Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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Montani semper liberi Montani semper liberi. West Virginia ' s state motto translated into English from Latin means mountaineers are always free. The freedom flows in the mountaineers ' blood and shows on their faces. Mountaineers are friendly, down-home people, who lend a hand when it is needed. They even smile afterwards and shove the dollars back into their rescued friends ' pockets if the money ' s offered. West Virginians . . . mountaineers . . . montani semper liberi. TOP: Frank Pulice Jr., director of the Dining Hall, helps his staff clean off tables after a banquet. ABOVE LEFT: Gene Ramsey serves as chairperson for the Student Government election committee. ABOVE MIDDLE: Wearing a Fairmont State T- shirt, George Linn fights the March mountain winds. ABOVE RIGHT: Jack Tanzey ran unsuccessfully for the student body presidential bid in March. OPPOSITE PAGE: Stephen Smigocki, art instructor, works on his watercolor creation on the campus lawn.

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' Redneck, redneck ' : The worst thing you can call another is . The worst thing you can call another person is not a series of four letter expletives, nor is it anything to do with the person ' s parentage. The worst thing you can call another is a redneck. Most people not familiar with West Virginia seem to think that every person living in the Mountain State has redneck tendencies. I was visiting in Pennsylvania last summer and got into an enlightening discussion with one of the natives. You-all from West Virginny, are ya? the native asked as he smiled and stuck a wad of tobacco in his jaw. I was down there onced, but there was too damn many rednecks, so I just come on home. I smiled politely and tried to move away with as much dignity as I could muster. I said something cute about having to look for some good copper tubing for my still and tried to hurry away. I ' m glad to see that you people finally got some sense and elected a person with some breeding and education to be you-all ' s governor, he said while picking his teeth with a straw he had pulled from his hat. Jay looks like he ' s going to do a lot for your state, he went on. He just might pave your roads and build you decent schools. voted for Udall myself. At this point, I politely excused myself, telling him that my moonshine was running all over the back woods and I had to go find my copper tubing. One more thing, he yelled, where you from in West Virginny? Clarksburg, I answered. Do you live around here? Hell, no, I ' m just visiting. I ' m from Philadelphia. I smiled and hurried off. I don ' t like being around the natives when they are restless or on vacation. ' ? + t I smiled again and muttered something about Gov. Rockefeller signing into law a bill to sow grass on all state and privately supported cow paths. I told you that Jay was on the ball, he grinned, showing his throat through his gaping green teeth. I wish the rest of the country would show your sense and get that redneck from Georgia out of the White House. I TOP: The Ad. Building in winter. BELOW: Leita Calocia enjoys a football game. OPPOSITE PAGE: A decayed farmhouse. INSET: J. B. actors Jana Neuwirth and Karl Lengel rehearse.