Sarah Lawrence College - Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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December 13: Informal dance. Singing DQs . . . watched PQs . . . booze . . . Monday blues. December 17: Ye all-college Christmas dinner with ye olde Yule log and ye olde steaming cauldrons. January 6: Back to college: sounds reasonable — maybe even pleasant. January 16, 17, 18: All-college ski week-end. Falling frolic . . . hits and misses. February 4, 5, 6: “Hay Fever” presented by Theater Workshop. Light comedy for once ... no message, thank Cod. February 6: Poetry Conference. A disagreement of great minds. February 13, 14: The Scholarship Fair and Formal Prom: chiffon pie and light punches . . . with plenty of kick . . . money raised . . . Bates razed . . . orchestra jazzed . . . teachers razzed . . . balloons, balloons. March 4: Jose Ferrer on “Is Anything Wrong with the Theater?” Answer: everything. The up-beat came when he recited Chekov’s Tobacco speech. He cried and so did we . . . what you might call a delightful tear-jerker. Page Sixty-one

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THEME WITH VARIATIONS September 23, 1947: The curtain rises on a going concern . . . new pills for our ills, new props for our brains and new brains for our profs . . . some of the gals losing their pals playing musical chairs. Football week-ends start as well . . . then the campus is populated by the faculty and the chrysanthe- mums flood the gates . . . poor Ernest! The work pro- gram and cleaning rooms emphasize THE WHOLESOME SIDE. October 24: Alumnae benefit. “How 1 Wonder” . . . (Did 1 blunder?) October 30: Freshman party: singing talent. . . acting talent. . . beau- tiful girls . . . are we slipping, or just passe? November 15: Trustee’s week-end. We are still in their good graces. November 26: Thanksgiving recess ... a breather. December 10, 11, 12: The Theater Workshop presented “Yerma” . . . Twila Comer played the part of a barren woman who kills her husband, Art Edelman. Highlight: marriage has lost its popularity as a topic of conversation. Poge Sixty

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March 22, 23, 24: March 25: April 7: April 20. 27: April 21, 22: April 24: April 28. 29, 30: April 30: May 6, 7: May 7: Page Sixty-two Hits and Misses: an “oldie” with a new slipcover. An “Inside Out” hit. Easter bunny time with a health cure thrown in. Leon Barzin and the National Orchestral Association again played the compositions of our music students. All-College meetings on domestic and foreign issues: It’s hard not to scald our tongues on other people’s soup. Two-day vocational conference: so many people are highly educated these days . . . who’ll do the work? Junior-Senior Prom: where a woman’s crowning glory is a man’s scalp. Joint Production: “Noah” . . . “The animals are coming, two by two” . . . (Were we supposed to be included?) Open Session: (Parent’s day) . . . How drear to my heart are the scenes with my parents. Opera Workshop: putting on airs. Alumnae Reunion: Old heads with the “new look.”