West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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queer tribe of professors. It takes genius to conjure up such questions as they seemed to draw so easily from out of nowhere — certainly not from the textbooks. And there were moments of pure joy. There ' s nothing like a session in Mom ' s Kitchen after a hard day ' s work. Oh, yes, there is one excep- tion — the time when the girl of everyone ' s dreams asks a particular individual to take her to her sorority dance. And there are scenes that linger as typical of the whole group. From the Standing M D lastes Back R M I Bametl i onl ov I Floyd. farce of Kincaid and John ' s going rabbit hunting at twelve-thirty in the ' . I Fifce, L. Lewis, I I - B. McHenry, I renney, V Curry, J I ing, f:. J»Iitl, J Fi 1) i lylor, tt Kincaid, N Sahlitt. morning to the amazement of Mrs. Kroyle-- when the freshman boys turned out en masse at her formal 11

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Back row: E. Turner, V. Warner, W. Watts. Front row: M. B D. G I ' Mo , M Bi i«n, J- Bartlett, C. Steele. one ' s mind about the fraternities or sororities. They all seemed to be all right when one looked in on them. Chapel is the right place for reverie — among other things. There ' s no place where it is likely to go better. With only a month or two behind him, the college student is baffled at the maze of experience that is his to recall. Surely it would be hard for an old man to concentrate on anything. The fear one knew when lie first came to Wesleyan is gone. In its place is a strange familiarity with all of it. One feels more of pity than sympathy for the stranger on the campus. He has missed it all. Climactic moments seem to abound in a college. There had been that first theme in Knglish composition. Back rot V Hi Imii i:, i. . o« M. i.uiii , k Piggford i ont R. Yoafcti tnn, M. Si And the fellows and the girls were all likable about the campus. One usually joined. And one was always happy that he had selected the one that he did. p. Tucker, R. Black. Thl i D ' 8 Fro i;ock. The a siynment was too long — beyond one ' s ability. A normal per- son never said that much except when he was talking. The six-weeks quizzes again put one in awe of the in

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Back row: J. Culling, |. V, Bailey, V M Rex- road. Middle row: M. Cunningham, S. Ashby, W Douglas Scaled: D, Purkey. reception. She says she never ex- pected anyone hut the girls. ( )ne Back row: A. Linger, I) • ' 1 Morrison. From Li - omb, R Earl I . C White. could hardly expect such modesty from the woman who had won Dr. Broyles. The great moments are the mo- ments that join one ' s past with calm- ness hut with surety. Sometimes they creep in until one doesn ' t know ahout them until years afterward. Roecker sang. To most of the students he was a handsome young fellow with an unusually good voice. Cherkassky played the piano. Gamherelli danced. Suddenly Roecker, Cherkassky, and Gamberelli were all great. What one called opera had in a short time be- come a necessity of the good life. hat one had often referred to without sympathy as classical music stayed when Scatterbrain had near- ly faded from memory. Hanifan, R. Hudkins, K Re Tenner. E. Fisher. 12