Roanoke College - Rawenoch Yearbook (Salem, VA)

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The students who came here, came from all over. They came from different states, countries, creeds, races, economic and social backgrounds. They came for various reasons. Some came because they wanted to study and learn, some because they wanted a social life, some because they didn't want to get drafted, some because they wanted to get married, and some because it was the only college to which they applied that accepted them. Their reasons were as varied as the people themselves. There Was, however, one common bond among them+they all had to learn to live together. So they called us the Roanoke College Family. It was 'something to laugh and sneer at to some, but a feel- ing or warmth and being a part of something to others. The majority busted our school. Every day a derogatory comment could be heard against Roanoke from one of its students. Once, however, an outsider said something offensive. We fought back. It was ours and only we could talk against it. w l N ' ...sz