Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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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.

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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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Swiss (Ltidtno. lXi ns Shaw Hall captured first in dorm decorations as returning alumni braved another rainy Homecoming M acy ' s department store the day after Christmas would have been a breeze in comparison. Bodies shoved and jostled each other as still more tried to crowd into the limited space. It soon became hard to see anything and next to impossible to move, for every cloudburst sent the 1500 returning alumni back into their tent at the north end of Memorial Field. Yet, no one seemed to mind the fact that true to tradi- tion. New Wilmington offered a soggy weekend for Homecoming. People became so packed in the tent, that the football team and the weather were all soon forgotten amid the noise and confusion of trying to pick out old friends. The weekend had started out nicely enough — the Celebrity Series presented Victor Borge Friday night. Even Saturday, October 7, dawned sunny and clear for the annual parade of bands and floats on Market Street. Participating in the parade along with the college and New Wilmington High School bands were the seven sorority and independent floats that had taken all the previous night to build. It was not until half-time began that the heavens opened and rain and hail poured down on the festivities. Through the deluge, the band, Titanaires, and majorettes struggled to march across the field. At the speaker ' s podium Dean Sibbet, President Carlson, and President of Alumni Council R. Elwin Fuller gave welcoming ad- dresses. By this time, the cars bearing the Homecoming can- didates and their escorts had made their way around the muddy field. The women were introduced to the crowd and Kappa Delta Pam Morgan was crowned 1979 Home- coming Queen. The second half of the football game brought more rain as well as a 42-7 victory over arch rival Grove City College. It was the 27th consecutive Homecoming win for the Titans. In contrast with previous years. Parents ' Day came the weekend after instead of the same weekend as Home- coming. Alumni Director Tom Ritchey cited the reasons why Parents ' Day was not as successful as it could have been was because there was not enough planned for the parents, and because it was held too early in the fall. One of the bigger attractions for alumni to this drenched Homecoming weekend were the reunions that were held. The classes of ' 48, ' 53, ' 63, ' 68, and ' 73 had their reunions at the New Castle Country Club. -Janice Jeletic The 1978-1979 Homecoming Court: William Minier, Elizabeth Sampson, Myron Luth- ringer, Joni Mangino, Linden Leonardo, Vangie Williams, Richard Thomson, Pam Morgan (Queen), Holly Binder, Joel Bal- lezza, Paula Baron, William Olmstead, Patricia Ostrowski, and Paul Martell. Paced by Grove City, Titan harriers never