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

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r TTZ? This time climbing the steps with crutches was worth the trip! Standing out among the mass of black caps, this graduate thanks her parents for $15,000 of education and fun. 14 Graduation

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London Calling such as the Princess Louise, the Whitehall, and - such as the Princess Louise, the Whitehart, and The Sun, where they indulge in ale and stout, as well as some common American beers. Other popular pastimes include shopping, going to the theatre, and just exploring London on their own. Students are also given a two-week vacation during which they have the opportunity to travel to wherever their bank books will carry them. In the past, many students have gone as far as Greece, Spain, France, and Portugal, with Scotland as a nearby favorite. The semester ends too soon for most of the London students, but they take home with them many souvenirs — the most precious being memories. One student summed up the experience simply: London and the Semester in London program are magic! ♦ A stoic horseman guards a government building in Westminster. Pigeons flourish in a Venice square where they never lack for food from passing tourists. JMU students gather outside the Arran House for a punked-out night on the town. London 13

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Satellite Aborted Graduation. It ' s a day on which your work in college is rewarded briefly, before you step into the real world. It ' s a day to sit for hours on the quad in uncomfortable metal chairs with all the other men and women who have been struggling along with you for the past three to seven years. A day on which you can walk up the steps of Wilson Hall and shake President Carrier ' s hand, if only that once, and receive your diploma. This is the kind of day that JMU ' s 1982 graduating class chose over a less lengthy satellite ceremony. Faculty members urged the Commencement Committee to hold separate ceremonies within each school, but it was the students who chose to retain the traditional ceremony on the quad. The 13 young women who graduated from the State Normal and Industrial School in 1910 received their diplomas on the quad, and in 1982, 1516 men and women followed that same path. Youth are often criticized for being too progressive, disregarding practices and ideas that were meaningful in the past, but this time it was the youth who found tradition too meaningful to leave behind. ♦ (1) Members of the class of 1982 come together for the first, and last time. (2) Beginning a new tradition, the first graduating class of the Nursing School jumps into Newman Lake to celebrate. Graduation 15