Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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]

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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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4 -J AN -xife« rraiif r,n. ' . h fl In mihl Ilcrluil l ' r,M-sn,i, Winnie Kllis. Hnth Kni.T, Sliirlcv Vi Hark raw: Ilaz. ' l Kc . K 11. I.ilins. Vir;;ini.i r..|.r, lioy I.i-.iIm-. D R A M A T I C S A, ]iirinii ' Altrrd I.imt aiiil I, nii K( nt,-iiric tartc ' (l ork enrlv as I ' ri ' sidciit Kiitli Kiiio- and Diaiiiat ic Council nii ' inhci ' s l)ri;an |ii(idiK ' t kui nn tlir fall play I., ' ffi-rs to I. n rnu . Written liv Frit . l{(ittci- and Allen ineint, the scene of the ]ilav »as laid ni a n ' irl boarding school in Switzerland at the time of the German invasion of Poland and con- cerned a German rri|-| l- ' .ina, u ho uas made a symbol of the (iei ' man ]ieo|ile hy hei- class- mates. I ' layed hy l{enate Kle|i|iei-. a freshman reflifree of (iernian hacki; lamnd. the rolr of Erna was i-ealistically |iortra c(l. l ' ' ornier Council ])ri ' sident and ctei ' an on the (Jnil- ford stage, (iinny Pope adopted a l ' ' rencli accent for the occasion, as Felice, tui-ned against her school chum. l{utli Ivlgerton gave a convincing ]iictui-e of IJingo, Erna ' s champion: Chi ' isty Ilersey, another new- c.mier to the footlights. ,,f Sally, an American girl. Ii ' is Tlionias. fi-eshinan, pl.iyed Olga, a I ' olish girl in lo c ' with ! ' ' ,rn.i s hrothei Ilarrs, which Dan oiiiig did .adniirahl well. ' iiiiiie Ellis as the l- ' aiglish sludent. Marion, completed this iiiterii.a t ioiial picture. r - ' 0 1