Concordia Preparatory - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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. . . The official gathering- placc for our banquets and parties, things notable for sifle-splitting entertainment and sober, sometimes sleepy speeches . . . Wlhere we heltl our Get-Acqua-1interl and 'Thanksgiving banquets, the Christmas party and the all- male hilarity which followecl it . . . Building Fund and Basketball -- Farewell ban- quets . . . Where we rubbed elbows with our profs in ho- mey, casual surroundings, and gave evidence to that family atmosphere which so thoroughly characterizes . . . Concordia . . . Brwllfs lN'fH'l'l'll' l'.l'llIIlS . . vuffve . . frfllllllllfllill :lay . . ff,a'r'it1'1114'11t . . our folks . . l111n1fsl111l.'i11y.w. l'UllgI'lIflllIl' lions . . LHS!-Illlilllllt' 111l1lress v.rc'l1a11gvs . . Swv you nz-wr 1lH'NlllIlllll'l'n . . leurs. fIU't'H'l'll.S . . ,lflvr fiflllllllllilill Exer1'isvs. IIL llw lIl'1'1Il'llillg lwiliglxt . . lmlvr flu- wurly 1111111111 14'Ill'4'S. just uulsirlv llu- 545-111 . . . Q I , l

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WMTERS CLUB WAITRESS, CLUB . . . Who during banquets anfl other oeeasions of note, nioxetl among ns with white aprons and big round trays, serving us with silent finesse anil smooth ellicicney . . . with never till a clish of corn flown anyone's haek, nexer an well-done steak in anyone's lap . . . The girls went a step further and hail afternoon teas at Ward House . . . with silver eolfee-urns and ulelieate ulish- ware . . . lid-bits, eraekers and tea-time chatter . . . . Q The :lining hall . . . no longer called the mess hall sinec its renovation and refurn- ishing . . . Where Frank Kern and Bob Shur- . kus headed a crew of cooking and baking xi men who daily eonqueretl gastric pangs and 'xnxx niurnzurings with foods that were substantial I X and various . . . where Frank oeeasionally ff splnrgeil on 'l'-bone steaks and ehoiee cuts if of roast beef, veal, and turkey . . . Wfhere 7 , we clineil . . . illlltl music, conversation, pleas- K' Q Q .11 : ,ti,b ant surroundings . . . and some of us worked . . . -Illlfl dish-washers, piled-up trays, and Baeh-stylecl harmonics . . .

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