Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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. . . und when the music begins, like the famous fifty million Frenehmen, nothing eun be wrongg studies und ull other cures ure forgotten in rhythmic delight. ln addition to opening.: the yeur's um-tivities, oricntution dunces provide un unrivulleal opportunity for new collegiuns to heroine ucquninted with social life ut college . . . 1 .rw li' K x v s ' ,o X 2 1, i N 'w.

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The Sophomore Class ollicers: Cleft to rightj Charles Mahoney, treasurer, George Jackman, president, and George Wernlers, vice-president. The third class to matriculatc at Merrimack, the Sophomores have been singularly able to profit from the experiences and mistakes of their two scholastic predecessors, whose counsels they have carefully followed. There was a sound of revelry by night, and all the chivalry of the Sophomore Class gathered its beauty to the orientation dance in October.

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2 l S .nnlinlvaud 3 , -1.- A. J1wg1aM,,e194... THE CLASS OF 1954- The diffident young beginners at Merrimack have become self-assured, carefree members of the Merri- mack family. Now, having chosen their major and minor courses for the sophomore year to come, they feel quite mature and settled, and ready to pass on to the new freshmen encouragement and advice drawn from the fund of their own invaluable experi- ence. With a nostalgic smile they review in their minds their first exciting year, and the thrill they received when they were greeted on their arrival by the orientation committee who graciously guided them over the first rough spots of college life. The 'fregsn were not the only sure sign of a new and bewildered crop of students. Eagerly they obeyed the restrictions placed on them by the upperclassmeng- no freshman occupied a seat in the caf,' until after Thanksgiving. To draw them closer to the bosom of the college the sophomores welcomed them at an orientation dance. Other social functions followed, high points in days crammed with absorbing classes, new friend- ships, and collegiate gaiety. The corridors and locker- rooms became centers for settling world problems. The chapel was a haven where they could spend a few meditative moments each day considering their own. In the spring they were practically adjusted and were starting to enjoy their responsibilities. Their schedules were not quite so overwhelming, their weekly tests not so formidable, and their lot in life altogether pleasant. They began to assume the air of Merrimackans. Now and then they even ventured to express an opinion on their favorite profs, their plans for the future, and their ideas on school man- agement. They elected their class officers in March and were given their first opportunity to take an active part in planning social functions. They remem- ber their first self-run function, their Freshman Hop, a dance enjoyed as much by the upperclasses as by the freshmen themselves. With so many vivid memories of their wonderful first year-the genuine helpfulness of the upper- classmen, the excitement of registration, the tension of their first exams, the glamour of their first dances, the solemn introspection of their first retreat--the freshmen look forward to their next three years with anticipation. 'l 'I ll XAHTLPZLQ-11.5 'sLALl', .1 ' ' 1 ' 7-. ' ' . S- 21 X I