Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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glow of the spirit of giving and the decorations of Chrise mas. Candles Hickered on the head of Santa Lucia as the sweetly traditional phrases 0f the song accompanied her and her court down the white aisle in the gymnasium. It was pleasant to feel the exhilaration and familiarity of the hnal days of Christmas activity transported into your home and family atmosphere. You relaxed for a few days, and then school began again and a rapid study pace culmi- nated in the fever of hectic days and nights during finals. In the midst of the tests and immediately afterward, yen remember a sorority 21nd fraternity formal providing dis- traction and relaxation from the tension of concentrated study. As soon as finals were over, you went home, per- haps on an incomparable trip to Florida or New Mexico, or stayed at school where you could sleep, relax, organize, and sleep some more. Again the Convocation ball sounded on a winter day, and the second semester of the year began and surprised you when you realized that it was already half over. You reevaluated all your best resolutions concerning study habits and decided that second semester would be one of true scholarly endeavor. Activity seemed to increase with each day that moved the year toward its close. The chant of the crowds in. the gymnasium Could be heard ill: the library and would in- variably entice you to go over and watch the fast pace of a Viking basketball game. Lectures, concert programs, and Contemporary Conversations were important to you and had to be fitted in with studying, The Crucible, your term papers, and the 1-5 Ball. The nostalgia asso- ciated with the last chances to go ice-skating and my slid- ing changed into anticipation of spring activities. Friend- ship Fair began in its planning stages, and a Leadership Conference preceded the elections to Stu-U and RA offices. You were relieved when the slush and icy rains of Feb- ruary days were interspersed with an unusually balmy clay forewntning of spring. A DETERMINED VIKING JIM armi' bi: flying 1'02 :0 gt: all the way for q :cmsbtiowz tally.

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