Connecticut College - Koine Yearbook (New London, CT)

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( Margaret Ewing President i n , Constance Parker 1 Constance Parker Vice-President ) E jjy y ,„ . Secretary Persis Hurd Treasurer Janet Aldrich Song Leader Elizabeth Allen Historian Olga Gennert Cheer Leader Nan Apted We did all the things that Freshmen are expected to do. We wore our best clothes Registration Day and smiled impartially at everyone we met. When our advisors urged us with treacherous kindliness to take History 1-2, we, trusting souls, supposed we ' d like to . We looked with wistful eyes upon the jubilant reunion of old classmates and wondered dimly if we ' d ever know anyone well enough to call her by her first name. We stood around awkwardly at the all-college-get-acquainted party and glowed gratefully when Sperry smiled at us. We did our hair in tight bobs and decked it with gay, green bows; we stood aside to let upper classmen pass; but in defiance of all Sophomore law and order we declined to roll up our stockings and therefore suffered duly at the hands of righteously in- dignant Seniors. As the days passed, we began to feel a sort of class con- sciousness. We chose our officers. Even after the Christmas holidays we continued to do the usual Fresh- man thing. In a fever of excitement we bobbed our hair on Saturdays and repented leisurely on Monday mornings. We spoke in hushed voices of Mid years, but managed to struggle through. Then May was upon us with our Pageant in the Quadrangle. Then Finals, and our Freshman year was over [24]

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President Sara Crawford Vice-President Genevieve Delap Janet Aldrich S y ISara Dodd ( Alice Barrett Treasurer J „ . , I Constance Parker ,,. . Dorothy Griswold Historian i m - I Olga Gennert Cheer Leader Nan Apted Song Leader Elizabeth Allen n lrnmnrr f rar Back again as Sophomores! Back with a feehng of intimacy and rela- tionship; never again would we feel the lost sensation of the year before. Before us lay the all-engrossing task of showing our newly-arrived Fresh- men the way that they should go . We held a solemn conclave and our President laid down rules for their guidance, admonishing them to follow the wise paths of their elders. The fall sports were rather disastrous for us, but no one can deny that our Soccer team fought nobly. Our Hockey team carried us to victory over the Freshmen. But Sophomore Hop, our own party, came soon and everyone said they had never heard better music, met better dancers; all the things usually said when one has had a glorious time. At Mid-years we became very serious. But never again would we feel that awful sinking sensation of facing the unknown. We tore up cellars and froze in the snow looking futilely for the Junior Mascot. The Laurels of the Basketball championship were very becoming to us. We faced our coming entrance into the ranks of Upper-classmen with calm serenity. [26]