MacMurray College - Tartan / Illiwoco Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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Seniors attentively watch Lantern The May Court smiles into the night as it poses Drill festivities. for the crowd of photographers. Juniors salute May Queen Cynthia with a colorful lantern ceremony. Nancy Miller nervously contem- plates the long walk to the May Court platform. As spring vacation drew near, the focus of the campus centered on politics: MacMurroy-style. All students practiced their democratic right and elected new all-school officers for S.A., R.A., and the Y.W.C.A. Following spring vacation, the crowd was taken on another excursion by the ever-traveling sophomores. This time we saw the wonders of our own country and realized that This land is your land, this land is my land . . . This land was made for you and me. AS THE END OF THE YEAR AND GRADUATION APPROACHES Juniors and s eniors watch with surprise and joy the choosing With theses, term papers, and finals completed the library becomes of Cap and Gown after Honors Chapel. forsaken and deserted.

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Men and women of the sophomore class put up the tea house to create an oriental atmosphere for their dance. In March Mac couples found themselves leav- ing campus temporarily on a Chinese Excur- sion, at the Sophomore Ball. A fabulous tea house at one side of the dance floor transported them to the land of pagodas and pointed roofs. Spectrum ' displaying all the brilliance of the rainbow, was MacQuotic Club ' s production of the year. Working hard, the swimmers stroked, sculled, and dived to perform their difficult synchronized stunts. Restraints removed, sophomores entertain in a ' hillbilly scene ' their project. from CLASS AND CAMPUS ACTIVITIES VIE WITH STUDIES Juniors present a history of the freshman class in song in their pajama serenade. Rutledge Hall residents find concentration hard when the solarium is so inviting.

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The seniors begin to feel like old grads at the Alumnae Luncheon when they officially become alums. In May down on the waterfront the moonlight gleamed on the harbor as the Freshman Ball was held on the wharf. Fish nets, water-green punch, and sidewalk cafe tables completed the atmosphere. On ce more finals loomed on the horizon. Studying was attempted, crammed between the rush of packing and making last-minute plans for summer camp jobs. Seniors excitedly signed contracts for their first full- time positions or completed arrangements for gradu- ate study. Then Lantern Drill, the crowning of the May Queen, and that long-awaited day — graduation — climaxed the year ' s activities for the ever-busy Mac crowd. Perhaps the most talked about event was not graduation, but the weddings during the week-end. Faculty and seniors talked for the last time at the President ' s Reception. Seniors wait for parents and friends outside of the chapel after Baccalaureate. ALUMNAE ACTIVITIES, BACCALAUREATE, AND GRADUATION 16