Scripps College - La Semeuse Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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mysteriously disappear for a week-end, only to return on Sun- day night, wearier, dustier and more enthusiastic than ever. BEACH DAY - HIS year instead of Snow Day, freak weather permitted us an unfortgettable Beach Day. Red busses Hlled with a pajama-clad student body chugged their way to La- guna Beach. All day we swam, burned, ate hamburgers, Played base ball, built sandpiles and enjoyed ourselves. Wlieii the sun finally set and the busses Hlled again and started their homeward journey therexwas a unanimous vote that Beach Day might come to be anotherscripps tradition for aHer all, it's im- possible to get a tan in a snow drift and there is something lazy and delightful about a day on the beach that the snow-covered mountains Eiil to provide. ' 43

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ing Sophomores. Interested members of the student body other than Seniors could be seen looking on wistfillly as the dance proceeded. THE DESERT VERY year the desert calls and every year Scripps answers. There is a wild scramble for sleeping bags and blue jeans, and a general exodus for sage brush and camp fire. The First trip of the year, given exclusively for upper classmen and faculty, usually winds its way over the Cajon Pass to Visitor- ville, and thence through Barstow to the famous Barstow Sin- cline. Yvhen the First car gets stuck in the sand it is lunch time. Then comes the trek up the dry river bed to the familiar camp site, and preparations are made for a night under the stars. After steaks, fiied in onions by the doughty Chester, a big bonHre is built and the group gathers around to toast marsh- mallows and sing. With the coming of cold desert winds the gathering breaks up to spend a night of more or less comHJrt- able sleep, deep in heavy blankets and not a little sand. Freshmen are introduced to the charms of starlit nights and sunburned days under Miss Atsatt's supervision. Thousand Palms, Quail Springs and Wliite Creek see bands of dusty Scrippsites. Many a horn-toad has taken a fearful journey in a cookie box, only to land in the Manana Court, as a Freshman uprojecftwg and many a desert bug has found himself hastily i'colle6ted into a pocket handkerchief: There is an irresistible charm about clearing out for a week- end, and once a rumor is abroad that Miss Atsatt is contemplat- ing another expedition, there is an eager group at her heels for whom sunburnt noses and tarantulas hold no fears. Headed by Miss Atsatt, they form that illustrious band of explorers who 42

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PAGEANTRY . AY feces and Christmas pageants have become tradi- tions at Scripps. Each year, following the formal Elc- ulty dinners in the halls before Christmas vacation, guests and students Rmrm lines and march to the inner court of Toll Hall to the strains of Adeste Fideles. Lighted candles make the Procession one of the most attradtive spectacles seen on the campus. When che patio in Toll is reached, a Pageant picture is presented, with music by the choir. Last year the representation of an old Painting was so successful, the idea was repeated this year. A scene depicting the Virgin and Child was shown in the dimly lit court, giving an atmosphere of the Christmas season. Following the pageant, the group adjourned to the Toll I-Iall living room where the favorite Christmas hymns were sung, accompanied by Dr. Eames. Later in the year, the May Pete strikes an entirely dififitrent note. Early in the morning of May first, the campus bustled with acftivity. Freshmen in dangerous looking costumes were hastily scampering here and there across the lawns, and the last finishing touches had to be done to the properties. 44 y