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

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In dedicating this Llamarada to President and Mrs. Richard Glenn Gettell, we want to welcome them again, no longer as new-comers, but as dear anti familiar figures of our college life. The) have participated not only in formal leas and gracious living dinners but have also joined with us in the fun of C.i. jam sessions» Halloween trick-or-treat and O.C. square dances. Their presence at eve- ning lectures and chapel services has made them an integral part of the more seri- to ns at college gathering, an innovation widely acclaimed by the student body. nd he won our full lovalty at the ceremonv of his inauguration. 9 • 9 C We waited with eagerness last fall for the Presidents Convocation address, which would outline his views for Mount Holyoke’s future. It came in the form 9 of a challenge: the Mount Holyoke undergraduate and alumna should war on mediocrity” and war on war. You told us. President Gettell, that it is in the power of women, as wives and mothers, to improve the world. We accept this faith with humility, but we take up the challenge with courage. s the first graduating class of your administra- tion, we shall go out into the world determined to acknowledge the inspiration of your words by action. 5