Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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FRESHMEN ARRIVED . . . and at Cox, Archdale, and Hobbs, along with the boys from town. Regimentation, per- haps: the catalogue called it induction. Then induction it was, into life at this college, subse- quent to matriculation. hlordes of people tracking in, daring parents who braved things along with their offspring. It was whether Junior would be taken care of that these parents were doting upon. And Junior was, with gray and crimson ribbon at two bits a clip. That sort of thing. Then there were the upperclassmen with the ask me looks on their faces, appearing In- formative until one did. So that first week back In September was bedlam. Some hundred and fifty recruits, mutually be- wildering, mutually stepping on toes, tried par- ticipating at once in the unholy rite of registra- tion. Results were painfully typical. Not simple for veterans, registration held little meaning for the freshman. And it got little sympathy from him. Founders rocked with his echo — then the removal to Mem. Two questions hounded stu- dent assistants. What ' s the sense of this, any- way? from where the mob was backed up in the hall. What ' s it for! hlours in line, and not even bread at the end. Then the tortured Who do I see now? of those whose Ingenuity, or mamas, had got them into the mill. The extreme brilliance of afternoon sun — five o ' clock. Ninety per cent of the Frosh-to-be had seen everybody and signed everything. Through — well, practically. Just see the treasurer, then . . . One ' s voice trailed into blissfulness. One learned, however. It takes time to spend money at Guilford.

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DEANS OF THE COLLEGE MRS. MILNER AT FOUNDERS . . .

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Under a personnel skilled in guidance, faculty members and upperclassmen, freshmen were prodded along in three channels: tests, instruc- tions, recreation — surfeitous gobs of it. Though absent for the school year. Doctor Shepard, in- veterate giver of tests, remained long enough to scrape together his data. Sordid matter for the use of psych, and education majors, matter pro- viding ratings for department heads all from tests, scores of ' em. Placement tests, attitude tests, intelligence tests, accomplishments tests, piling one on the other. Thus victims were ha- rassed into form for abstract references, from untnown quantities into numbers of a file. The advising of freshmen was a give and give affair. Student representatives presented organ- izations on campus. Sophomores were tradition- ally free with their tips. Faculty members also ran. There was Dr. Milner ' s welcome to the group at first mass meeting — at first chapel, the Dean of Women ' s outline of the Educational Pro- gram. While the three following were given over to Drs. Furnas, Shepard, and Purdom for dis- cussion of their respective liberal arts divisions. Sections A, B, and C were in turn exposed to Instruction In The Use of the Library; How to Study in College; The hHistorical Significance of Guilford College; Health; and The Place of Music in Life. Results? Perhaps. Recreational activity, its planning, that rather thankless task, was taken In charge by student assistants. A profusion of functions: dances, hikes, and community sings; ping pong tourna- ments, soft ball, movies, and talent night. These served if for nothing else to stave off the first dead weight of time. To drown nostalgia till the novice might sink into routine, take things easy — well, easier, anyway.