Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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Behind these walls was the realm of hard physical work . . . ol cheering and groaning, of winning and losing . . . The scene of hours fraught with activity and interest ... of dramatic, athletic, and musical performances that were hard work and recreation rolled into one . . . the realm of sneaker and hard- wood floor, replete with deafening sound and vio- lent competitive activity . . . . . . This was the realm of release ... a city of refuge for the desk- weary student . . . h 62

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DRAMATIC SOCIETY — . . . The organization, without whose efforts and time Concordia ' s Christmases would never he complete. Headed by Prof. E. Luecke, these people worked as a closely-knit unit to put our annual Send Out Thy Light ' into production for its sixteenth consecutive year . . . With Art Lesslie as president. Bill Diehl our lighting engineer, and Phil Kraft, stage manager, long hours of stage preparation, costume-fitting and part-studying was put in by hoth tins committee and participating performers, Prof. Luecke di- recting at rehearsals . . . Then the choir . . . timing . . . and a weekend of well-attended pre- sentations ... A spring play? — no match for a Greater Concordia Fund . . . ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE . . . The organizers, arrangers, and planners of our social activities . . . who doled out enter- tainment ranging in atmosphere from the ridic- ulous to the sublime, and helped in the smooth running of events like Home-Coming Weekend and the Christmas and Thanksgiving Banquets . . Who with Kiddie Parties ' , the Hags Drag, an all-day picnic at Ardsley, the W inter Informal, and, for the first time in Concordia ' s history — the Hobos ' dragging of the Hags, planned to include in 5l ' s fun and frolic a Spring Formal, beach party, and April Variety Show ... So far, a job well done, with t a prom- ising outlook for the rest of the year. Send Out Thy Light .. with Helen Roseher and IT alt Reutung as Mary and Joseph . . If ork . ■ like lifting shaky, wobbly scenery .. climbing on ladders t,. .,,t ligiits and tape leads. . laking up., pool and TV before curtain time . . prompting . . nervousness . . A welcome release when its all over . . a crowded B an If agon . .

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■ til L Zhel 0-c — - C - The Dining Hall . . . whose open doors admitted three times daily some 240-odd famished souls . . . where, in an environment of music, munching, and maroon drapes we relaxed, socialized, and balanced our diet of cake, candy, and pretzels with some- thing substantial and well-prepared . . . where we discussed everything from steno assignments to hurch rubrics . . . and drained cups of piping hot offee, to open sleepy, early-morning eyes . . .