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Page 94 text:
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SHIELD DAY COLOR and movement, a sense of unity, the fresh- men ' s thrill of pride in being received as full members of the student body, the older students ' pride in receiving them: these things make Shield Day, these things and many more. The Shield Day ceremony dates back to nineteen twenty-four. It is among the earliest of our traditions and our elders tell us that it will be among our pre- cious memories when we have forgotten almost all of our history except the Battle of Hastings. It comes on a Friday evening, and this one Friday all the school stays on campus with comparatively little lamentation. The event used to fall on the Fri- day nearest to Saint Raphael ' s Day; now it takes place on Hallowe ' en. The final celebration begins at four of the afternoon of Shield Day. Preparations go on for weeks before. The high moment of the ceremony is the presenta- tion to the freshmen of a shield that bears a device and motto carefully chosen by the senior class and set into the class colors of the year. The shield is made of wood, on which the device is painted by the art students, and at the Shield Day banquet, miniature shields mark each freshman ' s place. The president of 90
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Page 93 text:
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seen so far has a fireplace, but none like this one here in the green room. The fascination of downstairs must be put out of our minds as we ascend the broad staircase, reminis- cent of hoopskirts and gentle music. Stopping on the turn of the stairs, we survey the room below. In one sweep of the eye we see the high, strangely-shaped lamp at the foot of the stairs, the round redwood table decorated with flowers, the small desk near the double Dutch door. Then we find our bedrooms, filled with laughing people as we come into them, and we wonder which of these will be our roommates. The bustle of getting ready for dinner, trying to meet everyone at once, coming back from Fanjeaux to get ready for bed, and for the first time having a good look at our roommates is rather exhausting; sleep is welcome. The strangeness of the campus and campus life wears oft after a few days, and we realize what is ours. Meadowlands does not belong only to us, but to the whole school, for all of us meet daily in the assembly hall, where the warmly colored shields of the class windows remind us of deeds done and deeds to come. Marguerite O ' Reilly ' 50 89
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