University of St Joseph - Epilogue Yearbook (West Hartford, CT)

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le A.. SENIORS In this section we tell the story of ,42, the class who campaigned for a 'Acokew machine, the class who is always in debt and the last class to know both the new and the old system. We present the individual pictures of our 'Kglamorousw seniors with a write-up to tell you what they are like. l'Snaps'y and a senior history complete this part. UNDERCLASSES A bird's eye view of 343, '44, 745 is depicted here, the juniors who donned their caps and gowns for the First time and became real upperclassmen, the sopho- mores who safely passed their comprehensives, their library project and their essay exam, and the ,fresh- men who have found out what college life is like. Youyll find here the record of their ups and downs. ACTIVITIES We give you the activities of the yearg the first Fall Festival, K'The Taming of the Shrewf' the Targe dance, the intercollegiate debates, and all the other affairs you've enjoyed. Here also youill find the FCPOYI of the work of each school organization, its officers and its contributions of the year. Each of these sections attempts to give a picture of life at S.I.C. 9

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fi. Jorewo' . 8 In the fall of 1941 forty-six girls returned to fill their places as seniors at Saint Ioseph College. Happy to return, but sad in the knowledge that this was to be their last year here, they took up their appointed tasks calmly, conn- dently, secure in their ivory tower. As they drew nearer to Commencement, they came more and more rapidly to a fuller realization of the deeply solemn significance of the word. This was to be the end of their college career, but more important, the beginning of their lives as responsible citizens of the world. As such, they must face the necessity of accepting and ad- justing themselves to a world situation which they had hitherto refused to acknowledge. They now share the re- sponsibilities of the immediate problems of a world at war with those who have so far guided their lives, their parents, their teachers, their priests. It is they and they alone, how- ever, who must make of the peace that follows 'Ka new birth of freedom.

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Q 11 11 7 v 1 Wi IHII On Saturday, September 24, 1932, the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, Mount Saint Ioseph College, a junior college for women was formally opened at Hamilton Heights in West Hartford. For many years the Sisters of Mercy had been considering this expansion of their work in education and in IQ25' they had obtained from the Con- necticut State Legislature a college charter with the power to confer degrees. Sixty- three students and fifteen faculty members started bravely to work on a schedule of sixty-four courses. That first year was an eventful and a progressive one. Many of the customary activities which have become traditional were inaugurated then, the annual Daffodil Bridge sponsored by the English Club, the biweekly student publication, the Targe,,, the extension courses which are offered each year, the winter program of guest lecturers, , - . .. a ei ig 1' ' EJ 2' HH f , f fl 1 wiiifif -- 1 e ff: fi 7 A 'Tiff' if V1 Ili if .,',1:i::i-:4 he 4455441 .V -if E513 'ii-2f-' lillilll 'JTJM - ,rfszf the Christmas la , and the s iritual re- P Y P treats. After two years as a junior college, the Sisters of Mercy took an important step forward by advancing the status of the I0 TEN YEARS QF . GRGWTH school to that of a senior college with plans made for the erection of two college build- ings to be ready in September, 1936. Nine- teen thirty-four also saw the inauguration of the May Day pageants, the Clee Club concerts, the Student Bazaar, and the annual Shakespearean production by the Queene's Companye. In 1935 when the work on the two college buildings was progressing, our name formally became Saint Ioseph College. - 've rj Colonial Theme Enhances Beauty of Saint Ioseph Collegef, such was the head- line in the Hartford Timesi' describing our buildings completed early in 1936 and dedicated by Bishop McAuliffe in Septem- ber of that year. Now the college had come into its own and its activities were proof of its progressive spirit. With the opening of the new buildings student activities came into prominence. Students prepared for their first Commencement and for the publication of the first yearbook. The social season was highlighted by the Charm School,'l a presentation of the freshmen, the Iunior Prom, an informal dance, and other social events.