University of Rochester College for Women - Croceus Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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OLLEGE IS LIKE A SCOTCH PLAID, BRIGHT AND VIVID, BUT WITH DEEPER UNDER- TONES. IN THIS VOLUME WE HAVE TRIED TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE COLLEGE WE HAVE KNOWN. CHANGES COME RAPIDLY TO EVERY UNIVERSITY, AND AT ROCHESTER TRANSITION IS EVERYWHERE APPARENT. IT IS DIFFICLLT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT IN THE SPACE OF BUT TEN YEARS OUR PRINCE STREET CAMPUS HAS CHANGED FROM THE SITE OF A CO- EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITY TO THAT OF A TRUE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. NEW BUILDINGS SPRING UP ABOUT US, OLD SCENES, TRADITIONS DS- APPEAR .... IN THIS YEAR OF 1939, TIME CAPSULES HAVE COME TO BE THE FASHION. IN THESE STAINLESS STEEL CONTAINERS, MEN FEARFUL THAT THE MULTIPLICATION, OF IN- VENTION WILL WIPE' OUT THE WORLD THEY

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KNOW, PLACE MEMENTOS OF THE PRESENT DAY AND SINK THEM INTO THE EARTH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO PONDER AND REFLECT. LET THIS BE OUR TIME CAPSULE. WE HAVE CALLED UPON THE RESOURCES OF THE PHO- TOGRAPHER, OF THE ARTIST IN CLAY, AND OF THE PRINTER AND ENGRAVER TO HELP US CAP- TURE THE FLEETING COLLEGE LIFE WE KNOW. WITHIN THIS RECORD, WE HAVE PLACED OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR FACULTY, OUR CLASS- MATES, OUR ACTIVITIES, OUR ECCENTRICITIES. MOST OF ALL WE HAVE TRIED TO MIRROR INFORMAL LIFE ON THE CAMPUS .... AS THE YEARS ROLL BY, DIMMING FOR US OLD SCENES AND EVENTS, FAMILIAR FACES, MAY WE RE- TURN THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS CROCEUS TO RENEW THE MEMORIES AND CHERISHED FRIENDSHIPS OF OUR DAY AT ROCHESTER.