Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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The Class of ’44 Says Au Revoir To Familiar Scenes i 18

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Of Interest To Seniors January 28, 1944. Coming back to college and watching my classmates ar¬ rive for graduation activities was a pleas¬ ure I have been anticipating for several months. Although Norma Mezick and Mildred Murphy were in town earlier, Marylee Ruark and I were the first to greet each other on the campus. Dottie Wanex and Edna Schmick arrived soon after and from then girls came one by one until Mary Jane Wood dashed into the social room just before dinner to make the class complete. Our Senior dinner was high-lighted by the unveiling of a portrait of ' Miss Ruth, presented by the Alumni Association. The beautiful life-sized portrait was painted by Miss Dorothy Mitchell and hangs in the middle of the paneling at the front of the dining room, a fitting tribute to one whose service has been long and faithful. January 29, 1944. The music was really being played for us. We were the Seniors who were to file in stately proces¬ sion to the stage. We were the Seniors to whom Dr. Katherine Jeanne Gallagher was addressing her words. We were the Seniors who were listening to the com¬ forting wisdom of MacDowelTs At Part¬ ing. We were the Seniors who responded to Dr. Caruthers ' last command, Candi¬ dates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, arise. We were actually holding our diplomas in our hands. We heard the opening bars of our Alma Mater and stood, as was our habit. We sang, and the words became our promise of loyalty to the institution that was the Alma Mater we were leaving. The music announced the time for our departure and we marched out of the auditorium as yet unable to grasp the reality of the scene in which we had just played title role. Monday we go back to our schoolrooms as college graduates. We are no longer cadet teachers. We are teachers! We have attained the state for which we were reaching when we wrote our names on registration cards in September, 1940. ELLEN LIBIS. 17

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The Enduring Values MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL Left to Right —E. S. Ellis, Dr. Matthews, Brinsfield, Hutson, Widdowson, Dunnock, J. Long, Bloodsworth, Mrs. L. Ben¬ nett, E. Libis. MILITARY TITLES may precede the names of members of alumni, seniors may come to be graduated when they will, but back on the campus there are organizations, groups, and individuals who must plunge ahead. They must work, plan, and carry- on. They must consider changes and un¬ usual happenings in the college and in the world at large. Such organizations have enduring val¬ ues. Whenever any group lives together there must be advisory or governing bodies to see that the rules are made and enforced in order to protect the individ¬ uals within the society. Here in America we have been taught to believe that the best government is that made and exe¬ cuted by the group itself. Democratic procedure is the goal of our Student Council. Perhaps it has been a case of hitching our wagon to a star. Our students have been willing to allow the Council merely to recommend such changes in the government as were thought to be improvements. Such a council al¬ lows for a statement and a consideration of student opinion, but it is not true demo¬ cracy so long as student representatives do not make final decisions, and assume responsibility in creating student opinion concerning them. Last spring the Student Council began a discussion of the Student Handbook which led to the revised edition which was distributed this past fall. This action has led some students to a realization that student government well worked out would more nearly approach true democracy than does the set-up under the Council. Such a plan entails increased student re¬ sponsibilities. Are we ready and able to assume them? 19