Annie Wright School - Shield Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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THROUGH THE RUBBER BALL B fflNCE upon a time there was a court ruled over by Fair Queen Hazel l fcJt with her sixteen royal maidens and with a clown, who was known to Ic. Sff a? court as Joan the Jester. One day the Queen, in want of enter- tainment. commanded Jester Joan to perform. Jester Joan, ' she said, you ' re well known as a fortune teller. 1 ell us what lies ahead for us all. lies though they may be. Gaze into your rubber ball. That ball, more precious than rarest crystal, should foretell the future clearly. Of course, your Highness. answered Jester Joan, Til not say that everything will come true, but after three magical bounces of my ball I should be able to tell you all. But I ' m having a little difficulty, she added, my ball hasn ' t the same bouncing properties it used to have before Pearl Harbor, consequently the pic- tures don ' t seem quite clear . . . maybe my ball needs a retread! There isn ' t time for you to take that ball to the Royal Tire Rationing Board. Jester Joan. answered the Queen, you really must get along with what you ve got and not bounce it over forty times an hour. You ' ve been bouncing that ball loo fast and that ' s sabotage! she added, grimly. Yes. your Highness. said Joan the Jester. 1 11 be careful and bounce the ball very gently and see what happens. So Jester Joan did as she was told and this is what she saw in nineteen-fifty : Betty Hopkins as the Brenda Frazier of Spokane; Mary Jeanne Norris as the home economics instructor at West Point; Catherine Gilbert as the winner of the pie eating contest at the county fair: and Linette Parsons trying to improve the llinstein theory through serious study. Frances McGinnis was keeping up the morale of Fort Lewis lieutenants: Wini- fred Saxton was promoting a Please Explain All Jokes Week ; and Anita Derby was replacing Fanny Brice on the Baby Snooks Program. Oh. ho! ' exclaimed Joan, giving the ball another very gentle bounce, here is Marie Eckstrom as the belle of Billy Rose ' s Aquacade of nineteen-fifty. and Harriette Giesy as football coach at Miss Spinster ' s Academy. Jane Snider ap- pears to be excavating the mine which Clementine ' s father couldn t find: Bonnie Jean Chitty is writing mystery stories for kindergarten children: Georgiana Wie- benson is challenging Carmen Miranda to a rhumba contest; Helen White is teaching army tactics at Annapolis; and Dorothy Richards is editing a home- making column in Esquire. Jester Joan stopped, looked puzzled, but after fondly caressing her rubber ball, she went on. Oh. but what ' s this? Hmmm . . . Here I see Jane Bronson as the first person ever to ski down from Alta Vista while playing a harp, and Marybeth Whitehouse as a demonstrator for Golden Glamour Shampoo. And what have we here? What, but our fair Queen Hazpl working on the Blind Date Committee of tTie national U. S. O. You ' re all busy little bees, aren ' t you? Joan concluded with a twinkling smile. But we can ' t leave you out. Jester Joan. the Queen replied. She turned to her court and looking them over she saw. to her dismay, that one of her maidens was actually chewing gum! Linette. she cried, p i in the royal waste paper basket, and help us look into Jester Joan s future. [181

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THE LASl W ILL AND lES I AMENl OF THE CLASS OF A THOUSAND NYNE HUNDRED FORTY AND TWO The tenth of June, the yeare of Our Ix rcl a thousand nyne hundred forty and two: We. the Senior Class of the Annie Wright Seminary, heing hole in myndc and of good memory, do make and ordeign our Last Will and Testament in man- ner and fourme following: First: We bequethe to the Class of a Thousande Nyne Hundred Forty and Three the motto. ' Hope to the end. and our weaknesses — for ever! Item : We leave to the Facultie and Student Bodie the refresfiing Tacoma rains, the delightful tide flats, and the divers peculiar odours issuing on occasion from the laboratory of the chemists. Item: Jane Bronson, our guyde and leadere this past yeare. wills her musical efforts in Harmony XII to Kleanor f itchford. Item: Joan Campbell leaves her mania (or solid swinge to Marvann F ykman. along with an illustrated mannual on jitterbugginge. Item: lionnie Jean Chitty. findinge a moment of rest and leisure, makes a be- quest of her worries to Janet Saxlon. Item: Anita Derby bequethes her fondness for the strenuous game of basketball together with a passion for divers and sundr ' sportes to Honey Holland. Item: Marie flckstrom with great generosity, wills a diete which is guaranteed to put on the poundage, to Margot Martin. Item: Harrielte (»iesy leaves her prowess at sportes and her love ol hotkey to Caroline Henton. Item: Catherine Gilbert, with deep regret, bequethes her ability to stave on her diete to Bebe f urkey, and gives that frequently disappearing piclurf I ) larion Ingram. Item: Betty Hopkins wills her glamorous inch-longe eyelashes to Barbara Sanders. Item: Frances McGinnis gladly leaves her dentiste appointments to Avonne Nelson. Item: M ary Jeanne Norris wills her peanut butter jar to Bette Ree Martin and I iana Cookingfiam for safe keepinge. and to Caroline Henton she leaves, we hope, her malapropisms. Item: Linelte Parsons bequethes her well-known ability to be first in line at the Junior Sales to Judy Welsh, who. unfortunately, has been able to capture only second place. Item: Dorothy Richards leaves her briske. invigorating early morning waike to Ann Stickney. Item: Winifred Saxton w ilU hfr in il)ilit to vrp a sec rrte n entire Fresh- man Class. horn: Hazel S( haeffer. being in a generous moode. bequethes to Marion Ingram the Blind Date Committee. Item: Jane Snider leaves her cookies each recesse to Diana Cookingham: and to Lois Anderson she leaves her frequente trippes to the doctor. Item: Marybelh Whilehouse wills her love of succulente, golden-browne pork chops to Lois Anderson. Item: Georgiana Wiebenson bequethes her All American swimming h)rine to Honey Holland; and to Shirley Temple she leaves her juvenile roles. Item: Helen White leaves her Mathe XII class to Ann Sprowl. All this now being accomplished, in spirite gude and true, we commende our- selves to all colleyge admissiones committees, to our fonde parentes, and to all who may employe us in the future. Jane Snider, Class XII. H7i

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Lint 111 luriud luwufil [ iv (jueen, did as she was told, and tlien her eyes gleamed with anticipation. Just give me that ball! she said. Now. when I was up in the Yukon they used to call me Old See-all Lannie. There you are. Plai n as can be . . . There s Jester Joan Campbell as chief bronco-buster at the Pendleton Fioundup. For many long years war waged in the world. Jester Joan had nothing to jest about, for there were no more rubber balls to foretell the future, which was opaque enough at the l est! Although laughter almost died in the world, around the cor- ners of the ( ueen s mouth there lurked a tiny smile. Her maidens, engrossed in First Aid, looked at each other over traction splints and bandages with knowing eyes, for they knew that the prophecy of the rubber ball would come true and that the Court of Nirn frcn Hundred and Fortv Txno would live long and happily ever after. Jane Bronson and Bonnie Jean Chitty, Class XII. PFRn-rr fvior Wou d have: The hair of Marybeth Whitehouse The complexion of Mary Jeanne Norris The eyes of Betty Hopkins The teeth of Jane Snider The smile of Jane Bronson The hands of Hazel Schaeffer The legs of Joan Campbell The da ncinci aoi lity of Trances McG The vitality of Catherine Gilbert The athletic ability of Anita Derby The common sense of Bonnie Jean Chitty Should be: As witty as Linette Parsons As even-tempered as Dorothy Richards As dependable as Marie Eckstrom As sincere as Winifred Saxton As amiable as Georgiana Wiebenson As friendly as Helen White As generous as Harriette Giesy • » • Hail! Class of ' 421 Fight on to victory. Our flying colors true WiW go doum in hi ' story. So cheer for dear ' 42, Loyal we ll ever be. We will conquer every foe praise to th pp.