College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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LEFT: Outdoor benches provide a pleasant place for Joe Cullen to study. BELOW: Round and round the carousel ride Denise Trogdon and Jay McClure. H Tu mn no IQUHIWIF turning point was near for the College of William and Mary. Caught between the new and the old, the College had to decide which way to turn. The choice ahead concerned the educational emphasis of William and Mary. The school could eith- er follow the small college, per- sonal approach to education, or it could conform to the pressures of modern society with its em- phasis on impersonal, mass edu- cation. A decision had to be reached. At the time, its focus was clear. Although William and Mary had grown in size and had become a university with its establishment of graduate schools, it never lost sight of the indi- vidual student. Despite growth and modernization, William and Mary retained a personal, a college approach to education. It attempted to educate the whole person in all areas of life- home, work, and play. In 1979 a new decade was ap- proaching and with it the pos- sibility of change. William and Mary had to choose between retain- ing the personal, individual ap- proach to education and adopting mass, impersonal methods. Un- doubtedly, William and Mary was near a turning point in its development, one that would in- fluence its direction for years to come. LEFT: A deli sandwich and conversation occupy Jeanne Lull and Connie Foran. lntroductionli

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