Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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THE 1917 LLAMARADA crackers, the faculty, etc. As life in general maintains more or less constant char- acteristics, so college life in particular must be limited in its phases, but it is in the variation of these that the interest of the l,I,,xM,xR,xn,x lies. Who would have thought in IQI4, for example, when we, the student body, pledged ourselves not to do the modern dances, that the very next year a class in these dances would be organized among the faculty! Something new under the sun at Mount Holyoke! The greatest value ofa College Annual, however, is personal. Our own limmix- R.-XDA and those of the classes we knew in college are the ones which we treasure most highly, because there we find reflected the life We knew, we find the pictures of our own friends, and smile in recalling the incidents which occurred while we were still undergraduates. hlanifestly, the Year Book cannot reflect the entire college lifeg its function is rather to suggest, to touch lightly here and there, that we may in seeing a part, recall more, warmed by a feeling of loving remembrance for the whole. , E gavw oe? I2

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LLAMARAD 1917 I hiinfial OU have doubtless observed, gentle reader, that the volume in your hands, the l,1.AM,xRADA for 1917, is the Year Book published by the Junior Class of Mount Holyoke College. One would imagine, since twenty-one issues have already appeared, that the meaning of the term Llamarada,' was quite clear to the college public at least, and yet definitions vary widely, from that of the lCditor of the Mount Ilolyolee who called it an address bookfl to that of the ambitious business manager who described it to a merchant as a philanthropic institution for putting your ads before the publicf, To make clear the true nature and func- tion of the I,I,,x1v1,xRAD,x, let us detain you a moment with a word of introduction. l,lamarada', is a Spanish word, denoting a spark or flash of witf, It is the glint of humor, the twinkle of wit which distinguishes the reflection of college life as given back by the l,l.AMAlm1m from those found in the Mount Ilolyolee, the Catalogue, and the hfl7't'J'll,7I16l'Il Bible. Consider the grave exposition of campus and college life as found in these altogether Worthy publications, and you will turn Wlllh 3 Sigh Of relief to a portrayal which is, if on a lower literary plane, at least on good terms with the Spirit of Comedy. As a social Blue Book, the l,lLA1x1,xR1x1m is a useful institution. 1-lere you will find listed the names and addresses of administrative officers, faculty, and studentsg the names and officers of college organizations, as well as the calendar for the past Year. The individual photographs of the members of the Junior Class appear each year, so that the college passes in review through successive issues. While this statistical information serves as a direct source of illumination on college life, interesting side-lights are thrown on less conspicuous features, by the much-maligned stufling. We have heard it said that the jokes from year to year, treat- always the same subjects: gym, hash, radiators, lfrcshmen, college II

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l 1 I l l 3 1 I l I 1 it: Student 'League . In 1898, the first plan of self-govern- ment was submitted to the faculty. This was approved, and it has remained un- changed in its essential provisions. The executive power of the league is vested in the president and a 'committee con- sisting of a member of the faculty elected by the League, and representa- tives from each of the four classes. The purpose of the League, as found in the constitution, is to enact and enforce rules and regulations, according to the grant of powers given by the faculty, to maintain the highest ideals of honor and integrity in all manners of personal con- ductg to encourage active co-operation in the work of self-government, and to form an oiiicial body to give expression to the opinion of the students on matters of general college interest. The League is now a member of the Women's In- tercollegiate Association for Student Government. I3