Queens University of Charlotte - Coronet / Edelweiss Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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'C I lu .R 4 Q' il- lg am 1 ' - ,Xaw L,- needed. We juggled hurried to rehearsals. ourselves at practices. with frustration at the counted empty chairs, our peers, and stalked fears Most ol the time we ered il this was the lun Only later looking back on coming of age did we Cogntze the lree time we had. 5 mn that 'vf all W35- Love on the courts is not the goal ol' members of the tennis team from their hours nt' pratrife Hulmhtmptnlg seniors? Unlt tin Delhi Dai would situ exp:-ft with a slight Kim lnnlg Hynes tht- other dorms wmv rtfugh tvinzperttwn in this field Jan exent ,sponsored bx the Resident Assistants Dolphins and pyramids were just part rrl4lUt1mNS Weekend festivities Each rear the Dolphin Club entertains visiting moms with their synchronized swimming show There 's always another meeting tn attend and business tn tvimplete as the executive board ol'SGA can tell you judi Walker. Cath: Wtllvinsiin.-lane flulgltts and Kathi Alahan put some linal touches on plans lor a new tvtnstfturiftn Prnlugut-fll

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X91 f i M' 9 . g y. . gg . 5 'I Hours of practice take up the Hee time of choir members C nthia Smith, l' Karla Meyers, Connie jalette, and Melanie Stroupe. Boarding school darlings Denise DeArman, Tina Chapin, Deborah Dalton, and Helen Prien visit the wilderness in the 1982 musical Little Mary Sunshine. I of Prologue hese were the times we were always to remember, the best days, the times ofthe least worries and the most fun, So we were told and so we kept looking for them, Sometimes though it didn 't seem there was time enough to finish what had to be done, much less to enjoy ourselves. Free time was the unknown commodity. 'Y can't tell you if I can until I look at my calendar. School would just be great if I didn 't have to go to classes, then I 'd have time for the rest of my life and all its meetings, We had not yet let? school for the real world and already our time was full. But there were the moments of relief Like when your schedule worked out so that you could spend an akernoon in the sun. Or those moments when you spent chunks of time in the dining hall even though you didn 't like the food. Or when you had a chance to walk to the park or study under a tree or indulge in an akernoon nap ahrer a soap opera. We struggled against attacks of boredom despite evergrowing piles of things to do, and celebrated sometimes with no

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ta ge t mi Q Dressed in their academic regalia, Dr. Cynthia Tyson and Dt. Clyda Rent process to graduation. Parents, alumns, trustees, Rfculrv and friends H but most especially the seniors, celebrate another graduating class. Mixed emotions typih' the big day - smiles at the diploma in hand and tear-- ar goodbyes to be made. llfprologue chool year beginnings bring uncertainties. Soon though we settle in, find a niche, develop a routine, Until spring arrives and it's time then to run in elections, apply for a position, take a road trip, plan spring break, start a diet or tan. Minot interruptions though in the order we have established for ourselves. May comes and like December brings another round of struggles and celebrations with May Day events and exams. And while the beginning heralded with uncertainty, the end in all our comfortableness is wrought with questions. What will I do for a summer job? 'How am I going to live with my parents again for a whole three months? Ill even lose my hours. Who will be back next year? Will I see her again? Thank heavens I made it through this year. Will I make it through the next? Wfe wrap things up and plan our return in the fall. Unless we are the seniors. You mean Int really going to have to leave? Why didn 't I do more? Why didn 't I do less? 'Does this mean I have to be an adult now? Why didn 't someone tell us sooner to prepare for this? 'ls there life aHer college? How can I leave yet? I don 't inks 1 know where I in going? Where do we go Hom here? Whether we are leaving for the summer or foreven it is the question ofthe underclassman and the senior. Its the turning point that comes with age. Its answer depends on where we want to get to.