Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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p garbed in flowing gowns of green, pink, blue, and yellow, echoing the gayety and blitheful note of a new Spring. Our Queen guides at the head — her coro- net of wisdom and purity, champion of her resemblance to Mary, Queen of Heaven . Seniors, capped and gowned, follow their selected one over the campus trail, fol- lowed by underclassmen, for whom she stands, a model to be imitated and emu- lated. Benediction — and our ceremonies close with a blessing and a prayer to Mary, the Mother of Our Sodality and Patron of our festivities. In Attendance In Honor of Mary , We Croivn Thee

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■ R egi s Fo u n de rs ’ D ay Culmination of three years’ study and zenith of our academic endeavors, Foun- ders’ Day holds preeminence in collegiate memories. Time stands still, the Chapel is hushed, as singly the Seniors approach to be vested in Cap and Gown — symbolic of scholastic achievement. A brilliant back- ground of the bright blue and gold of early October outlines the procession of solemn black. Galaxies of fragrant and rich-hued congratulatory flowers arrive, at this un- forgetable moment; the beginning oi the end. In another sense, it is the beginning of the beginning — for eight fleeting months will find us at Commencement. Rich in traditions of 600 years of scholars, Found- ers’ Day holds intrigue for us — the day we became Seniors. Betty, Dorothy, and Joan — Garbed in Glory