From Mary (A.Court) Downey '61

I came to the college from Brazil. He was not familiar with the schooling there and stressed I would have to work hard. I did. He matched roommates well. My roommate and I got along well and supported each other. I loved the pension. Monsieur was a Calvinist pastor. He and his wife had four children. No one spoke English. So we practiced our French a lot. We lived in Colombier. Monsieur took us mountain climbing and his son Alain took us sailing on the lake. Madame made huge macaroni pies and blood sausage.

Mr. Wilde invited us to dinner, as he did many students. He sincerely wanted to get to know us.