Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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It ues good to be paeltring those books away after a sfizu mmztlzs' grind. was now in prosspeena for all lldllldls YEA FURLOUGHH - what sweet - sounding words! Leave, second only in importance to graduation itself, more than lived up to expectationsg it could hardly be otherwise with our newly-won stripes and shiny gold rings. True, the old gangv was gone and the old It was a long wait at the bus station but ihe results were well worth the ejforts. 1 5 ima: 1 1 . wi, , i 1 st ' Z -1. ,feng V, Lg,-,.L -QS-L? is 5.2,-. ,. I. 'gag its ,, -'..,, - gr.. ,W V 4- hw, 4, .WYFQW 1 ' '-25 'VL . Some of us could not make good con'nect'i0ns returning from leave and had to come back: in the middle of the night. places were hardly recognizable in their war-atmos- phere, but there was more than enough to keep us busy until the very last minute. Late trains and missed connections meant the commando course for a few, but on the whole we came back well rested and ready for our irst c'Navy year and a last crack at the aca- demic departments. It was a tough job getting down to work after a month of loaling, but good to think that less than a year now separated us from that beautiful half-inch stripe.

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, I liilimmflinilmumfcfes-'5 were hard to obtain in time for the Ring Dance. Many were the cries of anguish that arose from some of the more love-stricken of our crew when c'The Dayn arrived and the miniature had not. There were some rosy lingers whose loveliness was 11Ot heightened by the long dreamed-of gold bands, but the majority of the O. A. Ofs showed a new sparkle on the third finger, left hand. An unforgettable night was clirnaxed by the inspired singing of our Alma Mater. We had sung 'cNavy Blue and Goldw on many' previous occasions, but somehow the meaning of the words struck us more deeply that night than they ever had before. Some lucky classmates gfme out minia- tures on this most memorable gf nights. Part of the hfzndjzluyezl near the IV:1fe1fm111? Taz ern where zfhe 1151141 zzuspikerl jmuch uns server! Dimmer! and sweet music lzrought our Ring Dance to zz close . sm'-W' wiixxw- Y. -Qs. . wiW'l 401

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