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THE crispness of the Autumn, and myriad- colored leaves cling tenaciously to the trees that g, .'e: them birth. The band is ready, the streamer-laden cars gradually edge into place, and the parade begins another Homecoming Day. The campus and its inhabitants seem to transcend space and time to join in the in- effable well-being that comes from seeing old friends and renewing pleasurable incidents that have occurred over the years in many a sojourn in college. During the half at the football game, throats momentarily cease from their earnest support of the cherished SENIOR ATTENDANT, Miss Helen Lindahl team to quietly observe the appearance of the Homecoming Court on the field, and the pre- and past students, families, and friends express sentation by the Queen of Mrs. Ensor's bou- their common characteristic-a pride and quet. But the pageantry, though impressive, sentiment that is often concealed in public, cannot touch the beauty of oneness-the ab- but that inadvertently creeps out on Home- stract feeling of unity that comes when present coming Day. 141