Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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THE FOUR HAPPIEST YEARS otherwise. History I was out thief headache in a week of exam blues , but we managed to pull through. Setond semestei brought soioritx rushing, and the gills added another link to theii growing chain « l never-to-be-forgotten experiences. In the spring lisinus was at its Inst with Navy Retreat, tennis, twilight solthall games, and canoeing on the IVik. Returning foi out sophomore year, distinctive. as always. we elec ted the Inst woman lass president in the history ol the college. Lois Wilson. Also among the Insis , gills were now occupying Ireeland. Stine, and Den. a sacrilege to the men. some of whom were settled, to theii disgust, in Glcnxvootl and Duhring. Brad closed Ins shop (we lost weight), anti Keyes' Kingdom ol Sophomores initiated the frosh into the l isinus wax of life and soon had them toeing the line. Phxs-Kdders set oil Friday the thiiteenth. spotting signs Phillx 01 bust , on a memorable canoe nip—seems they could only manage the 20 mile (as the canoe Hies) jaunt to Norristown. Two hundred couples found a gailx decorated gymnasium, symbolizing April Showers, the scene of the Soph Hop which featured Jimmy Ray's band. It was a great success, with us Sophomores paying foi it ourselxes. Ksthei White and Millie Wilson xx'cre sophomore attendants ol Peg Hudson. Max Queen, in A Midsummei Nights’ Dream , while’ George Mac Neal was the- current choice among the men foi theii “queen in the traditional pageant take-oil . MM MM rc-membei that Navy Ballon June 2? I lie gym was momentarilx transformed into an ollicei’s club ol Navy blue and white, and as the revolving minor in the centei cast its moving reflections oxci the croxvd. xve danced in the dimmed light to the slow, sweet strains ol Goodnight Sweetheart . Game the fall ol 194a and again something new to get used to. Flic Navy had packed up its various ditty bags and withdrawn, leaving only memories behind. We returned to find ourselves missing the gob uniforms and the Navx lingo, though we had sometimes com-

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n n€iu exPGRience memoRies! 7 am 11 lowly old freshman. All freshmen me lowly mid old. Hut mil the lowliest, moldiesl, mid oldest of nil fresh men. Oh thill weir a sophomore! Ilonortihle, distinguished, mid brilliant, hi all sophomores. Oh cruel, cruel fait that was bom 11 em too late! Oh, cruel, cruel, 11 nel fate, that mn just a lowly freshman!! I liis. along with green hands, ml. old gold, and lilac k sock , and dinks lot (lie l o s. was out infiodnc tion to I'lsinus. Out first week here was an cveniftd and. at limes, a liewilder-ing one. I lie bright note of tlie week was the Fteshinan Reception where the Nan (200 strong). 11 p|k’1 davsmen. and fieshmen got to know each othet. It wasn't long Indore we discovered Iliad's |ieanut butter cake and sandwiches and the Ciossioads of the ( anipus . the Suppls Store Xided b the |union we secret I' elected Don Wicket ham president. onl to have him kidnapped and returned pist in time fm out Freshman banquet. Millie Wilson. Jackie Landis, and l hvl I'alac io s impersonation «»| the ndrew Sisters brought more laurels to the freshman class when dies won fust pri e on Xmateur night. We looked forward to out In si (ihristmas week activities. hut the tin epidemic decided

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OF OUR Lives plained about them while they were here, f ilings were a little strained at Inst. People didn't know one another, and it was something new to us. who had known mils the navy, to have unrestricted civilian men. lint we soon began to make friends with the veterans, many of whom had. aftei all. known l'isinus when we were but high school teenagers. By spiing. the fiaternitics were teoigani ed. and we had out lust Inteisorority Inlet Ira let nits Ball in thice seats. Yes. It sinus was getting ba k to normal. The men. mans of whom had known each other well at I t'sinus before, were beginning to take the lead in campus activities, which the girls, saddled those responsibilities for two scats, gratefully suircndercd. Mcssikomei’s basketball team captured the Middle Atlantic Southern Division crown, winning all but one conference game. I he supply store, almost deserted the lust semester, began once again to draw its bridge Ians—to resume its position as the centci ol I isinus life, and spring lever exerted her age-old gtip. Marjorie Coy and Lois Wilson tcigned as cjuccns at our Junior Prom, the scene of which was an old southern plantation. Summer vacation over, we began to wend out way back to school, many of us tanned from jobs at camps and shore resorts, hardly believing that this was our last yeat to undergo the confusion of making up out rosters. Still, we thought we were fairly used to it bs then and hardly expected any more changes to become acclimated to—after all. we were seniors!! What a shock to find ourselves, seniors who should by this time know everyone, only a minority among the ‘.HID students now attending I isinus. I his was 100 more than we had ever known, and new laces were mote pie-dominant than old ones. W’heic were they all rooming? I he Annex, foimerls a Jewish 11 time, was one answer housing 100 Irtish and veterans. t hings began to shape up slowly. Dining room tables sat tight instead ol si . and an amplifying system was installed. New Im places, built in the College Woods, presided ample facilities lor outdooi picnics and doggie ioasts. New clubs were formed and old ones teoigani ed. A music room and several leading rooms weie set aside in the library to accommodate the ovcillow ol the men day-students. Yes, I'tsinus was changing alright, and we Seniors were not to be outdone, with out senior week-end and bang-up ball at Sunny brook. Eleven of om class wcie elected to the Who's Mho Among Students of mciuan Colleges and Universities. Commencement announcements were otdered as the grand finale approached. Spiing again, and now, as these fout years flash belore out minds, we are about to Ik-giactuated. Some of us have been togethei for fout seats. Manx stalled out in other classes and returned to graduate in tile Class ol 17 head ol us lies we know trot what, but whcrcvci out lives may lead, whatever we ut.ix lie doing in the future. I'isimis will remain a myriad ol happy memories, great and small, important and insignificant, to return to u in unguarded moments and remind us ol the loin happiest years ol our lives.