Marion University - Marionette Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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an cl In May one’s thoughts naturally turn to the imminent close of the school year. The seniors begin to think more realistically of graduation and of leaving Alma Mater. And the juniors are not forgetful. Honoring the graduating class in the traditional manner, the class of ’43 enter¬ tained the class of ’42 at a beautiful banquet at the I. G. S. clubrooms down town. The dining room, with its attractive table and settings, was the scene of an occasion distinguished by typical M. C. fellowship and real delight on the part of everyone who attended. Trimming and dressing up the campus charac¬ terized the last few days of May, as Uncle Dan and his boys prepared the lawns for a neat ap¬ pearance on the Big Day. June 1 brought the grand finale to another school year . . . Commencement Day, when the whole school along with hundreds of visitors, re¬ lations of students, and friends of the college makes use of the auditorium facilities of the gymnasium to witness the honoring of all those who have special achievements and especially those who, like Watson and Mary Faith in the pictu re, wear the cap and gown of graduation— those who are no longer the future, but the pres¬ ent citizens, leaders, builders of America. And now, Good-by—for a summer—a year— forever. Which?

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Missions were again presented in a three day convention sponsored by the Y. M. W. B. The Reverend and Mrs. C. C. Decker, of the African field, were the speakers this year at the event which has always made a contribution to college religious life and to the missionary cause. Before March passed, the students and faculty enjoyed the formal birth¬ day dinner in the college dining hall. The programs by the month groups treated themes ranging from Little Orphan Annie to Father Time and from Balboa to gypsies. The greatest day in April and per¬ haps the most glorious of all the year was Easter Sunday. People from the college made up their share of the multitude who witnessed the grand and beautiful Marion Easter Pageant. The nationally famous ob¬ servance was held in the coliseum at 7 A. M. Following the hour of the pageant, Easter was observed at the college by the Easter breakfast prepared, tradi¬ tionally, by the men of Congress Hall. April also brought Arbor Day with the traditional campus clean-up per¬ formed by the state clubs. In addi¬ tion to the regular clean-up of grounds and buildings, a permanent improvement was made—the prepara¬ tion of a graveled parking area at the men’s dorm. Journal and Marionette business managers and editors, with their helpers, ambitiously papered the publications office. Fourteen

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i The library with its new semi-indirect lighting system (not shown in the picture) and its 16,000 volumes on the shelves furnishes appropriate study facilities and environ¬ ment. This familiar chapel scene pictures President McConn reading one of his favorite Psalms at the morning convo¬ cation. Sitting at one of the work tables in the lab, Professor Parker’s physiology students learn by seeing the unseen— through the magic eyes of the microscope. — i