Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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freshman Class THE sv arm of freshmen who appeared on the campus last Octc her caused the upperclassmen to gaze in open- eyed surprise, e cr ha l there been such a large influx. There were tall ones and small ones, oungsters an l some not so x ' oung. Some were sh - and some were not — alike were all in one thing alone; the - were sons of George- town — li e Hundred strong. And each now became enriched with a hun- dred and fifty-sexen ears of outstanding tradition, heralded in the tall spires of Healy and the colonial approaches of Old North. Yet suddenly back to 194b, when told his room could be found high on the fourth floor of that Flemish structure, whose tower, da - and night, boomed out the hour with uncannx precision. With a roommate, each man climbed the long winding staircases; and a battery of crossfire began — What ' s c)ur name? , Where are you from! ' .Are sou a xeteran What branch .And so on until they reached the roof top of Healy. .A quick glimpse at door numbers, the disco er - of an assigned room, a Hop on the beds, and a panting climax — Well, we re here! Drama such as this was being enacted that first night in every campus dormitory. It was a comedy of errors; but of it, many a serious and lasting friendship was born. A good night ' s sleep ; and with the dawn, the scene shifted to registration and arranging of schedules for a long and strenuous year in the classroom and the burning of the midnight oil. The remaining time was marked by a mad rush from one room to another, taking tests 76