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Key Changes
These two photos might seem identical, but only the top one is the original photo of a Colgate string quintet. The bottom one has been changed in eight places. When you find a difference, draw a straight line connecting the center of the affected area in the top picture to its changed counterpart in the bottom picture. (Use a ruler for best results.) Each line you draw will cross through a colored square with a letter. When you’ve found all eight differences, the letters in the uncrossed squares, read in order, will give you the answer to this riddle: Which key do these students work on outside this ensemble? Answer to Key Changes puzzle on pg. 71.
Puzzle by Puzzability
Rewind Souvenirs and serendipity By Richard Duvall ’50
The picture of the 1950 Winter Carnival on Page 13 (winter 2013 Scene) knocked me over: 63 years later, here is my date, Ellye Marshall, a young actress from Hollywood, crowning the carnival queen, Joyce McLean of Garden City, N.Y. The photo sent me scurrying into my old Colgate files. I found clippings from Utica papers, photos, and letters, even one from Lloyd Huntley ’24, director of student activities at the time. Our class had arrived at Colgate in February 1946, 96 strong, mostly 24-yearolds coming from war service and eager to become graduates. This group of veterans was focused on their studies and dedicated to receiving the education they had earned through their service. Parties during those years seemed to be more sophisticated than the “wild” ones of prewar years. This group, much more mature, had the most memorable parties. I’d never met Ellye — who had just filmed Champagne for Caesar with Ronald Coleman, Celeste Holm, and Vincent Price. But I invited her to be my date through her agent, United Artists, and they said yes. (Coincidentally, Joyce was a high school friend of mine in Garden City, N.Y.) My 1936 Ford convertible had no top, so I wondered how to meet her at the Utica train station. A couple of my Colgate pals knew Bill Smith, the Ford dealer in Norwich. Soon, he delivered a red 1950 convertible fresh out of the showroom. The Utica Daily Press took lots of pictures as Ellye stepped off the train that afternoon for the drive down to Hamilton. This was better than Hollywood! She had all the dapper qualities of a movie starlet. I tracked down Joyce, now a widow living in Savannah, Ga. We are still looking for Ellye. She made five films between 1950 and 1954. These two ladies had helped to make “’50 Winter Carnival” one of the most exciting and beautiful ever! Do you have a reminiscence for Rewind? Send your submission of short prose, poetry, or a photograph with a description to scene@colgate.edu.
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