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FreshmanClass History
As we stood there at the bottom of the
ladder , it looked like a long climb. With the
help of our class counselor, Mother Furay,
the freshman class soon began to rise. Fort
nightly officers were systematical ly elected
unti l our final voting in December, when
Sandy Schwarzman took up the gavel, aided
by Angel Kraemer, Pat Mulcahy, and Mar
gare t Farrell.
On Mater 's Feast, our firstpicnic provided
time to get bet ter acquainted and to explore
Presidio Park.
One of our first big steps up the ladd er was
the Freshman Follies. Under the capable
leadersh ipofAngel Kraemer and LindaHope,
"The Freshman Classic" was presen ted, com
plet e with "original" songs and dances dis
playing our reactions to science, music, lan
guages, and P. E. The tribu te to our "big
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sisters" was completed , but their help was not
dispensed with , for our first midte rms were
fast approaching .
To cel ebrate the end of exams, our fort
nightly pres ident, Pat Malcahy, and her fel
low officers organi zed an afternoon at Coro-
nado beach in mid-November. December
brought our firstChris tmas Ball, wh ile many
of us par ticipated actively in the pageant,
"American Christmas, " the following week.
On January eighth, the day student s enter
tained the residence student s at a post-Christ
mas buffet supper at Irma Serrano's home.
The talk of t he party was, of course , final ex
aminations and the men's college formal.
Fa the r Parish's fine retreat gave impetus to
our second semester beginnings .
Plans were carried through for the fresh-
Sa nd y Sc hw ar zm an , pre sid ent ;
An gel Kr aemer ,
Marga retFa rre ll,
Pat rici aMulca hy