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

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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

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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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October ' s end of our year was X ull harder, you landlubbers! cries a red-faced sophomore, his hands gripping tightly the taut rope. His classmates sink their feet into the earth, grit their teeth, heave, and jerk the rope in violent frenzy. Suddenly we hear the splash of water across the corner of Lake Placida. The freshmen have been pulled in! Sides are exchanged and the tug- o ' -war goes on. Now the sopho- mores are defeated. Which team will win the final match? The annual tug-o ' -war is the main feature of Homecoming Day. If the freshmen win they are no longer required to wear their dinks. This fact is an unques- tionable stimulus to vigorous and determined frosh. Another important annual event is the All-College Players ' production. Organized three years ago the Players is an in- dependent dramatic group, de- riving its membership from both faculty and students. It is not unusual to see Dr. Apgar portray- ing a Hebrew ruler or Mrs. Heil- man as an irreconcilable woman, while the students play equally important roles. K. Ezra Bucher and Mrs. Herr serve as directors; Dr. Stambaugh is ingenious in providing properties. Everyone enthusiastically performs his du- ties. The ensuing fel 1 wship between students and fcculty is reason enough for the existence of the organization. However, the fact that all profits are put into a fund for improving campus facili- ties is a more valid one. With each year the Players ' popularity increases. We are proud of their achievements. While the Committee on Men ' s Affairs has nothing to do with dramatics, they do function in a valuable capacity. It is their duty to solicit the administration ' s aid in providing improvements for the men ' s dormitories, to act as in- termediaries in problems created by men students, and to make campus life more pleasant. Each year the men students elect six members to the com- mittee. Headed this year by Bob Allison, they have made an im- pressive record. Sophomores losing ground in the second try as they inch toward the lake on Homecoming Day. They lost two tries out of three to the freshmen. Arlene Reinhold, Julius Belser, Prof. Carl Heilman, and Dr. Bessie Apgar in a scene from The Rock , All- College Players production. Adina, her husband, Simon Peter, and her mother, Deborah, greet her uncle Ucal (seated). Robert Allison, chairman of the Committee on Men ' s Affairs, shares a student cartoon with Lane Shank, Gerald Roland, John Bolton, Paul Rice, and Nelson Kline, members of the committee, before the Alpha Hall bulletin board. 27