Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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US and r Class. Queen, IIOYS a rosh all trelllen. ltlights i with 1 some Besides after- round- torrid Final weated tllbms 'l Qegiate What 15 fll'SlC s ' ' E21 nw -Y l . a-. . . Elisa' f .Assess .. N.. X.. cut found only 180 out of our original 250 re- turning. Integration soon became a hush word among us. All our courses seemed twice as hard. Our whole class soon became acquainted with the Fleming Museum. We Sophs were now seriously looking at the new curriculum and a few were overheard to ask, Did I enroll or was I sentenced?', Many of our classmates excelled on the grid- iron and we again were rewarded with the state title. Our beanie raid really bounced, but was it fun! We were told that the campus would soon be blessed with its own radio station and needless to say that day was looked forward to! -, ..:s- , ML., , 1 V-...xg ft..----...Tai A 3 I . V .J A A is I with ,h igh H is-sg-I-W-.. g'-:rf. .gat ' ' -. ., .. -1 'G 'it-if ' 3 -- . ,N- v y iz wwi I. ,.,A .th M , , ' . A if' I 'X - ' . F U l .1 'qty' - V iLh 5f 'ai . ':, , '. .. 1 vi, -Q-Us .4 hui I-L-1 , Us I ff-1: Q.-, -- ' 1 so K. ', I 1335- it 'IJ' i' ' i. . g i A ' ... Gr,,.,?,,,q,V.mK.r' 1523 M. I W, 'I A .1 X Q' Y fi .f., ' -- ,slr I A Aw, . 1 i I A.-rr4 'iQlf3 ' ' if, I 4 1 if 7' . .V ' if ml: 7 ., , .f fir' ffffai , 1 if ff X fs' -. tfgt --- ':r'K 1 L-W .t it t m 1.2, ggftket fe tw Ft R Q i '. it . f 1.471 I., Kr .7 -I.- -...t . The Duke found himself in a dual roleg pet shop proprieter and basketball coach. All that and studies tool The hoop season arrived and quickly Bob climbed to the rank of New England's top small college rebounder and scorer. Our moderator insisted on telling us that everything was grand and we were all inclined to rl ' . . . agree mth him when me found ourselves minus the burd by the new curriculum. I I en of mid-term exams, an angel given us if if 'Q-1-LQ, The boom is lowered. We drop football. Our President explains his decision in this manner, uFootball is a luxury a small liberal arts college can't affordw. February brings O degree temperatures and tons of snow. After 2 years we are getting used to it. Vermont Colden Cloves crowns one of ours as champ. Winter Carnival find our mates staging a hilarious chow hall skit. The far flung plains of the Winooski River found a group of our mates on a safari across the frozen waters in search of absolutely nothing. Yes, two of them fell ini The Academic Dean makes an appearance at one our class meetings to answer our complaints against the new curriculum and assures us that our fears are unfounded. Again we are well represented on the Dean's List and our class sets up an Academic Advisory Committee. is '1 .Aa I ----. fivij

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170 h Our Freshman Yveek was a huge SUCCESS wit all of us wearing beanies for the first time. We made national headlines when our softball team was victimized by a no-hit victory at the hands of the faculty. Father Moriarty greeted us as the 9th President in the College's 48 year history. Who will ever forget that talent show and all the noise? We are told that we are to be integrated. We all soon found out exactly what that meant. We thrilled to the exploits of our football gladiators. Homecoming weekend found St. James building the biggest and best display ever and the smashing victory over Vermont will always bring back memories of the '6March On Burlington and touchdown by the HCrow . Our beanies also became passe as the Sophs bowed to us in a tug-o-war. For many of us the early arrival of snow in this state was quite a shock fOct. 12J. The stu- 'isi fs iv Q, lar,-4 vi if rf' , . if, , 'i 'i.fxx r X , r I X .INN ,.. rtjxx l .Q . Q .k41' . . I.. 1 it . 1 dent body was not too sure whether the Indians would be successful in their attempt to win back this fair state-luckily they lost. We were told that winning state titles was a habit at the Hilltop and we did just that in '52 Cagainl. The '6Lance was dominated by the literary Geniuses of our group. Our first vacation was soon upon us and how we looked forward to those home-cooked turkey dinners. The basketball court found several of our classmates rounding out the Purple Knights' hoop team. The Dean's List included many of our group among the select elite of the 85 percenters. St. John's, staffed entirely by Frosh, ran away with the Intramural Basketball Title. The Winter Carnival was soon upon us and we were all justly proud that one of our class- mates' reigned over the Campus with his Queen. Twin victories over U.V.M. gave Doc's boys a tie for the state basketball title. We Frosh all thrilled to the agressiveness and spirit of our contribution to the starting five. Bob was tremen- dous. s is , 5 We Q f f 'ti' J X.x. w t in 3 5 ii f Our thespians gave their all in Knightlights while the Debating Club ranks were filled with many of our silver tongued orators. Springtime saw our class elections return some officers and bring some new ones forth. Besides those members of our class who spent their after- noons in the varsity dugout, the fields surround- ing the campus were the scenes of many a torrid 'softball game. Well the inevitable finally happened. Final Exams!! We feared them, fought them, sweated them, studied for them, and most of us passed them, and then went home veterans of our first collegiate year. , Fall of '53 was an eye-opener for us. What happened to those 70 classmates of ours? The first , .Mu,sf.W,,.,..,s....- CI Ili u. w F l lo ov irc titl We ble Sai

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We have our third president in IM years as No. 2 departs from the campus. One of us iS lucky enough to take in Mardis Gras. St. Patrick's Day finds one of our mates strol- ling about the campus with a conspicuously green complexion, in addition to the traditional green attire for the day. St. Leo's, a Soph hall, par- ticipates to the tune of 160W in the blood drive. Our elections featured a most vigorous cam- paign, resplendent with huge posters, radio speeches, and a jazz concert. An almost completely new slate of officers is elected. We returned refreshed in the Fall ready to be- gin part three of our four installment hilltop story. Our first and most important order of business was, of course, our Junior Prom. Our Committee Chairman announced the beginning of a fund raising drive which would guarantee SMC a big name band for our big Spring Weekend. The Knights and Knaves found four of our mates playing convincing lead roles. The coming of winter found Doc Jacobs in the gym busily super- vising basketball practice, as usual. And ,lunior Bob Young headed the list of cage aspirants. The Dining Hall was the scene of a feast fit for Kings on Thanksgiving Day, since there was no scheduled Thanksgiving vacation the school went all out to make our Turkey Day a memorable one. Time passed swiftly and Christmas found us under our trees at home or carrying mail for the local Post Office. On returning to Vermont we were greeted with the good news that the raffle was a success and our big name band for the coming weekend was assured. The Ryan I basketball team, which was staffed entirely by Juniors, swept to an undefeated season and the Intramural Crown, while our Class Hockey team took two games in succession to give us another leg on the Inter-Class Trophy. Winter Carnival was a success, with the added touch of Friday's blizzard and Friday night's stalled cars and missing dates. The big announcement of the .lunior Weekend bands pleased all, with Napoleon providing marching jazz for the Saints, and Hal Mclntyre serenading us with sweet ballads on Prom night. No doubt about it, our weekend was the greatest, and our queen the prettiest. But there was the business of winning the inter- class crown, and Win it we did with a first place in baseball and a second place in track. However, the Poets held up the presentation ceremony f0I' two months. Baseball arrived and so did Warm weather. A four-party race featured our C1355 elections with posters and .flyers throughout the school. They were here again. The Final Exams were the order of the day. Amazing as it maY . S N Rs 5 i is . ' fs' S64 dil IO! EP as Wl boy whi Lai Old Air moc ollim for have I on the s the one pont, first Ieturl Catioi pletio Latin arrive his Ca: 0u a lligl Hllign They h and bl Knight can