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Day Student
News
by Amie Williams
The Day Student Senators
and President wish to thank
day students for their
response to the questionnaire.
The overwhelming requests
were for concerts or dances
and lockers. Many comments
and suggestions were given
and are being looked into.
There was not time this
semester to plan a special day
student social function, so
funds were given to the Union
to be used for Serendipity and
day student food, in an effort
to draw the campus together
for this occasion.
A few day students liked the
idea of having the Guilfordian
and/or the Student Commu
nity Newsletter mailed to
them; but theoverall feeling
was that mailing would only
further seperate day students.
Arrangements are being made
iO put lockers for day students
in the stairwell area in the
basement of Founders.
Plans are also being made
for a meal ticket for day
students. This will enable day
The "Old" Editor
Botes Out
Well, folks • this is goodbye
to the position of Editor of the
Gallfordian. Next year I will
assume the duties of the
Consulting Editorship, help
ing those who succeed me.
Overall, it's been a good year,
and I must say that all your
contributions have certainly
helped it to be that way.
Special thanks are in order for
a few people that really did a
great amount of work. First
off, of course, is the staff -
meager group that we are,
considering all the copy we
turned out I'd say it was a job
well done. Also, thanks to
Dave Owens of the News
Bureau.and Johnny Moore of
the Athletics Department for
keeping us informed of what
was happening in the
community, in the Arts Series
as well as in the sports field.
We have also appreciated the
diligent work of John Bell,
Edith Kurie, John Ladd. Paul
Fribush and Chuck Silverstein
in the area of entertainment.
And Herb Poole, your
unfailing support has been
invaluable!
And last, but certainly not
least, thanks to the people
who faithfully made (rips to
and from the printers in High
Point to transport copy. These
people were Karen Tucker.
Keith Compton, Forrest
Hughes and Gib Furgurson.
Without them the paper would
not have been out every
Tuesday! Yes, overall, it's
been a good year.
students to buy a number of
lunches at one time and eat
whenever they want to, using
a punch card system.
Another day student service
that is being arranged, as a
result of a suggestion, is a
system by which non-student
spouses will be able to get
reduced rate tickets and Art
Series memberships.
Everyone's ideas were
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Unity Among Friends!
Dear Editor,
As a Weighty Friend of
some years I have dealt with
numerous situations; but, all
my experience left me
unprcpred for what 1 saw last
Saturday on your campus.
Last Saturday, being the
first warm day in some weeks,
my wife Nellie and I decided to
take a stroll through the
College campus. As we
approached Founders Hall we
were caught up in a collection
of people and tables which
Nellie told me was a crafts
fair. I was amazed that
persons would spend good
time in making such worldly
and frivolous artifacts as those
I saw. and even more amazed
that people would spend hard
earned money on them. Nellie
though is fascinated by
"things" so I was only slightly
mortified when she bought
one of those potted plastic
flowers. (I wish Nellie had
more Quaker background: Her
maternal grandparents were
not Friends.)
I no sooner extracted us
from there and recovered my
Checkbook than we heard
music from the other side of
Founders Hall. 1 directed that
we should stroll around to see
what was going on, thinking it
could be no worse than that
den of temptation we had just
left. I was wrong!
People were running around
half naked chasing things
Nellie told me are called
"frisbees", throwing eggs at
each other (a completely
uncalled-for violence), and
some were even dancing. I am
*ware that in a moment of
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helpful and we hope to hear
from more day students next
year. We can only work
toward answering requests
when they are presented to us;
so let us know what you're
thinking and next year's Day
Student Organization can offer
more assistance and plan
more activities for all day
students.
weakness a person can give
way to a little step, but these
people were up on a stage and
making no effort to hide their
frivolity. Surely a Quaker
college does not encourage
such worldly activity, but I
fear those poor souls will not
be properly eldered.
To top things off it seemed
the College was encouraging
gluttonly at the outdoor
supper. The individual serv
ings of pork were as much as
is served on my Sunday dinner
table for the entire family! I
saw one young man devour
five bananas, and it was
obvious from his immodestly
clad physique that he needed
no more than one.
Nellie has been reminding
me that young people today
should be able to enjoy
themselves but enjoying
oneself must have its limits
and carnivals are an unneces
sary temptation to our Quaker
ideals. She also tells me that
this thing was called serendi
pity meaning blind luck in
experience. It seemed to rae
that this carnival was more of
an experience in blind
pandemonium.
Yours in confusion,
A. Staunch Quaker
Dear Editors:
We would like to express
our earnest unity of spirit with
our Friend. A. Staunch
Quaker in his letter of the
January 20th issue of The
Guilfordian. We feel that
diversity is one of the most
important factors inherent in
the lives of those who walk in
the Light, above all- those *
Guilford is Expecting
by Pat Townsend
Been noticing an inordinate
number of "different people"
wandering around the campus
lately? Well, you may very
well see these people again
next year. They're prospective
students and their parents,
and Scholarship students who
have come for an introductory
tour of the campus. John K.
Bell of the Admissions office
has commented that there
have been more people on
campus this past year visiting,
(han in at least the past eight
years.
In fact, by the end of March,
figures showed that enroll
ment of new students was up
41% over the number this
time last year. To lay some
more facts on, the breakdown
is 40%.instate students, and
(obviously) 60% out of state,
and 44% female with 56%
male. It should be noted
however, that, on the average,
You Lika Tamales?
by Forrest Hughes
The Senate Food Committee
is a rarely functioning group,
but the cafeteria and all its
problems still exists. At the
last meeting of the committee
in early February, it was
decided that the committee
would meet only if anything of
special importance happened.
So far. nothing has arisen, but
if you have any complaints of
suggestions, put them in the
suggestion box at the
Information Desk in the foyer
of Founders.
are foes of the ocean of
darkness such as in the fine
examples set by such women
as Mary Dyer and Elizabeth
Frye, who suffered incarcera
tion and hanging, the former
the latter and the latter the
former, especially in times
such as these which we endure
now. when the Shadow has
crept over the land and cast
many souls into utter
confusion, against which
stand crusaders for the Truth
wielding their voices like
terrible weapons, shining
forth with the light like a
beacon in a sandstorm, a
labour for which the Red
Oclelots commend A. Staunch
Quaker in our joint struggle
for universal liberty, equality,
fraternity and sorority.
Your Friends,
the Red Ocelot Party
Dear Editor:
Several years ago I ran
across a collection of "Letters
from A. Staunch Quaker",
written by Sethi Hinshaw, a.
much- respected Quaker *mim
April 20. 1976
only 60% of the applicants
accepted end up attending
Guilford.
John Bell helped clarify the
reason for the instate-out of
state percentage ratio. At
Guilford you can get an
education that is definitely
comparable quality-wise with
what could be had in the
North, but in the North it
would be so more expensive!
He continued, saying "where
most places are going into
admissions, we're going up."
This is bucking the national
trend, which is a Guilford
"tradition". The total enroll
ment will remain around 1050
because the college is not
trying to "grow", size-wise.
As of this week, 80% of the
available spaces are filled, and
applications are still coming
in. I think that says something
pretty good about this school
of ours, where we are
receiving a quality education.
The cafeteria management
still encourages student
input into the menu. Do you
like something (like apple
butter?) that isn't regularly
served? Just ask Ron or Jim
and they'll look into the price,
availability, etc., and try to get
it for you.
There is a tentative final
Food Committee meeting
scheduled for the endof April
to evaluate the cafeteria and
grillroom service and food.
Read the Guilfordian for info
on time and place.
ster in N.C. I nearly died
laughing at the character of A.
Staunch and his overdone
traditionalism. In the mean
time during my 2Vi years at
Guilford I nearly lost my
Quaker civility and sobriety
trying to explain Quaker ways
to non-Quakers and neophyte
Quakers.
As a result I decided to have
some fun and rewrite some of
these letters with respect to
Guilford so that the Gailfor
dian could publish them. In
the process I have tried to
show how Quakerism fits into
the modern world and
Guilford or, in some cases,
how it doesn't. In so doing
both A. Staunch and the
young Friend tended to
overstate their cases. I hope
everyone realized this.
I sincerely hope A. Staunch
and the young Friend have
helped us to see the humorous
and paradoxical nature of our
Quaker ways.
By the way, Seth won't
claim two of the letters.
Faithfully yours,
.' > ' Girjr Farlow"
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