Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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from Qcodemic surroundings and hove fun. Most srudenrs need roodrrips ro breoK up rhe monotony of rheir studies ond ro releose some of rhe pressure of rheir worl . As Derh Helger- mon vows, Roodrrips spice up my life, — Dione lllis You need roodrrips ro survive or Wesrmin- srer, according ro Milse Porrer, This seems ro be rhe general consensus on campus — roodrrips are on inregrol porr of college survivol, A rood- rnp con range from o drive inro Nev Cosrie ro on excursion Penn Srore woy, bur rhey all pro- vide one essenriol godsend — escape from rhe campus, Pvoodrrips ore o good way ro ger off compus, Junior Peggy O ' Connell ogrees, To relax and forger obour srudying, Pom Winkler soys her roodrrips ore usually ro McConnell ' s Mill or shopping because she needs ro ger owoy Roodrrips 25

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Do you meon rhor rhere is o world beyond our own lirrle ' Happy Volley? . . Thor Pirrsburgh is nor rhe only place rhor one may sample such delicacies as Copuilles 5r Jacques, Posro oi Quorro Fro moggi, ond Spanish Poello?! Surely you jesr! There is indeed o vosr world surrounding us, one rhor serves ro moke our doily lives seem olmosr OS exciring os a day in rhe life of o fruirfly . Thar world implores us ro goin o berrer under- sronding of her people and ourselves by exper- iencing orher culrures rhrough rrovel. As rrire os ir moy sound, we ore forrunore ro orrend a college rhor gronrs us enough leeway ro rake Jonuory excursions ro forowoy ond ex oric places. (No, I om nor referring ro Pulaski and Spending Chrisrmos in Rome was o very speciol experience bur I jusr wish could hove shared ir wirh my family. — John Palumbo; Rennes, France rhe eosr end of Youngsrown). For rhe more daring, Wesrminsrer encouroges spending a se mesrer or rwo abroad. By oil means . . . GO FOR IT! Sure, socrifices will hove ro be mode ro ger anywhere. For me, a semesrer away from Morher Fair meanr rhor I would hove ro forego sunborhing or Driroin Deoch, parrying or Srrow berry Fields, and woiring in Sago lines, bur rhe mosr excrucioring poin of all come wirh rhe reolizorion rhor by missing four monrhs of rhe Guiding Lighr , I would never know exocrly whor evil Mr. Quinron McCord hod inrended for his unsuspecring, unwed, unvirruous house- maid, Nolo. Were rhe socrifices worrh ir? You berchol Jusr osk any of rhe woyforers on com- pus. We ore only on rhis eorrh for o shorr while. Like clouds, we only poss rhrough our surround ings, being obliged ro move on. A frogmenr, a bir of our emorion, rhor is oil rhor will linger in years ro come. For rhor piece of senrimenr be groreful. You will oil hove memories of your college years or Wesrminsrer . . . memories rhor 1 will be unsurpossed. Never ler your realm of experience end here. — Suzonne MoriS: Toulorese, France The five monrhs rhor I srudied in Spain were rhe mosr rewording and educorionol of my enrire life. Like every culrure, rhere ore many differenr people in Spain who oppeor ro be differenr from us on rhe ourside bur shore rhe some feelings we do. Overoll I broodened my knowledge of rhe world ond developed a differenr view on America and Americans. — Renee Noel: Seville, Spain