Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Activities

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We remember you, G. Irvin Lehman... You’re the professor who walked College Avenue each morning, a man in a navy suit and worn shoes. Your proverb of education, “Read history and travel,” taught us that facts without wisdom are foolishness. You invited us to the sources: “Your gold mine—the library.” You’re the man who chose the median and knew, “The hardest thing for anyone is to be balanced whether in living, giving or forgiving.” Your realistic acceptance of life included student attitudes: “| know you didn’t come to college to take O.T.” You’re the traveller who trod the Holy Lands and showed us the way to the Plains of Jezreel. You trans- lated the Hebrew idiom into our own slang. A Dutch- man from “’Pa.,” you identified with the sons of Abraham and proudly recalled, “In no-man’‘s land, they nabbed me for a Jew.” You're the friend who drank your coffee in the Snack Shop and entertained our minds with twice-told tales and puns. With your round smile and your date- book in hand, you welcomed a chat: “All you have to do is stop me, and ask me for a date.” You’re the Mennonite who claimed to be “a preacher, a layman,—and the only Mennonite G.I.” We remember you and dedicate the 1967 Shenandoah to you— the man with shoes worn by walking through life—G. Irvin Lehman.

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Highlights of the months— Those special times we swarmed to central places In bee-lined response to poster blurbs. They were the times for dates, Events that swung our spirits free of books, Lent reality to classroom theories And put responsibility in our laps. Many of us played spectator. We knew the suspense of blooming stage acts and Basked in outside speakers’ insight. — eg ee ae But we created and initiated too. = = mace me We joined the working class in spurts, Planned bowls and banquets and Set the auditorium alight with our production, Creating the spirit of our college and our year. a ee. ee : wo, Sm Se 4 ate