Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Here we meet each morning to hear words which sometimes smooth the rough places of doubt and mistrust in our minds, some- times plow deep furrows in the flat fields of complacency... . There are two of them, beckoning many to enter The convenient stopping place for those who find and develop social talent . . . but when snow- the campus walk too short ... or who merely l ike covered, social talent develops elsewhere... . to slide on ice....

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Fall, winter, or spring, it’s down- the-road-you-go for some college freshman boys. In the big white house with the many nooks and corners they reign supreme ex- cept for the gray squirrels which play tag just outside the win- dows.... Park Wood can’t keep its secret long, for every student soon finds his way up the gravel path. . . Oakwood’s always there, waiting for the book-weary to “bid dull care begone” and come, bringing their laughter and music... . Here artists dabble in reds, blues, greens, while soloists climb up and run down the scale... “Y” members call it the front office, and high-school home economics students here learn the maxim that dishes if dirtied must also be washed ....

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There are some who even sacri- fice early morning hours or a meal for it. . . the solid thump of ball on racket, the smooth rhythm of the swing, and an am- bitious partner form an invita- tion few can refuse... The door which leads to keen, swift competition does not long remain closed at E.M.C. ... here “hoop artists” delight in swish- ing the net, and volleyball lovers jiggle the ball for a kill. ... It's never long before high-school sophomores swarm over the hilltop stile as they dash hither and yon after reluctant butterflies which see little honor in being mounted ... .