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A REQUEST FROM YOUR WEB COORDINATOR!
Please, please, if you change your email address, let us know!
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Scribes' unabridged
column for
the newest Quarterly
and other recent class notes
An Uncommon Women's Page
Here you'll find articles, tips, etc.
related to women and women's issues
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Click on the figures above
to get there.
We have a new book
for your
PERUSAL
Click on the pile of books to go there.
Click on the palette to go there.
Here’s your chance to share your talents with your classmates. We expect to have new material often because ’55 is full of clever women. Please contact
Wink at
to participate.
We expect this will be a popular page
so don’t be shy…be creative !
Check out the Class of 1955's new
UNCOMMON WOMAN AWARD
Click on the sphnix to see some
exciting news!
We have 5 new Uncommon Women!
Our latest addition is none other than the vivacious and popular Sonya Stephens
Read all about her by clicking on the Sphinx
Edwina Cruise who spoke to us at our 35th reunion was the first post-grad honorary.
After our 50th we welcomed Eleanor Townsley who inspired us all with her immense help at our Seminar Day.
No reunion was ever complete without listening to Vinnie Farraro. We are delighted to claim him as one of our own.
Click on the Lilies
to go to the
Memorial Page
We sadly report the deaths of:
Dorrit Werner Purdy
November 2024
Nancy Prins Johnson
December 27, 2024
Burr Clevenger Henahan
January 27, 2025
Deborah Hazzard Nash
March 17, 2025
In Case You Missed This ....
Click on the URL below for a fun listen we call all relate to!
As you all know our class has elected special faculty who we feel have been especially close to our
class over the years.
We all know that our 1955 Honorary Vinnie Ferraro is our most popular lecturer when we go back for our “Back to School” mini every fall. Here’s the exciting news. He writes a blog. A what you say? A Blog called World Politics. What it means is that we can access that blog anytime just by signing up to receive it over our email. Then you can read it, save it, delete it, whatever, but you”ll be connected to Vinnie’s thinking and teaching of World Politics from your iphone or computer whenever you want.
To sign up for his blog go onto google and type in vferraro1971 and the form to sign up will become available.
Happy Politics!
Click the gavel to read our president's 2024
Class Letter
We need photos!
Please send us pictures of you and your family or you and other Alums as our roving photographer cannot cover the entire country.
Call us if you need instructions. You can send the actual printed photos or send them over the internet.
We are very flexible except in our knees!
For the very latest news about MHC
go to the website and visit
Campus Updates and Opening the Gates
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You can view these sessions by going to our zoom page and seeing everything about our zoom program. Just click on the blue and white camera above and you'll be there!
OUR NEXT ZOOM!
TUESDAY
September 9th at 3:30 EDT
We're on Vacation
for the Summer!
ALL OF OUR ZOOMS
ARE ON OUR ZOOM PAGE
Click the link above to see a short video of
THE PRESIDENTS HOUSE
Since only a few of you answer my request for photos (Hint Hint) click below to see a whole slew of wonderful memories!
How Much Does College Really Cost?
“It is an understatement to say I am excited to join the vibrant and dynamic Mount Holyoke community. ... There hasn’t been a more important and critical time in recent history in which we need students who are empowered through their liberal arts education to go out and improve communities both here in the United States and around the world.”
Heather Cox Richardson on Fascism
Keep the pictures coming Ladies!!!!!!
Actually, legacy admissions are good. Here’s why
Our January Zoom with Vinnie can be seen by going to our Zoom page
The Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender … Are They?
A College Essay, Revisited Over 10 Years Later
Today's Teenagers Have Invented a Language that Captures the World Pefectly
Who Will Control the Future of AI?
Click on" A New Page" below to read our latest
CLICK ON THE CLOWN ABOVE TO GO TO OUR
JUST FOR FUN PAGE.
PLENTY OF FUNNIES TO TICKLE YOUR FANCY.
America should make it easier for young people to serve their country
WE'RE GOING BACK FOR OUR 70TH REUNION ON MAY 23RD - 25TH, 2025!
REMEMBER OUR 65TH WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
Here's All the Latest about our Next Reunion!
Registration date for on-campus housing closes on May 1st.
What caused this College President to Quit?
How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism
NEW FRANCES PERKINS NATIONAL MONUMENT
" On April Fools Day, believe nothing, trust no one, just like any other day." – ...
How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism
It's Easy to See What Drove Jonathan Holloway to Quit
America should make it easier for young people to serve their country
Opinion Who will control the future of AI?
I Teach the Humanities, and I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is
A College Essay, Revisited Over 10 Years Later
The Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender … Are They?
Actually, legacy admissions are good. Here’s why.
Fascism
The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish
Click Above to See Them All
How Higher Education Can Win Back America
CLICK ABOVE TO SEE WHAT DAVE THINKS WE HAVE JUST LIVED THROUGH
AND FIND A BIT OF TRUTH AND HUMOR!
LOOKING FOR AN EASY VOLUNTEER JOB?
Here is the PERFECT SOLUTION!
MADE TO ORDER FOR 1955ers!
College Can't be only for the Rich
Lots of New News on this Page...Give it a look-see!
The Department of Education's Threatening Letter
70 years flies by pretty quickly---Little did we know!
$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President
Our Graduation Parade Back in 1955
Kathy Suarez's daughter, Nina , sent me these marvelous pictures, taken by her grandfather,
of our Graduation Laurel Parade.
THEY ARE TREASURES!
As you can see, there is no one back from the Class of 1985, which would have been the
70th Reunion Class.
It seems there was no one still left, as the Class Notes stopped at 1888.
THE 50TH REUNION CLASS OF 1905
WE THOUGHT THEY WERE VERY CUTE LITTLE OLD LADIES!
THE 30TH REUNION CLASS OF 1925
THE 25TH REUNION CLASS OF 1930
THE 10TH REUNION CLASS OF 1945
100% DRESSES BACK IN THE DAY!
You Could Try This at our 70th?
