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Start Over Creator Smith, Steve (Charles Steven) Names Roop, Ralph Goodwin, 1915-2006 Level File

Inez and Ralph Roop interviewed by Steve Smith, 2004

Records the reminiscences of Inez G. Roop, a graduate of Harrisonburg State Teachers College, (which became Madison College, and later, James Madison University), Class of 1935. Discusses student life on campus and economic conditions in Virginia during the early years of the Great Depression. Describes Sunday dinners at Hillcrest House as a guest of the family of Dr. Samuel Duke, the college's second president. Recalls studying music under Edna Shaefer and history under Raymond Dingledine. Includes recollections of campus life including dress codes, house mothers, demerits, dating rules, and permission slips for riding with men in cars. Also describes college institutions such as May Day, Class Days, the Glee Club, the big sister system, and the college newspaper, The Breeze. Mrs. Roop and her husband, Ralph Roop, (who joins the interview briefly), have been long-time donors to James Madison University and Mr. Roop's alma mater, Virginia Tech. Both discuss their impressions of Dr. Duke's three successors; G. Tyler Miller, Ronald Carrier, and Linwood Rose.

  1. James Madison University
  2. JMU Centennial Voices No. 2 oral histories, 2004/2005

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