Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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The third evening was a freshman party in the gym featuring Stunt Nite and games to further get- ting acquainted. Upper left, Pat turns to shake hands with Jim Day. Among the stunts Pat thought the fun- niest was Tom Thumb (Melvin Sweeney, arms by Speed Koval) attempting to co-ordinate hand and mouth in eating a banana. Upper right, and Brooklyn ' s con- sternation when Carl Geenen as a side show salesman left him well smeared with shaving cream, lower left. Wednesday nite the church gave it ' s annual party for thj incoming freshmen. There were games, group singing, and refreshments. In the lower right Pat assumes the role of Spectator with mixed emotions while others sing. Later it became her turn to participate while others watched with equally doubtful expressions. P. GE SEVEN

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On the opposite page: upper left Pat tries to get seconds on ice cream when served at the church party. Thursday was the day of the Freshman hike and picnic. Fat was unable to make the trip because of the appear- ance of one of the boys from back home. The picnic, served on the lawn at Point Breeze Inn, consisted of the usual beans, potato salad, hot dogs and ice cream sticks. Two pictures, opposite page upper right and this page upper left show George Northrup feeding a dog to Yvonne Balster while Boetcher minds his own eating and Virginia Forry and Helen Colton receiving the;r share as they pass down the line of waiters. One of the most import, but least attractive fea- tures of Freshman week is the battery of tests to which the unsuspecting Freshman is submitted. These tests oc- cupy a fair percentage of each day and before the week is over those subjected to them wish they might never see another. Opposite page lower left Pat chews the eraser as she attempts to solve a particularly difficult problem. Each Freshman is required to have a physical ex- amination to supply a record for the dispensary that is kept, changed, and added to for the time the student is in Bethany College. While waiting their turn the girls weigh one another to see if there is any truth in the saying that all Bethany girls put on weight. Martha Umble weighs Pat, lower right opposite page. After the picnic the Freshmen attended parties held by their counselors for the purpose of acquainting counselor and counselees. Pat was assigned to Miss Mahaffey with several other students. At Miss Mahaffey ' s house she met and chatted with fellow counselees and with Miss Mahaffey, see picture upper right above. Later they all drank a toast to happy days to come in Bethany. (Soft drinks were used.) The meeting with counselors was the last event of Freshman week with the exception of registration on Thursday and Sodbusters on Saturday nite. Friday nite was free so most Freshman became first-niters and went to the year ' s first movie in the chapel. Classes started Friday so Friday afternoon found Pat in the bookstore buying books and books and books plus notebooks, paper and the many other items required for classes and study, see lower left above. Saturday nite and Sodbusters and the school turned out in mass for the official meeting of the Freshmen and the upper classes. The girls were lovely, the men were smooth, the music was good and a good time was had by all. The dances were tag dances and after the first little bit of backwardness everyone fell into the spirit of the thing and taggd right and left. Lower right above shows Jack Warmington, a friend of Pat ' s from Morgantown tagging back of Tony Cusmano who just shortly before cut in. The week was now over and Pat tired but happy looks forward to rush week. PAGF NINE