James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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TheS enior ci ass President IKAX DOUGLAS Trips to near-by I ' . a., W. 1... V. P. 1.. and other boys ' schools furnished souvenirs for our scrap books and material fo: those inevitable 1 mil sessions. During cur sophomore year the blisters from walking the previous year began to diminish as we began to take advantage of mr newly-won riding privileges. With strains of Hi-Ho, Come to The Fair filling Wilson auditorium and an Irish theme for class night, we left our sophomore year. Vivacious Betty George Ramsey, alias Georgie , came to the head of the class to start off our junior year with a bang! Meals served in Junior Dining Hall tended to remind us thai we were true upper- Can we possibly l e the wide-eyed freshman class of ' 4M who stood in awe of those oh-so dignified s eniors that year? Soon after arriving, however, we found competent leadership in our newly elected president, Manclia Holland, and our beloved sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. Percy II. Warren. Mr. Warren will be remembered not only for his guidance as sponsor, but also for his humorous roles in our annual class night programs. Of all our freshman memories, a lasting one will always be the last of the ld Girl-New Girl Wedding ceremonies, which was held in our honor. And will we ever forget those two exhausting days of goating for German or Cotillion, or the thrill of our first college dance! Then, along came April, bringing with it our first and widely acclaimed class night. Yes, Showboat set us on our course for three more years of smooth sailing. After the shortest summer we ' d ever experienced, we were right hack at Madison watching Marilyn Miller take the wheel of our boat and steer us through a successful sophomore year. classmen, and with the ordering ol class rings we really began to feel important. The month of Decem- ber featured Miss Irene Bewley, mountain monologist, as our class day speaker. That night we left the mountains in order to take our audience to Juhunija Island , where members of our class were Shipwreck- ed. Also, we ' ll look back on 1950-51 as being the year we furnished marshals for those proud seniors. Then we anxiously awaited those report cards which w : e hoped would tell us we were seniors! Well, the big year is here! Many of the class came back early to help with the important task of welcoming the freshmen. We can still hardly believe led— C. n, Sergeant-at-Arms , R. Maier. Vice-Presi I Di mglas, ' resident. Standing -E. Woolfolk, Secretary, I!. Anderson, Treasurer, B. Boyd, Business Manager; R. Bruce, Reporter. 20