Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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5 4 A Q SO xousmuhs - - Tudo dwaw w. Mimi go BECAUSE the dream of Goucher students has only begun to take form, our classes must still be held at the in-town buildings. We have to be transported from our Towson campus to Charles and Twenty-third Streets. Buses were used for commuting but were soon eliminated because of gas rationing. How- ever, we were ready to meet any obstacle, so station wagons were used to convey us from Mary Fisher into Towson. From then on we were on our own; on our own meant, of course, to hop a streetcar. With the spirit of Some lucky freshmen 1mm: rlasses in the library at abdvegtgrehbeatmg 11:1 thur Sleaflts WC gally Mary Fisher oar e t e cars, an oun t em .not too bad. Now we have beaten the trall. We, the pioneers of ,43 have cleared the path from Mary Fisher t0 Goucher Hall. We join the masses en route to classes. IFS not a Afartin bombereit's the bus. 25

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A board some rsla, V--tm amaimtrscul for J Elise, greeting us from the steps of Bennettean integral part of the I'allcge scene. WARP-yes. But education must continue. The training of minds to take on the prob- lems 0f post-war reconstruction is just as im- portant as the training of hands to weld a shipls seaIn. Our classes go on as usual, i11- stilling in us the ability to think clearly and critically and above all with understanding. Our classes continue as usual, and yet there is a new undertone that is ever increasing and spreading, pressing with such force that it can not help but be voiced. It reveals itself in any class at any time. It has not been con- sciously suppressed, for we have not fully realized its existance. Now, at last, we are beginning to feel its power for it is becoming articulate. It is the underlying tone of the importance of now, of today, of this minute and this second. Classes are the same, yes, but they have taken on a new meaning for us. In any history Class, ancient, medieval or modern, we can find a campaign, a movement, a method that has its parallel on todayls battle front. In a literature course the writings that result from a war period are now more understandable to us. We are learning more because we are learning from experience. It is not only in the matter of class material that we find the life of today expressing itself. The class rooms and the class buildings are fllled with notices of lectures, forums and round table discussions on the war and on signihcant situations that the war has brought about. We are attending these meetings, for we realize, that before we can take any part in the war effort we must understand com- pletely all that has come about to create present conditions. Besides our regular classes, new courses have been introduced and are open to anyone in the college. Because of our close relations with the South American countries a Portu- guese class has been formed and Spanish has a new found popularity.