Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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M A S H 4077 M A S H 4077M A S H 4077

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Students both cried and laughed as they said their final good-byes to old friends Monday night February 28, many classes and meetings were either cut short or cancelled all together The reason: the staff of 4077 MASH were packing their duffle bags and heading home The well known series of eleven years made its final appearance on the television. Just as If good friends were leaving, we all said our adieus to our favorite members of MASH Dorms and apartments alike threw MASH parties in the honor of the senes' final show The rooms were packed, and all televisions were set on CBS channels. At 8:28 all sets were turned on. and tuned in Many rooms were packed full of people dressed in basic green, crowded around the tiny eight or nine inch screens The countdown began, then the show began with the usual sounds from the musical theme Suicide is Painless' and the sight of the two choppers landing in the center field. For the next two and a half hours, students both cried and laughed as each of their favorite characters prepared to depart As they watched Colonel Potter riding off on his horse and B.J Honeycut boarding the chopper; everyone was really waiting for their best loved character. Hawk-eye. to make his finale When B.J. Honeycut looked down from his chopper and saw Good-bye spelled out with rocks, no one had to look to the comer of the screen to know that they would see Hawk-eye walking away in the distance. The T V set was turned off by someone, but no one could remember who. as they all sat momentarily stunned Thoughts of the past two and a half hours flashed through their minds Corporal Klinger, after spending the past eleven years trying to convince his commanding officers that he was crazy so he could go home, was staying in Korea Love does strange things, even in television The most upsetting of all seemed to be when Hawk-eye cracked-up momentarily over a past experience Rich Yednock said that he felt it was a cheap shot on the viewers' emotions as well as the characters The show was over For two and a half hours everyone's emotions were taken for a ride as the characters they had known since they were children walked off the screen Everyone in the room began to recall past shows better than they could remember the Laws of Relativity they'd learned in science class just hours before Yet things soon looked a little brighter again as student realized that tomorrow at 5:00. 5:30, 7:00. and 7:30 they could once again see all their old friends acting out the old familiar scripts they loved MASH would not die that easily. Susan Seibel B.J., Hawkey , and Hotlips join the rest of the cast. crew, and fans in bidding farewell to one of the longest running television series In history — M A S H Many students grew up with the familiar faces of the characters on the show, and put aside studies and nearly everything else to attend M'A’S'H parties and watch the final episode. — Artwork by Floyd Runkle 28 M A-S H

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Most people considered college students young, unmarried, and childless. But there were a few that were exceptions to the rule Steve is 27. works as a general contractor, has been manried for nine years, and has a five-year-old daughter Annabclle is a 46 year old wife (of twenty-three years) and mother of four Kate is a 51 year old wife and mother of three The list goes on and on All these people have a common goal The goal K to become a college graduate Along with a few thousand others they are students here at Millersville State College By far. they are not what we usually consider the traditional college student The majority of people consider a college student to be a person fresh out of high school, unmarried, and with no children. However, as always, there were exceptions to the rule In Student teacher Mark Forsha helps one of his students, Matthew Bland of Quarryville Elementary. Mark found the transition from college to work and back to college made some aspects of his college career a little easier to deal with each day. —Photo by Susan Sclbrl We were unique in the fact that we were married three years when I started back to college. I feel the pressures of marriage and studies would seem to be too much for a newly married couple. Some things were harder, but I enjoyed it more. There weren’t any social pressures, and 1 could concentrate more on my academics.” Mark Forsha 30 Non-Traditional Students