Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY Class of ' 53 Settling liiick in iiiv ■al. I li ' lt iiiir (Iviiin saucer dip loward the iirniind. As I looked to see whom Peggy Myers, niv pilot, was saluting this time, I saw two of our class- mates — El Nadal and Barbara Norris. They were en route to Canterhurv. This brought u]) the sid)ject of old school davs as Peggy said, I remeniljer the fust time I saw El; it was at the hall party that first night. The whole day had been filled with register- ing, buying books, unpacking, and meeting everyone. But that night we began to feel our honiesiikness and the fellowship of the party surely did help. ' T remeiuber. I answered, and the next day when the old girls came, we got to know them at the P. S. C. A. campus party. We selected Miss Golden as our Class Sponsor, and Raye King as our President. The biggest event of those first months to me, said Peggy, was Piiish Week. It was the one incident to make us feel important: and after weeks of debating over which society to join, we fniallv jiledged. And then. Rat Day — the longest day of the year! ' aking up at dawn, our day had been a mixture of crawling i|) ste])s. counting the holes in the tennis net, wash- ing clothes, making beds, and being the lowest type of slave. But our spirits were lifted with the beautiful formal invitations. We were Rats no longer! Our Society Ban(|uet was most exciting. To this day I lemember that luscious food. And do you remember, Peggy said, that year Peace bad her first visitation week ends? We co-operated with Dr Pres- sly and the student council bv writing fiiendly letters of invitation to high school students. We went all out — from wiener roasts on the back campus to dances on Saturday nights. Yes. it was loads of fun. The whole year seemed so amazing to us. We didn ' t know what Peace would pull out of its pocket next. Al Thanksgiving, the P. S. C. A. gave baskets of food to a beloved part of our Peace family, the faithful maids on llie hall an l in the laundry, and Irene and Maliel, who brought us those longed-for telephone calls. We felt more grateful as we ale oui delicious dirmer on Thanks- giving eveniim. Pe- ropped as she said. Our first college exams followed! But thi-y passed quickly. Peggy, and we soon began singing. Two more weeks till vacation! Many of us had the privi- lege of being in the traditional Christmas Pageant and others participated in the Christmas Cantata. At Christmas Dinner that night we ate. sang, and looked forward to two weeks at home. ' Didn t the rest of the year fly? Spring Holidays ran right into our Junior-Senior, which we felt was a great success. The warmer weather brought May Dav. It was about this time. Peggy, we elected you as president of our Student Body and 29

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Rave King to lead our class again the coming year. We watched the seniors graduate and I wondered liow ihev felt, didn ' t von? It was a sad lint jovous occasion. I answered, and it wasn ' t long before we were trying to fdl tlieii- shoes! No. tliose three months of vacation seemed like three days. But somehow com- ing hack to Peace as a senior was (|uite difTerent from coming tor the first time as a freshman. We were glad to see our friends and we liad never known such privileges. We were now Seniors! Wasn ' t it the mo l Inn ru hing the new girls? Yet, the whole time, hack deep in our minds, we were sclieming for even mcanci- and more lionihle consequences for ihcm on Hal Day. Peggy remarked ahoni oui fme Society Banquet, which was liy no means a let down that year, and quickly reminded me, And we witnessed Peace ' s first Thanksgiving week-end holidavs — four davs! We came hack to exams though, re- nicni tor ' Yes, hut then came the Christmas events with almost three glorious weeks at home! When we returned, we had three visita- tion week ends, stunt night, and exams. These passed the tinie until Spring Holi- days. And how ahout our Junior-Senior? Wasn ' t il pcifect! answered Peggy. The Juniois were grand to us. and we had a wonderful time! We weie so proud of our May Court that year. Barbara Wheeler was selected as our May Queen and Lynda Wilson, Maid of Honor. All too soon, we selected our graduation invitations, bought our white dresses and began practicing ( lass Day, Peggy re- called. Yes, and closed those two wonderful years with the Peace graduation exercise. Tears filled our eyes. We were proud to graduate from Peace and in our hearts this day we still keep memories of our Presi- dent, Dean, Teachers, and the many friends we made in the days which were the hap- piest of our lives. Elizabeth Bruin. 30