Westbrook College - Tower Yearbook (Westbrook, ME)

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WESTBROOK ACRES The members of the class of '51 have shared many happy times at Westbrook Acres, or the farm as it is more commonly known. We are very fortunate in being the first class to share the numerous opportunities for fun that the farm offers. In April, 1950, the college purchased the 100-acre farm, which is located just off Route 302, about four miles north of Bridgron, Maine. The rambling eight-room Cape Cod style house is conveniently situated at the base of Pleasant Nlountain between Highland Lake and Moose Pond. As freshmen we made several work trips to the farm. Buildings were torn down, the house sand papered, and trails blazed to the ponds. This fall the farm took on a new coat of red paint when the first trip was made. Then it was ready to be opened for weekend trips. What fun was in store from then on! The crowd would pile into the new college bus and with all voices raised in song would head for Briclgton. A weekend trip at the farm might include volleyball and softball games, hiking up Pleasant Mt. and, of course, learning new games like Ha or I Saw a Barf' Also, many hours were spent in getting everyone In Cohootsv or introducing them to Aunt Tilly. Later in the evening, everyone would gather around the campfire or on colder nights, around that wonderful wood stove, and harmonize on the old tunes. Sometimes on Saturday nights a trip would be taken to Briclgton to see the not quite latest movie. It would always be either a six gun Western, a thriller-diller mystery or Superman. The time would come to turn in, but the more ambitious ones would choose to tell tall tales till dawn. Wasn't it heavenly to be awakened and get a whiff of bacon frying or coffee perking? With the coming of snow, Westbrook Acres turned into a winter resort for the ski and skating enthusiasts. Mt. Pleasant with its ski tow and the frozen surfaces of Moose Pond was all one could ask for. Alumnae weekend at the farm will be eagerly awaited for that means relaxation and healthy fun all rolled into one. Westbrook Acres - here we come! l

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CAMPUS LIFE There is nothing quite so vigorous as the small bits of chatter exchanged on campus by the various groups, congregated in the most inconceivable of places. Brightly colored figures rushing from Hersey to Alumni . . . a dash over to the cafe for a quick cigarette and a cup of coifee . . . over to the bookstore for a stamp to mail that letter to that certain someone . . . frantic calls home for belated Bowdoin permissions . . . excited requests for an advance on that fast dwindling allowance . . . someone else's clothes on a roommate's back . . . overcuts for that big weekend . . . senior privileges . . . formals at the Eastland . . . Dean's List for some and the Conference List for others . . . the long line of students marching into the chapel on Wednesday before noon . . . a sign-out book, placed close to the door of departure . . . dates being introduced to housemothers . . . sudden blind dates, better left undone . . . telephone calls and the frantic rush to answer them . . . conversations lasting over the thirty-minute limit . . . two minutes late and a midweek forfeited . . . where did you go, and did you have fun? . . . the last minute rush for the wash bowls at 11:58 .... a package of brownies from home, and quite enough to feed the entire floor . . . maybe next time it'll be a cake . . . fish on Friday . . . house rneetings at 10:00 on Moiiday nights . . . Friday night dances after which comes the invitation to Bowdoin . . . the daily scramble for the mailman, poor soul . . . sick bay . . . fraternity pins, high school rings, and even diamonds . . . congregation in the smokers . . . peroxide and ammonia experiments . . . singing in the dining room . . . first period and Saturday classes . . . quiet hours . . . fourth for bridge or a hand at Canasta . . . cramming for finals . . . got a match? . . . who's going down to Morrill's, and will you get me something? . . . weekends at the farm, and Pleasant 1V1ountain Ski Slope . . . ice skating on campus . . . sun bathing behind Hersey . . . it's all part of campus life. We live it, we love it.