Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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We were seniors and how bis; and important we felt ! We fit amazingly well into our senior caps and gowns and what seemed e en more amazing, we still felt a bit like freshmen, sophomores and juniors underneath the black folds and the tassels. Opening Convocation Exercises at the year ' s Ijeginning, however, made us stop and think — of how scared we were on that first exam three years liefore. how- embarrassed when we got that first call-down for failure to sign in. how wonderful and col- legiate we felt when we pinned on an orchid for that first Christmas dance, the big plans we always made for Christmas and Easter vacations. Vet here we were, the old ladies ' , with all the experiences, privileges and mem- ories that the title holds. W e proved, however, that we weren ' t quite ready for the lavender and old lace when we won the campus hockey championship. As further proof, we struggled through e.xams, comprehensives and G.R.E. ' s without a notice- able breakdown. Soon we began to realize that it would all be over and we could send home those chairs, boxes and chests for good. Questions like W hat are you going to do? began creeping into smokehouse bull sessions. The practice teachers merely sat back and looked wise, others shugged, and some mailed in appli- cations with their signature on the dotted line. Graduation — what can be said? The end — of college. The beginning — of what? 22 im

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Lffl to light: Brown. Johnson. Burts, Moser P. Tsv MosER Presiiknt Helen Brown Secretary Harriet Jdhnson Vice-Presidenl Sar. Burts Treasurer OFFICERS the SENIOR CLASS 23