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Homesick Letter, 1898
In a letter dating back to 1898, student Grace Gibson, feeling homesick, pleads with her mother to let her come back home. She wrote, “Dear Momma, please let me come home. I cried myself to sleep...
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Spring Has Sprung, 1952
Before it was named the “The Point News” in 1959, the college’s student newspaper was called “The Signal News.” As we approach the first day of spring this year (March 20), here’s an excerpt from an...
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College Life in the ‘60s
Introduction by John Alex Bird ’16 In the spring 1976 edition of The Mulberry Tree Papers, a small feature in the magazine’s alumni notes highlighted what life was like at St. Mary’s College in the...
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An Artist’s Touch: The Schuler Family and St. Mary’s College
For anyone who’s had the chance to make their way to the Bottom County and familiarize themselves with St. Mary’s College, it’s obvious that Maryland’s honors school is a quintessential institution of...
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During the 1930’s, St. Mary’s Junior College housed around 80 students during the academic year, ensuring that it would be a tight-knit albeit sparse community tucked away from the larger urban areas...
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The Aspiring Photographer: Maxine (Slyder) Angle, ’1945
Maxine Angle, who attended St. Mary’s Female Seminary-Junior College between 1943 and 1945, was an aspiring photographer in her own right. During her time at St. Mary’s, Maxine (then Maxine Slyder)...
View ArticleThe Governor’s Cup
“…if we don’t put on one of the premier boating events on the Chesapeake next summer, we’ll have only ourselves to blame.” – Jack F. McJunkin, Dean of Students in 1974 It is August. For St. Mary’s...
View ArticleThis Place Where We Are
A reading from “This Place Where We Are” by Jeff Hammond, professor of English and George B. and Willma Reeves distinguished professor in the liberal arts. The post This Place Where We Are appeared...
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May Russell, “Pax Plan Co-ops,” and Expansion
May Russell, the “Pax Plan Co-ops,” and the Early Expansion of St. Mary’s College of Maryland By Sarah Jablon ’16, English major The late-1940s and 50s was a period of rapid expansion, in both size and...
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“Celebrating the Past, Forging the Future: Reflections on St. Mary’s 175th Year”
Author: Sarah Jablon ’16 St. Mary’s College of Maryland ended its yearlong 175th anniversary celebration with a bang in November. A culminating week of events included fireworks over the St. Mary’s...
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