Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Where silence reigns and genius burns ... where books line every wall... where college students surreptitiously push aside Latin Grammar or The History of America and stifle giggles over A Hole Is to Dig . . . or watch small white clouds play leapfrog over old Massanutten ... . One of the largest, most popular rooms. Yet, to watch the occu- pants, one would say that food is secondary, for often there are 9auses in the perpendicular tray- el of the forks as high school and college chat and laugh to- gether....

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Occasionally throughout the year signs, posters, and announcements call, “Up, up, my friends, and quit your books .. . enough of science and of art; close up those barren leaves.” And all of E.M.C. responds... . Literary, Y.P.C.A., class, social, extracurricular . . . each day the committees meet, and these are they that keep the intricate ma- chinery of E.M.C.’s activities well lubricated and running smoothly .... Dignified, spacious, and com- fortable, it is the room where students mix freely, where the ladies, at end of day, meet by mellow lamplight for a half hour Ob Guictiw. and: Godin) 15

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It is evening now; books close; library lights snap off; ping-pong paddles are laid aside; students come to prayer circle for the pause that truly refreshes, men- tally, physically, and spiritually as thoughts lift, and prayers wing LD Warcerasto: COCs” These are home for most of us, and here it is that the cloak of college dignity can be laid aside as we study, chat, eat, and play ... at night, though, there’s noth- ing quite so interesting as the anatomy of that bed.