Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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T E N N I S D Pi ' ttiidliii ' l ' li(]in|iMiii tlic MTimil place. D A N C I N G u ii t - rla r(Hii ' t , a sairti-iiiij;- nit . liiiii ' a Mil linr almost mi- rt ' cooni alilf, a fall trnriis rla rs t ' ol ' udiih ' U hi-naii. 15iit Miss Fi.stiT i-i-allv caii-lit the s]iil-it lit ' lirr suillllirl ' s stllilw l{rtlir ' nili!4 ' to (■aiii|)ns uitli sti-oiin ' (Ictri-iniriat ion to ri|iii]i sclft ' t U y . fanati Ainrrican uoincn with skills for aiiiusini; ' skippini;-, .lnni|iini; ' anil lio|i|)mn- oi ' . as tlirv tlu ' insclvcs aftci- lra inn- rollror, she started uoiilil trrni it. in trr|ii-rt iiii;- music anil in- to train lar r niinilicrs in llir iiit I ' icacics of xrntiiii; i racifii I undulations of the liody. tennis. ' I ' li.at tr.aiiiine ' inrliided, of iiecessitv. practical .application of lio« to roll a tennis nlil tin ' s yvAV modern dance had lieeii pr.acticed only hy a ■voted to the art of This year, linilel ' the rieu physical educa- tion pi ' oMr.am, modern d.ancine ' has lieen (aiiirt. where and how to line one. Fin.ally i-.iised fi ' oiii the position of .a lioliliy to th.at inxinia ' d th.at her ci ' eu was not completely if .a scheduled cl.ass, ,and some forty .asiiiri hojieless, she liee ' .an instruction in h.ickliand youni; .athletes .are nou twistiny their limlis .and foreh.and dri i, iii one defense. Som of the .aspirini;- J.aeohs hecame so self lamfideilt, tliev iMIi sieiied Up to pl,a ' som three times ,a week in .a .aui .and feelilc .at- tempt to reach the point where they them- selves iii.a ' iiiMiil new il.aiices li.ased upon .a singles .and iloiililes. Ion rn.ameiil style. It cert.aiii ide.i or ni.a ' interpret some famili.ar w.as ,a lack.ad.aisical contest which (iii.alh ' music. ■ [I ' t]

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I5t ' tty Ami I ' riiifile? With wistful eye and liiiiivriiii;- stip, tliu.su tots struwud tliu coiituiits of tliuir lirmimiiig baskets of rud rosi ' ])utals o er thu stups of P ' ouiidurs l)i4 ' oru tliu niai-cli liuo-an. Tliu suuiiu was a syiii]ilion v in I)lark and whitu, witii tliu hlack-cliintzud fiddlurs of tliu ( ' ollut;iuiu Miisicnni iiitur|irutiiii; ' 15i-aliiiis, Liszt, Sinutaiia. Strauss, and Dvorak. Conti- nuntal dancurs purforniud in turn -Murrv Alaskurs of Inist, ' J ' yroiuan jiuasants, lioliuinian polka tri]ii)urs, waltzino- Viunnusu of Strauss ' Morning;- .lounials. IJuniuinhur tliu Suliuliplattlur of Austria, a sliou- ulapping dance liy Tommy Brunkiiardt and Margie P llison that «u all thoui ht was a wrestling matuli with an ouuasional hint of a boxing lioiit. And so on into waning daw and the end of the Danube travuls. We wuleomud its surging and emjitving into the Black Sea. ' I ' d i-i al the feminine pruteiidiTs to tlie throne, (inilford ' s men elected their own ( ueen of the .May, the tall, the stately, the unawkHard, tlu ' iinincible Krenn ! And a King, too, was chosen to ci iii|)letu the king- dom, the ahsoliite, omnipotent, Ilurwitz. On ground soggy with torrential rains, the court .justurs, (iruuks and Sliakes|ieai-e held [iroiiii- neiit places in the celebratiim at hand. May we iiuvur forget the ringing applause to the curtain thriller Romeo and Ernestina, the great portrait of black-gowned ])liiloso])bcr Williams, i-uincai-n. ' ited so nobly bv Fred Taylor, ceremoniously hanging his overcoat on a nail in the wall that wasn ' t there! Archdale ' s highlighting contribution came in the form of (lurman-uisu Mariu Louise (Hnth) impursonated by Bert Luvinu. Xuver! This is (luilford — and a twelve hour saturation of AL-iy Day ! M A ' D A S C EXES [23]

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ARCHERY Pr( s])tctivc Roliiii Ilddds as- si ' iiililrd thricr weekly attired ill tile fniinliar ri ' d ii ' Viii .suit to ii(i()t arrows at a iiale of straw, hut diiiilv rt ' seiiililing a target it one closed oiK ' s eves and iiotued ordv a weatiier-lieateii target faee, |)niielie(l with iioles. I5iif it wasn ' t tlie earlv inorniiii; ' H ' Viii eh ' iss rt ' s|)i)nsii)le for its appea raiu-e. The tarfi-et had seen hetter times. After aiioiit a seiiiestei ' of diiif eiit and faitlifiii praetii-e. tlie ai ' ciiers heii ' an to loi-ate tlie arrows in front of the tarnet instead of fifty miles he- liind. and one lucky iiiili idiial, hy closely fol- lowiiifi- Miss l ' oster s e ])llcit ilist I ' lictions liiaiiai ' ' e(i to ii ' et a hulls-eve. IJecaiise thei ' e were some amoiifi- the fair maidens at (itiilford « ho couldn ' t t.ake the strenuous acti ity, modern dance. Miss Foster, head of the Women ' s I ' hvsieal Kduca- tion l)e|)artnient, instituted a coiir e in liad- niinton. I.ookin- like the ahsent-minded professor who I ' .-iuoht huttertlies for .a hohhy. these enere-etie females chased the liird .iroiind the f ' viii floor, learnini; ' rules, strokes, tc -lini(nie. Finally coininced of method in their m id- ness. Miss Foster oreani ,i ' d a lailder tourna- ment which «;is played off diiriiie ' class periods. Douliles and sinj les tournaments were also played, hut these had not reache.l the finals as your annual went to press. Pat Sliuciiakcr T.iiiiriiie liriinkliaiiU llnlihi,. Williams NaiH-v uiiri [25]