1952 Magnet Yearbook

JARVIi:' C OLI.EGIATE
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It even got to the point when ' I almost
got ind igestion at lunch hour .. .
trying to gobble up my lunch so I
could get my two cen ts worth in th e
con versation. It was ~a ti .dyi n g to
see the students exercising sound
j udgment. (The result ? Trevor Evton
and Dodle Sperry are proxy and viceproxy
) .
• • •
Even t hin king about it makes me
Iurlcus ! :'oIars forgot to bring my corsage
to commencement. I felt so dowdy
in a plain wh ite toga when the
ot her Kh'ls we re in beautiful dresses
adorned by a breath of :-lpri ng' in
ro se and sweet-pea nosegays . T he
least he could have done was to send
:'olercury out to scour t he hillsides of
) [ount Olympus for some wild flowers.
At the time. I would have given
all th e IO\'e of Ven us for one dandelion
, He even forgot to change to a
white s hir-tl I was t horough ly ashamed
of him. However Barba ra Burnett
made s uch an interest ing valedictory
a ddress and I was so proud to see the
Jarvtsttes. eyes sparkling , carry their
di ploma s aw ay with the grace and
confidence of adults. that my anger
subsided. ( Lucky for him !)
• • •
Say. remember the Studen t's Counell's
first da nce ? Imagine, a n orc hes ­
t ra and no admissio n cha rge! I must
t hank Diana for finding me a blind
date. I didn't relish missinlol' t he fu n
an d f rolic. Did I tell you tha t :'ttercurv
was put in t he "dog-house" for
ac ting up that nigh t ? You know how
he'll a lways on the go, well . . . he
chased after Cupid's date. Cu pid. na ­
turally got angry and let loose one of
his a r rows-which hit head on.
(bull's-eve l} . .. I always knew those
fiying feet of his would get him into
t rouble.
• • •
. . . and speaking of Cupid and his
a r row~ he shou ld ha ve been at the
)tagnet Round-Up on S O\'. Suth. The
old auditori um was a galaxy of colo
u r~-s il\"e r horseshoes . red streamers,
ha ndsom e cowboys with twink ­
ling gun -butts and s pu rs , fiallhing
s miles a nd excited eyes. While J immy
) Iagill and his Nor ther n Ramblers
pr ovided the music. my Jarvlsttes
whooped it up until I wondered how
the floor ever stood the strain ! At
interm ission we chose :'oIiss ) Iagnet"
and I lau ghed so ha rd at He r vey 's
skit that I choked on my Coca -Cola.
I was really sor ry when the music
ended. for it had been a swell eve ni ng.
enjoyed by all !
• • •
. .. and then ca me Christmas ! I
can still feel a ti ngle go down my
back when I think of t he Christ mas
Dan ce. T he Christmas t ree in t he
auditor ium put me in a holiday mood,
pronto, and I was rea dy to cut capers
... j ust like that! Hercules di sappro
ved. He t hought I shou ld hi:' mort'
" la dy-like" and not like an excited
puppy ; but. Christmas comes only
once a yea r and we're not young fo r­
eve r. (By t he wa y, th ose Xmas baskets
with all the goodies made even
Xeptune's mouth water !)
• • •
Golly, four months of t he leap yea r
gone. I wonder how Bacchus fa re s.
The las t I remember was that he was
dashing a way fro m clamou ri ng gals
as king him to the "Snowtlur rv" , . .
that was three mont hs ago . I must