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THE GUDLFORDIAN
Box 17717, Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410
Phone 855-9158
"All the News Thai Fits"
*j ditor Pat Townsend
Consulting Editor Green
News Editor Forrest Hughes
Staff....Christopher Benfey, Annette Zitver Green, Saliv
McAllister, Leslie Zeldin
Photographers Becca Enos, Don White
Women's Center
Sponsors Film Series
The Women's Center is
having its own film series this
semester, starting with "A
Free Woman" on Tuesday,
January, 27, sponsored jointly
with the College Union. "A
Free Woman" is a 1972 film
about Elisabeth, a German
divorcee fighting to be free
and independent while trying
to convince the courts she is
good enough to deserve
custody of her child. Marjorie
Rosen of The New York Times
says, "A Free Woman" may
well be the first masterpiece of
the women's liberation move
ment," but "it is by no means
all argument. It can be -- and
has been—accurately describ
ed as a comedy...'A Free
Woman' is as engrossing as it
is pertinent - and it is a work
of art."
On February 1, "A Black
First Midwestern
Choir Tour
by Sally McAlister
Plans are now well under
way concerning a Guilford
College first: a choir tour to
the Midwest. This trip, an
annual Spring Break highlight
for the group, has taken its
members up and down the
east coast in the past, but the
itinerary for this year will take
us to Ohio and Indiana. How
will we get there? Charter a
Trailways!
As it stands now, Ed Lowe
and an estimated forty-four
members will leave the college
on Friday, March 5 destined
for Cincinatti, Ohio. After
spending Saturday in Cinci
natti, we'll go to Plainfield,
Indiana on Sunday and sing at
an 11:00 a.m. service with
lunch following. We'll be in
Carmel, Indiana on Sunday
night and then spend a free
day on Monday, March 8 in
Indianapolis. On Tuesday,
we'll drive to New London and
then go to Richmond, Indiana
Woman", co-sponsored with
8.A.5.1.8., is scheduled.
Black women, including poet
Nikki Giovanni and singer
Lena Home, discuss their
roles in modern society and in
the struggle for Black
independence.
The February 25th film,
"Something Different", was
written and directed in the
mid-sixties by Vera Chytilova
of Czechoslovakia. Shown with
English subtitles, it follows
the quest for meaning in the
lives of two very different
women.
"Antonia: A Portrait of the
Woman", scheduled for
March 17, was produced and
directed by Judy Collins and
Jill Godmillon. This story of
the first women conductor won
the 1974 Academy Award for
the best documentary.
on Wednesday. The next three
days will be spent in Ohio, at
Wilmington, Leesburg, and
Barnsville. Then, our planned
return is on Sunday, March
14.
We will travel during the
day (eating lunch on the road)
and sing mostly at night at
Friends' Homes and Meet
ings; we're also scheduled to
give a few programs for high
schools along the way.
Our hosts, members of the
local Friend's Meetings,
churches, etc., will put us up
at night and serve us our
dinners and breakfasts. At
present we are preparing for a
program we'll sing for the
Deep River Friends (which has
been postponed until Sunday,
February 15) and then we'll
continue to work on pieces for
our upcoming Tour, a trip
looked forward to by a 11...
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"Tell Me Where It Hurts",
to be shown March 31, stars
Maureen Stapleton in the
story of a middle-aged
housewife groping for recogni
tion as an individual.
Finally, on April 14, the
Women's Center will be
showing "Three Lives" by
Kate Millet. Three ordinary,
but different, women present
autobiographical monologues
in a film described by Vincent
Canby of the New York Times
as a "moving, proud, calm,
aggressively self-contained
documentary feature."
With the exception of "A
Free Woman", all films will
be shown in The Gallery in
Founders and will be free. "A
Free Woman" will be shown
in Sternberger Auditorium
and there will be a 25 cents
admission charge for Guilford
Students.
IHPI
Ullip
Money
to Burn
(CPS) Many people would
gladly relieve the federal
government of its old currency
and solve the dollar disposal
headachie. But, U.S. Treasury
officials have been looking into
other alternatives to burning the
sl6 million of multilated
currency which must be
destroyed each year.
Pulverizing the worn
greenbacks has been one
alternative to incineration.
Pulverized bills make good
lubricant for oil wells, good
material for roofing, but only
fair mulch for grape vines.
The life of the typical dollar
bill is a short one. According to
the National Geographic
Society, a bill is usually too
worn and tattered to use after
about 18 months in circulation.
A S2O bill has only a slightly
longer life about four years of
use.
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"Honey, I'm home!"
Letters to the editor
"Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in
reverence. It settles everything. Some think
it is the voice of God."
A. Staunch
Quaker
Critized
Dear Editor:
I got angry after reading the
letter written by the Staunch
Quaker. The article was
confusing, misleading, and
extremely arrogant-I under
stand the author did not intent
it to be so. My understanding
of Quakerism comes from
almost four years of studying
in Guilford; and have had time
to appreciate it, indirectly. I
think the ideas given in the
article emphasize the negative
part of Quaker ideology. And
since he has done it twice,
may I have the freedom of
opinion and voice my
disagreement.
The ideas that the Staunch
Quaker is trying to defend are
never well presented. He
seems to enjoy something,
and reject others; but never
tries to put things together in
a coherent way. The young
friend of his, at least seems to
make some sense, even under
the author's pen: "The
different groups of Quakers at
the College hardly ever speak
to each other. Did you know
there was a military recruiter
on campus? Don't you think
our DISTINCTIVE peace
testimony would be more
effective if we could unite our
witness?"
I didn't know that Quakers
are divided. Is that the reason
for the lack of action against
the military recruiter on
campus last semester? It is
really a shame, a military
recruiter on a Quaker school??
J(anuar^27^^76
Mark Twain
The author, on the other
hand, does not seem to be
bothered. His "distinctive
ness does not depend on
unity", and, concerning
opposite factions, he is
"always anxious for reconci
liation if they will only see the
error of their ways and accept
Truth."
"Unity" is a dangerous
word. On one extreme, it
means uniformity, everything
for the sake of being together.
It is, of course, bad. But "not
to depend on unity" is
something that can't enter my
head. If humanity has done
anything to make ideologies
into realities, it is through
unity. The French Revolution,
for example. Or imagine what
Viet Nam would look like now
without unity in the Vietna
mese people.
Since the author is careless
about togetherness, he makes
very little effort to reconciliate
the divergence between his
group and other groups of
Quakers. In fact, he waits.
And he is positive he
possesses the Truth. May I
point out that his kind of
staunchness has produced a
lot of inertia in Human
relations.
The theme presented by
this young friend is an
important, contemporary
theme. Now, much more than
before, we need unity. Unity
for understanding, unity for
action. It is an issue worth
some effort to look into.
Please take it as a reminder.
And respectfully yours,