Hartwick College - Oyaron Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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Retrospect ln retrospect,-we see our college days with a certain amount of pride. Although filled with the ex- citement of receiving a college degree, we still have some reservations and can not help wondering what the future will hold. It seems like such a short time ago when, fresh out of high school, we entered college. Maybe we were callow, but we did not think so at the time. It is difficult to realize that four years have elapsed since we wore freshman beanies and were introduced to our first roommate. But since that day, much has happened. We have been exposed to great educational and cultural opportunities, and now stand waiting to take our positions as responsible citizens in an ever-shrinking world. But, besides an education, college has given us new friends. We have come to understand and appreciate the value of true friendship and have made friends whom we know we will not lose when our college days are over. Already we are making plans to see them again. Another year has passed and we are able to look back on what was surely a year of great change. Alumni Hall opened in the Fall ready to house 160 women. The dedication of the new Science Build- ing took its place among the highlights of the year. Smith Hall, the new men's dormitory, caused roads to be torn up. Remember how we sloshed through the mud on rainy days?

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the election the winner Students make their choice and mark their ballots Retiring president George Bruno congratulates Bill Gates on his recent election.

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Enthusiasm for soccer continued to soar as the Warriors beat Notre Dame in Indiana. As part of the Festival of Arts and to celebrate the Bard's birthday, The Cardboard Alley Players presented Shakespeare's HTWelfth Nightf' Plans for the coming three-three-plus plan continued and the Concert Choir and the Oyaron Hill Singers were 'invited to perform at the New York World's Fair. This year saw some of the world's great personalities for the last time. The world was grieved at the assasination of President John F. Kennedy. Aldous Huxley and William Faulkner, both noted for their contributions to literature, passed away. Pope Paul succeeded John XXIII after the latter's sad demise, and General Douglas lVIacArthur, re- nowned for military diplomacy, also died. The Civil Rights Crisis shook the nation. School prayers were outlawed by the Supreme Court, the nuclear subma- rine Thresher sank with 129 men, and the P1'0fl1mO-Wa1'd- Keeler-Ivanov scandal almost toppled the British government. The tragic Alaskan earthquake wrought unmeasurable de- struction and death. Hollywood saw Elizabeth Taylor Wilding Todd Fisher Burton star in the 343,000,000 spectacular film HCleopatra.,' Elsewhere a new music craze swept America and the campus. The Beatles, four long-haired singers from Liverpool, made their mark on the annals of music history. Now as we come down the home stretch of the final lap, We realize that our four years at Hartwick have been cram- med full of excitement, besides plenty of work. Having passed through the successive stages of greeness, conceit, and dignity we can look back contentedly on those days gone by. There were times we wondered if the day would ever come for graduation. For some of us it has.