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

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Love under the trees? olonial history. tradition. beauty, and romanticism have lasted through the changing of centuries and the growing pains of generations. But is there true romance at William and Mary? The answer depends on who you ask: the saps or the real romantics. A sap will tell you that the most romantic place on campus is Crim Dell and that, in fact, there was a poll taken recently placing it among the top 10 romantic places on a college campus. You probably had a sap give you a campus tour. Listen c oselyg the ducks groan every time a couple kisses on the bridge. Real romantics don't do ' Crim Dell- at least not in peak time. They do have occasion to enjoy Crim Dell during Spring Break when everyone else is gone. or between sum- mer and fall sessions. But they still never kiss on the bridge. A female sap will bubble en- thusiastically about fraternity parties. These are the girls you find in bathrooms squealing. he's so- o-o-o cute! Real Romantics go to fraternity parties to see their friends and listen to the band. some- times even dance. Real romantics know that theres no romance to be found in the frat complex. All the buildings look the same. Yu 'of 9.5 as may A A .-...gf N5- ,,- ,, 4 .7 . .4-r Y - .f- Y - ,f 13 4 haf- ul . - .1-19 ' -- 1 - A s-l I . Sororities hay e more ro- mantic potential than the frat complex. lloyvey er. IHOFC saps have been s pied bringing lloyvers In some ofthe houses. Ant there are those internal candlelight ceremonies that reduce the Itltist hard- core cynic to humiliating sappiness. The Pub goes both ways. The Pub can be romantic. bitt you hay e to bring your romance along. Only saps think thev'll lind romance there. The Wigis neverromantic: it's too orange. Even saps are disgusted by the glare. Real romantics enioy their dorms and other living quarters. Study ltrtlltges and attics can be very romantic. Real romantics do not get caught entertaining guests by the campus police. however. Nlany a true love has been spawned during reading period. although some- times nothing inore than a diversion from calcttltts or p-chem. lncidentally. real romantics don't lail their exams because they're in love. either. Buildings like 'liucker and the Wren Building are romantic - but they escape sapdom bv the econ majors taking Ethics or the liici majors taking 17th century literatttre. Once in a while. a sap is discovered in the computer depart- ments atylones or Chancellor sending drippy mes- sages through the terminal. clones is not romantic. nor is Small. nor is Nlortoirl Swem isiust Swein. liven a sap wottld have to agree that. between the glaring lights and the humidity. Swem Library could hay e discouraged Romeo andkluliet. Real romantics like lake Nlatoaka. .-Xctually. the lake and the anipitheater have the effect of' making real romantics danger- ously sappy. But not many other colleges hay e a place that is more glorious than lake Nlatoaka on an October afternoon. Real romantics go ills! about anywhere to lind romance. ltiust depends on yy ho they re with. llheck out Barksdale tield on .t tlear night: Tina .iiittltc-lytic-y nestled in the Il't't's beyond the sunken gardens: or the paths through the woods behind the llall and around the lake. Real rontantits .irc tate 3 many' ol them were saps .it some point. lt's only huntan to leel an occasional tyvinge passing by tiitn Dell in the Spring when the .tf.tle.ts are liluotttllig. But real romantics lllllsl quietly sullet the gooey outflow ol oolis. and 'aalisf' and ills so got get ins here inevitably gushed by the saps. 7 lnltlfl tty at Xl t t'1.l

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Broadening Musical Experiences rchestra - l credit hour, said the course catalog. It didn't seem like much for four hours of rehearsals a week plus per- formances and practicing, yet that didn't keep these dedicated musicians from signing u . Eight ofthem were not even students, so they didiirt even get that one college credit. They worked regular Jobs during the da , and came to Ewell Hal two nights a week to re earse with the rest of the Col- lege!Cornmunity Orchestra, under the direction of gr. Edgar Warren Williams. What made them all o it? I call it fate, says Sharon Reed, Assistant Registrar for the College. Twenty- one years after her high school orchestra days, she saw an ad Dr. Williams had placed in the William and Mary News: Desperate for cellistsl She began taking lessons again, auditioned, and has been an i I- active member ofthe orchestra for two years now. Like the others, she is enthusiastic: I love it! Kae Brown. string bass player and Registered Nurse, has a similar story. or her, starting a family and career took prece- dence over music after high schoolg eighteen years later, she decided to play again. She had per- formed in Sinfonicron. Backdro J, and other musi- cal roductions as well as the orc estra. In addition to t ese numerous obligations. she served as ad- viser to Delta Omicron, the womens professional music fraternity. The orchestra gave me a chance to broaden my musical experience and meet new people. said Linda Baumgarten. a has- soonist who works as Curator of Textiles in Colo- nial Williamsburg. She too had stopped playing for years after high school: when she joined the or- chestra in September, she brought with her Leslie Brown, curatorial fellow in Ceramics and Glass for CW, who wanted to get back to playing her violin. Another violinist. Mary Selby. who works at the Christmas Sho in CW and plays in the Peninsula Sym hony. cal ed the orchestra exciting She en- joyeg the 'new' music favored by Dr. Williams. es- ecially the newest program which included works y Hindemith and Prokoiiev. And what would a William and Mary story be without a little tradition thrown in? David Vogan, who works with klennings Archi- tectural Firm. layed the cello during his tyesl W X NI days tclass o N lEl74l. After spending several years in Minnesota, he returned to Williamsburg and the orchestra last year. linioying both the new people and the new music. he decided to stay. Other nienihers from the communityincluded Clhristopher Nlathers. a Nllillg bass player and music teacher at tlloucester Nlitltlle School. and Yalesca 'l'iel'el. an eiglnli gratler .ind oboist. Although younger than most tml the other members. Yalesca was recruited during .in olioe shortage prior to Parents' Weekend Cont ert in C it - toher. Like the others she enioy ed the opportinnty to play and meet new people. Uwe ttilllllllll don iy lllllilll them. said Dr. Williams ol liis non4XN'illi.nn .intl Mary musicians. 'llie ort hestra reiptiretl tnne. commitment. patience and talent lroin .ill ns nn-in' hers. 'lihis group yvlls es mei ially lortnnaie to li.iy e in these eight inetnhers I ie kind ol entlnisiasn that comes lrom making nnisit purely lor plcasin ti, lnni ly'el'f I of Nl.ig.i,f'iin 0