St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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j Helen Bennett T T HLEN made an ideal chairman of our Hazing Committee, her efforts being so suc- - - ■ cessful that only recently one of her victims confided to us that she still quakes, in spite of her mature years and better judgment, whenever she sees this fearsome tyrant — who is all of five feet two. This ability in directing adolescents showed itself again i n Senior year when Helen tackled teaching in the high school, her success here being just as complete as in Sophomore year. Her other contributions to our class history are in the fields of Athletics, Dramatics and Literature. She immortalized the character of Peg Woffington in a famous one-act play. She is fond of literature generally, and is a regular fiend for essays. Helen had the well-deserved honor of being Chairman of the Formal Opening of the new- building in Senior year. Many a class has been enlivened by her ready wit and many a prof, thankful for her clever responses. Yet Helen is most interesting when she is seriously thinking. She has all the philosopher ' s love of a heated discussion. And now, the eulogy over, we dare to divulge three deadly secrets: Helen is typically, avowedly British; she writes poetry; and she is absolutely opposed to democ- racy. What mote dare we say now? frM g O VCu9 30 g L

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L 9 I- Helen L. Barthen ti VV 7HAT do you do for a living? the sociology prof, asked Helen. VV I write, was Helen ' s prompt answer. Write what? asked the amazed prof. Write home, said Helen. And Helen does write home faithfully, during almost every class. But that is because expenses come often and heavily in Senior year. But writing isn ' t Helen ' s only accomplishment, although almost every issue of Loria contains some verse by her. She has been a member of the class basketball team for four years and has taken part in field day, each year. Chairmen long ago acquired the habit of appointing Helen to their committees when they needed a girl with initiative and willingness to work. Class dramatic pro- ductions often had Helen for the demure ingenue, and with her blonde attractiveness, she filled the part well. Helen ' s greatest position was her last. She was class valedictorian — speaking for us all what we felt at leaving St. Joseph ' s. None could have done it better, for she was an integral part of the class, in scholastic work, in social activities, and mostly in the daily life of college. She was our friend. We felt that she could speak for us. Ten 4 gtt gaOjjgrta-rao T sl CE

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i? fr I 1 Dorothy Gledhill Bud IF it hadn ' t been for Dot, you mightn ' t have had this copy of Footprints, and then what would you have done? All of which means that she was Business Manager of this publication, as she was of Loria this year too; and she ' s the one who had to attend to the innumerable business details of having this book published. We thing she did an efficient job, and we hope you do too! Before her election as Business Manager of Loria. in Senior year, Dot used to contribute frequently — articles and bits of verse. But her new job kept her too busy chas- ing ads. and distributing copies, to be able to write anything but checks and contracts. Ads. made a very poor substitute for her previous work! We missed it, but we appreciated the reason for its absence. However, the Short Story Writing course found her turning out very creditable work once again. Besides cherishing a tendency towards writing poetry and short stories, Dot is an accomplished pianist, being versed in the depths of Chopin and Tschaikowsky. We really needn ' t say any more. We ' ll just let Dot ' s work in behalf of this book speak for itself! • Twelvt tn z xior 30