Hannah More School - Within the Lych Gate Yearbook (Reisterstown, MD)

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Sruinr lgrnplivrg 20 YEARS HENCE I HE members of the class of V42 are gathered together in the brilliantly lighted Blue and Silver Room of the Belvedere Hotel, the occasion being the mo- mentous discovery of Ostrandium, the Q3 and nth element. The phone rings and we see Virginia Humphries dash to answer it-force of habit, no doubt. VVe are told that she is the wife of an Exeter professor, and has made use of lim' chemical bent in inventing a skin bleach. She is noted also for being the local originator of the waist length eoiffureg in fact, her reputation as a style-setter has increased tremendously with her design for a masculine version of the dirndl, and she and her five little sons make an interesting family group. The master of ceremonies, Agnes Anthony, rises to announce that she regrets very much to have to inform the class that their erstwhile sponsor, the former Miss Ostrander, cannot be present as she is miles away in her mountain retreat with her brilliant scientist husband and her four boys. Two, it seems, are writing poetry, another is an artist, and the fourth is experimenting with high explosives under the fond supervision of his mother. The door bursts open, and in strides Dr. Richmond, Ph.D., ol' the codlish fame. She peers triumphantly into a seething test tube, and rubs her hands eagerly on her long, black, rubber apron. It is indeed an honor to have with us the inventor of element no. 93 -Q-n. Following in her wake and likewise enveloped in a black apron, comes Suzie's assistant, janet Reese, who is efficient- ly pouring that powerful base HOH from its paraffin bottle to a test tube and then back again. We all note with pride that she has at last learned to take the stopper out of a bottle as Miss O. taught us in our lirst chemistry lesson. Wlho is that stunning woman in the over-sized sombreroP Violet Lang. for heaven's sake! and at her side, her husband, an army colonel. Yes. she loves army life, and has been very fortunate, she feels, in having been stationed al- ways in the South. At present she is living in Texas, where she has bought a horse ranch. I am just cra-azy about it, she said, and we couldn't help but notice the decided drawl. Ive are told she has kept on with her writing and is now working on a Sabine River anthology, dedicated to Savonarola, which she means eventually to translate into Italian. Ann Donaldson cannot be present. She married, it seems, a very noted Eastern Shore clergyman, assuming, of course, that she would never leave that hallowed ground, but fate plays funny tricks, and a week later her husband was sent to Africa as a missionary-Mr. Livingstone, I believe, is his name. Ann is doing a marvelous piece of work conducting harmony courses and music appre- ciation lectures to the natives, and, indeed, her Beatrice Kay Club is a source of great cultural stimulation to the village elite. I see Stuart Zangler approaching across the room from me. I was at hrst surprised at how tall she looked until someone explained her career of model- ing and designing, her newest innovation being 8 inch heels-4-. Having had a taste of each of the three other services, she went to Annapolis last week, and it is rumored that a local Admiral has aspirations to the position of No. .fl She created quite a stir-in fact she was chosen Drag of the Yveek, much to the chagrin of two six-feet-four sons at West Point. But who is this stunning red head, talking so vivaciously in the corner? A second, no, a third, glance shows the beauty to be Marion Francina, just back from her embassy in Brazil. No, she explains with her usual wit and charm, I'9l

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1 lie East will emit Cdvateunrnt nf thv 0112155 nf 1942 Article 1. Article 2. Article Article 4. Article r, Article 6 Article 7 Article 8 Article 9 Article to Article ll Article 12 Article 13 Article I4 Article I5 Article 16. I, Agnes Anthony, do will and bequeath all tl1e small tow11s i11 Pennsylvania beginning witl1 PH to Peggy Lou XVells. I, Alice Bartlett, do will a11d bequeath 111y affection for Fats XValler to Peggy Slllilil Zllld Mary Doug Tweedy, who invariably walk o11t of Second Tower wl1e11 his records are lltjlllg played. I, Scotty Campbell, do will and bequeath Illy red l1air to Miss Norris. I, A1111 Clay, do will and bequeath my rotundity a11d naivete to Peggy Stott, a11d may sl1e find them 1lI0l'C useful than I l1ave. I, A11n XVarfield Donaldson, being i11 sound lllllill, do give a11d be- queath llly tremendous ability to get Chemistry write-ups i11 o11 time to a11y ll1CIllllCI' of Chemistry classes i11 the future who Miss O. thinks comes llp to my sta11dard. 1, Maud Hall, do give Zllld bequeath llly four-inch gri11 to Mary .lane X'Vatson. I, Ginger Hinkins, do will Plllfl llCflllC2lllI my monopoly Oll Room Number 11, Second Rear, to Clare XVilkinsou. that peace and order llllty reign o11ce IIIOFC, Zilld Miss Bevan Illiiy l'CSlll1lC l1er residence next door. I, Virgie I-lumphries, bequeath llly Andover connections to Cynthia Daniell, ill case sl1e has any lICCCl of them. I, Violet Lang, do will a11d bequeath 111y cherished orchid to B. S. Kniffen fproviding sl1e is willi11g to assume full responsibilityj to further embellish l1er raven locks. I, Laura Lynch, do will Zlllll bequeath my calm self-possession to Clare X'Vilkinson. I. Mona Belle Potter, do will and bequeath my meliflttous soprano voice to Miss O., Zllld llly occarina in tl1e key of G flat to Miss Co- llllfll, so they can play i11 11111sic appreciation next year. lIl2lllll'C YCZIFS Zlfld I. Janet Lee Reese, do will a11d l7Cllll62illl my Also lily genius for stately ways to I-Ielen Sterling and Mary XVade. proving complicated tl1eore111s to Miss Hart. ability for under- catalysis, colloids, combinations, coagulations, and combustions to Miss Ostrander, and i11 order that sl1e 1Il2ly have future success i11 the field of science, I dedicate 111y calm, serene attitude toward life to lie employed ill l1er laboratory technique. I, C.C. Richmond. do will and bequeath 111y standing and preparing cl1e111ical calculations, I, Nancy Sharer, do will and bequeath llly typewriter to the Sopho- mores and Juniors, because they will find it so well trained. I, jean XVilford, alias Juana, do will and bequeath lily soulful and understanding eyes to Miss Hilllllilll. I, Stuart Zangler, do will and bequeath lily so11tl1er11 accent to Mar- garet Ann Tobias. Wil

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she never married because she was duped in love. XVe leave her to greet a chic Nancy Sharer cas wasj but not without a look of longing at those firey locks! Nancy is grasping her small son Phil by one arm. which is struggling for a tempting bag of soybeans she is carrying. She and Agnes are poring over a chart of equations, although to tell the truth they lost interest in that sort of thing with the founding of the Quiturebelliaken Home for lncurables . a ven- erable Connecticut institution pioneering in the occupational therapy methods. We are sorry that l.aura Lynch is not able to join us, but that sophisticatee femme fatale is on location in Honolulu. She has made quite a name for her- self in the cinema world, and at the last poll was voted first at the box ollice. Even though she has become famous, Petty still finds time to write her volumi- nous epistles to her many intimate friends. She hasn't changed much in char- acter, but her present shoulder-length raven locks have won her the admiration of all blond-weary wontanhood. Here comes .Alice Bartlett in her old Chevvy station wagon. ln spite of her classmates' prophesying that she would be the hrst married, Barty has never settled down long enough to do so. She owns a rambling house on the Eastern Shore, and rests there between trips. Alice Murray has become widely known as quite a traveler as she has sailed every sea on the globe. She seems to get restless on land, and indeed, is leaving in a few days for parts unknown. And there across the room sits -lean XVilford. Her husband is a traveling minister who makes his rounds in a sailboat, to Easton, Oxford, and Cambridge. and such places which are too small to have regular ministers, accompanied by his faithful wife, Jean. In the meantime she has been working on, and almost perfecting. a sure cure for poison ivy. Up to the last minute it was doubtful whether Maud could come to the banquet, for a prominent concert pianist has many demands on her time. but here she comes. carrying her little black book of impromptu speeches under her arm. She has kept herself well occupied lately converting all the popular song hits of the last ten years into a symphony. Her former roommate, Ginger Hinkins, breezes in in her usual cheery man- ner. She is a prosperous farmer and horse breeder in Virginia and has disting- uished herself by discovering a new breed of horses-a cross between a Percher- on and a Shetland pony. She and Mona Belle were in partnership for a while, but Mona Belle became so absorbed in her thesis proving that Longfellow mur- dered his wives that she gave up a farming career. From her intense study of Longfellow she became so saturated with poetic genius that she is now poet laureate. At first none of us recognized the stunning platinum blond in our midst. But then we realize that it is Ann Clay, here for a time before she starts back to California with her Navy Air Corps Lieutenant Commander husband. Ill' ills 'li After the lights had gone Olll and the laughing voices had grown silent, there lingered in the big Blue and Silver Room only the echo of a line of a song which had been sung there: Forty-two passes onward---' 1201