Sarah Lawrence College - Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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DUTY Mrs. Meemow, always in black goes to all funerals as men go to feasts; bursting with buttoned emotions and crying impassioned devotion. Children or women or men, long as they're dead and then—over the coffin she weaves, (hark to the carrion flesh)—puffing a tear like a penny balloon, talking and crying a popular tune, crass as the flowers, cross-like and wreathed, lying about the coffin so life-like. Ah, for the days of the dead and the funerals, ah, for the church and the masses she read in a white handkerchief with a black lining, wet and saline with the tears that she shed. Presenting emotions in proper black boxes, surrounding the mourners with sympathy broth, and gifts that are old, worn and stale smelling, gifts that are used and re-used for each outing. Oh, for the parties that death sets before us mingled with wetness and followed by dinner, talking talking of days that have gone, weaving the patterns we wrapped in the attic, removed and observed again — once more, always the good days that were before. Ah, Mrs. Meemow, dressed in your costume black as the coal that you stoke in the fire of life, and rococo emotions you carry,— your pendant; simple and quiet your book read in latin. Kissing the pictures and kneeling and bowing, beating your breast, not allowing the heavens to see that you missed with your duty to kneel at the coffin and cry on the mourners. Floating in black with your prayerbook flying, circled in gossamer faith all the time.—assisting, impairing the flight of the souls, up to the gates or down to the devil, how- ever the soul is want to be taken, however carelessly the music is played, always a prayer and always a coffin and always the feasts of emotions; long conversations add spice to the evenings, long and forever the jobs of the aids of the saints. Page seventy-seven

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BEFORE THE CURTAIN This year the College has worked hard to bring information about the way Sarah Lawrence functions to Parents, Alumnae, perspective Sarah Law- rence students and other schools and colleges. It has prepared new programs which have been and still are extremely successful and instructive. A major part of the praise for the ideas and excellent handling of this new undertaking belongs to the Student Council Committee, or the Student branch of the entire Development Fund, composed of Faculty, Trustees and Alumnae. The Com- mittee is headed by Peggy Talbott and Mamie Knight, Sally Hillman, Jean Baker, Alison Kelsey, Shelly Wilson, Melissa Richter, Helen Bryan and Mellie Bow- man are its members. They have done a difficult job without any wish for certain acclamation. This spring a pamphlet was published entitled What We Think About Our College.” It consists of questions actually asked about Sarah Lawrence and these are skillfully and honestly answered in the hope that they will clear up many of the misconceptions about us. What is special about Sarah Lawrence? is a stupefying question but their answer is gratifying and sincere. We are treated as adults. Through our- committees and Student Council we share in running the College and are given responsibilities for our own affairs, both in our courses and in campus life. Another greatly beneficial task that the Committee accomplished, was to sponsor informal dinners at college for the Bronxville community and then. Page seventy-nine