St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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MARY COWLEY WE have many little mental pictures of Mary — snapshots — but there is one full-length portrait that stands out above all the others. It is a picture of a gracious girl standing on the stage steps. with the curtain closed behind her for a backdrop. She is lovely in tan lace and fur. and she is making us welcome, initiating us into the most genuinely enjoyable week that we have known together. Mary, the Chairman of Junior Week — Mary, our perfect hostess. But it was not only for perfect entertaining that we turned to this girl. We knew her capabilities and her fidelity to a trust, and so we put in her hands the worlc of the Point System Committee. This work is part of the very organization of our college. It is not limited to one class, or to one group of students. It is a problem in ad- ministration, and necessitates contact with every girl in our student body. Mary ' s work as Chairman of this Committee was as un- spectacular as it was efficient. A big job quiet ' .y done — a job that called forth our classmate ' s powers of discernment and sound judg- ment. All the sterling qualities are hers, but there is one particular grace of which we are enamored. It is a small thing, perhaps, and there occurs to us the possibility that in this tribute to her greater virtues, it should not even be mentioned. But we think it significant. It is simply this — good manners. Such a delightful possession, in a heedless and hurrving world, is enough to leave its impressi on on any group. Little things done in a masterful manner — there you have Mary. 20

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HELEN P. COUGHLAN THE third of the three Coughlans had a reputation to live up to, and she ' s done it in a way calculated to make older sisters sit up and take notice. Helen strikes you as being, first of all, immensely capable. Perhaps, that is the reason why, like each of her sisters, she has always been one of those to whom you could turn if you wanted a job done well. Witness her management of the annual Bridge, by which she netted a tidy sum for the Trust Fund. Wit- ness, too. her work on the Senior Prom Committee, for which her gracious, poised manner fitted her to perfection. Helen has always been noted as one of the best-dressed members of the Class of Thirty-Two. In fact, she can even manage to look- well-dressed in a gym outfit, and that, incidentally, is not one of her least popular ensembles, for she ' s been a very active member of the class basketball team. Some people never have time for anything, but in spite of the fact that Helen bails from Glen Cove, she could always stay for a class partv. always get in for a college dance or a college show, and she always did her share to put college activities over with a bang. Here ' s luck in all your ventures, Helen. 19

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ELIZABETH A. CUNNINGHAM T LSTEN to the mocking bird — ta-da-da — Listen to the ... I i Yes, you ' re right — that ' s Betty Cunningham, with Mary Hop- kins accompanying at the piano. Betty ' s tremolo, her dramatic scale- climbing are part of the history of Thirty-Two. That was how we discovered, during hazing days, what a fine sport she is and how she really can sing when she isn ' t fooling. That is the reason, too, that Glee found her such an indispensable member of the club and partaker in its productions. There ' s a certain something about Betty that makes you think. Yes, she is nice. She is possessed of a disarming sort of naivete that makes you wonder whether you ' re being kidded or not. But if you are, it ' s in a good-natured, whole-hearted way that no one could mind. There ' s one thing, in particular, that Betty is noted for, how- ever. That is her ability to speak up in class. It makes no difference what the subject or who the prof. Betty has a little anecdote or bit of information which is not only a propos, hut serves to enliven the lesson. Sometimes, we ' ve even wondered if the prof were being kidded. Well, who knows? If any one could do it, Betty ' s that one. 21