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New Student Legislature Officers: 3rd row: Wallace Sills, David Holt, Montie
Milner; 2nd row: Bill Pleasants, Dillard Norman, Pat Larracey, Stan Williams; Ist
row: Liz Alcott, Judy Day, Jane Simpson, Sandy Brown.
Elected Students
Assume Office
One of the most interesting elections was held at Guilford this year.
The students were very enthusiastic, and this enthusiasm could be seen
by the number of students that turned out at the polls. Five hundred
and fifty votes were cast.
The spring elections were very important since, for the first time, the
students were electing officers for the newly combined student govern
ment. Those heading the new Student Legislature are Larry Scott,
president; Sue Kohn, vice-president; Margaret Seymour, secretary; and
David Miller, treasurer. Larry, Sue, and Maggie are rising seniors and
Dave is a rising junior. Each student should support this new organiza
tion and these new officers as they -^
try to bring closer communication
between the men and women stu
dents on campus and off.
The men's and women's judicial
divisions each have a new name
after the combination of the stu
dent governments. They will be
known as the Men's Student Coun
cil and the Women's Student Coun
cil. The president of the VV.S.C. is
Carole Hunter and the vice-presi
dent is Linda Krauss. Diana
Coneybear and Marge McClaren
are the secretary and treasurer re
spectively. Other W.S.C. represen
tatives include the following:
Founders: house president
Sarah Andrew; senior representa
tive —-Marge McLaren; junior rep
resentative —Linda James; sopho
more representative Becky
Payne.
Hobbs: house president Jndy
Wells; senior representative
Glenda Watson; junior representa
tive—Carolyn Kirkman; sophomore
Representative—Karen Baldwin.
Shore: house president Nan
Angotti; senior representative
Barbara Stroud; junior representa
tive Diana Coneybear; sopho
more—Nancy Pepper.
Day Student representative
Ivie Washburn.
Heading the M.S.C. will be Stan
Williams, president; Tom Barnes,
vice-president.
Every student on campus should
become acquainted with the peo
ple in the Student Government,
and should feel free to ask them
any questions concerning the ac
tivities for which they are responsi
ble. Every student should make it
his responsibility to read the new
constitution. Any question concern
ing the constitution or the activi
ties of the legislature should be
directed to the representatives of
the government.
The class officers are very im
portant in the function of the stu
dent government. Montie Milner
has been chosen to lead the class
of 1963 next year. Montie has an
enormous job since he will be re
sponsible for keeping the class to
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Published by the Students of the South's Only Quaker College
Dean Retires - To
Head English Dept.
Miss Mildred
Marlette, who
has been Dean
of Women at
Guilford for
years, is termi
nating her offi
eial responsibili
ties in this re
spect at the
close of the semester. She gave an
official farewell to her charges at
a mass meeting sponsored by the
Women's Student Government on
April 24, at the New Garden
Friends Meeting.
After the installation ceremonies
for the members of the new Wom
en's Student Council, Miss Mar
lette spoke briefly to the few wom
en students in attendance.
She thanked the past members
of the W.S.G. for their support and
co-operation with her, and cited
the new responsibilities of the
W.S.C. Tribute was given to Miss
Hassie Johnson who has been head
resident at Mary Hobbs for 12
years and is leaving in the spring.
She stressed the importance of
the role that the W.S.C. will play
in the functions of the new student
government. She asked the student
body to support the council repre
sentatives that they had elected
for they hold jobs that required
responsibility, loyalty, duty and
integrity.
She asked all the students to
work to maintain the high moral
standards expected of them in a
church-related school.
In conclusion Miss Marlette di
rected her remarks to each girl
personally. Even though she will
no longer be in an official capacity
to help the women students she
would like to remain a friend and
an aid in an unofficial relationship.
"I still have an abiding interest
in each of you. Please support your
position and your new Dean of
Women. I thank you for every
thing."
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MAY 11, 1962
Union Music Poll
Piped-in F.M.;
Juke Box
In a recently conducted poll,
students were asked which type of
music they preferred for the
Union: juke box, piped in FM
music, or music from the proposed
campus radio station. Approxi
mately 150 students were polled
at random. Those polled were
allowed to check as many choices
as they wished. There was also a
space provided for suggestions,
which could have been used if
none of the above suggestions were
desired. The results showed 44!?
of the total polled wanted the juke
box, 18% wanted music from the
proposed campus radio station; but
ALL wanted some type of music
in the Union.
Many students expressed their
desire for FM music during the
day and the juke box at night.
When the juke box was confiscated,
some students learned that an
attempt was being made to pipe
in FM music for the Union. Ap
parently the project was unsuccess
ful. FM radios must be too ex
pensive for Guilford's budget. Ac
cording to the poll taken, no stu
dent would object to having FM
music in the Union during the day,
especially if nothing else is possi
ble, which has been the case.
Guilford supposedly has a strong
core curriculum, and is rated
highly as a liberal arts college.
What is a liberal arts education
without music? Doesn't Philosophy
24 point out the value of music?
Who was responsible for having
the juke box taken out? Whv did
they do it? Why weren't the stu
dents informed? If anyone knows
the answers to these questions,
would they please submit them to
the GUILFORDIAN SO the facts can
be published, and the student body
informed?
Students Receive Grants
Mike Tohn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Abraham Tohn of Brooklyn, New
York, has received an $18(K) assist
antship plus tuition and all fees at
the Pennsylvania State University
where he will work toward a
Master of Science degree in Physi
cal Education next year.
Mike, a ph y sic a 1 education
major, is student director of Guil
ford's Intramural Program.
Summer Scholarship
David Green, rising senior at
Guilford, has heen awarded an
Undergraduate Research Grant by
the National Science Foundation.
He will study in the Tobacco
Chemistry Laboratory of the North
Carolina State College School of
Agriculture at Raleigh from June
11 until August 17.
Dave, at present a non-smoker,
plans to study chemistry at gradu
ate school after receiving his di
ploma. During the interim of
classes and test tubes, he has
served as president of the Junior
Class, member of MSC social com
mittee, SAB, President's Student
Advisory Council, and Dana Scho
lar.
(All other seniors who have re
ceived assistantships or awards,
please drop a note by the GUIL
FORDIAN office c/o Feature Dept.)
It's now official, Saturday, May
12, is Work at the Lake Day. The
clocks have already been repaired,
but there is still plenty of work
left for the student body.
Another Look
At Convocation
Note: In an effort to make the GUILFORDIAN serve a more useful purpose, the
stair plans to focus attention toward some campus concern each issue. Various view
points will be presented in hope of getting the facts before the students and
faculty, or this issue we have chosen the ever present (three times each week)
problem of convocation.
r ". chairman of the convocation committee, has made the
administrative statement of the purpose of convocation: A worthy goal
is an approach which will obtain maximum benefit to one's self, and an
attitude which will help others to benefit. The Convocations Commit
tee, with everybody s help, aims at a widely represented schedule
which will aid in a well rounded college experience, working toward a
10:30 period which may be at the very nerve center of the campus com
munity. They hope that pleasant association, useful information, and
deep inspiration may be combined in the results.
Why No '62
Work Day?
One Saturday in May, last year,
Guilford College saw one of the
largest assemblages ever to turn
out for a student activity that re
sulted in a success. (Excluding the
"Panty Raid") This was Work Day!
Disorganized as it may have
seemed to be at first, it drew a
great response from both students
and faculty. It was a very useful
venture and was good down-to
earth (literally) fun.
Saturday, May 12, was the date
proposed for a Student Work Day
this year, but it seems that the
proposal will have to stay on the
proposed list along with the music
in the College Union and the re
placement of the flag stone walk
between Hobbs Hall and Mem.
Hall.
Your first reaction to the fact
that we are not going to have a
Work Day this year was probably
that the faculty was opposed to it.
On the contrary, the faculty is
very much in favor of the idea,
however . . .
Unlike the previous calendar
year, there was an Easter Holiday
this year and it would be infring
ing on the teachers' schedules to
relinquish a day of classes. Of
course, Spring Vacation was short
ened this year to allow for an
Easter weekend. In addition to
this, its certain that all students
who are working on term papers
and theses could not afford to
spend a Saturday working on little
jobs around the campus. Finally,
the rumor is that the Committee
on Counciling does not think that
the students are capable of organiz
ing a program that would be suit
able in such a short time.
To compensate for the inability
to have a Work Day this year,
there is encouragement by the
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' Several students were asked to
; comment about convocations. Fol
lowing are some of those com
ments :
A few of the chapel programs
have been very interesting, as in
the case of the mime, and I believe
we could do with more of this
kind. 1 should think there might
be a way to arrange the religious
programs so that only those of the
particular faith being presented
that day, and others interested stu
dents could go, and the others
would not be required to attend.
(Betty Koster)
I feel there should be more stu
dent participation in convocation;
not primarily panels, but some
thing done either individually or
in groups. Through this participa
tion, I sincerely feel that this will
eliminate some of the disrespect
some students have shown to previ
ous speakers. (Pat Larracy)
1 believe that Chapel programs
have improved on the whole. How
ever, much still can be done to im
prove them. I feel that if the stu
dents would take a more active
part in the programs, the interest
would rise. The speakers have
generally been good, hut I see no
point in having a poor speaker if
a good one is not obtainable just
in order to fill up a period. It is the
student body who has to listen to
these programs; so why are they
not allowed to have a more active
part in selecting and choosing the
programs to which they are a cap
tive. (Stan Williams)
It is all right to have a good
speaker (one who can speak in an
interesting manner and hold the
listener's attention) once a week,
but more than one speaker a week
is a little too much. Religious serv
ices should not be compulsory. Al
though everyone should learn of
other faiths, one should not be
forced to do so. Programs pre
sented by the students should be
given more often and as many stu
dents as can should participate.
(Pearl Neave)
Chapel should provide a variety
of entertaining and informative
programs. Chapel should be a pe
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