Page 158 - Clearwater Christian College 1997

Seniors Look to the

Future at Graduation

LAURA STEWART

For seniors carrying a heavy work load,

their last year could not pass quickly

enough. But graduation day came all too

swiftly for those dreading the separation

from the many friends they had made

during the past four years. On May 2 and

3, the Senior Retreat at Camp Gilead

provided a special time for friends to get

together to reminisce, share testimonies,

and "goof off" together one last time. On

Friday evening, May 9, Dr. Reid Delhman

delivered a special challenge to the senior

class during his baccalaureate address. At

last the big day arrived. The campus

seemed a bit emptier at graduation this

year: fewer cars, fewer security guards,

less traffic congestion. Flowever, a few

miles west of the campus, there was all the

normal activity associated with graduation.

To accommodate the large numbers of

friends and family attending graduation,

the College held its 28th commencement at

Ruth Eckerd Hall. Members of the gradu­

ating class of 1997 walked across the

stage, received their diplomas, moved their

tassels and began the rest of their lives.

Jack Young and Joel Andrea Campbell and

Good put on the finish- Heather Stoll enjoy the

ing touches before quaint atmosphere of

graduation. Joel said, the Safety Harbor Spa

"The most important during the last big event

thing I learned here was of the year. Andrea said,

how to deal with "The Junior/Senior was

people. Having to make a great opportunity to

the best of hard situa- spend an evening with

tions is something I'll close friends in a formal

use for life." atmosphere."