Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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sk any Freshman what impresses her most about college during the early weeks, and she will be sure to say Tea! However, teas are but one of numerous measures for getting acquainted with or reestablished at Barnard. Freshman Day, Blue Book, Bulletin s early issues are all indispensable for a rapid adjustment. Perhaps the most important thing to be impressed upon students at this time is their part in our democratic form of government, manifested in Student Council and Representative Assembly. This year extensive plans were promptly made to promulgate the National Service program, which, along with the new Political Council, shall retain a place of honor in the annals of Barnard. 10

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These symbols characterize the four arbitrary periods into which mortarboard has divided the past year. Representing the initial period of orientation is a tea tray. We do not have to reveal why. Next comes that composite season encompassing exams and vaca- tion — spectacles and poinsettia. The laurel wreath, of course, means Greek Games, dominating the exhilaration of a new semester. As graduation is the most meaningful climax of any school year, we close with a question mark — or where do Seniors go from there? We give you then the story of a year at Barnard, told informally as we would like you to remember it, a graphic account of outstanding events and activities. an J now Jo School that y hav c been P inform c enclosed P P 1 vout Adviser rvf° trn ' j •„ the eeisttation, 1

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Dorms l Vfor ' XLV, Vfor Victory- and V for Vitamins. Freshman Day . . . that full fleeting milestone of a day that corralled 326 smooth new suits and polished faces into one composite class ... a new tile in the mosaic of Barnard Undergraduates. And ' 45, addressed by Dean Gildersleeve as the V Class. made its formal debut. New Barnardites view their material ivory towers . . . and Brooks and Hewitt be- come no longer mere names in a catalogue, but the place to drop worn books and slip off shaggy saddles.