University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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iPPUi ' VEiUlJ SUiOBBSSi jmu L UIU, ' mi.JM ' erma lawlor dedication i have known erma lawlor since she started work here six years ago as secretary to Joseph t. mac donald, graduate manager, she was miss erma capurro then, since that time i have learned to know her well while she served as secretary for two other graduate managers, gene mastroianni and jim mc nabney and later married our coach, jake lawlor. last fall i said goodby to her as she left the university, but i will always remember her and be fond of her. she was not just a secretary for the graduate manager; she was that friendly person who greeted you with a smile and hello from the office on the left as you entered the student union building, and always had a few minutes to chat; she was that helpful soul you girls asked for advice on what to wear and when, or what to say and how; she was that exuberant rooter who sat next to you fans at that university game; she was that native nevadan who was born right here in reno and went through high school here, then the reno business college where she graduated, erma also went to armstrong college in berkeley where she graduated in business, she spent three years as a legal stenographer and then went to work for the ehrman and horn company of san francisco where she was office and credit manager for 12 years, after that she turned to the university, she has always been active in youth work and at the university her fondness for young people showed itself in the untiring work she performed for them, so for the woman who understood the students and admin- istration and loved them and was loved by them, this book is gratefully dedicated.

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contents administration classes athletics associations • • ■ • activities the big days

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f o r e w o r hi there! how are you? i know who you are, but i wonder if you know me? i have been very close to you ever since you first set foot on the campus of the university of nevada. whether you were aware of me or not, i have been right with you every minute since you became a part of this university, i was there when you were buried under multitudes of packing boxes and suitcases. I was there when you opened the door to your first class and met your first professor, i was with you, too, when you went to your daily classes, i sympathized with you when you were in the infirmary; i suffered with you under the strain of making up the classwork you missed, i cheered with you at that exciting game and stuck patiently through the one-sided contests, i withheld judgment when you copied off your class- mate ' s homework paper, i was even with you at the little waldorf on friday afternoons, at echo ' s for that dance, at the wolf den for coffee and, oh yes, the library, too. also, i mustn ' t forget to mention your romances, remember them? yes, i have been with you always, for i am the university of nevada. i am everything you have seen here and everything you have felt, i am the joys you have found and the sorrows, too. in this book has been recorded another chapter of my biography, in which you have played a leading part, your life will change; you will grow and expand; you will take on new things and discard old; but this book is and always will be a permanent reminder of me, your life at the university of nevada.