Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

Steps of Our Senior Class Screams and shouts of delight astonished new girls as we Seniors roared into school and collapsed breath- lessly in our newly acquired Senior Parlor. . .first get- together as a class was the Senior Picnic at Ipswich Beach...sandy hot dogs were cheerfully ignored while everyone concentrat- ed on the debut of Chester- fields and Camels. . .forget- ting What Every Woman Knows, we invaded Boston WX VX t J W1 K Q Q J gf ii,y. ill 92 1 fflllxx W , ww gr-'xefx fx? for our first unchaperoned Saturday Leave. Novem- ber's highlight was the An- dover-Exeter 'cfootball clas- sicv which we attended, cheering lustily for Hour Abbot boys". . .the long- awaited eve of departure for the Christmas vacation arrived with the added sur- prise of receiving our Senior rings.. .holidays over, the terror of mid-years was up- on us. . .pigtails and gray faces took the place of va- cation glamour. . .quick re- vival came after one miser- able week as we whipped out pan-cake and lipstick and departed via "Basset's Tours" for Intervale. . .as usual, the Prom week-end was a howling success... strains of S'Guilty', and "Rumors are Flying" pen- etrated the recesses of the library where book-lovers ardently communed with favorite authors. . .Sunday morning after chapel, Baro- nial was packed with eager beavers, and the campus woodlands were invaded by nature lovers. . ."Quality Streetn brought the oppor- tunity to show our talents as a class...Spring vaca- tions were spent perusing Science lllanuals and Time l15l WJJX. Q Nfl w my f 1 tw, i ' l ' x.. l .4 v ,XJ 3- and we returned well armed to take the dreaded College Boards. . .the long-awaited Commencement week-end found families and friends strolling the campus. . .the happiness of finally receiv- ing our diplomas was min- gled with the sadness we all felt at separation from each other and leaving Abbot.