Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Ouietly sitting in the midst of the C.A.C., Clinton and Morrison Hall bustle, the chapel is given little thought by the campus community. Few people even know what the building is like inside, let alone have found peace and taken pleasure from its spiritual atmosphere and somber beauty. Yet the chapel peacefully waits. . .for those few times when it can provide the sanctuary and setting required for spiritual events. Despite its often desolate appearance, the chapel is available through the C.A.C. reservation office for student use. The United Campus Christian Ministry meets there regularly for a time of fellowship on Monday morning from 10:00 to 10:30. Occasionally, sororities and fraternities hold initiation and other special ceremonies in its graceful hall or a marriage is consecrated in its hollowed presence. - On such special occasions, the chapel's elegant organ pervades the room, soothing the most restless or anxious participants. This instrument bears educational significance as well, as it provides the University means of organ lessons. Mr. Robert Town is the organ instructor who shares his knowledge and skill with interested students. When next traversing the often crowded, walkways which surround the Harvey D. Grace Memorial Chapel, pause for a moment, and reflect on the experiences available through its open doors. f

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All dormatory residents get over that initial apprehension in very little time--all but the staff that is. They keep hoping the worst cannot happen. Four years ago I moved into Grace Wilkie Hall. I knew I was the only scared freshman in that big, hot lit was Augustl building. I would not have believed it at the time, but I was not the only newcomer standing in a room full of boxes with two unmade beds, three keys, and a folder of formidable looking regulations. Things were not as bad as they seemed to me though. That folder of regulations contained such things as a meal schedule, a list of what was to be shown at the Flick and some rules like: do not burn the building down, breaking mirrors brings seven years bad luck, and keep the noise down after 7 p.m. Those boxes were quickly emptied and the beds were made after my roommate came. She was not an ogre either, much to my surprise. Even more amazingly, of ,the 22 girls on the floor, only eight were not new. We got on so well that the only casualty was our Resident Assistant. She heard quite regularly about our adventures, and constantly reminded us that the people on the floor below were about to form a lynch mob to put us out of their misery. my css! nDA33g..wnNlwn1v TW 'Nr Featu resf195 'A r