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We acquired freshmen sisters, and tried to shelter them from the evils which had befallen us. We lived in Residence Hall (later named Pitts) and we spent most of our time taking showers, and bouncing on our luscious beds. Classes became more difficult, and we chose our major subjects. No more changing of minds now — We began to realize too that our college days were half gone. Junior privileges seemed grand, but we found that we had very little time to use them. As the days passed, we began to realize, also, that we must soon assume the leadership of all campus activities. We were flattered, but very frightened also. We recalled how we, as freshmen, had admired and respected the seniors, and we wondered if we could ever be good examples to our younger classmates. The first week of our senior year was a jumble of disappointment, happiness, prep- aration and surprise. We scoured the city for caps and gowns. We were forced to tell the new students that we were seniors! They thought we were freshmen! ! The first Sunday morning we donned our black academic attire and marched in to church. We felt all eyes upon us; and we sin- cerely hoped everyone would know from that day forward that we were seniors! Classes crashed down upon us as never be- fore, and we spent endless hours reading parallel. The line of the campus was: If any- one wants me, I ' m in the library. We attended initiation in a group and our sentiments were divided between the poor frosh and our sister sophs. Oh, the responsi- bility of being a senior. Christmas holidays and then exams, and we settled down to our last semester of college. Our senior privileges did us little good; for we had little time, and there was a definite man- power shortage. We went on a money- SENIOR STORE making campaign and derived the name of Bologna Queens for the tons of sandwiches we sold. With spring came comprehensives and recitals. The grand recitals showed every- one what we had known all the time — that we had the most talented class ever. (We aren ' t a bit con- ceited.) The last two weeks of school were busy ones for us. We divided our time between exams, parties, and a general good time. Grad- uation gifts made the mail call especially ex- post oppice citin S- And we donned our caps and gowns doz- ens of times just to see how they looked. Commence- ment Sunday gave us our first taste of the great occasion; and we had already been made members of the Alumnae Association. At midnight we sang our goodbyes to our beloved classmates and we felt as if we couldn ' t possibly leave them. The great day dawned. Our graduation day. The day that we ' d waited and worked for. We put on our robes for the final ceremony, and with it acquired a dignity which we had not thought possible. Clutching our diplomas we walked out of Dobbs to re- ceive the congratulations of our friends and parents. We glanced toward Smith and remembered the first time we ever saw it; and through our minds passed the many memories of the Class of ' 44.
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MEMORIES OF THE CLASS OF ' 44 If you had chanced upon the L. C. Quad- rangle on September 7, 1940, you would have found many a lowly freshman groping her way into the halls of her new Alma Mater. We were FRESHMEN from the tops of our new permanents to the tips of our clean saddle shoes. At first we marveled at the friendliness of the upperclassmen — espec- ially the sophomores! Oh, those lovely girls!!! But there came a time (3 a. m., it was) when we wondered how anything this side of a concentration camp could be so gruesome. We bowed and scraped and recited and apologized, and then bowed and scraped some more . . . Why, they couldn ' t do this to us. We were tax - paying, law - abiding citizens! Why, we ' d . . . But all our threats came to naught, for after initiation we forgot our persecution, and began to regain a small portion of our self- confidence. The juniors then adopted us, and mysterious gifts began to pop up most unexpectedly. How won- derful to learn your sister ' s identity and appreciate her even more. Our first college graduation left us in awe. We said tearful goodbyes to our classmates, and realized suddenly that we were no longer college freshman. We were the most angelic of sopho- mores. No, we wouldn ' t treat the freshmen as we had been treated . . . The sophomore year dawned, and we sophs con- descended to meet the freshmen, and give them the benefit of our experience as college students. Initiation proved to be much harder on us than on the freshmen. The sea food was especially trying. Came December and war! We skipped lunch to hear the President ' s message to Con- gress. We began First Aid courses, and we spent hours swathing our friends in bandages. It was even harder to say good- bye to our friends this year. Our sister class was graduating, and we really hated to see them go. When they took their tables we gave them a supper banquet, and lots of money, too. And, oh, the tears we shed on Graduation Day. Our junior year gave us added responsibil- ity, and perhaps a shade of dignity. Many of our classmates had not returned, and we missed them deeply.
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