Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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FRESHMEN CLASS OFFICERS Sitting: james McKown, Vice- Presidentg Thomas Shields, Pres- identg Fr. Raymond Porier, Mod- erator. Standing: joseph Crowley, Secretaryg Gerald Germain, Treas- urer. over Mount Mansfield. To one group, sixty-five strong, it brought the realization of a four years' dream. We were seniors. We also found an even greater St. Michael's that morning. The enroll- ment approximated 1lOOg the Science Building was nearly completed fit was opened in time for the second semesterjg the football team was des- tined for a winning season fthey beat Vermontj 9 the threshold had indeed been crossed. We immediately got down to business with sagacity befitting our high station and chose per- manent class officers. After much eloquence and cold deliberation, during which many were called, the following were chosen: Mario Marini, pres- ident, Don Delaney, vice-president, Lou Marceau, secretary, and Bill Harte, treasurer. Frank McMa- hon, Red Lynch and John Quinlan were named to the Student Activities Council and Frank was later elected president of that august body. Despite our advanced standing on the rung of knowledge our character remained unchanged. Fri- day and Saturday evenings were spent at the Mill or the Sugar House , sometimes even the Vet's Club fwhen some member of the opposite sex would condescend to accompany usj. We took on no semblance of the authority we heldg we would gladly acknowledge greetings with a nodg we took our coffee andn in the Campus 9 Room. Most of all we strove to be very demo- cratic about the whole thing. We sallied forth to classes, amazing all with our wit and learning. And so the year passed quickly. In the midst of feverish activityAa su- premely successful Senior Ball, a highly regarded class play sparked by the prize-winning perform- ance of Vin Lawless-we realized that our col- lege days were drawing to a close. All important affairs were attended in academic regalia Qwe felt foolish until the novelty wore offj and several of our members were honored by election into the Delta Epsilon Sigma Fraternity. In these closing days we feel powerfully the great transformation which has come over both us and our college dur- ing the last four years. joy mingles with sadness as we recall the events which went hand in hand with the mushrooming of our little school. We pray that with the enlarging of our school there has been an equal enlarging of the Christian spirit within ourselves and that what St. Michaels has given us we may go out into the world and bestow upon others. We shall endeavor to keep our aims as high and exalted as the faith which has been instilled in us these past four years. It is our parting prayer that as the eyes of Janus peer into the future they may see only an ever- increasing number of loyal Michaelmen issuing forth from an ever greater St. Michael's College.

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Manners are at a minimum. The boarding house reach and the stiff-arm are the only means to an end. September shade saw the first of the freshmen off on the beginning of a long boat- ride.

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