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Sigma Sigma Tau Silver pins and scarlet bows, candlelight and hushed alumnae, chocolate milkshakes and smashed eggs . . . Shoes piled outside door ... No kidnap this year ... Gray walls, red couches: clubroom transformed with wall-to-wall carpeting. "Hope Joanie likes it" ... Peppy scarlet, modest silver . . . "Where will we get enough money?" ... "No, CARE gets all the calendar collec- tion ... Dirty gray sneakers and red perspired faces- Radar's workouts brought fatigue but primary group- ness ..• ' Silver cups and red dresses ... Perfumed pipe cleaners and red cake . . . Silver bell and red ribbons, red tinsel and silver tree; eleven children-sign up for one . . . Where are the old ukes and tissue strip skirts? ... Silvery flash of Pat's camera ... Hearty red glow outside the window ... Popcorn and pinwheels, lionsuit and leotards, ringmaster and Rabbit Frump ... "What will you do with that gold brick?" ... Linked arms and a silver tear, red throats singing while cleaning up ... "Doesn't anyone have a car?" ... "Steak or fried chicken?" ... "Don't forget the candles" ... "And to Dilman I leave ... " Silver: modestly carefree, femininely unsophisticated, B. Roeder scintillating and outspoken, some shy, some forward, prudish or prudent, individuals pledged together. Scarlet: spirited, spiritual, electrically enthusiastic, success after college, too-Peace Corps alumnae, blushes and engagement candy, courtly junior beauties. "... the love for the one thing from which we ne'er shall part ... " Yup, that's us! M. Hahnefeld S. Haines M. Heggan L. McDonald K. McGauley P. Mullinix B. Nolan c. Swenson J. Underwood v. Weber N. Whitworth B. Woodruff R. Bowden K. Coleman K. Reber S. Reckord J. Rowe J. Seddon B. Smith K. Stevens B. Warrick J. Willette
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