Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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T iv Hi ght a n d trail- iiV- ,r . As we stand at the Library windows and let our eyes sweep over the familiar Cam- pus, a panorama of inexpressible grandeur unrolls before us. We travel out over the Parterre and across the oval plot of ver- dant grass, which is caught at the edges with shrub groupings, to the expansive greensward that fronts the Campus. Every- where majestic poplars meet our eyes — symbolic of Regis traditions. Fluted Co- rinthian columns periodically interrupt this view, hut we know, without looking, that everything at Regis denotes tranquil- lity. Retiring to the left wing, down corri- dors echoing with laughter, we perceive a broader, fuller view. Cresting the hill to our right is Regis Hall, the home of music Dusk and Hovering Shadows — Looking Through Study Windows

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the sea and the moon Smiling sun dances across the Parterre, brushed about lightly by a rollicking breeze. Regis is at play; the Parterre be- comes the hapsome rendezvous of college girls at treasured leisure, with laughter unhushed, gayety unbounded. Joy in Conviviality — A Parterre Parlance I % Hfek 1 Pr — ra|H ML If ' ■ V V.g i wm i m J M V; wB, [ 19 ]

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lovers and the popular club quarters — where linger fond memories. Here, in the spacious sun parlor, hidden talent came to life at club entertainments — Chaucer vied with Milton for preeminence and Demosthenes refuted Cicero, at heated dis- cussions. Standing out in bold relief against the clear blue sky is the Norman Tower — stolid in its stony greyness; impressive in its awesome height. From it, Carillonic chimes ring out the changing hour and intone the Angelus. Rounding the bend at Regis Hall, careening past the Tower and rolling down toward the Commerce Build- ing, groups of bicyclists are hastening to Weston or Wellesley, for that proverbial coke. College Campus — Proud Fortress of Right, Justice, Faith Taking Off on Wheels of Jollity