Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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workers on the Jackson Gym and Bookstore took to shovel¬ ing snow to earn their day’s pay. The only joyous people on Hill were the members of the ski team who took ad¬ vantage of the Heavenly gift to set up a slalom course on the slope next to Memorial Steps. The Senior Soiree proved to be a bit of a puzzler, still provoking questions and comments on campus. The Seniors, supposedly well appointed with that j avoir faire , have yet to decide whether the comedian was bona fide, or trying to collect funds for some worthy charity. And those corn cob pipes! Freshmen wore caps to identify themselves, but after the Soiree, the corn cob was the ex¬ clusive sign of a Senior. Our last semester on campus has been as crowded as all Spring semesters are. The basketball team, after playing dismal ball during January, finally finished the season in something resembling a muted blaze of glory. The seemingly endless stretch of dances began with the Jackson All-Around club formal soon after classes began. Then there was the Leap Year informal and the Spring Sports Dance. The relief provided from this surge was poor indeed. Mid-semester exams were upon us. And then, after vacation, the long stretch began. Something doing every day. Nomination papers for elections had been turned in and voting was upon us. Student Council announced the rules and regulations governing this year’s Mayoralty cam¬ paign. Lambert-Kingsley Open House was held. The engineers were restoring their annual Open House. Junior Weekend came, and with it the announcement of the extra¬ curricular awards and election results on Junior Day.

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Then the campaign took the center stage. And all too few people realized that finals were just around the corner. Now, the election is over and we have a new mayor. We can rest a bit, but not too much, for each organization is about to hold its farewell party. And then it will be June and finals. And before many of us realize it, it will be June 20 and Commencement. And then the next day we start out into the cold, cold world. Or maybe some will be lucky enough to go to graduate school for a few more years, thus avoiding that awful step. In any event, time on campus is drawing to a close. As we realize that, we realize that we have, to a large extent, sold Tufts short. In these few days before graduation, most of us will have a different outlook towards the campus. We will spend more time looking at it and realizing that it is one of the most beautiful in the country. We will spend more time speaking with our classmates, be¬ cause time grows short and we are not sure when that opportunity will come again. Our professors will see us more often as we attempt to absorb all that we have neg¬ lected these past months. And in all ways, we will try to make up for the wasted days when we should have realized what we had before us. And then, after graduation, most of this will be gone. Many of us will return as often as possible to regain the old feeling of the campus. Even so, it can never be fully recaptured. But it is to retain as much of this life as possible that a yearbook exists. And it is to point out the highlights of our years at college that this yearbook has been de¬ signed. The views of the campus, the candids of the students, the sports, the clubs and activities, they are all gathered here to help each of us retain the pleasant mem¬ ories of our college days. We sincerely hope that the 1948 Jumbo Book will pass the supreme test of time and be as vital at our 25th reunion as it is today.