
determine which has caused the
other. I would say that increasing
laxness of the individual toward
his religion and lack of divine in
spiration in the modern world
have caused the changing stand
ards of life. Religion has become
more and more an individual ex
perience, and there are not many
people today who will devote en
ough time and work to obtain a
true religion that will guide their
whole life. There is also an in
creasing faction which has no be
lief in God which believes in
man instead. If we look at his
tory, the Greeks and Romans had
this same outlook, and their civili
zations have long since crumbled.
We can look todav and see peo
ple who believe onlv in themselves
and help others only to gain for
themselves with no love of man
or God involved. The results? The
osvchiatrists flourish and countries
are torn bv revolt and undermined
bv subversion and threats."
Brooks Hayworth: "I think that
even in my lifetime, there has
been a considerable turnover (in
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Education Vital
For Nation's Future
During the American Education
Week, November 5-11, studies have
been presented by National Edu
cation Association, scientists, social
scientists and other intellectual
leaders concerning the role of
American education and the future
survival of mankind.
Advances in the form of a scien
tific revolution have changed hu
man culture and have increased
the problem of education. Young
people of today are faced with the
complexity of living in a world of
interdependence and must be edu
cated to meet the requirements im
posed upon them. College students
must be equipped to live intelli
gently; to develop themselves in
regard to understanding and lead
ership in world affairs.
Population Explosion
The commission on the social stud
ies of the National Education Asso
ciation further stated that educa
tion today must be directed to the
problems produced by the popula
tion explosion which confronts the
world. These problems of trans
port, municipal facilities, fiscal re
sponsibility, political and educa
tional can only be met by those
people who through education are
able to grasp the problem and deal
with it effectively.
Public problems today are very
different from those with which the
average American had to deal a
generation ago. They are more nu
merous and complex and cannot be
easily comprehended by the unin
formed citizen. Means must be
found to prevent war, to form an
effective governmental policy, to
increase international cooperation
and to raise standards of living. The
answer: education.
Economically, America has ad
vanced considerably. The modern
corporation, development of elec
tronics, forming economic controls,
credits, banking, debts these all
require improvements in our edu
cational system. The citizen needs
economic literary and this is large
ly developed through the schools,
the Commission stressed.
Order—Perspective
If world orderliness is to be real
ized, the task of the schools is far
more than increasing the compe
tence of pupils in mathematics,
science, and modern languages.
The scientist, the psychologist, the
historian, the politician and the
geographer should be educated
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Dr. Kirtley Mather,
Eminent Geologist,
To Speak Tonight
Dr. Kirtley F. Mather, the emi
nent geologist, will speak Nov. 10
at 8 p.m. in the Dana Auditorium
at Guilford on "Earth's Resources
and Man's Future." His visit here
is made possible by a project spon
sored jointly by the Association of
American Colleges and the Dan
forth Foundation.
Internationally known as geolo
gist, author, and lecturer, Dr.
Mather is "a scientist with a social
conscience." He is interested not
only in geologic history and min
eral resources of the earth, but also
in the people whose lives are inevit
ably influenced by the structure of
the planet on which they dwell and
by the ways its resources are used.
For several years prior to his
retirement from active teaching, in
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 10, 1961
ALTRUSA
ERNESTINE
Ernestine Milner Day was pro
claimed Tuesday, November 7,
when Mrs. Clyde A. Milner was
honored at a testimonial banquet
at the Starmount Forest Country
Club. The Greensboro Altrusa and
other civic service clubs of Greens
boro and Guilford College joined
in honoring our community's very
distinguished citizen.
In July, 1961, Mrs. Milner was
installed as president of Altrusa
International, a classified service
club of business and professional
women. As president, Mrs. Milner,
who has been a member of Greens
boro Altrusa since 1933, expressed
as the theme of her biennium
"Make Real the Ideal.' To achieve
her goal, Mrs. Milner asked each
of the organization's five hundred
clubs, with a total membership of
16,000 women, to have at least one
highly significant community serv
ice project, such as giving hospi
tality to foreign students, granting
scholarships, and maintaining chil
dren's homes. The club has two
main international projects, the
Founders' Fund, giving vocational
aid to mature women who need
help in preparation for a specific
job such as nursing, and Grants-in-
Aid, assisting graduate students
from Latin America, Asia, and the
Near East. The new president will
strive to double the contributions
to the Founders' Fund and to
achieve a person-to-person relation
ship in the work of die Gianis-in-
Aid program. In addition, President
Milner urged each club to make a
chronicle of its accomplishments
and its goals. The first project of
District lll—Mrs. Milner's district
is to give scholarships to four Ken
ya girls. This project has already
been realized.
Born in Ohio and educated in
the Troy, Ohio, public schools, of
which her father was superintend
ent, Ernestine Cookson Milner is a
warm and friendly person and an
esteemed citizen of Guilford Col
lege and of her community. She
Dr. Milner Presented
Citation by Students
A group of interested students
approached the Student Affairs
Board about the possibility of giv
ing some recognition to Dr. Milner
for his many years of dedicated
service toward mainly the comple
tion of the new REM building.
Since the main auditorium was
named after Charles A. Dana, the
most feasible thing to do was to
present a citation to Dr. Milner.
The presentation was made during
Convocation on Friday, October
27.
The hopes, dreams, and perse
verence of many men have made
the new auditorium possible. How
ever, Dr. Milner, our president, has
personally nourished this dream
through almost three decades of
service to Guilford College. For
many years, he has emphasized
the need for such a building and
for raising the required funds. It is
his hope that the new auditorium,
which enables the entire student
body to meet together, will instill
in the students a sense of unity and
team spirit. The citation was pre
sented: To Clyde A. Milner, presi
dent of Guilford College, whose
vision and untiring efforts made
possible the Religious Education-
Auditorium-Music Building.
Presented by student body of
Guilford College 10-27-61.
ERNESTINE MILNER
graduated from Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, receiving both the
B.A. and the B.S. in four years, as
well as Mortar Board and Phi Beta
Kappa. Later, Mrs. Milner received
her master's degree in English from
Wellesley College and did graduate
work in psychology at Columbia
University and Ohio State Univer
sity. After serving as a YWCA sec
retary and as Dean of Women at
Parsons College and later at Earl
ham College, Mrs. Milner came to
Guilford College in 1930 as the
wife of Clyde A. Milner, now presi
dent of Guilford. At Guilford,
Ernestine Milner has held the posi
tions of Director of Personnel,
Dean of Women, Associate Profes
sor of Psychology, and is at present
the head of the Psychology Depart
ment.
Mrs. Clyde A. Milner has de
voted a great deal of time to her
community. She has formerly
served on the boards of many or
ganizations, including state and
local Mental Hygiene Society, the
Greensboro YWCA, chairman of
the Week-Day Religious Education
Committee of the North Carolina
Council of Churches, and Girl
Scout Council. She is presently a
member of the North Carolina
Psychological Association, South
eastern Psychological Association,
Southern Society of Philosophy and
Psychology, and the American Psy
chological Association.
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Six Guilfordians
To Attend
UN Conference
Six Guilford students will attend
the Collegiate Council for the
United Nations Conference, held
on November 10 and 11 at the
UN, for the purpose of meeting
with Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru of India. The conference,
called by the CCUN at the request
of the Indian Consulate, is entitled
"1961: UN Year of Crisis."
Topics of importance to be dis
cussed are (1) Role of the non
aligned Nations in International
Politics, (2) African Development
and the United Nations, and (3)
The Problems of Chinese Repre
sentation. Prime Minister Nehru
will culminate the conference by
speaking to an assembly of all dele
gates representing various colleges
and universities.
The delegation, with Mr. Engle
man as faculty advisor, includes
Dan Raiford, Judy Day, Elizabeth
Allcott, Stan Williams, Larry Scott,
and Alan Gordon.
Combining Student
Governments
Proposed
Students interested in promoting
closer co-operation in student gov
ernment have suggested forming a
combined W. S. G. and M. S. G.
Recently a meeting of the W. S.
G. and M. S. G. was called to dis
cuss the possibility of a combined
student government. A committee
of five men and five women stu
dents was appointed to study the
matter.
A constitution must be drawn up
and approved by the students and
the faculty. It is necessary for any
one who has any opinions concern
ing the combined government to
contact his representatives of his
respective governments.
Function of New Government
Due to difference in rules be
tween men and women students,
this new body would not take part
in the execution of rules. Its func
tion would be entirely legislative,
while one judiciary function would
be split, according to the rules, be
tween the men and women organi
zation.
Officers for the Student Govern
ment could be chosen in various
ways. One way would be an elec
tion for president, and so forth, by
the entire student body during
spring elections. Another possibility
is to elect a cabinet in spring elec
tions and then hold an internal
election for officers.
Official Position
Upholds Drinking—
When and If
Drinking is not sinful. And no
Christian should look down on an
other for doing it. But there are
good reasons tor never touching
the stuff.
This view was presented as the
official position of the Episcopal
Church today by one of its special
ists, Dr. Dean K. Brooks, of Salem,
Oregon.
"We should realize," he said,
"that drinking is not of itself a sin
because there is neither divine pro
hibition against it, nor can alcohol,
being a gitt of God, be said to be
evil per se."
However, Dr. Brooks, a member
of the church's Joint Commission
on Society and Alcohol, added that
there are several "good reasons for
total abstinence," including the fol
lowing:
To "help others lest they be
harmed by our drinking;" to "in
sure efficiency;" to "forego a lux
ury;" for health reasons, or to pro
vide a "devotional discipline."
Dr. Brooks, superintendent of
Oregon State Hospital at Salem,
added:
"We should not be too ready to
accept as a fact that our own self
discipline in abstaining will neces
sarily support, encourage, or up
hold those who are alcoholics and
cannot safely drink at all.
Backfiring Possible
"In fact, the alcoholic may react
against abstinence ... (in others)
when he interprets abstinence as a
reproach to his own drinking. If I
had a broken leg, I would find no
comfort from everybody walking
around on crutches."
In an address prepared for a
Monday service here in connection
with the Episcopal General Con
vention, Dr. Brooks said:
"It is important that a person
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