Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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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

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Activities

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REGISTRATION INQUISITION can be very preplexing even to a veteran—just ask Mel — Harnish. “WILL THEY LET ME STAY?” the freshmen worry as they guess at the empty blanks on the SCAT test. ¥ i tame § Four days before the rest arrived, the fresh- men traipsed in to overrun campus. They under- went the initiating ordeal of tests, talks and tours, then capped the days with a hike over the hills for a supper out—potato soup and hot dogs, folk music by John-Dallas-Lorene and camp fire group favorites. Eventually 781 were properly inducted with registrations’s unwieldy line, snaking over the gym floor in motley segments—a prof interview, Dean's signatures, a stop for IBM cards, a bout with the money-changers, The all-school mixer officially welcomed everyone en masse. Remember the senior trio’s “Bean Town, U.S.A.” And the scramble to meet the most people first? The Thanksgiving Banquet proved an ironic attempt to capture the pathos in Vietnam. Guests dined with rice and curry, tea and angel salad While “Vietnamese,” “Paxmen” and “nurses” glided between the long tables. The movie, The Ugly American, climaxed the evening. . and so began the drama of the year . “MY BROTHER’S SO SKINNY that he has to wear water skis so she doesn’t get sucked down the bathtub drain,” Milt Loyer told the freshmen at‘ their fall outing.