Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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S , O U 1- It 11 1 J l 0 o . 4 A A 'lo 1 HEHEEHUHE M G Wugfiaiieof Iflte cgenloz CZQJJ STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE North Adams, Massachusetts 1945 1 + I UF EUNHNTS Tage Inest sua gratia parvis .... 4 Memoria in aeterna ..... 5 Quod bens notandum ......... 6-7 Tot hornines, quot sententiae .... 8 Qui docet discit .............. . . 9 Ab actu and nosse ....................... . . 10-23 O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint! .... 24 Foenum habet in cornu ................. 25 Oro hac vice .......... 26 Toti dem verbis .... 27 Nudis verbis ....... 28-9 Veluti in speculon. . 30-1 Littera scripta manet .... 32-3 Illotis manibus .......... 34-5 Latcat scintillula forsan .... 36-7 Abincunablis ........... 38-9 Vita brevis, longa ras ..... 40-1 Nec scire fas est omnia .... 42-3 Extra muros .......... 44-5 Quanti est supere .... 46-7 Tenax proposti .... 48-9 Vox rnanet ...... 50-1 Pleno jure ................ 52-3 Qui facit per alium facit pe 54-5 Tempus ludendi ............. 56-7 Vita sine litteris rnors est . . 58-9 Alter ego ................ 60 Profanium vulgus .......... 61 Post tot naufragia portum .... 62- 5 Materiarn soperbat opus . . . 64 Furor poeticus .......... 65 Gratias ......... 66 Ex unque leonem .... 67-8 Nomines........ . . 69-70 Sf? . ' P?:: - ugvw ' E ibq -.iw m ss, 'QQ -6- in UTUlElllIllN MISS BETH WESTON We, the Seniors, dedicate this Yearbook to Miss Beth Weston, who has given unstintingly of her time in an effort to make our stay at State Teachers College happy and successful. 5 PHESIUENVS MESSAGE To the Class of 1946 YOUR COLLEGE years were the war years. They were not protective years lived on a campus insulated from the struggle and competitive forces of the world, for the war to determine whether our civilization could survive reached and influenced the conditions of living for everyone everywhere. But because it did, you have experienced a sense of realism and are more aware thereby of the issues of life and of the values unconditioned by either war or peace. The College has tried to give you, even in the years of turmoil, the knowledge, understanding and power out of which each one of you may find wisdom for successful living. You are to become teachers when the world needs teachers of wisdom and understanding, for what the future has in store for mankind depends more than ever upon the high quality of minds and hearts of those who teach. I wish for each one of you a professional career of great usefulness and a life fruitful in all the things which bring abiding joy. Grover C. Bowman, President 6 MR. BOWMAN EUHEEE HXEUUY Dr. Grover C. Bowman f' 2, Elizabeth jenkins Dr. Hazel B. Mileham F 7 Beth Weston yi E , Dr. George E. Brooks b- 'Lillian Boyden ln' ..'.Dr. Harry S. Broudy If Bertha Allyn Wallace H. Venable Q Dorothy Hogarth Y E Andrew S. Flagg f Cora Vinin Edmund K. Luddy ,I Emma Parkir 8 THAIWNE SEHUUH Hazel B. Mileham, Princzyml Viola Cooper Loretta J. Loftus Martha E. Durnin Veronica A. Loftus Helen Newell Helen E. Mallery L.-4 N-J H . Claire Cavanau gh fu Lfv, 1 ,K l ' ,L I K' If , 1 .4 4, -' ' N-x I ,5f,L+g, I lfLf,, ,, ., 1 . ,L, Cr J-. . ,hrllb 1- , . .' ' sr ,g ac, L 9 EENIUHS l 0 President-Frederick Bressette Vice-President-Priscilla Green Secretary-Treasurer-Louise Zabaunik Class Adviser-Beth Weston ELIZABETH LORAINE BALLOU Wise to resolve, and patient to perform W.A.A. 1, 2, 3 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Art Club 3 Student Council 3, 4 Assistant Central Treasurer 3 President 4 House Council 3 President's List 3 Taconic Columns Reporter 4 Who's Who Delegate to N. Y. Teacher's Conference 4 Yearbook Photography Cffcjffilff 4 , g . f . 'VW-z-2-5-1:- f'2-iii A. fi in .ifaf.iiea?:Si'sf1?-al41,512-1, 4' 2, MARY SANTA BENEDETTI Tbere's more in one soft word of thine Than in the world's defied rebuke. Current Events Club 1, 2, 3, 4 W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Class President 1, 2 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Treasurer 2 I Vice-President 3, 4 Student Council 1, 2 Glee Club 1, 2 Art Club 3 Taconic Columns Business Staff 4 President's List 3 1 1 1 FREDERICK K. BRESSETTE He was a man, take him for all in alL I shall not look upon his like again. Class Vice-President 2 Class President 3, 4 Art Club 3, 4 Secretary 3, 4 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Drama Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Right About Face 1 Until Charlotte Comes Home 2 The Physician in Spite of Himsey 4 Student Council 3, 4 Who's Who Taconic Columns Managing Editor 4 Assistant Editor of Yearbook President's List 3 1 1 i I I BARBARA ANNE CONROY Whither my heart has gone, there follows my hand and not elsewhere. For when the heart goes before, like a lamp, and illumines the pathway, Many things are made clean that else lie hidden in darkness. Class Secretary 1, 2 House Council President 3, 4 Student Council 3, 4 Drama Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Until Charlotte Comes Home 3 Brief Music 3 The Physician in Spite of Himself 4 Glee Club 1 Current Events Club 1 W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4 President's List 2 , 'fv' CECILIA GLADYS CONROY Om: youth we can have hut today, We may always find time to grow olal Drama Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice-President 2 President 3 , Brief Music 3 The Physician in Spite of Himsey 4 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4 W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Current Events Club 1 U Glee Club 1 Student Council 2, 3 Representative 2, 3 President Pro-Temp 3 President's List 2, 3, 4 Who's Who Taconic Columns Reporter 4 Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook Ivy Oration ww 3 16 ... -5 , rw qzfgrrfvzr' , . y ANN ROSE DELMOLINO Four be the things I'd been better wzthout Lore, curiosity, freckles and doubt W.A.A. 1, 2, 5, 4 President 3, 4 Current Events Club 1, 2, 4 Drama Club 3, 4 The Physician In Spite of Hzmsel 4 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Secretary 3 Glee Club 1, 2 House Council 1, 2 President's List 1. 2, 5 Who's Who Taconic Columns Sports Edito Yearbook Staff Class Will 4 I' 5 1 i i R i Q L . HARRIET C. ELDRIDGE Sober, stedfast and derhure. Art Club 4 President's List 3, 4 Frank F. Murdock Honor Society 4 5 I 17 fx fo ' f f - QL ' AM! f rl 4 1 7 4 1,1 IEAN MARIE GASTON The music in my heart I bore I Long after it was beard no more. 'kata Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice-President 3 President 4 House Council Secretary-Treasurer 2, 3 Taconic Columns Reporter 4 Yearbook Art Department lily! X ELEANOR MAY GOODNOW A full rich nature, free to trust Trutbful and almost sternbf just, Impulsioe, earnest prompt to act. W.A.A. 1, 2, 5, 4 Head of Sports 2, 3 Temporary Head of Sports 4 Current Events Club 1 Drama Club 2, 5, 4 Secretary-Treasurer 4 The Physician in Spite of Himsey Glee Club 1 House Council 4 Manager of Gremlins 4 President's List 2, 3 Taconic Columns Business Staff Yearbook Photography MARY PRISCILLA GREEN Of that tbere's is no manner of doubt- No probable, possible shadow of doubt- No possible doubt whatever. Current Events Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Secretary-Treasurer 2, 3 President 4 Vice-President of Class 4 Student Publicity Assistant Manager 3 Manager 4 President's List 1, 2, 3, 4 Who's Who Glee Club 3, 4 W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Executive Board 3 Taconic Columns Business Manager Frank F. Murdock Honor Society 3, 4 Vice-President 3 .V 'J' f as 6 L, ' TW BARBARA ANNE MACKENZIE C-bbw ' V I count life just a stuff, To try the soul's stuff on. xt W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Secretary 1 Current Events Club 1 Glee Club 1 Student Council 3 Secretary-Treasurer 3 Drama Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Right About Face 1 Until Charlotte Comes Home 2 Brief Music 3 The Physician in Spite of Himself 4 President's List 2, 4 Taconic Columns Assistant-Managing Editor 4 vi' I f., Milf MURIEL ELEANOR MARQUAY MVS 560 ff' Nfl'-'ff.S 'JMU' Oh, the heart is a free and a fetterless thing,- A wave of the ocean, a bird on the wing. W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Treasurer 1 Head of Sports 4 Drama Club 1, 2, 4 Until Charlotte Comes Home 3 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Choir 1, 2, 3 Class Vice-President 2 Yearbook Staff 4 J ff-,,, jfwlf 1 hh, ,- .uf - .!4' .',. E. 7TUlI X 'ANNA LOUISE ZABAUNIK Gym, 7:-6'ale4,ff-., ' dvbou- Quips and Cranky and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreatbed Smiles. Class Treasurer 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Secretary 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 W.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Executive Board 4 Who's Who 3, 4 Frank F. Murdock Honor Society 4 President's List Taconic Columns Reporter-4 Class History 4 I 5 Iflilf 4, 'C ! fCPJ l fl 0-1 3 23 V41 rr :JC is Alf Q Former Class Members Charles Bartlett Patricia Bates Lucy Blatchford Susan Chittenden Norman Foote Esther Green Wallace Holbrook Mary McCollum Ellen McGowan Wilson Mary Polumbo 4 Constance Prendergast Edna Prince Claire Provencher Eleanor Salerno james Sinderman The Dynamic Senior xl! f I ' 2 Q' I I 4 ' c, sf? QF' ' 4 QPQ' - ' f' ' ' , , -- 'v - W x.Y C 5 U-SV v4L.t v0L'm XA. ' . N4 xw Q - xv X gg H ' if ? LRSSVCS Q ,Q A f A X . X X f S3 A ,X Q Q 2 -ww OOO LV lm o Q 14 rv A7A34'q'4' T ww an F JE , Q QQ PROGRESSIVE T3ARTY ELHSE SUNG fTune: The Navy Hymn, OW, as we leave our college fair We look upon our memories there- Of days of mirth, of days of toil, Of everlasting friendships made. Our many days at S.T.C. Oh, always will remembered be. Oh, as we face our future life, We will meet many days of strife. We'll keep the faith you taught to And honor you in all we do. Our thanks we give to S.T.C. You always will remembered be. ll IVY PUMA TUIIIUITUW ENDERLY we place your roots in the cool moist earth Bury you in the dark dreamy past In a place of hardship-continually struggling, upward in drudgery, despair. But you are free - free to force this ground - free to work. . .to believe. . .to build a better tomorrow. Your roots push upward, dimly lighting the way Until the tender green shoots give a blaze of light ' that brightly enough lights the way to. . . The newborn leaves that lift your heart higher - But yet not to the perfect light. Then comes the new tomorrow-with the steady darker leaves, still searching, climbing ever upward. And Now . . . The time has come for us to dream of our tomorrow. It isn't just the vine. It's the things that go into it that count. I. . The outside. . . And the inside. . . The light, the hope, the wisdom. . . The shining youth, the strength of age. . . The Promise of Tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow holds a promise. . . Roots. . .to sprouts. . .to tender leaves . . .to generating vine. Thus we plan our tomorrow. Yes, Tomorrow holds a Promise. 1 ' Eleanor Goodnow 2 7 IVY UHHTIUH ACH YEAR the seniors plant a sprig of ivy - each year they identify them- selves with the firm, green plant which pushes ever upward, which grows ever outward. We, the Seniors, see strong parallelisms between the storms and winter months which this hearty plant must endure and those hardships which we will have to face in the future. We see overwhelming likenesses between the fresh color and robust nature of this tender plant and our own vigorous natures and youthful outlooks. We hope in future years to expand, to grow, to reach ever upward and outward just as this small sprig of ivy will grow and ex- pand. However, in considering this ivy plant, so fragile to the sight, and yet so enduring, we must not forget its roots - the roots which support its growth and make it all that it is and will become. These roots never see the sun, never catch the eye of the admiring onlooker. Often their very presence is forgotten because they are not in view. Only that portion of the plant above the ground will bask in the delighted gaze of those who will pass it in years to come. Yet, it is the strength of these roots which nourishes this plant- which gives it its beauty and its strength. No, let us not ,forget our roots - the force which has pushed us up from that small, weak plant we once were to what we are today, and what we hope to become in the future. These roots are the ideas and ideals which have been instilled in us by our friends, our faculty and, more particularly, our parents. These people have played a major role in the development of our character. Each has helped mould us into what we hope to be. The understanding and patience of our friends, the encouragement of our teachers, the many sacrifices of our parents have been 28 not for the sake of giving us this opportunity to bask, but rather to give us an opportunity to expand onward and upward. So we, just as the ivy plant, are prepared to venture into the world to mike our own way. We are prepared to show our maturity by expanding into greater fields, by asserting ourselves as individuals. But in doing this, it is not necessary for us to scver ourselves from those ideals and concepts which go toward making a better person. Rather, it is imperative that we utilize all that we have been taught. We are not an isolated entity, we are an emlicdiment of the ideals, the aspirations, the hopes, and dreams of many. just as the roots are a part of the ivy plant, so too, the goals and ideals which we have adopted from those people so closely associated with us are now a part of us. These standards have formed into a pattern - a way of life. Now is the opportunity for us to enforce this way of life. Our roots ask no other reward than this! Cecilia Conroy 2 9 EENIUH CLASS HISTUHY Heflections Mirror, mirror on the wall reflect the past, tell us all THE DEEP, dark past began to unfold and 1943 came into view. On the bumpy road to knowledge twenty-six peagreen freshmen garbed in their best zoot suits succumbed to S. T. C. with Dew-ey eyed innocence, stout hearts, and knocking knees. The costume of the day was soon in for a drastic change as the Sophomores contrived, planned, and plotted for initiation of this little band of unwarped minds. At this early date our ingenuity and originality came to bud as we followed the satanic Sophomores' instructions and paraded college halls garbed as Mother Goose characters. Out of the mists of '43 loomed a mountain and a day never to be forgotten, for on this day was born the slogan, Comb the Mountains as we searched flora and fauna for one of our erring freshmen. After mastering such terms as tibia, fibula, tuberosity of the ischium, Polis and Idia , and cleaning up the neighborhood collecting weeds on nature tours and learning all about sonata forms, the Freshmen decided it was time to shrug the academic life. Collaborating with the Sophs they sponsored the Fall Fantasy and glided over the Blue Room dance floor. Our annual Stunt Night found these twenty-six Frosh portraying lively gremlins who tormented studious freshmen. Little did the Faculty know that these gremlins would soon come to overrun the whole college! At last the horror of exams, Blue Books, and German verbs was surpassed and the first phase of college life was over and left to be recorded in the annals of time. - Now 1944 entered in as '43 faded from sight. This year found our ranks diminished almost to half. Some had fallen by the wayside, some never recovered from exams, some had gone off to war and some, ah perish the thought, had turned to marriage! But the remainder were a plucky sort and harkened to the words of Be strong and of good courage. We quickly set to work in our role of Sopho- mores and rubbed our hands with glee as we harassed nervous Freshmen during their initiation period. During this year the neighboring community of Williams- town assumed a new and vital interest. After our class sponsored the Harvest Moon formal, V-12's Navy wings of gold and letters marked free -all became part of our well rounded and integrated personalities. As the year progressed Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Rum and Coca Cola were songs that imparted new and personal meanings for our Sophomore sophisticated. But along with the play must come the work, so we learned as we first set foot in the training 30 school to observe and also encounter our first education classes. The rest of the year dwindled away quite rapidly with our band of warriors still marching, leaning slightly to the left , but nevertheless with eyes focused on the future obstacles of Classics and training to be met in our next semester. The year 1945 rolled in with a bang as the jolly juniors prepared to face the professional curriculum and dogged flying academic shrapnel. This indeed was an important year for the thirteen juniors as they became not only Big Sisters but also took the first steps towards being future teachers. We were caught in a whirlpool of methods, minimum essentials, lesson plans, units and our first attempts at actual teaching. Along with those Training School Blues came new worries as we met Homer, Plato, and Dante with a dash of Child Study and Sociology and the March Militaire! july 4th became a year round event as fireworks and repercussions rocked the college halls along with sighs of oh those juniors and memories of Basic Black days. This year the Stunt Night prize was captured by our class when we presented Living Masterpieces com- plete with background music. Our only regret was the pictures cannot speak! One of the major events of the year was the formation of the J-13 basketball team coached by our one and only Freddie. Being a bold sort we challenged the school to a game, met our foe, and walked off with points to spare. 1945 began with a bang and seemed to close with a bang as the jolly juniors smoothed their ruffled feathers and prepared to assume the oncoming dignity of stately Seniors. To the accompaniment of Pomp and Circumstance' the most recent chapter in the saga of the Seniors began its dramatic unfolding. Our summer tans had barely began to fade when we met our first challenge, Speech Class. We trembled through this course only to face our second challenge in the form of Tolstoy's War and Peace. We soon mastered the technique of reading one hundred pages per night, and so we devoted our spare time to the creation of a college newspaper. Taconic Columns became the student publication and also one of the highlights of 1946. Before many months had passed we found our- selves uheading for the last round-up in the training school. For five long weeks the Seniors practiced everything they knew and some of what they didn't know. We at last returned to our regular college life only to witness our last weeks dwindling with rapid speed and le jour des jours approaching rapidly. The mirror shows what we have done in our four years. Though all we have left now are our reflections, they remain vivid and clear, tempered with smiles and tears of our loyal class. It is with light hearts that we now recall the past, but with a more serious gaze, we contemplate the future which we must face alone and ponder those reflections as yet unborn. Anna Louise Zabaunik 3 1 ELASS UIILL OMING to the close of a nasty, short, and brutish life, We, the Class of 1946, being of unquestionable superiority and under the influence of Burton, Bacon, and james, do solemnly ordain and declare this to be our last will and testament. I, Freddie Bressette, leave my romantic ways to the new veterans in hopes that a new regime of fraternization will allow their use. I, Squeak Zabaunik, leave my harlequin glasses to Dr. Broudy, with the suggestion that, when inverted, they will better fit the sarcastic mood. I, Ceil Conroy, leave my knowledge of the Law of Diminishing Returns to Lu Brown so that she may always keep a strict, balanced economy. I, Mary Benedetti, will my long kept secret of how to have curly hair to Iris Cavazza: one glass of ale, stir until foam forms, and then wash. I, Pris Green, leave my authoritarian manner to Eleanor Thibodeau who already has a good start in its use. There is no doubt, no possible doubt of it. I, jean Gaston, leave my Progressive Party sign to the Sophomores in hopes that they will do something with it. I, Muriel Marquay, leave the book, How To Get A Man And Hold Him to any- one slightly interested. 32 I, Ann Delmolino, leave many broken hearts to be mended. I, Zib Ballou, leave to Gert Peck the right to screech and scream while running through the dormitory halls. I, Eleanor Goodnow, leave my ability to play basketball Cwith no pins attachedj to Tony Ponti. I, Bam Mackenzie, give back to Margie Zimboski my knowledge of the Polish language, since it has gained my point. I, Harriet Eldridge, leave my consideration and kindness to the faculty with the suggestion that they use them on the incoming Freshmen. The Senior Class girls leave their bangs to the Junior Class so that they might likewise overlook the underclassmen's errors. We hereby nominate the Class of 1947 as thesole Executor of our will. In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hand and seal this document on the fifth day ofjune, 1946 A.D. Class of 1946 33 JUNIUHS President-Nancy Estabrooks Secretary-Patricia Bates Treasurer-Margaret Zimboski Class Aa'z'i.ver-Lillian Boyden IGHT eager elementary educators with an epicurian tendency - that's us. During our first two years we hovered between the world of non-being and becoming. Now, after the completion of our junior year, in which we wandered through training school, where we began to perceive the shadows of being, we have acquired dignity and poise and a philosophical illumination of the essence of a democratic education. However, our teaching ventures have not prevented us from indulging in the lighter aspects of life. Individual as we are, we adhere, yielding to our gregarious desires. En masse is our motto. Through close cooperation, the juniors can look back on a most successful year. On looking back one cannot forget such scenes as our Frosh Reception, Stunt Night, and the Senior Farewell. We dood it! - 55 SUPHUMUHES 36 President-Theodore Toporowski Vice-President-Neil Harrington Secretary-Albena Waidlich Treasurer-Mae Black Class Adz'iser--Wallace Venable TRIKE up the band! Roll out the red carpet! What's the occasion? Why, here are the illustrious Sophomores and their benevolent adviser, Mr. Ven- able. At this point the reader will probably have concluded that if we are tradit- ionally wise and foolish at the same time, at least we aren't modest. But that was just a little burst of class spirit - we're really quite unassuming. However, may we point out a few of our achievements for 1945-46? This busy year found us initiating Freshmen, sponsoring dances and assemblies, participating in clubs, the Orchestra, the Council, and the newspaper diligently and without undue excitement. Initiations, to be absolutely truthful, weren't so much a task as they were a long awaited retaliation, but the Freshmen more than repaid us in their horror filled tunnel on Hallowe'en. We worked together, though, to give a very successful dance in October. Then the Sophomore psychology class presented an assembly in the form of an experiment to test powers of observation. Of course, we could go on and quote statistics about our members engaged in num- erous school activities, but you all know us, and we must keep that reputation for quiet reserve and shy modesty - if we still have it now! 57 HMSHMEH President-Ann Schlosstein Vice-President-Constance Ashley Secretary-Treasurer-Carol Malloy Class Adviser-George Brooks NE GLORIOUS day in the haze of last September, twenty exuberant and animated Freshmen burst through the portals of State Teachers College. Since that day much has happened. We were initiated and subjected to cruel treatment for one day before the other classes would accept us as comrades and fellow travellers along the highway of education. Apparently we passed the test, because we next found ourselves joining them in the trek to the summit of Mount Greylock. But we were innocent and thought not of the agonizing day in bed that would follow. However, most of us had completed the process of recuperation in time for the festivities of Christmas and the sumptuous banquet which was held in the dormitory. With the advent of the New Year our class was blessed with ten veterans, whom we sincerely welcomed in our common search for knowledge. The remainder of the year was a maelstrom of Moliere, algebra, veterans, Stunt Night 'fwhich we wonj, examinations, veterans, and veterans. With june came the realization that we would successfully complete our first year of college life. We now peer into the future and hope for another year at State Teachers College, which will be as satisfactory and as happy as our first year. 59 MN BLUE President-Rolland Jones Vice-President-Theodore T. Toporowski Treasurer-Nancy Estabrooks Secretary-Frederick K. Bressette Club Adviser-Andrew Flagg OOKING back on our second year as an active club, we feel we've made some headway as an up-and-coming club of S. T. C. Being a group of artists, we feel that we've earned the right to some idiosyncracies-among them the dislike of the use of pen and ink. With tongue in cheek, we fondly remember our attempts in three dimensional work and in super-paintings. Perhaps it wasn't Marc, Dali, or Feininger, but we had fun. Our masterpiece of the year turned out to be a caricature of the most important person on the campus. Having presented it to our adviser, this picture now lies hidden among her priceless treasures. ' However, our purpose is not mere entertainment to ourselves. It is our hope that as we grow in strength and number, so will we grow in rendering a practical value to the college. 41 awww wus mug Z Lv :N 42 ' x . r President-Priscilla Green Vice-President-Eleanor Berger Secretary-Treasurer--Janice Gleason Club Adviser-Edmund Luddy HE CURRENT EVENTS Club started regular meetings early in September with high membership, high courage, and much enthusiasm. World conditions provided endless subjects throughout the year for discussion and debate. Discussions had a way of being very heated for about half an hour but lagging as the clock neared noon. When the club tackled the problem of the atom bomb, Mr. Venable joined the group and suggested as a solution to our problems that the youth of our age be taught science as a way of life. He didn't receive very enthusiastic support for his theory. Our big project of the year was the debate for assembly. Dr. Brooks, on invitation by the club, gave a lecture on the art of debating. He did a very thorough job as evidenced at the following meeting when every member as one person refused to debate. President Green then offered a lecture without invitation! Eleanor Berger, Teresa Connors, Ann Delmolino, and Priscilla Green were elected to debate and debated warmly on the pros and cons of a merger of the armed forces. At present the subject is a dead issue and it is a moot point whether that debate killed it. A variety of good subjects were discussed in the meetings, but attendance was rather spasmodic. In a discussion about that fact, the club decided that it favored a compulsory attendance rule such as was in effect last year. 45 EUIVIMUHHE' CLUB ,--.,,,-- vi , President-Patricia Bates Vice-President-Eleanor Berger Secretarjy-Treasurer-Marie Lamarre Club Adviser-Elizabeth jenkins 44 ' HE COMMUTERS' Club finished its third year as an official club in the College with the feeling that though we lacked numbers, we lacked nothing in spirit. How else could we have accomplished so much? Remember the old dingy gray paint, the lockers, the stairs?These are no more. During the past year we actually were cheered up by new paint, yellow to be sure, a couch always occu- pied, and a newly installed ping pong table. To celebrate our renovated room we gave a party. Well, it was an excuse for a party. The main event of the evening' was the skit about family life put on by the boys of our fair college. Can we ever forget our one and only male senior who directed and acted in this skit? Run- ning a close second to the skit was the food which soon disappeared into the mouths of the hungry dorm girls and commuters. Christmas found us enjoying our annual Christmas Day dinner, box lunch style. The room was resplendent with a tree decorated by the Freshmen who, with great success, trimmed it with odds and ends collected from the school. The vie waned in its popularity in the wreck room as there arose an over- whelming tendency to leave the Vic and make our way into the newly formed book store. The attraction was none other than the men. The book store was the only place where fraternization was allowed! Our goal for the coming year is to see men roaming in the wreck room with light and carefree hearts. Some goal! 4 5 MAMA UUE President-Barbara Mackenzie Vice-President-Marie Lamarre Secretary-Treasurer-Eleanor Goodnow Club Adviser-George Brooks EL - - - LP, GO AHEAD! Thus we began our year, with Dr. Brooks as our adviser. And upon his assurance that it was possible to do the impossible, we tried the encrustation of the mechanical upon the living fHumor,-for those who have been denied the privilege of this definitionj in a very successful production of Moliere's The Physician in Spite of Himseq. No one will ever forget Neil Harrington and Freddie Bressette in the hilarious role of the doctor. Never will there be another lover like Walt Ziemlak as Leander. Walt still answers to the name. Under the able direction of Bam Mackenzie we experimented with the idea of a revolving cast, but we hate to be questioned as to how it revolved. After this completely satisfying experience on the stage, we turned to a more intellectual aspect, that of studying selected American and World dramas. There were taken up in chronological order, that is, as representatives of certain defined literary periods. Under the fine direction of Dr. Brooks we feel that the Drama Club has lost none of its former prestige, and has gained in the spirit necessary for a success- ful club. 47 WAHM HIHEH MUHUUE44 HUNUH EUEIUY President-Nancy Estabrooks 4 Vice-President-Neil Harrington Secretary-Treasurer-Janice Gleason 7 Society Adviser-Edmund Luddy WO'S COMPANY, three's a crowd could hardly be said of the members of Q the Society as it passed into its second year of existence. With joyful hearts and open arms we greeted our new members, for at last we were grow- ing up in quantity as well as quality. In reviewing our year, it has been one of strengthening the foundations laid down for us last year. Our beginning tasks were revising our constitution, establishing monthly meetings, and electing our officers. Having passed through its period of infancy the Society felt strong enough, at last, to make its first public appearance. Sponsoring a discussion in student assembly, the society proved that it could be a part of and not apart from the college. We are few in number but do not object strongly to company. This year we stand as seven little Indians . Next year, may our tribe increase! w 4 9 President-jean Gaston Vice-President-Muriel Marquay Secretary-Treaszzrer-Beatrice Murtha Club Adviser-Lillian Boyden ' UIET, PLEASE. Glee Club at work. You can see how industrious we are by just looking at the picture. Our work began early this fall when we first organized our plans for the year. Our Music folders began to get thicker as we collected more pieces. So, with quality rather than quantity, our small group was able to offer music in connection with the Drama Club play on Alumni week end. i In the few weeks that followed before the Christmas vacation, we prepared selections for the Christmas pageant and a few of the club members formed a small choir to present musical programs for various local organizations. One of those occasions proved especially memorable to four choristers who were standing on the threshold of a certain local meeting place waiting admittance. The hostess came forth, politely suggesting that since a club meeting was being held that the girls might return later with whatever they wished to sell. An em- barrassing silence preceded the explanation that the girls on the threshold were not selling anything, 'and that they had been asked to provide some musical entertainment for the club meeting. We regret that Miss Boyden was not able to be with us and to assist us in con- ducting our annual Glee Club concert. However, we did work long and faith- fully together to prepare music for commencement exercises. One thing that is missing from the picture is the tea table which was seen at many of our meetings. Perhaps it didn't improve our singing, but it did help our morale for the year's work. 51 HOUSE E UUNEIL . wa, M11 .4 '-I 4,00- .W-og I--..... X fi 3- President-Margaret Zimboski 3 Secretary-Treasurer-Mae Black J Senior Representative-Eleanor Goodnow junior Representative-Eleanor Thibodeau Sophomore Representative--Marilyn Eastman Fresbnzmz Represerztative-Alice Bosma Dean of W'omen--Elizabeth jenkins Yf ARLY in September, after we had returned from a long awaited but much too short vacation, a meeting was held at which a trembling group of students awaited the worst and were met by a set of new rules and regulations. Something new had been added. Thursday nights were observed in candle- light. It has been one of the dorm's mysteries as to what was served each Thurs- day. Confidentially, we each carried our own pocket flashlight to find our plate. The Christmas party was the finest ever this year. The milkman and thc 'seniors were the only daring groups to brave the cold and bitter morning. Our Seniors sang carols to the faculty and, incidentally, donated the missiles hurled at them through open windows to the scrap and old clothes drives. Looking back we find, however, the highlight of the year to have been our Sweethearts Ball , the annual dorm dinner dance. We shall never forget what a great success it was. and what a marvelous time everyone had. The heart- shaped entrance and the love motif used in the social hall were a superb setting for l'amour. The activities of the House Council have been numerous and successful. Could it be that motivation came through the arrival of so many returning veterans to S. T. C.? Regardless of what our success this year may be attributed to, it certainly has been a very happy and active one. 53 T E UUNEIL President-Elizabeth Ballou Vice-President-Theodore Toporowski Secretary-Janice Gleason Treasurer-Eleanor Thibodeau Council Ad1'ise1'-Wallace Venable N THE looking glass we see the legislative body of the school gathered in Mr. Venable's room every Friday morning at 8:15 regardless of physical status or other obligations, rain or shine, and the ever-faithful Mr. Venable there giving us suggestions and helping us over the rough spots. Routine business seems to be going smoothly, they are arranging a budget and a social calendar which seems to be filled with many and varied activities for work and play. The highlights in the calendar seem to be the first week end of the college year with a general get-to-gether, the traditional Greylock Mountain Day, the Christmas dinner, Alumni Homecoming Weekend, High School Week- end, Stunt Night, and the school picnic-all of which arise from Council planning. In the main corridor is a spacious bulletin board which contains reports on weekly Council meetings and various other material for information and enjoy- ment. There is a great deal of talk about the bulletin board habit, and organ- ization seems to be the watchword. And what is this we see in February? Why, it is a plan for approved fraternization among our girls and 60 new veterans who became faithful attendants of our school activities. The formation of new groups, such as the Boys Basketball team, the Girls Basketball team, and the Red Cross Chapter cause council members to make soap- box speeches on school spirit. The council seems to have done a great deal of work with the Alumni this year in the hope that they will become a more vital part of the college. The overall picture is one of a profitable year, spent with the hope of improv- ing our college in all possible ways. 55 7 President-Ann Delmolino Vice-President-Mildred Moran Secretary-Treasurer-Marilyn Eastman Head-of-Sports-Muriel Marquay Club Adviier-Beth Weston NE OF the greatest forms of entertainment in the world is in the field of sports. Whether it be hiking, badminton, swimming, ping pong, basket- ball, bowling, or various others, the average student goes for it. The W. A. A. goes for it. In October about a dozen courageous souls hopped on their bicycles and pedaled off to New Hampshire and Vermont. They liked the hearty meals and not-so-funny experiences so much that hosteling has become one of the high lights of the W. A. A. program. Another highlight this year was the Gremlins basketball team. With slaps of encouragement, the team bore the bumpy bus ride to Pittsfield to play its first game with the Berkshire Belles. We lost, but never mind, we won in a fast moving return game. The enthusiasm of the student body spurred us on to play a game with Adams. Both teams showed exceptional interference and tackling ability, but we finally received a pass, ran zig-zag down the field, crossed the line to win. No, I'm not confused - I'm thinking of basketball! During intervals between these two great eventslcome a very im portant W.A.A. conference at Framington State Teachers College, which will be remembered by the delegates, Ann Delmolino, Louise Zabaunik, and Peggy Neyland. The trip to Cushing Memorial hospital will be kept long in their heads - or should I say on their heads. Other events were the badminton tournament, the ping pong tournament, and Sports Night, which was enjoyed by veterans and girls. The last big event of the year is the annual Play Day given for the high school students. With the success of this last enterprise, the W. A. A. closes a very eventful and enjoyable year. May such a program be carried out in the future! 57 NEWSPAPER SMH Editor-in-Chief-Neil Harrington Managing Editor-Frederick Bressette Business Manager-Priscilla Green Circulation Manager-Janice Gleason 58 N THE summer of 1945 a couple of Seniors suddenly thought What our school needs is a newspaper! This small but precious gem of thought casts its reflections now from Maine to Washington, from Canada to Florida. For this gem has been placed in its proper setting, the Co-Op Bookstore, and an able staff of craftsmen cut skillfully the facets which catch the lights and shadows of our college life. Taconic Columns was not a gem found by the wayside, or more easily inherited ready for use. It was acquired only through the hard work and patient labor of all classes. l 59 . Sr? ., KF ' '21 .. 5?-ah o X V QE' E , gy 4 ,ff f Ji,?,, 5 Y I 3'.!fx '1 Cap and Gown Day May Eighth at Four 0'Clock BACCALAUREATE june Second at Four O'Clock CLASS DAY Tuesday, june Fourth at Four 0'Clock PROCESSIONAL CLASS CALL ADDRESS OF WELCOME ADDRESS TO UNDERCLASSMEN President, Class of '46 RESPONSE President, Class of '47 COME TO THE FAIR ' PLANTING OF THE IVY IVY SONG IVY POEM IVY ORATION CLASS HISTORY CLASS GIFT RECESSIONAL STEPPING-UP CEREMONY AT TACONIC HALL 62 Elizabeth L. Ballon Frederick K. Bressette Nancy B. Estabrooks Martin Frederick K. Bressette Eleanor M. Goodnow Cecilia G. Conroy A. Louise Zabaunik Ann R. Delmolino Commencement Wednesday, june Fytb at Seven O'CIock PROCESSIONAL INVOCATI ON SOLO Christine Cardillo CONFERRING OF DEGREES: PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE Wallace H. Venable PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE Dr. Harry S. Broudy ADMISSION TO DEGREE President Grover C. Bowman AWARDING OF DEGREES Representative, Department of Education AWARDING OF PRIZES ADDRESS Dr. F. E. Engleman Commissioner of Education, Connecticut SINGING-The National Anthem RECESSIONAL 63 . 3 ,ilfq 'li X, w 557 ,S fu 4592 Q 43? mm Gasv- ELDNPQE W fSPE.ClAL Umm m um 1 - Q ,Y O. E K f . ,gf o.b+.Lc MAI F 1 -I: A 0 'QA Q 4 1 , SL l li-NT CKY-D' U .,zx+C3x1-4c.lD51 .g v Ann 'PRESSE Sn-more iff i 61' '71- K Zfss G. QS. Q...i , ......,-- i 1 Ive Loaf' I+! 'O no ieffy E3 '51 J 3 -YK x vw , E53 H if Rah. 'Rah xl! N! Qw- .Q.fQl- - Qoodqow sm,, AMY! IE- 3 +- VY aff' Cock g,JN.LI'-4' A., A, eg U u I -fx .2Y' . ,fN.. Zx' JX- 5.1 fi, 'ZLI V REMEAR' Z en B ,. 'K J C fx, X 8? . Senior Grilles CEIL .... .............. ' 'Drapes, droops, drips, and democracy. BAM .... . . . Darn it, I've lost my cigarettes again, a whole new pack! ANN .... . . . Teachers who don't show up for classes and grab us the next day, also the policy of non-frat. FREDDIE .... .... ' 'False teeth, coupes, and drippy radiators. GOODNOW .... . ............................ Broken slip straps. ZIB ........... Sometimes there are somethings I just can't face like the Navy Pan-O rolls, and men with moustachesln JEAN .... ..........,... ' 'Lovin' kites that won't fly! MURIEL. . . . . . Oh, I have millions of them, mostly classes. PRISCILLA .................... Mostly the way bells are rung in the dorm. SQUEAK .... Tomato soup, slow hot water faucets and balancing registers. MARY .... . . ........ No talking in the Library. HARRIET ..... .... . . . Theory 65 Acknowledgement E, THE SEN IORS, wish to express our gratitude to those people who have been helpful in making our Yearbook a success. We are especially grate- ful to Miss Weston for her valuable assistance, and to Dr. Brooks who helped us to keep our literary standards high. Q We also wish to thank Mr. Roberts of the Excelsior Printing Company, the North Adams Camera Club, and those whose advertisements appear on the following pages. Editor-in-Chief Cecilia Conroy Assistant Editor Business Manager Frederick Bressette Priscilla Green Art Department Barbara Conroy jean Gaston Photography Department Eleanor Goodnow Elizabeth Ballou Literary Department Ann Delmolino Muriel Marquay Barbara Mackenzie Mary Benedetti Louise Zabaunik 66 45 r-.' 3' I 'L-if .J v 4 - ' Q 5 , - by q A l I :Qi :Uv '-'- V . A Liar-' ' ' ' 4. - l .I I . x ' T575 ' . - L',gl-3. A A Q '9 5,- ,s . , -. r'.:, ' f s ' 'v 5 v . ... .o g. r ,. I 5' A 4 1 0 . K I a ntographs -- f N . '- cr I A .. 'V L A 9 jj www- As!! 0 , . .. 1 'sf 4 -J Q N 5 4 K., 'P -I '31- n I uv: Q ' O u A ' -f Q V ' u-.t ' V rg... . - ri I ' . 6. ! O . . ,f ' .N x I. I . fn ? N'E q'A I 1? K . . Ks a ..4 wh. f - e , I D xl-Q A U' .4 og. 5. 52' -C iw Ballou, Elizabeth L. 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