VOLUME LIII
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Approximately 125 Guilford Women marched to New Garden Hall last Tuesday afternnon to protest
a change in the homecoming open house policy. Meeting with the students is Associate Dean of
Students, Barbara Rau.
Guilford Women Unite
The women of Guilford
united and rallied last week to
protest suggestions made by
Dean Barbara Rau, associate
Dean of Students, concerning
the Open House policy for
Homecoming. The trouble,
which Dean Rau feels "was
basically due to a breakdown of
communication," began when
Martha Carter, president of
Binford Hall, met with Miss Rau
to discuss Open House. After
discussing hours and
refreshments, Miss Rau said she
would like for someone,
preferably a member of the
House Council, to be in the
dorm at all times during Open
House to greet visitors and check
on the girls' rooms.
Miss Rau's statements were
presented at the floor meetings
in Binford Monday night. Most
of the girls interpreted her
statement as "an obvious lack of
trust and juvenile treatment."
One resident felt that her change
in policy "showed complete
disregard for the honor system."
Reu Poll
Nixon Projected
During the past two weeks The Guiljordian has taken a straw vote
of the student body pertaining to the upcoming presidential
election. The results show Richard Nixon the victor, but not at all
by a majority vote. Nixon only received 163 of 515 votes cast by
eligible and ineligible voters, less than one-third.
The other two-thirds were scattered among Hubert Humphrey,
George Wallace, Eugene McCarthy, and many other various write-ins.
Also, about 10% of the students asked were of no opinion.
The most surprising statistic was probably Gene McCarthy's 112
votes, second only to Nixon. And those were all write-in votes
because only Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace were on our ballot.
We tried to determine the general breakdown of which sex voted
for which candidates most often. Our findings are approximate, but
it seems George Wallace's supporters at Guilford are 90% male, while
Gene McCarthy's are about 65% female. Nixon and Humphrey seem
to get about equal support from both sexes, but almost 100% of the
apathetic or "no opinion" votes were cast by girls.
The figures always speak best for themselves so, here's the
Guilford REU Poll:
CANDIDATE Eligible voters Ineligible voters Total
NIXON 24 139 163
MCCARTHY 22 90 112
HUMPHREY 11 70 81
WALLACE I 3 46 59
OTHER 5 46 51
NO OPINION 41 49
83 432 515
Candidates other than McCarthy who drew write-in votes were: Pat
Paulsen (20), Mayor John V. Lindsay (10), Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
(6), Janis Joplin (4), Sen Ted Kennedy (2), Mao Tse-Tung (2), Dick
Gregory (2), Mick Jagger (2), Paul Newman (1), Herbert Hoover (1),
and George Washington (1).
Tfye Quilfor6icw
Second floor residents
decided to take their gripes to
Miss Rau and invited first and
third floors to join in the
campaign. By Tuesday afternoon
a march to New Garden Hall had
been organized and included
girls from the entire campus.
Miss Rau met the group of
approximately 125 determined
girls with a gracious smile and
seeming loss of words. Val
France read a petition defining
Open House "as a free visitation
and inspection of our residential
rooms by friends, parents,
relatives, alumni, faculty, and
administration." It further
stated that "The added
responsibility placed on the
House Council members and hall
proctors by this change in policy
is unfair since it deprives these
students of equal enjoyment of
the Homecoming activities."
Dean Rau smiled as she
repeatedly emphasized her
complete trust in the girls. But
she still thought "overseers"
should be on hand in the dorms.
By DOUG REU
Friday, November 1, 1968
After hearing the comments
from the crowd, Miss Rau left
with the agreement that she
would talk to Dr. William
Lanier, Dean of Students, and
see the girls again Wednesday.
Miss Rau failed to appear for
the second meeting with the
marchers. In her place Martha
Bradshaw, president of the WSC,
read the following statement
which was the result of a
meeting of the dorm presidents
Dean Rau, Dr. Lanier, and Dr.
Jerry Godard: "We, the women
students of Guilford College,
feel that Homecoming is a
matter which should be left up
to the responsibility of each
resident hall's House Council
with the full cooperation of all
residents..."
Three Elected
To Council
By PAT ANDREW
Keith Parks, Charles Bledsoe,
and Bill White were elected to
represent Guilford College on
the Greensboro Inter-Collegiate
Council, Monday night at the
regular meeting of the student
legislature.
The election was held by
secret ballot, after a motion for
a roll call was defeated.
Parks, a senior, political
science major from Atlanta, Ga.,
has been active in council work
since early last spring. He is a
past president of MIG and is
currently working as a student
co ordinator for the seminars
abroad program and is a member
of the Student Advisory
Council.
Bledsoe, who resides in
Krazier Apartments, is the Day
Hop representative to legislature
and has been active in the
formation of the council. He is a
senior economics major.
White, a native of High Point,
is junior class president and is an
honor board member. He is a
junior, political science major.
The next meeting of the
council will be held Sunday,
November 10 on the Guilford
Campus.
In other business Monday
night, the legislature formally
adopted a statement of policy
concerning separation of the
legislature from the "rubber
stamp" of the administration.
Zack Lowe proposed that the
legislature work toward
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In Guilford interview
Blacks Not S
By PHIL EDGERTON
Guilford Gollege continually
strives to attain a representative
New Garden
Loses Friends
A group of Young Friends
and Quaker faculty members
have moved toward forming an
independent silent meeting apart
from New Garden Friends
Meeting. The group had been
meeting each Sunday at 11 a.m.
in the Moon Room.
The "split" between the
Moon Room group and New
Garden came about because
some members felt that the
older meeting had basically
"different concerns" which
could not be expressed in the
actions of the New Garden
meeting. The new group hopes
to become a preparatory
meeting sometime in January.
The group tried to become
independent last year, but failed
because of resistance from the
older meeting. There is still some
resistance this year, some of it
shared by the Moon Room
members themselves. The
resistors seem to be worried
primarily about the possibility
that the dissention between the
two groups could become
permanent, as well as with the
North Carolina Yearly Meeting.
There have been several splits in
some of the northern meetings
with disastrous results for tlieir
yearly meetings.
Officers for the Moon Room
group are Cyril Harvey, clerk;
George Nauman, assistant clerk;
Jesse Whiteleather, recording
clerk; and Merikay Noah,
assistant recording clerk.
Sander Vanocur
To Speak Nov. 7
Thursday night Guilford
students will have an
opportunity to hear an analysis
by a noted newsman of the
election results, when the
Guilford College Arts Series
presents Sander Vanocur, NBC
News' Washington
correspondent.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio,
Vanocur is a graduate of
Northwestern University, and
also attended the London
School of Economics. In 1954,
he joined the staff of the
Manchester (luardian in London.
While on the ( luardian , he
began doing a news analysis
program on radio. In 1955,
Vanocur returned to the United
States and joined the city staff
of the New York Times. Two
years later, he joined NBC News.
While at NBC, he has been a
floor reporter at the national
political conventions, and has
covered many major news
stories.
Vanocur has received a Merit
Award for this reportorial work
from his alma mater,
Number 7
student body. Since 13 per cent
of the U. S. population consists
of black people, it is natural for
Guilford to have black students
also.
To give a chance for
education to a segment of
people too frequently left out,
Guilford College admitted 27
Negroes this year. Since black
students are increasingly
contributing a larger segment of
the total enrollment, a look
should be taken at this
important minority.
Many people mistakenly
lump all black people into a few
stereotypes. Actually their
views, attitudes, and opinions
differ, both from each other and
the usual stereotypes, as shown
in interviews conducted by The
(i uiljordian.
On the question of why the>
chose Guilford College, the four
students interviewed replied in
different ways. Mel Alexander
like the individuality and
mobility of a small campus,
while Aaron Graham was
interested in the Richardson
Program. Pal McSwain, who
graduated from a predominantly
white high school, felt that
Guilford allowed an easier
transition into college life.
Harold Allen, though he feels
education is of primary
importance, valued the school's
athletic program.
All four students agreed that
lack of social life was a problem.
The u pperclassmen agreed,
however, that with more black
students here this year they felt
more at ease and more
comfortable.
BASIB Formed
The black students on
campus have formed an interest
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Northwestern, and a
Broadcasting Leadership Award
from the Yale Broadcasting Co.
He and former White House
Press Secretary Pierre SAlinger
are the co-editors of A Tribute
to John /•'. Kennedy , a
compilation of tributes written
by prominent people around the
world.
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