Sports Survey Shows
Most Are Concerned
The Guilfordian survey
taken April 19th showed that
the vast majority of Guilford
students feel some concern
with the college athletic
program. Of the 232 students
polled, 46% were very
concerned, 42% were some
what concerned, and 12%
were not at all concerned.
52% of the poll participated in
either the intercollegiate or
intramural programs while
48% had no participation.
Women's sports received
heavy support as 88% of the
students polled felt that there
should be greater emphasis on
the women's program. Stu
dents bemoaned the lack of
funds, facilities, and coaches
for women. Respondants
appealed for a more diverse
program including such activi
ties as swimming, dancing
and field hockey.
Interest in an expanded
intramural program was high,
with 83% of the students
wanting to see more emphasis
on intramurals. Jack Gross
man received many commen
dations for his efforts in behalf
of this years program.
The coaching staff received
varied reactions with Coaches
Jensen, Steele and Haglan
being highly praised.
Some comments; from a
senior female, "Misplaced
emphasis on conference foot
ball. Why not schools closeby
(in our league, so to speak?)
Also let's recruit athletes who
are primarily students, in
stead of students who are
primarily athletes." From a
junior female, "Adequate
athletic program is necessary
to meet needs of those
Senate President Bob Forman consults with Dr. Ed Burrows, convenor, and Arturo
Perez-Reyes before last Thursday's town meeting concerning visitation to which alumni and
trustees were invited. The meeting was called to gather community opinion on proposed
changes in visitation policy. The proposal, tabled by Administrative Council on Tuesday, will
now come before a joint meeting of the Student Affairs Committee and the Administrative
Council. If the proposal is passed, it will go to the Board of Trustees in July for the final
decision. Staff photo
students who want and need
it. I feel that these needs
should be met more through
intramural program-would
better serve whole college
community than more expen
sive (and further distant)
intercollegiate program."
From a sophomore male,
"This school is too worried
about what a few long haired
freaks say and not enough on
sports. If this college is ever
going to be a football power,
more money and interest are
going to be needed." From a
senior male, "Intramurals are
what total involvement is all
about. The athletic depart
ment should fund intramuralsT
From a senior male, "The
entire program' should be
re-examined thoroughly. Wo
men are clearly discriminated
against and the program as a
whole reaches too few people
in the community. Replace
Herb Appenzeller with Jack
Grossman." From a junior
male, "Drama only gets
$4,000 a year. Athletics get
somewhere around a quarter
million. Sick!" From a
sophomore female, "women's
sports around here are a joke;
I think it reflects the
unconscious sexism of Guil
ford that more attention is not
paid to our athletic abilities."
From a freshman female, "If
Guilford is so concerned with
athletics, why don't they do
something about the facilities?
I have never seen a school
with such a poor gym and bad
fields. Don't you think more
people would be interested if
they had better equipment to
work with?"
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THURSDAY, APRIL 25 1974
Infirmary Neglects Care Of Student
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Sophomore Aniv Wasser
man first noticed something
was vaguely wrong with her
hand on Thursday, April 14th.
It was slightly swollen and
red, and got more so over the
weekend. Bv Monday morning
it was very swollen and hot so
she went to the Infirmary.
Nurse Hester prescribed
soaking it in hot water and
asked Amy to come back the
next morning to sec Dr.
Johnson.
Tuesday morning Amy
returned to the Infirmary to
see Dr. Johnson. He examined
her hand and pronounced
Amy to be the victim of a
spider bite. He gave her a
prescription for and
asked her to come back the
following Thursday.
Later that day. Amy showed
her hand to her botany
professor. Dr. Fulcher. He
became concerned and called
Dr. Bryden in to see it. Dr.
Bryden suggested that Amy
might want to have another
physician look at the hand,
which was red, swollen and
hot. He called BruetfSteward
to express his concern and
Amy went over to New Garden
to discuss her medical
problems with the Assistant to
the President.
Stewart looked at the hand
and muttered "It looks like
you drowned," which was at
least a new reaction on the
assorted appalled comments
people had offered all day. He
told Amy that he would be
glad to take her to the
hospital, but that it was her
decision. While Amy was
contemplating this, Stewart
phoned Dr. Johnson who
assured him that the cortisone
was the best possible
treatment. Johnson said that
he would like to see Amy the
following morning, instead of
Thursday, in view of the
concern. Since she hadn't
really given the medicine
prescribed by Dr. Johnson
time to work. Amy decided
that a trip to the hospital
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would be an over-reaction and
that it couldn't hurt to wait
and see Dr. Johnson the
following morning.
The next day (Wednesday)
Amy returned to the Infirmary
and showed her hand to Dr.
Johnson: She has spent a
sleepless night and mentioned
to him that her whole arm was
beginning to feel sore.
Without asking her to so much
as to remove her jacket, he
concurred with Stewart's
diagnosis of infection and
added a prescription of
penicillin to the drug she was
already taking. He also asked
Amy to stay in the Infirmary
for "12-hour observation",
resting, with her arm raised.
Amy spent the entire day in
the Infirmary, soaking her
hand every four hours and
waiting futilely for some sign
of improvement. At 6:30 she
left the Infirmary with her
hand, if anything, a little
worse. Nurse Hester said that
she wanted to see her again on
Friday.
Wednesday night Amy
returned home and debated
again whether or not she
should go to the hospital. She
hesitated to go because she
didn't want to appear foolish,
and Dr. Johnson had not
shown any real concern that
morning. But when she faced
another sleepless night she
decided that a trip to the
hospital was a small price to
pay for the peace of mind she
would get from having another
doctor tell her that she was
doing the right thing for her
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hand. So at one in the morning
she got one of herhousemates
to drive her down to the Moses
Cone Hospital Emergency
Room. She showed her hand
to the doctor there who looked
at it and said, "If we're lucky
we can save the hand." He
recommended that Amy check
into Cone immediately to
begin intravenous antibiotic
in preparation for an operation
to drain the hand the next day.
When Amy expressed some
desire to fly home to New York
for the operation, he adivsed
her strongly against it, since
in his opinion the twelve hour
delay might result in perma
nent disability.
Amy spent the next five
days in Moses Cone, amassing
a hospital bill of well over five
hundred dollars. There is still
some question as to whether
Amy's Guilford insurance will
cover the bill since, although
Bruce Stewart met her at the
hospital, she was not referred
by the Infirmary. At any rate
the Infirmary saw fit to bill her
five dollars for the day she
spent there watching her hand
get worse ifrom what was
later diagnosed at Cone as an
anaerobic infection, rather
than a spider bite.
Amy is philosophical about
the whole experience. Yet
when she was advised to go
to go to the Infirmary to get
gauze to change her bandage,
she adaniontly replied, "No.
I'd rather just go buy it. I
don't want any of them getting
near this I hand."
Tate Arts Festival
A Tate Street Arts Festival
will be held this Saturday,
April 27, from Ham to 5 pm.
We plan on having arts and
crafts, bluegrass and country
music, recreational activities,
W.C. Fields movies, informa
tion on community services,
festival sales sponsored by
some of the Tate Street
merchants, snow cones, bal
loons, cokes and various other
activities providing comnju
nity fun,
Tate Street is immediately
off the UNC-G's campus. The
displays, art exhibits and
other activities will be set up
along the sidewalks. We also
hope to get part of the street
blocked off for this festival.
The festival is being sponsor
ed by the Tate Street
merchants and the Inter
church Ministry for Social
Change.