Page Four
The Haunting Story of Halloween
Among all the festivals which we
celebrate today, few have histories
stranger than that of Halloween.
The festivities go back at least
2,000 years. The last day of the
year on the old pagan calendar,
October 31, served the triple pur
pose of bidding good-bye to sum
mer, welcoming winter and re
membering the dead.
Superstition is the main basis of
Halloween. The earliest Halloween
celebration stem from the Druids.
They believed that Samhain, god of
the dead, sat waiting by the fire to
catch the approaching soul and
turn them into animal forms. Wick
edest of the ghosts were meta
morphoed into cats which is how
the black feline entered the Hal
loween picture. The bat is often
thought of in connection with evil.
Both witches and bats are sup
posed to work at night and disap
pear at night. In the Middle Ages
the bat was thought to be in part
nership with the devil and with
witches. There are also many leg
ends and superstitions connected
with the owl.
Why do people cut out pump
kins and place lighted candles in
side? It is an Irish tradition. The
name "jack-o-lantern" comes from
the Irish tale of a man called Jack.
He was too wicked for heaven and
was expelled from hell for playing
practical jokes on the devil. For
his punishment he was condemned
to walk the earth with a lantern
forevermore.
Surprisingly, Halloween was
scarcely observed in the United
First Semester
Honor Roll Students
Are Announced
The Honor Roll for the first se
mester of the 1959-1960 school year
has been announced by the Regis
trar's office. The twenty-two stu
dents earning a 2.50 or above aver
age are as follows (with quality
average in parentheses): Miriam
AJmaguer (2.52), Edward Vincent
Bannigan (2.56), Lawrence Leon
ard Bilek (2.60), James Neal
Butcher (3.00), Jane Helen Carroll
(2.78), James Franklin Childress
(2.55), Betty Lou Chilton (2.64),
Jesse Thomas Copeland, Jr. (2.62),
Nancy Edith Dawson (2.80), Stan
ley Roderick Deans (2.67), Pa
tricia Lee Garner (3.00), Howard
Thomas Hinshaw (2.58), Jerry
Thomas Jennings (2.52), Thomas
Lorenzo O'Briant (3.00), George
Robert Parish (2.60), Maurice Ter
rell Raiford (2.62), Andrea Toni
Rogin (2.56), Ira Nahum Ross
(2.80), Dora Anderson Smith
(2.73), Ann Dean Stratton (2.66),
Anne Marie Taylor (2.58), and
Mary Mozelle Wheeler (2.50).
States till the last half of the 19th
century. It's thought that the large
scale Irish migration at that time
had much to do with popularizing
the holiday.
Halloween pranks are of very an
cient origin. For centuries, over
wrought celebrants used to carry
away their neighbors' gates and
plows, and pelt their houses with
vegetables. Just so the stay-at
homes would know it hadn't all
been a bad dream stop up the
chimney so no smoke could escape,
it was the grown-ups, too, who ini
tiated the "trick or treat" system
hundreds of years ago. Today the
practice of "trick or treat" is done
by the children. The practice is
for gangs of children in each neigh
borhood to dress in various cos
tumes with masks. Then they go
from house to house ringing door
bells and shouting "trick or treat!"
Whatever the origin of "trick or
treat," the wise householder will
make sure that he or she has a fairly
large supply of apples, candies, or
such on hand because if he does
not, he is likely to find soap all over
his car windows or his yard furni
ture hidden in various places the
next morning.
Even though you do not believe
in ghosts, spirits, spooks, would
you dare to walk through a grave
yard alone on Halloween night?
Fellowships
(Continued from page one)
Professor Richard Bardolph, Wom
an's College of the University of
North Carolina, Box 5095, Greens
boro, North Carolina, who is the
Regional Chairman.
The deadline for receiving nomi
nations for the 1960 Fellowships is
October 31, 1959. Application
blanks will be mailed directly to
the student on receipt of a faculty
nomination.
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Proud and Violent As
Tom Lea's Powerful Novel
ROBERT
MITCHUM
JULIE
LONDON in
"THE WONDERFUL
COUNTRY"
In Technicolor
Starts SUNDAY
CENTER
THEATRE GREENSBORO
THE GUILFORDIAN
TEN GIRLS ARE NOMINATED
FOR 1959 HOMECOMING COURT
Ten girls have been nominated
as candidates for the Homecoming
Court this year. They are spon
sored by various campus organiza
tions, and range from freshmen to
seniors. Elections for the Home
coming Court and Queen will be
held in freshmen and upperclass
men chapels next Wednesday and
Thursday, October 28, and 29.
The Cheerleaders are sponsoring
Clevie Wood. Clevie is a senior ed
ucation major from Winston-Salem,
N. C. She is a member of the 1960
May Court.
The Choir's candidate is Merle
Mallard, who is a music major
from Wallace, N. C., and a sopho
more this year.
The Guilfordian is sponsoring
Miriam Almaguer, a math major
from Miami, Fla. Miriam is presi
dent of the junior class and also
president of the I.R.C.
Intramurals
(Continued from page three)
TOMMY KEMP ARCHDALE
"Lack of height is our biggest prob
lem, but we try to overcome that
lack with speed. The new rules
should help us some as well as
everyone else. Now there should be
a more skillful game and these
close ones won't be decided by one
lucky break or catch."
RAYMOND SHARPE ENGLISH
"We have a good group of prom
ising freshmen and if they come
through for us we will have as
good a chance as anyone. The new
first down rule will help us con
siderably since our strength has
been in the short pass range. The
blocking rules are adequate enough
to minimize accidents."
JOHNNY SHIELDS FERTILE FLATS
"We are pleased with our work
so far and we are glad to see the
new rule on first downs. The next
half of the season should be much
more interesting to play and watch
than the first half. We should
finish close to the top if all goes
well."
This concludes our little session.
I would like to close with a
reminder concerning intramural
horseshoes and some advice on
sportsmanship. Sign up with your
dorm manager for horseshoes and
don't give the referee so much
"head." That is atrocious English,
but so is some of ours! Be more
Careful!
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Greensboro's prestige
department store
dedicated to
fine quality and
sincere service
(A Thalhimer Affiliate)
The International Relations Club
nominated Lucy Garcia. Lucy is
a chemistry major from Cuba, and
is a sophomore.
The Men's Student Government
is sponsoring Caroline Primm, from
Snow Camp, N. C. Caroline is an
education major, and is a senior
member of the 1959 May Court.
The Women's Student Govern
ment's candidate is Sara Jane Rob
ertson. Sara Jane is an English
major from White Plains, and is
also a senior member of the May
Court.
The Monogram Club nominated
Carol Triplett. Carol is the only
freshman sponsored for the Court.
The Reveler's Club is sponsoring
Cathy Coble. Cathy is a junior
English major from Liberty.
The Social Committee put up
Betty Lou McFarland. Betty Lou is
an education major from Aber
deen. She is a junior.
The Women's Athletic Associa
tion is sponsoring Betsy Winsett.
Betsy is a sophomore from Pinnacle
and is majoring in
Young Friends
To Arrive
A chartered bus will bring 39
Young Friends from New Jersey
and Pennsylvania to Guilford Col
lege. They will arrive in time for
breakfast at Founder's Hall tomor
row morning. They are part of the
Young Friends Intervisitation Pro
gram, and Guilford will accommo
date them overnight, and contrib
ute their meals and travel expenses
for the two days they are here.
The groups will include Young
Friends from 23 different meetings,
and they will be wandering over
the campus all Saturday morning,
to talk to both faculty and stu
dents informally. A "Quaker tour"
is planned for tomorrow morning,
including Greensboro, Springfield,
where they will visit the Quaker
Museum, and High Point.
They will leave for home at 8:15
Monday morning.
Spacious Parking Curb Service
Boar & Castle
Greensboro's Most Popular
Sandwich Shop
W. Market St. Ext. Phone BR 3-2205
Drive-in BR 3-5658
Ham's Sundry Store
Aycock, Madison & Friendly Road
Specializing in Kosher
Sandwiches
The nicest place on your way to
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JEFFERSON STANDARD BUILDING
OCTOBER 23, 1959
lift I
HERB APPENZELLER
Meet The Coaeh
Last year, before Guilford's foot
ball game with Catawba College,
Coach Herb Appenzeller began
planning a new offense for the
coming games of the season . . .
and he called this new attack the
"flying wing." The name "flying
wing" was derived from the fact
that a man in the backfield is in
motion during the play.
This year, the main offense of
the Quaker team has centered
around this new and effective "fly
ing wing," and it has already paid
off with two wins, before the sea
son is half over.
Since the Quakers seem to have
a well-balanced line this season,
Coach Appenzeller seems to think
that this is one of the strongest
points of the entire team. "As for
the backfield, the running is at its
best and the Quakers are passing
more than before and completing
better than 50 per cent," said Ap
penzeller.
Before Coach Appenzeller came
to Guilford, he had made quite a
name for himself in several other
places. Born in Newark, N. J., he
graduated from Weequahie High
School. Then he decided to come
south, and spent his college years
at Wake Forest, here in North Car
olina. After his college years, Ap
penzeller went on to coach at
Robesville High School for two
years, and then spent the same
amount of time at Wakelon High
School.
From Wakelon, he went to Cho
wan Junior College, where he re
mained for five years. In the year
1956, Coach Appenzeller began his
career as Guilford football coach.
As proof of his local popularity
and respect, he was just recently
chosen alternate faculty advisor for
the Honor Board, and is also spon
sor of the Westminster fellowship.
This is not entirely new to him, for
he served as Chairman of the
Counciling Committee at Chowan
College, and was also a member of
the student government at Wake
Forest during his school years.
After watching the squabbles
that often develop in the splitting
of estates/we can sympathize with
the old fellow whose will contained
just the following: "Being of sound
mind, I spent every blame cent I
had!"
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