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

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SUSAN KATHLEEN CLIFFORD Boise, Idaho MAJOR: SOCIAL SCIENCES MINUR: ART HISTORY Community Service '66, '67, '68 YUUHS R0IJl1b1iU2mS TIS, '69 Irish Club '67, '68, ,69 Drama Productions '66

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SN OOK BUXTON Snook's life is a satisfying balance between discontent and complacency. Add to this her belief that laughter is indeed athe best medicine and one soon finds that depres- sion rarely survives in an environment that includes Snook. Snook has the country girlis philosophy of early to bed, early to rise -this to the dismay of her roommate and bathmates who find her c'gentle voice an intrusion on their only morning to sleep in. But she hangs her head in genuine regret, says 'cl been bad, and almost at once is forgiven. Her plans often contain more madness than method but always result in pure fun. One such 'gmadv moment gave San Francisco another Miss Shamrock from Dominican. Although very much in the center of things she has a dif- ferent and candid perspective, she reacts with others like a squirt of carbonation. Snook's imagination and her re- ality are expressed in a splash of primary colors-basic, open, without guile or deception and consistently bright and optimistic. Her tall, loose frame speaks of the relaxed, comfortable attitude that draws people to her. This pied piper's charm is her spontaneity. With seemingly little effort she makes her presence known and enjoyed, for she is as unique as her name. Wherever Snook is, her mood is felt, and wherever she has been, she will be remembered. 3l

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SUSIE CLIFFORD Completely feminine with unabashed f1'iendliness, Susie is sure to charm any female and fascinate any man. Children are openly attracted to her and she returns the affection with a delight reserved for things frank and beautiful, of nature and man. Susie,s judgment, though, very often leads her astray. She nourishes a special type of innocence that immedi- ately believes whatever it hears. Sunday-night stories are told with wide eyes to delighted friends - the stories slightly exaggerated, because her perception registers events in capital letters. Her ability to make each individ- ual feel himself the center of her attention wins her many an admirer. But her lack of ability to say uno backs her into situations which end in near-disaster. Susie is extreme-for better or worse. Her little girl charm inspires affection in her friends, because whoever is around her inevitably finds his spirits lifted. After she goes, however, a simmering count to ten may begin when it is discovered that so also went one's best sweater, last pair of nylons, or most vital cosmetic. Seemingly unaware of this extreme test of friendship, Susie later bounces in and goes unreprimanded, her own generosity being the saving grace. Susie extends an unquestioned love, whose whys and whcrefores exist only within her unstructured mind, inexplicable possibly even to herself. 33