Vassar College - Vassarion Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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Some of us plodded through the puddles to the Art Lihe, pondering on the caution of the scholarly mind. l-lavf ing spent all first semester spotting manf nerism, vve hegan to feel cautious ourf selves. What is mannerism? , we asked ourselves. ls it? Seniors lived in a mad whirl of theses and Picasso, roi outline, and the Italian Masters, revolving and revolving. More and more elaborate constructions of clay and cardboard and green sponge trees were huilt in the pinkfgirdered architecture room. A great deal of noise was made in the process of converting clay into stone. Some of the very adventurous cooked up messes of egg and oil in futile attempts to paint like Titian. IYS Auwrs lvl. Rixm Projuxsor nj Arr SLIDE QUIZ ART LIBI?

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sir, Kew wax um. .. ., ,R ,v-,,r.,,- , Ay .' . 7 , :: . THE CONTILMI ORARY - - i'1 PRESS Even after a good vacation, the winf ter seemed no warmer in Poughkeepsie. Thinking to reform, we resumed our daily race with the clock. In spite of our resolutions about early rising, eightften was still the crack of dawn, and, five minutes later, we were, as usual, stumf bling towards our maltex and bacon, unwashed, uncombed, and buttoning our cardigans. We perused the morning newspapers with more than the usual flutter. The contemporary press again became contemporary as we caught up with the war in Europe, the possibilf ities of a third term for Roosevelt, and the engagements announced on the sof ciety pages. We made mental notes to inspect certain ring fingers when we met their owners in classes and at lunch. A 28 few unfortunates moved themselves over to Swift. We all, sooner or later, put the holidays behind us and settled down to classes. Miss HELEN D. Locxwooo, Professor of English

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Back to their laboratories went the science majors, back to glassware, scales, sinks, and microscopes. They peered at bacteria and investigated the anatomy of doglish, frogs and cats. Students of Psychology tested their fatigue curves, While more advanced experimenters were tinkering with electric sparks, ele' mentary physicists rolled carts down inclines and wondered what makes Water boil. Amid queer smells and dan gerous Vapors, the chemists manipuf lated their apparatus. Along about mid' years, there were openfhouses in the Sanderses. There was joy and glassf blowing on the leftg mirth and photogf raphy down yonder behind poor Richf ard. STAR'GAZI NG ,. .. ,,,.,,Y: IIVELDPMENT DF THE YUM. MEMBRANE 5 we MDMDME ve, - lm -.-- -. THE FACTS OF LIFE