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The News and Opinion of the Students of Guilford College
'Save the Last
And it was a time for peace.
You 11 never see an Excedrin commercial geared to the poor college
sufferers instead of to a poor middle-aged wench with four squalling
kids. Studeitfs have their own method of releasing tension.
After Guilford successfully frustrated the Elon Christians Friday
night, there came a second unique kind of victory. It was something
like mind over matter. Every student was determined to forget about
knoWledge and all the unmerciful methods of obtaining it. I think they
succeeded.
They threw books and syllabuses into the air and proceeded to
steam their glasses up. After all, when the Quakers kill the Christians,
you know there's been a major breakthrough.
The students' victory over tensions was well won but hard won.
After all, it's difficult to forget that you have a couple of term papers
due and a test with Senora Hunt on Monday. But the Guilford stu
dents made a glorious attempt!
They came in pairs and took their inevitable stand in front of the
band. The Attractions played, the students wanned up, and the per
sonified horseshoe around the band began to wiggle and sway. Guil
ford College was ready.
The Drifters were tough. They glowed in their tangerine-colored
jackets as they paraded to the stage. Everybody knew they were ready.
This is where the battle against tension began. And what a land
mark it was! The Drifters went from "Under the Boardwalk" to "Save
the Last Dance for Me" to "Come Over to My Place" and peace set in.
If freedom of movement is a sign of freedom of spirit, then half of
Guilford College reached oblivion. If they didn't know how to dance,
they made something up. One industrious couple in the rear of the
room stood facing each other and kicked their feet up and down in the
old tradition of the famous Rockettes. But that was okay. They only
slipped down a couple of times, and no one noticed.
Everyone was there with a few exceptions, of course. Even
the Gutzells made the scene, and the action was so interesting that he
even forgot to bring along his selected poems by Robert Frost.
When the Drifters finished their show, one could almost visualize
the tension drifting away in a cloud of cigarette smoke. For a time
there was much laughter, hand-shaking, and back-patting.
But peace doesn't last long—and it's back to a messv room, books,
and charts, and the only humble souvenirs are a pair of unpolished
shoes, a bad case of battle fatigue, and a little message left on the left
wrist stamped in red: PAID. And that, my friends, is the last laugh of
the evening!
Letters to the Editor
Dear Ed,
I personally feel that a Cham
pionship Basketball Team de
serves a Championship Gym to
win in. What do you think?
STUDENT
When one takes into considera
tion the prospects of the new
Guilford College; one with em
phasis on Academics rather than
Athletics, a new gym is useless,
The students of tomorrow's Guil
ford are going to have to be a hell
of a studious bunch of people to
even stay in school, much less
participate in sports. I definitely
feel, though, that we need a good
student union with bridge-playing
facilities. I am sure that I speak
for the entire student body, with
the exception of yourself.
ED.
Dear Eel
While sitting in my spacious
suite the other night staring at one
of my well worn copies of some
thing or other, I noticed a dull
roar from the region of what was
four years ago my abdomen. It
seems now to be more of a sieve,
as nothing seems to remain in it
for very long. Could this condition
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possibly be due to the food? I do
not mean the quality, although
this does leave something to be
desired, but rather the quantity.
I do not feel that my stomach is
really full of holes, but it is defi
nitely very empty at the moment.
As I said before, 1 am not com
plaining about the quality, but
have you ever noticed how the
portions of food make those plates
look so large? Those are definitely
some of the largest plates I have
ever seen, or maybe it just seems
that way; yeah maybe!
Would you believe that the other
night I left the cafeteria and heard
a wild roar before I made it back
to the suite? Well you had better
believe it! It frightened three boys
coming in so badly that all three
of them took off for the Castle.
One boy down the hall had to
ask his roommate and another boy
to help him walk or stumble over
to the cafeteria the other night
just so he could sit through an
other meal. Another boy down the
hall has only lost 19 pounds since
the first of the year. Now, that
might not seem like a lot of weight,
but that boy is not very large in
the first place. Everyone up here
is taking bets on whether or not he
THE GUILFORDIAN
Johnson Speaks
by Andy Meltz
On February 20 Russell John
son of the American Friends Serv
ice Committee presented the as
sembly program. He has spent
much time in Asia on behalf of
the Committee and has just re
cently returned from Hanoi. Mr.
Johnson bitterly attacked the
American policy of bombing North
Vietnam. The main result of the
bombing, he said, has been to
destroy civilian life and property
and to further antagonize the peo
ple of North Vietnam. It has not
brought us any closer to negoti
ations.
The audience reacted to the
speech with mixed emotions. It
could not help making one feel
somewhat uneasy whether he
agrees with the speaker or not.
Johnson feels that the North Viet
namese have the moral issue en
tirely on their side. The Vietnam
ese see absolutely no difference
between the past military occu
pation of France and the present
of the United States. They were
promised their independence, and
the U.S. is standing in their way.
A point brought out much clear
er in Mr. Johnson's press confer
ence than in his chapel presenta
tion was the basic misunderstand
ing that Americans have. Although
Secretary of State Rusk has often
accused the Viet Cong for acts of
aggression against South Vietnam,
the people of North Vietnam don't
see it that way. Their goal is to
reunite a divided country under a
single effective government. Ac
cording to Johnson, the Hanoi
government will not even consider
peace talks until it has a promise
of American withdrawal. He ad
vocates unilateral withdrawal of
troops even if it means handing
over the country to the commu
nists. With a free election, he feels
the people would choose commun
ism as their type of government.
He thinks the Vietnamese will be
independent enough to pattern
their country after Tito's Yugo
slavia, which would be infinitely
better than the present puppet
government established by the
United States.
Johnson said that it's hard to
get a true picture of how the war
is going because of all the propa
ganda being released by both
sides but he would rather believe
the North Vietnamese because he
feels there is more truth in their
press releases. They say the North
Vietnamese have not sustained a
substantial increase in casualties
since the recent influx of more
American troops. The major result
has been the loss of even more
American lives. Hanoi is quite
willing and ready to continue the
war until the United States de
cides the war cannot be won and
withdraws all troops. The speaker
also feels that the attention of the
Peace Corps should be directed to
the problems of Vietnam rather
than the military strength of our
country, for there is much rebuild
ing to be done in North and South.
will make it to the end of the
year. I don't think I have to tell
you how I placed my bet, but I
don't think he's going to make it
to the end of the week.
Well, I'm too weak to go on,
but while I'm commenting on
what's lacking, what ever happened
to Men's May Day? You remem
ber, those days when Freshmen
were ingloriouslv pulled from their
nice warm racks and requested
to make a few quick laps around
the women's dorms in the misty,
freezing rain and then asked to
take a seat on the nice, wet ground
and view the proceedings while
wearing a very small towel which
was very wet and very cold. May
be you don't remember those days
but I do! It took me about two
weeks to thaw out.
Well, I just thought I'd ask.
A HALF-INTERESTED STUDENT
Ruthless Resident
1966 marks the year of a new program for male students on cam
pus with the advent of the Resident. It was felt that there was a defi
nite need in Milner Hall for counseling and guidance of a personal
nature for the men.
1966 also brought the fulfillment of the resident program with the
addition of Mr. Wiley Ruth to the college.
Mr. Ruth came to Guilford from UNC-G where he obtained his
graduate degree in education with a major in Guidance. Before study
ing at UNC-G he graduated from Catawba College in Salisbury and
later taught math, and coached various sports at Page High School.
His duties at Guilford include not only acting head resident of Mil
ner Hall, but also assistant dean of men. In this dual role Mr. Ruth is
called upon to direct the school's placement center which helps to find
employment for graduating seniors as well as part-time work for the
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formation of the Student Union study group.
It is quite obvious to residents of Milner Hall in particular that a
great change has been made with the appearance of Mr. Ruth, for he
has been ruthless in his search for men's problems and their solution.
The entire dorm life has been affected by the steady gait and forward
look of this new addition to our campus. Mr. Ruth stated that he found
a warm faculty and student body when he began his work at Guilford,
and I am sure that those who have worked with him feel the same
warmth toward him and his goals for the male students.
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Why run down May Day?
March 3, 1967
student body as a whole. He is
called upon to counsel and advise
students who are in need, and to
generally supervise dorm life.
Mr. Ruth states that he plans to
stay for an indefinite length of
time at Guilford although he
would like to pursue a doctorate
degree sometime in the future.
Mr. Ruth feels that Guilford h:s
a big problem with an apathetic
student body, although he feels
that this problem is being resolved
by increased social functions, the
formation of the Men's Inter-dorm
Government, as well as the Resi
dent Assistant program, and the