Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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for Intervale . Can ' t you tell: First glimpse of Utopia WINTER TERM A dismal three weeks set in when the school returned on January 6th. completely exhausted as usual. But Smiling in spite of bad luck mid-years were soon over and the great day arrived when the Seniors took off for Intervale. The first inno- vation was the mad dash for lip- sticks, with both Miss Hearsev and Miss Carpenter joining in! The second was headquarters at Kearsarge — but near enough to Intervale to make no difference at all. The days were a wonderful jumble of skiing, skating to music, eating far beyond normal capacities, trying hard to snatch some sleep, and discovering new friend-. Aunty Pam ' s unending special-, telegrams and phone calls served as the only link with the out- side world. A broken ankle was the [58

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Motor Mechs make sparks fly Canteen cookers Choir: Top: Robillard, Pearson, Bowersox, Leslie Middle: Shaic, Todd, H. Craig, Stuart, Rathbone Bottom: Lytle, Peterson, Sime, Hardy, Bennett (E. Garratt, Houston) gave the graduates a marvelous feel- ing of achievement when their names were read out in chapel as having successfully completed the course. Broken arms, flat tires, or feeding five hundred people at a moment ' s notice no longer seemed unsolvable problems. Suddenly, just as the fall program was settling nicely into a regular routine, everyone began dressing dolls or practicing songs for Christ- mas. As always, the choir did a great deal to make the exciting days preced- ing Christmas vacation a favorite time of the Abbot year. Everyone will long remember how inspiringly they sang the Magnificat at the Christmas Service, and all went home on December 19 in holiday mood. [57]

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Monett and Zimmermann in The Maker of Dreams only casualty, but poor Gretch was confined to crutches for weeks after a very sad group of Seniors returned for another semester of work. The Senior Mids ' annual presenta- tion of plays in honor of the Seniors brought a welcome escape from toil. Bunny Shaw as Pompey dear, and Betsy Bennett as the sweet Lady Violetta were outstanding in The Knave of Hearts. The other plays, Cottage for Sale and The Maker of Dreams completed an excellent program which the Seniors and every- one else thoroughly enjoyed. One definite innovation in this year of change was the prom, lengthened into a whole week end instead of end- ing most sadly at twelve o ' clock Sat- urday night as before, and coming on March 8th instead of late in April in order to fit in with the new speed-up schedules of many boys ' colleges — an important factor! There seemed to be a great scarcity of dates this year, but by the time the day arrived, the boys arrived too. Tea and dancing in the new recreation room were en- joyed in the afternoon, and after a quick supper of hamburgers in the basement of Draper — strictly a hen party — the formal dance was held in Such a serious receiving line! [59