Centenary College - Hack Yearbook (Hackettstown, NJ)

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l For those of us who were here during Orientation Week, life was one round of convening in the lounge until two o'clock, having hysterics at 't find Ariel and getting to know everyone all over again. Then, Nem a . . , . l of course, there were those of us who had birthdays. Al Earl introduced a new song. l'll Be VVith You Whe1'e You Are , and We're all still singing it. Early fall found us having senior pictures taken for the yearbook, of the freshmen reeoefnwed us when they saw how nice We and none - v . 1 - could look for a change. NX hether we looked nice or not, we were always ' 9 f lnittine w-is upon us in full force, and you just weren t any- busy, or Q .G . r . , body unless you were knitting argyle socks. And speaking of argyles reminds us of men-it was good for the morale to see the number of men ' ' ' ' ' ' l': f ' - en if the weren't that were on campus over the weekends t ns year, ev y for us. The Christmas all-night party was a tremendous success, and We stag- h 'lk t 'lin the next morning exhausted but happy. The faculty gave a campaign show in the fall that was not oniy a l f ch fun and talent financial success, but showed all we students iow mu the faculty has. tThe Misses Smythe and Carlson were especially keen in the line of practical jokesi. We came back after Christmas vacation to all-night lights, new phones around every corner, half the seniors with engagement rings, and Buckhill Falls, trips and exams in the offing. We withstood the exams very bravely, and found that the honor system really did work when we could leave anytime for a cigarette. iWe feel it only fair to mention a word about the food this year. The pie that bounced has become legendary, and cherries of any SiZQ, Shape, or form will never be on any of our future shopping lis.ts.j The party we seniors gave for ourselves was a huge success, do you have two nickels for a dime was a stock phrase, weekend SHOW fO119d many of our plans, the Preparation for Marriage course was a successg and Maybe collected well over 5,000 red bands from cigarette packages. We'll never forget the auction on second floor-Shila had almost every- thmg She 0Wned up for sale-what confusion, but what a wonderful time. gered onto t e nn ' 12 tele- .The aquacade, May Day, sports, they're all behind us now-but we still have the thousand memories and life-long fr1endSh1PS by Which to remember Centenary.

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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.

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