Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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with greeting, planning, editing. After opening prayer and the read- ing of the minutes the student senate does a last minute check on freshman orientation plans. Pres. Fred Horbach briefs the senators on their individual assignments. Seated with him are Carlos Ziegler, Sec. Shirley Warner, Treas. Shirley Young, and Charles Roth. Standing are James Miller, Walton Moyer, Shirley Diehl, Norman Bowers, and John Dean. Vice-pres. David Shafer was absent when the picture was taken. The editorial staff plans the Octo- ber issue of the Etownian. Seated at the desk, Editor Paul Greiner as- signs John Dean a special column for book, movie, and play reviews. Levi Ziegler, reporter, and Jean Ro- land, assistant editor, check data in the student file for the Squibs column. Sports editor George Frost using the telephone checks the soccer schedule with Coach Dodd. The September issue went to press before the freshmen arrived on campus. Hiach year an expectant enthusiasm grips the campus when the campaign for student president and senators begins. Unlike the national campaigns, no I Like Fred buttons appeared last spring; nor did our candidates make whistle-stop tours. Nevertheless, the entire af- fair, unhindered by political antagonism, was full of fun and fury. A Christian institution must necessarily be a demo- cratic one, and the student senate is our instrument of democracy. Our capable chief executive, C. Frederick Horbach, was supported by ten alert and earnest senators. Comprising our governmental body, they faithfully repre- sented us and interpreted our interests and needs. While the senate solves our problems, the Etownian re- ports its progress. The college newspaper is the organ through which items of interest, germane to our college community, are recorded. In its pages information from class schedules to basketball games is presented for students and alumni alike. If the news is pertinent to campus life, it finds its way to the Etownian. To our college journalists 12 pica, proof-reading, and 18-point head have definite significance in pro- ducing a newspaper. From that first interview until the final headline is written each reporter leads a vigorous life, always with a nose for news. 25

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We recall opening days filled The College Avenue entrance to our cam- pus. To all who enter this gateway regard- less of race or creed these red brick pil- lars and stately oaks symbolize the power and the strength of the ideals to which we aspire. Volleyball was one of the sports enjoyed at the all- college picnic at Hershey Community Playground, Saturday, September 20. Shuffleboard, tennis, quoits, soft ball, and outdoor basketball also drew many players. Before the arrival of upperclassmen, Fred Horbach, president of the student body, takes time to explain parts of the student constitution to freshmen: Janet Hunsberger, Paul Hoffman, Janet Evans, and Lois King. W if n tjt We e returned to campus, welcomed not by martial bands or banners bright but by autumn ' s dancing leaves and singing wind. To most of us this was not a new experi- ence, but for the fifty-three women and fifty-three men in the freshman class a new adventure began. Came a whirl of blue dinks, teas, vespers, tests, handshaking, and Rudder study. This was freshman orientation week planned and executed by the student senate working with the ad- ministration. The click of the typewriter, the hiss of the showers, and the joyous banter of dorm friends told us that the campus had awakened from its brief summer rest. After old friendships had been renewed, new friendships started, summer tans ad- mired, and vacation experiences compared, we settled at our desks ready to meet the challenge of our courses. 24

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By the routine well defined. och Wednesday evening the call of the organ amplified from the Memorial Tower reminds us to put aside our studies for awhile and refresh our spiritual selves at the meeting of the Stu- dent Christian Association. These hours of fel- lowship pass quickly as we meditate, worship, discuss questions on Christianity, and listen to the ideas and beliefs of others. Other hours of time out for us are spent at the college store. Our stor e is more than just a place where the hungry may obtain choco- late milk and Mrs. Smith ' s pie between classes. Here the men receive letters from sweethearts and checks from the family. The table in the corner is used as a polling place for campus elections. Why go uptown when here we can get anything from textbooks to toothpaste? Theory becomes reality for senior education majors as they travel to neighboring public schools to take over the classrooms for a new concentrated eight-week period. Situations once discussed in class and studied in textbooks develop as the prospective teacher meets the children in actual classroom experiences. Student Christian Association of- ficers plan a cabinet meeting agenda. President Alan Whitacre checks plan for commissions as Jean Roland, secretary, Paul Rice, treasurer, and Levi Zeigler, vice- president, assist. Mrs. Ellen Howell, manager of the college store, sells a textbook as Christine Buccieri, at the cash register and Shirley Young, at the cooler, both student assistants, wait on Merrill Leonard, Larry Adair, Harry Thomas, Lucy Mussel- man, and Paul Rice. Prof. Elmer Hoover briefs elemen- tary and secondary student teachers on professional ethics. Listening at- tentively are John Bolton, Dorothy Oxenford, Lamar Gibble, Janice Croman, Richard Shupp, and Arden Benfield. 26