Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Pkesidknt Mahv Loii Stai-fi President DeArmas Smith THE SENIORS 19 4 2 Do YOit REMEMBER that eighty-page thesis — tliat proiluct of a fertile hiain, written liastily to heat a deadline? Or do you reniemher the lun we had — that skating party and our informal dance in the gym, given (juickly at the Ijegimiing of the year, to bolster the treasuiy? We blamed it on the war — no money any- where. Second semester we voted in presi- dent Smith, vice-president Stafford, and secretary-treasurer Johnson. Juniors and faculty honored us with baiKpiets. We were measured for caps and gowus, chose com- mencement speakers, seniors and faculty members to speak in cliapel during senior week. The last day came — quakiiig knees, hot heavy robes, the sheepskin, and the as- suring clasp of the hand. Will you re- 13

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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.

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' • ' T H E . Iaktiia Ann Abei.iin Ilulyc.ke, Maj . Major in Engliili Mari. rkt Anderson Kural Hall. N. C. Majiir in Psychology Greenslioni. N. C. Major in Economics (;..!. W.uru. N. C. Major in Biology MARTHA AW AlilXEIX. She is as good she is fair. Quiet charm and a noble heart 1 Ions to this Xow Enalander. Artistically SENIORS . 1942 (lined. Martha has ser ed on sc cral costume committees, and danced her way to fame as one of Miss Foster ' s apostles of Terpsichore. In a less creati e ein. Martha was an actiye member of the cabinet and Wdmen ' s Student Go ern- ment. But 1 like t, MARGARET ANDERSON. spend my time in singing some jo ous song ' — and while she sings, she pushes the iyories o t ' r the syncopated rhythms of Gilbert and Sulli an — Pirates of Penzance. The Mikado. Pin- afore. ' ' Patience. — a maelstr(jni (d ' musical notes in a paper bound coyer to bi ' rcpro liiced nightly on Mary Hobbs ' piano b this tiny dynamo of musical enthusiasm. W ILEV CON. Percolating with wit. this Greens- boro hop spreads infectious laughter and en- thusiasm whereyer he goes. May his road of lilc always be a jolly one and Friendly. DINK. DAIL. Monogram member who wielded a mean paddle on the freshman initiates. Dink is the clowning funster of biology lab and football field. An ambidextrous chap, he can peel a cat with one hand and keep you in stitches with the other. Bll.l. DENHAM. With a gayel in his hand. Not S|)cakcr of the House, nor judge of a jury, but pre iilent of the Men ' s Student Goyernment. Through him his associates may yoice complaint, ajiproyal. or methods for reform. Bill ' s skillful steering of the masculine element on the campus led him off campus — to Raleigh where he and three others represented Guilford at the Student Legislature. 14