Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Moving in Uonna left for school today. Although dried tears were forever being replaced by fresh ones. Don- na ' s motner, Drotha Bruno, insisted that she entertained no worries about her daughter ' s ability to be a fine young lady at Indiana Univer- sity. Just like she is at home. It was the last time Drotha would have to fight the college crowds in her career as a mother. She has pack- ed up seven others who have made the trip, all to different schools. Now, Donna is the easiest to let go. Drotha listened, undaunted, to her daughter talk about the won- derfulness of life without curfews or stupid high school men. She didn ' t tell you guys, Drotha interrupted, but she thought she had too many mothers and fathers at home, with all those brothers and sisters worry- ing about her, too. She wrapped a mothering arm around her daughter ' s shoulder. I have so many mixed emotions. I ' ve gone through these motions of send- mg them off — why, we both know them well. I just know she ' ll be okay. As for herself, with a new home in LaPorte now minus eight children, there is also a new beginning. Drotha has again started to teach school, and has a big new house to get in order. I ' m gonna sleep and just relax tomorrow, she said — as she hand- ed her daughter another Kleenex. D onna came to school today. Everybody says this is a party dorm, she said, eyeing her bare McNutt Quad Walls, as she waited to get a first look at the roommate she would share them with. Sitting in her already-made bed behind her already-prepared desk on her first day of college, 18-year-old Donna Bruno became the last of a family of eight children to break the apron strings and head for school. She wasn ' t scared, though. I can ' t wait to get to know all these super people from every- where, she said. And the guys have to be better than high school. They were the worst. The guys, however, were not the only call Donna heard coming from the Big Ten. She ' s going to join a sorority. She ' s going to get good frades and season football and bas- etball tickets. But she isn ' t going to miss home. Not much, anyway. Donna struggled to hold her tears, then borrowed another Kleenex from a friend. But she ' s not going to miss home. She is sure, and besides, there are more important things to think about right now, with a new room- mate arriving any minute and the room to be decorated and new peo- ple to meet. I ' ve gotta find my mailbox, Donna said, for an example. Her mother handed her another Kleenex. Chris Lavin C