Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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Glass Menagerie There is no escaping scenes such as this, captured one frosty morning from the Fire Tower. After a freezing rime storm during the night, tree, hill, and dale are a dazzling sight. Silverstone Road An excursion out to- wards Tennessee gives a view of dilapidated stores and other build- ings that add to the quaintness of the Boone area. Age-old architecture Out Poplar Grove Road the scenery includes such old buildings as this clapboard church. Wild flowers Violets, butterfly flowers, cowslip, oxeye daisies, forget-me-nots, and milk week abound in the glorious moun- tain sun in valleys and little patches by the road - everywhere you look. W

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Essaysl | | | y People Photographed for the Rhodo by Pot Stout, Bill White, and Leo Story. by P.G.Clark It would be nice to see them rope off part of King Street and have a square dance. We ' d see some mountain stepping then. ' Cause if there ' s one part you can ' t beat out of the people around here, it ' s their mountain feeling. That doesn ' t necessarily mean corn raisin ' and corn drinkin ' . It just means that down home frame of thinking they work in. Take for example the townspeople. Now, take a look at their situation - city livin ' in God ' s country. Yessir, they are a mighty proud livin ' cityfolk. Now, they ' re not all like this, but a student can walk downtown and back to his dorm room with a lapful of smiles and howdys . And than can ' t be too bad. Especially when you think about how folks in big school cities get along (or don ' t get along) with the students. Look at how they look at each other, townsperson to townsperson. Well, don ' t do that. They ' re no different from anyone livin ' in 1976. But you ' ll see more neighborly howdy do ' s than in a whole passel of other places. The mountains. They ' ll do that to you. And aren ' t they a busy people around 5:00? Goin ' home and all. Now that ' s nice, them rushing around like that, ' cause everybody likes to get home. And even then, they ' re okay. These people like to smile. The further you get away from town, though, the mellower the people are. Like they got the city when they want it; and comin ' home means comin ' home to quiet and a chance to stretch out. Maybe a little garden to relax with before supper. You live out that way? Your neighbors can be right friendly, can ' t they? They see you everyday almost and you them and sometimes you just nod and sometimes you just pass the time together awhile. And if you ' re into hiking, you ' ve probably met what you could call mountaineers. Like maybe they really do only come to town once a month. Their garden isn ' t for messin ' around in either. They tend to be quiet, like they ' re listenin ' - like they can ' t believe the wondrous sounds of the hills. But you just give them a ready ear. They don ' t mind tellin ' all about themselves and their families, once you get ' em started, and what it takes to make a living out of these mountains. Simple folks ' s what most people call them. But they sure don ' t think simple. They think pure, with no city ways to cloud their thoughts, only God ' s earth and God ' s air. And if that ' s bein ' cloudy then bring on the storms. Students don ' t seem to bother them one way or another. Doesn ' t much bother them one way or another, ' cept when Nature starts actio ' mean. But they got a right ' cause Nature their way of livin ' . W 13 Photo Essays