Della Boren Arthur (1908-1997) graduated in 1931 from the North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She was a residence hall counselor at the college from 1962 to 1970. Lillian Cunningham (1903-2001) graduated from Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1925. She was a residence hall counselor at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, now UNCG from 1943 to 1969. Helen Boren Cloninger Kiser (1902-1995) graduated in 1925 from the North Carolina College of Women, now UNCG. She served as a residence hall counselor at the college from 1959 to 1965. Helen Gray Sullivan (1923- ) graduated in 1944 from Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, now UNCG. She was a residence hall counselor at the college from 1954 to 1958. Della Boren Arthur, Lillian Cunningham, Helen Boren Cloninger Kiser, and Helen Gray Sullivan discuss their residence hall counselor duties in four fields of work: academic and social guidance, individual social guidance, cooperation with student government, and routine hall management. The counselors recall the influence of Deans Harriet Elliott and Katherine Taylor on campus life, college rules and regulations, residence hall hours, the change from family style to cafeteria style meals, number of counselors, student social life relating to dating, male visitors on campus, and their experiences as chaperons. They explain their involvement with the Student Government Association (SGA), the structure of SGA, and their advising the Handbook Committee. They talk about several prestigious schools patterning themselves after the residence hall and student government structure at the Woman's College, now UNCG. One counselor describes the relationships and differences between freshman and upperclassmen. The counselors also reminisce about several incidences involving students and male visitors from their years as residence hall counselors.
