Elms College - Elmata Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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TOREWORD The culmination of the memories of four years usually results in a Year Book ---- the most representative part of the Senior Year. Cften it is regarded as a link between the days of present and past. However,the Class of '42 has met with an unexpected obstacle. we are entering our first year of a war that has struck us with blind- ing and bewildering force. We have been required to abandon many of the traditions closest to our hearts,and our Annual Elmata falls naturally into this category. Never-the-less,we have something to leave our college,and future oolligiennes. In the following pages we leave a pictorial and literary record of these years at our College of Our Lady of the Elms. A few months ago,before we realized that this project must be put aside,we had already planned on a foreword. The familiar phrase, Hwhere are the snows of yesteryear?N had seemed fitting to express the experiences of our college days--N-our snows of yesteryear. But now,far from comparative peace and contentment,we are not satisfied merely with looking backwards. Yes,we want to see the results of these four years in retrospection ---- but we also want to see beyond these years,for we want to envision a future dedicated onee again to shining ideals. And so we leave this Pseudo-Year Book to the young women who will follow us,as a memorial to our War days. we leave the hope that this generation may see good will restored to God's peoplegthat men may find themselves in truth and honestyg that we may regain the courage which has been lost in a haze of fem, burnish it to a blazing splendor and pass it on,as a thing of beauty, to posterity.

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X And here is our background. we are proud of its strength of architecture ---its expanse of lawh--- its simplicity of style. Uifficult though it may be to reflect an atti3ude,we will have succeeded if have caught a hit of the college spirit ix viewing our attempts to reveal the significant points ox EDD col1e4e atmosphere. We waht you to see those places to which we have become so attached---that favorite spot in tFe library---the walk to the grotto---our 'hapel.