Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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As Donnybrook Fair goes to press, a rather momentous event is in the oHing. It comes about every four years and in this, G0uchefs 75th, takes on the dignity borne by another facet of our anni- versary celebration. The event is our Mock Political Convention, in which the entire college takes part, and from which comes G0ucher93 choice for Presi- dent of the United States in the year 1960. In the process of bringing about the selection of our candidate, some changes become evident: the fourteenth of May becomes a red-letter day; the eleven houses become eleven states, each having its own idea of a suitable nominee; a bull roast tthe entire bullU is placed on the agenda for the big day; and slogans, buttons, and promises are distributed with generosity. Keynote speakers of renown are invited to take part, and the issues of federal aid to municipalities and urbanization tkey woch are placed on the projected platforms. Mock Political Convention Not included in the actual events of the day, but outstanding in general value to the student body is the basic purpose of the Mock Political Convention: to bring to the attention of us thinking women the importance of national and local poliu

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the Barn as the center for spiritual gatherings. The Goucher campus of tomorrow will also include a swimming pool, a Maintenance Center, and new dormitories. These new facilities will not only add grace and convenience to the physical layout of the Coucher College campus, but will also enrich the life of the entire college community. However, our new buildings will serve little purpose if our individual mental development is not commensurate with the physical expansion of the college. We young women have far more opportunities than our Goucher sisters had seventy-five years ago. Unlike them, we can enter the professional world and in nearly every area can take our places beside men as their intellectual equals. We are grateful to the anniversary program for stressing the prob- lems that we will be called upon to cope with immediately after our graduation. We are grateful to the Coucher faculty for tcguiding the course of our personal development so that it harmonizes with the good of the community?9 Couchervs destination is expansion; so is the destination of her daughters eexpansion of their facilities of clear thinking, originality, and discrimination.

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Senator Wayne Morse Left to right: S. Dorfman, P. Toltesy, B. Koch, L. Berlove. ll tics, and to enable us, through the knowledge we gain of such matters, to approach intelligently similiar instances te.g., presidential electiom in our adult lives. Barbara Koch, chairman of the Coucher National Committee, has guided the workings of her execu- tive committee towards making our convention a success; Karen Hersey as chairman of the Con- vention, Lucy Berlov as secretary, Milbrey Turner as Keynoter, and Diane Kressler as Parlia- mentarian, have clarified the details and mechanics of the event, while the members of the executive committee have done the rest to publicize the importance and value of college participation and the bull roast. Run in the exact manner of either the Republican or Democratic National Convention, ours has an advantage over both in that we finally select the best man for the job of president, regard- less of party affiliation. We are all new members of the Coucher Party, and we want to make sure that our country is run well!