Notre Dame College - Moorings Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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i i afternoon, we made our debut at the GA., which was to become the most popular ren- dezvous of our Junior year. September I9-49-and the weighty choice of major and minor was upon us. With credits closely counted and periods duly un- scrambled, we finally put our noses to the grind. Education minors haunted Lavelle on Thursdays and Fridays, Commerce students battled gamely with the dictaphone while the Science majors disappeared entirely, Hannah Mangan, officially only a Soph, be- cause of an extended leave of six months, became our chief executive and led us in the adoption of the uninitiated Frosh. No time was lost in transforming Lavelle Hall into a veritable Notre Dame gridiron, complete with goal posts, yard lines, a deserted jalopy guarded by Darsie's beast and plenty of opposition from the Catholic Metropolitan Colleges. Sodality's first Christmas Charity Bazaar received our unlimited support and left us parading home with stuffed animals, cakes and empty purses. Christmas and the Candy Cane Cotillion followed in rapid suc- cession and there we were breaking baloons at G. A. C.'s first success, the Mardi Gras. Decorations were completed for our Junior Prom midst a galaxy of sparkling silhouettes, gay flowers and-snow. That night Frances Gomes went down in history. ln the midst of exams, we, as heirs ap- parent, came up for air to fete the seniors at the traditional banquet, with wishful dreams of our own forthcoming succession. Manhattan's exclusive Savoy Plaza made a gay background for last minute cramming by Mr. McCarthy's zealous disciples, while the uninhibited faculty revealed their non- academic selves to the tune of two fern- bedecked crooners. The High Tea . . . Positions were reversed as with amused tolerance we surveyed the i950 fledgelinQS- -1 . :ff fsftr' sm ,M bf pi , 1 7 4 Vac' reti spe agf as sol he for Str an sta su wl of ' er he N ce tr tl' pi TCI sl h H -,.,.' -. ,i S Lf' 'al-.'-.L-1-' ' l 'I'Z'1'l'-'f',:','.-,-.'J.L'li-Ay-5 .n-,....f'-. -R ,yq.,., ,, -.. ,..-4 1--.1,-.mg-..,.., -.,.,...-.'- . . -.- -- .--, - '-..,L.. ' L2-1-'

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5D0l '1 and lStrib. xand Which ld Our Wed to ded, back lllte Tle to W for ole in nt we rssible e did inited ihead. their at a a real black orgot- ies of inteer were more Jffee. ed in Christmas Formal. silver oak, began anew the hit and miss comedy of joint concerts and decorated the usual number of attendance lists. The crest of the Fall social season was reached when, fifteen of our group were drafted to trip the light fantastic at the West Point Military Ball. Needless to say, everyone vied for that lA classification. But, a special treat was in store for all of us, when Xavier University Concert Choir, from New Orleans, made its initial appearance on the campus. For weeks We went around humming that soothingly liYthmical Sleep Baby Sleep . Another unforgettable performance was that of Kitty West as the floor scrubbing heroine in Little Theatre's production of I Remember Mama. Plans for our next major operation, the l'l0llY Hop, included a prayerful, Please if It must snow, just a little spread to add to th? atmosphere, not a blanket to rival the blizzard of '47 . ln true Sophomoric bliss We sailed through the finals and started the new Semester singing a duet with St. John's Glee Club. The Cherry Treat Dance spon- sored by Sodality, featuring the ever ro- mantic Wishing well, stole our hearts away on Sl. Valentine's Day. Fashions for the and Fashio Ehwere forecast at the Bridge Cl ' V1 Ow which came to a successful mose with Agnes Brach's winning of that Uch COveted mink scarf. Easter parad Easter vacations and Blue Mt. Lodge in Peekskill were the time and the place set for 30 lucky G. A. er's Cmost of them Sophs'l return to nature, where tossed salads, pie- beds and burnt marshmallows were the order of the day. We awoke from that balmy spring daze to struggle through a last minute Bio exam, which turned out to be a full scale comprehensive. But the battle fatigue had worn off as we sat down to luncheon at Sherry's with our big sisters. Later that

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dents Wltile Tirelyl li be. intlts ii lite lime tto 3 with alopy li' of Dlllan larity ' and mais, il the suc- oons Gras. unior sttes, ances . ap- ,niors shful sion. de a ming Nltile non- fern- 'QS' :FX 5-15.19 lf sv'V'if?f rv .J ti.. .Y if 1. . , .'- ' V .fr M. .-1+ , js tx Ltr we . ' . I ,f L Commencement . . . the choking up as we walked down the campus path for the last time. Good Night Irene heralded our l95O return to the campus midst tales of summers SDent in Europe and of Holy Year pilgrim- ages to Rome. But our privileges and duties as seniors elect of Notre Dame plus the sobering effect of those theses and colmpre- hensives combined to settle our brains for that long winter's struggle. The 42nd Street library became our hunting grounds and heaven help the librarian who tried to stand in our way. Even the Science majors succumbed to the throes of comprehensives, While the Education minors stacked up hours of DfaCTiCe teaching and became veritable EnCY':0Pedias of general information. The SEXY SYmptoms of the I can't wait 'till Y- state of mind spread rapidly yet a certain melancholia pervaded as we silently Treasured each event for the last time. th Ukelelfs Were revived, the sheath took .e Spotllglil' in those strictly informal pmures and The Thing became a wonder ediently shared our pie in the k . io: and our half interest in Mr. Grace's flnlSl'led ex to We ob dog Sfandsg willed everything from un- periments and last minute taxis to a reincarnated camel's-hair coat and an in- complete set of Canasta cardsg and alter- nately missed, wrote to and yearned for our men in the service. Spring fever was routed as we unconditionally surrended to the imposing force of comprehensives, filed applications in graduate schools, and battered our way through endless Civil and Federal exams. Finally came the glorious hustle and bustle of Senior Week. Treasured tokens from the freshmen, luncheon with our little sisters and the faculty inspired highlights of the Junior-Senior banquet . . . With Mr. Albert's flowers in full bloom, gowns dis- criminately selected with an eye toward Class Day and the Senior Prom, we eagerly awaited that day to end all days at N. D. Remembered still . . . the choking up as we walked down the path for the last time to the strains of Pomp and Circum- stance . . . the speaker's correlation of all our beliefs into a working philosophy of life . . . our great desire to put it to a test . . . the echo in our hearts of the love and laughter of thy halls . l E