Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Standing—Norman Kraus, Class Adviser; Edward Stoltzfus, Business Manager; Charles E. Miller, President; Darrel Otto, Vice-president. Seated Corlene Schulz, Treasurer; Ruth Detweiler, Secretary. High School Seniors Wc have now climbed the last step of the ladder, completing twelve years of training for life and what it has for us. It has been a wonderful year, this last year, filled with many memories. As we are out attaining our goals, the memories of our last year together at E.M.C. will ever linger on. A few of us enjoyed four years together, while perhaps the majority of us came to complete our last few years at what is now our Alma Mater. The past year has been an eventful one to say the least. Remember the night wc went skating, and the delicious cocoa and doughnuts afterward; the Sunday evening we ate our lunches at Brother Stauffer’s; our class adviser’s parental care for us; and the ecstasy of three days in Washington with its steps, marbled walls, and hotel life. I'm sure none of us will forget those 12:35 class meetings either. Our richest experiences have come from learning to know our Lord and Master as our guide and stay at all times. We cannot go away the same because our experience with our Lord has made us more responsible than ever before. Our goal, as we press onward on life’s road, is to fulfill our responsibility and contribute our best to a world full of sin and strife. We want to bring it something far better than it has—Jesus, Saviour of all who accept Him. Yes, it has been a wonderful year. I 34 J —Ruth Detweiler.

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First Row—-Henry Gamber, Eugene Souder, Martha Shank, Daniel Lehman (Sponsor), Vivian Beachy, James Stauffer, Lois Hoge, Robert Keener. Second Row -Alice Martin, Miriam Miller, Jesse Byler, Seth Lapp, Dorcas Zook, Mary Rutt, Pauline Peachey, Elda Edgin. Third Row—Ira Good, Clayton Detweiler, John Paul Heatwole, Elvin Weber, Daniel Hertzler, Chester Senscnig, Byard Deputy, Myron Augsburger. Fourth Row Salome Snyder, Esther King, Edna Detweiler, Blanche Mohler, Elizabeth Brubaker, Elsie Rush, Mary Ellen Stutzman, Morris Kauffman. Fifth Row Doris Showalter, Norman Hockman, Doris Shenk, Ruth Gamber, John Brenneman, Anna Frey, Martha Kauffman, Melvin Hess. Sixth Row Abram Hostetter, Lester Weber, Earl Bishop, Richard Moyer, William Detweiler, Robert Detweiler, Mark Kniss. Not on Picture Alice Rober. College Freshmen Yes, we were really going to a college. Now that E.M.S. had officially acquired her college rating, we had the honor of being the first liberal arts college freshman class. Arriving on the campus, the girls were assigned to rooms in private homes scattered hither and yon in Park View, while most of the fellows occupied compartments in the turkey building. The program for freshman days appeared to consist mainly of intelligence tests. Two days of bending over lapboards and persistently pushing the pencil point into the correct groove on the paper brought feelings of stiffening necks, cramped lungs, and a curvature of the spinal column. In the nick of time recreation brought the needed relief. The day after tests a Fresh- man could have truly sung, “Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down ’ Before breakfast we scaled the crest of Massanutten only to descend into the very depths of Endless Caverns after lunch. Robert Keener, Mark Kniss, Lois Hege, Mary Ellen Stutzman, and James Stauffer formed our executive cabinet as president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and business manager respectively. Especially did we sincerely appreciate Brother Daniel Lehman, our class adviser. Alive and spirited, Brother Daniel staged a corn-husking which will hold first magnitude in our memories. Beguiling offers of prizes spurred us on to try to win at least one. After singing for local shut-ins, we found in Park Woods a bountiful feast that satisfied even our enormous appetites. Later, when the North River at Bridgewater froze, Brothci Daniel's vigorous nature called for more healthful exercise in a freshman skating party. Our first year of college has certainly been an enjoyable and inspiring one. We have taken one more big step in life, and are looking forward to future steps that will be mounted by the aid of the knowledge gained this year. —Miriam Miller. [33] 3

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Seniors Janet Abe Cumberland, Maryland Cresaptown H. S. 1; Allegany H. S. 2; Aimerian 3, 4; Nature 3. It is a friendly heart that has plent of friends. —Thackeray. James Blosser Harrisonburg, Virginia Dayton H. S. 3; Jr. Cho. 2; Adclphian 1, 2; Armerian 4. Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is a most important labor of man. — Webster. Norma Albrecht Pigeon, Michigan Pigeon H. S. 1, 2; Jr. Cho. 4; Philomathean 3, 4; Mennonite Hist. 3; Needle Crait 3; Nature Treas. 3; Dining Hall Comm. 4; Girls' Athletic Mgr. 4. Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on. —Burton. Miriam Brenneman Accident, Maryland Jr. Cho. 2, 3; Adslphian 1, 2; Philomathean 3, 4; Christian Ser. Act. 3; Mennonite Hist. 4; Avian 4; Library Club 3. Contentment has great delight and little trou- ble. —Epictetus. Betty Allebach Kulpsville, Pennsylvania Towamoncin H. S. 1; Jr. Clio. 2, 3; Adelphian 2; Philomathean 3, 4; Mennonite Hist. 3; -Lnorgctie Scratchers 3; Scriblerus 4. Life is not so short but there is always time enough for courtesy. —Emerson. Floyd Brunk Upland, California Last Huntingdon 1, 2; Jr. Cho. 3; M. Cho. 4; Men’s Cho. 4; Armerian 3, 4; Mennonite Hist. 3; Photog- raphy 3; Weather Vane Pressman 3, 4; Social Comm. 3, 4; Touring Cho. 4; Athletic Equipment Mgr. 4. The fewer the words, the greater the profit. — Fenelon. Mary Baer Hagerstown, Maryland Jr. Cho. 2, 3; M. Cho. 4; Adelphian 1, 2; Philo- mathean 3, 4; Weave-it Sec. 3; Needle Craft 3; Weather Vane Typist 4. The lasting and crowning privilege of friend- ship is constancy. —South. Kennelh Brunk Elida, Ohio Elida H. S. 1, 2, 3; Philomathean 4, Pros. 4; Cur. Rel. Lit. 4; Astral 4. Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend. —Longfellow. 135]