James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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, ». ,».r » » . . . .. .. .4.. » »» rl » .. .4M . f ,r ».r l |w t, , f, l h Crofts, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a tall Bluegrass festival were excellent opportunities for skeptics to become exposed to the new style. We made it to the Miss America Pageant with Gail Vandeventer, crowned Jennifer Turner Miss Madison, held bike rallies, raffles, and mock elections. We brought about reforms in school policy by defeating the Junior English Proficiency Exam and the swimming requirement, and by influencing campus administration to allow married couples to become resident hall ad- visors. We went to Hump Parties, Martin ' s Garage, Mas- sanutten Ski Resort, and waited in vain for Comet Kohoutek to astound us with its brilliance. We dressed in our blue jeans and flannel shirts, rode our ten-speeds and found that we could not easily ignore everything but life within campus and the mountains that pro- tected us. We have created together a beautiful part of our memory of life. In September we began a year of bicycles and back packs, papers and parking, dropslips and deadlines, coffee and camping. Throughout the year we were a part of streaking, lectures, football, soccer, jobs, thefts, pressure. Roller Derby, concerts, basketball, intramural sports, yearbook pictures, fees, fires, and firedrills. We made snow angels during exams, comforted by the diversion of a heavy snowfall which psychologically buffered us from the tensions of exams. We heard rumors of an extended semester break but returned in January as planned and the cycle began again. We carry on, and grow with every day we wake. Some things we encounter are good and some are bad, but the totality of our experience makes us a little more aware and a little more knowledgeable about ourselves and about life. That ' s what it ' s all about. Dreams, so they say. Are for the fools, and they let them drift away. Peace, like the silent dove. Should be flying, but it ' s only just begun. Like Columbus in the olden days We must gather all our courage. Sail our ships out on the open sea Cast away our fears and all the years Come and gone, pick us up, always up . . . We may never pass this way again. .... James Seals DICK GREGORY and the C.I.A. He placed emphasis on the big job that we, as college students and citizens, have in improving the morals of American government and society. Professor Mary Daly, feminist leader from Boston College, expounded her theory that the oppression of women today is a result of attitudes encouraged by the Church concerning male supremacy. Professor Daly aroused mixed emotions on the subject of women ' s rights. However, when Billy Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in one of the most controversial tennis matches ever, repercussions of these opinions on sexual equality culminated in a waterfight between two dormitories on our own lower campus. On the lighter side, we turned our attention to quite a variety of school-related activities. We won our first football game early in the ' 73 season against Anne Arundel, an event sure to gain importance as our team gains from experience. We watched the astro-turf playing field being constructed, its greenness dominating the spectrum of lower campus. We realized that it will surely prove to be both a drawing card for and advantage to Madison ' s athletic program. Madison ' s outstanding soccer goalie, Al Mayer, brought further attention to our athletics by signing a contract with the Baltimore Comets to play professional soccer. William Windom, noted television and stage person- ality, entertained us with a dramatic interpretation of some of James Thurber ' s works. Bluegrass music became increasingly popular. Its lively foot-stomping spirit proved quite a diversion from the hard rock sounds that have previously domi- nated the most of our record collections. Seals and

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