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CLASS OF
1966
September was the month for renewing old friendships, making new ones and
settling into the classroom routine. The Sophomores made the adjustments from surf
and sand to texts and assignments with quite a bit of lamenting, but without too much
heartbreak. We bounced through the weeks without a care in the world — until mid
terms. But even then, we made room in our schedule to reveal to the Freshmen the
great "Who are the Sophs?" mystery. The "Buddies" Dessert Party helped the Sophs
every bit as much as it helped the Freshmen!
From then on, 'til Christmas, life for our Sophomore Class was one big round of
football and basketball rallies and games; cheerleading; Kris Kindls; not to mention
support for the fall play; fun of our class party; dancing at the Christmas Ball; work
put into the Thanksgiving Clothing and Food Drive; and help for the Freshmen in
their annual Christmas Toy Drive. Best of all was the anticipation of a "restful"
Christmas holiday, with only ten times the homework and three term papers due on
January 8th!
Coming back in a new year, the Sophomores faced the grim ordeal of finals. But
the thought of the end of an old semester, and a few days of rest and a Retreat before
the beginning of a new one, brightened the horizon just a little.
By the end of January we were looking forward to the new semester filled with
dances, midterms, and upper division courses. The semester end looked very close with
its promise of a Bal des Fleurs and the presentation of our Associate of Arts certificates.
Our class officers exerted every bit of effort to make certain that we reached the Ball
and presentation. Mary Jo McBrearty was quite a lively president, with just a touch
of an erratic conformist in that Madras scarf on her hair. And certainly our drama
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