College of Mount St Vincent - Parapet Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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x A 'sa ls a li if t f ai an l l 1 ball sponsored by our regiment. February saw us in full operations at our Junior Prom, a success which won us another Silver Star. Next month we earned another citation when we carried off honors at the Play Contest. We studied, revised, and finally approved the strategy for the Junior-Senior Luncheon, encamping at last in the Biltmore for the gala occasion. As our history accumulated with amazing rapidity, the panorama of world history added earth-shaking events to its annals. The President of our nation died and but a few weeks later word came that our fellow forces of American men had won victory in Europe. In Camp Mount Saint Vincent we celebrated that momentous news in the spirit which gov- erned all our operations-heartfelt prayer and spiritual thanksgiving. Tradition claimed us for 'its own, when in the last drill of the year we accepted with a thrill and a shade of superciliousness the long coveted Senior Walk. One more group citation, the A. A. Cup for the second consecutive year, and we were off on our last summer maneuvers. We returned this September, the most revered and respected outfit in the camp. We had suffered several casualties throughout our career, so that our ranks claimed only ninety-six members. Audrey Gallon was executive officer of the entire camp this year, with Joan Gard- ner serving as her energetic aide. Maureen O'Brien took over as the commanding officer of the Senior Regiment. Plans got under way for the annual report, The Parapet, which was placed in the hands of our capable general, Grace Lyons. Fall operations were numerous. We again carried off the prize medals at the Horse Show and relaxed a few weeks later at our own private Tea Dance. Our last Christmas in the camp was our happiest. The night before our holiday leave, we trudged over the snowy campus flinging a volley of carols and songs as we went. We were back again in no time, facing what was almost our last battery of exams. Then in February, fearful lest we depart from them with only memories of blue books and term papers, our spirited commanding officers banded together to produce the Faculty F rolics, an hilarious show which proved the good sportsmanship and affection of those under whom we had served. As a climax to our host of accomplishments, we poured our deepest feeling into-our last regiment song, and carried off top rank at the Song Contest. What our orders are to be when we are commissioned on the field in May are as yet a military secret for us, but we are confident and hopeful that we shall meet our call'to arms with the courage and loyalty i'n which we have been so well trained at Mt. St. Vincent. Rnom LEARY

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At the beginning of the second term we welcomed sixteen new members into the regiment. Days and months slipped into nothingness, but not until we had taken part in two maneuvers -the Song and the Play contests, in which we fought valiantly and enthusiastically, if not the most adeptly. A few more practices, a few more drills, then graduation ceremonies became the order of the day. We stood at attention throughout Baccalaureate Week, and fired a salvo of congratulations at the departing Seniors. Then, veterans of a year's campaign, we packed four kit-bags for a summer of selected training programs. The following fall we returned to the ranks with Audrey Gallon as our Chief-of-Staff. The Academy had withdrawn from the grounds, so we found the camp sitefenlarged and renovated, much to our delight. We also encountered a young band of fellow soldiers in the newly instituted nursery school. Our routine was more placid this year, but we did engage in the Amateur Hour held for the benefit of the war fund, and welcomed our second retreat. In November, Mother Mary Josephine visited the ranks of our student army, and won the very special place in our hearts that she will always maintain. The time came to rally our forces for our first large-scale social offensive. We turned the Gym into a carnival scene for our tremendously successful Sophomore Informal and as the last strains of music floated across the floor we tucked away the Silver Star we had earned in this engagement. In February we sat at attention throughout a concert of the Trapp Family and a month later we betook ourselves on a fun-packed hay ride. Springtime saw our regiment coming to the fore again to prove its powers of innovation and daring. Due to the zeal of some of our company members, the Horse Show, which has become an annual event, was introduced and we joyfully won our share of top medals. , That year, graduation week found us resplendent in our summer whites carrying the Daisy Chain across the lawn to stand as color guard for our graduating sister regiment. Then a few hasty goodbyes and we had added another row to our service ribbons. As seasoned fighters we entered Junior year with a reserve of energy, for we were then in advanced combat areas, with dreaded theses, term papers, and accounting reports burst- ing all around us. We greeted our Freshman sisters with gusto, entertaining them early in the fall at the Junior-Freshman party. Christmas activities were highlighted by the boarders' dinner in formal dress. It was our turn to party the Seniors after their caroling assignment and this we did with the customary form, the order of the day being cocoa and marshmallows. After a barrage of exams was weathered, we drew up tactical plans for the first formal i lv? . E. I W Q W I 'lr 'p , if .J . f i ll

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