Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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' WORKIN G AN D STUDYIN G Although students would probably rather spend their free time social- izing. eeonomie 11nd zieudemic necessity requires that they spend at least some of it working and studying. Students can be found working in various places, from the Bullet Hole and The Dive to Penn Hall and the Admissions Building. Most positions pay only minimum wage, if that. but students gain much more thzm money e they gain experience, good - times und new friendships. I Studying is ulso it must in the life of a college student. Though the library is the most popular place. students have found numerous other places. such as the Seminary library. Sehmueker Hull. residence hall lounges and the battlefields.

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BATTLEFIELDS The battlefields. which slow drivers from Michigan travel $01L1r10 see, are like L1 big bL1ekyLir to Ge1lysburg College s1udents , for s1udyL1nd1ior p1L1y.Where else can you take an exam whil' sitting in the shade o1L1200-ye21r-01d 0L1k?T11e bL1111e1ields are great 101 sunbL1111ing,WL11king' running, biking, driving. parking, fraternity functions or just getting away from the eolleg scene. Students also learn 10 L1ppreeiL1te the historical significance 01 the Battle 01 Gettysburg The summer 01 88 111L11ked the 125111 anniversary 01 the Battle 01 Gettysburg which WL1 commemorated by L1 reen Ln1ct111en1 o1 111C bL1ttle.T11e battlefields were filled with people dresseo in Civil WL11' garb, giving onlookers L1 feel 01 what Gettysburg must have been like during 11105 three days in 18631988 L1lsomL11ked the 50111 L1nniverSL1ryo1tl1e Eternal Lig1 11 Peace Mcmoriu in L1 luly 3rd ceremony. 1n this even1, attended by approximately 45 000 people Governo William Casey rededieuted the Memorial, which symbolizes eternal peace. Later that fall J'Limes Gettys. Gettysburg resident and Lincoln impersonator, delivered the Get1ysburg AddresL during the November 19111 reenachnent 011he speech. 10