St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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L 9 I- Helen L. Barthen ti VV 7HAT do you do for a living? the sociology prof, asked Helen. VV I write, was Helen ' s prompt answer. Write what? asked the amazed prof. Write home, said Helen. And Helen does write home faithfully, during almost every class. But that is because expenses come often and heavily in Senior year. But writing isn ' t Helen ' s only accomplishment, although almost every issue of Loria contains some verse by her. She has been a member of the class basketball team for four years and has taken part in field day, each year. Chairmen long ago acquired the habit of appointing Helen to their committees when they needed a girl with initiative and willingness to work. Class dramatic pro- ductions often had Helen for the demure ingenue, and with her blonde attractiveness, she filled the part well. Helen ' s greatest position was her last. She was class valedictorian — speaking for us all what we felt at leaving St. Joseph ' s. None could have done it better, for she was an integral part of the class, in scholastic work, in social activities, and mostly in the daily life of college. She was our friend. We felt that she could speak for us. Ten 4 gtt gaOjjgrta-rao T sl CE

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s fr i ' Genevieve Archipoli IF ALL the profs, who have mispronounced Gen ' s name were laid end to end — wouldn ' t it be great! But she ' s not going to have any more trouble, ever again, with that name, because it ' s going to be changed very soon, and we wish we could tell you what it ' s going to be changed to! In so far as we have been given the confidence of our classmates, Gen alone has saved the honor of the class, and helped us to show the falsity of a certain remark, to the effect that we were all embryo nuns. Information like this is really something to write about, and it ' s sort of an anti- climax to tell you now that Gen was Chairman of our Junior Prom, and a member of the Seniot Prom and Spring Dance Committees. It may not mean much to her now, but it means a lot to us, because we had such a good time at those dances. Gen was President of the Histoty Club in Junior year, too. But all this pales in the light of an honest-to-goodness engagement, and we wish the future, shall we say, Mrs. X. all the luck in the world! Nint MM2 h CiQ 30 Ts sl

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j Helen Bennett T T HLEN made an ideal chairman of our Hazing Committee, her efforts being so suc- - - ■ cessful that only recently one of her victims confided to us that she still quakes, in spite of her mature years and better judgment, whenever she sees this fearsome tyrant — who is all of five feet two. This ability in directing adolescents showed itself again i n Senior year when Helen tackled teaching in the high school, her success here being just as complete as in Sophomore year. Her other contributions to our class history are in the fields of Athletics, Dramatics and Literature. She immortalized the character of Peg Woffington in a famous one-act play. She is fond of literature generally, and is a regular fiend for essays. Helen had the well-deserved honor of being Chairman of the Formal Opening of the new- building in Senior year. Many a class has been enlivened by her ready wit and many a prof, thankful for her clever responses. Yet Helen is most interesting when she is seriously thinking. She has all the philosopher ' s love of a heated discussion. And now, the eulogy over, we dare to divulge three deadly secrets: Helen is typically, avowedly British; she writes poetry; and she is absolutely opposed to democ- racy. What mote dare we say now? frM g O VCu9 30 g L