Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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M ll Reynolds, Ferrero, Freebairn, Parke, M. Porfer, F. M Growing up is a process fhaf occurs af Earlham fo one group of people every four years as surely as big May Day or measles epidemics. This year fhe class of '43 characferized fhe resulfs of fhis ageles process. If mighf be said fhaf in almosf every phase of our life we progress from green obscurify fo blessed mafurify buf as seniors in college we are especially aware of fhe feeling of smug safisfacfion, yef anficipafion fhaf comes fo us. Few of us have been exposed fo fhe full and alive experience of four years af Earlham, as shelfered and peaceful as if may be, wifhouf leaving a liffle of ourselves and emerging wifh more self-confidence, a sense of responsibilify and fhe essen- fial affifude of cooperafion. Qur firsf year leff us as rafher dubious survivors of fhe unusually powerful precedenf commif- fees and wifh many new friends. We were enfhusiasm personified. Many of us mef people from ofher parfs of fhe counfry for fhe firsf fime and we began fo feel guife cosmopolife. When we were Sophomores we made noise-good clean and loud noise which irrifafed our el- ders. Problems in campusfry were our main worry wifh big May Day running a close second. Lulcens, B. Whife, Lindley, G. Smifh, M. Merriff, Marcus Hadl f

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The Junior Oral Exam, dawning upon The Junior mind. Fingernails grow shorTer as we ignore The lcind advice oT The Seniors and wonder whaT we could possibly sTudy To prepare our- selves Tor The ordeal. Then comes The brighT day, apparenTly aT The mosT inconvenienT mo- menT Tor everyoneg we spend an only slighTly uncomTorTable guarTerhour wiTh a genial group oT TaculTy members and emerge wondering whaT all The Tuss was abouT. The class oT '44 embodies much dramaTic TalenT. To wiT, Eugene Q'Neill's Where The Cross is Made given Tree beTore a large and appreciaTive audience, as well as leading roles in all-college and lvl 84 lvl producTions. Theirs, Too, is aThleTic abiliTy and a gay class mood. The Juniors puT one over on all oT us and sTarTed ouT The year wiTh The TirsT class parTy. According To reliable auThoriTies, BuTch and Lou Fein were a mess aTTer The pie-eaT- ing conTesT, buT everyone was happy. NX here The LT. M

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Our ihird year in college saw us begin 'ro assume some of 'rhe responsibiliries of life in a more serious manner. l94I broughi ihe war and we were forced To be more serious-minded. Cognizani of Jrhe iaci ihai our days were numbered, we feverishly began +o cram siudy and play info as many hours as possible. This, our senior year, has been more disiinciive rhan any oiher. We have gloried in being looked up 'ro by underclassmen and shared much in common wiih 'rhe laculiy. These rhings were maierialized by leadership in organizaiions and by such inspiring occasions as The iaculiy breal- lasi and Prexy's garden pariy. Our ranlcs were sadly depleied and disorganized by rhe draii which swepi Earlham as well as oiher small colleges. Ivlany oi our men were unable io gradu- aie wiih The class. The acquisiiion of The quarier sysiem leii liiile 'rime for anyihing buf srudye ing and we couldn'i seem io aiiain hall our goals for The year. In spiie oi ihese odds we had as much lun as any senior class. We clamped down on unruly freshmen, led lhe parade 'ro rhe Tiv rush, reigned ai a rainy, 'rhough gala May Day, and carried on wiih rhe rradiiional Senior picnic wilh midnighi hilariiy and nosialgic reminiscences. June 2I will see us leaving our dear old Earlhamu relucianrly, yer eager and ready lo gc our and conquer new worlds, coniinuing ihe eiernal process oi growing up . S.-5 S Hun- ani nuff- 'Q-s 'ca ' 4 - ' -' '