Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Class Reminiscences HE COLLEGE SENIOR CLNSS OF 1941 is the first college class to grad- uate from E. M. S. apart from the High School Senior Class. With an organization all its own it has been able to foster a distinct college spirit l and engage in distinct college activities. There are other distinctive features ? 1 31 of the Class of 1941. Almost half of the class are Bible students. Five are graduating from College Bible and five are graduating from Iunior College Bible. Martha Wikerd has the distinction of being the first alumna of E. M. S. to receive the Th. B. degree. During the iunior year the Class, numbering thirty-three, chose Bro. D. Ralph Hostetter for their Class Adviser. Bro. Hostetter's interest and counsel in class work together with his native friendliness have made our class activities more worth- while. Several ever-to-be-remembered incidents made our junior year interesting. One of the best was an invitation to Bro. Hostetter's home. Bro. Hostetter puzzled us with quizzes on science and quizzed us with puzzles on the Bible. Refreshments and music brought the interesting evening to a close. The occasion on which we entertained the Seniors at the annual Iunior-Senior Outing must be mentioned. The day and place seemed to have been made for the occasion. Beside the green, slow Shenandoah River, at Shenandoah Retreat we entertained the Seniors with boat- ing, soft-ball, quoits, and other games. They never dreamed of boating,+but the Seniors had to have the best. Next we gave them prophecies and some singing and Finally a lunch a la mode. But our most serious reflections go back to the prayer circle, conducted under the starry sky in the heat and light of an open camp-fire. Later our Iunior Class Social developed a greater Class spirit and it was here that many of us really learned to know each other. At Commencement time we saw the Seniors graduate, in fact, we helped them to graduate, by selling their Iournals and ushering their friends into the Chapel. It was an impressive occasion and we eagerly looked forward to the time when we would graduate. The summer's respite prepared us for the last great thrust of our abilities into the duties required to Finish the race set before us and to gain the treasured prize- a diploma! We numbered twenty-one strong. 'Chester Wenger joined our ranks to complete the requirements necessary for t'he Th. B. degree. Chester was elected Class President. The other oHicers were as follows: Vice-President, Mahlon Hess: Secretary, Doris Selly Treasurer, Virginia Grove, Business Manager, Iames Shank. Our Class Adviser entertained us in his usual hospitable manner one evening in November. We will never forget that evening, especially the home-made museum and the avocados. We were reluctant to say good-by that evening. The Senior Class Social was held on a wintry night in March when there was about one foot of snow on the ground. Because of the snow we had the social at Winston Weaver's home in Harrisonburg. Again we felt the drawing of group consciousness and the unity of the class was assured. With such undergirdings the Senior Class accom- plished its goal. We very vividly remember the Outing provided for us by the Iunior Class. It was very unusual for the group to be composed of college students entirely. The recreation, the refreshments, and last of all-the prayer circle made us feel very happy. The time is here to say farewell to all that has become precious to us at E. M. S. Adieu, Classmates! May we ever serve faithfully under our banner Valiant for the Truth. -George T. Miller. Page Twenty-two

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,llass Atcllviiseirfs Messtage 9 EAR SFNIURS OF l9-ll: During these days there are hundreds of thousands of other young people doing just what you are doing-graduab ing. For the great majority of them graduation is almost a leap into the dark, because their modern schooling results in a Bible black-out that in its turn produces the present tragic black-outs in the cities and the hearts of men. But, beloved, l am persuaded hett-er things ol' you. You all have, l know, a firm faith in the word ol' God whose principles are a lamp to your lieet and whose prophecies are a light that shines in this dark place. And you all have, I hope, the personal witness of the Spirit and the light of Christ within, so that you need not fear what outward gloom and blackness the days to come may bring, knowing that they will also bring Him-to pierce and dispel the darkness of earth and to re- place it with the glorious brilliance and splendor of His kingdom. lust as you met certain essential conditions to gain these blessings of faith and fellowship, so you must meet certain equally essential conditions to keep your- selves in the love of God. Christ is the author of eternal salvation to all those that obey Him, hence there must be in you a patient continuance in well-doing to obtain eternal life. You must work out your own salvation. You must labor for the meat which endureth unto everlasting life. You must save yourselves from this untoward generation. And you must beware lest you also, being led away by the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Thus, through observing these Bible injunctions, will your excellent motto For Thy Use, O Lord be true of you, both in the life that now is and in that which is to come. May not one of you come short ol' it, I pray. -Ernest G. Gehman. Page Trtwzfy-fnirr'