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

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- -h J Pi s Sai f 1 fn| pi 4 ' i SAN RAFAEL PERHAPS to you, San Rafael is only 4th Street, and consists of just Borden ' s, the Greyhound Ter- minal, Joe ' s Taxi, Corey ' s, Albert ' s, El Camino The- ater, and the Rafael Theater, known, perhaps not 93

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the class is presented with the great shield which she guards in her room and carries on state school occa- sions, but every freshman can place her tiny shield on her own door or in her room. Part of the pleasurable agony of the preparations is in the composition of class songs and practice of the Shield Day play, which is the first dramatic production of the year. At four in the afternoon the freshmen, in impres- sive new caps and gowns, assemble in front of Benin- casa. There they wait until the student body, in aca- demic attire, march in a long train up the twisting road from Anne Hathaway to Benincasa, singing the class songs. Each class is distinguished by the leader who bears the class shield. The freshmen are wel- comed and presented with their shield, which their newly elected class president accepts. Seniors, juniors, sophomores sing in turn their songs, and the fresh- men, in great volume, reply. A serious address given by a faculty member adds to the solemnity and beauty of the occasion. Then the whole student body marches to the chapel for Benediction. At the banquet which follows, the spirit of unison is heightened by the passing of the loving cup, and all the songs are sung again. There follows the excite- ment of the play. The freshmen are now an integral part of the student body. 92

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affectionately, by another name. These are the every- day shoppes with Avhich you deal. They fill your needs and you ask for nothing more. Yet a closer look into San Rafael ' s surroundings as an object of beauty and interest, even in a town whose buildings have no need for elevators, may prove fruitful. Have you ever wandered over the hills beyond the Convent and lived the view that is there for you? Standing at one point you can look east over San Pablo Bay and the Marin Islands and Red Rock and, of course, north to the San Francisco Bay and the do- mains behind it. A few feet farther from this point and San Rafael itself crawls lazily at your feet. Or have you ever walked around the homes near the Convent (this is close to home— take the road behind the g} ' m, the one over vhich the locust trees form a stained-glass cathedral arch) and noticed, just for in- stance, the huge lath greenhouse that nurses thou- sands and thousands of flame, yellow, white and pink tuberous begonias? Those beautiful flowers started as a hobby; now the owner ' s hobby is managing the Call Bulletin, and the flowers are the career. Or have you paid particular attention to the new homes and gardens growing in Sun Valley or Picnic Valley near California Park? Not intriguing? Cali- fornia Park was once the site of a movie studio which 94