Bridgewater College - Ripples Yearbook (Bridgewater, VA)

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fr sr z Egfr' .3 1 fm if ' ME WF if M 3? A ', THE C O L L E G E CHURCH was a liv- ing symbol of our pur- pose Within a greater one. It stood for the sharing of things both human and divine, of worship, of work, the burden of sorrow, the light oi hope. It gave an altered meaning to all that We did to- gether there, adding an unknown to the equation of life, say- ing to us, You are not alone.

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W A R D O was a boys' dorm-but how can you say what Wardo really meant? Quick footsteps o n the stair, the ringing phone, a shout, a burst of laughter, a song, a party, a bull- session, the sudden vacant hush of meal- time, the joking on the front steps after dinner, the steamy splashing in the showers, the closing of a door, earnest V o i c e s in another room-you have only begun to say what Wardo was, but to anyone who has liv- ed there, simply Wardo is a Word to conjure with. . in - 1 , -n ' ,,,. , .-it ZF 'H' we l rl 5 1. '2.,g 2 i3i2'vQ'ifi' M 'Y , if lf. I f 'gps

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FOUNDERS W a s the heart of the cam- pus during the day. It pulsed to the rhy- thm o f class-b e l 1 s every hour, and We crowded up or down its stairs, changing classes, getting our mail, buying books or scanning the all-im- portant bulletin- board. The Adminis- tration Office added an air of official sanc- tion to the activity, and the Zoo lab add- ed a faint odor of for- maldehyde. The total effect was lively and quite wonderful.