New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Ciass Wii( 1946 — We do hereby bequeath to the class of 1946 our electrically heated mittens for practicing purposes in cold rooms. 1947 — We do hereby suggest that an annual Arbor Day be set aside by the ensueing class of ' 47 for the purpose of camouflaging our coal pile campus in the rear. 1948 — To the class of 1948 we leave real, live crockery to replace the cardboard utensils in the cafeteria! 1949 — Our most beloved alarm clock we leave to the class of ' 49 with our best wishes that they make all of their 9 o ' clock classes. (For two bucks, the Back Bay Jewelers will make that alarm work.) 1950 — To the class of 1950 we fondly will our slide rules. Maybe you can read them. We never could! 1 ! 1951 — To the class of ' 5! we leave our Bible, acquired in English Lit. We may not have been stirred religiously by it, but we certainly learned its value and worth as a literary . . . masterpiece. 1952 — To the class of 1952, we leave all left handed rubbers and right footed gloves found by our esteemed Marie in her cloak room. 1953 — To the class of ' 53 we leave a hot house for its budding geniuses in order to protect them from the stark realities of corridor life. M954 — To the class of 1954 we leave a cooling system to be concealed beneath Beethoven ' s cloa ' k. We feel that by that time he may have become weary of the hot air which circulates in the main hall. 1955 — To the class of ' 55 and all those following our staggering footsteps, we leave our sincerest wishes that they graduate in Peace and with Men! ! I in their midst.

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SOCIETY SECTION — RICHMOND. VA.. BLAH 1955 Professor JEAN ELLERSON. 45 N. E. C. of Music, recently held an amazing class reunion on the palatial grounds of her southern plantation — Ellersonian Insti- tute ? ? ? Mint juleps and gossip were passed from hand to mouth. Lounging comfortably In the rock garden. SONA ARZOMANIAN was seen dis- cussing plans for the opening of her new music and photography shoppe! TAKOUHI CHORBAJIAN is to provide the musical atmosphere, creating the mood for Sona ' s portrait specialties. Among their clients will be FUNG YUEN FUNG recently re- turned from China where she has been engaged in rehabilitation work. MARGARET BROMLEY. BARBARA FOSS. and MARIAN JAQUES, travelled stupendous distances from their respective positions as Supe ' s of Music to be on hand for this momentous occasion. FRANCISCO DA COSTA and TONI ROFFO now appearing with the New World Civic Symphony were spotted strolling among the magnificent Ellerson nas- turtium bushes. We were fortunate in having with us ALICE FARNSWORTH and NANCY TRICKEY of the Metropolitan Opera Co. VINNIE PEPE who still retains her candid camera enthusiasm was seen taking action snaps of MURIEL ROBINSON ' S pride and joy. and PHYLISS KNOX ' S latest addition. BESSIE ROUVALIS flew in from Gloucester where she has been serving as super- visor of music and has attained great fame because of her success in teaching rote songs In Greek! BETTY RUTH SMITH, who has been spending her time since graduation on Bridge research, assured us that the publication of her latest book How to win at Bridge and lose your money or You can ' t Hurt Anyone with a Grand Slam, is just around the corner. Speaking of literary notables. Prof. ALICE DUCKWORTH. (B of Mus, A, C. G. Z, X, Y and Q) better known as Ducky, was caught auctioning off her most recently published book. Practice Teaching Made Easy or Murder Is not Encouraged in the State. BARBARA WEINSTEIN and JACK BASCO were her first customers. ASENATH PEARTH and HELENE DAVIS motored down as the guests of LIZ LAMBERT and STAN KIRTON who are now on the music faculty of Canada Lee ' s College of Shakespearean Knowledge. In the evening after a sumptuous repast of corn bread and southern fried har- mony, the entire party adjourned to the music room where a few of our now famous colleagues performed. Among them were GEORGETTE BERUBE of the N. Y. Philharmonic Orchestra; ROSE PALMERIE and MARJORIE DUVAL both of the Chicago Opera Co. and BETTY WOOD of the Minneapolis Symphony. As a climax to the evening ' s festivities MERIE HAGGANS, currently starring In Hollywood sang an aria written by TONI CIRELLA and accompanied by the famous St. Paul ' s organist. DOT ROBINSON. Such a marvelous time was held by all that plans are already In progress for a similar reunion to be held in 1975 at our old stamping grounds — the N. E. C. cafeteria. Divinity that shapes our ends Rough hew them how we will — 20 —