Converse College - Ys and Other Ys Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Once Upon a Time . . . We re-eiecteci our freshman presicient, Leighton Acree, and proceeded on our way for a very successfui year. ixfiany of our ciass who were doing so much prom trotting about this time, are now having visions of white tuiie and church aisles. However, some ot us remaineci on the campus anci Weyii maice up the other fifteen per cent in aiumnae marriage statistics. 24 Gur Junior year, with Mary Lilo Pratt as our presi- dent, was perhaps the husiest year of aii. We feii heir to the Junior Shop, anci coiiecting ciope hotties in waste paper ioasicets was part of our claiiy routine. Again, we turned out for the Junior-Freshman weciciing, this time to see our groom, Lilo Harris, with Martine Vvatson as ioest man. The eternal hricige game on thirci Hoor main con- tinueci throughout the year, Betsy Lake and Lucy Tison compieteci their third year as the undisputed heiies of aii square dances, and thirci tioor East Wilson tripiecl the telephone hill. The vic 'played on in the Four Horsemen's study, Martha Gaffney and Doris Biacic- weii accumulated enough quality points to graduate the entire student hody and many of our classmates unsuccessfully rushed the goons. The seconci dance of the year was ours and before we icnew it, we were entertaining the departing seniors at a banquet at the Cieveiand Hotei. Again, we won the athietic shieicl and our ciass spirit was ilireci anew. Three years having Hown hy, we found ourselves seniorsg clutifuiiy donning our roiaes for chapel and cioiing our food at the tahie. Wirli Virginia Battle as our president, to lead us through the year in which we had no upper ciassmen to turn, we encieci our coi- iege career.

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Four Long Year Ag Falling lieir to tlie yell Hour Team is Reel Hot,', we were determined tliat llle time triecl ptlrase utired olci seniors slioulcl not loe applied to us, at least athleti- cally. Hopie ciicl lier part to stave it off as far as date liall was concerned, ancl as for weelc encls, well, we liacl unlimited ones. Some of us still get around. All during tlie year, tlie fact tliat tliis miglit lae time last time clouded our activities. Now, we must leave, but we talce with us part of Converse, part of tlme enior Class Poem Vvllat are we to say not saifl lyefore? Sliall we wlio go now find tlwe worcls to tell, Ol song ancl silence. laugiiter, anti still more GF years, grown strangely clear, of living well Ancl warmly, glad ol? lieart, in tliis glad place? We find ourselves macle suddenly aware Of every louilcling. lboolc and tree and face, And stop, rememloering, to turn and stare, Knowing too well tliat mucli we leave laeliincl Vve sliall not llinfi again, laut lcnowing too, A certain quiet peace ol' laeart ancl mincl, Vvliicli years to come must only malce more true: Vve sliall not fear tlieir sorrow or tlieir lengtli,-f Proudly we go, wlao lalce witll us your strength. alinospilere, wliicli at first we merely lnearcl of and later became a part of unawarely. Every part of time campus and every old tradition, so typical of tlie college has been encleareci to us tilrougil our associations and time memory of our liome for four sl'1ort years will remain eternally enshrined in our hearts. MARTHA MCCAIG. Class Historian. MARY ELIZABETH PRATT, Class Poet. ,X 25