Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Cf)ronicle FEBRUARY 8— The first in the Open House series; Archdale showed all. FEBRUARY 13— The Valentine ' s Day Formal was presented by the Social Committee. Betty Nunn just managed to pull through. FEBRUARY 15 — Founders rooms got their an- nual cleaning. FEBRUARY 22— Guilford young ladies got a glimpse of how the other half lives at Cox ' s Open House. FEBRUARY 29— Day of days! The sacred pre- cincts of Mary Hobbs were invaded — by men! MARCH 6 - 7 — College students and visiting North Carolina Young Friends got together for discussion and inspiration; outside speakers ap- peared in conferences, chapels, Meeting; beds were loaned out; forums were held; a good time was had by all. Then the Friends departed until next year. MARCH 15 — A piano recital was given by Mr. Feagins and Mrs. Woodhouse. MARCH 31— Continuing a tradition. . . . Wom- an ' s Student Government met in the auditorium to inaugurate their newly elected officers in a candle-light service. APRIL 3 — Something new on Guilford ' s vener- able campus — moving pictures, real ones! On this evening Keys of the Kingdom was offered, free, to all students in Memorial Hall . APRIL 10 — Laura, second in the series, was ob- served by a large group. APRIL 15 — Crack of Doom — Judgment Day — Ides of March gone one better — senior theses due. APRIL 10— Students attended the third free show, Cluny Brown, still wondering if this can be Guilford? APRIL 20 — Choir banquet was given. APRIL 23 — The Scholarship Society entertained campus honor roll students. Highlight of the evening was the balloon-busting relay, and sight of the evening was Dr. Ljung, Dr. Purdom, and Miss Gilbert bouncing up and down on balloons that just wouldn ' t break. APRIL 24 — The Junior class broke recent prece- dent and presented the Class of ' 48 with an off- campus Junior-Senior Banquet at the Bliss Restaurant. Ott spoke. White drawled, Mc- Cracken waxed poetic, and Ducker prophesied. APRIL 28 — Tragedy struck our sheltered com- munity! Like a bolt of lightning it came this bright sunny morning and by nightfall the Kiss- Me-Quick was no more. MAY 1 — May Day dawned bright and early and with it the male population of Guilford in all their glory. Byatt returned to do Mrs. Milner justice; the rest of the faculty was taken for the usual ride. Question of the day: Who put the cow in Founders Hall? Girls May Day was a success. June and her attendants looked lovely. The May Court was honored by the W.A.A. at a formal in the evening. MAY 8 — Monogram Club initiated its new mem- bers at the 2nd annual Klub Kampus Kuties. Moon was singing bartender supreme, but Ros- coe Cox almost stole the show. MAY 15 — The Dramatic Council came forth with Mr. and Mrs. North for its spring produc- tion, directed by Eleanor Corneilson and Char- lotte Flanders. MAY 29 — For those members of the senior class who had stayed with Guilford faithfully for four years, reward came in the way of the second formal reception of their college days. This eve- ning Dr. and Mrs. Milner held a reception for seniors and their parents. MAY 30 — The end draweth near. Baccalaureate service was held this Sabbath morn. MAY 31- farewell. -Graduation. For the seniors, finis, and 13

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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

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SENIOR OFFICERS: Roy Cuneo President Bradshaw Snipes Vice-president Peggy Stabler Secretary Virginia Jordan Treasurer eniorsi 14