Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE Who from their Ward House Head- quarters kept the Concordia social niche well filled. . . With the Tea. . . The Hag ' s Drag . . . The Square Dance . . . The picnic at Woodlawn Park . . . The Christmas Banquet . . . Under the direc- tion of Gabby Mendlemann and Facul- ty Advisors Dozer and Grunau ... A good year ... A good committee. On How to Relax r. m i Some of whose idle-rich baby sitters wrote the following bit of verse . . . One dozen scheming co-eds; Think not what we mean would-weds. We entertain by the fireside; Are much alive, when the fire ' s died. . . . And don ' t think they were kidding.

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Qtxun Uie. OuUide Apparently I had not closed the door completely, for after a time a strong gust of wind fairly ripped it from its hinges as it blew back against a chair standing nearby. I was startled by the noise, but glad nevertheless that it had roused me. I closed the door again — this time from the outside. Sometime later I arrived back at the central part of the campus. The old front drive that approached and provided vehicular access to the administration building had become excessively soft and muddy. The wet gravel gave way under my feet. So it was not without diffi- culty that I reached the front of that Tudor Gothic structure in the middle of the campus. I spent a while staring in through basement windows at the chemistry laboratories. Then, after going through much preliminary ceremony — the more important phases of which were the shaking of my dripping umbrella and the stamping of my muddy feet — I enter- ed, directed myself to a class room, and sat down at the front desk. Then, looking out over the dimly lit room, I tried for a moment to forget the empty desks, the silent voices, and the sands of time. And I think I almost chuckled to myself when I remembered. . . . 78