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held recently, show that. Much of the muttering and dis¬ satisfaction of last year has gone. The campaign produced some hard feelings, but if the long range effect was to weld the student body into a more cohesive unit, then its burlesque was of great value. With the opening of classes in the Fall, the football team became the topic of conversation. And quite a topic it was, upsetting the predictions of many an armchair strategist who felt that Tufts couldn’t win a game even with the Notre Dame eleven. But no one complained be¬ cause of the victories, and spirit, that old intangible, grew a bit deeper into the students. Homecoming and Interfraternity Weekends, both, were the best and most colorful the campus has seen in years. Both presented good entertainment and restful breaks in the curriculum. The Christmas Sing, largest the college has ever seen, was acclaimed by all to have been the best. To the winners, Stratton Hall and Delta Upsilon, repeating their performance of 1946, just words of praise must be given. But the topic of the year proved to be not The Weekly, or the basketball team or any other campus event. Rather, the Year of the Big Snow. When we left the campus for Christmas vacation, the ground was bare. All of us, including the Southerners on Hill, returned with snow stories, but not many could equal that which the campus mutely displayed. Beginning conservatively a few days be¬ fore Christmas, the snow continued to pile up until it reached heights never before seen in this area. It was not until mid-year exams that the ground reappeared, but then only in the vicinity of the steam line between the Library and Chapel. We thought the worst was over, but the return to classes brought more snow to conceal any bare spots which may have appeared. And through all this, the construction
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for the war. This blending of classes may not have been best, though there was an excellent opportunity to produce a new type of college graduate, a mixture of maturity and idealism not to be found in any other period of our history. One year is not enough time to produce something of this sort, the Class of ’47 can well answer that. Two years has afforded us a better opportunity, yet still there is a gap. Perhaps three years will be the minimum period needed to eliminate what little friction remains. If that is so, the next four years will constitute what will become known as the Golden Age of Education. What of this last year on campus? Beginning with the Mayoralty campaign, we saw a new life and spirit enter the student body. Whereas it took two days of vot¬ ing to produce a 60 per cent turnout for the all-important class elections in April, 70 per cent of the student body voted in the four hours provided to elect the mayor. It is perhaps disheartening that so much interest was shown to a burlesque of American politics while the important elections were comparatively poorly supported, but perhaps not. The Mayoralty campaign saw a new college spirit arise, and its manifestation has not died. The class elections,
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