Page ey a et TOSS Shite ‘EA, YOUNGER...’ ‘I really look upon Senior lizens in class as a great adlion to the classroom. They lake a fine contribution,”’ said. r. Larry W. Doman, associate fessor of Spanish and Porguese in the Department of preign Languages. “Senior Citizens have a great sire to learn and are not here wause it’s the ‘“‘place to be tially.’ They are very in- rested in learning foreign guage to enhance their travel of the border. “Mr. Anderson, Joseph, is ps. He is a very active person Md is one of the most conjentious students. Two of my ststudents are Joseph and Erma Walsh, another Senior jitizen. “T feel he’s not only a fine fudent but both he and his wife we become close jends. The Spanish personal Club on mpus is an adjunct dimension fompeting with the younger mts mentally tells me I am over the hill. Attending er State has restored my ence and I feel 25 years ger.”’ to our program and our Senior Citizens have been very supportative in this as well. ‘They inspire our younger students to greater effort because they are having to compete. They have very keen minds. ‘‘Joseph and I have a running challenge. He wants to score 100 percent, last time he missed by just one point. The game is he’s trying for 100 percent and I’m trying to find just any little mistake I can. ‘Incidentally, I’m really glad you’re doing a story on this. These Senior Citizens are marking the way of what is cer. tainly going to become a trend. What better way to spend your time then in the acquistion of knowledge and learning what you haven’t had the time for before.”’ “The students seem so alive it’s a joy to watch them,”’ said Myrle Treanor, 70. But Mrs. Treanor is not a mere observer. She’s right in the swim with them. Literally—taking intermediate swimming. She admitted having to learn all over and prefers back strokes. “‘T hadn’t been in a pool in 52 years. My doctor told me to ‘get out of my apartment’ and said Swimming is the best exercise. I heard Senior Citizens could take classes and here I am. I love it. It makes you think, gives you purpose and a feeling of being needed.”’ Beaming, Mrs. Treanor said she is also taking clothing con- ‘‘Love is the affectionate concern for the well-being of another.’’ The father of five, three sons and two daughters, Mr. Anderson tries every day to do something that shows concern for his wife and others. | struction and typing. “‘The last sewing I did was at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, ’24—25. I made an organdy and taffeta dress.’’ Last quarter Mrs. Treanor made slacks, vest, jacket and a “granny dress’’ and vest. Mrs. Treanor is taking type for strictly ‘‘selfish’’ reasons—to type personal letters. Her husband, Patrick J., died ‘in 1970. He was a ‘“‘wonderful Catholic - Altar boy ~from Ireland.’”’ Mrs. Treanor is a charter member of the First Christian Church, Paducah, Texas and an associate member of the charter in Ogden with the same pastor she had when she lived in California. She first came to Ogden briefly in 1959 to train as a photographer at the Bon Marche, then opened a photography studio in Idaho Falls and later in Marysvale, Calif. She returned here in ’72 to make her home. . ‘At first the mountains hemmed me in, I felt as if they were going to fall on me. But they grow on you—now they seem shielding and protective,’’ she said. ! A school teacher for 10 years, Mrs. Treanor taught composition and geometry and then the ‘‘three R’s’’ to first graders. “Teaching was my first love. Children lean right into you and before you know it they’re almost on your lap.”’ She praised the WSC teachers, saying they are ‘“‘terrific.”’ . “T’d recommend college to anyone. In fact I was on the bus looking at my brochure and a man was so interested when I told him about it I gave it to him. You should hear the oooh’s and aah’s of Senior Citizens taking ball room dancing. They are overjoyed. “If you don’t keep up with the times you’re going to be left behind.”’ 7