Elmira College - Iris Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY We've acquired it-we hope . . . that thing called dignity . . . Now we're nearly at the top . . . diplomas are in view . . . memories interfere, though . . . so numerous . . . so pleasant and amusing, for all our dignity! Frequent questions . . . do you remember . . . do you recall . . . do you know . . . Yes-we remember . . . Freshman year . . . so near, yet so far. That organized, official feeling when we chose Dottie Graeves as our President . . . our proud an- nouncement by which we adopted Miss Finter as patron saint . . . our hilarious attempts to become French for an evening in French Circle . . . our pride in our artistic ability . . . our debut as actresses in The Sleeping Beauty . . . picnics with Miss Finter . . . May Day . . . Sophomore year . . . and our rampage upon Cowles Hall! Our satisfaction that we really belonged . . . that we owned the privilege of being 'Quninvitedn guests to a Junior-Frosh picnic . . . that the failure to guess Freshman President was only abiding by tradition . . . that our cooling system with the iceberg-penguin atmos- phere at the Soph Hop was quite effective . . . that last-minute psych notebooks were an accepted mores . . . Second semester brought further dramatic endeavor! Presentation of the Prince and the Pamper . . . May Day breakfast for our Senior sisters . . . our delightful luncheon . . . Junior year meant little sisters. Remember our concern . . . our failure to outwit the Sophs at our picnic . . . the importance we felt in our capacity as escorts at the President's reception . . . Remember our Iris campaign . . . the ucoming out in those academic black formals on Cap and Gown Day . . . that breathless excitement which we felt about Junior Week-end . . . glamorous formals . . . thrilling dates . . . our sophisticated prom . . . that hectic two weeks of constant rehearsal to present The Swan . . . Junior Hop in the spring . . . and Junior Banquet . . . Realization of the last . . . vacation over . . . we returned as Seniors! The ur le chr santhemums which we so envied last ear were at last a realit . Senior P P Y Y Y Week-end . . . swinging and swaying . . . raising our banner . . . Calling it a day with our Thes is resentation . . . Re eatin our former buddies, success with a P P g Christmas dance in the gym . . . After Christmas . . . memories growing more clear . . . grim rehearsals for our last dramatic fling . . '. the familiar word uagencyn . . . completion of practice teach- ings . . . Things always must end . . . but they begin, too . . . best of luck-every- one-from thirty-eight!

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Elliott, Dunham, Finter, Greene, Swain MARGARET DUNHAM ,. HELEN SXVAIN GRACE GREEN LYDIA ELLIOTT Miss FINTER . SENIOR CL E301 A . . . President Vice-President . . . Secretary . . . Treasurer Patron Saint SS, I938

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SENIORS BACORN, BLANCHE BAKER, MILDRED BARBER, PHYLLIS BATTERSBY, MARY BINSVVANGER, EMMA SUE BRINSNIAID, DORIS - BROOKS, ELIZABETH BROYVN, DORIS BRUNNER, HELEN BUCKPITT, DOROTHY CHURCHILL, THEODORA COLE, ELIZABETH COLEMAN, FRANCES COOPER, JANE CRUIKSHANK, MARIAN DAVIES, EDYVINA DAVIS, VERA DOOLITTLE, BLANCHE DUNHAM, MARG.ARET DYTMAN, ALBERTA EDNVARDS, ELIZABETH ELLIOTT, LYDIA ELWVOOD, CORA FIERO, ETHEL FIX, IQATHERINE FLETCHER, HILDA FRIANT, DORIS GODFREY, CAROLINE GRAEX'ES, DOROTHY GREENE, GRACE HARRIS, CAROLYN HENDERSON, GRACE HENNESSY, MARY ELIZABETH HICKS, CORALEE HOFFMAN, MARJORIE HOLLENBECK, VIRGINIA HOY, ELIZABETH IRION, EVELYN X321