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EDITORIAL
Censorship is a difficult problem in a democratic society.
While we affirm society's right to protect itself against evil
doers, we must caution against arbitrary and overzealous
applications of this right. The recent decision by Judge Julius
Rousseau to prohibit the showing of the film "Memories Within
Miss Aggie" in Greensboro appears to be both arbitrary and
overzealous.
While we do not particularly mourn the passing of "Miss
Aggie", we are disturbed by Judge Rousseau's notion that he
must decide what the "average man" may or may not view.
"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", which is advertised as the
most realistic murder film ever made, is also playing at the
Janus Theater and has been given an "R" rating. We are
confused by the morality which declares the portrayal of sex
acts to be obscene but casually accepts vivid torture and murder
scenes. We cannot understand why having ones clothes off is
disgusting while having ones head off is not.
We do not condone either film. In our opinion both are
immature and debasing views of human behavior. We do insist
that the decision to view or not view filsm of any sort must be
left to citizens in accordance with the First Amendment.
Censorship is too awful a power to allow casual usage.
We suggest that it would be more proper to inspect the
reasons why exhibitions of violence and sex attract so many
people. Banning the symptoms will not cure the illness. The
abuse of censorship will not make society any healthier, it can
only spread another disease.
Friends of Guilford
College Libraries
An organization known as
the Friends of the Guilford
College Libraries was formed
in 1969 by citizens interested
in assisting the Downtown and
Main Campus Libraries of
Guilford College. The group
decided to raise funds through
membership drives, the first
of which, completed in early
1970, raised over S3OOO after
expenses. After consideration
of suggestions offered by the
Director of Libraries, the
Friends' Executive Board
decided to allocate about
one-third of the funds toward
building the collection of
works relating to North
Carolina and the remainder
toward developing a better
collection of fiction and
poetry. They added 80 North
Carolina books and over 250
books on fiction and poetry.
Membership in the organi
zation. which ranges from $5
for students to SSOO for life,
includes a subscription to the
Guilford College Bulletin and
an annual dinner in the home
of the President of the
College.
From the second member
ship drive in December 1970,
over $3500 was raised, and an
even greater amount was
pledged. The group purchased
for the Libraries the initial
thirty-two volumnes of a rare
foreign account of the social,
literary, and political develop
ments of the American
colonics, including the Revo-
by Bob Johnston
lutionary War, entitled the
Annual Register of World
Events. The large remaining
part of the funds was used to
add science fiction literature,
which had been sparse. In the
Friends' newsletter for that
year, the Chairman, Charles
W. Phillips, Sr., went into
detail about the need for an
academic interest in the
future, and he quoted from the
book Future Shock by Alvin
Tofflcr, under the chapter
entitled "Education in the
Future Sense". The Friends
added over 300 science
fiction-related books to the
library, including histories
and criticisms of such works.
It is interesting to note that,
through checking around, the
Chairman was able to discover
that the only other known
academic institution in the
nation containing a special
collection of science fiction
literature is Yale University.
The funds from the third
membership campaign, which
totaled over S2BOO. were used
to continue support in each of
the areas previously support
ed by the Friends. Algie I.
Newlin. Professor Emeritus of
History at Guilford, is the
current chairman of the group.
The Friends of the Guilford
College Libraries have made a
more than substantial contri
bution to the College. Anyone
interested in membership
information should contact
Herbert Poole, the Library
Director.
THE GUILFORDIAN
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money can't buy.
There arc old people who
need someone to talk to. Boys
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someone to visit them. Kids who
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ilford College Statement of Purpose
Gu
Guilford College, an educa
tional community which
strives to further both
intellectual and personal
growth among its students
and faculty, shares fully in
three rich traditions. First,
there is the liberal arts
tradition which values acade
mic excellence and stresses
the need in a free society for
mature, broadly educated men
and women. Second, there is a
tradition of personal develop
ment and community service
which provides students,
whatever their age or place in
life, with knowledge and skills
applicable to their chosen
vocations. Third, there is the
Quaker-Christian tradition
which places special emphasis
on helping students to make
well-considered value-choices,
recognizing that the wise and
humane use of knowledge
requires commitment to socie
ty as well as self.
At its best, the Quaker faith
emphasizes candor, integrity
tolerance, simplicity, and
strong concern for social
justice and world peace.
Growing out of this faith, we
have educational values which
have long characterized the
college, a strong and lasting
tradition of coeducation, a
curriculum with intercultural
and international dimensions.
Quaker Conference
Quakers from throughout
the United States are to gather
here Saturday (Nov. 16) as the
Friends World Committee for
Consultation, Section of the
Americas, examines such
topics as the world food
supply, population, disarm
ament and the United Nations.
Because of the importance
and urgency of the topics,
non-Quakers as well as
Quakers are invited to attend
all sessions and workshops
during the day-long consulta
tion, according- to Marietta
Wright of High Point, Friends
World Committee local chair
man.
Beginning at 10:30 a.m.,
meetings and workshops will
be held in New Garden
Friends Meeting House, with
the evening address being
given in Dana Auditorium on
the nearby Guilford College
campus.
Speaker for the 8 p.m.
meeting will be Ralph
Townley, deputy secretary
general of the United Nations
World Population Conference.
Townley will come directly
to Greensboro from Rome,
close personal relationsnipi>
between students and faculty
in the pursuit of knowledge,
faculty governance by consen
sus, and commitment to the
value of lifelong growth
through education.
While Guilford College
expects each student to
develop a broad understand
ing, of and appreciation for,
the important elements of our
intellectual and social heri
tage, and at the same time, to
develop a special competence
in one chosen discipline, there
is ample flexibility in the
curriculum so that each
student is encouraged to
pursue a program of studies
characterized by responsible
independent choice, and thus
particularly suited to his or her
personal needs, skills and
aspirations.
There is full acceptance of
those traditional educational
goals and methods which have
proven their value in the past,
yet the college also encou
rages innovation through the
use and development of new
approaches to teaching and
learning. Guilford particularly
seeks to explore and clarify
the interdisciplinary nature of
all human knowledge, and to
develop a capacity to reason
effectively, to look beneath the
surface of issues, and to draw
November 15, 1974
where he is attending the
World Food Conference.-
The opening morning ses
sion will hear a talk by C.
Lloyd Bailey, director of the
United States Committee for
UNICEF and chairman of the
Friends General Conference.
Bailey, son-in-law of the
ate Guilford College presi
ient Raymont Binford, will
liscuss "State of the U.N. -
Criticisms and Evaluations."
Speaking at 11:30 a.m. will
)e Jeanne S. Newman, who
ivill talk about the U.N, World
Population Conference which
hd attended in Bucharest,
Romania, in August as
ibserver on behalf of the
Friends World Committee for
Consultation.
Dr. Newman also chaired
he session on Urbanization at
he Population Tribune, a
parallel non-governmental
inference held in Bucharest
it the same time.
Presiding over the morning
session will be Donald L.
Vloon of Indianapolis, chair
nan of the Friends World
Committee for Consultation
section of the Americas.
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conclusions incisively, critical
ly, and with fairness to other
points of view. r ~
We desire to have
"community of seekers,"
persons for whom the shared
and corporate search is also an
important part of their own
various and independent
professional lives. We know
that such a community can
only come about when there is
a diversity within the student
body and the faculty a
diversity of older and younger,
a diversity of race and oiigin,
a diversity of points of view
and of what is valued among
individuals. Only through
such differences and contend
ing points of view can we hope
to free ourselves from
unconscious biases and to help
each other in the shared
search. In this way, we can
bring students and faculty to
confront the important ques
tions of moral responsibility,
to strive for personal fulfill
ment, and to cultivate respect
for all individuals. The college
attempts to create a commu
nity of concerned persons in
which the above-expressed
convictions, purposes and
educational mission can be
carried forward. This spirit is
the truly distinctive, though
elusive, character of Guilford.