Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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To Dr. E. Garness Purdom . . . When we canic rn (inilford ' s campus as a freshman, c didn ' t feci hkc srranircrs vct - long, for a member of rhe laeultw whom we perhaps had ne er seen l)etore, passed us on rhe walk rhe first week and greeted us li name. We wimdered how in rhe w irki couki this possibK ' be. We began to teel that perhaps here was someone who would rake an interest in us and be wilhng to help us it problems should arise. I ' the rune we were seniors, we had been eonfronred b se eral problems, mathematical as well as personal, and we had discovered that here w.is rrul someone who could otier us perfectK straightforward solutions to most an of those problems. The genuine advice gi en us was put on our level ot understanding, and during conversations we were made to feel as though we were talking with our father or an older brother. . s a token of our appreciation for this deep interest, kindK advice, and lasting friendship, we offer this l ' ) ! edition of the Qi. h to ou, Dr. i . ( larness Purdom.

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The Student Body of GUILFORD COLLEGE Presents j n 5 ' :i. THE QUAKER Guilford College North Carolina

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The dream of all Guilford students . . . h;id come true in the c;ir 1051-52 — rhc-rc it w ;is in hack ot the g ninasium, ;i heautitui lake for hoating and sw imniing. On the da s when tlie thermometer registered 0 and we ran down to take a swim, we reahzed that those days which we — the students and faculty — spent sawing trees, piling brushes, hauling rocks, and digging ditches were days well spent. There were other noticeable changes on our campus; the socioiog ' department had lost its leading instructor to the graduate department of C arolina; Air. Feagins was on leave of absence from the department of philosoph ' , and the athletics departments had new instructors and coaches. . lan ' of our fellow students were not back this ear, but bright new laces ap- peared in late September to take the places of those who had left us. Thus lile at (iuiltord ever evokes, losing some part ol irsell each ear and et gaining a new part.