St Margarets School - Salmagundi Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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I mf-Us glorv bv making the sixteen and we were treated to Good Humors one dat ba our sister class then va cation September found a larger, older and wiser class back at school More and more activities were graced bx our presence Class elections came along and w e kept Xonnie, Pollx, and Miss Hathaway The class pon dered, and brilliant ideas gushed forth, the result was the partx of the year an insane production which kept everyone, including us, in hy sterics Sophomore xetr was one of enthusiastic cheering for our sister class, xaliant and usually futile attempts to heckle the Juniors, and more realization of w hat being a Saint Nlargaret s gnl means It w as that spring that we lost lNlargaret s, Dr I ewis T he I ord is mx Shepherd l shall not wantf' that psalm read in chapel that moi n ing p lrtlx expressed our feelings, but not the great loxe that we all hid for him Something went with him but our memories of him made his presence in spirit 1 lasting one XX ith sophomore xear came also the innox ition of the Song l estixal replacing the Lon test another memorable exent was 'hlUl1U11L Du, celebrating the school s sth annix ersarx, and we showed b N1 S to its old girls Spring as alw ans sped and before long came the preoccupx ing weeks of rexiew, eicams and farewells, wishful of st win for Qommencement Summer flew and cooler dats began to recall the be winning of fall term thlt would hnd us ah, upper cl 1ssmen The grex hairs bewan to come almost imme diately we discovered that being Juniors was some w hat equivalent to being shadow ed by Pinkerton s But though dogged from morning till night bv sophomores and seniors we did our best and for the most part, succeeded C J after galvanizing our forces, newly strengthened to thirty three in spite of several losses, we chose Salls , chairman, Fllen, treasurer, and again 'Xliss Hathaw ax , as class adviser Fall term was fairly quiet we found seniors under beds, behind charts in the lab during class meetings and in nnumer lble other odd places, but still maintained diplomatic rela tions XX e saw more actixities initiated with the play dax at the Fthel VX alker School and the school alum n1e hockev game Then a new eicperience carolling noas we began reallx to have troubles But in spite of valiant attempts at discovery bx the seniors, we came out on top :nd sanff our own Cjllvetlld I on 'Lt r to the school S N15 saw something new when liz Iliad ,eu Ilmft 1114111 rode w ith XX ill Rogers in a XX ild VK est li'-3 4?.- , . A I ' 1 1 o , . fe 1 , - .N N 1, . ,l :G fr tl 1 .5 ' , .fxf I P. ' -'5!',-1 Ia , , ' ' ' , , , ' H- - Y. ' ' , , ' 1 1 J I 1 1 1 . .1 x 2 . 4 , 1 'J te: 5, , ' . ' ' ' ' Y1 1 1 'P , ' ' - 1 1 . A 1 S V ' J 1 1 1 7 ', , '. , , L, . - , .1 a, , ' . . . ' 1 , ' 'C ' - 1 . 1 1- yt 1 lflxss . nl- C- 'ss ' 4 ' 'La 4 1 If I-1 -A ' . ' f'- I Lum s D 1 1- 1' s 1' . . ' . ' x . . F' . . A . L J 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 ' rc i 1 I I 1 s 1 1 1 -. Y - v r 1 x ' 1 v . - Q .' . 7 x. , . v X y h . i i 1 C L x 1 A x C T T v 11' V- 1 N I w w I Vx N 1 x 1 I 7 1 l .x 'x I A. n K S 1 1 1 one who for so long had been an integral part of Saint to the seniors on vacation morning. Back after Christ- ' 1 7s 1 fs if 1 1 '- V ' 1 1 - Lf- V1 1 1 , 1- ' - l 1 4 I ,, l, t by i I N D I ,.. . , , e e ' . 1 I C . ' I ' z hz Q l ,Z ,x ,, . . . - 1 . I ' 1 1, yt F., ' V1 1 - . 11 H ci I . N ' .1 .u. V i. 1 alex li Q 1 ,, , - C Q J? .K . . t ' - T 5 D Ls . . 1 , -- , 19 4

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IRIEMIIIWIBIRAINCIE OIF THINGS PAST It xxas the div that I finally got to the 1tt1c to UIVL It the housecleamng so needed that I found 1ll those Scrapbooks, dmrles md odd blts from my daxs lt Snnt Margaret S Fx en after txx entx Exe odd xears, I could remember the xx hole four xears Nlx trunk xxas there It took me to school and home everx tr1p I Il never foroet the queer proud feelmg I had hxvxnq lt un packed III mx room that first day 1t school the funnv SIIIICIHU feellnff xx hen Mother left me Fverxthmvf xx as so nexx then the chatter 111 the dnnng room, M1ss Pdell s bell for announcements, xx atchxng respectfullx xx hlle facultx 1nd senlors xx ent ahead But1td1dn t take long to become xccllmated xx1th ughteen other fresh men for comp mx, and thanks to 'Nllss Fdell s fzmous Heart Plrtx and Dr Ievxls pxenxc Then there xxas that remarklble occurrence th If marked the idx ent of a remarkable cllss the hu1r1e1ne of '48, somethlng to tell mx grmdchlldren about IH 1 fexx more xelrs Although the brlck xxalls nexer quxxered under the onslaught of the elements, the eleetlxeltxf d1d for txxo daxs' VX e vxere remarkable enough to h xxe repn esentl txx es ln 1 goodlx number of school act1x mes, L hz ISUIIJS Cholr, hockex teams, plax s, and so on But xxe started out on our oxxn xx hen the class eleetmons tune The thr1ll of feeling a part of a unlt, creepnw sxlentlx up to lNI1ss I'dell s studx ,to elect I xonne ind I ollx IS ch ur IN IH ind tleasurer mel lNI1ss Hathaxx ix cl iss 1dv1se1 I Then 1t xx as our turn to bemn entertalnlng, vxhleh xxe d1d xxlth our adnnttedlx amusxng rldlo ptrodx We found out more about S 'Xl S ex erx dax One of those h1 rhllghts xx Ib the dax the Hampton Srngers came, xxlth 111611 and S mg I flex, Y L I Cfmrzof, ofcourse another, seelng school 111 dark except for the IIIQIII' lx hts the hrit txvne I xxent to a concert at VK oolsex Sprxnfr xx Lb xx onderful the xxlsterxa was smotherxnff all the south porch pxllus I onnxe coxered us vxxth ,Q s u V s ,V - r - VV s .V V V.-. . . 4 I I L D . K 1 3 I x 1 1 wx N' x 1 1 x S 1 x ss .. 4 v S e , x V,-, , Vs, 1 ' X 'I X X ' ax V rs., -,x, 1 s C 1 el xc ' 4- K e L' , ' , J . L . 5 V. V 1 h V 1 V V. 1 V V - , . f - - V. - , 1 ..I . I V . .4 , , V V 1 . . L . . , U . V - . .. -X . , 1 K e to e U V to . ' .t T 7, ' - , , . , .. , I . V ., V ,V V J ,,, , V. 1 4 1 L 1. L - . J V . a , , V' , s x 1 V V . I I -s - .., 'N V. V -V, V .,. A. . 4 ' L 9 I- .L A L L L . C CS . 29 - . . , . , , , S, - VK . I . K V - V, . . O V Q , V . . . , , L , , - VV ,. , V - VV - V . . , , I c I 4 , V -V X - , A 3 V . r v - . V. L L ,A l k.A -x. K - . ,V ' . V .'V . .- c r 'ff f m ' . - . - , , L I . L , :- . ' 1 V '-,' . ' - , V V . lf -V . . . . .- .--- fn, s. x A 5 . mee . to, 4 - e 1 4 . I c 4 K y V . I . . V, , VJ , , . VV- X V 1 - -I , - L . 4 X . e L V V A . , V , V , , V V V. 0 L - K L v- -. -,V L L 4. s. b ' 1 . , , , . , . . , ! . , k VZ- V- . i- . V- , VL.. , t - . K 5 . C , v V 1 A v -m 'sf , 1 s 'i. x 'w . w vu , L L L L . 5 - V t, V

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,aa 'CQ 1111111136 VN 6' Q1 ss, .5 X -DT-'I 144 ghfl mir- I1 I VJAVQ111 .gf ffw F' 123 s1lent movie, our contr1but1on to class partles Connectl cut weather showed xts teeth and we departed for home IH the worst snowstorm Cwe despaxrmglv saldj smce '88 Back we came to see not onlx spr1ngt1me,but,1n stolen slxth perxods, posslble class umforms So came Nlax and we emerged wearmg our dustx rose dresses w1th the fr1llx collar, not to mentron our flower, prnk sweetheart roses Perhdlous ghmpses and advance re ports bv semors falled to dampen our enthusxasm Fxents soon began commg thxck and fast S Nl S caught a gllmpse of our xears musrcal successes to come when amle and lzltil were chosen Glee Club leaders Close upon that was our practlcallx one and onlx alrtxght class meetlng, we emerged wxth Sallx headlnff the l1st, Bonnle, xrce pres1dent, CSSIL, secre tzrx , I llen, treasurer, 1nd Dorx, orator Our prlde at bexng a reallx full fledged class was dxmmed bx the knowledge that 'Nlxss llathawax was to be marrmed lLlXlHQ us wxthout the adxlser who had been so ln dxspensable and so xerx much loved for three xears We had ten of the ellte rn the twentx five at KX x keham RISC and long hours of work produced blg ger and better slams for the Senlor banquet Before our fear and trepldatlon could begm we Cfor a ehangel mxst1f1ed the semors w1th mnumerable super elusxxe clues mn the 'Nlascot Hunt, and at our p1cn1c astounded be the first class pOSSf.55lI1g school blazers The wxsterra bloomed, exams came and went we glowed III our first prom Commencement fest1v1t1es and Class Dax, where we llterallx swept the lxterarx Held Sallx and -Xnn emergxng respectlvelx wlth the Poetrx Cup and the zllagpze prose aw ard Xfter a final proud look at our steps, our Senlor House and our Senxor Room I crammed the last book into mx well worn trunk and w as off for x acat1on September, 1941, and Senxorhood No thouvht for the morrow came at first, but as annu1l ex ents ap proached, the old ltlb the last one began to haunt the senlor corrldors Before manx dlxs had passed we chose xllbb Harrmgton as our class adx1ser, and were dehghted w hen she accepted VK ho could forget that tea made III a dlshpan m the Semor House one Satur dax, or dungaree clad semors bemg defeated at class hockex Vie found manx thr1lls prex1ouslx under rated lf anx thmg' Thanksgxxlng saw some of us d1s trlbutmg baskets and learnmg more about bemg trulx thankful The blazers came Semors strutted proudlx for dax s after th1s w orld shakxng ex ent, made all the more ekcmng bx announcement of our hx mns For 11111 O Dear D110 Comma and I fl.-fazd lfze Sound 0 l Owe: Sundax, December th 1941, found quxet hour, sx mphonx l1steners, and a hotlx debatmg S 5 5 I C I I ' I5 1. ' .X ' Q01 ' A X1 fx c NL in F-2 '-V 4. - ' Q x.' 11.41 ' xffl V ' '11 k 1 . : iff V ' is . . . V . . . I I, Q , n ,- N. Y , A . V -J' V 1 K 1 V M N Q: . V Y . . N . . A. . ,i Y ' h 7 ' K F, 1 1. A 1 . 1 f N. ' Q. Iwi' 10 . - ' ' ' v 1 V V 1 A V x A V' ' v 1 1g 1 ' I - 11 , 1- '5s.........- ' V 'F - V . 1 ' .4 J V1 1 , ' ' , . . ' 1 V ' .. , 1 1. . 1.1 .1. ' . ,, 9, .' . ,- 1 1 . 1 ' xx 1 1 l 1 V I 1 . 1 ' I . ' hh I n YL 1 x Y. ki I ' 1 ' . ' 1 V' - 11' 1 . J1- ' 1 1 1, 1 b 1 1 V. 4' 1 1 1 1 . 1 ,V ' 1 L 1 V - ,1 V 1 1 V 1 v 1 I . ' Y v r 1 L . X . A I ' .1 V' . V' , L ,'. , V 11 ' - 1 - 11 1 v 1 L 1 1 ' D 1 V 1 V- 1 I ' V 1 ' V 1 ' A 1 . e e l C x 1 1 . , 1 K 1 ' V l 1 ' V 1 1 Y ' ' -1 l 1 D V' I 1 1 1 P 1 D V1 1' ' 3 V ' ' i 1 1 ' the assembly w1th the announcement that we were to - l x 1SN. I Y. I 4 , 1 V V l 1 I 1 Q r 1 1 , 'TZ' , ' Q 1 1 11 ' ' ' 1 1 11 V Q Y - V v . f A fx V 1 1 V1 ' V V1 1 ' 1 V 1 ,MU V .,-1K..f1- . ' . . ' 1 ' 2' 1 1 1 V v 1 1 V , 1 , 1 N. K . k . , 'I . f 7 X , nv, .Q 1, r ' 1 ' Tgagw . 'Q 11 ' gs? '--., 1 - V fr - ' -.- - ' 1' . 1 gaffw k i 4 -I k 5 .sag V 7,:,-,fl-Avgza I I V , . 2 - I KK' 1 1 137 1 1 f -nv I K 1 . ' 1 ,. - 1 A ' 1 1 1 1 1 V. , 1- 1 V 1 'ue 1 V,V1.!1 . 1. L 1 V . 1 Y x K 1 v 1 L 1 ' I l 1 C1 I ' 1 1 1 N x k - . , K 1 1 1 1 .K ' V: Y V ' , V' . V I . L l ' 1 - 1 Y 1 1 x N x . S V V 1 I- Y Y l 1 11 . . e ' . . 1 - , , . , if If . . L ,V 1 1 V Y V Y ku s Q 1 u Qtr - QV-,V QQN W v ' - ' , 11 . E Q ix :',,' ' A gf Fl- - L .