Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

Page 15 text:

THE FACULTY AT GUILFORD DR. CLYDE A. MILNER The president ' s office is always so full Of a million and one things to do. ■ Ct president Milner is never too rushc l To stop for a moment with us. To speak at a meeting or give sound ad ice. DR. ALGIE I. NEWLIN His eyes sparkle and flash As he talks of history and government. His lectures are as friendly talks. And out of class He ' s never caught offguard Without a smile and a twinkle. J. WILMER PANCOA.ST For twenty years upon the staff Sir Pancoast has been serving. The boards within King One Have ever since been filled With mathematical symbols And colored chalk. CORA WORTH PARKER Dark and vibrant, flashing eyes to Smile at you across a desk Strewn with letters freshly typed. It ' s Corky — Guilford grad of ' o9, (Cultured further by a year at Katherine Gilil)? And now in poised efficiency she ' s Dr. Milner Right-hand man. DAVID H. PARSONS Across the desk of this busy man Go the financial worries of Guilford. Increasing burdens of wartime Now make this job more difficult. Vet still there ' s time for coacliinj; Iciinis And ])laying some as well. DR. E. GARNESS PURDOM Long hours of study at (Chicago, Centre, Michigan. Prepared this genius for our college; Now still he spends long hours in lab For me, to explain Physics, math, college or sjjorts — if forty others did not get there first. KATHERINE C. RICKS Between the book ends on any .Shelf, she will find the book von are .■seeking. Library training at ( ' oluinbia. I niversil) of Virginia. Lni crsjt of Chicago, and in 22 her descent upon Guilford. Ace disiipiinarian. one glance Signifies, behave, or you will lie Homeward Bound. CHARLES I). SMITH The skill and welfare of the players Command the coach ' s thoughts. And then with novel instructions and cracks Or stories nine-tenths fiction He keeps the striving athletes gay and happy, Even tiirougli the losses. LOIS M. SUITER She came, she saw, she stayed — on camiius As her husband ' s wife. And when the pedagogy called tiiis year She joined her husband ' s ranks And taught a freshman English class At 8 a.m. — preferred because The ])upils are so fresii! WILLIAM 0. SI ITER His Texas liackgroinid soon comes out When he iicgins to talk — His speech is slow, deliberate, lengtiiy. His field — the economist ' s. With financial worries to him we go When next year ' s Quaker is Iteing planned. DR. CIKT VICTORIUS His field is econoinio And for this his sluiK did prepare him. But take him fimn the lecture platfoim His liiouiiiits lo music uaiui( r-- Then witii u cello or baton, Palestrina, Bach, and Mozart Are reproduced in exactness. DR. EZRA H. F. WEIS His whole-hearted inlciii Iiimc is llie ciioir. Much time is consumed, muc h woi rv caused. They took a lour — Postponed a concert because of blizzard But still he wields baton With ferxcnt zeal the music must go on. DR. PAUL E. WILLIAMS With philoso])hical reasoning He likes scientists to -oiiiuse And baffle all us ignoiant students With arginnents that den That what we ' ve learnetl is liiilii.

Page 14 text:

Bia(l liau. I ' ai nn. lilii.r. (,a THE FACULTY AT GUILFORD MORRIS J. INGERSON Hp came lo (juilford s campus new lliis )ear — A little man of brain profound And understanding great. Not dragging ' the freshmen through Geology 11a, b, c — But teaching them the joys Of trailing planets in the clouds. Til now in class the sun Does rise and set upon him. E. DARYLKEM Hell ])ut in rs for all lu Yankees. Take them out of the middle West, Speed up an Alabama drawl And give our voice a thorough test; Til you dont know just where you ' re from. And it will little matter; When public speaking class gets done u ith iiu ou ' ll be no more than matter. ERA LAS LEY Who ' s who on campus this year? What are they studying and why? What grades did they make? All answered in registrar records. PAUL W. LENTZ Perhaps some know hini best As that Giiilfoid alidrle of yesteryear — The speeding demon of gridiron and tiack. Or hard hilling outfielder of diamond: Bui no v lic s li a hing his skills To dllicr a piiing alhleles. DR. HARNEY J. l.Jl G A native Tar Heel Dr. Ljung Who gels real work from us: But thiciugh llii imkiinM II going s tough. Results woilhuhile lie praises. ERNESTINE C. MILNER Her work is ■(iuilford — lier tasks main. Personalities in Personnel command lier thoughts: PsychoIogN reeks — a |iaper on Dreams is missing: Some one olf i anipii ihal -lioiijihrt be — llou (Hd -he uo. an, I ulu? Who ' - icMiiiiig to diniiiT loniiiht .- ' What lime? ( )ii( lioii-. moll- (|iii lioiis ? ? ? ? Oh. for ihe life of our jiresidentV wife.

Page 16 text:

SENIOR WEEK Presiding at the first Senior Week Cliapel in May 1939, was Dr. Russell Pope, whose desire to expre s to the students the interest and appreciation of the College, estajjlished this idea which has come to have more and more significance on campus. Sunday morning, the Baccalaureate service to the graduating class. Then the long anticipated diploma — to the recipient, the written decree confirming his lour vears of endeavor and hard work at Guilforil.