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Sunday, May 20,1984 was the recipient of a practical joke, inevitably return to the foundation
or those times we laughed together from which I intend to leave, and the
Dear Diary, when there was nothing left to do. education I have gained. I take with
It’s graduation day — May 20th — But more importantly, we talked and me not only knowledge, but a piece
finally! I’m so excited. At last — listened and created very dear and in­ of every person I have met along with
freedom! Independence! Money! timate friendships. Yes, the friend­ every experience’.! have encountered
Who am I kidding — I’m scared to ships — they will always be as well. I have been taught to be a
death. In just a few hours I'll be out in treasured. Christian Humanist, but more im­
the ‘real world.’ For four years this As I prepare to take that thrust into portantly I have experienced the true,
place, this dot on the map, this the ‘real world,’ my mind is filled with alive Christian Humanistic attitudes.
acreage of corn fields in the sticks of mixed feelings and plenty of It is with these thoughts I leave ... in­
the Lehigh County, this Center Valley questions, but my thoughts spired by the struggles of our Lord
place has been my security blanket.
How beautiful it has grown. Endless
magnificent, colorful trees line the
mountains surrounding the valley in
the fall; pure, soft velvety snow
blankets everything in the winter
creating a still and peaceful at­
mosphere undescribably hyp­
notizing; and in the spring — Fr.
Langelaan’s tulips bud all over, Allen­
town’s finest softball players show
their stuff, and the sunny, convenient
beaches open up stimulating many to
work at that tiresome job of building
a tropical tan.
And the people — oh the people.
I’ve been touched in a very special
way by each individual here. There
were times when I cried with a close
friend over a bad grade, or pleaded
with a teacher for help in preparation
for an upcoming test. Of course there
were those times of argument when I

Right: Sometime in four years of college,
one would think they could instruct you
how to put on your hood. Below: It’s 3:00
am and Brian Klinger and Cathy
DeCostanza have been discussing the
finer points of philosophy, right?

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