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A transcript of
Chabotar's inaugural
speech...
04/03 Incident Frames Wed. Discussion on Race
Casey Creel and
James E. Tatum
News Editor and
Editor-in-Chief
"The problem of racism on
this campus is a problem that
needs to be addressed actively
by the community as a whole,
including administrators, stu
dents, staff and faculty," said
first-year Chris Lett.
About 50 community
members assembled this
Wednesday to discuss a re
cent instance of racial hatred
and how the campus is react
ing to it.
The instance, recounted in a
letter by Eleanor Branch to sev
eral English department faculty,
See Discussion, page 3
Kent John Chabotar, Bth President, Inaugurated
Eamon Barker
Staff Writer
"Dude, this is righteous - a
guy who likes to party!" said as
sociate academic dean Jim Hood
at the inauguration of Guilford's
eighth president.
"This was my third presiden
tial inauguration since coming to
Guilford. They tend to be
celebratory, forward-looking, at
times moving, and optimistic (with
a good bit of pomp and circum
stance thrown in). This was no
exception," said Richie
Zweigenhaft, a psychology pro
fessor.
Kent John Chabotar's official
investiture was televised by three
news stations and watched in
person by 1,000 Guilford stu-
ututui .CXTMHL
James Tatum
Community members during a break at the Wed. discussion on campus racism.
dents, faculty, staff, alumni, trust
ees, and guests.
Festival Introit, a song by the
choir, got the audience's atten
tion, and then Ruffin Hobbs 75,
playing bagpipes, led the pro
cessional of student flag bear
ers, faculty, alumni, delegates,
and speakers through the en
trance-way and into the make
shift auditorium.
College trustee Joseph M.
Bryan, Jr. '6O called the audience
to order following the proces
sional, delivering a short speech
that was fully supportive of
Chabotar as the college's presi
dent. Following Bryan's speech,
Max Carter, director of Friends
Center and campus ministry co
ordinator, made a solemn invo
cation requesting the presence
of God in the Field House.
Max's invocation was tailed
by greetings from the faculty,
students, and community to the
new president. "Most of the
speeches were excellent, and
Jim Hood's welcome was just
irreverent enough to lighten
the occasion," said sophomore
Susan Rahmsdorff.
After another song by the
choir, Donald McNemar,
Guilford's seventh president,
transferred the charter of
Guilford and the key to the
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original Founders Hall to
Chabotar. Bryan again spoke,
officially investing Chabotar as
Guilford's eighth president and
jokingly blaming the cold win
ter on Chabotar's Maine heri
tage.
Chabotar himself then stood
and delivered a resounding in
augural address (entitled Pride
and Promise , available in this is
sue of The Guilfordian), promis
ing, "you will not need the psy
chic network to see what's
See Inauguration, page 3