LITERARY SOCIETY
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VOLUME XLVIII
Roe Pearce Crowned Queen for' 63
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President Boiling
Addresses College
The 133 rd Anniversary of the
Founding of Guilford College was
observed here on Friday, Novem
ber 8, it was announced here by the
college president, Dr. Clyde A.
Milner.
Highlight of the observance
was the Founders Day address by
Landrum Boiling, president of
Earlham College, the Quaker in
stitution in Richmond, Indiana.
At 10:30 a.m., college trustees
were presented to Guilford stu
dents and visitors by student lead
ers. Also, the college Dana Schol
ars were presented for the first
time and received certificates dur
ing the program. At 4:00 p.m., a
tea was given in honor of Boiling
and the trustees. At 6:30 p.m.,
Quaker students and trustees dined
with college representatives from
local meetings (churches) through
out the state. President Boiling's
address at 8:00 p.m. in Dana Audi
torium concluded Founders Day
activities.
A unique brochure for the pro
motion of the liberal arts educa
tional program at Guilford College,
formulated by the students partici
pating in the Dana Scholar pro
gram last year, was presented by
Dr. Milner. This informative bro
chure is an extension of the one
begun several years ago in the
campaign for the religious educa
tion and music building.
The Founders Day event was in
commemoration of an event which
occurred November 10, 1830. The
school charter was granted January
13, 1834, and New Garden Board
ing School (later named Guilford
College) opened its doors to 50
students on August 1, 1837.
Homecoming Day is being cele
brated in conjunction with the
Founders Day event on Saturday,
November 9. Some 2,500-3,000
alumni and other guests have been
expected for the events covering
the two-day period.
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Homecoming Festivites Take Place Today
The 1963 Homecoming celebra
tion here at Guilford is well under
way. The events of the weekend
began on Friday, November 8,
with the recognition of Guilford's
Founders Day, an introduction to
the student body of the Board of
Trustees in the Fridav morning
convocation.
At 11:00 a.m. there was a faculty
reception in the Dana Auditorium
for the benefit of visiting alumni
and friends. From 10:30 a.m.-1:00
p.m. the various dormitories on
campus were holding Open House
for the inter-visitation among cam
pus students and viewing of the
decorations by the students, alum
ni, friends and judges.
Luncheon was held from 12:00-
1:00 p.m. in the Founders Hall
cafeteria. At. 2:00 p.m. came the
kickoff for the Homecoming foot
ball game, the Guilford College
Quakers playing the Maryville
Highlanders from Maryville, Tenn.,
on the Armfield Athletic Field.
At 2:00 p.m. the spectators at
the game witnesseed the com
mencement of the annual Home
coming Show during the halftime
of the game. After the opening
speeches of welcome by the Alum
ni president, Mr. John Googe, and
the president of the college, Dr.
Clyde A. Milner, the parade of
floats and cavalcade of converti
bles carrying the reigning queen,
Miss Kay Stabler and the fifteen
contestants for the 1963 title made
a circuit of the football field. As
the cars carrying the current con
testants passed the area of the
Guilford spectators, the name of
each girl was announced, along
with her campus organization
sponsor, and she was presented
with a rose by the 1962 queen.
After each girl had been an
nounced, the cavalcade made a
complete tour of the field, sepa
rating at the gate with the five
girls named for this year's Home
coming Court returning to the
Guilford stands. The girls were es
corted from the cars by Mr. Bob
Davidson, president of the M.S.C.
and David Miller, president of the
GREENSBORO, N. C„ NOVEMBER 9, 1963
Student Government, and the mo
ment of the crowning arrived. The
new Homecoming Queen, Miss
Bette Roe Pearce, a freshman from
Greensboro was crowned and her
Maid of Honor, Miss Beverly
Moore, a senior from Charlotte,
was given a bouquet of roses. The
remaining members of the court
were Miss Mary Davis Riddle, a
sophomore from Fayetteville, spon
sored by the Student Legislature;
Miss Anne Scott, a sophomore from
Pilot Mountain, sponsored by the
sophomore class; and Miss Missy
Mills, a sophomore from Bethesda,
Md., sponsored by the cheerlead
ers.
This year's queen, Roe Pearce, is
a psychology major, who lives in
the New Woman's Dorm, was
sponsored by the newly organized
Young Democrats. Miss Pearce
graduated from Page High School
where she reigned as homecoming
maid of honor and was voted best
looking in her senior class. Roe
has been active on the cheerlead
ing squad at Page and her hobbies
are tennis and basketball. Miss
Pearce holds the title of Miss
Flame from the city of Greens
boro.
The Maid of Honor, Miss Bev
erly Moore, is a psychology major,
president of the New Women's
Dormitory, business manager of
the A Cappella Choir, and was
sponsored by the choir. Beverly's
hobbies are swimming, bowling,
and tennis. During her high school
years she was voted best-looking
and most popular in her class.
Mary Davis Riddle is a resident
of the New Women's Dorm, a
member of the Student Legislature,
a cheerleader and a member of the
1962 Homecoming Court.
Ann Scout, an elementary edu
cation major, resident of the New
Women's Dorm, is interested in
basketball, music and tennis. Ann
was a member of her high school
homecoming court and a runner-up
in the American Legion Beauty
Pageant in Pilot Mountain.
Missy Mills, another member of
the 1963 Homecoming Court, is a
resident of the New Women's
Dorm. She was a majorette and a
pom-pom girl in high school and
played girls' football. Her hobbies
include football, piano, horseback
riding and modeling. Miss Mills
was the 1961 Miss Teen Queen
from Maryland.
This year's Homecoming pro
gram also included the presenta
tion of all the girls who were
nominated for the title. These
girls are: Miss Jane Simpson, a
senior sociology major from Char
lotte, sponsored by the Social Com
mittee; Miss Lydia Hendricks, a
sophomore physical education ma
jor, sponsored by the Women's
Athletic Association; Miss Kay
Daniels, a senior education major
from Denton, sponsored by the
Women's Student Council; Miss
Susan Lee Brown, a senior ele
mentary education major from
Port Washington, Long Island, N.
Y., sponsored by the senior class;
Miss Dahl Etchison, a junior his
tory major from Westbury, N. Y.,
sponsored by the Men's Student
Council; Miss Nancy Eakin, a
sophomore sociology major from
Greensboro, sponsored by the
Guilfordian; Miss Gloria Phillips,
a sophomore history major from
Greensboro, sponsored by the
Quaker; Miss Jean Redding, a
junior elementary education ma
jor from Greensboro, sponsored
by the junior class; Miss Karen
Schloesser, a freshman from
Swarthmore, Pa., sponsored by the
freshman class; Miss Frances Ash
burn, a freshman from Mount Airy,
sponsored by the Monogram Club.
This evening, Saturday, Novem
ber 9, there will be a reservation
dinner for alumni and friends in
the Founders Hall cafeteria. To
night at 8:00 p.m., the annual
Women's Athletic Association
Homecoming Dance and Reception
will be held in the basement of
Founders Hall, featuring the Ha
rold Knall Orchestra. Tickets are
$1.25 per couple and SI.OO stag
and may be purchased from any
member of the W.A.A. Tickets at
the door may be purchased for
$1.25. Alumni and friends as well
as students are invited to attend.
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Hallowe'n Feted
At Founders Feed
Hallowe'en night, October 31,
the Slater staff served a dinner in
celebration of the event. Mr. Lee,
the new coordinator of the Slater
concession i n Founders Hall
agreed to work with the Student
Legislature in planning and exe
cuting the dinner.
The cafeteria was decorated in
a traditional manner with black
and orange crepe paper streamers,
jack o'lanterns, corn stalks, cres
cent moons and black cats.
Barry Roth acted as emcee and
commentator for the evening as
he greeted the students at the
door and traveled throughout the
room commenting on the costumes
and interviewing some of the stu
dents.
Near the entrance to the cafe
teria from the dormitory was lo
cated a large table on which was
a display of Hallowe'en decora
tions, an apple-bobbing station,
and a "cauldron" from which was
served fruit punch "witches brew"
by Beverly Wesley the visiting
witch for the evening.
Students had been encouraged
to wear costumes or casual clothes
and many varieties of garb were
apparent. A group of girls from
the New Dorm, dressed in Guilford
College nightshirts and beanies,
came as a basketball team. The
Dean of Women and the head resi
dent at Mary Hobbs (the "Witch
Mitch") made an appearance in
costume. Some of the girls from
Mary Hobbs came depicting vari
ous stages of pregnancy from 5-
22 months and "expecting to have
a really big Hallowe'en."
Prizes were awarded for the
best men's and best women's in
dividual costume. The judges were
David Miller, Bob Davidson, Caro
lvn Kirkman, and Karen Baldwin.
Plans for other such holiday din
ner celebrations are being made.
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