Alcalá 1964

SENIOR MEMORIES The San Diego College for Women, founded and sustained on a tradition of ex­ cellence and integrity in education, beholds the timeless, mystic tradition of the sea. Spanish Renaissance windows frame the vast spectrum of the water's blue: brilliant concerts of blue-green, subtle gray-brushed tones, periodic turquoise hues. . . The vital renewing movement of the changeless sea. . attended by the precise architecture of classi­ cal Europe . . and witnessed by a generation of the time. Currency — immediate, ani­ mated, intense — within the shadows of an abiding culture. Traditions — strong, clear, decided. Traditions continuing as the metaphor and framework of vital growth . . as they were four years ago for a new group of freshman girls . . and as cumulative meaning for a graduating senior class of young women. The patterns of the sea are endlessly varied . . complex and simple . . with aspects spanning the sublime and the ordinary . . the eternal and the transient . . the memorable and the forgotten. . . And so our college years . . a pattern of four years . . varied and complex in ac­ tivities, events and experiences . . and yet, with the simplicity of one in faith, tradition and purpose . . and above all the unique growth of each and all: Individuals . . of the quiet gifts: their warm smiles lending serenity to those days that were always crowded, often hectic and sometimes unhappy . . of dedication: the devotion of those who expended time, effort and talent in the million necessary tasks in the smooth operation of student-body and class affairs . . of laughter: the indispen­ sable characters, rich in humor, who turned disappointments and failings into an amusing appreciation of human foible and who added an enriching light-heartedness to accom­ plishments . . of imagination: the easy-going students who managed midterms, term- papers, mixers and movies in the same comfortable stride; scientists who organized and formulated everything from titrating to dating, announcing their engagements in the same short conversation in which they announced the solution to a difficult math problem . . of starry-eyes and visions: rainbows riders who came down to earth long enough to display their rings and announce the date; personnel people who dated the most eligible men that sail the seas . . of understanding: the eager ones who wrestled with Aristotle until they knew what "pers se" and "per accidens" really means; the special friends who listened and what is more, endured; the politicians, opinionated and articluate in every­ thing from Havana to Aadack; the philosophers, pragmatically, ideologically, scienti­ fically, poetically and historically versed in the wisdom and ways of life . . . Individuals . . the laughable, lovable, elegant, profound, amazing, intelligent, ingenious . . the good and the gracious, the pretty, popular, the promising, the sad, smiling and shy . . . indivi­ duals whose gifts and singularity formed the most important and enriching pattern of our four years together . . and whose influence and ideals will be a meaningful force throughout our lives . . . Our Faculty . . patient, helpful, exacting, encouraging and probably disappointed at times . . but always hopeful and always vital with the excitement and discovery of ideas — projected and illustrated . . History professors — alive and intrigued with the destinies of Henry VIII and Frederick Barbarossa . . Philosophers — explaining for the tenth time why the final cause is the cause of all causes . . Social and Political Scientists — grimacing, when reminding after the midterm that a nation is not a state and a com­ munity is not a society . . Language instructors — surviving anglinized versions of their

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