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

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October 9 Even a Scarecrow The gloom of a rainy morning . . . will this be the day? Suddenly at eight twenty-three the hell ringing wildly . . . shouts of joy from the library, sandwiches expert I) concocted. hikes loaded with blank- ets and food, tires pumped .. . Then the hills and the eall of the open road. s we pushed ourselves and our hikes up the steeper grades we were passed by hay wagons piled with students, buses headed for the ranges, and we caught a glimpse of faculty cars tearing by us. Outing Club opened its doors and we forgot our new burden of being seniors. few of us saw for the first time our new domain. Tow ne House ...oh that week-end still Income . . . oh the joy of being Seniors. October 18 Even a scarecrow needs a brain . . . paper hat. patch, how tie, and deeds of foolish valor . . . need we sav we can remember “I your most sub- missive . . Eight-thirty a. m. 10

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I rUnirsliif) of h aiths Council HvrtL Carrington. I.it mm is. Ileal, lien- ton• If illun, Abell October I nmiall v I lie Fellowship of Faiths holds a Candlelight service in the chapel. In start off its year’s activities, bringing the whole community together in quiet worship on the first Sunday night after college opens. Every Wednesday evening al nine-thirty, the Fellowship provides another opportunity for worship in a short service in the little chapel, conducted by a student leader. The directing Council includes Mary Jane Fur- rington, Chairman; Martha Luminis. Bar- bara Beal. Emily Byrd. Frances Frazer. Jean Benton, Jean Byrd, Elizabeth Abell, Kuth W illan and class and faculty represent at i es. ’ The purpose of the Fellowship shall he to promote creative spiritual life through the association of persons of all faiths in the effort to seek the realization of the highest spiritual values. The Fellowship shall pro- vide opportunity for the worship of Cod; for guidance in meeting intellectual and Spiritual problems and for expression of the spiritual life in purposeful action. II ednesday Evening. 9

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But six o'clock ilie social order was restored . . dinner, with Senior and Freshman united ... Winter arnival“ ieariously in Chapin, and ice cream ... Ml this a sign that the morning was in fun. white of ultra-sophistication. Thi 8 is Llamic dance . . . Freshmen hehold how it is done in the approved Holyoke style . . . Barbara Fate and her committees are responsible for the kind of dance we are proud to have to initiate you into. this, our social life . . . Newt Perry’s orchestra, very swing. Chapin turned into a new world, gowns as onl we can wear them, flowers to fit the mood, and these are the men we told you about . . . This dance which is such fun for you. so nice for him. is helping us . . . Mamie dance helps to pay for the publica- tion of this year hook. Arc you having any Fun? UJJ said! October 20 Chapin in a new mood: new sound, new background ... so these are the sidewalks of New York, lighted by street lamps, under the shadow of the sky-scrapers which mark the horizon ... the black and So here is October and college is really going at a normal pace . . . blue books, cokes in the village, movies in Holyoke, cigarettes on Pageant, typing in the dining room long after ten, blind dates, reserve hooks, and Friday fish. 11