Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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JUNIOR COLLEGE JUNIORS. First Row Maribel Kraybill, Aaron King, Laura King, Ralph Malin, Lois Kraybill, Robert Alger, Ruth Miller, Paul Swarr, Helen Brenneman, Ruth Ann Mast. Second Row Vernon Good, Martha Groff, Hazel Miller, Naomi Smucker, Mary Louise Yoder, Catherine Neuhauser, Ruth Steinman, Agnes Roth, Earl Stauffer, Rebecca Longenecker. Third Row—Archie Bontrager, Cleora Ropp, Martha Roth, Paul Schloneger, Maryann Mosteller, Miriam Buckwalter, Arthur Smoker, Adeline Snyder, Elsie Witmer, Virginia Weaver. Fourth Row—Anna Mary Oberholtzer, Roy Kreider, Florence Weaver, Arthur Graybill, Alice Snyder, Arthur Torkelson, DeEtta Burton, Harold Shearer, Paul Lehman, Martha Reesor. Not on Picture -Paul Hartzlor, Lorene Martin, Morris Yoder, Arlene Zimmerman. College Juniors “Will the meeting please come to order,” booms Ralph Malm’s big bass voice, and the Junior Class is off to a lively session of business interspersed with Dick Detweiler’s talent and Alvin Jantzi’s wit. Minds are alert; every valuable idea is seriously considered. New plans are offered. Someone suggests a class paper. Who will write our class song? Others remind us of the Junior-Senior outing, and on we continue. To be a Junior is a serious proposition, but it is also an interesting one. Across the still, dark campus I hear the strains of “The Star and the Wise Men.” It is the male quartet of the Junior Class. As they sing on I remember the morning they trailed into the Administration Building with muddy shoes and glowing tales of a profit- able tour to Kentucky. Yes, that was the day our class picture was taken for the third time. Hustle, crepe paper, whispers, a delightful program, and the Junior Class social was over. God has been good to us as Juniors. His hand has led us into pleasant ways. By His direction we have found new blessings, greater responsibilities, and wider horizons. Lois N. Kraybill. [31 ]

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FOUR-YEAR JUNIORS. First Row -Weldon Martin, Robert Stoltzlus, Mabel Erb, M. T. Brackbill, Sponsor, Rosa Mae Kurtz, Harold Housman, Leon Martin. Second Row -Violet Martin, Elsie Petersheim, Isaac Mast, Richard Detweiler, Pearl Myers, Esther Lehman. Third Row Esther Freed. Edith Gish, Laura Showalter, Miriam Nissley, Lowell Nissley, Anna Mary Weaver, Ruth Brubaker. Fourth Row Elam Hertzler, Alvin Jantzi, Warren Rohrer, Samuel Horst, Paul Glanzer, Dale Basingor, Gordon Shantz. College Juniors It was a hot day in the summer of 1947, and members of the College Junior Class were arriving by bus, taxi, train, and automobile from most of the points of the compass. When the dust of organization had begun to settle, our class adviser, Brother M. T. Brackbill, conducted the election of class officers. Ralph Malin was elected president, Harold Hous- man vice-president, Violet Martin secretary, and Robert Stoltzfus business manager and treasurer. Second semester increased the roll to total seventy-one members. Nearly half the class are from Pennsylvania; but Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, South Dakota, New York, Maryland, Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois are native states to one or more of us. The provinces of Ontario and Alberta have given nine of their sons and daughters to be our classmates. Our personal histories include a vast array of experiences. Nine of us have attended Lancaster Mennonite School. Three of us were students of Goshen College, and two of us have studied at Hesston College. Our half-dozen C.P.S. men have given approximately fifteen years of service. Our nine schoolteachers have presided in various schoolrooms for twenty-two years. Our four missionaries have spent eight and one-half years in rural and city missions. Two members of the class are ministers. Three have been engaged in relief work and two have been overseas for other reasons. We have one airplane pilot and two registered nurses among us. Our eight married class members have a total of eight children. On February 14 we gathered for a very enjoyable evening of companionship and en- tertainment. On another occasion the Seniors were our guests for a day of outdoor rec- reation. These times of fellowship have strengthened comradely ties. Deepening friend- ships among ourselves have resulted in higher spiritual ideals and richer Christian ex- perience. [30] Rosa Mae Kurtz.

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First Row Allen Shirk, John Ropp, Betty Keener, Norman Derstine (Sponsor), Earl Witmer, Irene Halterman, Joseph Eshelman, Martha Smoker. Second Row La Vina Kramer, Arletha Zehr, Esther Weaver, Beulah Slaubaugh, Catherine Tice, Ruth Kurtz, Naomi Kennel. Third Row Gertrude Brunk, Eleanor Snyder, Thelma Ketterman, Merna Brenneman, Shirley Jean Troyer, Helen Trumbo, Grace Showalter. Fourth Row—Chester Raber, James Hess, James Brunk, Robert Lehman, Maynard Yoder, Richard Weaver, James Rohrer, Henry Weaver, Jr. Fifth Row Betty Marie Martin. Martha Jane Turner, Leah Kennel, Arlene Bum- baugh, Mabel Horst, Betty Detweilor, Ruth Peachey, Floyd Zook. Sixth Row -Orland Gingerich, Clayton Swartzentruber, David Kauffman, Hiram Hershey, Daniel Krady, Paul T. Yoder, Willard Mayer, Henry Swartley, Nathan Hege. Not on Picture Harlan Yost. College Sophomores The Eastern Mennonite College Class of 1950 was the largest sophomore class in the history of our institution. It was a hybrid class composed of Pre-Meds, B.S s, B.A.'s, Th.B s and B.R.E s. Our class adviser. Brother Norman Derstine, on two different occasions entertained the class in his home. We enjoyed this opportunity to meet our classmates in informal sur- roundings. Our class was a studious one, interested in the business of making profitable use of our college days. Many hours of sophomore time were devoted to the study of Psychology, Modern European History, Mennonite History, Introduction to Church History, Introduc- tion to Literature, Biology, Physics, Life of Christ, John, Biblical Archaeology, Chemistry, Introduction to Homiletics, and perhaps a dozen other subjects, if each individual schedule were consulted. The hours squeezed from study and from such physical requirements as eating and sleeping were spent in other beneficial activities including Christian service, athletics, and forms of recreation for the mind. By this time you may be wondering how Sophomores differ from other college stu- dents. Since our four-year college is still in the embryo stage, it would seem probable that class lines are also in the developmental stage, and that is just the case. However, an observer could distinguish a Sophomore from a Freshman. A Sophomore has lost his greenish tinge. But the poise and polish of the Senior and the ruggedness of the Junior is still foreign, except possibly in the later stage. A Sophomore may be described as “on the way.” A least the halfway mark is a great incentive as the year nears its end. —James Rohrer. I 1