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NO, SHE'S NOT THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE JMU BASEBALL TEAM; she's Lucille Jones Clark Smead ('28), who visited with JMU President Linwood H. Rose during her 75th "diamond" reunion last spring. Smead, who lives on St. Simon Island, Ga., is a former member of the State Department of Education. She traveled through the commonwealth persuading superintendents to incorporate speech and hearing programs into each school district. Smead has met five JMU presidents and remembers the Roaring '20s at the State Teachers College. "There wasn't much to roar about in Harrisonburg," she laughs, "except maybe Coca-Colas with the boys." Rose says, "Lucille is a model for us all. Cutting wit, engaged mind and an unselfish heart. I wish all of our current students could know this lovely lady."