Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Every act conected with meals becomes a part of a solemn ritual: the hanging of coats upon their fettered hangers; the long wait in a long line; or the mad dash of the nearly late; the apology for coming late; the scouts who come first to stake a claim. If you really want to discover the personality of a campus, go to its dining hall. Early comers spot their tables, get set for the invitation in, discuss the day’s triumphs and the predictions for the morrow. They also checked their mail early, before the crowd began to swarm about the boxes.

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Tl.e fine arts opporturHK pression. A day spent in n! °s °ffer«vt „ j. , 1 ,n the fip]{i ' -°n our campus cover all media of ox- ,r ing to capture a landscape’s rhythms in oils, the positive feeling of pottery you yourself made, the first fully successful vocal interpretation of a difficult piece—all of these have been remembered with pleasure by Radford girls. “The Miracle Worker, a miracle of fine acting and sensitive production, began our fiftieth year of student-acted drama. It’s playbill entered tliecollection of playbills pinned to the drama office’s bulletin board. Among these plays of all types, the dramatic readings, and the original drama of the past years, it testified to the existence of fine drama on the Radford stage. Self expression is the channel through which our worth pours out to our fellowman It is the other hall of learning, a Radford ideal.

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There arc two views to everything. There are three views to the dining hull. The kitchen has one, the waitresses have one. and the girls being served have another. Family style meals require cooperation from everyone. They are a little more trouble to serve, but they are a Radford tradition. A leisurely stroll down the marble steps, exchanging the evening’s plans and best wishes for tomorrows test as you go; finding your coat, muffling up against the customary wind, then the Crcat Divide as, once again, the dorm wins you back from the dining hall.