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Do Not Be Mislead!
The passage by the Student Legislature
at last Monday night's meeting of a resolution
"respectfully requesting that one of the
current vacancies on the Board of Trustees
be filled by a student" was a dramatic
but meaningless gesture for student power.
The promoters of the resolution, probably
more out of ignorance than intent, failed
to recognize the presence of an established
tradition which requires trustee decisions
to be arrived at by either consensus or
overwhelming majority.
In addition it appears that the proponents
of the resolution failed to recognize that the
most recent appointments to the Board of
Trustees have gone to men very much
in tune with student concerns. Thus it ap
pears highly likely that if the trustees
act favorably on the resolution, the stu
dents will find themselves deprived of an
influential supporter for their concerns.
With this situation in mind, it seems that
the promoters of the legislature resolution
should propose a more practical though ad
mittedly less sensational resolution to ex
press their rightful concern for student
representation on the Board of Trustees.
One such alternative would be a resolu
tion calling for an increase in the current
one man quota of permanent student ob-
Letter to Editor
Trying To Make It Real
Dear Editor
(This is for the Guilford Col
lege Community with the ex
ception of the Brothers and Sis
ters.)
Sometimes white people tell
me "I'M not prejudiced." I look
and smile at them and have no
thing to say. Well, now I have
something to say and if another
white person ever says that to
me again I'll know he can't read.
Thursday, February 12th, the
Guilford College Community was
honored with the presence of
Brother Floyd McKissick, form
er director of CORE and cur
rently working with Soul City.
Brother McKissick came to this
campus as a guest and left very
offended.
The tradition of the Quaker
Community that Guilford Col
lege was built on was one of
kindness and respect for all men-
I know now that all men means
white men. Every white guest
that ever came to campus was
honored by a decent dinner and
was speaking on a night when
there was nothing elseplannedon
campus.
Thursday, February 12th,
Brother McKissick spoke at 8
p.m. while 24 miles away, Guil-
servers at trustee Board meetings. In ad
dition the legislators would be well adviset
to ask the trustees for representation or
the trustee nominating committee; the all
important group which proposes candidates
for trusteeships.
Undoubtedly, most of the impetus
for the Legislature's Monday night per
formance stems from the lack of trust
between students and members of the
Board of Trustees.
Much of this lack of trust can be at
tributed to the actions of a handful of ir
responsible trustees. These are the
Board members who attempt to sabotage
college fund raising programs and cut off
the funds of student sponsored publications
who dare to criticize the actions of trustees.
In their rightful disgust over such flagrant
acts of irresponsibility, many students forget
that the vast majority of trustee Board
members are reasonable people willing to
be influenced by responsible student opinion.
We urge the students to avoid being
mislead by the actions of the small handful
of trustees who engage in irresponsible acts.
Moreover, we urge the Board to adopt
a strong statement of trustee responsibility
and thus eliminate the cause of this un
wanted and unnecessary distrust.
ford College played basketball.
These events were planned ahead
of time and it-just-so-happened
that they fell on the same day.
That explains that, but why, tell
me wasn't this black speaker
served the same menu as other
speakers. Cold coffee, left over
desert and not even enough of the
entree. Never mind that" meanial
junk," just tell me why wasn't he
served shrimp cocktail and steak
like other school guests are serv
ed? And why was he served last?
Don't act like you don't know
the answer and don't say there
is a logical explanation because
there isn't. Floyd McKissick is
an important black man, there
fore in the eyes of white people
he doesn't rate. He mentioned this
at the dinner. Don't think he
is stupid, he isn't blind either.
I, a student at Guilford College,
am ashamed for the treatment
shown to Brother Floyd Mc-
Kissick. However, I, as a black
woman, feel sorry for all those
involved in the stupid, uncalled
for, train of events that occured
on Thursday, February 12. You
white people who say 'l'm not
prejudiced if you serve black
people left overs and white people
steak. You can't be unprejudiced
if you don't have the human de
THE GUILFORD IAN
cency to check and make sure
nothing is happening that will
involve most of the college when a
black man is going to speak, fun
ny these problems don't arrive
when you have white speakers.
You cannot expect the brothers
and sisters to sit back and pre
tend they didn't see racist atti
tudes coming through when you
flashed them before us with a
magnifying glass. If so you'd bet
ter pretend you don't see riots on
t.v. and that is a start to educat
ing you.
One more filth laden comment.
Racism is too frightening for you,
so you resort to conversations
about peace. You realize that
there is evil in the world but
you can't realize that that
evil doesn't come into existence
until you treat people like ani
mals instead of people. You bet
ter start believing in peace for
real. There is a cold war going
on right now in this country, in
this city, on this campus, and
you're afraid to talk about it.
The only thing you have to say
for racism is I'm sorry. Let me
teach you something-sorry didn't
do it.
People, you better think.
MINNETTE COLEMAN
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IF THOSE TRUSTEES WON'T PLAY BY MY RULES,
I DON'T WANT TO PLAY WITH THEM ANYMORE.
Scope Solicits
Student Ideas
SCOPE—Student Council on
Pollution and Environment
wants ideas from students to
pass on to Department of the
Interior officials, according to
Randy Simmons, SCOPE Co
chairman for the Middle At
lantic States.
SCOPE'S are independent nine
student advisory councils re
quested by Interior Secretary
Hickel for each of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Ad
ministration's (FWPCA) nine
regions in the Nation to pro
vide student input into the
growing national reaction to
pollution. Students on the Middle
Atlantic SCOPE represent col
lege and high school students in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Dis
trict of Columbia, Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
GOV'T WILL RESPOND
Simmons stressed that all
ideas that seem to the nine
students on the SCOPE to have
merit will be forwarded to the
Department of the Interior, and
a response will be received from
the FWPCA regarding the ad
vice.
Simmons said SCOPE can be
reached by writing to Post Of
Union Calendar
Feb. 16: Basketball (Away) Lenoir Rhyne College.
Feb. 17: Arts Series. Vladimir Ussachevsky at 8 p.m. In Dana.
Arts Series Movie "Melies Color Film'' and "Casque
D'or" at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Leake Room.
Feb. 19: Concert for R W;
WSC Debate —"The Role of Women" 7:30 p.m. inShore
Basement.
Guilford - High Point Basketball Game - Coliseum - 8:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m. Earl Wilson, Jr., - Concert in Grill Room.
Feb. 20: 7:30 - 9 p.m. Earl Wilson Jr., - Concert in Grill Room.
9 p.m. -12 midnight Game night in Grill Room.
Feb. 21: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. "Art Happening" in the HUT - everything
provided.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Print sale and auction in Union Lounge
4-5:30 p.m. Scavenger Hunt at Founders
5-6:30 p.m. Family style dinner in Cafeteria with the Faculty
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Student - Faculty Basketball game
8-9:45 p.m. Guilford - Pembroke Basketball game
10 p.m. - 2 a.m. Dance in the Gym, "American Music
Band."
2 - 6 a.m. Two movies with a "sing-in"
6-7 a.m. Breakfast in Cafeteria
7 - 7:45 a.m. "Church-in" in Founders Parlor.
Monday, February 16, 1970
fice Box 5017, Richmond, Vir
ginia 23220.
In addition to its advisory
capacity, the SCOPE can pro
vide information literature on
pollution to those who want it,
and in fairly large quantities.
SCOPE members are also in
volved in planning for the April
environmental teach-ins.
Simmons is a graduate stu
dent at the University of Vir
ginia in Charlottesville, Virginia,
and is majoring in environmental
science.
SCOPE MEMBERS
Other members of the Mid
dle Atlantic SCOPE are Patti
Collins (Co-chairman), U
niversity of Richmond; Jay
Mangan, Virginia Commonwealth
University; Richard A. Koster
and Mark Russell, Union Theo
logical Seminary in Richmond;
Russell Clem, Jr., Free U
niversity student, Richmond,
Virginia; and James W.
Spensley, George Washington
Law School. Simmons said the
present members of the SCOPE
were in touch with students in
Penn., S.C., Md., and N.C. to
obtain representation from those
States.