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Contents

Preface …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
The Importance of the Part-Time Faculty*
  *by Bernice Frances Pierson …………………………………………………………………. 8
The Case of the Wandering Toilet Seat
  by William Lloyd Fox …………………………………………………………………………… 11
“The Head-Light on Behind”
  by Allen H. Jones ………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
“The Old Order Changeth . . .”
  by Freda Dickson Malone …………………………………………………………………….. 17
Some Recollections
  by Harvey J. Cheston ……………………………………………………………………………. 20
Meaningful Montgomery Memories
  by Irvin H. Schick ………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
My Montgomery College Career
  by Wallace W. Culver …………………………………………………………………………….. 25
Reminiscences of M.C.
  by Evelyn M. Hurlburt …………………………………………………………………………… 28
Of Grading and Guilt
  by Ruth Jörgensen Smock …………………………………………………………………….. 30
Business as Unusual at a Small College
  by Opal H. DeLancey …………………………………………………………………………….. 35
My First Impression of Montgomery College
  at Takoma Park
  by Margaret G. Aldrich ………………………………………………………………………….. 38
Rockville Ho!
  by Jack W. Henry, Jr. …………………………………………………………………………….. 41
Antisubstantialismen­tarianism: A Sentimental Journey
  by Louis G. Chacos ………………………………………………………………………………… 45
Reminiscences and Ruminations
  by R. Justus Hanks ………………………………………………………………………………… 49
The Early Years in the Dental Assisting Program
  by Jane C. Frost Adams …………………………………………………………………………. 51
Metamorphosis of a Librarian
  by Lillian C. Zugby ………………………………………………………………………………… 54

Te Deyo Laudamus ……………………………………………………………………………………… 58
  by William T. Ramsay
Some Community Service Non-Credit Courses at the
  Takoma Park Campus 1969–1973 ……………………………………………………….. 61
  by James R. Mock
Math Memories ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 63
  by Florence Welling
Our Niche in History …………………………………………………………………………………… 65
  by Joan C. Lomax
Going That Extra Mile ………………………………………………………………………………… 68
  by Helen Johnson Ackerman
The Gallic Connection …………………………………………………………………………………. 71
  by Ottilie Vigneras
Custer at Mannakee …………………………………………………………………………………… 73
  by Howard T. Wickert
Recollections of MC …………………………………………………………………………………… 77
  by Hal Messer
A Different Look ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 79
  by Helmuth O. Froeschle

The essays appear in the order of the writers’ appointments to the faculty or administration of Montgomery College.

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