Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Assembly Park, a 23-acre tract of timber-covered Jand near Harrison- burg, was bought in 1917 by a group of men who realized the pressing need for a Mennonite school in the East. An old hotel located in the Park eraciously lent its rooms for the first sessions of the new school. When the old frame structure was no longer adequate, construction was begun on a new stucco building. Sev- eral times classes were abandoned and the students enthusiastically worked on the pipeline and helped to clean and order the new building. This building, when completed, provided space for 68 students, a li- brary of 750 volumes, and the be- ginnings of a laboratory. HILLS That was EMS—-a weak baby kicking for survival. This is EMC— a strong college fully accredited and academically sound. The old stucco building has re- ceived two brick annexations, and the remainder of the 35-acre campus is dotted with an auditorium, observa- tory, gymnasium-student center, res- idences, and other academic build- ings. The 750 volumes have moved over to give room to a library of over 22,- 000 modern books and a host of magazines. The single Bible curriculum of 1917 has made way for five divi- sions and many departments of study, and the small laboratory has emerged into several fully equipped, well-lighted working areas.

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Yet EMC is not the physical plant. It is the people —the mob of book-laden students pushing past the clock at three minutes to ten, the audience of faces upturned to “Thy Word Is Truth,” and the eager hands reaching for that letter from home. EMC is found in the faces and lives of her faculty. “Read the first fifty pages,” “I have a book that will help you in your research,” and “Stop by my office at nine” are symbols of their interest in the present and future of each student. The understanding roommate is a part of EMC. So is the red-haired girl who sits by you in chemistry, the campus wit, the international student, and the reverberator to a Weather Vane article. However, the real EMC lies within you, her stu- dent. It is you who felt the thrill of your first glance from Route 11, who walked to the top of the hill for a look at Massanutten and Harrisonburg nestled down below, who represented Christ and the college on a gospel team, who propped your head on your palm at a library table, who always longed to return after each summer. EMC is you—her most important person. “oe one coe Ses oe Teer e ee) SPORE SERRE PPSRAPPR REED eee PeeRE REE R RES LDS ORR ting CONTENTS=— ath the Bee