Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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campus meeting at the Snowbowl for the annual itsugaring-ofTi, . . . Middlebury style. Spring crept in on muddy sneaks and slickers. Skis were towed away for another season and the 01d Dunmore blanket salvaged from the moth balls . . . We left New Englandk April Showers for our first vacation since the Christmas holidaysitiRides wantedt, frantically plastered helter skelter over the Stu U bulletin board. And then that short glorious week . . . over much too soon. The Fort Lauder- dale group arrived back well tanned and freshly stocked with stories of intrigue and adventure. We hardly had time to catch our collective breaths before 1954is Junior Weekend was tjust Around the Cornerh . . . the Variety Show tunes were hummed by many a prof, as well as students, for weeks after the successful show . . . The month of May was a fairly eventful one, particularly with both the Men,s and Womenjs Assemblies investigat- ing the student wage scale at Midd, with the result that campus job-holders were given a boost in salary. We were sorry to see Miss Mary Rosevear, asso- ciate professor of physical education bid farewell to Midd after thirty years of service . . . then Frontiers swept the campus by storm . . . with the exception of one piece of satire, better kept in the portfolio, the issue had many favorable innovations. f Aberna thy Absorption Senator Flanders takes stand on Party and McCarthy

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in Cm: tryAide Splendor tand we hope to see it againH . . The Midd Mountaineers put the Hnishing touches on their major accomplishmenteVoter White cabin, built on a rocky ledge overlookingr a small pond and the White Mountains beyond. And then it was June and we bid farewell to the Class of 54- and to our own classmates and friends. September Song . . back to old New England in the wake of Carol and Ednaehurrieanes that is! A hurried reunion in Pine Plains to stretch out the summer a bit before another pull at the books. Old friends and new faces to greet and meet . . . a special welcome to those who spent junior year in Europe and congrats to the nineteen who survived the summerTs ROTC training at Fort Bragg a reunion also for the Walla Walla cannery boys-the Westward Ho group on campus. Did you ever get to Frisco? . . Professor Hein- ricks returned after taking part in the Sherwood Eddy Seminar during the summer, travelling through Europe with leading statesmen and educa- tors. Fourteen new faculty members appeared on the Middlebury staH . . and several innovation; on the house mother line. Jean Mac Donald ,55 be- came the tmother of eight, sophomore women in Voter House . Our first introduction to the academic side of life tand there is oneU was the College Book Store. Mr. Clemons, the new manager, installed a wide new variety of things to buy . . from LP records to Life Buoy soap . . . And some- thing else new! Nine and one half miles of pipe strewn around the Held house, promising Midd the surface for a good hockey team, as well as Carnival Ice Show. Homecoming Weekend brought back many a familiar face. Porter Field was packed with alums that memorable Saturday when Midd out-scored Colby 20-18. The Old Chapel Six were kept jump- ing that weekend too . October saw bare knees beneath bermudas for the first time on campus. Mortar Board came forth with a new Dress Code abolishing the necessity for toting a tennis racket or golf club when wending Stu-U-ward . . . This was the month of the Coke Controversy . . TTHep- burn Endorses MUA,, . . . lively discussions and debates over WRMC. Student interest began to awaken among the long slumbering masses;