Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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beginning to feel a part of Guilford . . . the joyous hails of upperclassmen running into old pals again . . . the talk of the last engagements ... or the missing few who were not to return . . . then upperclassmen registration on the eighteenth . . . the usual rush for freshmen skirls by the males of the campus . . . the beginning of classes . . . and the Freshmen Reception sponsored by the Social Committee . . . old students herding the new- through an endless receiving line . . . the com- forting feeling of big sisters close by . . . football practice at Hobbs field . . . September 20 . . . the season ' s opener at Winston-Salem . . . hard fought contest . . . but Appalachian edged the Quakers by one point . . . Shugart, senior guard, Hege, freshman back, and Beck, freshman guard, played a good game . . . October 4 . . . Homecoming Day . . . game at Hobbs field . . . flocks of alumni . . . pre-game parade of dorm floats . . . Archdale winning the trophy for the best float . . . Emily Warrick of Goldsboro, sponsored by the cheer- leaders, made a lovely Homecoming Queen . . . spirit raised by our pep band and Thomasville ' s band . . .Jones, Shugart, Shoaf, and Yates played a great game . . . but Guilford bowed to Newberry 12-6 . . . disappointed, Guilfordians determined to make this a day of days . . . and they did . . . with the campus barbecue . . . the Homecoming Dance down at the gym, sponsored by the Women ' s Athletic Association . . . October 12, and the SCA-sponsored trip to Hanging Rock . . . via big open truck . . the feeling of exhaustion and Continued on page 17 STUDENT AFFAIRS BOARD: First row: Mae Nicholson, Jo Cameron, Eill Gibson, Betsy White, Assistant Secretary; Glenna Fulk, Secretary; Ruth Burton; Bill Yates, President. Second row: Bob kails, Betsv Farlow. Bill Smedley, Bailey Nunn, Vice-President; Darrell Peeler. 11

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HUH I! ,■ ■ Autumn . . . dancing leaves of red and brown and yellow . . . evening skies in flaming; sunsets . . . cool breezy nights . . . that Carolina moon . . . once as;ain it ' s September, and Guilford springs to life. . . . September 13 . . . campus leaders on the Student Affairs Board meet at the lake for a picnic given l v Dr. Milner . . . the warm greetings and comfortable familiarity of old friends . . . loads of food . . . and fun . . . still hard to believe that this was actually our lake . . . the next day, lots ol new faces in the dorms . . . lost . . . curious . . . expectant . . . by the fifteenth all the Freshmen had arrived . . . there were lots of them . . . the dorms were filled up . . . some already old friends with each other . . . and with upperclassmen . . . thanks to the Fall Planning Conference . . . and the Freshmen Camp sponsored by the Student Christian Association . . . about sixty students .it Camp Nawakwa . . . Freshmen Week . . . the tiring process of registration . . . the placement tests that followed . . . lectures . . . presentation of campus organizations by the Student Affairs Board . . . the tour of the campus . . . and amid all the hectic rush, new friendships being made . . . room-mates getting acquainted. . . . by the time the old students had returned, the Frosh were

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Robert H. Frazier, Chairman Greensboro, N. C. Dr. Clyde A. Milner Presideni David J. White, Secretary Edwin P. Brown A. Wn si in Hobbs Eunice A. Parker Horace S. Haworth Herbert C. Petty Nereus C. English Luby R. Casey Mary M. Petty Robert R. Ragan Walter A. Coble Joseph D. Cox James Hoge Ricks Hugh W. Moore Greensboro, N. C. Murfreesboro, N. C. Chapel Hill, X. C. High Point, X. C. High Point, X. C. Archdale, X. G Thomasville, N. G Goldsboro, N. C. Greensboro. X : . C. High Point, X. C. Guilford College, N. G High Point, X. C. Richmond, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Administration Dr. Harvey A. Ljung Dean of the College and Professoi oj Chemistry E. Daryl Kent Dean oj Men and Associate Professoi oj Religion and Biblical Literatim Mildred Marlette Dean oj Women an d Assistant Pro fessor oj English L2