Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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6 Ciarla Following a decisive victory over Swarthmore, alumni and students accompa- nied an exuberant football team to the Center for the Arts for a variety of hot breads and drink as part of the Homecoming festivities. of mothers and fathers to the campus for a game in which the Mules defeated Johns Hopkins 56-20. A re- ception followed at the President’s home. The Union was empty Saturday night while places like the Aspen Inn, Widow Brown’s and King George’s were booked. After dinner, many parents stayed to be enter- tained by a variety show and a college quiz bowl competi- tion sponsored by Program Board. Epsy day, Saturday, Oc- tober 24, is the traditional day on which Lutheran high school students “take over” the campus and the students in residence either go home for the weekend or lock themselves in their rooms. After a football game and a dance held for the pleasure of Epsy Day participants, the serenity and normality which the following Sunday morning had to offer was welcomed — Todd Morrow — Fran Rosensweet quips with her father on Parents Weekend. Right: At the climax of a successful football season, John Sartori accepts the well-deserved Sidney Weikert Memorial Award for outstanding sophomore player in 1977. TRADITIONS PREVAIL “. . . And the Homecom- s ing Queen selected for 1978 ! is . . . Carla Snyder!” These words were announced dur- ing the half-time ceremonies of Saturday’s October 28 footbal l game, before the Mules stomped Swarthmore with a score of 16-14. Several thousand Muh- ■i lenberg College alumni and their families, along with students, faculty, and ad- ministrators, watched John Sartori, a junior business administration major, re- ceive the Sidney G. Weikert Sophomore Athlete of the Year Award for the 1977- ROYAL 1978 academic year. Numerous festivities were held for the alumni includ- ing: breakfast with the foot- ball team, departmental open houses, tailgate pic- nics, President Morey’s re- ception at the Center of the Arts, an Alumni concert, Muhlenberg Theatre Asso- ciation’s presentation of “Our Town,” and, for a nightcap, craps and black- jack on Casino Night in Brown Hall. Sunday morn- ing, the Rev. Dr. Daniel Jo- dock delivered the sermon during the Chapel Service. Parents’ Weekend, held on the weekend of Septem- ber 23, attracted hundreds

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The College Life: social versus academic 5 THE STACKS- Sooner or later we all end up in this ominous place. Below: The Backgammon trend has grown from impromptu games to lull Hedged tournaments. Seniors Mike Haynes and Bob Weiner are caught in the mania. The library, with its spa- ceous study rooms, alcoves, and hiding places is a per- fect environment in which to observe various study be- haviors. The infamous ‘throat’, a familiar fixture in the libes, earned his cut- throat reputation and title from practices such as re- serving a permanent table in the stacks, carrying more than two books for one evening into the library, and studying on a Saturday afternoon instead of attend- ing the football or basket- ball game. A more severe case of academics can be observed in the student who isolates himself on the eighth floor or the Muhlenberg Room. The third type student who patronizes the library has little in common with the throat. He is the social- minded frequenter of the main floor. On this floor the desks are arranged so that mild studying is accom- plished if one sits facing the wall and nothing but a sore neck is gained if facing the entrance. Either way, it is usually assured that in CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY ‘throat’ an unfair one. For many, a life’s career can de- pend on subject’s grade. Life is not visible in its true light from one perspec- tive; a formula for both an academic and social life, if worked out, should be hand- ed to freshmen along with the survival kit and the pig- book. — Risa Waldmen and Jeanne Mandel GRADES spending a night on the first floor in the library there is little threat of getting much read, and the odds are it will be an enjoyable social out- ing. The dilemma of where and how much to study is one that concerns the entire student population. Dorm study is distracting and vis- iting the library leads to a bad reputation. The more pressing half of the dilemma is how much time can safely be devoted to studies with- out losing the aspect of edu- cation that comes from so- cial interaction. Parental and grade pres- sure, and competition is pre- professional, especially pre- medical, programs are reali- ties which can ' t be ignored and perhaps make the label

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7 The College Life: homecoming, parents day and epsy day Lined up before alumni, faculty and students, nominees braces newly named queen, Carla Snyder Right: The sus- for homecoming queen and their escorts await the final pense was relieved when Kim Barth, president of Program verdict. Moments later, Ted Bollard triumphantly em- Board, made the royal announcement.