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A Letter From
Good evening,
la uns issue, number three of The Guilfordian. ior this academic year, we present for your edi
fication scenes graphic and pictoral of the progress and aftermath of the recent fire at New Men's. We
have some editorial comment on law and order both here and in Viet Nam. There is word on the do
ings of the Reveler's Club, M.S.C. and some of our other organzations which have taken the time and
trouble to inform us of their activites. We have a column by Virgil Horney 111, together with his im
pressions, 011 matters relating to the draft and blood donations. We also have poems, ads, other articles
of interest and I think some very interesting pictorial essays by Guilfordian ace photographer Bowles.
There is in addition sports present and future and whatever else we were lucky enough to assemble to
complete a newspaper.
Now that brings me to the second point I wanted to discuss with you. The Guilfordian is prob
ably late. Not surprising. 1 feel and so should you, that it is lucky it's here. If there is something of
interest in it, for you, that's good and we feel we are doing our job. Now there's a little rumble grumble
and dissention in the ranks. By and large it does not come from the student body. The student body is
silent People are always yelling at the student body to say something, anything, but indeed when a wise
man has nothing to say, he shuts up. Some people ask us when the paper is coming out, and this is both
natural and understandable. I generally say sometime belore Easter, that's generally the safest guess.
The quarter that 1 wish to address myself to, is composed primarily of student office holders of one sort
or another, call them student leaders or public servants it you like, personally, I call them pompous asses
who have never served anything in their lives, but themselves, glory hounds and parasites on the body
politic. They, eh, criticize the paper you know. To be sure we aren't happy with it's organization or
efticiency. As a matter of fact, it stinks. But it is probably the best that can be raised here at this time.
They are fond of comparisons that inevitably include the Gadfly. I like the Gadfly, I read and enjoy it
all the time. They have some damned good writers and fulfill a necessary and valuable place on camp
us. Now if they think all Guilford College can support is a mimeographed paper, fine. I don't agree.
I think we can have a big-time format paper, too. But we are not going to have any miracles. The
Gadfly just doesn't have the technical problems the Guilfordian does, not a hundredth of them, not a
thousandth of them. It takes about seventy-five man hours to get out a four-page paper, and most of
this done by four or five key people sometimes working ten or eleven hours breaking only for meals. It
doesn't take much time to call a meeting or convene a board, try someone, or whatever it is the various
presidents, treasurers and chairmen do. But then, they have no product to show, they don't have to
produce anything, we do. Somehow, in the order of things, the few groups, organiations and individ
uals, who do the most, are appreciated the least and those that do the least receive the most recognition.
Now, we are not crying 011 anyone's shoulder, or asking for tea and sympathy. We said we would do
this for you and we will do it, that's the way we get our kicks. But there is only so much ignorance that
one can stand, before the record needs to be set straight. Several times, we have launched recruiting cam
paigns, largely to no avail. We have a small staff, and they have my thanks if no one else's. To the
chronic complainers and malcontents, if they would like to have a try at it, they are welcome to. If
they can adhere to a rigid schedule more than two times going, they can have both my congratulations
and my job. Otherwise, they can consider the apology accepted.
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Second-class postage paid at Greensboro, N. C.
Burton Jay Rubin -Editor
G. R. Gordli Jr. Associate Editor
Gerald Kallman
William Pendergraft Assistant Editor
Virgil V. Homey 111 Staff Writer
Fred Brown
David Searls
Mark Craige
Robert Lee Hussey Jr.
John Morgan
Barbara Hagy
Carlos Blanco Photography
Stephen Bowles
Randy Ihara Art
Trudy Matthews Assistant to the Editors
Rosarhea Karppinen
David Klinger -Business Manager
Buz/ King Manager Circulation
Responsibility And The
Core Curriculum
by Rudy Gordh
Each student at Guilford Col
lege will, before graduation, take
approximately sixty credit hours of
so called "core curriculum" courses.
This means that almost one halt
c.t the student's work is laid out
for him before he ever enters
school. Most of us get used to this
idea pretty quickly and, although
there are many arguments for and
against the system, the majority of
students and teachers seem to ac
cept the basic sdieme.
Certain responsbilities are im
plied by this system and it appears
that thev have not always beer,
taken seriously. It is axiomatic
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required courses should be good
courses. No course should be re
qured of all students if it is not a
substantial course taught by a
well qualified and interested teach
er. I think there would be little
.ugument that there have been,
and still are, core courses which
iack these qualifications.
1 suggest that any core course
vvnich does not rate as "excellent"
.hould be dropped as a core course.
Why should students be "forced"
to pay money to sit through pourly
fanned and uninteresting courses?
This docs not mean that the core
courses should be made harder, or
.hat fewer good grades should be
given. They should be made more
meaningful. Tests should bring
■jut essentials of the course and re
quire the student to integrate his
viiowledge in a meauingtul way.
.A set of twenty or thirty tricky
true-false questions which stress a
.lumber of unrelated details can
.iurdly do that job.
This is not a hint that all th:j
core courses are of poor quality. All
ot tiieni could be improved by a
jjiocess of interaction among teach
ers, students, and administration. A
more mature attitude on die part
of all concerned is needed.
Every professor on campus
jhould feel a certain responsibility
ior the quality of the core curri
culum and should work for its
improvements especially within his
own departments, although it
should be stressed that inter-depart
mental discussions would help pro
cessors to relate their material in
A meaningful way.
Everyone would probably agree
'.hat students should not be forced
to take poor courses, but isn't it
ilso true that students should not
be required to sit through courses
if they arc already familiar with
the subject matter. Preliminary
rests should be made available lor
sach required course so that stu
dents who demonstrate adequate
knowledge in one of these areas
would not have to repeat work.
The idea of the core curricu
lum is a good one which has prov
ed itself over the years. Its con
tinued usefulness lies in its flexi
bility and willingness to change
while continually reevaluating its
achievements and goals.
The Way It Is
Every year the student legisla
ture and associated organizations,
both student and administrative,
conduct a program of orientation
for the incoming freshmen, explain
ing the manifold college rules and
regulations, the honor system, and
our proud heritage ol love anil
respect tor law and order. They
tnen evaluate the results of then
.mentation piogram. Perhaps the
report for uns year and recom
mendation for next should wen
otate that the program was just ton
uainned ellicient and snould, in
me future, be toned down. Dean
Alelleney, the W. S. (J. officials,
and various important upperclass
women spoke to the gins about
various rules and each one's duiy
to see that they were inforced.
Dean Atweli, the M. S. C. olficials,
and various important upperciass
inen spoke to the men concerning
their uuty to obey regulations and
ilieir duty lo and the procedure loi
reporting violations. .Both groups
were addressed on the subject of
the honor system.
The first indication that the
orientation program had succeeded
oeyond the hopes of many came
irom the women students. Some
time ago certain viofations of the
then extent smoking rule and a
I'CW more serious violations were
reported by certain of these .veil
Letters to the Editor
Sirs:
Since poets have
poesied and all
Among the arcane
or flasmanding, fly to
nestle.
Their in-comfitabie (o icono
clast joyl)
And (as well) a single
commissioning. It leaped up
at /tim.
How we?
A product ol a most "meaning
ful and significant" Chapel Mon
day last, October 1; spontaneously
delayed reaction!
Yoy do print reactions, don'l
you?
John Gilmore
The chapel speaker said he d
take twenty minutes, but he finish
ed up in ten. Oh, there's a prince
if speakers, and a gift to his fel
low men.
Ed-
Dear Campus Editor:
The college-aged students of
the United States have been badly
criticized in recent months for
their attitude toward the Vietnam
issue. This criticism has resulted
from the unfortunate wide-spread
publicity given to the small, noisy
minority of students who have
been opposing die American de
fense of Vietnam.
Consequently, Young Republi
cans, Young Democrats, and Inde
pendents have come together to
lorm the new bi-partisan National
Student Committee for the De
fense of Vietnam. This new stu
dent committee has no association
with any extra-party political or
ganization of either the right or
the left. Our sole purpose is to
mobilize college students in a
concerted program of responsible
action in support of American re
sistance to Communist aggression
in Southeast Asia.
Specifically, we will engage in a
number of activities on the camp
us level. First, our committee in
tends to distribute and collect pe
titions supporting the United
States defense of Vietnam. The
enclosed petition can serve as a
guide line to those campuses on
which no petitions are presently
being circulated. If your college
already has distributed petitions
on behalf of American policy in
DECEMBER 9, 1965
indoctrinated freshmen through
ate proper VV. S. C. channel. Well,
you should have heard uie gals
■>creani their heads off. What's tnis
jusiness about turning people in?
-i lew other iess repeatable ques
tions and epitliets issued from the
mouths of the most vinuous young
out perhaps not so much as those
girls who were discharging what
tliey were told was their solemn
-ivic responsibility. Alter all, they
uiew was what they were told. And
i guess they were guilible enough
.J believe it.
Perhaps sadder and more il
lustrations of Uiis," do as we do and
not as we say" attiiudc was exhibit
ed the other day in an honor board
volation case. The indignation ar
roused in some quarters unofficial,
ind the lack of support from cei
•am quarters olticial, is veiy
hard to square with the instruc
tions issued earlier this year.
Perhaps then what is needed is
either greater support from both
administrative and student official
dom or a more realistic evalua
tion of the orientation program. It
would be hoped that the necessary
ictions would be taken before the
lreshmen class and a few other
good citizens either spoil the sys
tem for the lest of us or are dealt
with by the sort of lynch-mob in
dignation so prominent on campus.
Vietnam, we would appreciate
your indication to us of the num
ber of students who have signed.
At the end of November, we plan
to announce nationally, the total
number of student signatures fav
oring the American commitment
to the people of South Vietnam.
Secondly, we are urging college
campuses, especially during the
period from November 22 to De
cember 10, to engage in a series of
rallies supporting American pol
icy in Vietnam. If you feel that it
is possible for your university to
hold such a rally during this per
iod, please let us know the date
tor the rally and any information
you might have as to its nature.
Thirdly, we plan to distribute
educational materials to college
campuses explaining this coun
try's position in Vietnam. Please
let us know if we can be of assist
ance to you in this area.
Finally, we urge students on
your campuses to send Christmas
cards to our soldiers in Vietnam.
Vou can address these cards in
care of the World Affairs Forum,
Brigham Young University, Pro
vo, Utah. The cards must reach
Brigham Young by December I,
if our soldiers are to receive diem
on Christmas Day.
We welcome your cooperation
and assistance in this bi-partisan,
national program to show the
American people that the new
student radicals do not speak for
our generation in their irresponsi
ble opposition to our country's
policy in Vietnam.
If you have any questions as to
any phase of our committee,
please feel free to write us or to
call the individuals in Washing
ton whose numbers are listed be
low.
Yours truly,
Tom Kane, President, School of
Foreign Service, Georgetown
University, (Democrat)
FE 7-330 Ext. 564
Frank Keating, President of the
Yard, Georgetown University,
(Republican)
FE 7-330 Ext. 349
Jay Parsons, formerly associated
with International Voluntary
Services in Vietnam
Tom Pauken, National Chairman
College Young Republicans
NA 8-6800
Jay Wilkinson, President, Yale
Political Union, (Democrat)