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

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CLHSS llllll We the class of 1948 leave to. everyone the sincere wish that each may find the happiness that he seeks. CLHSS PHUPHEUU There are no Cassandras or Laocoifins in the class of 1948 30

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This gives a rather one-sided picture of our development, however. We would not want you to think of us as intellectuals who are socially immature. Well, to show that we are integrated, we could list the many extracurricular activities and social events we have sponsored. Besides our boast of Miss Ballerina , consider our participation in the Current Events club, The Doctor in Spite of HimseU , Honor Society, Glee Club, Taconic Columns, Who's Who, House and Student Council, New York Conferences, lectures, proms, socials, dinners. But the reader can see these statistics beneath our class pictures. 1 Perhaps, philosophers that we are, we should show how our search for the absolutes has resulted in a well-arranged value scheme or that family life can be beautiful, even if Plato didn't think so. There is one more serious approach we might adopt. During the academic years 1944-1948 there occurred events of world importance which we have observed together. When we have forgotten, perhaps, just what our slogans and watchwords meant, we shall still recall that Franklin Roosevelt died when we were in college, that the Marines raised a flag on Suribachi, and that we left the campus one spring noontime to see VE-Day celebrated. We were at STC when modern man became obsolete, when Ghandi was assassinated, when Europe starved, and when a third war threatened. We realize that there is much to be done in the world, and that we as educators have a formidable challenge to meet. All these things come to our minds as we think of our class history. For us, they evoke images of four years together-not always serene, not always satisfied, but things we shall remember with a smile when textbooks are forgotten and we are alumni to some other young and fortunate senior class. Underclassmen, will you remember us? Janice Gleason-Historian 29

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TRIBUTE T0 OUR CLASS ADVISER THE class of '49 extends its sincere gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Luddy, its class ad- viser, for his wise guidance and deep under- standing.