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Dr. Robert Bryden, head of Self-Study steering committee.
Fight, Guns Spoil
Party In Bryan
by Jon Hiratsuka
March 21 —During a Friday
night party in Bryan Hall, a
dispute over the volume of a
stereo led to a fight, a display
of guns, the appearance of
police, and wild rumors.
The fight occurred when
student Jim Davis, ignoring
what he assumed was not a
serious threat from mainte
nance employee Reginald
Alston, turned down the loud
music in Mike O'Reilly's
suite. Davis said that Alston
then hurled a tape player in
his face. Alston denied hitting
him with a tape player.
Punches were thrown.
Davis pinned Alston to the
bed. Alston then bit him above
the eye. Alston also tried to hit
him with an areosol can but
was thawarted by Davis'
friend Steve Walker. Alston
then escaped through the
window according to Davis
and Walker.
Davis, who suffered a
loosened tooth and facial
wounds, was taken to the
hospital and to the police
station to file charges.
While he was away, Alston
and an unnamed companion
returned to O'Reilly's suite
and asked for Davis. Both
were carrying rifles, barrels
pointed towards the ground,
witnesses said.
The people in the suite told
Alston they didn't know where
Davis was. Someone asked
him what he was going to do
with the gun. During these
tense moments, Alston and
his friends neither threatened
anyone verbally nor pointed
their guns at anybody, though
they did raise the barrels
slightly from the ground, said
Bert Fregosi, Bob Hill, and
Dave McCullough who were in
the suite.
After several minutes the
two armed men left the suite
and walked around Bryan
looking for Davis.
Martin McClancy claimed
he and Mark Buckley were
detained by the armed pair at
the bottom of a stairway.
"They asked where the fight
was; they said they weren't
messing around; one cocked
his gun," McClancy said.
Butch Foley also claimed he
was stopped by the two men.
"I came out of a suite. They
called my name and then
called me an obscene name. 1
turned around, and one of
them had his gun pointed at
me. I walked away." Foley
also said both guns were
shotguns, not rifles as other
witnesses have maintained.
Failing to find Davis, Alston
and his companion drove off.
By this time many people had
called the police, the Guilford
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Accreditation Group Here April 13—16
by David Green
Guilford College is in the
process of completing a
comprehensive Self-Study in
preparation for the arrival of a
visiting Committee from the
Southern Association of Col-'
leges and Schools. The
College Delegate Assembly of
the Southern Association is
responsible for accrediting
institutions of higher learning
in the south. The Visiting
Committee will be on campus
April 13th through 16th.
Interested students are invited
to make appointments with
committee members by con
tacting Robert Bryden in King
Hall.
The Self-Study began in
1973, and it is expected to be
in its final form by Friday,
March 28. The Institutional
Self-Study Program is an
attempt to improve educatio
nal effectiveness through
continuing reassessment of
objectives, measurement of
strengths and weaknesses,
and exploration of ways and
means by which educational
efficiency may be increased.
The Visiting Committee will
evaluate the completeness of
News Commentator Visits
Edward P. Morgan, veteran
commendtator for ABC News,
will visit Guilford College
March 23-28 as a Woodrow
Wilson Senior Fellow.
During his stay, Morgan
will meet with students and
faculty members and is
expected to be questioned
about the many history-mak
ing events he has witnessed
during his long career as a
newsman throughout the
world.
His visit is made possible by
the Woodrow Wilson Senior
Fellows Program funded by
the Lilly Endowment of
Indianapolis and administered
by the Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Founda
tion at Princeton.
Under the program, repre
sentatives of business, indus
try, and the professions visit
college campuses to "promote
greater contact, understand
ing and sharing of ideas and
the Self-Study and present
outsiders' views concerning
the findings.. Member institu
tions of the Southern
Association must make a
Self-Study once every ten
years.
The Self-Study is divided
into twelve "Standards". The
primary Standard is the
College's Statement of Pur
pose. The institution is
expected to clearly define its
purpose and incorporate this
definition into a statement
articulating its role in the
educational world. Every
aspect of the College's
operation is judged in light of
the Statement of Purpose.
The second Standard deals
with Organization and Admi
nistration. The administrative
organization is expected to
bring the college's resources
together in a coordinated
effort to accomplish institu
tional objectives.
Standard 111 investigates the
Educational Program. The
positive relationship between
the College's purpose and
educational program must be
demonstrated in policies of
admission, content of curri
cula, instructional methods
experiences between the
academic community and the
'outer world."
Morgan, a frequent corre
spondent on the Sunday
afternoon news program
tissues and Answers," nar
rated the recent documentary
"No Deposit, No Return" and
won many awards for "The
Agony of Vietnam."
Beginning his journalistic
career in 1932 as a
newspaperman in Seattle,
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and procedures, and in
requirements for graduation.
.Standard IV a statement of
financial resources. Standard
V evaluates the faculty in
terms of recruitment and
selection, faculty organiza
tion, academic preparation,
professional growth, financial
security, academic freedom,
teaching loads, evaluation,
and promotion and tenure.
The library service is
studied in Standard VI while
Standard VII evaluates Stu
dent Services.
Standard VIII is a review of
the College's physical plant
and Standard IX focuses on
Special Activities. Standards
X and XI evaluate graduate
programs and research. Stan
dard XII is a summary and
projection statement.
While Guilford's accredita
tion is not expected to be
questioned, the Southern
Association is particularly
concerned with follow-up
procedures and insists upon
being kept informed as to the
progress of the College in
meeting its recommendations.
Morgan served as foreign
correspondent for United
Press for nine years and
scored a world beat on the
assassination of Leon Trotsky
in Mexico.
From 1943 until 1946,
Morgan was a roving war
correspondent for the Chicago
Daily News, covering the war
in Britain, the fall of Rome and
many other major stories.
He later joined Edward R.
Murrow's "This 1 Believe"
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