Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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And here we found the knowledge to shape our lives anew. CLASSES

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And so another year is past and over. There never can be another one like it. we say. and we are right. It was a magic year: it can- not repeat itself. No. it will not come round again: there will never be one like it. ever. This was the year which changed freshmen into sophomores, which brought sophomores almost to the threshold of the senior year, which saw one class go forth, and another come in to renew the cycle. No, the year can never come again, except as a memory — a picture in our minds. A picture of living at Meredith has many lines and colors, many patterns and the fragments of many scenes. It is a kaleidoscopic mosaic made up of more than j ust things seen. Perhaps we can give the outlines of a picture of this year: each must fill it in from her hoard of memories. The first sight of Meredith — all the new names and faces — the lines to be stood in tions crowding to be asked — all these are part of the first few days. Patterns evolved ziness of those days, and those patterns became the background for the picture. But those lin es! After looking at pictures of registration at Chapel Hill and at those of other neighbors we felt we weren ' t doing quite so badly. The thought wasnl so much comfort at the time we were standing, however. There is probably an art to standing in lines, and if we go to school long enough, we may catch on to it. In the mean- time we are looking up a portable chess set and one of those do-gimusses you stick in the ground and sit on at Ascott. The parties and receptions and other get-togethers were a welcome relief from the schedule of Orientation Week. The week vas invaluable in acquiring bearings. However, and when one could box the Meredith campus, it became less a collection of buildings and more one ' s home for the next several years, the frame for the picture which the year has painted. and the ques- from the diz- X 22