Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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39 Ressmeyer Hall . . . where with muscles and endur- ance acquired from twirl- ing and cheering practice, we girls were always in good shape for chores like ironing and washing, rug- heating and room-cleaning . . . with home-made harm- onies and dungarees . . . where a private ' tele- phone booth netted dates that everyone on the stairs never knew a thing about . . . and Sunday afternoons were for idle walks . . . and bringing home flowers from the h jmm . . . Sunday morning walks to Waverly . . the newspapers . . coffee and a limey for those- who missed break- fast , . . tennis racquets . . . Full Autumn moons that rise slowly, that shine big and yellow through old. leafless branches . . . Rose Avenue . . ■ the athletic field . . . rocks, pines, stone steps . . .

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38 eS$meuer KjrcidS . . . F ! Blue elbows to . T argvle socks and ° l leu old pot. wvwOt . JW Iters ' : basketball, a oth e love J V tfV driver . ■ • j£ oD a schedule J T loTB Talks witb « eyes • :- D onV be bitter. CONSTANCE Dlgjj Pn , Conme • • Unaffected . • • dence • ; ■ , by example Ressroeyers rale j and • • • En With an ever- br0 ? e «v«i- ' snoulder..- U ready cryWr, up to you- . . . Autumn nt Concordia golden leaves . leaves that ski t Concordia the far-auin , ..MY y grating Iter and roll on porch res . . . the gradual gain of color in everything . . .layers of rustling7 g sound of someone raking on Faculty Row . . brisk air . . Crisp, dry i rooves . . or swirl with the wind under a Ureal light on U hite Plains Rd. )iS

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I s 1 1 i h ill M atti tfte ' NrJay when wV ' toofe tjie ' last 1— oVi) ochnsNo see if we ' d fgotten any OT a heavy, sorrowful feeling ' ,. 40 Then around thing . . . and with walked down those carpeted stairs, while every nook and cranny of this old familiar place seemed to burst with significance and meaning . . . The future didn ' t seem worth thinking about then, and we stood in the still air of the lounge, dumbly wishing that Concordia was a four-year college . . . Most of us quickly said goodby, walked through the open door and down the steps into the bright summer sunlight, past the tall permanent spruce trees . . . If and when we come back, Ressmeyer will never seem the same . . . - wMft » - - l ' ' 1 ,,,JJ - ' vM -? ' »V