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I April 3, 1992 GThe UILFORDIAN The Front Page News Line Gingher to read in Poetry Center Greensboro author Marianne Gingher will give a public reading of her fiction Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Poetry Center at the Hege Library. Gingher is the author of a novel, Bobby Rex's Greatest Hit and a collection of short stories, Teen Angel. The author is the first guest of the newly formed Guilford College Writers' Center, which is replacing the Poetry Center Southeast. Champion places third in NATS contest Six advanced voice stu dents traveled to East Caro lina University in March to participate in the National As sociation of Teachers of Sing ing state auditions. For the second consecutive year, sophomore Joseph Champion placedin the NATS competition. He won third place in the College Men's Musical Theateer division. Writing contest winners announced The winners of the annual Dean's Writing Contest were announced last week: •Dean's Award for Writing in the Sciences—Mike Sick •Dean's Award for Writing in Aesthetics—Tracy Davis and Paul Grantham •Dean's Award for Scholarly/ Critical Writing in the Hu manities—Laurel Nesbitt •Dean's Award for Freshman Writing—George Darrow and Rebecca Winthrow Vol. 76, No. 17 Society for the Study of Mystical and Occult Knowledge New organization demythologizes the occult Johanna Moorman Staff Writer Guilford's newest organization, the Society for the the Study of Mystical and Occult Knowledge, held its first meeting Wednesday night in the Hut. Shamanism. Wicca. Astrum Argentum. Many people are fasci nated by earth religions, strange beliefs, mysticism and the occult. Several of these people were un doubtedly intrigued when they spotted a poster in Founders Hall which announced the formation of the society. William Vidrine, the founder of the group, felt that there was a large body of people on campus interested in the occult —as evi denced by the large turnout for the Wiccan full moon ceremony last semester —and wanted a way to bring these people together to share their knowledge and learn more about their interests. Before this group was formed there wasn't a group on campus that would meet their needs, Vidrine indicated. There are several places to go to West African WWII veteran to relate experiences Courtesy of College Relations For two weeks in April Guilford College will host a World War II veteran from West Africa who will deliver a formal lecture and make several informal classroom pre sentations about his experiences as a frontline soldier in East Africa and Burma. Edward Kwame Frempong, a retired civil servant and former sergeant in the British colonial army, will speak Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gallery of Founders Hall. His topic will be "World War II Remembered: the Voice of a Frontline African Sol dier." find out about Christian denomi nations and religions such as Bud dhism and Islam, but there was no place for those interested in groups and beliefs outside of the mainstream, Vidrine said. Thus, the Society was created. The purpose of the society is to "promote the knowledge and ap preciation of the field relating to the occult, hermetic sciences and Earth religion, and to thereby offer students a chance to be come more culturally diversi fied," according to the society's constitution. Topics of study will probably include the cabala, mysticism, the occult, shamanism, freema sonry, the Templars, the Her metic Order of the Golden Dawn and Astrum Argentum. Other topics may be introduced as well, but the Society is not meant to be an all-inclusive dis cussion base for belief systems, as topics like Zen are already covered by other groups and classes at Guilford. Meetings will provide a forum to discuss and share knowledge about the occult and mystery Frempong who is from Ghana, the former British Gold Coast, gives frequent public lectures on the war under the auspices of the Veterans Association, contrib utes articles on the war to local Ghanaian newspapers and has lectured on national television. In 1940, while working as an accounting clerk for a local mer chant, he joined the Gold Coast Regiment and spent the next five years on active duty. After the war he took part in the Victory Parade in London and returned home to work for the Settlement Office which be came the Labour Department He worked for the army administra- Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. irfnj HPiormifidtti frw ■ wfartf*rkmt& [ otfvrkt sm/tih ! Kr' 1 •' ' % **' i groups, and to listen to speak ers from various groups such as theßosicrucians and Wiccan cov ens. The Society will also benefit from a pooling of resources, as it will be able to buy books on special topics and subscribe to magazines that might jiot be available to all members. Other goals in clude mixing with interested groups in the community, pro moting off-cam pus events, at tending ceremo- photo by Carl Beehler Sophomore Will Vidrine, the founder of Guilford's newest organization, addresses group members at the Society's first meeting Wednesday night at the Hut. nies and rituals of organizations, holding seminars and panel discus sions on topics related to mysticism and the occult arid exploring occult themes in literature and the arts and ' ' gj|g!e Interculiural presetii a pans! discussion | entitled democracy and Development in West Africa; a Focus on Ghana , Monday, April 13, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gallery of Founders Hall in conjunction with Frempong's visit The topics for dicussion are as follows: • issues in the early years of independence Presenter—Edward Kwame Frempong •Current prospects for democracy Presenter—Dr.Baffoar Agyeman-Duah, Bennett College •Religion and democracy Presenter—Rev. Albert Som-Pimpong tion until he retired in 1979. Frempong's visit to the United States is primarily sponsored by the Intercultural Studies Program at Guilford College. Others assissting with his visit Life in Hell—p.9j sciences. Campus Minister Max Carter is the organization's faculty sponsor. The group's address is P.O. Box 17631. are the History Department and the Academic Dean, and additional funding is being provided from a consortium of colleges, the South em Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies.
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