Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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JfacuUp David H. Parsons, Jr. Business Manager Julia Cannon Assistant Treasurer Joseph N. Allred Assistant Business Manager Melissa Powell Nurse Joan Carey Nurse Anne S. Fordham Head Resident. Mary Hobbs Hall Margaret J. Holland Head Resident. Founders JhtU Mazella J. Riddle Secretary to the President 10

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chronicle SEPTEMBER 13 The first of the two formal receptions given to a student during his career at Guilford was presented for the benefit of the Freshmen. Old students herded new students through an endless line of miscellaneous faculty to the refuge of the dance floor. Upperclassmen chatted intimately with teachers. Old acquaint- ances were renewed. The Freshmen slowly faded out of the picture, drifted back to the dorms, to be gradually assimilated into the college scene as the year passed. OCTOBER 4 — The plutocrats of the campus, those who have cars or friends, headed for Vir- ginia and the Hampton-Sidney game. The prole- tariat was entertained by the social committee at a dance held on the tennis courts. OCTOBER 5 — Annual Y Retreat . . . participants ate, played games, and sang around a camp fire. OCTOBER 16 — Homecoming Day. Alumni re- turned in droves to be escorted about ye olde alma mater by student hosts. Guilford ' s tradi- tional sentiments toward High Point were reit- erated on the barn. Trees bore anti-Wofford expressions. Founders Hall won the Monogram Club prize for the best decorated dorm. Played and lost to Wofford. OCTOBER 25 — Up at 5;00 a.m. to welcome the returning football team, built a bonfire and cheered. OCTOBER 26 — Unsuspecting Freshmen and energetic upperclassmen communed with nature on the annual four-mile trudge known as the Battleground Hike. A brief halt was called at the museum and Park in the interests of a well- rounded education. Destination achieved, a rousing game of Softball was played to com- pletely undermine enthusiasts. Supper was served. The day was climaxed by the return trip which the mass took in vehicles. OCTOBER 31— The Hallowe ' en Dance claimed the gym for the night — dancing, fortune-telling, apple-bobbing, and refreshments were scattered throughout the evening. Andy waxed photo- genic to furnish one of the winning snapshots for the annual Quaker contest. NOVEMBER 1— Bundles from Heaven and buckets of blue paint heralded the annual Guil- ford-High Point clash on the Guilford campus. Intimidating pro-Guilford propoganda in red did the same for High Point. The game was played that memorable evening — Guilford whipped High Point. A few scattered fights and several embryonic riots climaxed the night for the de- feated, while Guilford proceeded in a body to Tucker ' s to celebrate. NOVEMBER 15— Guilford ' s first tea dance was held in the gym for the Catawba players who unfortunately were unable to attend. But every- thing carried on beautifully without them. NOVEMBER 20— Catawba game. ... We hope- fully burned an Indian in effigy . . . the God of War didn ' t smile on our enterprise . . . we lost. Students hit an all time high for cheering and morale support to the team though. NOVEMBER 27— ' We played and beat Elon in the traditional Thanksgiving game, to complete the success of our football season. Jack White and Hank Harvey, dressed in the Quaker garb of our New Garden predecessors, served as mas- cots. Hank ' s silent prayer at appropriate mo- ments probably won the day. NOVEMBER 29— The Vets sponsored the Thanksgiving Dance in the gym. DECEMBER 5— Jerry Allen presented student- directed, student-produced, and student-acted You Can ' t Take It With You — a landmark in student-appreciated dramatic productions on campus. DECEMBER 14 — The Christmas season opened with the choir ' s rendition of the Messiah. Sun- day afternoon. DECEMBER 15— Dr. Weis feted choir members at his home. DECEMBER 16— The Monogram Club ' s Christ- mas Dance ended the season in fine order the night before vacation. Jean Presnell, lovely Hobbs junior, was presented to the school as Queen of the Dance. JANUARY — Was reserved in toto for final exams and basketball games. 12