St Margarets School - Salmagundi Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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tention of the audience. And that ended the fall term. The class returned from vacation to plunge back into work and essays - mostly essays, so some of the girls thought. Some, of course, were a little more de- liberate in their plunge but most of them were able in no time at all to talk indifferently about third and fourth drafts. For many reasons, some obvious, the seniors de- cided that their class motto should be - Still runs the water where the brook is deep and they also agreed on their class hymns. Now they realized that there was nothing left to announce, so they turned to the juniors who were just beginning to discover their potentialities. Follow- ing a mass demonstration in the domestic science room, the seniorsjunior basketball game was held and the seniors were the victors, 1346. '39 may have begun to doubt its brain but now they were convinced of their might. R You should have seen your Mummie play, Darling! Their first concert of the year was with Trinity and the school bristled with excitement as it awaited the influx of males. That over, there was a last final frenzy as the seniors tried to finish up their essays, and some were even allowed to go home early. The rest followed next day. - VVhat, Darling? Vvell, Mummie, just was too busy to leave early. Then 'jo found themselves in the last lap of their senior year. - Time certainly does fly, Darling. FS- says were read before the faculty and then before the whole school. The seniorfjunior banquet was as much fun as always and the .-X. fl. banquet was another good reason for Xliss Carrington to give a speech. - You see, dear, bliss Carrington doesn't like to give speeches even though they're wonderfull Then those awful exams, Darling! They loomed up on the hori- zon, and little threads of silver crept in among the gold. llarassed seniors muttered final incantations to their favorite deities and crept down to the gym for the supreme test. - No, dear, Mummie didn't really mind them. Fxam week over, they frollicked happily at the juniorssenior picnic and then threw themselves into play rehearsal. w Of course, they'd been re- hearsing for some time. Prom night came all too soon, and the slaying, care-worn seniors were transformed into starryseyed, fragile goddesses. Q- Yes, blummie was, too. Baccalaureate Sunday was all the more im- pressive when 'jo remembered that they were attend- ing their last service in St. john's. On Class Day they wore their class uniforms and held their rights of seniority for the last time and, when they had formed their last daisy chain, '39 realized that their days at St. lNlargaret's had almost come to an end, and not even the glamor of the senior play or the beauty of Commencement could make them forget that. So they graduated next morning and scattered to the winds. - .-Xnd you, my sweet child, are the first progeny and your mother's class have dedicated this history to you. f You can wake up now, dear, Mummie's finished. gg, SO'

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2 33- 1-.2 4 Q Y 5. . speeches. Time rolled around quickly to the mascot hunt which Leigh Pinney made difhcult for the seniors by practically burying every single clue. Those seniors had a terrible time, Darling! Then at the junior-senior picnic - since the seniors had been un- successful-the class announced that their mascots were two pink dogwood trees, planted and already blossoming in the garden. The junior picnic at Kent Falls was a huge success. A few of the picnickers tem- porarily lost their ap.petites watching Marjorie Mountain-Goat Sampsell cavort about on sheer preci- pices, but Miss VVoody's fried chicken made them change their minds. Fxams over, '39 heaved a mighty sigh and pre- pared to stay in the background during their elders' last festivities. The prom came and the gym was trans- formed. Instead of black stockings and tunicsvfilmy evening gowns and tuxedosl - You should have seen your Nlummie, Darlingl Amid the mists of tears on June jth, the juniors realized how lucky they were to be able to return next year as seniors. - just Wait till youfre a big girl, Darling, and you'll know just how that feelsl VVhat a difference between freshman and senior Septembersl Class '39 came back, and now they marched into chapel confidently and proudly took their seats in the senior row.fVX'hat's a senior row? Now, Darling, don't interrupt. Of course, a few of them still looked around blankly when announcef ments were made to seniors but, for the most part, they took their new responsibilities in their stride. The first part of the year was comparatively peaceful. ln the senior biology class, a substitute teacher, Mr. Derwin, was initiated into the intricacies of feminine logic when his bloodfthirsty pupils began a grimly thorough discussion of physical torture. The class themselves passed on the well-worn road to knowl- edge, scattering along the way such little pearls of wisdom as 'fan economic war is one that doesn't cost very much. There were, of course, the regular extra curricular activities plus a rather surprising run on New Haven concerts. Sometimes we were amazed at the number of music-lovers! And the board of The Safmugznzdi was chosen at just the right time. One fine day at the end of school, the seniors strolled up to Miss Chamberlain's office and then down to study hall. Nobody noticed the bulge in their pockets, but the shower of green boxes told the rest of the school that the senior rings had come.-Yes, Darling, here's the ring right here on lN'1ummie's finger. Before Christmas, too, Miss Carrington invited her protegees to a wonderful supper at the cottage. They had a very gay time and trekked back across Chase Parkway in high spirits. Pageant night came with all its loveliness.- Mummie'll take you some day to see it? The choir sang its best for the senior's last pageant while on the stage Barbara Bailey as lN'1ary, Anne Perry as joseph, and the other nativity figures held the at-

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FIRST BOARD JEAN PEIRCE, Secretary SHIRLEY NARR Treasurer BETTY N EMIAH , Vice-President MARJORIE SAMPSELL, Presrdent STUDENT GOVERNMENT SECOND BOARD MARJORUQ SAMPSIELI 1,7'L'5iLZ1?llf BIi'l 1'Y NlEMIfXII Firyf Viffe-Presielerzf Smauzv NARR Svcoml Vilfc'-IJl'c'5iLZc? JEAN PIQIRCE Sefrefary BETSY HLTHBELI. Treasurer