St Margarets School - Salmagundi Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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12 The Irfth Avenue bus drew to a stop rn front of St Patrrcks The day was one of those strflrng ones whrch frequently descend upon New York and smother the crty rn a steamrng haze of heat And yet as the organ musrc drrfted through the open doors of the cathedral the heat somehow seemed less for the trme berngj Hummrng the tune cxen rfter the bus h rd left St Patrrcks block be hrnd I found myself unconscrously formmg the th rt was my class song' Back rt took me to Sarnt Margrrets and memorres of those four years so long? rrgo Wlrrt agonrzrnrg experrence h rd rccompanred the nostrlgra of the frrst few days hrst srrfferrng the stranrjeness among new and ereerly helpful classm rtes as they hurrredly unpacked rnd put every thrng rway rn obscure corners then berng one of the unlucky two to lead rn the sadly mrsgurded row rn ch rpel There was also the embarrassment of arrrxrng at meals late only to meet wrth r loud out burst of clapprng from the Senrors and then the horrrfyrngly narrow escape when I was wrrned just rn trme that the mrddle steps bore a non trespass rng srrjn for all but the Senior clrss But 1 few weeks later how drfferent everythrng w rs rs rll of us entered rnto the sprrrt of our frmous Vrrgrnrr Reel when as freshmen we shocked the frculty by our nrneoclock capers Tlrrs was not the last of our rnsgenrous rdeas for we staged an unprece IPAIST HISTORY dented srt down strrke whrch unfortunately w rs drsrupted by the rrngrng of the last bell And we certarnly gave the Senrors much competrtron w rth our freshmen steps whrch were for them awkwardly srtuated on the second floor The lazrer members of the school never apprecrated the errly mornrng srngs whrch we held there but four years seemed so long to h rye to wart for steps of our own Nor drd rnyone seem to apprecrate our efforts when stepped rnto breakfast to present Mrss Ildell wrth r be erutrful pumpkrn We launched our class wrth the electrons of Brrbrrr Phrllrps as charrman rnd treasurer Prt Boswell And how we gloated oxer the prrrses of our Irunny Paper Party on whrch we h rd struggled for sexeral drstractrng weeks under the calm but enthusrastrc superxrsron of Mrss Carrrngton our class advrser The songs and skrts were well recerxed rnd no one could ever forget Mary Ely rs the Trmrd Soul Sprrng sacatron came rnd Dr Lewrs gave us r few humorous but lustr fred words of advrce as we departed Our return was saddened by the news that he was srck and even though Ireshmen we too experrenced the deep feelrng of the chrpel followrnrg Dr Lewrs death I was rndeecl lucky to be a member of hrs last conhrm rtron cl rss Summer vacrtron arrrved so qurckly then th rt we werent preprred for frrew ells but hnrlly rn rnaged to break rw ry rmrd crres of See you next fall' Wfrth ophomore yerr our whole class returned i I 4 V ' if I-Y . Y 3 ......1. I w - I lr . 1 5 Y gg 7 'inn vwx .E -ft T ' ' - -- 2 fe y 1. - rrxrlf I gl 'I ,ff 15 , iff 1- I T. V I . 4 - Y , ' V ' , 7 . , , .1-. I ' l V ' . l I I - . V 7 I I 4- 2 . . Y' L . L I L V I I U 7 - 1 I A 1 I 2 2 . , ' . .' , . , I K 2 . ' words rn my mrnd. Suddenly the realrzatron came tw flielf HSWHISIIIUCUY OD Halloween W6 510056- .L 2 , . , ' , - r ' , ' ' , , , . 4 , , 2 - ' . -' - 1 2 . 2 . ' ' ' ' Y I 1 - . . I v 2 A ' ' z ' z 'r , ' ' ' g 2 K 2 ' ' ' L ' ' z 2 ' ' ' fr 2 Q- ' r l' ,zgn N ', , 'K 2 7' ' 4 ,B 1 f - y - r 1 1 ' -I Y I ,K Y I lk, C 'A L . . . , K . - , 2 , ' , - 2 - A ' 4 ' I ' . . L 2 H . Q 3 . . L , D , . 1 L , ., , ' , A - , ' ' f , 1 Q ' . , , .f ' 2 ' ' . ' f ' t A . L 4 . ' f f 2 , 2 1 Q ' 2 - T 7 I 7 1 1 . A 1 I ' , ' , - - c 5 ' 7 K Y ' ' ' z . 2 ' f, - , , K . -. ' 1 t 4 I . . c 1 . 1 K I L L ' , r , f ' ' 1 ' . . , , , , ,, , ' - .' L K C 4 1 ' - ' - N ., ' , , U 1 -1 . ' ' ' C , , , , - ' S . 2 . , . , K g 7 9' QW rr, ' - , 3' 1 y 5' ,

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incl xx ns supplemented by sevcn nexx borrdels Thrrllecl xvrth the recently rcqurred clutres tlloted us rs the Senrors srster class xxe served Semor Room brerkffrsts xvrth a vengeance 1nd stood xxrth prrde rs we gu trded the Senror meetrngs from the rttack rng unrors NXfe also used to good idx rntlge the prrxrlege of bemg on the thrrd floor by d tncrng out srde the Senror Room and closrng xvrndovxs on the cold mormngs for a nomrnal fee That was the year that the new grrls reversed lctron and treat ed the old grrls to an extra specral Hallowe en party Then there xxas our contrrbutron to SMS enter tamment One evenmg xve opened the doors of the 4: club complete even to 1 French srngrng head walter 1nd an elaborate floor shovx over xxhrch Pat Boswell and Barbara Cook presrded IS our new charrman and treasurer More electrons were held later rn the year and resulted rn our choosrng Dottre Draz as our representatrxe on the followrng years Stu Gee board Sprrng came wrth amazrng speed and wrth rt Good Humors for us from the actrvrtres of the Glee Club A A and Marronettes we began thrnkrng about summer and our unror ear The summer xvas gone agarn and we returned as dazed but proud upper classmen rmbued wrth a determrnatron to keep our secrets as real surprrses We started grvrng the Senrors quite 1 blow by walk rng away wrth the laurels at the LlD1OI'SCI'l1OI' hockey game The afternoon of December seventh left us shocked and slrghtly bexxrlderecl but even more determrned to make the most of our school years We had another job then besrdes learnrng 1,1 rl r fs Ki.. as much is possrble and that was to do our part rn the war effort As well as havrng the usual Red Cross drrve we gave a tea dance and other partres to rarse money for an ambulance Free Saturday mornrngs were devoted to first ard classes but the many recerved Grvrng the rather hectrc class re sponsrbrlrtres to Patrrcra ohnson 1nd Mary Chrtten den we started our strategrc plan of class actron The mornrng after the Pageant desprte the early hour and brtter cold bundled rn rnnumerable layers of nondescrrpt clothrng vxe awakened the school wrth enthusrastrc strarns of oy to the World Chrrstmas passed qurckly and we returned only to be engulfed by class secrets Wrth pangs of rndr gestron from the swallowrng of varrous and sun dry notes and the excrtement caused by the revolu tron rn study hall we defended that precrous song Through Mrss Gays hosprtalrty ID New York the octet was able to gleefully announce our class sonv after chapel one sprrng mornrng But xve were forced to admrt our defeat as we suffered chagrrn vxhen Sally Horan waltzed rnto drnner garbed rn our be eautrful blue senror unrform Behrnd closed doors xve finally held our electrons and revealed the last of our unror secrets Presrdent Barbara Phrllrps VrcePres1dent Arlrne Woodard Secre tary Patrrcra Boswell Treasurer Mary Chrttenden Orator Patrrcra Chase After we had varnly plant ed our rngenrous clues the day of the mascot hunt damply dawned and 1 qurz at the Senror unror movre party revealed our mascot 1 xxar bond wrth much potentral abrhty On class day we not onlv became full fledged Senrors but we flaunted our chrc navy blazers as vxell After Commencement . , ,,a 6 1 'L ' ' ' 2 . , 4 . . . K 1 W . . 2 W nf. I L k L 7 1' f Y 1 K z ' ' - ' g 'I ' . ' 1' 1 fz ak Q . '. . . ' 2 Y - . K I L . ' K A , , L A 2 ' ' - 5 ' ' 'xg ffl- I . . 1 , ' 'LW g G - . . . - fi Pt 3 it ' . 'Q , , ' 2 , ,' , ' 4 A A ' I r 1 G r . 2 Q I I . 4 2- l 1 I . . I . 7 - L . I , 1 ' I U' 'fr' T l'h Senrors. Proud of our representatrves rn all the effort WHS, f0mPenf'a.ted by the Csffl ffltes WUC I , 0 . I 7 - 1 . - I . . - - I . . I I J . , - , J 2 f - Y - t ,f . ' I - , . . 7 I . . I . ' - I 7 I 7 , . . . . 2 - Q I . J . W . V. L - L , , , 1 I . . 1 ' I , I . 7 . . D . VK I ' I 1 . . c ' , , 1 . I 1 . . J ' a ' 2 ' , 2 ' , K ' a ' Z , 2 s 5 g.. ' 3 1 ' ' H ' I B -. P P 2 -J - A A 9 ,, . I a 4 H . sm I . I 'U A - Y D - A I ' I Q 4 3 '- , f y 14 xx W , , , LA, Y, AA ' 7