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

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New to the West Virginia es- leyan campus is the beautiful home economics practice house. There the girls live. They do their own sweep- ing, cooking, laundering, and bed- making — until they are as proficient as the best of housekeepers. And in the sewing lab, many an afternoon is spent, stitching profes- sional-like suits and dresses for class and church. Flat fellseams — french scams — overcasting seams. Back stitches — running stitches — button- hole stitches. Humming softly as she works, smiling at the latest moron joke, realizing she is learning to take her place in the world of the near future, this is Wesleyan ' s home ec girl. HOME ECONOMICS PRACTICE HOUSE Above right: The living room. Above: Dedication. Right: Sewing laboratory. 21

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Suc i were the explorers and the discoveries at Wesleyan in 1942-43. To say that either were greater than those of other years might be unfair. To sax that all -were great is to he just. A mi this is how it happened: The outside world, a world of unrest, made the student want to identify himself with a particular niche of it, a niche where he could bring his greatest efficiency to the fore, a niche where he could learn to serve mankind. Some found this niche in home economics. Wesleyan trains its girls for usefulness in fields of many sorts as one eye is kept alert on the ultimate goal ot the happiness of a home. Steaks and rolls and pies came forth from polished ranges. The girls were proud that they were learning to satisfy man ' s tastes. Per- haps each girl wondered how much her particular He would like her rolls or cake. Perhaps Miss Crone- meyer pictured youngsters of the next generation or two growing strong on the recipes and cooking hints she gave out to the girls this year. With the aid of a friend of youth like Miss Edna Jenkins, Wesleyan continued marching forward this year — forward to new attainments and greater training, the kind of which its leaders dream. Twelve senior girl s — a m h i t i o u s on es — learned how much work and fun it is to keep a home in order. They learned of hudgets, meal planning, dusting, and of all the cooperation, planning, and sacrificing that makes living in a house a success. Proud were they of that home for those six weeks — red brick, fresh white walls, polished floors, a new piano, and best of all, a cozy fireplace for winter nights. An experience into life, they had, these Wesleyan female pioneers of 1943, for — . I 1BI IRATI R B M. Hymcs, D. William . L. Flanagan, I Pronl I F ' trd, M. Hammer, M Wh E. Harmer, B. Marshall, M. R«d. 20

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Sometime in the future, Wesleyan alumni will pause a moment. They will stop from life ' s onrushing whirl to sense again that spark of joy, to see once more the comrade of those years gone hy, to study for the hun- dredth time the kindly face of that ces Jean Horner, with their staff, have recorded. This is what inspired Mr. Steele with ideas, as adviser. This gave Lorence Brown an outlet for his busi- ness ability. It was this college life that fascinated Fred Stuart and his Back i»«: M. Stetle, R. Brown, . Dixon, K Knox, R Criin, R, Lynch, L. Lewis, I. Debar. Second ron B. Erickson, M. Allender, R. Stump, A. Kinn. S Sparks. Front roil F Horner, M. Evans, L. Brown. Sot piciured: E. Pertz, F- Sluirt, I Mi Donald, V. C.i sey. aged professor — the one they used to say was robber of their rightful sleep and tun. Then they will remember only his influence anil the greatne of mind. Life, action, study, adven- ture — preparing for the future — yet living today. This is what the Murmurmontis sees at Wesleyan. This is what its co- editors, Mary Ruth Evans and Fran- camera. Yes, these students, too, have helped record it: Robert Craig, Jack McDonald, Virginia Lee Casey, Sarah Jane Sparks, Reva Stump, Anna King, Elden Pertz, Kenneth Knox, Ralph Brown, Lucille Debar, Sam Dixon, Betty Erickson, Mary 1 lender, Robert Lynch, and Le- ieune Lewis. 22