Connecticut College - Koine Yearbook (New London, CT)

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MARJORIE BACKES Three o'Clock in the Morning was written with 1i'l Backes as its inspira- tion or it should have been. She exists for Fridays. Her days are filled with letters and week-ends are the fruits thereof. New York to Boston seems a popular refrain with her. After one of her jaunts she likes to make up for lost sleep in the bathtub. It saves time, but Minnie becomes wor- ried and lifts her voice in anguish until Marge replies wearily, Awri. Wus the rush? Queen Marge stuck her finger in '25's ir and brought out a glorious handful of young green birds or was it 26?7 Anyway, Branford immortalized it the glorious n a string of dolls at a party. sorned art of bluffing is carried by our plump classmate to an ttainment. Do you know of anyone else who can go to classes 100d strikes her, rest at the expense or cut-rate of a Leib exam ith a fiourishing smile? You do not. Neither do we. ment committees are her forte. Just before an entertainment, she calls the other ladies togther, gently flatters them into a asm on the spot, applauds, dashes off for a week-end and salves nce by the lovely write-up in the News afterward. It went off dear, what more do you want ? i, I wish you could see the letter I got Dbelieve in ripples on the surface. We y see the depths underneath-when the her. 28

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ETHEL AYRES Ethel is one of those small but, oh my! persons, and incidentally is quite the essence of that unruffled dignity be- coming to a Senior, to say nothing of a House President. This dignity is not lacking even in such difficult circum- stances as the maintaining of diplomatic relations among the Blackstonites. She's pretty, she's sweet, She's clever, she's neat enforced by a string of flattering adjec- tives, is in keeping with those senti- J ments generally expressed in most write-ups, in most class books. One should continue: Everybody likes her; she's dainty, demure, sweet and gracious. Contemplating the four years without herwell, the idea is impossible! and so on. But, after having made up our minds not to write the usual stuff this year, we are forced to exercise our rights and change it. Ethel really is all the nice things they write about girls who often really aren't. 27

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HELEN BARKERDING We know that Freshman year Helen was a member of the far-famed Weaver House. Just what Weaver was famed for we have never exactly understood- anyway one time Helen found the atmosphere tootoo, well something. So she made a somewhat protracted visit on campusJust why, we were not absolutely sure. There are things that we do know, however. Helen can talkshe has a special mastery of English, knows what she wants to say and says it. We have heard her argue with Beany with a certain sense of awe at her almost uncanny ability; we have watched her talk her way through classes; we've heard her chatter gaily in several years of Comedy. OhComedywhat under heavens would last year's Comedy have been without Helen's voice, her enthusiasm to instill into it some sparks of actual vitality. Her Voice ?There are many people on campus who sing but few who possess voices. Many otherwise desperately dreary hours in classes in Branford Basement have been charmed into blissful oblivion of the dullness of the subject by hearing Barkerding taking her vocal lesson in the next room. This year, although people tried to dissuade her from accepting the position, because of her voice she was elected college cheer leader, Rather goes to show her excellent spirit. And the Spanish Clubwhat would it have been without Helen? She was its president; acted in its plays; and entertained the meetings with Spanish songs. She does other thingswe cant remember them allanyway she's engaged to a man with a cun- ning little moustache. mm