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

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14 Freshman Class Left to right: Mary Vincent, vice-president; Nan James, treasurer; Ann McNeil, secretary. Barbara Hooten, President of the Freshman Class. We drive up in front of Clewell or Bab- cock the first day with set smiles, jittery parents, and eagerness. We anticipate the new life beginning now — a fresh start, we think. With the assurance of last spring ' s graduation speeches still on our minds, we determinedly approach the classroom and are overcome by our first assignment. All our letters begin, I ' m so busy . . . , and one day the faces in the photographs on our desks no longer look so familiar. During FITS we wear

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At first, the glass reflects. We are concerned with our image — how we look, how we act, how we appear to others. We judge, we are judged.

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15 beanie-bows and are treated well for a change. And, too soon we learn that roommates are not perfect. The days go slowly. We go home and are upset by the bareness of our rooms. We return, hugging each other after only a few days ' absence, actually glad to be back. We like the freedom and responsibility of be- ing college students— Salem girls— having our ideas challenged in and out of class. It isn ' t exactly what we had expected that first day, but we like it now. 1 m 4u a 1 JL„ I Freshman Feature Girls: Left to right: Jane Grimsley, Nan James.