Faculty Minutes
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- Committee on the Study of Time and Place Report to Faculty
- This committee report on inter-racial policies at Guilford College is included in the April 14, 1952 faculty meeting minutes. The report affirms the college's longstanding commitment to inclusion of diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural groups, yet acknowledges challenges of contemporary race relations. The committee recommends integrating faculty, inviting guest speakers, and continuing to teach open-mindedness until constituent communities can be more accepting of integration. <br><br>A committee to "consider the entire problem of race relations as it is related to the policies and program of Guilford College" was appointed at the February 11, 1952 faculty meeting. The committee was chaired by physics professor and athletic coach, Dr. E. Garness Purdom. The committee became known as the Committee on the Study of Time and Place. <br><br>At the May 5, 1952 faculty meeting, the report was re-read and praised as a "noble step forward." The motion carried to accept the report and distribute it to the college's Board of Trustees. The committee was continued helped with faculty discussions on integration in 1954 after the Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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- Faculty Minutes
- In this minute from March 12, 1969 President Clyde Milner of Guilford College describes a "sincere and polite" letter requesting that Guilford College consider enrolling three black students. The minute reports how the issue was discussed at length and the opinion of the faculty was that the problem of integration was of vast importance but that they were not ready as a group to consider black applicants at that time.When President Milner asked for a show of hands of those who would have no objections to having black students in their classrooms only three did not raise their hands. When asked to vote on the expediency of enrolling blacks at Guilford however, thirteen voted in the affirmative with seventeen voting against the action.
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- Faculty Minutes
- This faculty minute from February 11, 1952 details the appointment of a committee of Guilford College faculty members to focus on race relations as related to the policies and programs of Guilford College. The faculty members appointed to the committee were Professor of Physics Garness Purdom, Professor of History Edward Burrows, Dean of Men E. Daryl Kent, Professor of Sociology Gordon Lovejoy, and Dean of Women Mildred Marlette. The committee was tasked with submitting a report on their findings by the April 1952 faculty meeting.
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- Faculty Minutes
- This is a minute from May 5, 1952 describing Guilford College President Clyde A. Milner's expression of appreciation to the race relations committee for their work preparing a report which was presented at the April faculty meeting. The minute describes how Milner believed that the task was a "noble step forward." After a suggestion by committee member and Dean of Students E. Daryl Kent it was decided that the committee continue to study the situations related to race-relations on campus as occasions arose.
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- Faculty Minutes
- This minute from the September 12, 1953 Guilford College faculty meeting describes religion Professor Floyd Moore's appeal to the faculty to go on record as being willing to admit an African American girl to the college.
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- Faculty Minutes
- This minute from a September 11, 1954 Guilford College faculty meeting relays the communication between Garness Purdon, who was a member of the faculty's Committee on the Study of Time and Place, and Robert Frazier, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The discussion centered on the committee's communication to the Board of Trustees regarding non-segregation. Frazier assured Purdon that when the time was right the Trustees would call a meeting between the faculty's special committee and a similar committee made up of board members.
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- Faculty Minutes
- This minute from the September 17, 1955 Guilford College Faculty Meeting describes Professor of Philosophy Gordon Lovejoy's statement about the social change which the South was experiencing and the motivations of those who wished to positively effect that change. Lovejoy points out that some members of the community spend time on "getting thier motivations right with God" but spend little time on finding ways to use those motivations to influence positive change. He recommends that the Committee on Race Relations be reestablished and asserts the value of that committee.
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- Faculty Minutes
- A report of the Committee Regarding the Admission of Qualified Negroes requesting a meeting between the President of the college, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a faculty representative to discuss the matter.
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- Faculty Minutes
- Minute expressing satisfaction over faculty and trustee committee communication in regard to integration at Guilford College
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- Faculty Minutes
- This minute from an October 11, 1954 Guilford College faculty Meeting describes a study undertaken by faculty member Gordon Lovejoy concerning integration of 94 campuses around the country. The report found that no unfortunate incidents had occurred as a result of integration on these campuses.
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- Open Meeting
- This minute from an October 18, 1954 Guilford College open meeting describes the Committee for Time and Place's open discussion about the faculty's response to integration and the distribution of a questionnaire to assess the unity of the faculty on the subject.
