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CLASS SONG Tune O, O, Aladdin Our Nineteen Twenty-One All hail thy fame! May we bring honor to thy name! May the royal purple be the sign Of traditions strong and fine That we've planted here. Our Nineteen Twenty-One Have hope in us The hope of the rising sun And when we are alumnae, no name shall come nigh To thine, dear Nineteen Twenty-One. RS 21
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OFFICERS 1917-1918 President, Dorothy Gregson N i Vice-President, Laura Batchelder - Secretary, Agnes Leahy Treasurer, Rachel Smith Historian, Esther Allen Cheer Leader, Esther Watrous CLASS HISTORY 1917-1918 JYHE first impression of Connecticut College received by the . class of 1921 was a confused blend of trunks and schedules, strange girls and fear of hazing, text books and note books, and a desire to actually belong to the goodly fellowship. At the beginning, the Freshmen made all the mistakes ex- ' pected of them and performed a pathetic number of additional blunders. They rushed into wrong classes and sat in Junior seats at chapel, attended council meeting thinking it to be Student Government, and cordially befriended Miss Blue and youthful upper-classmen whom they supposed were fellow Freshmen. Some suspicious souls refused to go to the Bolleswood picnic the Sophomores were too agreeable and hazing was scented but the venturesome Freshmen thoroughly enjoyed the Sopho- mores who seemed about to bubble over with good cheer and warmth-and the ginger pop which did. By the time they had crowded about the ice cream-cones at Blackstone back door they had begun to know each other and to talk intelligently of a few revered upper classmen. Indeed, before the first week was over faces and names had distinguished themselves from the blur of novelty and the Fresh- men were perfectly happy. With deep respect they had heard President Marshall's first address and, to ' freshmen only, him, also a newcome class of 21. An extraordinary amount of information and enthusiasm was abs?rbed from the various meetings held in the chilly field house c?urmg the first weeks. The Service League thrilled with a bril- n of uniforms and hospitals and factory an A.A. meeting each girl confidently 22 after a more informal talk a resolution was passed to straightway make r at Connecticut, an honorary member of the
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