Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Firxl i- ' iic: lien lin Mi, Dick Nrlsoii, .l..lm I j. wiiin;;. Ium-c.ii .M.iyn.i rd, Kiiiibb Bl lr, Bob Hcihr. Second nnc: I ' .rad Siiiiu-s, Kiujx Jnlms, llcrh Scli.M-Ilk,,].!-. D.iv,- Sl.iiilifld. Third roxc: Jack linur.issa. Slinr-ly CuckiiiaTi, Hill Hnwrij.-iii, Clark Wilson, I.t-fty Halls. JIONOC; U A .M C LI ' B T; ' r.iilitidii.i 1 |),-i(l(IK ' ritrs were iiiisMiii; Iroiii (i-Clul) aetiv- itics this year. Hefore MiiiiiiuT afatioii of 1!»I2. tlic Mdiionraiii Clul) lirld initiatioii for recent haskctliall, haseliall. and tennis letter winners. Supplied with a nunihersliip. tliey liefjan planning tlie majdr e ent of the ytar. tlie G-Clilb prom ill tlie fall of Itl-t - ' . Kaeulty spon.sors Dr. Ljiiiio and Dr. Xewlin foniierlv okayed plans foi- the daiiee. Dei-orations were on a sporty theme as the main floor of the n-,v,ii was eoiiMseated for the Iiallr t ' arl I ' ritehard ' s orchestra served up sueel and suiiio while ni ire than sixty eonjiles danced. The Jiresent war situation (icplcteil the ranks of all yarsity tiaiiis and thrcatiiied to cut out all Jiossihilities of future interi ' ol- Iceiate .-ithletics until such times as the student (|uota of (iuilford should be filled. Ill the li-ht of this fact, the Monogram Club formally disbanded until a definite program of arsity lomjictition should be planned by the college. ' J ' he (i-C ' lnl) ' will again function when faculty sponsors deem the time right for reopening the organization. At ])resent, all hooks and documents of (iuilford College .Moiiogj-am Club are in the custody of Drs. I.jiiiig and N ' wlin. . dvisor to the club. Coach Cliarles Block Smith, left early in the second semester, turn- ing o er (hitit ' s of the organization to I ' l ' ts- ideiit ,101111 Downing, Secretai-y Ben Brown, and Treasurer King Johns. Coach Smith h.id lieeii diligently working towards the con- struction and furnishing of the Lettermen ' s room in the gyimiasiiim. His call to the colors and |iriorities placed that vision aside until fiituri ' days. Officers and advisors of the club met short- ly before spring vacation to complete all business — social and financial — before the inajority of its members should resj)ond to the E.H.C. call.

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B A S K H ALL 1 Ji + .! T! Mir t;raii(l I ,1 call of hat a ' aiiist hall was anhWiTed hv a i;(i()illy miiiil)tr i)f fellows as a ]iromiMiin- season, coiisidt riiit;- tlii ' cii ' diiiistances, t;i)t uiuler way. Dr. Neuliii. i-(|i]aciiiij, ' I ' oacli Smith, expressed the lio|ie that all hoys who uarited to piav hall wciuld he niveii a ehaiiee this year. Tliere wmdd he more eoiieerit rat ion on de- elo|)int; ' talent in all the hall |ilayei-s. rather than on trainnii; the Hi-st nine for eaiiies. . s for the sehediile. it was lareel ' mt |-anmral. IJaseliall l-eeiilits iiieluded only one ' i ' 2 varsity man. Hoek Maynard. last yeai ' s ea|)tain and t ' .atcher «as the sole I ' et ii •.■iiiii letterm.-m ready foraetion this year. Knohhy Hl.air, Marion Halls. Diek Nelson, and other standhss of List Ncar ' s nine were ealli ' d into the ser iee hefoi ' e the season heiian. I ' raetiee started shortly hefoi ' e sprini. ' vacation ; amoiii; ' the early tryouts who looked like [loteiitial strone- men were Wehh at third hase. II,ari-y Walker on the mound, and anotliei- yearliiii; ' . (ieorne Short, at shortstop. The reiii.aiiidei- of the roster was made np of ;i mixture iiichidini;- all fonr classes. ' I ' lie ( ti hops contrihiited their sli.are to the list of candichates: I ' leas.ants and rresiieil were two who look.d ,:;ood tlu ' first feu (Lays. (iiiilford. nei-essaril . ahuie with other collei vs throiiniiont the eoniitry. h.id to cut d nMi on inter-seholastic hasehall, hut the hii li decree of enthusiasm and spirit .aiiiono- the fellows w.as well inaintained. and Co.-ich Newlin li.ad i;i)od reason to exjiect an enjov- ahli ' seas if not ;i pa rt icul.arly ;ieti i ' inie in the field of inter-scholastic- competition. .t. t t » f j? r .- i , ; i4- C| FnsI ■....■■ .M.irsh.ill I ' r.-Mirll. .Snipes, Arm. Ill Sriiuliii.in, C Ar nnice, ; ■ , -..,.• II,HT WMlk.-r. ' l-.i C.illins. .lolin II.-. w. .rill, ll.ii Dr. N.-wliii. Wi-I.li, H..li M.-irs|i,ill, l),;iii riieriKis, . :u-k Wv.itl. i;r;Kl ,• .Short, Dull I ' rint;!,-, .1...- ■Irollinj er, .! .,- M,-r„-nH-, .nick .M.nn.inl, llrrl. l ' (-;,rs,,n. 1!.. Lilh, Owen (■.■.l,l.-r«...,.l, Ki uii.-.i, ,-il (n.,-,-n- , ■ Inhiis, .Mi-Kiii |- ' ;iMlk [26]

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Firsl ,..„■. . ; In rnihl: linlH-rt.i lind. M irlv l{(.liirisim, Sii - ATulrcws, Curkv Kirlil. Srrainl ,■.-; •; Dot Il.ill. Shiili-v W.irr. ' I.iiii liif;,ir. K Uv r.iwcll, Wiiiiii ' .- F.llis. ■Ih:i l n-:. ' ; IVtc I. rniiimi,- llninkli.M.II. Il.i rl K.-v, l ' ri;- Kills. Hutli Kil) .Tlon. lii ' lir ];:, U- . Fn„rlli f,w: .hick Wri-lil, ' irf;iir.-i AsIut.iII. 1V{;}; ' I ' lvxlrr, Catlifriiic I ' f.ir-dii. M.irinrir I,,T HrnWM, ' . filtci-c(l I claiiiiiriiii; .■-tii(l(nt . .■iliiiniii, service men. ••1-;.|{.C ' . Iiovs leave , C.I ' .S. nr,,u,, irnacleN e. ' iin|ius , tlR ' --e and nian (itliers prd- elaini the last ea|- life at (niilfnrd. lllien- niatie nioi-tiiiier I ' etnrned to |)lav pranks on the start ' , Sensations and ()uii)s and Querks coluninized your eani]ius eliatter, and .Jolins and Seii(iellko]ii ' ]irodueed reams of Quakes and sports stories tliat lianished all preinonitions of AC ' l and almost outran the aihci ' t isin;.; ' . ]5nsiness in.anai;er, Sliii-lev Ware had the odds ;ii;ainst liii ' , cringing in the face of tile advei ' t isers peremjitorv re- marks that in sneli turhulent times .-idvei ' tis- iiit; Is not an item of neei ' ssitv. It uas ;i h.-u-klieved. lieu sinoiiijer ' s exist- ence, with tile hi iiKiiithlv corneriiii; ' of co])V, the all-ninht rru rit mi;- siistamed hv wheat for f essays, charactel- sketches, (juips .-uid toasties and cold h.akcd he.aiis, the trip to THE ca ILFORDI AX III 1!)1(): the first campus capers with its mild ] oetic tlloUi -|lts: in T.)- ' l : the paper sprouts to five columns; in ID ' J. ' i; new ideas solicited in the conmieiits; for IDff: .(lu siioc csl lons.- Struo lini; aloiii; a tortuous path, tlu (• ' iiilfdrdiiiii c.inie to iu tuice a month. c - tlie liiiotvpc machines, and the inevitahle shock uheii the finished product arrive(L (). )() copies ill i reell urappilli;- paper, to he dis- it on occasion when the liudnet rocketed trihuted liy nine o ' clock Satiirdax morninn-. to cl-o level, nf the editol ' fled the coillltrv. ' I ' lien, the sprinn- trip to the polls, to voti In the hanils of editor W ' inifnd l- ' Jlis .anil in a iieu stall ' to re:i|. the wild uiiids of tl successor Hette MailiV. the lieu s li.-is heell iniinn- « indfalls. [28 1