St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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FRESHMAN CLASS . . . Ignari hominumque lociunque Erranius, vento hue et vastis fluctibus acti. J ong before the thought of college entered our heads, we were taught the Arabic numerals in what we had, up until this time, thought to be correct consecutive order. It was on our first day at college that our calculations were rudely upset, when we endeavored to find our lockers. It was startling and bewildering to find number 65 next to number 91, and a row beginning with 103 having the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 down at the other end. Perhaps this was merely a clever device to put Freshmen in the proper frame of mind in order to start the thinking process. And of course once the thinking process was started we were able to elect our class officers: President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Councillor Celeste Hughes Alice Kennedy Frances McLoughlin Betty Carter Norma Straus 108

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One of our best liked classmates and promising students was Mary Hundley. Her death was a great loss to the class. The class became organized and integrated when we started to conduct our class meetings. After the Religion Committee had made its selection, it was agreed that it could not have made a better choice than Elizabeth Humann and Mary Delaney. We elected Margaret English and Isabelle Andersen to the Attend- ance Committee, while Josephine Hogue became a member of the Point System. We were proud of Katherine Griffin ' s per- formance in Quality Street. As Freshmen our basketball team was highly successful, bowing only to the Varsity. In no time at all we were changing our tassels to the second quarter of our caps. While we were still very much amazed at our sudden debut as an upper class, our Sophomore President, Genevieve Wright, announced that the business on hand was the education of the Freshmen. Although we were just recover- ing from our rise from the state of lowly Freshmen, we hid all this from the Frosh and proceeded to act as if there were not a thing in the world we did not know. We think that Mary De- laney and her committee conducted the hazing very well and almost painlessly. The foremost event of our second year in college was Sophomore Class Day. Jean Aubrey ' s novel ideas on decoration were much admired. The chairman of Class Day, Marjorie McCaffrey is to be complimented for the success of the event. We were much amused and entertained at the play given by several members of the class. Elizabeth O ' Halloran and Elizabeth McMahon distinguished themselves here. From Mass and break- fast in the morning until our party that night, Class Day united the Sophomores. We are very proud that the Varsity found so ma,ny of our classmates essential to its success. Margaret English, Elizabeth Humann, Abigail Dorney, Elizabeth O ' Halloran, Frances Young and Annette Robinson are to receive Varsity awards this year. Sophomore Year has gone more quickly than we might have wished, but we think it has been a successful one because the Sophomores are better friends. Lillian Keenan ' }j 107

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In these first days, we Freshmen felt as though we were lost in a desert, where the only oasis was a Junior Sister — one who had a long time ago gone through this same empty feeling. After the first week, just when we were finding everyone agreeable and sympathetic, we fell prey to the Sophomores. It was tantalizing to have our lunch hour taken over for classes in handbook lore. It was humiliating to have to conform to the indignities of blouses, skirts and outlandish hair ribbons. This was indeed a let-down for the most pompous and favored high school gradu- ates. When the Sophomore invasion had subsided, an end to hazing being called at the interclass party, we realized that the Sophs weren ' t as bad as we had previously painted them. By the time the Seniors gave their supper party, we were quite enthusiastic about all our compatriots. By now, we were hopefully looking forward to the Christ- mas holidays, wherein we expected to rest up and recover from the onslaughts of our professors (most cruel creatures). The festive spirit gripped us however, and we were greatly impressed bv the Christmastide tableau presented in General Assembly. Blissfully unaware of lessons, we made merry during the Christ- mas vacation. Returning after New Year ' s, we saw to our deep apprehension that finals were looming up. They overtook us and swamped us with a wave of industry such as had not been expe- rienced since the midterms. Needless to say, a general sigh of relief was uttered when this ordeal had passed. But registration day came and was uniquely confusing with trying to get certain cards into certain wire baskets. But again with the ever-helping hand of our Junior Sisters, we finally got straight- ened out. We don ' t like to leave things hanging in mid-air like this, but the remaining part of our Freshman year is clothed in the darkness of the future. We feel though, that our past experience has ably fitted us for coming skirmishes, however great. And we feel too, that our initiation has done a great deal for us. We can say now that we belong. This is our college. Betty Carter ' 3 8 Frances McLoughlin ' 3 8 109