SUNY at New Paltz - Paltzonian Yearbook (New Paltz, NY)

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s AN EXPLANATION The girls in the pic-ture on the opposite page were not with us at the time that our oiqggzmizzitioii pictures were taken for the elnss book. They are the seniors who were lmving actual experience in foreign fields for their ten weeks of extension l'l'!LlIlll1g. twenty-nine

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CLASS HISTORY Commencement. Life seems to consist ol' coinmenccmcnts. Some task started, finished, and a new one begun. Thus, three years ago this class of one lmndred fifty freslnnen found itself facing one more comniencement. We were freshmen, true to type. Bewildered by the throng of faces, oppressed by a feeling, rather a longing, for just one day at home. We did have a common purpose, but the end was too remote. However, this oppressive feeling was soon banished. The first night brought faculty, seniors, juniors, freslnnen together in a Get-Acquainted party, the party was a success. We needed those friendships from the start. The strength derived from the union of our forces gave us courage to face the diliiculties which confronted us. Current topics, pemnanship, and music taxed our nerve'l, nerves, and patience. Satisfaction in 'thaving done was our reward. October twelfth, our first holiday ttlolumbus received due respcctl. Once more faculty, seniors, juniors, and freslnnen mingled. Some riding, some hiking, some riding and hiking, we ascended to Mohonk. For some it was the first trip, for others, the seeond, third or fourth, but whether first or fourth, we all gained a deeper and fuller appreciation of the beauties of nature existing O11 tl1e moun- tain-top. Work eontinued. Occasionally there was a party, the entertaimnent being provided by a house eommittee which revealed hitherto hidden talent. Athletics functioned in their sphere. The lfreslnnan basketball team succeeded in carrying off all the honors of the season. At the end of that first semester mysterious missives were distributed, and the first four letters of the alphabet assumed definite meaning. Time passed quickly. Two proms had come and gone, the townspeople had celebrated the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of their settlement in a pageant, vacation was only two weeks away. Then the blow descended. Assignments were out! V Juniorsl We were practice-teaclming. Organization was effected early in the fall with Adaline Sohns as president, Dorla Woods, vice-president, Arthur Layman, seeretary, and C. Earle Vrooman, treasurer. The aim of this class was to establish a precedent,-one which would stimulate and tax the power and energy of future classes in striving to reach its level. lh'fTty-0110