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

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Nation and David Newcomer, business manager of the Conestogan, assigns advertising territory to senior members of the business staff. William Bausman covered Middletown. Peggy Walzl and David Ebersole covered Lancaster city. Planning the November 4 campus election are Political Science Club members Robert Allison, Jay Frey, and Shirely Deihl, presi- dent of the club. Assisting are Shirley Junkin, freshman, and Elizabeth Boeger. Jean Roland, Robert Allison, Peggy Walzl, and Shirley Diehl watch the polls in the college store on election day. All voters had registered earlier and were checked as they came to vote. I n this country the people share a voice in governmental affairs. Usually, however, they are content to allow politicians to do their thinking. The problem of under- standing the plan and the functions of our government and of realizing the methods and techniques utilized by political parties is seldom the concern of the masses. Our Political Science Club alleviates a fraction of this lethargy. By learning parliamentary procedure, by attending the Intercollegiate Conference on Government, and by par- ticipating in political situations club members prepare for improved citizenship. , Preparation of another sort goes into each yearbook. From the first photograph to the last caption the job is a tedious but rewarding one. A primary problem is provid- ing necessary finances. Part of the cost is covered through the activities fund, while the rest is left in the hands of the business staff. From store to store they go pleading and entreating, begging and enticing prospective advertisers. They may often be turned down and sometimes discouraged, but they always meet their quota of advertisements. 28

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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

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campus held •TTl 1 he teacher is an artist — he works with the precious clay of unfolding personality. The teacher is a believer — he has abiding faith in the improvability of the race. The education major on campus sees more in his chosen profession than $2,400 a year. He sees in teaching opportunity — challenge. Through theH. K.Ober Chapter of the Future Teachers of America he keeps ever alert to new trends and movements in education. All members benefit by subscriptions to the NEA Journal, the PSEA Journal, personal growth leaflets, and the FTA Yearbook. By attending conferences and dis- trict meetings, the FTA member meets and hears those who are also interested in the teach- ing field. Two close harmony groups on campus are our men ' s and women ' s quartets, known in informal circles as the Barber Beauty Shoppers. The quartets present concerts in a number of churches, supply special sacred music at many services, and offer selections on second-semes- ter a cappella choir trips. Triumphant victors in a 1952 barbershop quartet contest, the men ' s harmony seems closer than ever this year. Crowds cry for encores after such numbers as Dry Bones and the catchy Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. Our treble singers also find time to travel off campus for singing engagements. The Beauty Shoppers are always ready to burst into song — anytime, anywhere. When told by a local druggist that free ice cream could be had for a song, the girls readily complied. Our quartets find that things other than ice cream — fun, fellowship, and the satisfaction of achievement — can be had for a song. In Professor Fisher ' s studio the Yokes of the double quartet mem- bers harmonize on Gloria in Excelsis at a rehearsal for a chapel program. The quartets include Carlos Ziegler and Jay Gibble, tenors; Ellis Shenk and Paul Rice, basses; Marian Meyer and Elsie Ziegler, sopranos; and Jean Ro- land and Marilyn Long- enecker, altos. Posing before the portrait of H. K. Ober are campus and dis- trict FTA officers. Daniel Whitacre, district president; Shirley Warner, vice-president; Walton Moyer, president; Dorothy Shearer, treasurer; Jean Burkhart, secretary; Jean Roland, district secretary. In the foreground, Laura Mae Boone, librarian. 29