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

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JEANNETTE KAY MEECKE Vallejo, California MAJOR! HISTORY MINOR: ENGLISH Carillon Staff '66 Keys '69 F irebmnd Staif '69 SCTA '69 Community Service '66, '67, '68, '69 Troupers '66, '67, '68, '69 Secretary '68, '69 Young Republicans '69 Italian Club '67, '69 Drama Productions '67, '68

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CHRIS MALARIN Chris is the daintiness of Dresden china. From the whiteness of her face always highlighted hy her favorite red lipstick to the tips of her fingers always polished with a matching tint, she exudes a soft elegance not easily found in our era. And it is enhanced hy a hidden strength. Chris, cosmopolitan background has provided her with an open attitude. Matching the expansiveness of her be- loved Australia. She can easily see hoth sides of a story and sympathize with each. Yet in the end her final opinion will be based on solid traditional American standards. Even so, Chris is not a stick-in-the-mud. She'd gladly buy out Union Square if she could. Her secret wish is to be a night club singer although she honestly admits that she can't carry a note. Unconventionality has a strong attrac- tion for Chris, hut she does not let it control her. Chris reflects an age past. lf she could design her world to her liking, all men would wear tweed coats, smoke aromatic pipes, and have friendly dogs at their feet. All women would he feminine in the old-fashioned sense. Wearing not frills, but uncluttered lines. All houses would have hathtubs instead of showers. And Chris would be curled up in an overstuffed chair. Before a quiet fire. In a comfortable English cottage. Catching up on Time. 93

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JAN MEECKE ,I an belongs in the. classroom . . . carefully explaining a historical point to her students . . . enunciating each word precisely . . . her forehead wrinkled. As she draws the explanation out line by line, the wrinkles fade, one by one. J an wants to belong in a classroom - this is her niche. But she is not a person afraid to try other ways, afraid to go outside her niche to make sure she has chosen correctly. She was not afraid to leave Dominican for a semester at USF, and likewise she was not afraid to return to Dominican, admitting that this was her present niche, that this was Where she was happy. J an worries a lot, but she also laughs a lot. Her class- room will not be a strictly serious one. Her own laughter, which comes often and lasts long, will make it lively. This sense of humor plus a certain graciousness makes her a wanted guest-she is a good mixer at any party. J an wants her world organized and is upset if plans result in confusion. When she sets her mind to do some- thing, she does it. She is no procrastinator . . . unless, of course, you consider sleeping in to be procrastination. Getting up in the morning is one of her special trials. Jan's plans are realistic and one can be sure they will be accomplished. Yet, she has her hidden dream: to be a princess. And there is something just a little regal about J an . . . something about her erect posture . . . her love of formals and Grecian curls . . . something indefinable in her fastidious dress and manner that makes her stand at little away from the crowd. 95