Currin recalls her adjustment to college, student life during the Korean War, the return of veteran students, campus rules and dormitory life. She discusses campus traditions, the role of student government and the judicial board, the high academic standards of the institution and the advantages of attending an all-women's college. She talks about her understanding of the rift between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association, the administration of Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham Jr. and her associations with Dean Katherine Taylor and faculty members Louise Alexander and Gregory Ivy. She also reminisces about the McCarthy Hearings and the birth of the new nation of Israel. Subjects: Differences she found in the southern and northern cultures, civility of the faculty council meetings, Elisabeth Zinser, the Administrative Council.