Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Bart Austin Business Manager Gary Abernethy Head Section Editors Leon Hill Leslie Morris Copy Editor Juliann Morris Photo Essays Editor Bart Austin Academics Editor Frank Hunnicutt ASU News Editors Leon Hill Leslie Morris Women at ASU Editor Leslie Morris Men at ASU Editor Leon Hill ASU Sportsman Editor Thomas P. McAuliffe ASU Distinctions Editor Susan Moss Belonging Editors Deborah Morgan Sherry Blackely Classes Editors Pam Stegall Teryl Shockley Photographers Leo Story ( LS) Pat Stout (PS) Bill White (BW) Darkroom Technicians Brad Michalove Ernest Tedder Staff Copy Staff: Paul Clark, Nita Sealey, Glenn McCoy, Jack Dillard. Academics: Mark Coffey, Shelly Devine. Sports: Mike Clark, Spencer Sharp. Assistant Photographers: Bob Donman, Howard Katz, Libby Murphy, Sherry Winchester, Andre Woods, Norris Setteyre. Features: John Snyder. Art: Cecil Reid, Doug Weston, Jack Adams, Susan More. Layout and Design: Steve Ballard, Terry Jones. Typesetting: Tom Tester, Jeff Hutchins. Valuable assistance was given by the following: Ron Poor, Director of Student Photographic Services; Tom Coffey, Graphics Advisor; Kathryn Knight, Editorial Advisor; Lee IVlcCaskey, Director of Complementary Educa- tion; Bob Feid, Director of Management Pro- grams; Dr. Braxton Harris, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Dr. Herbert W. Wey, Chancel- lor; The Appalachian; the Campus Crier; Stu- dent Printing Service; Neviis Bureau; ASU Popu- lar Programs; ASU Athletic Office. Contsnts fes yeai bode Introduction Preface Plioto Essays Academics 48 News 94 Women at ASU 106 Men at ASU 129 ASU Sportsman 148 ASU Distinctions 196 Belonging 240 Classes 273 The Rhododendron yearbook is an annual publication of Appalachian State University community of Boone, North Carolina. The Rhododendron staff is completely made up of ASU students. This publication is a part of the Complementary Education Program, directed by Lee McCaskey, a division of Student Affairs, of which Dr. Braxton Harris is vice chancellor. Any correspondence concerning this volume of the Rhododendron should be directed to: Editor-in-Chief, the Rhododendron P.O. Box 128, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.

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during one ' s college years. In what manner should this be done? Which events should be recorded, and which ignored? This is the task of the Rhododendron staff - to pass judgennent on what is relevant to the University scene. Today many colleges have grown so large that it is impossible for a yearbook to cover all of the events which occur during an academic year. The range of students ' interests now encompasses a much broader spectrum. It is no longer feasible to record all of the year ' s events in the pages of a single volume. Traditionally, yearbooks have performed one or more of six different functions. First, they may simply serve as historical journals, emphasizing the events which occurred in the school year. Yearbooks are also reference books. Pictures of people, clubs, sporting events, etc. are usually organized and indexed for ready reference now or later. Third, the yearbook can use the theme of nostalgia. If it can accurately record the fads, customs, and whims of any one school year, in later times one can look back and laugh at oneself and others. The yearbook, indeed, is often tangible proof of the good ol ' days which occur in people ' s lives. The yearbook is also a public relations tool. Not only does it publicize the school and community to outlying areas, but may also strengthen the all-important ties between the campus and its local community. The potential impact of a yearbook in this respect was demonstrated by Appalachian State University ' s Rhodo- dendron of 1976. Today ' s yearbook has acquired a new role in the structure of a university. Besides serving as a record of occurrences, it can also be a source of campus satire and irony. It can be way for students to publish their works, and by doing so, add to their understanding of the many aspects of producing a camera-ready publication. Finally, the yearbook adds a measure of permanence to the students ' school experience. Long after the report cards are lost and the football games are forgotten, a yearbook remains ready to take one back at the turn of a page. As a collective project it remains behind us as a statement of who we were, what we were like, and what we did in these years. So, here is your copy of the 1977 Rhododendron. The staff and I have worked hard to produce a yearbook that will please the greatest majority of students. Hundreds of work hours - writing, photography, layout, typesetting, and administrative work have gone into this, the final product. We sincerely hope that you will cherish this volume now, and for the many years to come. jM- ' Bart Austin Editor-in-Chief 977 Rhododendron TERYLSHOCKLEY DOUG WESTON SUSAN MOSS PAMSTEGALL SPENCER SHARPE PAUL CLARK CECIL REID HOWARD KATZ MARK COFFEY TOM TESTER BOB DOMAN MIKE CLARK JACKDILLARD BART AUSTIN GARY ABERNETHY LESLIE MORRIS JULIANN MORRIS BILL WHITE LEO STOREY PAT STOUT

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Preface By J. Braxton Harris Consider the plight of the edi- tor of a college yearbook. He must capture the essence of one of the most complex institutions which society has evol- ved. He must package that es- sence in a mean- ingful and attrac- tive format, using the highly sophis- ticated and some- times delicate tools of com- munication available to him. Uppermost in his mind all the while must be his audience, which is not only diverse to begin with but which will continue to change with each passing year. It turns out to be no mean undertaking. Furthermore, the editor - unlike General Motors - is unable to recall his yearly production for the correction of any defects which become apparent after publica- tion. Now, this piece is not intended to be an apologia for yearbook editors. It if turns out that way, that will only be because reason and fairness compel a certain amount of compassion in view of the enormity of the undertaking. As with any human enterprise on the grand scale, the rewards of editorship are likely to consist of both grandeurs and miseries. Look first at the nature of the institution. The American college is probably the biggest enterprise on the face of the earth today which operates without a clear and commonly -accepted notion of its overall purpose. The persons who fill the central roles in American colleges and universities - faculty members, administrators, trustees, students - are not in agreement on the goals of the institution. Yet the yearbook editor must take a position on those goals if he is to determine whether to give a greater or lesser play to the football team, the instructional laboratory, an off-campus internship, the co-curriculum, the faculty, student social life, residence hall life, the individual student, the community, sororities, and hundreds of other features of the collegiate scene. What is the essence of the college experience? Having taken a position on the nature of the essence which he wants to capture in the yearbook, the editor must now look at the tools of communication at his disposal. Photography? Yes. He needs clear, fresh colorful kaleidoscopic, and arresting pictures from the lens of -a photographer who must shoulder his way into the ranks of the artist if he is to be what he must be - an artist photographer. Pictures, the folklore tells us, say more than thousands of words. What about the word? The editor must never forget the power of words. Ill-chosen words have doomed political and personal fortunes. Words well-chosen have earned immortality for some persons. Words even paint pictures of their own. Read again (and see) the opening lines of Thomas Gray ' s Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard: The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day. The lowing herd wind slowly o ' er the lea. The plowman homeward plods his weary way. And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Only a bit of imagination is needed to picture this pastoral but somber - even moribund -- scene. Consider, too, the power of a few well-chosen words to describe a position on even the most complex of issues. Emerson was able to choose words so well that he needed only twenty of them to stake out his position on the nature of man and the nature of the universe as follows: Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual. There is intelligence and good will at the heart of things. So, like Emerson, the editor must select his words with prudence and with clarity of mind. In addition, the editor must use the tools of management. He is not going anywhere unless his staff follows him. Carl Sandburg once said that the drum major who turned a corner when the band didn ' t became a has-been leader. The editor must remain in a position of leadership if he is to determine - or even to know - the final product. Assuming, then, that the editor has identified the nature of his institution and has skillfully applied the tools of his trade in portraying the essence of the college or university, an important task remains. He must identify his present audience and - because yearbooks are hoarded •- his future audience. Ideally, he will form a relationship with his audience much as has Norman Cousins with the readership of his revitalized Saturday Review. He will talk to them, listen to them, and work for them. Like the campus playboy, the yearbook editor has a varied band of followers. While he may think of his audience as consisting primarily of students, he soon learns that other groups are vitally interested in what he writes and pictures. Faculty members, administrators, trustees, former students, and friends of the institution all consider themselves to be a part of the larger family of the college. Nor do students remain students forever. They go on to become parents, faculty members, trustees, or at least old grads. The day they receive their yearbook, students begin to wonder what they will think of it twenty years later. The editor, therefore, must decide for whom he is capturing the essence of the college or university, ever mindful that the institution, the reader, and the yearbook will live on into the indefinite and uncertain future. Despite his best efforts, the editor can hardly predict how his product will be received. Some ill-chosen word, some cherished value ignored or desecrated, may like an errant shell exploding over one ' s own troops in time of battle, rain down indignation upon his head. The editor usually feels quite lonely and exposed in such a time of stress, and his sense of alienation may leave him poking around earnestly, along with Thomas Wolfe, for the lost lane-end which leads into heaven. So, dear reader, support your local yearbook editor and receive his efforts with calm felicity and forbearance. The vicissitudes and the vagaries of life are such that you, too, may one day enjoy both the grandeurs and the miseries of editorship. J. Braxton Harris Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Professor of Higher Education