Alcala 1958

S tu dentBody— Collegefo r Women By TERRY FALK Ju n io r,Co lle ge fo r Wom en I N ACCORD wit h tra dit ion ,the open ­ ing week of the 19 57 fal l sem est erat the Col lege fo r Wome n was dec lare d Fre shman We ek. Th e wee k fea tur ed ac tiv iti espla nne d to acqu ain tnew studen ts with the var ied asp ect s oflif e on the Alcala Par k cam pus . Ca lifo rni ansa taste of un ive rsi tylif e in the southla nd. The Fre shm an Follies,ann ua lfro sh var­ iet y sho w, proved to be an app rop riat eHal­ low een pre sen tat ion .An audie nc ecrown ed wit h pink hal os saw inc ide nts in the lif e of a typ ica lfre shm an , no thr ough the ey es of gho sts, but thr oug htho se of a heaven ly ch oir of angels. ent - l ege r en ior, l ge r en I ition, - l r l d a . ed i ities aint dents i ts of s. y s, ers l e i n i l rnians i rsity nd. an Follies, a l - , riate - s tation. i nce c e ts i l an, not s , t rough s e ly

Af ter a bat ter y of test s, new com ers viewe d a col leg e fas hio n sho w at wh ich upp ercl assm enmo del ed attractiv eand ap­ propria tecampu swea r for bot h maj or and mi nor fun cti on s on the so cial cal end ar. Inv esti tur e,Con voc ation an d other sole mn ass embli esthr oug hou t the wee k we re fol­ low ed by inform alaft ern oon sof sw immi ng , rid ing ,ten nis an d ska tin g. Af ter a rall y at the Lin da Vis ta Th eat re in pre par atio nfor the firs t USD foo tba ll game , studen ts re­ turn ed to the campu s for the fir st dan ce of the yea r, a mixe r spo nso red by the Se nio r Class . Hi gh lig ht ingthe month of Oct ober wa s the annual Pr esi den t's Day on Oct. 18 . Stu den tsatte nded Mas s in ac ad em icdre ss and then pro ceeded to the col leg e thea tre, where the Alc ala Park Pl ay er s pres ente d "Gray Bre ad. " Th e perfor ma nce was in hon or of Mot her Fra nce s Da nz, Pr esi den t of the College fo r Wom en. An n Dy er off ere dthe goo d wi shesof the student body to Mot her Dan z, wh o in turn granted the stu den ts the tradit ion al ha lf-h oli da y. Th e fol low ing we eke nd fou nd col leg e gir ls pla yin g the role of ho ste ss to gue sts from Sa n Fra nci scoan d Me nlo Pa rk. Th is ann ua l trek to Sa n Di eg o gi ve s Nor ther n clas en led e - te s ctions r. t re, tion lies ho t - al o ns ing, i , is ti g. re ation t l , ts - s c , r red r . lighting t l e t's . ts s e ic s l e e, l ers d ." ance nces , e t en. d es , ts itio al l oliday. l ing d col ege ls i g s ci co l . i o s n l

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No vem ber wa s a ser ious mo nth . As a com pleme ntto Am eri can Edu cat ionWe ek, the col leg e pre sented thre e dif fer ent pro­ gra ms fo r bo th publi c and educati onal gro up s. On Nov. 11, adm inis tra tor sand tea che rs of the cit y and cou nty sch ool s, as wel l as the pu bli c at lar ge, were inv ited to an all- day Ope n Ho use . The mo rn ing fea tured tou rs of the col leg e, and in the aft ern oon vis ito rsattended the Alcala Par k Pl ay er s pre sen tat ion of "Twe lve An gr y Wo me n." De cem ber ope ned with the tra dition al Lil y Pr oce ssi onon De c. 6 . Th is pro ces sion, de sig ne dto hono r the Blessed Vi rg inMa ry und er her tit le of the Imm acu late Conc ep­ tio n, is a cen tur y-o ldcus tom in all sch ool s and co lle gessta ffe dby the Re lig iou sof the Sa cred He art . Th e Se ni or Clas s pres ente d the ann ual Chr istmas Bal l on De c. 13 . Tr ad itio na l Chr istmas de cor tran sformed the Ros e Room, and stu den ts dan ced to the mu sic of Du dle yKe ndall and hi s orches tra. Th e fol low ing Sunday the six th ann ual Christ­ ma s Pa gean t,"A Candle in the Wind ow ," pla yed to a capa cit yhou se in the co llege l ent ican tion , l e s e t - s lic tional s. i i trators a rs t ls, l lic , i s . ing l e, o n rs ers s tation lve y n." er iti al s ion . . is cession, ed i l c late - , y-old c ls ges f d li ious t. l i t as l . itional ist as sf ed , ts c i l y al tra. l ing l - s t, l i o ," city s

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