Centenary College - Hack Yearbook (Hackettstown, NJ)

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i-IlGi-ILIGI-ITS O 1947 ELL, it's all over now-the last-minute cramming, the song fests, and inter-class sports-everything is over, except a thousand wonderful memories and life- long friendships. Remember the first day we arrived at Centenary and the s.eniors were there to meet us ? We were all scared then, and eager and petrified at the thought of being college girls. Those first few days that were devoted to orienting us were a nightmare. The only bright spot was the student-faculty baseball game at Sully's fwhich we won, of coursel. Hell Week descended upon us from out of nowhere, we awakened one morning and realized that this was it! : 10 pigtaihls, no make-up, clashing clothes, and many other horrible penalties were imposed upon us, merely because we were freshmen. Let's just pass lightly over Rat Court, it was gruesome. 5 There are so many things to remember-the night we first put on our jackets and sang our class song, the time we ate something strange at dinner and everyone was sick all through the nightg the ever-singing trio-Bunny, Barb, and Ginnyg all the singing and fun in the dining room, and so many other bright spots. Will we ever forget the picnic at Sully's when we nearly lost Amy in the rapids going down stream? She hung on to something, though, and lives to tell the tale. The Student Council thought we could handle it, so an honor system was introduced into our academic work. From the beginning it worked out very well, and the three-tap warnings were, for the most part, heeded by those for whom they were intended. Glen Saxe represented us at the Phi Theta Kappa convention, and was promptly elected national vice-president. Even more honors were hers and ours when she succeeded to the national presidency this year. The weather did wrong by us last year, and the winter carnival and May Day programs found us running around in raincoatsg but even the rain couldn't put a damper on our spirits for any and all kinds of partiesg nor were we undaunted in the spring when it came time for all good college girls to get sunburned. Cutting classes to sunbathe on the hockey field was a common and accepted thing. Of course, we suffered in the class work, but after all, it was all part of our education. I Exams and graduation were upon us before we knew it and we tear- fully said so long to all the wonderful seniors, and Write to me, see you in the fall , to all the freshmen. And then it was September again. How the place had changed since we had last seen it. Part of the kitchen had been remodeled and was made into a dining room 5 a new athletic field had been built, Du Bois Hall came into being-a freshman house, about which the seniors were green with envyg some strange and new faculty faces greeted usg but the most exciting addition was the Senior Den-oh, those beautiful leather couches and chairs. The Den was a study room theoretically, but we have always managed to have a roaring game of bridge going on, and when there was no bridge, Sommer and Ree managed to hold the fort down successfully.