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

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There have been many changes on the campus since I came as can of Residence in 1937. I have naturally been particularly con- fned with those connected with the residence halls and student tivities. ,Abbey Hall was completed in 1939, Lakeside Cnow Torreyl in 149, Buckland, on the former site of Peterson Lodge, in 1956, ospect in 1959 and 1837 Hall in September 1962. Eastman, Ed- trds and Mountain View, once student houses, are now faculty artments. The Student Government Association replaced the Community Jvernment in 1945 and itself underwent a thorough revision last ring with a new constitution. During my years here, the College has met the ups and downs of orld War II, The Korean War, hurricanes, droughts and Hoods. To students who see the College from the experience of four years re, changes may appear to come very slowly, so it is perhaps good casionally to take a longer view. The College has strength and .ilience, and it will, I have confidence, continue to grow and adapt changing times. But one thing which I am sure will be the same len the Class of 1964 comes back for reunions is the warm wel- me which awaits all of our returning alumnae QI Catherine P. Robinson C.-.rh,.,,g.a 'P 1.-gk gf5zV3,j,,,, -WH ,,: Q 1 au. I sk, , . g ff 'li 'Ee ,,, K 3, 4,1 . t' wi:-.1. .7 lfiif E, C :: 'I'-,z EHWQi 'fini 9.',f 5f5J!f ' we ' HWEFViQHM 'M We were L

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l Increasingly I am Wearied of the pun- dits, the magazine writers, the pseudo- sociologists and -psychologists who have been spewing forth generalizations about women: the woman's vote, the womenis colleges, the status of women, beauty vs. brains, the feminine mystique-ad infini- tum ad nauseam. The same could be, but generally is not, written about men. The reason escapes me why, so often, men are treated as individuals, as persons, and women as stereotypes. Differences within the sexes, it seems to me, are fully as im- portant as differences between them. Each sex is made up of persons who vary tre- mendously in capacity, in training, in in- terests, in motivation, and in social respon- sibility. Over the years Mount Holyoke women have been a select minority: persons of unusual ability and of unusual determi- nation to use their talents constructively for the benefit of others. They have made the World a slightly better place because of the individual contribution of their lives. This has given them self-respect, and the respect of others. I have every reason to believe that the members of the Class of 1964 will, throughout their lives, add further luster to this admirable tradition Q Richard Glenn Gettell ICAKULK fa fx 5 X

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l The 127th year of Mount Holyoke College, known in the outside world as 1963-1964, will I am sure be remembered by everyone at Mount Holyoke as the year of The New Curriculumf' Actually the changes in the curriculum which were put into effect in 1963 do not add up to a new curriculum. Mount Holyoke's fun- damental ideas about a liberal education were not changed, but certain procedures and structures were altered, we hope to the advantage of students and fac- ulty members. The new sorts of introductory courses are meant to provide greater continuity between sec- ondary school and college, making it possible for stu- dents to meet the general education requirements by courses which are neither repetitive nor beyond their grasp. As to the shift from a live course program to a four course program, this was meant not to achieve an easier academic life for faculty members and students, but to provide everyone in the college with a less com- plicated pattern of life in which it would be possible to concentrate on and achieve a deeper understanding of fewer subjects at any one time. This has been only the first year of the experiment, but I hope that for every- one who can remember the 'gold daysf' it has proved to be more satisfying, and that for freshmen it has been a program into which they have been able to move with continued stimulus and reward lj Meribeth E. Cameron 20 QJMLJXE Qftwww