Alcalá 1964

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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