Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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24 ZJne f- oll hed f roducl — SENIORS 39 of the biggest, handsomest, most athletic and appealing men in West- chester County (some prep man wrote this) . . . With unofficial cl ass colors of valentine red and chartreuse, , we had for our motto Its not the school, it ' s just the PRINCIPAL of the thing! ... and after four years of brain-work and athletic achievement, we felt per- fectly capable of holding our own with anything — football, Greek, solid, physics — anything — even Concordia co-eds . . . Now, in our last year, the prep had come to be a personal thing to us . . . There was plenty to look forward to, but lots more lay behind us in the form of . . . memories, accomplishments, friendships . . . and were we ever George all the way ! ! ! JUNIORS 27 Vi .big, bad boys (next year ' s foot- ball squad and Daniel Boone I with maroon and gold class colors . . . we bought class rings sporting inscriptions that were purely Greek to us, and waited like vultures for Junior Night . . . Outside of deten- tion and study periods, there was still lots of time left over for athlet- ics, afternoon dozing or the any- where, any time, any-topic bull ses- sion . . . . . . We were getting serious, felt ourselves growing up, and were im- patient to be among the boys on top — ready, willing, and eager to take over the job of running the prep division in the coming year . . § - ' v. 1 —f- J A M ZV Hfi ' jt 1 ijP ?M ii£ H m Mm % Varsity heroes . . rec-room bowling bowling . . setting up pins . . . ping-pong ami pool . . . waiting with im- patient impatience, hoping to get your chance to play . . . Lights out at specified times . . . Noisy conversa- tion o seniors coming through the door . . . Prayers .... Thoughts, Ix ' jore falling asleep . . .

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Jsn .Jhe f ouah — 9 ' 23 FRESHMAN Needless to say, we were the least among many. Scapegoats and serv- ants, bed-makers and errand hoys, we had a hit of a job adjusting our- selves to this strange, new life away from home. But as the year wore on. we soon overcame our homesick- ness and got into the routine of the fun. study, and the field work that was to be had in such abundance up here. The seniors -- our task-mast- ers, and at the same time the object of our admiration, were actually what we looked forward to being someday — in maturity, experience, and athletic ability . . . and we thought we had good models to emulate . . . SOPHOMORE We arrived in September. 1950, feeling just a little more important, a little more respected at Concordia. There was still the same system in everything when we started our sec- ond year at the prep — still the same study hours, the same field work, the same auditorium hours in the gym. And during this year we painted the giiTs locker room in the gym under the supervision of the Big Boy himself . . . and chose for our pin-up girl the second from the left in the Hastings J.V. cheering squad . . . Not aware of it at the time, all of our work, studies, and undertakings were moulding our growth, knowledge, and leadership. . . . Freshman . . worrying about seniors, laughed at by sophomores . . some go home every week-end . . rib- bing . Annual Senior Dinners . . Junior threats with the big night coming . . ITeek-ends with blaring radios ■ . talk . . plan-making for the long awaited week-end ending at the Bronxville movies . . or the Tuckahoe Itch

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. . . Ice-skating down at the Rez . . grumbling ice and police as hazard . . work details under the watchful eye of Coach Fahrenkrug and Sweden ' s gift to Concordia, Coach Olsen . . Counting the weeks, days, hours to graduation time . . Regents II eek . . Commencement . . Looking forward to the next Home-coming Day.