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

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The brass ring hours of the morning, in the smaller Merry- Go-Hound, Wilbur . . . And the greenest leaf of the laurel wreath to the seniors, who knew the best things always come last. What we had suspected in the atmosphere of Soph Hop, that Hash we had caught at Junior Prom, that intangible essence was ours that night. We have had it. we pass it on to '41. '7Via Lucky Tcllmc

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luxior- Mattox Stoddard, Daris. Robirhaitd February 23 For our ho s ho in Leadership.’ the class of ’40 places proud gold stars beside the names of our past presidents; respectively, from ’36 to 10. Dean Ilosken, Vfaddie Chittenden. Meg Ross and Judy Stoddard. There are other innumerable deeds of worth accountable to these members of our Hall of Fame, which spell competent guidance, as well as their presidencies. And for additional appreciation and recognition, we nominate all the supporting officers who have helped each year of ‘40. On the evening of February twent v-third. a laurel wreath for graceful gaiety wfas worn by the proud Senior dancers: because (Jiapin became a Ylcrrv-(Jo-Kound. with a red. vel- low and blue streamered hoop of tremendous size, suspended from the ceiling. Because geometric carnival animals grinned from the balcony paneling, and circus horses under strings of lights, twined themselves around striped posts. Because rampant gold lions typically decorated white leather programs, and because Jack Teagarden's orchestra in- vited the swing and swish of lull-skirted loveliness to our favorite. All tin Things You Are . . . There were other reasons, too . . . Mr. Ham's deep genial chuckle from the receiving line . . . breakfast toward the wee

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 , furibus I)u4 So this is Tow nr IIoust ? we ask rhetori- cally. knowing very well thal it is . . . such wonderful details: the unquestionable pleas- ure of steak cooked over an open fire, our Little Illuc llca en. a smoke beneath the tree, and our Hospitality, our talent in pic - ture and word left for our successors, and that deep, sweet peace . . . To kind and generous friends we owe our complete grati- tude» for providing llu» senior class with this chance to express this gracious domesticity which is so becoming to us. The future Women ol the» World, scholars, we are. and career girls . . . artists, politicians, scientists . . . hut the skill we showed with a skillet, we wen» actualK distinguished at the» dishpan. We need not fear the roll call on the» moun- tain top. There is a talent prominent in the» class of 10. it is niarrv -able. » February 27 • I In three french pictures in the series, told in farce, the story of a cheat: the» well known tab of AMPHITRYON: and de- scribed the escape from a German wartime prison. The Spanish film told of the life be- low the» Rio Orande. KWIOK 1 SKK. the Swiss picture», studies a doctor's struggle to regain his own sanity, after a death due to his experimentation. LIKBKLKI is a talc of tragic love in old Vienna. e saw these with pleasure and enthusiasm, suffering and en- joying in so many languages that we fell we w ere the most cosmopolitan of cosinopolitans. W e really hope we understood as many as we thought we did. Foreign t('fairs 29