Alcalá 1964

subject . . Drama and Speech instructors — exasperated after transforming stone-faced twentieth-century students into Shakespearian damsels . . Scientists — enduring the mangled results of amateur dissection and contaminated specimens . . Literature pro­ fessors — communicating the beauty of artistic creation, of words and language, and patiently attempting to understand less illuminating student papers ... A Faculty . . dedicated and appreciated . . whose value and help will be a continual source of guidance to be tapped in the many years to come . . The eternal and sublime . . the Annual Mass of the Holy Spirit . . Children of Mary . . Mater Admirabilis . . First Fridays . . noon Mass . . novenas and spiritual bouquets .. . The memorable . . Mother Danz . . Feast Wishes . . President's Days . . Faculty Lectures . . concerts and piano recitals . . dramatic productions . . student teaching . . twenty-first birthdays . . op. cit. and ibid. . . Christmas Formal . . Autumn Informal . . Bal de Fleurs . . mixers . . Freshmen Follies . . Junior Fair . . IRC, Speaker's Bureau . . honors assemblies . . finals . . farewell . . friends . . . The ordinary, but unforgettable . . tickets: parking and attendance . . class meet­ ings . . Ritchie's and Speedee Mart . . vending machines (working or otherwise) . . coffee over lab-books . . the bridge and the smoker . . the snow-topped mural . . mixers and "those who only stand and wait" . . stations one-through-seven on registration, multi­ colored student body cards . . proctoring, lunch lines, trench coats . . the portry on Friday nights . . the stacks . . deciphering the time-schedule . . post-office vigils . . the lower floor cultural showcases . . syllabi . . . Senior Year . . Father Spain . . graduate records . . engagement rings . . 12:30 class meetings, ten-day parties, cushions in the theatre (never enjoyed) . . sitting in the back at assemblies . . and the FINAL: mixers, parties, dinners, classes, grades and finals ...and Graduation . . the climax and culmination of four years . . intense in spiritual, in­ tellectual and personal growth . . stable in the heritage of the Sacred Heart . . within the view of the mighty sea. A farewell to the direct, daily influence of a tradition rich in spirit and purpose . . but a lasting recognition of its value and force in the years yet to come: "I am forever walking upon these shores Betwixt the sand and the foam

The high tide will erase my foot-prints And the wind will blow away the foam But the sea and the shore will remain Forever." (Kahil Gibran).