Elms College - Elmata Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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IriJe belted credit wb ie credit id. due. And so, wearing tlie treasured Cap and Gown and holding in Tourmaline-graced hands the long awaited diploma, we turn to you, beloved parents for— Finis Goronat Opus— the end has crowned your work. Truly we have achieved, and yet the achievement is more yours than ours. Years ago the strong tree that is your love branched out and reaching to the heavens brought forth a tiny blossom of feminine life. How well you knew that before this bud could grow to rich maturity its youthful petals must be lost one by one. Tenderly your patience steadied us with gradually increasing responsibilities; and easily, painlessly, we shed the days of our carefree childhood. The blustery winds of a March-like adolescence, the April showers of youthful disappointments, successfully endured under your watchful guidance, brought us a deepening realization of our obligations and potential. Then, in the Maytime of our maturity, with your approval, we dedicated our four years of college to Mary, patroness of Our Lady of the Elms. Here the fruit of your love was brought to a firm and ripe maturity. It is June now and we are women, ready to accept what life will bring. Rooted in Christ through Mary, we step into the world amid a host of warm congratulations— but it is you, dear parents, who deserve them. “By their fruits you shall know them.’ If, then, we are worthy of this honor, or by our efforts have merited an award, it is merely that we reflect you, our loving parents; and so, in token of our appreciation WE DEDICATE OUR ELMATA TO YOU.