May 27, 2005
Oh Mount Holyoke, We Pay Thee Devotion...
No knitting content here, sorry. Just pretty pictures. This is going to be a lightly captioned photo montage of the 25th reunion of the Mount Holyoke College Class of 1980. I'll put most of it in the extended entry, so if you want to skip it and go to the fiber-related entries everywhere else, it'll be easy to do that. Knit on...
Friday
Registration
Click to see this one larger.
Saturday
Alumnae Parade
The college president reviews the 'troops'.
Senior class officers, followed by the class carrying their laurel chain.
Laurel Chain
The senior class winds the laurel chain around the supposed grave of the founder, Mary Lyon.
(Click to see a full size copy.)
Alumnae Association Meeting
Class of 1930 presents its comments.
The president addresses the alums.
A picnic for about 700
Some of my favorite campus places
Click the small one to see a big copy.
The library:
Sundial in the chapel garden.
My second home: Pratt music building, all growed up with a six million dollar renovation.
The sock before dinner, admiring Lower Lake.
After dinner, jazz favorites by Beth (who sang opera and oratorio back in our day) and her combo.
You make me wish I'd been there, Caroline. What a beautiful campus! :-)
Posted by: Sam on May 27, 2005 02:08 PMI almost went to Mt. Holyoke but my father didn't want me so far from home (Kentucky) so I went to Hollins in VA instead. Your pics remind me of all the wonderful times at school and how lucky we are that these fantastic women's campuses are still going strong.
Posted by: Tamara on May 28, 2005 06:54 PMOh, you make me wish I'd gone there, it looks lovely.
Posted by: Angela on May 30, 2005 05:04 PMGreat job, Caroline! After 25 years I realized I shudda been a music majuh! Whatta place, eh? It was great to see you. I have to confess, i did learn to knit at MHC, although I can't say I do much of it now.....remember, I have an excuse.... I live in FL! Anyway, all the best to you and your golden jewel (Emily, right???) Luv, ajr
Posted by: AJ on June 13, 2005 10:01 PMyay, MHC! I went there too! Thanks for posting the pictures . . . I haven't been back since I graduated in 1988.
Posted by: Sharon on June 15, 2005 09:24 PMWow, look at all these MHC knitters! I work there. I found your site while googling for the chapel garden sundial, which is featured sporting handspun yarn on my blog today. I was trying to find the text of the poem carved into the base (I'm at my other job today). Anyway, howdy!
Posted by: mamacate on July 8, 2005 12:07 PM