Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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Time passed very quickly and soon the holiday sea- son had arrived. The decorations of evergreen boughs with all the trimmings which Kay Sutthoff had brought for the room which she shared with Peggy Detert and Janice Tryon and the cute little lighted tree in Audrey Burnett and Jeanette Frager ' s room really helped to give him that Christmas spirit, but when everyone went home for a three-week vacation his spirits sank to a low ebb— life was exceedingly dull! At the end of the three weeks, however, the flurry and excitement more than made up for his past loneliness. He was sorry a few of the girls didn ' t return, but was glad to see Joan Bomer and Rose Ann Burger again, as well as to greet newcomer, Ann Rooney, who lived at Meadowlands. Although our little friend heard many strange tales of happenings during the holidays, Frances Smith ' s narration of her train trip topped them all. As time passed, Nicias became hardened to many things, among them Bemadette and Gloria ' s nightly ritual and Margaret Wiseman and Nathalie ' s Tahi- tian Hut, which they concocted with the help of Mari- lyn Luchetti, Marie Rovere, and Eleanor Lane. Though there were many exciting things happen- ing all the time, Nicias still had ample leisure in which to ponder, think and wonder— whether Joyce 71

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also that there were a number of new faces in the group: Eloise Cadinah from the Islands, Jeanette Frager, Joan Frawley, Ann Sheedy, Mary Smith, Joanie Hirschbuhl, Alice Clare Walton, and Margaret Leonard and Merilyn White, of whom Nicias didn ' t see much because they lived at Edge Hill along with Chata, and those musicians Jane Andersen, Ann An- drews, Sonia Francisco, Margaret Herbring, June Renton and Alice Tobin. He only wished that he could be two places at once. About the second week of December lights burned brightly in Kathryn and Veronica ' s room until the wee hours of the morning while six or seven girls slaved madly to lay out the first issue of The Carillon. There was editor Kathryn helping assistant editor Mary Lou with the proofreading, while news editor Jackie Moody, feature editor Margaret Wiseman and fourth page editor Patricia Gleeson were arranging their pages. From overheard conversations Nicias learned that the sophs were maintaining their prominence in sports. Jackie Burner, as chairman of the WAA vol- leyball committee, received the cup which the forty- niners won in that sport, to keep in her room, while Alice Kerckhoff, hockey captain, received the cup which her team won. 70

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Reilly really liked Pep— why Marilyn Mullin didn ' t like the owner of the red convertible— if Frances Roos ever found out about Katherine Griffin ' s connection with Fifi ' s— how Paulette always managed to complete her assignments before anyone else did— if Bones ever got her pilot ' s license— if anyone could be as good hearted as Veronica— how many clippings of a certain team ' s basketball progress Pat Warner had collected —how Dolores found time to fit in school between trips to Palm Springs, Soda Springs, Yosemite and other points— why Bob gave Mary Jo two pictures of himself— how Joyce Fay could keep track of all those men she had on her dresser— whether Mary Corbett would ever return to Mexico — why Pat Faulkner wrote letters at two a.m.— why Evelyn Montani, Bar- bara Kirby and Patricia Jordan didn ' t come up to Fan- jeaux once in a while— why Jackie Holht was such an early riser— when Ginny Monroe would finish knit- ting that black sweater— how Ardeen rated that black sedan— how Sonja and Ellen ever managed to work- that antique sewing machine well enough to make the drapes and spreads for their room— how all those girls were able to pack themselves into Barbara Car- mody ' s car— whether Honeygal would call him Hoot- enanny if she saw him. Ah yes, life was a puzzle, but a most interesting one 72