Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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Class History F JANUS, the Roman deity, it has been written, He stood on the threshold-the one head looking backward, the other looking forward. So we, the Class of 1949, stood on the threshold, the one head looking back on the old St. Michael's, the other looking forward on the new. Back on the old St. Michael's!the St. Michael's of Red Lynch, Dante Giusti and George Cum- mings, of the days when Old Hall was known as Only Hall , of nights at the Blue Goose, where the conversation ranged from the local stock to the philosophy of being, the St. Michael's of nightly fire-escape runs to Frank's Qnow the Ethan Allen Diner j where the di- version for our robust numbers was adequately supplied by the white-capped frauleins. But be- yond all this trivia was the integrating spirit that made St. Michael's a place apart from all others. And forward on the new St. Michael's-the St. Michael's that still astonishes the old grads as it did us at first, the St. Michaells whose swelled enrollment and proportions make itself felt ath- letically, as well as academically. But in the interim, we of the old St. Michael's sipped from a different cup of knowledge. We learned the consequences of people's listening to the insane clamoring of an egomaniac and wor- shipping the insidious smirk of a demi-god. Still more, we learned of the i'Peace and the tower- ing strength and comfort that lay concealed in the simplicity of the Word. The class of '49 made its start with little ceremony. We straggled up the cinder path, were ushered into our Old Hall abodes, met the roomie , and there we wereAfreshmen. The year passed quickly, but the memories are lasting. We were introduced into the curriculum after one of the easiest registrations ever experienced fthe cards were made out beforehandj and soon learned the fallacy of disputing the wisdom of the learned professors. Most remembered are the skirmishes with the Hamelian school of French, English, Philosophy and Religion. February saw the influx of the vanguard of the veterans and the rumor that a St. Michael's of two hundred students was a thing of the past was verified. The college was opening wide its educa- tional gate and tripling its size. By this time, as well established college men, we had placed Robert Billups at our helm as pres- ident, Charles Branon as vice-president, Marvin Chacere as secretary, and Norman Heon as treas- urer. The 'ibig affair was the prom held in the gym QOK., Illl go, but who'll fix me up?j and we ended the year in a blaze of glory, the last year spent under the old regime. The fall of 1946 saw many and radical in- novations. The returning old timers discovered that not only had the seams of the college burst, but the pattern had changed as well. We rubbed our eyes incredulously for expansion had taken us by surprise. The administration was new, the fCofztifz11ed on page 651

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Class Officers Counter-clockwise Mario Marini, Presidentg S. Louis Marceau Secretaryg Father Leon E. Paulin, Moderatorg Wil liam P. Harte, Treasurerg Donald Delaney, Vice President.

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