Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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

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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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THE Q U A K E R Confroiiti ' d with diffiiiiUics that onlv ;i v;ii ' aniuial can know, the 1943 Qt ' akek i?. tlic i-oiilt (if inoi-c sweat and tears than many a more pritentions book. As the l)iid et (•(iiiNtantly deereaseil with deelining enrollment and tjii ' cost of produe- tion just as consistently rose, Kditor Rob Kohr elinched his fists and st nt his over- worked business manager, Jim Leiir, out to collect -iO per cent additional ad ert iNiiio-. Suggestions fi ' om tln ' po ver that he engravers and |ii-inters— reduced the number of ])ages and plucked out man ' of the Ql ' AKEu ' s mo t colorful features. Hut tlii ' editor and Caricaturist Helen Stabler ]iut tlieir heads together tr) jiroduce a set of pic- ture.squc sketches, while I ' hotographci- Ray Tannenbaum c bed the markets fcu ' film and flash bulbs. With the book readv in (hnnm ' form, (U ' dcrs from the printci ' s. engra (■r . and the . rmy poured in to tlii ' Mem Hall office leav- ing a dejected ci ' cu in their wake. . ' opy mu t be ready months ahead of the original Nchedule. Ivbtoi- and hn iness manager nmst ju ' cpare to forsake thi set ' luiK ' d campus for Induction Centei ' and . i ' mv Camp. ' J ' hen the (iiiilfoi ' dldii editor tui ' ned emigre, and the Vr.xKKK lost its literai-y talent, Hebe liailey. Problem after pi-obleni confrontt ' d till ' organization. Some, like the pi ' inter ' oi ' ders, wvvv overlooked, bct-ausc nt ' wlv- appointed managing editoi ' Corky l ' ield and ty]ii .t Until Hab struggled through write-upN .■IS late as spring acation. . rmv orders were false alarms too. foi- Rohr and I.elir lived to hear tlu ' birth cries of their infant. ' riiroiigh tile mist emerges vo ur 1!)4. 5 (j)r. KKH, a record of (iuilford in this war world. FroiiJ ,. ' .,■. .Sinl.i Aiuuu. Kulli ll,.li, .liui Lelir, Bob Kohr, U.Ih H,Hl, , Ivsllu-r Demeo, Alice Ekeroth, Helen Stabler, Pat Lockwoiid. ISnrk row: Ray Tannenbaum, Dick Scbafer, Neil O ' l.cary, Wiiinio Ellis, Tiimi Kane, Jack Wright. Not pirtiii-fil: Hazel Key. Cerky Field, Crace .Me.Murray, Del Hall, I ' .rtty I ' imell, Anne Schneider, Arneld Srludiriaii. [29]