Page Eight
McCracken Muses, Looks Back, Ahead,
And Compares Seniors to Pallbearers
(Continued from Page One)
more, had someone beneath you to
look down on and harangue a
little. The bull sessions at night.
Tucker's the graphite method, Jones'
constant. New girls, new guys, new
(aces, new loves. Yellow autumn
moon, winter snow, the restlessness
of spring. Games, the ones we won
and when it rained. Always there
seemed to be rain, the Guilford kind
and fog. New suits, new dresses,
new lives, new residents in Foun
der's—a cow. You almost laugh out
loud.
And then the third, the year that
went like the second, a little rough
er, a little faster. Cuts. Required
courses, religion, the philosophies,
the languages. How you hated them
or liked them. Junior speeches. The
comps, the dreaded cornps. You look
around at your buddies and your
girl-friends and you're sort of
ashamed you're thinking these
things. They're intent, they even
look interested. You shake your
head, The speaker drones on.
Funny, you never felt like a senior
this year, It just came like the rest,
natural. No change, no difference—
much. There was Rat Court. The
guys got that up, and remember the
time they shaved the heads of those
boys from High Point. That was a
night. The time the basketball team
beat Hanes Hosiery, and after wal
loping the dickens out of Catawba
at the tournament, even the barn
got excited and burned. The Junior-
Senior banquet where the Juniors
tried to make you feel like seniors
as you did the Seniors the year be
fore, and they failed just as you did
the year before. The THESIS, the
deadline on that, how you slaved,
and dreaded. Sign on the dotted
line, dear Teacher. Dear Teacher,
dear Teacher, dear me, ma'm, sir.
It's a pretty day and I'm graduating.
I'm graduating. I'm doing what
I've worked for, longed for, maybe
even prayed some for, and I still
don't feel anything but strange and
out of place.
Is this me? Is this us? It must
be, for there's Charlie and Mary,
Jack and Anne and the rest of the
gang. They'll give us a little piece
o paper later on with our name on
it and we'll be outsiders. That's it.
Shut outside like we were once shut
inside. Coming in, I saw Mom had
bought a new dress for this occasion,
but Dad still had hig old favorite
hat. As usual, It was in Mom's
lap, she was taking care of it. Old
hat, new dress. Same old me, new
robe. And it's funny, when it's be
all over, it'll still be the same old
me in a new robe, not a bit different.
Wish they would (lo something
about this ceiling in this auditorium.
Maybe someday I'll contribute some
thing toward a new, huge audi
torium like our new science building.
I said, 'Our?' It's not mine anymore,
I don't belong here now. It'll never
be the same. I'll come back and
remember bow it was in my day and
be resentful of a lot. Maybe they'll
call the new science building 'Camp
bell Hall' and the library 'Ricks
Library.'
I sure could use a cigarette. Won
der if they'll ever have a class as
big as ours again. Remember '49, '49,
mighty fine, I recline in this refined
shrine where the sun shines on the
divine class of '49. Ouil-l-l-lfor-r-r-r
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I do. Go ahead and admit It, you
rat. Tell him when he shakes your
hand and hands you that imitation
sheepskin that you love this place,
the trees, the green, rolling campus,
the old class rooms and labs, and
everything. Because you know you
do. And you know why, too. Be
cause in these old walls there some
thing greater than brick, cement and
plaster—there's love, and faith and
guidance.
You know that whatever you do,
it may be great, it may be small,
and wherever you do it, you will al
ways leave the touch of Guilford
College where you leave your foot
prints, yes, Guilford College, that
small co-ed school set amongst the
picturesque hills of "Nawth" Caro
lina.' And it may have given you
a tough 'time, but it's under your
f)kin and in you now. She's a great
place, she is, and though maybe not
so for ns, you know her past can
never lie as great as her future.
Down deep you believe that, because
down deep, it's so.
He's finished. This is the time
for all good men to come to the aid
of their country. Now is the time
for all good graduates to march
nicely across the stage and stand a
respectable distance, accept their
diplomas, and shake his hand with
these clammy fishes that are hanging
on their right arms. Hope I don't
stumble when I step on the plat
form. Hope I don't stumble ever,
and lose the things that Guilford's
taught me. Here goes.
Choir Ends Season
At Odd Fellows Meet
The Guilford A Cappella Choir
will end its 194!) season with a
concert for Odd Fellows in Greens
boro on May 15 and with its par
ticipation in graduation exercises
May 29 and 30 at Guilford. Being
booked for the service at Grace
Methodist Church, the Dallas tour
group will sing its full program. At
commencement exercises here, a
group of special numbers have been
prepared and for the President's
Senior reception on May 29 a "pops"
concert from its repertoire has been
planned.
The choir under Charles C. Un
derwood's direction successfully
completed the 1949 program as it
had been planned by the late Dr.
Weis. Several local dates, the "Mes
siah" performance, some radio pro
grams, and the successful annual
tour which this year took the choral
group to the National Convention
of Federated Music Clubs in Dallas,
Texas, were accomplished by the
choir as an artistic group; and a
number of picnics, parties, and a
choir breakfast filled its social cal
endar.
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THE GUILFORDIAN
Faculty Has Interesting
Plans for This Summer
After a year of hard work, the
faculty deserve a vacation, or even
a change from the usual grind.
Some of them will be teaching in
our summer school, some in other
summer schools. Some will become
students, and some will vacation.
Here is a brief rundown of the
plans for the summer of our facul
ty and staff members.
After summer school is over in
August, Mr. Bailey will be ready
for vacation in Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and New York . . .
Mr. Burrows plans to do research
work in Atlanta, Georgia . . . Dr.
Campbell will be kept busy keeping
house and trying to get some rest
from her Biology classes and labs
. . . Mr. Cobb will be with the Math
students as instructor in summer
school . . . Dr. Crownfleld will be
occupied with religious writings de
signed for teaching . . . Dr. D'Al
bert will teach in summer school
. . . Mr. Feagins will be on the
summer school faculty . . . Dr. Frank
is going to vacation . . . Dr. Furnas
is to 'teach English Literature at
the extension school of Earlham and
the University of Indiana in Rich
mond.
Miss Gilbert will be at her home
working on her book . . . Mr. Hilty
is to direct a camp in Cuba where
a work project is to be located and
the students will continue their
studies in Spanish. Later he will
journey to Connecticut and expects
to visit the U.N. while in "Yankee
Land."
Miss Hutchinson plans to teach
at U. N. C. and vacation after the
summer term is over . . . Coach
Lentz will be our Dean of Men and
teach Phsys. Ed. in summer school
. . .' Dr. Ljung will be teaching
Chemistry at U. N. C. during their
siecond summer term . . . Miss Mar
lette will teach English and serve
as Dean of Women at Guilford this
summmer . . . Betty Jo Miller will
be here for a month and then
go home . . . Mr. Miller will visit
his parents and "in-laws" in Mis
souri . . . Dr. and Mrs. Milner will
be seen on campus this Bummer.
The Mrs. teaching and the Dr. direc
ting summer school . . . Pete Moore
will be with us in summer school
. . . Mrs. MrDonald will be kept busy
gardening, canning, and freezing
at home and at the same time at
tending summer school at Women's
College . . . Mrs. McEntire will be
summer school after which she will
vacation at the beach . . . I)r. Ott
will be at summer school . . . Mr.
Paine is going home to Waycross,
Georgia . . . Dr. Purdom has two
or three possibilities in the scienti-
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Miss Kicks will be at summer
school after which she will retire as
Librarian of Guilford . . , Coach
Teague will be in coaching school at
the University of Alabama and
U.N.C. after which he will make
plans for the 1949 football season.
While in Alabama he will study
Don Faurot, the inventor of the
split "T" formation.
Dr. Tomlinson is to work at Duke
. . . Mr. Underwood is going to con
tinue his private instruction during
the month of June and then visit
his home in Nova Scotia, where he
will swim, fish and just relax . . .
Dr. Victorius will teach in summer
school . . . Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse
will have, by far, the most eventful
summer They are expecting an
addition to the family and will re
main here until September. In Sep
tember they will go to Columbia
University where "Pop" will work
on his doctorate. The best of luck
to the Woodhouse family.
The staff, the people who are
primarily concerned with the busi-
I ness and upkeep of the college, have
their plans also.
Joe Allred has a year-round job
at supervising the maintainence of
the buildings and grounds . . . John
Bradshaw will be found in his Office
of Public Relations this summer . . .
Midge Brodeur will be in Mr. Par
son's office . . . Mrs. Crownfleld will
continue as secretary to the presi
dent . . . Charlie Hendricks will be
selling text books and sodas . . .
Mrs Holland will be chasing light
bulbs or the girls . . . Miss Lasley
will be keeping the credits in order
in the Registrars Office . . . and
Lena Mae McCraw will be helping
her.
David Parsons will have about the
largest job of the staff. He will be
tangled up in the building program,
which consists of the new Science
building, the addition to the Library,
and the renovation of the Inside of
Memorial Hall . . . Mrs. Powell will
be on campus, but will not be giving
out pink pills to puny pupils. She
is just going to rest and be lazy . . .
Mazella Kiddle Is leaving when Tom
graduates, and if I may quote from
her boss. Dr. Milner, without get
ting into trouble. "She has been a
fine secretary." . .. Mrs. Robeson will
be in New York for a week or two
and then go to Ohio and St. Simon's
Island, Georgia, to visit her daugh
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Treasurer's office this summer.
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May 24,1949
Drama Group To Give
'Glass Menagerie'
Under the leadership of the new
ly elected officers, the Dramatic
Council is planning for a big sea
son next year. These new officers
are: Cliff Goodman, president; Ann
Raiford, vice-president; and Pinkie
Fischelis, secretary-treasurer.
The Council has already had a
meeting to make plans for the first
semester of next year. It has been
decided that Tennessee Williams'
play, "Glass Menagerie," will be
the fall production of next year.
The drama is of great tenderness,
charm, and beauty. The cast con
sists of two men and two women,
all of whom have parts of equal
importance. The four characters
are to be chosen by the quality of
their acting, because the parts must
be played in an expert manner in
order to be effective.
Although the cast Is small, the
set and lighting are big Jobs and
they will need many people to work
on them. The lighting is especially
effective for the success of the play
because of the various effects that
must be had during the play.
The play was chosen because or
its success on Broadway and because
of its single set. This will give
the Dramatic Council a chance to
give its very limited amount of
equipment the most effective use.
Congratulations Are Due!
Congratulations are due for five
privileged seniors who are exempt
from final examinations. It is only
through their hard and consistent
work that this goal has been achiev
ed by them. They have been on
the honor roll for at least five con
secutive semesters or more and all
have participated in student activ
ities.
They are Eldora Hayworth, who
Is former president of Women's Stu
dent Government; BeMina Huston,
editor of the Quaker; Inge Longe
rich, president of the Spanish Club;
Betty Nunn Moon, former member
of the Social Committee; and Jack
Tilley, member of the Honor Board.
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