News " Analysis 1 '
Visitation Sit-In Liberates Binford
by C.D. Lathrop
Guilford College Young
Reformers were out in force
last Thursday night as about
forty students arrived for the
proposed "sleep-in" in Bin
ford Lobby. All sorts of
supporters of a Saner Society
were there, including Mike
Wagner, who brought wel
come news of support from the
seventh galaxy and Arturo
Perez-Reyes who was continu
ing his fight against "all forms
of oppression every where."
Other BPOC (Big Phenomena
on Campus) present included
faculty members Beth Keiser,
Jim Gifford, and Bill Burton,
Senate President Bob Forman
(who spoke eloquently, if
incomprehensibly, of "the
meaningful dialogue which is
Guilford") and Union Presi
dent Morris Vatz.
Despite such a stellar cast,
it couldn't have been duller,
few people being in the mood
for a decent Confrontation at
11:30 at night. Certainly
neither Ken Schwab (Acting
Dean of Students with
Appealing Smile and Amiable
Manner) nor Bruce Stewart
(Assistant to President Grim
sley Hobbs with Sincerity and
Impeccable Liberal Creden
tials) were. Lynn Corum
(Head President of Binford
Dorm with Tight Lips and
Frightening Demeanor) might
have provided a satisfactory
Confrontation but unfortu
nately she elected to stay in
her apartment most of the
time and not put forth the
effort required. Jesse Corum
(Husband of the Head
Resident, otherwise Indistin
guished) also showed a
glimmer of understanding of
what was necessary to make
the Confrontation a success,
but aside from a single
appearance (in a very
attractive red checkered
bathrobe) he, too, seemed
unwilling to put forth the
effort required to make this
demonstration Something to
Write Home About.
But despite this blatant lack
of administrative cooperation
the demonstrators tried - Lord
knows, they tried. When it
became evident that the
meeting in the lobby was
being completely and insult
ingly ignored, they decided to
walk into the halls. There was
a moment of indecision when
it was revealed that the House
Council of Binford had voted
that it didn't want them in the
halls (What?? Oppression
from the Oppressed?) but
someone revealed thai first
floor Shore Wing was solidly
behind the demonstration so
they all trooped into First
Shore. Actually, however,
there is remarkably little to do
in the halls of First Shore at
one in the morning, so after a
few moments of symbolic
milling around, they headed
back into the lobby. There,
each male signed his name on
a sheet of paper (for exactly
what purpose, nobody seemed
to know, but it seemed like the
Right Thing To Do at the
Time) and there was some
discussion as to the Signfi
cance of what had just
happened. A consensus seem
ed to be reached that since
men had walked openly and
without interference in the
halls of Binford with members
of the administration present
The Quiffor&oo
THURSDAY. APRIL 18, 1974
Senate Candidate Discusses Platform
Senate Democratic candi
date, Henry Hall Wilson
addressed a small group of
students in the Moon Room
Monday afternoon, covering
such topics as national
defense, pollution, veterans'
aid, and of course, his own
qualifications.
Wilson's political experi
ence includes three terms in
the North Carolina legislature,
presidency of the State Young
Democrats, and head of the
Sanford for Governor cam
paign.
He was Administrative
Assistant to Presidents Ken
nedy and Johnson, in which
position he was responsible
for maintaining relations
between the President and the
House of Representatives, and
for formulating and assuring
passage of Administration
programs. Wilson became
president and chief executive
officer of the Chicago Board of
Trade in 1967.
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that Binford had 24-hour
visitation.
Several Binford women
didn't seem properly grateful
to their Liberators, however.
In fact, they were downright
annoyed. "What are all you
people doing in my dorm?"
one asked of the demonstra
tors, the vast majority of
whom were not from Binford.
Although some valiant efforts
were made, nobody seemed to
know how to answer her,
exactly.
Around 2:00 am the sleep-in
broke up since, as anyone who
has ever done lock-up at
Binford can attest, there are
nicer places to sleep than
Binford lobby. Particularly
The Duke law graduate
explained that we need to cut
some of the "fat" out of our
military budget, for while he
does not want to weaken our
defense, SBB billion a year is
just too much. The 300,000
men we have now stationed in
Europe could be one of the first
unnecessary expenditures to
be cut.
When questioned about the
Equal Rights Amendment and
the number of women in his
campaign organization, Wil
son responded that he was in
favor of the ERA and that he
had 12 women working as
aides, and "not at the typist
level."
Wilson declared that Vete
rans deserve a "better deal"
than they have been getting
from the administration.
When he was going to law
school on the G.I. Bill after
World War 11, Wilson received
$75 a week, which is a better
income than veterans rcccivt
reliieved by this move were
Ken Schwab and Bruce
Stewart, neither of whom had
even brought a sleeping bag.
to say nothing of the Coleman
stove or freeze-dried food that
might have been necessary
were a longer occupation
staged.
As the meeting adjourned.
Bruce Stewart made the Most
Predictable Statement of the
Evening as he thanked the
demonstrators for "the way
you went about this."
Although it was not cleai
exactly what he meant (had he
been expecting raping and
pillaging?) everybody went
away feeling that Something
Had Been Accomplished.
But what?
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HHL
now.
According to Wilson, during
the bVi years that he was
Administrative Assistant to
the President, he achieved
passage of two minimunvwage
bills, and legislation on
housing, voting rights. Medi
care and equal rights. He also
did a great deal of work with
lobbies.
Wilson believes that there
will be a second primary
between himself and state
Attorney General Robert
Morgan, also a Senate
•candidate, whom Wilson cited
as having no national or
international experience. He
also criticized Morgan for
refusing to debate him.
In Wilson's view, the role of
a Senator is to "lead, not
follow public opinion" in the
institution a trial for impeach
ment of the President,
and for having run the I.
Beverly Lake campaign for
governor, (against Sanford)
which waged a "mean racist
fight."
soprano
Performs
Soprano Faye Robinson, a
Bennett College graduate now
with the New York City Opera,
will be presented in recital at
8:15 p.m. Thursday (April 18)
in Dana Auditorium bv the
Guilford College Arts Series.
Ms. Robinson has selected
songs of Bach, Handel,
Strauss, Debussy, Roger
Quitter and Ned Rorem and
will conclude her program
with two spirituals arranged
by John Carter, "Sometimes I
Feel Like a Motherless Child"
and "Ride On, King Jesus."
She will also perform the
W.A. Mozart concert aria
spiegarvi, O Dio!" (If
l,|Oh Heaven. Could Tell You!)
and Depuis Le Jour from
Charpentier's "Louise."
Ms. Robinson is coming to
Guilford from appearances as
Constance in Mozart's "The
Abduction of the Seraglio," a
staged production with the
Sacramento Symphony. She
will do a concert version of the
opera in July with the National
Symphony in Washington.
Later in the summer she will
go to Europe to make her
debut with the Aix-en-
Provence Festival, singing
nine performances of "L'lta
liana in Algeri" and "La
Clemenza di Tito."
During the recent opera
season she sang Michaela in
Bizet's "Carmen" and a
leading role in Monteverdi's
"L'lncoronazione di Poppea."
Miss Robinson has recorded
with the London Symphony
Orchestra for Columbia Re
cords and has appeared as
soloist with many major
orchestras.
Editors Selected
Editors have been chosen
for two of next year's
publications: the Quaker
(yearbook) will be run by
Steve Causey, with Ji ni
Knight as business manager,
and the Piper (literary
magazine) will be headed by
Lynn Gladden.
Applications for editors of
the Guilfordiun and the Urban
Word arc still being accepted
by the Publications Board.
(Applications should be sub
mitted to Frederick Park hurst
in Archdale immediately.)
Last Issue
This is the last Guilfordian
this semester. That is. it's the
last one unless all the people
who have been maligned in
this issue seek to respond and
clear their good names. If
there is enough interest we
might put out a four-page
issue next week. So if you
have something to write
contact Kris Rice by Saturday.