St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Throusfh th We, in a transition stage, analogous to that of Alice, look backward and forward; backward to our younger years, tiieir unrestrained joys untouched by worldly cares; their sorrows so magnified in our eyes, and the fears that we have to leave our childhood wonderland. We, like Alice, look forward through the looking glass and try to prepare ourselves for the happiness, the sorrow, and the responsibility consequent on maturity. The time has come, the walrus said, To speak of many things Indeed, that time has come for us because we in college encounter continual change, not only in size like Alice, but changes of intellect and soul as well. We too must follow our white rabbit into the land of truth, to which our aims and ideals will lead us.

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Saint Joseph ' s College for Women Brooklyn 5, New York

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Looking Glass In choosing the theme, the staff of FOOTPRINTS ' 61 hoped that Alice would become a symbol, both singularly and collectively, of the path which leads from childhood to maturity through the wonderland of college life. She, to us, is a symbol of the childhood which was and the adulthood which is or will come to be. We too will meet our Mad Hatters, our March Hares and our King of Hearts. They will be in the form of obstacles to be faced, goals to be attained and needs to be satisfied. We must learn, as Alice learned, to question, to accept, and in the final analysis, to conquer. These years, are for us all, a transition, a kind of wonderland between what we were and what we will be. Our size, intellectually and spiritually, depends not on what side of a mushroom we eat but what we have at- tempted to do and what we have finally accomplished.