Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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Dr. Allan Nevins receives an honorary degree . . . Convo- ca+ion l959. Carl Sandburg confers will-I Secrefary of Healfln, Educa- llon' and Welfare A'+huQe'::l'QQm'g ' ' ' Clvll war Con- Uni'red we sfancl . . . class of '63. Cusloms come 'lo an end Going, going, gone . . . dollars for WUS.

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aT The TraTerniTy houses Tor The Tellows. The rush was Truly on as upperclassmen poured in The doors oT Treshman dorms and down The halls To The bewildered new sTudenTs. As Rush Week proceeded The Treshmen became accus- Tomed To raTTling oTT Their home Town, major, and summer iob. l-lolding a smile consTanTly became a habiT. Finally The bids were given ouT and The Treshmen who were pledged relaxed, . ZS-' i We Holiday aT AlcaTraz . . . or The 'freshman picnic? The freshmen sing Tor Their supp Are They coming or going? . . . Backwards Day during T as much as pledges can, Tor The real inTroduc- Tion To TraTerniTy liTe. Classes and cusToms began TogeTher. As much as They would have liked To, The Treshmen could noT do away wiTh classesg buT They did puT an end To cusToms aTTer The Third day. A rioT Took place on The girls' dormiTory quad wiTh boys parTicipaTing Trom The ground and girls conTribuTing encouragemenT Trom The windows. AlThough iT annoyed such people as The upperclassmen, The housemoThers,

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Couples chaT and enioy reTreshmenTs aT The Dorm Dance. FATHER'S DAY The highIighT oT FaTher's Day Weekend, ceIebraTed OcTober I7 and I8 was The presen- TaTioin oT The FaTher oT The Year Award To The Reverend John S. Bishop aT The SaTurday eve- ning ConvocaTion. The weekend was high- IighTed by a TacuITy-parenT coTTee hour, a vic- Torious hockey game, and a TooTbaII vicTory over AIbrighT. SaTurday evening bangueTs were held by The diTTerenT living groups aTTer which a program was held in ChrisT Chapel. AT This Time The FaTher oT The Year was inTroduced and Dr. Francis Ivlason was The TeaTured speak- er. The weelcend concluded wiTh The Sunday chapel service Ied by Chaplain EdwerTh KorTe. II DORM DANCE fXuTumn Leaves, depicTed by a coIorTuI Tree In The cenTer oT The dance Tloor, provided an appropriaTe Theme Tor The annual Dorm Dance held in The college dining hall on OCTO- ber IO. Dancing To The music oT Gil I.upp and The Crewmen, couples Tound Themselves in an auTumn seTTing as real as all ouTdoors. The Ta- vors, IeaT-shaped pin cushions, provided Tangi- ble reminders oT a happy and memorable evening. FaTher of The Year . . . The Reverend John S. Bishop.