New Nurse!
VOLUME LI
Don't Flag It!
Have you ever heard of the academic retention committee? Well,
they have submitted this little jewel to the faculty of Guilford. It all
adds up to the fact that if you take a course and make an "F" and
then retake it for a higher grade, the "F" still counts.
To the Faculty, Guilford College:
The Academic Retention Committee has carefully reconsidered the
recommendation returned to it by the Faculty on October 10. It has
discussed at length the arguments for and against this proposal and
all questions and objections raised by various faculty members. It
has considered figures prepared by the Registrar's Office. It has in
vestigated practices of comparable colleges. The conclusions of the
Committee follow:
In order to raise scholastic standards at Guilford College, in order
to eliminate a policy that has largely become a device and an excuse
to the student for exerting less than his best effort.
THE ACADEMIC RETENTION COMMITTEE recommends that
the FACULTY adopt the following proposals:
1. That a student's scholastic average (quality point ratio) be
determined by dividing the number of quality points that he has
earned by the number of semester hours that he has attempted, W's
and WP's excluded.
2. That the change be made effective in September, 1967.
3. That a statement to this effect be included in the new college
catalogue.
4. That students be informed immediately of this provision.
The Committee respectfully calls the attention of the Faculty to
the following statements which appeared in the instruction sheets
handed to students in the September, 1966, registration session:
"At least during the 1966-67 academic year, we will continue our
practice of calculating quality point averages by using the better
mark when a specific course is repeated. If a course is taken more than
two times, all grades except one are used in the quality point average.
All grades are shown on the student's permanent record, including
those repeated with better marks.
Homecoming
Forsaken
by JENNIFER SCHIER
The slight drizzle was a forebod
ing sign. I watched through the
car window, hoping it wouldn't be
raining in the Smokies, six hours
away. A thee-car caravan com
prised our group, which was on its
way to the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park to participate
in a protest hike. Outdoorsmen
from North Carolina, Tennessee,
and several other states were to
gather on Sunday, October 23, to
express their dismay over the pro
posed road through the park. If
the road is built, it will destroy
acres of wilderness, forcing wild
life far back on either side and
providing for the mortorist onlv
another view of forest. For the
hiker it would mean that a precious
week away from civilization might
be abruptly ruined by the sudden
appearance of a highway, or at
least dampened by the decrease in
wildlife to b? seen. So it was that
several members of the Biophile
Club set out on Saturday, forsak
ing the Homecoming festivities for
a concern of great importance to
us.
Shortly after dark, we pulled
into our campsite in Smokemont,
had a disorganized dinner, and
joined the groups from UNC-G
to sing around the fire.
New Nurse!
by LINDA STEDMAN
Relief has been restored to the
mangled football heroes, stopped
up nostrils and hemoroid sufferers
of Guilford College.
Ailing students who were
skeptical about entering the in
firmary after a recent article en
titled "No Nurse" was published
in The Guilfordian, will be happy
to know that salvation has come.
The salvation I speak of is in the
person of Mrs. Sue Summers, our
attractive new nurse whose im
posing figure has made a great
revolutionary change.
The rooms above Founders Hall
which were once identified as the
infirmarv have now been named
the Student Health Center.
A new set of rules have been
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v faculty committees are seri
ously considering a regulation
which would stipulate that quality
point averages are to be computed
by dividing total hours attempted
(hours of repeated courses included
each time) into the total number
of quality points earned. This may
be the regulation after the 1966-67
academic year."
Cases in which it seems that the
operation of this new rule would
result in injustice may be appealed
to the Academic Retention Com
mittee. The Dean of Students at
present is authorized by the Col
lege to permit a freshman to with
draw from a course or courses
without a penalty gradewise
(grade—W), if in his opinion ex
tenuating circumstances exist.
It is expected that the improved
system of counseling for fresh
men will prevtnt many students
from embarking on a course of
study for which they are obviously
not suited, and in which they
might make failing grades.
The Academic Retention Com
mittee re-submits this proposal to
the Faculty, believing
(1) That it will encourage the
student who "can" but "doesn't,"
to put forth his best effort and to
pass a course the first time he
undertakes it.
(2) That it will permit the Col
lege to drop the student who
"can't" or "won't" at and earlier
date, at least by the end of the
sophomore year. Retaining the stu
dent in college for a longer period
of tima is an injustice to him.
(3) That under the present
practice a student's cumulative
quality point average is not an
accurate indication of his perform
ance at Guilford College. Particu
larly is it misleading or open to
question if he transfers to another
college or attempts to enter gradu
ate school.
(4) That the new practice will
no longer permit a student who has
repeated a number of courses to
graduate with a higher quality
point average than one who has
steadily passed all courses, but onlv
with a C.
(5) That if we do not demand
the best efforts of students ad
mitted to Guilford College, we
will undercut the efforts of the
Admissions Committee.
GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 18, 1966
'lrma La Douce'
by PHIL PALISOUL
"This show is suitable for chil
dren. ... or so says Earle Edger
ton in the opening lines of "ixma
La Douce, currently being fea
tured at tlie Barn Dinner Tneater.
Earle plays the bartender (Bob
Le Hotu, the bartender) and carries
the show through its ups and
downs by keeping the audience
posted on the inside facts of the
play. His casual approach and
explicit manner give meaning in
comments such as:
". . . it is a story about life,
death, crime, lust, passion, sex, and
all the other things which make
life interesting."
Since it is a stoiy about life,
there couldn't be a more exuber
ant, vivacious person to play the
part of die lead, Irma, than Lynn
Martin.
Lynn paces herself through
scene after scene at a seemingly
breakneck vigor of acting and sing
ing. She's played tlie part before
and with her raspy "Parisian" voice
Irma's Paris is brought to life on
the Greensboro stage.
Love must come to everyone, it
seems. It does to Irma, the irre
pressible prostitute, in the form ol
a "square law student played by
Tel Bowlin. He creates the plot
by doubling as her "rich" lover
and "true" lover. As Irma puts it
in the memorable phrase of her
song:
"I'll be faithful to only one . . .
and you!"
The plot thickens in Nestes's
throat as finances and emotions
get the best of his charade and
drastic action seems the only an
swer.
The performance would not be
possible without the expert accom
paniment of Jimmy Leeds. His
part in the play as the defense
attorney is no match for his ability
at the piano. He is scheduled for
a performance in Carnegie Hall
soon.
Crime prevails in Irma's world,
and so does graft. The master of
graft is the police inspector, so
aptly played by George Vaughn
Lowther, who also plays the part
of the warden at Devil's Island
and is tlie stage manager for the
show.
Tony Calabrese has done an
other marvelous job with this show
in adapting it to the difficult set
ting of the theater in the round.
Joel Ulan, Ronald Rinaldi, Gavin
de Rhys, Tony Jester, and Bill
Tarman fill out the remainder of
the cast and support the story
with tidbits of humor about a
Paris that "turns in its sleep."
Vive, Irma La Douce!
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Co- Educational Recreation Wins Out
Seminar Group Tours U. N.
The students and faculty participating in the United Nations Seminar
left Wednesday morning, November 8 lor New York. Their chartered
bus left the Guilford campus at eleven o'clock, and was to arrive in
New York at eleven that same night.
Interested students at Guilford planned the Seminar, which was
sponsored by the Political Science Department. During the week
preceding the trip, the participating students attended lectures which
briefed them on the coming tour.
The schedule for the three full days in New York was set up to
give the students plenty of time for shopping and sight-seeing, as well
as for their main objective, touring the U.N. Headquarters.
Thursday, November 10 was to be filled with briefings at the U.N.
on the United Nations Development Program and the Economic Com
mission for Africa and the Far East. After more meetings in the after
noon, the students were free until that night, when they were to attend
a Broadway play or concert.
The schedule for the next clay consisted of meetings with several
members from missions in Ethiopia, USSR, South Africa and the
U.S.A. That night the Guilfordians were to have tickets for a Friday
night television show.
Saturday, November 12 was more or less a free day, on which the
students had a chance for their shopping and sight-seeing. Possible
destinations were Radio City, Greenwich Village, Chinatown, Museum
of Natural History, Art Museums, Statue of Liberty, Empire State
Building, and the New York night spots.
Tlie Guilfo.d students returned to the campus on Sunday, November
13.
Students and faculty attending the Seminar were the following:
Babs Arey, Jane Benbow, Floyd Booth, Susan Booth, Robert Brown,
Charlotte Burbank, Rich Coleman, Allen Courtney, Gary Dawson
Phil Dixon, Claudia Downing, Jim Gill, Jack Green, Linda Griffin.
Polly Hagerman, Betty Jo i .arciin, Donna Hartigan, Diane Heffner,
Bob Hollister, Cliff Holtzclaw, Beverly Johnson, Dan Jones, |ean
Kieffner, Dave Long, James Lowe, Zack Lowe, Rich McKelvie, Gigi
McMillan, Carol Macon.
Paul Morse, Pain Moser, Barbara Norton, Sue Norwood, Keith
Parks, Ray Perry, Cindy Sax, Wesley Sexton, Claude Shotts, Surindar
Suri, Doug Taylor, Pat Thorburn, Jim Artie Washburn,
Bob Wilson.
Where the Boys Are
If anyone was looking for wh re
the boys are were on Nov. 10, last
Thursday night, from 7:00 to 8:30,
1 certainly discovered where not
to look. The place, which was
avoided by all except six boys, was
the gymnasium. Last Thursday
night, the WAA, with the help of
[ohn Lamb tli, sponsored a Co-
Rec Volleyball night. Co-Rec, 1
might add, means that both girls
and bot/s participate.
However, those that took the
time to come had a very active
(hour and a half?) time. The six
tains, one boy and five girls, plaved
a round robin tournament and first,
second and third place teams were
chosen. The teams were awarded
milkshakes, 15-cent cones and 10-
cent cones for placing. After the
official tournament, quite a few
people remainded, forming new
teams and challenging others.
All in all, despite the lack of
boys, the evening was very success
ful. From the looks on their faves,
The Answers to
Jim Little's
Crossword Puzzle
See page 2
by CHERYL SPRINKLE
ATTENTION YE OF THE
WRITERS SPIRIT!
The Literary Society needs
poems, short stories, fables, and
any ether literary forms for the
up-coming issue of Guilford
College's literary magazine. The
PIPER! We need ycur work!
Please contribute! Place copies
of your work in the Literary So
ciety box, near the receptionist's
desk, in the new administration
building. Or give them to Mar
garet Wilson, Ken Kelleher. or
Mr. James Gutsell.
Bede Walker, Gail Richards, Mary
Loveland, Gae Freitag, Abby
Moore, and Bill Partin thought that
their effort was worth at least a
milkshake. The prizes were award
ed by Patti Thomas, the WAA's
Volleyball chairman. Many thanks
!o all who did participate.
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