Elmira College - Iris Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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Strange noises were heard coming from the vicinity of the hockey Held, at approximately ten olclock one early spring night last year. What else could it be but the class of fifty preparing for Mock May Day? The actual show occurred on the Thursday night before May Day, immediately after dinner, and bang-up it was. The waste-basket drummers of tl1e peg-legged band that marched for rather hobbledl down from Gillette began the pandemonium that broke loose over Passion Puddle that rainy night. Barb Beadle and her bugle did a marvelous job of corrupting reveille. As the spectators were recovering from this, the chorus pa- raded onto the field, wearing sophisticated formals with sweaters and sneakers. Never has such a charming group of girls been heard to sing the May Day song so enchant- ingly elf key. Pic's monotone was effectively prominent. At last the queen appeared . . . on a stretcher covered with a sheet. After a pre- carious ride from the science building to the pond's edge, Marnie, our gracious claim- ant to the throne, hopped off the stretcher and into an awaiting canoe. She was paddled across the spacious water by Bebe. Landing on the opposite bank, she gracefully slipped out of her vessel fafter almost over-turning it several timesj, and was crowned by the retiring queen, Jan Widdoes. Jan was her most beguiling self in a divine red mop hair- do fthe latest stylel. Thoroughly crowned with Dr. Harris' notorious grey hat, the queen was again aided into her death trap. The canoe drifted to the center of the puddle, from which the queen might view the dancers, although for some ieason she seemed to pxefer fishinff The dancino' lfroup lumber cd happllv about the hockey field to Tchalkowsky s love '- Q tix 5 'xlXf ly XValtz of the Flowersn, with the oil'-key choir providing the accompaniment. The outstanding members here were Wlendy and Milly, who managed to trip over their own feet and run in the wrong direction at the most convenient times. The costumes con- sisted of gym suits over pajamas, with sneak- ers as a tidy addition. After the dancers com- pleted their routine, they somersaulted to the water's edge Q no easualtiesj. As they were too tired to stand, they sat there and glared at their reigning star, who was by then gliding back to the edge of the pond. With no 1'esistance, the fair Queen climbed onto the stretcher, and was hauled almost off the field, when suddenly the stretcher- bearers dropped her, and snapped to atten- tion while Beadle closed the program with her own version of Taps. The next day, besides being void of classes, was May Day. We were all so excited trying to predict who otu' queen would be. The whole school was presented with box lunches, and off we trooped to Watkins Glen. The poor freshmen had to leave on the eight o7clock bus, but we slept until the last load left. QWisl1 the bus driver would learn that Seneca Lake and Watkins Glen are two en- tirely dilferent places.j XVe arrived in time to gobble down our lunches, race down to the benches, and wait for the gala moment. Finally, the fresh marched down the steps, singing their original May Day song. Then the tension began, as pages Loretta Kantra and Carmen Sanborn searched the crowd for the queen. Unable to detect their choice, they consulted the state troopers, but to no avail. They were baffled. As a last resort, they ran up the hill, and scanned the dancers. There she was, the chosen royalty of '48, Peg Simpson. Peg changed into her queenly attire in no time, and the ploeession began Just 'ls hcl regal stature became visible, the sun which had been stubboin all day, condo seended to peek from belund the clouds, and snnlc on the new queen U ' 1 S U . . 1' ' U 0 H- l 1- .n - 1 v I 3 ' g. - 6 ' . . Q, . la U l i ' l. N I . ' 1 S bi ' Qt Tre- l Y , n xl- -14 - L -9' ' -- Iii N N , - - , - - '- ' 1 I ' ' I Qs l if

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.Zrdf fAel 0l5 OIL! Q0 CLK gfue I f K M6 l 0l'l'L bi Wltllout ou1 distinctively colo1 ed class blazel s, It would be hard to l6COgI'l1ZC a fresh man flom a senior when looking at the mem be1sh1p of different organizations on campus There 'lre very few exclusively upper classman clubs here at Elmna, w1th each 010'3I11L2lt1OI1 usually contalnlnv a vood num bel of ffirls fi om e'tch class This s1tuat1on is an mtegi al pa1t of the friendly, co operative 1nte1 class spirit which has always existed among us leaped at thc opportunity to see such fine dramatuatlons as Judith Andeison 111 Medea , and Margaret Wcbstel s PlOl'lllC 1ons of Hamlet ' and of ' Macbeth lectule by D1 Schichiro Matsui, p10l'llll'lC11lL Japanese labor authouty who spoke o Japanese la1lJ01 movements and the Japanese economic organization Shortly after listen lnw to Dr M3tSU1 we spent an enjoyable 'Ind 1 -l ll S7 L ' ' I O 2 2 0 , - , - aa on , ,1 , cs ' - ' ' , U , 1 t ca 9 4 , A as. C A , u , - In November we listened intently to a .U .V .i i l D .D . . - I ll ' U L ' E , . . . Q- . . . . A . 'U - I . ' . ' ' U I V K g . . . Aside from the specifically campus- organized student clubs, the year has held an unusually long list of special concerts, lec- tures, seminars, and other unscheduled ac- tivities which cropped up to our great advantage. Because they seemed more note- worthy than ever before and because they made such a lasting impression on most of us from all classes in the school, we felt it more than necessary to devote a special page to these events. As usual, the community concert series acclaimed our ardent support, particularly with the outstanding program which was pre- sented this year. One of the chief attractions and the first, was a concert featuring the mezzo soprano, Nan Merriman. This concert was followed by the thrilling presentation by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in De- cember. In January we heard the DePaur Infantry Chorus, and we waited all year to hear Artur Rubenstein in March. We appreciated the kind invitation of the Thursday Morning Musicales to attend their meetings in Cowles Auditorium and to en- joy with them the music of their guest artists. Opera lovers had their chance at the all star cast production of '4Romeo and J ulietw held at the Keeney in November, and we all Page thirty side sphttlnv evening when M1 J E Mor purgo, author and Cambridge graduate, lec- tured on '6Nonsense in English Literature . Mr. Morpurgo's lecture was a return engage- ment, since he spoke here last year, too. Laughter echoed again in Tompkins Lounge when Mr. Harry King T ootle spoke on uPer- sonnel Administration As a Career . ln addition, Mr. Tootle proved invaluable in an informal question period and in personal interviews with those interested in personnel work. Two new seminars and a revival of an old one are indeed worthy of mention. Miss Davis' Creative W1'iting Seminar continued to hold informal meetings once a week, where girls brought their short stories and essays for criticism and reading. ln addition, music students made a regular jaunt every Tuesday evening to lVIrs. Burke's, where they enjoyed a music 'Lat homei' in order to acquaint themselves with composers, their lives and personalities, their music, and their styles. The Current Events Seminar met once a month in order to give the small group highly interested in world events an opportunity to view the reasons behind current news in a scholarly manner, under the able guidance of Miss Prentiss. The year has flown by because of just such events as these.