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ROBERT FRAZIER IN HIS OFFICE
Guilford Choir To
Give Performances
Five performances by the
Guilford College Choir this
month, plus singing at the June
1 graduation exercises, will
conclude Eldon Moen's tenure
here as choir director and
member of the Music
Department.
Moen recently announced his
resignation at Guilford after a
two-year stay. He came in the
fall 0f1967, succeeding Jerry M.
Smyre as choral director.
The first of the choir
performances will take place
Sunday, May 4, at
Winston-Salem's Northwest
Baptist Church.
The choir will sing for the
school's student body twice
during May Day activities the
next weekend, once during the
queen's coronation ceremonies.
The primary performance will be
Sunday, May 11, at 6 p.m. by
the lake, weather permitting.
This concert will be the group's
major recital of the semester,
and will include contemporary
numbers, both sacred and
secular.
Sunday, May 18, will be the
performance of the Schubert
Mass by the Guilford choir and
the sanctuary choir of First
Baptist Church, of which Moen
is also director.
Hobbs
Backs
SAC
Doug Reu, a Guilford
freshman from Bowmansville,
N.Y., was arrested April 17 by
Greensboro police on a charge of
illegal possession of marijuana.
Reu was suspended for the
rest of the semester by the
Guilford Student Affairs
Committee. Area newspapers
asked the administration for an
official statement.
President Grimsley Hobbs
released this announcement
April 24: "The Student Affairs
Committee of Guilford College
considered charges against
Douglas Reu and sentenced him
to be suspended from Guilford
College for one semester, with a
consequent loss of all academic
credit."
On Alumni Day, Saturday,
May 31, the choir will present its
annual short concert on the lawn
in front of Founders.
For graduation the choir will
sing, as has been established a
tradition at Guilford. This year
their selections will be Randall
Thompson's "Last Words of
David" and Faure's "Cantique."
Guilford
Opens
Board
The Guilford College Board
of Trustees voted Saturday to
amend Guilford's charter,
enabling it to enlarge its Board
of Trustees from 18 to 24
members.
The six additional positions
will be open to Quakers and
non-Quakers on a
non-discriminatory basis.
The decision of the trustees is
widely heralded as a severe
setback for the forces of Robert
Frazier.
Promoters of the proposal
maintain that the enlarged board
will insure Guildord's future as
the "kind of college that
Quakers want it to be."
{ Faculty Changes Planned j
Several changes in department chairmanships to become effective
June 1, 1969, have been announced by Dr. William Burris, Academic
Dean.
Following Guilford's routine policy of rotation approximately
every three years, Dr. Josephine Moore will replace Dr. Edward
Burrows, who has been at Guilford since 1948, as chairman of the
History Department. Dr. Carroll Feagins will be replaced by Dr. E.
Daryl Kent as chairman of the Philosophy Department. Dr. Kent has
been a member of the Guilford faculty for thirty years and Dr.
Feagins has been with the department for twenty three years.
Dr. David B. Stafford has resigned as chairman of the Sociology
Department to take a position with the University of Wisconsin at
Stephens Point. Dr. Paul E. Zoph, Jr., currently a professor of
sociology, will replace him.
Harold M. Bailey, a member of tne Education Department for
twenty one years, is retiring and will turn over his post as chairman
of the Education Department to Dr. Cyrus Johnson. Dr. Johnson has
been an associate professor of sociology at Guilford for one year.
Dr. Frederic Crownfield will leave his post as chairman of the
Religion Department to become coordinator of the Tri-College
Consortium. Dr. J. Floyd Moore has been named acting chairman of
the Religion Department until a permanent appointment is made.
A new chairman of the Music Department will be named to
replace Claude K. Cook.
Robert Frazier, Chairman of
Guilford's Board of Trustees,
and Greensboro attorney, is
defending W.W. Horton's efforts
to maintain his slums on
Gillespie Street against strong
opposition by the city of
Greensboro.
Frazier told The Guilfordian
Monday morning, "I purchased
slum housing with my first
savings." Although he has
disposed of all such holdings,
Frazier is a prominent defender
of present slum landlords.
See pages 4 & 5 for complete
details.
TheQuilforSon
VOLUME Lll\
Sledge, Medallions,
Val France, chairman of the
1969 May Festival has
announced the schedule for the
festivities which begin
Wednesday, May 7 and continue
until Monday, May 12.
The Lyric Theatre will
present "Brigadoon" Wednesday
and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in
Dana Auditorium. Also on
Wednesday night the Arts Series
will present "Ikiru" at 8:15 p.m.
Thursday night there will be
entertainment in the Grill
Room.
The weekend gets under way
Friday afternoon with a Playday
at four o'clock and a picnic at
five o'clock in front of Founders
Hall. A semi-formal dance in the
cafeteria with the "Swinging
Medallions" from eight to twelve
will wrap up the activities for
Friday.
Men's May Day will get under
way Saturday at 6:00 a.m.
Saturday afternoon Percy Sledge
will appear in concert at 2:00 in
Dana Auditorium.
The May Queen will be
crowned Sunday afternoon at
1:30 in front of Cox Hall. She
will be elected from the May
Court which was elected by the
senior class. The members of the
Paternalism At Guilford
By JEAN PARVIN
The venerable old man leaned
back in his plush office chair and
spoke about Guilford College.
He should know about the
school since he is Robert
Frazier, chairman of the Board
of Trustees. Frazier. 75, is a
prominent Greensboro lawyer,
and also the president of the
Board of Trustees at A&T
University.
Friday, April 25, 1969
May Court are Hillie Forrest,
Windy Miller, Penny Kyle, Martha
Bradshaw, P.D. Davis, Pat
Mattocks, Martha Carter, Pam
Atkins, Lynn Culler, and Joan
Knight.
Following the crowning,
refreshments will be served in
front of Dana until Charlie
Guilford's Guru . . .
Shotts—Sage Of The
Now Generation
By MARK I,ESSNER
The man sat uncomfortably
upright in the hard wooden
chair, his stomach bulging a
little. His face, looking all of 71,
was tolerant and benevolent. His
eyes closed as if in deep thought,
his large W.C. Fields nose
wrinkled, and he spoke:
"The main problem with the
youth today is that their work
and education arc separate from
each other. The secure people
have power and the young don't
have to work. So the young have
time to reflect on their purpose
in life. They look at their
parents and what they've done
and see no purpose in their lives,
either." His eyes opened, nose
unwrinkled, and a relaxed
expression came back to his
face.
Meet Claude Shotts, one time
boxer, football player and world
hunger fighter. Indeed, at 71,
Claude Shotts has a lot to tell
and almost anyone on campus
will tell you that he's Guilford's
own guru or the "Sage of the
Now Generation."
Okay, Sage, how do you find
purpose?
"That's a hell of a job. Most
students are feeling out for
experience to help them find a
purpose. Education changes the
individual and society and the
extent to which one engages in
change he is engaging in
education."
Claude though, is not just
sitting idly by spouting
Why is Frazier interested in
Guilford? He went to Guilford,
his father was a member of its
Hoard of Trustees, and his
great-grandfather was a founder
of Guilford. To him, Guilford is
outstanding because it is small
and this allows a close
communication between faculty
and students. The faculty, he
says, are men dedicated to giving
students a whole character.
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Byrd's concert at 3:00. At 5:00
a picnic supper will be served by
the lake followed by a choir
concert and sing-along.
Monday night at 8:15 the
North Carolina School of Arts
Brass & Percussion Knseinble
will give a concert in Dana.
philosophy. As Director of the
Off-Campus Seminars at
Guilford it is his job to make
sure that students find a purpose
and participate in change.
"We take the student who
grew up in the hills and
introduce him to a new
environment, such as our
seminars to New York and
Washington. Many of our
students have never been to
these places. These seminars
stress social and emotional
participation."
How does he know? Hecause
he was brought up in the hills
himself and education has
dominated Claude Shotts' work
all his life.
He was born on December
17, 1898. in Winston County
Alabama, the only county that
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CLAUDE SHOTTS