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OrangeLine Online, Vol. 2 Issue 8 September 2, 2005 An electronic newsletter for alumni and friends of West Virginia Wesleyan College www.wvwc.edu Share your favorite Wesleyan Homecoming memories with us With West Virginia Wesleyan's 2005 Homecoming just around the corner (Oct. 21-23), the OrangeLine Online staff would like to hear your favorite memories of Homecoming. Whether your story is about special love, a football game or parade, or a joyous memory, please share it with us and we will print your stories in the October edition of the OrangeLine Online. Send your story to orangeline@wvwc.edu. |
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In the August edition of the OrangeLine Online, we asked alumni to share their stories and experiences about Agnes Howard Hall. This month, the OrangeLine staff is sharing these stories with you. Dr. Robert (Bob) Chamberlain ‘42 The Agnes Howard Hall article brought back some 65-year-old memories; I waited tables there from 1938-1942. Waiters took turns on Saturday mornings emptying trash containers on the Wintery Sunday afternoons found Sarah, my future wife, and me near the large radio in the drawing room, listening to the opera, and also studying. It was there on December 7, 1941 we listened as the opera was interrupted by the announcement that the Japanese Air Force had bombed Pearl Harbor and President Roosevelt said we were going to war! Skunks were common about town and the campus. One night, at the front steps as I was bidding Sarah good night, she looked down and gasped. I looked down and saw a skunk beside my foot, needless to say, I became a statue until he wandered away, his curiosity satisfied. Maybe he decided I was just one of the family! Another time, on a spring evening, we glanced up and saw on a high limb near the Hall, a row of baby screech owls, looking to the entire world like a group of kittens. The mother began to dive-bomb us until we moved away. I was head waiter my senior year and think Herb Sharp was the next year. Others I recall were Jon Saunders, who later became president of a college in southern West Virginia . Others were Sam Foglesong, Chuck Cullings, Bennie Silvestro, Bob Johnson, Jon Hubner, Bill Veiring, Emery Roberts, Art Dennis, Bob Hammond, and Charie Uhlar, among others. Ah, what memories! Rev. William Brown ‘50 I did not live in Agnes Howard Hall of course, but my daughter Carol did. However, my memories of the Hall are my frat brothers, KA, conspiring with upper floor coeds to arrange for Nellie Wilson to 'catch' Bill Hastings trying to steal some underwear. She did! I remember that whenever a male had to go above the first floor, Miss Wilson would hurry ahead calling "Man on second. Man on third." We male students always felt Miss Wilson was watching out her window as we were saying goodnight to our dates on the porch. Everyone has to remember the time someone put a car on the porch roof. Kay Rider Brown ‘58 Hi to all who roamed these halls. I wonder who will remember ascending to a very small space in the attic to attend a sorority meeting. As I remember, there was barely enough room to stand in the center and the rest of us sat on the flooring. We surely had a grand time. I also remember hanging laundry way up in the attic where it was very warm and very dark. These memories are fading fast but they are so wonderful. How many college students had the privilege of eating family style in a dining room with our own special waiters. Happy days indeed. Ann Wallace Harrison ‘61 Miss Nellie Wilson (Dean of Women) was our housemother my freshman year in 1957. This was the era of "prim and proper" at David Perkins '63 I entered Wesleyan in the fall of 1959 as a "green" freshman, having graduated from a small, rural West Virginia high school. It was my first extended period of time "away from home." At McCusky Hall, I met a young man from New Jersey who played the guitar and sang--really well. I sang harmony by ear. Together we serenaded the girls of Agnes Howard Hall with Connie Frances love songs, as well as traditional ballads. They loved it....and we loved the attention. It was great fun to discover and meet the owners of umbrellas and articles of clothing (can you guess?) that were thrown from the windows. Of course this lasted only until Miss Wilson asked security to "escort" us from the immediate environs of Agnes Howard...and to ensure that our "warbling" did not "get out of hand"! Cinda Frenzel O'Neill ‘70 Agnes Howard Hall was my first "home away from home." I moved in with my first ever roommate, Susan Smith, in August 1966. We were extra lucky to have one of the "suites"--two rooms sharing a bath. I have always felt that helped me make the adjustment to dorm life much easier. It didn't take much to make life easier then since we didn't have many of the things that today's freshman take for granted. Few if any of us "frosh" had a car so walking to town was it. There weren't any cell phones or PCs so my one collect call home each week was a big deal and the manual portable typewriter that I had received as my high school graduation present was used for all my papers. There was no Internet yet either so the "stacks" at the Library got to see a lot of us. We weren't too radical on campus at that time so it was study a lot and, for those who weren't dating, we would watch the lucky ones come down the staircase (under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Rhudy) and go out on a date Saturday night. Of course those watchful eyes were there to make sure the return was on time--no staying out late or coed dorms for us! And then there was the black and white (no color) television (no remote so more exercise Now I am not complaining about what we didn't have. It was just what we were used to then and we were all on our first big adventure--being away from mom and dad and family and trying to adjust to new freedoms and "doing for ourselves". Agnes Howard Hall was like a home--more personal, smaller, and more intimate. I have always felt lucky that ‘Aggie' was my first dorm. I don't think the larger, newer ones would have made as good an impression on me. Agnes Howard Hall will always have a special place in my memories of my time as Wesleyan. Nancy Lee My husband and I (married 30 years now and with three grown children) met at Wesleyan during our freshman year in 1972. We kissed for the first time on the sidewalk in front of Agnes Howard where I resided. I remember the excitement on Friday afternoons when girls would be called from the downstairs front desk saying they had a delivery. This was usually flowers from their dates. I remember sitting in the lounge trying to snuggle with my boyfriend, but at the same time watching out for the ever present Mrs. who patrolled the lounge like an SS officer reminding us that we were to sit so many inches apart. I also met my best friend in Agnes Howard. She lived in the suite wing of the third floor in the last room and I in the old wing in the last room. From her window we could watch students walking from the other side of campus coming to the dining hall in the late afternoon. It was so convenient to watch for 'certain' people and then casually 'dash' down the side stairs so we would 'just happen to be coming' out as they passed by and would wind up in line with them for dinner. Even though the miles separate us, my best friend and I have stayed close and visit one another when we can. Stacia Speicher Cochems ‘95 Looking at the picture of Agnes Howard Hall, or as we called it ‘Aggie' for short, brings back a lot of memories. I loved sitting on the swing with my sisters from Alpha Xi Delta, and there were some great late night chats. The hot nights from the steam heat were sometimes unbearable, but the huge windows helped. When we walked down the Hall, you could always hear a creek in the floor. I miss those times at Wesleyan. |
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A Wesleyan Student Will Soon Be Calling YouWest Virginia Wesleyan College students will soon be calling you to ask for your support of the Annual Wesleyan Fund. Each year, a dedicated group of students gather in the back room of the Erickson Alumni Center to raise money and awareness about the importance of the Annual Wesleyan Fund. This year student callers will begin contacting alumni and friends the week of September 12 th and continue through Thursday, October 6th.
The student's hard work is best rewarded when alumni agree to support the College with a donation. They are encouraged by the affinity that you have for the College and your willingness to help those who are following in your footsteps. This year say YES when a West Virginia Wesleyan College student calls you.
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floors, traveling by a water powered elevator, and yelling out, "Man on second,” "Man on third" to warn the girls. I think the elevator rested on a long piston; pulling on a rope opened a valve to let water push the piston up, and pulling on the other end of the rope let the water out so the cab could descend. It was primitive, but effective. Sunday afternoons we took turns carrying a large tray of demi-tasse service to the drawing room for Dean Neale to serve to those who wished to partake. 
Wesleyan. Miss Wilson was the mainstay of this era. We were prompted at every point on our manners and behavior. Things like wearing raincoats over our shorts when walking across campus to physical education, gloves at tea, women only dining at Agnes Howard and proper dating behavior. One evening my date (now my husband) forgot the proper behavior on departing Agnes Howard and hugged me. On seeing this "improper behavior" Miss Wilson approached us and politely reminded my date that embracing in the lobby of Agnes Howard was not permitted. I always respected and loved Miss Wilson for teaching me how to be a "lady." I believe I am a better person for her concern and care. 
to change the channel) in the lounge. Again few if anyone had a television in their room. I remember only one girl who had a small refrigerator--cold Fresca for everyone! Hmm, no microwaves so no popcorn or other hot snacks though we had plenty of chips to pass around. 
Our callers are committed to helping maintain and improve the Wesleyan experience for students of today and tomorrow. These students value the quality education they receive at West Virginia Wesleyan College , and realize the life-long advantages that it provides. With a vast array of majors, interests, and extra curricular activities, our student callers are well equipped to update you on campus news. If you receive a phone call from a Wesleyan student in the next few weeks, take the opportunity to speak with them about recent changes on campus and, of course, pledge your support to the Annual Wesleyan Fund.
KAREN JOHNSON SHIMP
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