Fitchburg State University - Saxifrage Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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ROBERT HANSEN Bob Class president — Boyish naivite — Versatile athlete and sportsman — Able executive — Lover of life — Jovial companion — Dashing wit — Soangetaha. GERALDINE ANN MERRICK Gerry Dimpled — bright eyed — cheery — friendly inquisitiveness — conservative tastes — busi- ness-like in academic pursuits — enjoys life — fun to be with — calm unruffled disposition — literary ability.

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sure we all used the same pattern). Turning back the calendar for the Golden Anniversary of the alma-mater brought amazing and amusing results. Prow- ling through the family trunks also had some kind of results for some of us. 1944— 1945 You are never to old to learn — or something — because within two weeks we were back at the grindstone and the wheel. The first of the accelerated students graduated that August. Also the last group of cadets shipped-out taking with them Lts. Gardner and Dale and the latter ' s lady. Quiet — strange and loud settled upon Palmer Hall — still some us will never forget their presence here. This year the Winter Carnival was blacked out with shades of mourning for on Friday, January 26 our friend and highly esteemed president Dr. Charles Herlihey passed from our earthly midst. (Mr. Randall pitched in and made a very able acting president.) School days — school days and BANG! with the innocent faced, bedeviled-eyed offspring looking up worshipfully to receive your accumu- lated store of knowledge, you knew This was It! This was Training — that long dreaded — long strived for period of your career was under way and some- times it wasn ' t half as bad as some other times. Test-tubes — dampish purple, lavender, and white lilacs — butterflies and everything else reasonably springish were employed in our producing an atmosphere suitable for our Spring Social. Hardly had the music and song and stuff like that there died away when we heard the class songs (all three of them) echoing across front campus. And we watched, with two carat base- balls bobbed in between our tonsils, as half of our class, the half that had accelerated, graduated. United Nations was our Class Day Theme — remem- ber the Russians and those Beautiful Brazilians!! 1945 — 1946 Even most of the accelerated students stayed home this summer. Sep- tember, we came back — partly to recover from the wonders of having a whole carefree summer and partly to engage in the almost unbelievable surealistic state of being a senior. The year was far more realistic than we had hoped for and we seriously wonder if we will survive the avalanche of higher learning being heaped upon us, we believe, however we shall. We still can hardly believe we have actually arrived at this our last year. Our social calendar got underway with a senior dungaree and lumber jacket outing at Queen ' s Lake in Phillipstown. On Dec. 12, 1945, the seniors donned cap and gown for the first time and followed the Academic proces- sion at the inaugural of our new, young, witty, and personable President Dr. William Sanders. The Class received a transfusion of new blood on January 21 with the return of a dozen X-GI ' s. The Sax, Stick, Gav., Mohawks, Epsilon Pi Tau were administered. Convalescent stage had passed and full recovery of class spirit was in sight. We look forward to the Gav-Hawk Formal, the Junior-Senior Prom, Saxifrage Dance, Class Day, and Graduation. Our plans too are reaching far into and past the summer of 46: Our teacher training is over . . . and what we make of ourselves, as a class and individuals lies ahead. Only one problem is unsolved, only one question unanswered — Where are the nails?

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PRISCILLA MORLEY Prissy ' Pretty Little Busybody ' — cute — petite — ready to laugh — willing to work — ingenious ideas — definite interest in teaching — art — artistic to the brim — lover of the artistic and aesthetic — short in stature but full in stand- ards — dancing partner deluxe — delightful sense of humor. STANLEY POTTS Stan- Conservative as a blue serge suit — thorough worker — designer of unique jewelry — deci- sive in opinions — pronounced independence — Soangetaha.