Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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Youn g But Talented Cross Country Tammy Chidesler practices daily lo improve her time. ' ■■ ■■ Illl Lee Daniels lends his experience lo the younger harriers. The cross country team competed this year with an inexperienced squad. Although the team had only one senior, it still had bright trioments. At the Loyola Invitational, Elmhurst battled some of the top Division I and II teams. Mike Berg placed in the top fifty in the men ' s division as did Chris Nielsen in the women ' s contest. Senior Lou Caffero came off injured reserve and joined the team at the Judson Invitational, where the men ' s team finish- ed fifth. In the women ' s division, Vilma Wood completed the course in fourth place while Cindy Schmeckpeper cap- tured seventh. Finally, in the last meet for the expir- ing Chicago Metro Conference, the squad placed every runner in the top thirty, with Niel sen placing thirteenth and Wood run- ning fifteenth. The woinen finished fourth in the conference. The men ' s team competed in the CCIW, the toughest Division III con- ference in the country. Berg was again the top runner for the Bluejays as he ran to capture twenty-sixth place. Mike Clock, Caffero and Lee Daniels also toured the course in less than thirty minutes. Both squads wound up their seasons at the Regional Championship at Credit Island, Iowa. The women finished twelfth in the team standings, led by Wood and Nielsen with Fran DeFrancesco, Tammy Chidester, and Cathy Hyland close behind. The men finished in sixteenth place, with Berg in the lead. Every E.C. harrier broke thirty tninutes on the course. Mike Berg was the men ' s MVP while Chris Nielsen won that title among the women. Mark Bukovsky. Jim Snyder and Vilma Wood earned Most Improved. Bottom Row: Vilma Wood. Mall Mimlilz, Tammy Chidester, Bob Bythell, Mike Berg, Lee Daniels, Top Row: Lou Caffero. Chr Nielsen, Jim Snyder, Mark Bukovsky, Mike Clock. Pele Jelinek.

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Smiles light freshmen faces at a campus dance. Freshmen Freshman year was the lime to let high school friends pass into the shadows of the past and let new ones take their place. It really bothered me at first, but it was for the best. I quickly learned things about E.G. Some I liked; others bemused me; others made me think, What a crazy place! ; while still others upset me. I was impressed by professors like Fodor, Hatmaker, Thoma and others who took time to help or just talk. Did they know how much they were ap- preciated by us freshmen? Many times I was perplexed as to how we freshmen were supposed to fit in at Elmhurst. I wanted to belong and be one of the group, but I soon discovered that it worked much better when I didn ' t TRY to fit, but just let it happen. The memories are there: running out in the middle of the night, cold, dressed for sleep, to Rack Out games in the Mall; the long bus rides with the Choir when Out to Lunch became a coveted title; encounters with all the other people confronting the ever-popular All Nighter. And perhaps the greatest lesson learned as freshmen: not to waste all the op- portunities to get involved and to interact that were out there just waiting for us. — Camille Geisler Audra Palumtjo t etrays some nervousness al the opening Orientation program. Blushing pom pon girls. Matt Burkley and Tim Holder, make a rare appearance at the Hallo- ween ball.