Shenandoah University - Zynodoa Yearbook (Winchester, VA)

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Glass History The trend of time, moving events, and campus life rn old e d the twenty-five freshmen of September 1954 into the 1958 S e ni or class of Shenandoah Con- servatory of Music. The sixteen of us who are left have practiced, performed, and procrastinated on this journey - now the account as, related from our log. We were typical freshmen. Afte r initiation and midnight sererades we soon learned what was expect- ed of us, that is conduct-wise. As for school work, we all had fun one way or another. Itseems the faculty made their mistake when they gave us the advanced Seashore test because they found ----- . The results of othe r te sts they managed to keep more secret. After exams and achievements they really had us under their thumbs. The first semester passed rather quietly with our get-aquainted hours and hard cider partieslby Fitz and Pinky. It wa s Fitzie's bug dance that kept us laughing. The following semester Jean came from the blowy north to join our class while Bob decided that a cold conservatory held more interest than bleak V. P.I. Eldon reversed that policy and went from the con- servatory to the college. It was at a winter band con- cert that Bo sat on the organ to play his baby tuba. That Spring while Diane barbacued parakeets, others held slumber parties and raided the barracks. During the year we lo st two of our class - Lowell Dyar and Billie .Toe Stokes. It was Kitty Wainer who was hearing wedding bells as we departed for home, Our freshman year hadbeen such a breeze that the sophomore year was mortification, Blaine had re- turned with a wife to occupy his time while the rest of us suffered with voice class and other subjects day round. Itwasn'twithout its bright spots though because we had a new sophomore bythe name of Ed Brownfrom Cincinnatti Conservatoryg and gave a kickoff to the now traditional Halloween party. It was, second semester that Bob Rock transferred from us to the college. This is the year that on a s nowy morning we stood outside Rocky Hall waiting for our Theory Exam, only to find that Mr. Marks had overslept. Thank goodne s s it wasn't until after a- c hi e v e m e nt s that Fay dislocated her jaw playing basketball. It was our loss when faraway places claim- ed .Tim Geiger and Fitzie. We were pleased, however, that the talent of Blaine and Pinky were recognized by Delta, Psi Omega at the end of our sophmore year. The following year upon our return we were welcomed by President Ra c e y who introduced us to the Reverend Kyre, our new college minister Immediately we miss- ed Gus .Tohnson who had transferred to Catholic Uni- versity, but w e prospered in gaining Shirley Lantz. Max Beaver, too, was missing. In October we found use of our many talents when they started scheduling practice rooms...0ff , what a fight! Dean ,Clarke '!'in- spired us to unknown heights on Monday, Wednesday, Friday because there was a confab after every class. How in Music History we indulged our efforts with the help ofpopcorn and one or two o'clocks sessions - Mr. McCluer, we still know those records!! That was the 'class before which Speedy always took a nap ...... This was the year ofpractical experience, too, for on choir tour several of our class learned the advantage of eating before drinking. Nor was itwithout its practical jokes b e cau s e at time s we just couldn't persuade Barbara Bennett to leave her room for phone calls or fire drills. The Christmas seasonheld its 'excitements - es- p e c ia lly for Elaine. Elaine, the girl who had never beenkis sed before college, returned to school engaged. Early in the New Year Lou Baker took a leave of absence to join the Air Force. Non-seasonal was the pungent odor of Kin-1's garlic - and her gift for help with school work. Ne ll , and Pinky too, were engage by this time. It was Nell's fi an c e who insisted upo having her awaken early in the morning - much to he sleepy disgust. You couldn't say that all of our efforts were o schoolworkor socializing because the M.S.W. obtain ed their chaipte r of Sigma Alpha Iota with Milli Hampton as president. Another campus fraternity Delta Psi, initiated Elaine, Fay, Shirley, and Jean int its cast. Thus ended the third year with all the hope and joys that at last we would be Seniors. Students usually are problems Qso we've learned but on our return the teachers we re confronted wit the same faces but rnostly new names. Roll call wa strange: there were two Millers, Elaine and Pinkyg New Huffmang Millie fat the end of the alphabet, Woods Diane Post Bowerg and Shirley Lantz Phares who no only changed her name but gave two weeks free spellin lessons. Somehow Ray Conner managed to keep his th same! Missing though were Dolly and Frances wit their jokes and antics, And what about Ethelda Wilso who married a College professor! ! The majority of us managed to go on a trip t Washington to tryout the National C athe dr al an gathe r a few facts in the Library of Congress. Th Concert Choir was so on fire with enthusiasm that i one instance the concert hall burned before their ap pearance. While mentioning trips Ed and Jean seeme to return from one officially engaged. Mid semester came and went with nurses em ployed in the flu epidemic be sides doing their regula work. And Ray and Spe e dy enjoyed a preview of th neighbors Christmas toys. The climax of the seaso came when B a r b a r a Jordan renounced her ideas oldmaidhood and now awakes to music every mornin Since school must go on some classes just had t meet in the dark while the rest of us fought for th rights which had been forfeited to a Senior table. Yes, the years have molded us into a class wi all the characteristic traits of a group with a comm purpose. School has had its joy and sorrows, rewar and disappointments in the unfolding of our lives.

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