Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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follow The Bouncing Check m many times has a college ident written home to ask m and dad to cover a check wrote yesterday? F inancing a college educa- ;ion becomes more and more diffi- cult every year as the cost of tuition ind room and board rises. A year ' s jvorth of education was worth $4310 ;o students and or their parents and in additional $400 to cover the in- cidentals of college living. A major part of these expenses ivere subsidized by summer and on- :ampus jobs. Because of the tight Tiarket, however, some students had ;o free lance (create their own jobs). Fom Corry painted houses over the summer and Walter Brenda photo- »raphed weddings. On campus work ncluded Juli Shannon ' s skull and :rossbone mural painted for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Eight hundred other students were :mployed by the college in jobs vary- ing from desksitting to food ser- vice workers to student assistants. Of these, 200 participated in work study. Week to week expenses of stu- dents on campus varied with their major, interests, and activities. Don Shelenberger, bookstore manager, explained that the cost of books in- creased substantially since he started here. Texts ranged in price from $1.25 to $26, with an average of $65 a term. Donna Runge, a music major, had accumulated $500 to $600 worth of music in her locker over four years and commented that it costs a lot to build a repertoire. Biology major Anton Dodel spent from nothing to $300 in a week ' s time. Most of his earnings went to- ward climbing and scuba gear, pho- Jan Clark saves some money on her books with the help of Sharon Wilson at the Lamb- da Sigma used book sale. -K. Pealstrom tography supplies, and food. Maintaining an automobile took a major chunk of one student ' s bud- get. She noted that she had spent $300 plus the cost of gas during the fall term. Sorority and fraternity member- ships were also a big expense for many of the students. Barb Stiver agreed that a lot of money goes into it but it is something that enriches the college experience. Her sorority expenses have included activation fees, chapter dues, formals, paddles, gifts, pillows, laveliers, dinners and Pan-Hel dues. Regular expenses of college living rounded out the students ' budgets. Laundry, postage, and entertain- ment cost the average student about $4 a week. Beer, liquor, cigarettes, and food added as much as $5 to $15. The New Wilmington businesses that seemed to profit most from stu- dent patronage were Kingery ' s, Prima ' s Pizza and Oak ' s Golden Dawn. Romance Watson comment- ed that, luckily, New Wilmington is not a big enough town to really spend money in it; if it had a mall or a disco here . . . (g) Tim Waugh solves his financial problems at the Business Office. -M. von Hillebrandt

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Nate Johnson proves that it is not always a laughing matter when someone says he worked his way through college by washing dishes. - A. Dodel Early in the fall, local merchants post necessary information on spending policies. - K. Pealstrom. Store Moufs The college offers many different work- study jobs. Leslie Fuchs and Paul Martell prepare mailings for the Admissions Office. Doug Schreck ' s job at Saga requires him to mop the floor after the dinner hour is over in f4cGinnis. - J. Miller 16

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With the Mexican theme of Hats Off to the Titans, the Chi Omega sorority cap- tured first place in the float competition. Riding on the float are Roxanne Weygandt and JuliaBeth Ward. Sigma Kappa sorority won second place with their Luck of the Irish . Cinnaminson, NJ resident Pam Morgan rides in the parade shortly before being crowned 1979 Homecoming Queen. She is a junior math major. Titan cheerleaders Pam Swartz and Conni Weidner spark crowd enthusiasm.