Montclair State College - La Campana Yearbook (Upper Montclair, NJ)

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Row 1 : McLoughlin, N., Byrne, B., Englis, J., Janson, M. A. Row 2: Gondola J Cohen, P., Nucera, G. senior class officers president George Nucera vice president Joseph Gondola treasurer Barbara Byrne secretary Mary Ann Janson s.g.o. representative Joan Englis Page 7wenty-three

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faculty adviser Philip S. Cohen Vage ' Jtueiity-two

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senior class history V 1951 — the beginning of a new life — college life, remember the dinks, hazing end the fresh- man-sophomore peace dance and staring up at the ominous ' 55, thinking you would never make it? some did not, but many more did and lived through many new experiences, not only for them- selves but for the college as a whole, didn ' t we feel good when al jazzbo collins mentioned our purple grotto dance over webs and took time to come here to make it a huge success? 1952 — we were sophomores at last; signing plaques, ordering frosh to count bricks and feel- ing pretty good about the whole thing, we had the roaring twenties party in the rec. building, the first loser ' s party at the orchard rest, and many of us went to another mstc first, the girls ' inter- dormitory show. 1953 — the frosh were coming in; which one, among these young and eager people, was our little brother or little sister ? our class did it again; for the first time a girl was elected student government association president, the annua! car- nival and the formal dinner-dance at the robert treat hotel made second semester a memorable one. 1954 — seniors! ! the time had fiown, we made it. nothing stood between us and graduation; ex- cept statistics, philosophy, and practice teaching, we weathered these experiences and culminated our college careers in a whirl of informal and for- mal social events: the boat ride up the hudson to the picnic at bear mountain; the president ' s recep- tion in russ hall; the senior banquet at the robin hood inn; the wonderful, wonderful night of din- ing and dancing at the waldorf-astoria hotel; the solemn, sunset baccalaureate service in the am- phitheatre, realizing that this was almost the last time we would be together as the class of ' 55; and, the day of days, tears, joy and promises of letterwriting and keep in touch filled the air as we sat, for the last time experiencing something we all had worked for, the completion of an im- portant phase of our lives — graduation day, June 9, 1955. Page 7wenty-four