Concord Academy - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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Clflaaa cl-fiafozity Lower School: In the beginning there was . . . Ariane, Whitney, and Midge jenny . . . lost in the shuffle. 5th grade . . . Robin, Hazel, and Betsy Devlin . . . Miss Coombs' picnics . . . stars were born in Christmas plays. 6th grade . . . Suzie Dumaine . . . Miss Wagner's science classes . . . trading cards . . . TRADING CARDS! . . . rose-bushes for Miss Wagner. 7th grade . . . janey, Helen, Liz, Farnsworth, Judy Woodhead, Sarah Sargent, Whitney Baldwin, and Ela . . . Meadowbrook vs. Riverdale QRAH! RAI-Ilj . . . The Magic Flute . . . nickels for the pig . . . The Thin Club . . . secret meetings, pricing desk sets at lunch . . . AND . . . Surprise, Miss Clark. Class V: First year in the big school . . . Sandy, Murf, Libby, Katie, Sue N., Cutch . . . Miss Young's Kidlings . . . War stories . . . Take out a piece of paper please, Ladies! . . . tracking through sleet, slush, and snow to 4260 for C.A.'s version of U.N. attempts at peace talks . . . round table discussions with Mrs. Eisendrath . . . Sally represents us in the boarding department . . . science oral reports . . . O.K. Whitney, what's yours about? . . . the love-life of the angle-worm? . . . Therefore comma . . . advisors . . . tea beside the tape recorder . . . Miss Coombs' Christmas parties . . . April showers, and a wedding for Mrs. Eisendrath . . . a fond farewell. ' ...NoDavid... Class IV: Burke, julie, Maddie, Di, Hes, Lucia, judy T., Martha Metchear, Cary, and jackie all found in the turmoil . . . Powers of an Underground Class to Class System result in the Roman linguistics left unlearned . . . however, the English vocabulary broadened considerably . . . eh, Sargent? . . . Now girls, we all know . . The Big Time Sports -with Whitney's and Demille's unfailing devotion to our Schlitz von Beerstein and Family . . . The Point System continues with bowling in Maynard . . . Farns- worth earns points on her bi-cy-cle! . . . Ah-Hah! THE CONCERT DANCES! . . . Algebra IV . . . fractions with crackers . . . Hey Edmunds, you took them ALL! . . . click, click, click, CLICK, CLICK, Hi, Sam! . . . Scarves filter in with Belmont I-Iilliin the lead . . . Our VERY OWN class meetings fwith the President's consentj . . . The Pink Leg is bared to the Yellow Argyles, and the high heels catch on the way to the raft. DECORDOVA! . . . almost surprise decorations for the . . . III-IV Dance! Finals arrive and are conquered . . . Mr. Eddy's cry follows us to our sophomore cubbies: Press on, Ladies! . . . Still No David . . . Class III: '58 grows . . . and grows! Saltus, Corm, Rogers, Terry, Becker, Chan, Ewing, Foster, jo- Ellen, Clover, Alice, Cathy, Becky, Judy Turner, Caroline Craven, Wolfus, Evie . . . Mrs. Shepherd's Protegees all present and accounted for. Miss Swett . . . Three o'clock in the morning . . . Chain Gang . . . Katie grabs the gavel and so begins the Warren regime . . . Decordova ALL over again . . . I'M HARRIS BARON AND I MAKE POTTERY . . . Miss McBee and History 111, the World is now outlined! . . . Intellectual triangles . . . Peachy Keen . . . DID YOU CHEAT? . . . All members of the left table, including Evie, please leave! Miss Howe brings B. M .... Chorus with Mrs. Sapp. Decora- tions PLUS for OUR III-IV Dance! Lights out, but where is that li'l ol' protegee? SPRING . . . picnic lunches . . . finals, marked this time! . . .No David Yet . .. Class II: The sacred benches are finally attained . . . Nilan's arrival fafter many previous rumors, . . . our aptitude for English is betteredg on the right track . . . Mr. Mercer and a new art system without transportation . . . Mr. Marsh plus profound knowledge . . . A is never non-A . . . Community Service and prolonged roof-top experiences . . . The train group turns to hot-rods . . . the I-II dance . . . Sound advice from the faculty . . . be aggressiveg stick to your man! Conferences with Mrs. Hall . . . PANIC . . . college boards! History of Art assemblies . . . 10,000 Virgins . . . Mrs. Miller's animated French classes and her deux pauvres petites. A new era at C.A .... the Chapel . . . rings and responsibility. . . . David! . . . Class I: THE BIG YEAR . . . with Marty, Wellsie, and Fox. Get off those STEPS! . . . Con- flicts, conflicts, conflicts . . . the Butt in the A.M. campaign . . .Yearbook goes incognito . . . SSSHHH! hush money . . . Black robes lend dignity . . . Applications, Applications-Isn't ANYBODY going to apply? The Element vs. Mrs. Hall . . . and when they get out of there, I'll . . So you like the heat, eh, Whitney and Bourquin? Senior privileges, ALL YEAR! . . . Let's economize . . . Lights OUT! Octet between lunch courses . . , Liz accepted to the University of Maine-EARLY! Visits from the little 1nan . . . boarders beware! Where's the fire? . . . the PURP, naturally . . . write much? Studying, study- ing-Biology . . . It's all there, just like you said! . . . For Lord's sake, SHUT THAT DOOR! . . . One week for Botany or bust! . . . 5 blood poisoned Seniors plan revenge for Racoon. -English . . . virtue rewarded-or not? . . . Chaucer and Bio, the Seniors get the facts.--History . . . No, Ladies, slavery was not THE cause of the Civil War. -Francais . . . FATTYCAKE! Snow with one day off -WHEEE! Seniors go BO HO, no showers . . . beaten by the V's . . . Modern dance-Ouch! Stuff 1 . . . Ladies, that's absolutely Sluttish! . . . but the jabberwock is so cold! Even MORE DANCES . . . Groton, Old Faithful . . . St. Mark's, faculty row? . . . St. George's, allegiances change . . . Exeter, the Big Concert . . . and then at last, the I-II. . . Who am I going to invite? Spring . . . accept- ances? regrets? . . . Graduation! . . .David says . .

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Wolfe Fox Snow Burke Ela Maloney Vance Wells Saltus England, Vaughan Channing Turner Nicholas Hare Reed Ewing Poole Hawkes Knowles Cullinan Terry, Foster Watts, Warren Murfitt, Becker, Todd, Moses Phelps, Bourquin Farnsworth Holst McCormick Edmunds Cushman Whitney Rogers Moses Harris Demille Nilan Normand

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Ugg dlfswa Ufiatla gif U0 ggzofzgaay BY THE FACULTY The Waldorf Astoria was the scene of a happy group last night when alumnae of C. A. took over the Crystal Ballroom for one of the biggest get-togethers of celebrities of the year. The after dinner speaker was none other than Clover Nicholas who has long been famous for her ability to shatter a wine glass with the vibrations from her resonant and powerful voice. It must have been a thrilling moment for Clover as she rose to face her celebrated audience. Seated around her at the high table was a well known group of speakers and writers that included: Marty Poole, now Miss Bleeding Heart in her nationally syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn . . . Gretchen Becker, author of The Devil and Gretchen Becker . . . Syl Channing, seen recently in Paris with Jean- Paul Sartre, and author of a play unintelligible even to the existentialist . . . Lydia Saltus, art critic of Harper's Bizarre . . . Becky Reed, who has won national acclaim for her poetry recitals, specializing in interpretations of E. E. Cummings . . . Maddie Hare, national favorite in many states as a Woman's Club speaker . . . Ariane Bourquin, who in the manner of royalty confers on state matters in the Salle aux Dames. Before Clover could begin, a burst of applause greeted the late arrival of four beautiful models all of whom looked ravishing in Dior sacques: Di Knowles and Helen Edmunds, seen regularly in Town and Country,'1 and the Moses twins, long associated with the Toni Co. As they leisurely took their seats, it was possible for this reporter to note some of the others present. Prominent among the guests were: Ambassadress Betsey Fox, who, because of her fine understanding of French, was sent to Arabia . . . Barbara McCormick, who appeared recently before the Unamerican Activities Committee to answer questions on Red Marching . . . Judi Harris, executive director of the Brussels Fair . . . Sue Normand, the famous philologist, expert of Canadian dialects . . . Carol Wells, who is working on a life size mural of the Rockies under water, for the Second International Convention of Skindivers to be held in the Pacific .next May . . . Sarah Whitney, convinced Democrat, at present working, hard for Women's Suffrage in Afganistan . . . Nancy Wolfe, who recently crossed the Mills campus on skiis . . . Nancy Ela, newly married to Justin Morgan . . . Cathy Holst, who lives with her prince in a small Gothic castle in Concord . . . Judy Nilan, successor to Elsa Maxwell in the matter of conducting Society brawls . . . Jackie Vaughan, back from racing her huskies across Siberia, to melt interna- tional snows and increase tension among nations. There were a few economic Titans, notably Kate Warren who is running a rest home for modern dance students in Concord . . . Sandy Snow, Lucia Todd, Evie Watts, who in Aspen, Colorado, are profitably running a health clinic for the preservation and control of the female figure, and aided by Ann Terry who provides sudden tan and southern comfort . . . Judy Turner, owner of Ice Chips, who is putting on a benefit soon for C. A. to raise money to have the windows in Ides cleaned . . . Caroline Murfitt, designer of disposable jewelry which can be worn and then eaten in emergency . . . Joellen Maloney, who with her husband sells magazines to put themselves through college . . . tycoon Sally Farns- worth, owner of Beany Hats, Inc. Seated together at the end of the ballroom was an animated duo consisting of Alice Hawkes and Caroline Burke. The former, whose medical career was interrupted by a reverse shoulder, was deep in conversation with Caroline on the subject of her thesis: a study of the Rorshach test in relation to horses' heads and high school girls. This reporter, however, preferred to listen in on the witty remarks of the pedagogic group, for it is well known that teachers can always be relied upon for the brilliance of their erudite conversation. True to their professional reputation were: Jane Vance, headmistress of a boys' school in Maryland . . . Kathie Rogers, director of a progressive nursery school, Hester Phelps who teaches afternoon chamber music at Groton and is in charge of the Middlesex Fiddle Festival . . . Julie Cullinan who gave up her stage career in favor of directing the athletic program in a girls' school . . . Hazel DeMille, at the moment run- ning the boarding department of C. A. in the absence of her mother who is studying the classics in Latin America. Seated with them were Linda Ewing, now wife of a Janitor-in- Chief and proving a valuable asset to her husband's career, and Elizabeth England who is having difficulty in moving her piano to her new home on the campus of the University of Maine. It was an inspiring scene, a moving scene, as Clover called upon her celebrated classmates to relive their past in her speech From Concord Clapboard to Cosmopolitan Consequence. Smudged mascara forgotten, they rose in response to the speaker's toast: Vivent Concordiensesl