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American Friends Service Committee — Part 33
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while wo revere and par tribute to the memory of our ancestors for their valiant dee
ir .ir courage and their etam? for the right, in defense of our stats and our nation, we fai
thot Bf we do not also meet with courage and patriotiam the dangerous activities now occurr
7 “ur wery wicst. bust we keep our eres shut and our pocketbooks open te projects fostere
& der the beautiful names of education and religion, mo mtter by whon, or how sponsored or
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If Greensbore cititens are going to be callec upon to contribute to the building of
colleges in this vicinity we should have 2 better choice than is now afforded us. Gur leade
should more seriously consider the beginning of a real Cormunity College, a oew one pattern
after those now opereting in Asheville, Charlotte and Wilmington. Greensbore College is nc
Operating as a co-educational institution, is loceted in the heart of the city and might it
be the instrument we need te foster anc build upon. Womans College of the University might
even be developed Along Lines cc-educational an? with special emphasis on local needs. Ve c
divorce Greensboro Division of Guilford College and run it ingependently.
Some will say we already have what we need in Guilford College. I heartily diszgree.
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Quskers doing their own building, although I disagree heartily with their racial teachings
thcir attitudes toward the interne] and extermal defense of our beautiful land, Lert them ov
their own. Why should the rest of us aid in our own destruction? If everyone else had the
attitude, there would be no Free America today for them te practice their religion and subt
Sive activities, ‘ould you want anyone to discourage your sons from defending their count
in the armed services if need be? Or have your children taught by persons, however learnec
whe believe in inter-marriage of the races and whe conscientiously object to service in the
@rmed forces in defense of our country? .
Quaker activities bave been sc unattractive to red-blooded Americans that there has
me noticeable gain in their numbers of members in the twentieth century. It is one of the
eldest vet one of the smillest in numbers of all the warious denominations in jmerica. Why
should we help them put Life ir what many of the Gurkers themselves consider a dying sect?
should we help them spread their anti-American influence?
In 1956 it was again revealed to the public and especially te our patriotic business
the nature of the notorious activities of the discredited smerican Friends Service Committe
right here in Guilford County, Wheat wes not se well knowr wes the proud claim of C.S8. Fea:
a conscientious objector and associate professor of philesophy at Guilford Gollege, that tl
college had « very close reletionship with ‘merican Friends Service Committee and was trair
its leaders, Guilford College has furnished three chairmen of the AFSC Soutbeasterm “egior
Office who are (quote) intimately connected with Guilford College - one es the highcst-ranh
member of the (college) board of trustees, one as the highest-ranking member of the adminis
tion, and one as one of the highest-ranking mombers of the faculty; one member of the bore
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