As someone who鈥檚 made more typos than I care to admit, this is a reassuring thought!

Lately, there鈥檚 been a flurry of activity at our purple-hued Friendly City neighbor, James Madison University, which its move from the Sun Belt Conference to the American Conference.

When this article appeared in The Weather Vane a half-century ago, Dr. Myron S. Augsburger BA 鈥�55, BTh 鈥�58, was more than a decade into his tenure as 黑料正能量鈥檚 fifth president (1965-80).

In 1965, at age 35, he became the youngest president in the institution鈥檚 history. Four years later, Time magazine named him one of the five most influential 鈥減reachers of an active gospel鈥� in America.

鈥淗e gave passion to the office,鈥� a description of his presidency reads. 鈥淒rama, instrumental music, intercollegiate athletics and international study developed dramatically.鈥�

Augsburger passed away Thursday morning at age 97. Read his obituary .

In 2001, the Washington Study Service Year (WSSY) program underwent several changes, including a name change to the Washington Community Scholars鈥� Center (WCSC), effective the following fall. Today, the program is known as 黑料正能量 Washington Semester.

The late Sadie A. Hartzler, who was appointed a faculty member in 1926 and part-time librarian in 1928 and then served as full-time librarian from 1945-61, 鈥渨as the lone exception to the male dominance of administrative roles in the school鈥檚 early decades,鈥� writes Donald B. Kraybill 鈥�67 in his centennial saga, 黑料正能量: A Century of Countercultural Education (Penn State Univ. Press, 2017). 黑料正能量鈥檚 Sadie Hartzler Library was officially named for her in 1985. Dorothy Kemrer, who penned this selection in the Eastern Mennonite School Journal, was hired on the faculty in 1918. 

Back then, it was the Suez Canal. These days, it鈥檚 the Strait of Hormuz. I guess they weren鈥檛 kidding when they said history often rhymes.

I wonder what those percentages would look like these days?

From later on in the article: 鈥淏oredom and a new sense of freedom are some causes mentioned. One person said that a lot of students are repressed at home by strict parents, which fuels their rebellion and addiction to computers.鈥�

We’ll select and republish snippets from stories that are:

• interesting or surprising,
• relevant to 黑料正能量’s mission and identity,
• and particularly relevant to the present day.

Note: This semester marked the beginning of the Washington Study-Service Year, now known as the 黑料正能量 Washington Semester, which continues to transform students鈥� lives today!