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VOL. LIV
Ed. Policy
Proposal Code Approval Only Rejected
The Educational Policies
Committee has developed a pro
posal for changing the college
curriculum, in order to reduce
faculty teaching loads, and re
duce the number of courses
students take each semester.
The proposal calls for the
following changes in the curric
ulum:
Students will take only four
courses each semester in order
to allow time for in depth study.
All courses in the college will
be computed as four hour rather
than three hour courses.
Thirty-two courses rather
than forty courses will be re
quired for graduation.
Faculty teaching loads will
be reduced from four to three
courses per semester. This
will raise the standards of
instruction and will make the
teaching situation at Guilford
more attractive to current staff
and prospective faculty mem
bers, according to promoters of
the proposal.
COLLEGE CURRICULUM
The Educational Policies
Committee has suggested this
distribution of courses for
graduation. There will be a
total of four required courses
Including two semesters of Man
in the 20th Century, English
101 and English 102.
The Distribution Requirements
include Science, Language I,
Language 11, Philosophy, Reli
gion, History, Fine Arts and
Social Science for a total of
eight courses.
Two courses in Non-Western
Studies will be required. Eight
courses will be taken in the
student's major field, with four
courses taken in fields related
to the major. Six courses may
be taken as electives.
-LANGUAGE AND P.E.-
The language requirement will
be reduced to a maximum of two
four hour courses. This will ex
pose the students to other cul
tures. Further study by students
would depend upon the interest
stimulated by the required intro
iuctory courses. This will also
allow the language departments
to concentrate on improving the
upper level language courses,
l .hus attracting more majors.
The requirement of four se
mesters of physical education
will be eliminated. The required
P.E. program will be replaced
by a fully planned and well staf
fed intramural program which
will function on a voluntary basis.
-SCHEDULE CHANGES
If this proposal is approved
the following schedule changes
will be made:
All lecture courses will meet
only two hours weekly, either
Monday and Thursday or Tues
day and Friday.
Other courses will meet as
seminars, either once a week
for 2-2 1/2 hours or twice a
week for an hour and twenty min
utes each period. Seminar
courses will be scheduled during
the afternoons.
Wednesdays and Saturdays will
ae left free, providing time for
conferences, committee meet
ing, independent study and com
munity involvement.
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Legislature Meeting
The student legislature at its
weekly meeting last Monday night
rejected a motion that "the stu
dent legislature submit the Code
of Responsibility as amendable
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LARRY ELWORTH AND JEFF BLOOM DISCUSSING CODE OF
RESPONSIBILITY AT STUDENT LEGISLATURE MEETING.
Zopf Selected 70
Dana Professor
GREENSBRORO, N.C. Dr.
Paul E. Zopf Jr., chairman of
the Guilford College department
of sociology, has been designated
Dana Professor for the 1970-71
academic year.
In making the announcement,
Dr. GrimsleyT. Hobbs, president
of the college, described Dr.,
Zopf as "one of Guilford's most
outstanding professors, both in
his teaching and in his research
leading to publication.''
Dr. Zopf s newest boak, which
he wrote with T. Lynn Smith of
the University of Florida, has just
been published by the F.A. Davis
Co. of Philadelphia.
Entitled "Principles of In
ductive Rural Sociology," the
book was written for use as a
text in undergraduate college
courses.
Dr. Zopfs earlier book,
"North Carolina: A Demo
graphic Profile," was the first
selcected for publication by
the North Carolina Population
Center at Chapel Hill.
A native of Bridgeport, Conn.,
Dr. Zopf has been teaching at
Guilford College since 1959.
After receiving his bachelor's
degree from the University of
Students may apply for the
position of Resident Assistant
now through April 15. Men
Monday, March 16, 1970
to the Board of Trustees for ap
proval at their April Board
meeting and that articles II
through VI of the Unit of Living
proposal be submitted as an
Connecticut and his master's
from the University of Florida,
both in biology. Dr. Zopf switched
his field to sociology because
he "became tired of the non
human aspect" of his subject.
He then studied social theory
at Tulane University and later
earned his doctorate in sociology
at the University of Florida.
Being named Guilford's fourth
Dana Professor brings Dr. Zopf
a salary subsidy as well as the
honor.
Dr. Hobbs explained that
funds from the Charles A. Dana
F ouodation make it possible for
Guilford College to provide
high professional salaries,
both to reward current faculty
members and to attract out
standing teachers to Guilford.
The three other Dana Pro
fessors are Dr. Lewis R.
Aiken Jr., chairman of the de
partment of psychology; Dr.
Khamis Abdul-Magid, chairman
3f the department of economics;
and Dr. Harvey A. Ljung, chair
man of the department of chem
istry.
Dr. Zopf is married to
the former Evelyn Montgomery
of Laurel, Miss. Their son,
Eric Paul, is 7 years old.
should contact Jim Malone or
Laudrum Cross. Women should
contact Barbara Rau or Selma
Bass.
attachment but not for approval
to the Board of Trustees."
Rejection of the motion, in
troduced by Rusty Davenport,
was by voice vote.
In urging rejection of the
motion, Craig Chapman, chair
man of the Unit of Living Com
mittee stated that in his judge
ment both the administration and
;he Board of Trustees would
prefer to consider a specific
proposal (such as the Unit of
Living one) rather than what
ie called a "book of phil-
Dsophy."
Chapman also argued that the
majority of Guilford students
want rules changes now; not po
litical speeches. He urged the
legislators to consider the
wishes of their electorate by
passing a proposal which has
the maximum chances for
success at the April Trustee
Board meeting.
SAC PROPOSAL
The legislature also rejectel
:his time by a vote of 29-15,
a proposal calling for a fresh
man member of the Student Af
fairs Committee.
Shore Liberalizes
Rules Structure
The residents of Shore Dormi
tory voted to liberalize their
rules at a Feb. 26 dorm
meeting.
Proposals concerning proc
tors, late minutes, room in
spections, and locked doors were
presented and approved by the
residents of Shore Hall.
The women voted to adopt a
system similar to that of Eng
lish hall concerning closing
hours. If a girl knows she
will be late she need only call
a member of the dorm House
Council prior to closing hours
and she will not be charged
with lateness.
The women also voted to
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Legislator Rusty Davenport
urged rejection of the proposal
on the grounds that it is "a
ooor means to a questionable
jnds."
Sara Cox president of the
Womans Student Council also
urged rejection of the proposal
pointing out that "freshmenwere
already on many committees."
However, freshman Paul
Bryant argued that the pro
posal was necessary since in
coming freshmen were not allow
ed to vote for the presidents
3f MIG and WSC or influence
the selection of the other
Student Affairs Committee (those
chosen by legislatureX
CAFETERIA REPORT
In a report to the legislature
Dale Mandel chairman of the leg
islature's Cafeteria Committee
warned students that entering
cafeteria without shoes violates
state health rules. In addition
he noted that considerable
thievery of cafeteria equipment
had been reported and said that
this is taking away money which
could be spent on higher quality
food.
discontinue the weekly room
inspections. Inspections will be
conducted only before Special
Open House functions.
For a trial period of three
weeks, the proctor system will
not be used. Until Spring Break
each person will be able to give
a "house cut" if both parties
sign the citation. At the end
of this trial period the residents
will decide whether to adopt
this proposal or revert to the
previously used proctor sys
tem.
Under the proctor system the
House Council had appointed
certain girls to report rule
infractions.