Annie Wright School - Shield Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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« « it Front row. left to right: Margaret Snyder. Ann Sticlcney. Margaret Schafer. Mary Ruth Springer. Seated: Imogen Billings (Gold Team Captain). Irene Purkey (Secretary-Treasurer of trie Athletic Association). Mrs. Johnsen (Athletic Instructor). Cynthia Gonyea (President of the Athletic Association). Patricia Fed- dersen (Blue Team Captain). Standing: Wilhelmina Jenkins. Constance Brewer, Virginia Allen, Elgene Poison. Betti Vaara. Norma Ainsworth. Beverly Eklund. Wendy Wagner. Virginia Dravis. Darcia Dayton. Barbara Sanders. Absent: Marian Jenner. SEMINARY ATHLETIC COUNCIL |HE Seminary Athletic Council was organized in 1940 by Mrs. Johnsen, our athletic instructor. Originally composed of only the officers of the Athletic Association and the team captains, the Council has grown to a membership of twenty during the four years of its existence. New members are selected from the Upper School by those already on the Council in consultation with the athletic instructor. They are chosen for their sportsmanship, dependability, courtesy, and initiative Not only has the membership of the S. A. C. grown. Its responsibilities have likewise increased. They now include care of the little children at noon, during the afternoon, and in the cafeteria; cooperation with the Student Council in the execution of regulations passed by that body; and the promotion of all athletic activities. Under the enthusiastic and constructive leadership of Mrs. Johnsen. the Council feels that it is making real progress towards its goal — the develop ment in every member of the Athletic Association of all that the term good sports- manship signifies. [27]

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Ill STUDENT COUN( L Seated, left to right: Ann Stickney (Service League). Janet Saxton (Secretary). Margaret Snyder (Presi- dent). Constance Brewer (Vice-President). Edna Gifford (Middle School Association). Standing: Mar- garet Schafer (Senior Class). Janet Karshner (Sophomore Class). Wendy Wagner (Junior Class). Cynthia Gonyea (Athletic Association). Jane Moffitt (Freshman Class). Margaret Jean l angahrrr (Masque Players). STUDENT COUNCIL TUDENT government is an important aspect of training our youth to become responsible citizens, for it is practical democracy at work. Through the Student Council. Seminary girls are given an active voice in the government of the school. Representatives from all classes and organizations compose the Council, whose main purpose is to promote cooperation of thought and action for the best interests of all. At its bi-monthly meetings the Council, guided by suggestions and questions from the other students, discuss with Miss Jenkins current problems and policies. During 1945-44 there have been several student assemblies, the most notable being a Forum, at which the Council answered questions asked by the members of the Student Body. This year the activities of the Council began in the summer when its members helped in getting the school ready for the fall opening. Clad in jeans, the girls moved books from the Library into their new home in the Study Hall, sandpapered furniture, and assisted in other ways. On the opening night of school the Council gave Annie her traditional birthday party. New girls were presented with that invaluable little book of wisdom, Annies Alphabet. In May newly ele t «l officers were installed with a ceremony that the present Council hopes will become a seminary trad ition. These activities are in addition to the main aim of the Student Council. lii li is to develop in the girls responsibility, initiative, and loyalty. As we learn now the value of these qualities, we shall be better prepared to meet and fulfill the requirements of a complex world. [26]

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THL MASQUE PLAYERS Seated: Janet Beall. Elaine Rydell. Virginia Allen (Secretary-Treasurer). Mrs. Potter (Adviser). Virginia Oakley. Nancy Griggs. Margaret Jean Langaheer (Pi ' sidcnt), Janet (.angaheer. Standing: Ann Stickncy, Mary Jane Haughton. Norma Ainsworth. Margaret Snyder. Dolores Richards. Barbara Sanders. Constance Brewer. Antoinette Hannah. Marian Pierce. Imogen Billings. Ansent. Irene Purvey (Vice-President). Marilyn Kleinberg. THE MASQUE PLAYERS EMBERSHIP in the Masque Players, the dramatic organization of the Upper School, is open to all students through tryouts held in the spring and in the fall. In a ceremony on the cloister the new members are taken on and presented with their pledge ribbons of maroon and blue. At the end of several weeks the pledge plays are given, and a formal initiation is held in the Masque clubroom. when ribbons are exchanged for gold pins. Under the direction of Mrs. Potter, the club has had a year of varied and interesting activities. On Trustees Day two amusing comedies. Poor Aubrey and The Passing of Chow Chow, were given. At the Pantry Shelf, an annual activity of The Mothers ' Club, the first of these was repeated. On this occasion action behind the scenes was quite as entertaining as that on the stage, and members of the cast will never forget the frantic search for Bebe ' s missing toupee. The Masque Players appreciated the invitation extended thern by the Aloha Club to be present at their Christmas program, in which Mrs. Potter appeared in several mono-dramas. On Dads Day High Tor by Maxwell Anderson was pre- sented as a table reading in the Great Hall. The banquet in May honoring Senior members climaxed another happy and successful year for the club. [281