Reunion Memory Books
Hanover College Classes of 1970 and 1971

(2005 and 2006)



Members of the Hanover Classes of 1970 and 1970 contributed their remembrances for "memory books" to share with their classmates at their thirty-fifth-year reunions. The following alumni agreed to share those memories here as well.


Cindy Huggins, Class of 1970

Both of my children have opted for a big university experience in central Florida.  We insisted that they live on campus at least their freshman year -- no car, no job -- wanting them to experience what I had at Hanover.  Didn’t happen.

My “memory” is that classes were foremost in importance -- parties and extra curricular activities were important but secondary.  College life doesn’t seem that way today.  Working and partying seemed of primary concern for my kids.  They went to classes when they had to -- no Friday classes ever (let alone Saturday).  They bought books only when absolutely necessary.  After their freshman year, their only connection with the campus was with sports.  Classes were often on-line.
What was the experience I had had that I wished for my children: small classes, opportunities for dialogue and interaction with a top-notch faculty, late night discussions of social issues, a desire to learn about everything, a sense of family and place, an appreciation for nature.

I think my children missed those things.  They will have the degrees, but will they want to return to their university like my pilgrimage to Hanover every five years in person -- every season in my heart? I don’t think so.



Carolyn Hurley Wade, Class of 1970

Memories of Hanover:
•    Views from the point
•    walking to class wearing a skirt in REALLY cold weather
•    dancing to “Cherish” in the basement of the Cabin
•    Food Man calls late at night
•    KAΘ Pledge Class activities
•    All-nighters before exams
•    Making pizza in the Sigma Chi Kitchen
•    Earning the nickname “Mustang Sally” by flipping Bob Bailey’s beautiful green Mustang on Hanging Rock Hill  [2013 addendum: Bob asked me to drive his car to a dance, and (as a freshman in October 1966) I had never driven on that road.]

Linda Hankey Young, Class of 1971

Hanover College, in addition to the excellent educational aspects, was a wonderful place to transition from the teen years into adulthood.  In a somewhat protected environment, it was a time to learn to balance those things that needed to be done with that which I just wanted to do.  For me as a Theo/Spanish major, it was a time to examine most closely what I believed, and to learn to begin to separate denominational traditions from what the Word calls us to.  During my freshman year Spring term trip to Mexico, I had to make a number of “adult” decisions, which in the end led to a sense of self-assuredness.  That trip was one of the highlights of my four years at Hanover, even though I had been to Mexico previously.  Career wise, I did not go in the exact directions that I thought I might, although I have not gone too far astray.  I consider the years that I stayed home to raise two sons (who have been such a blessing) a ministry of sorts, as was the past fifteen years of working with high school special needs kids.  I considered studying for a Special Education certificate, but decided that I was not all that fond of the mounds of paper work that go with the job.  So . . . I help teach and train with less of the hassle!  I always think of my years at Hanover, my professors, and the friendships I made with great fondness.

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