June 2008

Every Picture Tells A Story

Academic regalia makes the faculty in this photo look much like the faculty participating in the Commencement of the 159th year of the College. A closer look will reveal faculty from an earlier era. Recognize the faces? Share your stories at the address below.

The Story Behind the Photo

Leah Clemmons Lane ’83 and Jeffrey Ward ’83 recognized the photo taken in front of Thompson House in 1980 when it first served as the Language House, with German as the language of the term. The two recognized the trio of dancers as Dale Johnson ’83, Gina Holland ’83,and Jeffrey Ward ’83, doing a dance taught them by German language house assistant Roswitha Reifferscheid. Jeffrey identified Steve Pounders ’83 in the background and through some investigation asserts that the legs with Pounders belong to Linda Taggart ’82. Marilya Veteto Reese ’78 also wrote and said that she recognized everyone, but most names escaped her memory. She said she had helped organize these events with the German Club and German faculty Truett Cates and David Stout. Now a professor of German at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Reese still organizes Oktoberfest events and still wears the dirndl she wore at Austin College! Leah Clemmons Lane also recognized the previous issue’s photo of the China trip led by Jim Ware, professor emeritus of philosophy and religion, and added identifications of herself, Harry Huffman ‘83,and Sheila Pound Jennings ‘83.

June 2008

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Alumni, share YOUR Austin College photos for possible inclusion in Every Picture Tells A Story. 
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