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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V 'ffffz lv- .qt .1 Mu 2' Fjif JfEcjHWW M , - , i if fl:-s if 5 Big, heautilul Gorman House . . . with its solid, 'gxrfa ',white-pillared porch . . . with its encircling groups R Nfl J, qi? i U ., y X I fLY',. ' y F-A ...-.. - - lof delicate hcmlocks, and tremendous old silver maplcs . . . Gorman, whose halls and spacious rooms echoed with the sounds of Music, that in- spiring element of our life at Concordia, which helped to make lhis year so beautiful . . . where with chords and shadings we blended our voices and instrumental sounds into bits of praise and ex- pression . . . beautiful things . . . fully expressing the vitality and sincerity of those younger years... things that had their source in the remotest areas of our youthful hearts . . . In the Fall - the trees outside joined with us, as the fingers of the evening wind moved through their string-like branches . . . r-51 ' moulded the voices of their limbs into deep, rich, . . 7 - . x ,,, and mysterious tones . . . into whispering, melan- x X QQ. f1395,hsLm0niss,.,.s -.1 s s-Y-.s - as -