Cuilf&rdian
1976
Novelist Jessamyn
West at Guilford
The author of such
bestsellers as "Friendly
Persuasion" and "Massacre
at Fall Creek" will be the
Distinguished Quaker Visitor
at Guilford College April 5-11.
Jessamyn West, whose
15th book will be published
April 16 by Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, will meet inform
ally with Guilford students
and faculty and speak at
meetings of two literary
groups.
She will address the
luncheon meeting of the North
Carolina Historical Book Club
at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April
6, in the west dining room of
Founders Hall on the Guilford
campus.
Apology to You -
but We're Poor!
Please forgive us! Due to
drastically diminished and
dwindling funds, we will not
be printing an issue of the
Guilfordian next week! We
haven't missed a weelc yet, so
we hope that not finding that
familiar pile of papers this
next Tuesday, you will not be
unduly traumatized. The
following week we will bring
you yet another issue of the
Guilfordian, however!
Right away, Editors-to-be
for next year's Urban Word,
Quaker, Piper and Guilfordian
must submit their applica
tions. A statement of
qualifications and reasons for
applying must be submitted to
Herb Poole, in the Library,
along with two references.
These must be in before
April 15th.
On the same day, she will
speak to the Greensboro
Writers at a dinner meeting to
begin at 6 p.m. in Founders.
Additional activities are
being arranged through John
Moses Pipkin, a poet and
member of the Guilford
College religion faculty.
One of Miss West's most
popular books was "Friendly
Persuasion," published in
1956. She also wrote the
screen play for the very
successful motion picture
version of the novel.
Her 1974 book, "Massacre
at Fall Creek," was praised as
a masterpiece by leading
reviewers.
The book due to appear on
the book shelves April 16 is
"The Woman Said Yes:
Encounters with Life and
Death." It is a biography of
Miss West's mother and
sister.
Her other books include
"To See the Dream," "Cress
Delahanty," "Mirror for the
Sky," "The Witch Diggers,"
"Love, Death and the Ladies
Drill Team," "Love is Not
What You Think," "South of
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Woodrow Wilson
Senior Fellow Visits
Rufus E. Miles, a former
Assistant Secretary of HEW,
will be the Visiting Woodrow
Wilson Senior Fellow at
Guilford College April 4-9. He
will participate in classes and
meet informally with students
and faculty.
After retiring from HEW,
Miles taught a course at
Princeton University on "Phil
osophies and Techniques of
Management" and did grad
uate seminars on "Poverty
and Public Policy."
He recently published a
book, "The Department of
HEW," and soon will publish
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Apple Chill Cloggers perform with Highwoods Slringband on
Saturday. See pages 4 and 5 for more details.
Arts & Crafts Fair
An arts and crafts fair will
be held on the Guilford
College campus Saturday,
April 10, from 10 a.m. until
4:30 p.m.
All artists and craftsmen are
invited to participate in the
fair, being sponsored by the
Alumni Association as part of
Alumni Day.
Persons wishing to reserve
space may contact the
another, "A Fear of the
Future."
Miles now is president of
the Population Reference
Bureau, a private foundation
in Washington concerned with
problems of population growth
and distribution.
His current interests are
focused on energy, popula
tions, ethics, philosophy and
the governability of high
energy technological societies.
The visiting program is
funded by the Lilly Endow
ment of Indianapolis and
administered by the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation of Princeton.
Guilford College Alumni
Association soon. Registration
must be completed by April 1.
J. Binford Farlow, alumni
secretary, said the fair will be
held on the lawn in front of
Founders Hall and Sternber
ger Auditorium.
Because of the possibility of
rain, which would drive the
fair inside the two buildings,
participants will be limited to
50.
A small entrance fee will be
charged for non-Guilford
students and alumni. How
ever, no commission will be
charged on sales made by
exhibitors, Farlow added.
Housing Staff Set for '76-'77
On April Fool's Day (or
shortly thereafter) the new
Coordinators and Interns for
the resident Halls were
informed of their positions for
next year. As it now stands,
the Coordinators for Bryan
and Milner have not yet been
named. By dorm, the
Coordinators and Interns are:
Binford-Sonja Hole-Coordi
nator
Day
Students
Free
Food!
All day students will get to
eat free Saturday at 5 at the
Serendipity Pig-Pickin'. The
meal will be served on the
lawn between Bryan and
Milner and will be only a part
of a day full of events
sponsored by the Union.
There will be an outdoor
concert by the Highwoods
String Band and lots of other
events from 2 til 5, and a
dance that evening with
Smoking -- all free. Day
Students will be able to eat
free at the Pig Pickin' because
of SSOO of Day Student funds
that were given to the Union.
The Day Student President
and Senators made the
decision to support Serendi
pity and pay for Day Students'
1 meals on the basis of the
requests for picnics and
concerts on the questionnaire
recently sent out asking Day
Students what they wanted
done with their money. All
responses to this question
naire were greatly appreciated
and more information on the
responses will be printed
later.
The Union would like to
express its appreciation to Day
Students forlheir contribution
which had made it possible for
them to have a better
Serendipity week for every
one.
Mae Sexauer, Abby Ott and
Edith Kurie-Interns
Bryan-Dickie Parry, Richard
Phillips, Amy Willis-Interns
English-Randy Catoe-Coor
dinator
Mary Hobbs-Carla Mc-
Adams
Milner-Jay Plaisted, Ed
Hawthorne, Chong Lee, Mark
Buckley, David Hooks-Interns
Shore-Nancy Van Arkle