Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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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

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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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Willis. The for Kings t scheduled all gut to found us l-11 for the It We were .e Coming as staffed ad season s Hockey give US Winter touch of .led OBIS nt of the Japoleon and Hal gn PIOIU was ille 16 inter- place in LOWCVCIQ ony for ,1 warm I class -out the Exams it mal' seem, the majority of us did pass. Well, 130 of us had made it, and with the ad- dition of 12 transfer students, our Senior Class totaled 142. We all were proud of the 10 Delta Epsilon Sigma nominees from the class, as well as the 12 Seniors who became members of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities . The boys from Ceo's were busy editing the yearbook, while Bob Battles was industriously working on Lance manuscripts. Our Senior Ball, held at the Olde Board, was literally a ball, while the Arnold Air Society's Military Weekend spotlighted the modern music of Oscar Pettiford. The placement office arranged interviews with various companies for us, and suddenly we realized that we would have to get a job! The semi-annual blood drive found St. Will's on top with 15 dollars to boot. This inspired the senior dorm to duplicate this prize performance the following Spring. It was a surprise to no one when we dedicated the Shield to Father Du- pont, who had guided the St. Michael's Plan and its first adherents throughout four long years. Upon returning to the Hill after a long Christmas va- cation we found Alumni Hall approaching com- pletion, and also an increase in the number of Latin Scholars on campus. The Winter Carnival arrived and with it Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse and his cartoon friends. Our basketball team ended the campaign with a highly successful 17-4 record. gaining recog- nition as the top small college club in New England. They hit the century mark in scoring in four games and breezed undefeated to the State Title. The Knights and Knaves staged the Caine Nlutiny Court Martial and spotlighted seven seniors in lead roles, while Frank Adams' debators scored 8 major triumph in the St. Lawrence Tournament. Easter came and went and we plunged into the first series of Graduate Record Exams. We took a breather during the last Junior Weekend of our Collegiate career, and then back to the books for our last tussle with Finals, with a dash of Compre- hensives added for variety. Suddenly, too quickly for most of us. Crad- uation was here, and with it the end of a joyful and educational four years. After shaking the last hand we left St. Michael's to make our way in the world, leaving the Hilltop with the happy thought that there would be many a reunion in the future to relive again those golden years in mem- ory. t 1 mag' 173