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

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MARILYN SPEEG Marilyn is a curious blend of the Southern belle and the Women's Equality advocate. To look at her and to listen to her is to gain the impression of fluttering eye- lashes and ruflles. But there is a touch of Scarlet O'Hara in Marilyn. Although her forceful femininity and charm have attracted a string of beaus from Texas, her native state, to California, she is not a submissive person. Mari- lyn knows what she wants and will not let anyone, even a man, stand in her way towards attaining it. And like Scarlet, Marilyn is no struggling damsel, as those who have sailed with her can attest. Cenerously including many friends in her Saturday outings, Marilyn automatically considers her guests her crew. She is as happy in cut-offs and a sweatshirt, teaching her partners the rudiments of sailing, as she is sitting in Bertrand teaching a new bridge player the basics of that game. Underneath her feminine wiles is a quick and logical mind and a certain determination about everything she does. Marilyn is family-oriented: a career in social work will not stop her from caring for a family and a home of her own. Marilyn's southern accent is her major tie to the South. With a slow drawl she offers her frank opinions. Her 'gTara is the state of Texas, and her dream is to return there . . . to a colonial-style house . . . to the life of the Southern belle. And since tomorrow is another day, maybe tomorrow, Marilyn will do just that. l3I

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BERNIE SPENCER If she didn't consider herself too '4shy,', Bernie would always be in the midst of a lively uhappeningf' She loves drama and excitement. In children, especially in her nieces and nephew, Bernie sees life and activity, and, if she were able, she would establish her own school just to enjoy children's questions and answers. Bernie is drawn to both a life 'of activity and of peace- ful reflection: working, dating, and fun in L.A. have their attraction, but she also dreams of a quiet retreat to the islands of the South Pacific. ln the privacy of her room, with her goldfish only, Bernie may often be found making paper mosaics, reading Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, writing 'cweird stories, or prac- ticing modern dance . . . with background music some- times from the classics, sometimes from the Supremes or Brazil '66. Constantly exercising the L'woman's prerogative, Bernie will go out to dinner fully intending to order a salad, decide on chicken, and settle for av cheeseburger. But in the more serious matters-her studies and her beliefs-Bernie is not easily swayed. Aware of the pres- ent, often seeming more current than the newspaper, meditative about the past, expecting much of the future, and afraid only of bugs-this is Bernie. Seldom moody, she could have named her goldfish '4Sunshine after herself. l33