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

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¥ • • » iiiivifflfiB This Reagan supporter was found at the 1980 inauguration in D.C. Students and faculty march across the boardwalk for graduation in the school ' s first decade. Students were encouraged to get innoculated during the Swine Flu scare in 1977. Cultivating campus grounds for Dining Hall food was a common practice of the first decade. During World War II a civil defense committee was started for first aid and corps training. One-fifth of the school ' s typewriters were given for use in the Armed Forces. Faculty and staff members signed up for the payroll deduction plan to purchase defense bonds. Eight members of the faculty left teaching to fight in the war and student enrollment for spring 1942 was down bv 321. The 1942 Schoolma ' am summed up the war years with this dedication, ... we are a nation at war. At times it seems we are being forced to give up the very things for which we are fighting; at times our democracy seems to be trampled underfoot by the gods of war . . . One of the greatest manifestations of democracy in America today is the edu cational system. Here at Madison College, a part of that great system, we have the democratic idea in action. Each student is offered an equal opportunity to acquire knowledge, to cultivate her talents, to develop a fine sense of appreciation. She has a freedom in making her choices. We have tried in this book to tell very simply the story of a year at Madison College — our college named for James Madison, early protector of the democratic idea. In our story we draw no conclusions, we point-no morals. Each student may do that for herself. We say there is the story of a year at school, a story whose events could happen only where the democratic idea exists. And we dedicate, our story to THOSE MEN EVER YWHERE WHO ARE FIGHTING THA T DEM OCR A CY MAY LIVE. In 1946, 39 men enrolled in the winter session, (They came as day students during summer sessions since the school ' s opening). Men would have to wait until 1967 to be offered on-campus residence. Opening 7

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(II First Aid classes were offered at the Normal during WWI. (2) Politically minded students found an outlet to support their candidates in the 1964 Presidential Election. 6 Opening 1913 was an eventful year at the Normal. The laundry Shack caught on fire while classes were in session. The students and faculty saved the clothes while a fire truck saved the building. In February the town ' s dam broke depriving Harrisonburg of electricity. For the next month all activities were carried on by oil lamps. During the same session a student slid down a sheet from her dormitory window to elope with a roommate ' s brother. After debating this breech of conduct, the faculty decided to expel the romantic girl for leaving campus without permission, her roommate, sister to the groom, was asked to leave school. When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917. dramatic changes took place at H.N.S. Pigs and chickens were raised on campus to provide food for the Dining Hall and courses in first-aid and food conservation were offered. In 1918 students participated in the Red Cross and Liberty Loan parades as well as raising money for these organizations. In 1918 the influenza epidemic that was taking the country by storm came to the campus. After Jackson Hall, floor by floor became an infirmary, the well students were sent home and classes were cancelled for two weeks. New technology brought many changes. In 1924 a superheterodyne radio was installed in Sheldon for all student ' s listening pleasure. In 1935 radio lounges were provided for each dormitory. In 1924 the Harrisonburg Normal School became Harrisonburg State Teachers College after petitioning to the General Assembly for a name change. And in 1934 it changed again to Madison College.

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( 1 ) Madison ' s extensive sprinkler system serves more than one purpose as this biker gets cooled off. (2) The Punk look hit campus this fall making a new wave in fashion. (3) The serenity of Newman Lake after nightfall has a calming effect. Ijill K Opening