Entries tagged with ‘spirit’
Blast from the Past
Your family’s vehicle just turned off Highway 169 onto College Avenue for the trek up the hill. You’re nervous. Your hands are clammy. Your dad keeps reminiscing on mildly embarrassing stories of your childhood, that you are praying he doesn’t say out load when your new roommate is around. Your mother is running over the […]
View from the Hill
It’s the first thing you see your freshman move in day and it’s the last image you see in the rear view mirror leaving campus after graduation. The Hill. It tugs at the heart strings of Gusties. These Gusties are getting their picture taken right at the bottom of the hill circa 1987.
Blast from the Past
Here are three women (including Lillian Dahl, Class of 1908 and Hannah Christofferson, Class of 1911) sitting on a bed in a women’s dormitory around 1908. The photo is labeled the “Sleepy Hollow Girls.” One can only guess at what that means, but as Gusties, we know that nicknames for you, your friends, and your […]
Words of Wisdom
“Sensibly, and somewhat forcibly, the seasonal atmosphere at Gustavus has remained much as tradition would have it. While final exams loom ominously in the near future, students have little time to concern themselves with Christmas until that last final is finished. But still, the campus is not ignoring the holiday spirit. Dorm decorations are springing […]