Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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Grandmother and grandfather may look nt these pages with faint smiles of reminiscent and treasured memories, while we, the younger generation, wonder how college ever existed under such conditions. The Touchstone brings you these pages which could well he entitled “Highlights of the Century” and lets you. the render, decide whether you prefer our life in 1955 to the “good old days” wc hear so much uboul. In picture form we take you across the years.

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Jfcji®1?1 v;b wmw w1 Yes, this is our lake, starting as a small pond with hoard-walk paths. It is hard to believe that the giant shade trees on the island were once such small seedlings; but they also have grown with our campus. Ivy-colored Old Main illustrates the familiar phrase “halls of ivy”, reminiscent of former college days. Her ivy-covered walls followed the pattern of most college buildings of that time. Our modern buildings have replaced this picturesque scene. We thought “Hazel” left our campus bare, but here you .U can see the Marauders fifty years ago had little foliage for shade or beauty. Only now can we truly appreciate -our campus greenery. A familiar “now and then.” Before the building of Brooks Hall, the old gymnasium, or Rat Race, was the location for all indoor sports. The rafters rang as the Millcrsvillians cheered their teams to victory.

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 Many activities kept student' stepping at Millersville Normal School. A big event of «lie? year was the May Day celebration with tin- May Queen and her lovely court. (Right) Activities wore scheduled for the entire day and if you needed a rest, you followed the pattern of your classmates and took a canoe ride on the lake. (Below) We could probably restore the art of rowing and try our hand at paddling to the island, but I'm sure we would get an indignant “quack front the present denizens, u flock of wild ducks. Although the mail delivery was. not so frequent as today, the mailman made sure your letter arrived sufclv. (Center left) The two-wheeled cart with its packages ami letters was as welcome a-. Mr. Brenner’s station wagon. Yes, students, some things change with time while others remain the same. The familiar Shcnk’ Lane was a rendezvous for “snappers”. (Below) They say a room needs n woman's touch, but I'm sure the best of women would have trouble with this one. (Lower left) From this developed room inspection.