St Margarets School - Salmagundi Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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eluded the senrors at the Coes Our next hurdle was rn lceeprng our class dress a mystery vxhrle frantically tryrng on models behind rnlirmary doors tremblrng at the word Senrors Although xxe had no Faster vacation because of our prolonged xxrnter holrdays and although xxe xx ere besreged by measles the term continued happrly especially xxhen Mrss Sutherland gave a party at the teachers cottage for the whole class Our approaching senrorhood seemed swrftly to descend upon us as xxe xxere fitted for bl rzers were the much needed nexx basketball nets At last the day came when xve kept the rest of the school on the edge of their charrs xx hrle xx artrng to hear the results of our frnal electrons XVe entered trrumphantly Ada leading followed by Lulu as xrce president Ruthie as secretary Lrndv treasurer and Ronnie orator During the next month xxe also elected Margy as the Stu Gee presrdent supported by oe and Ruthie and Sue and Ann as yornt Glee Club leaders After such serious actrvrtres xxe xxere prepared to really enjoy the prom and the roller slcatrng party our surprrse for the senrors On Mry txxenty second xxe blushed rt our rndrvrdual slams ind sighed xxrth relref xvhen xve knevx that Ada s orderl xx rs oxer the first of her speeches xvhrch went xxrthout fl rxx Then xxe lcnexx th rt xxe h rd not been mistaken The climax of these excr ing exents xvas Class Day the first official pres entttron of our geranrum red unrforms xxell one might exen say the hrst official presentation of us' As soon rs the ceremony xxas oxer flashes of red xx ere seen darting up and doxx n the Senior Steps and xorces xxere heard calling See you next year' 'Ihe September sun smiled approxrngly as into chapel rn trched forty four Ada and Margy beaming rn the lead XYfe hardly lcnexx xxhere to turn xxhat xxrth Scnror Steps Senior House and other alluring rttractrons everyxxhere a prrxrlege' Then xxrth the future in mrnd xxe settled doxxn to xx orlc not only icademrc rlly but also for the xvar effort In the Wfar Bond race we managed throughout the year to lceep our titles is leaders desprte the ambrtrous enthusiasm of other classes Besides financial support xxe aided the Red Cross by each producing a doxvny hot xx ater bottle cox er on Saturday afternoons Thus xxe marched glorrously doxxn through the fall season without a mishap except for the fateful day xxhen the junior hockey team defeated ours All too soon we discovered ourselves practising for the very last pageant Then suddenly it eight o cloclc the night before p rgeant day xxe xxere informed that xxe xx ere to leave early the next morning too many germs Nothing could haxe been more breathless than our sudden departure a day sooner than expected On our return our disappointment at not havrng had the pageant at the usual time xvas completely effaced xx hen we presented rt xxrth ean Coe a lox ely Mary Immediately xxe xxere throxxn into essays and from many senior doors the sign Iissay Readrngl glared doxxn on any expectant rntruders Notxxrthstandrng the frct that vxe considered ourselx es xery c rrexx orn xxe tools time out to enyoy a concert xxrth Taft and a terdrnce Also xxhenever history tests or essiys seemccl Pll'flLLll1I'lV rrduous one xxould herr the cry 1 1 ' , - F - ' , V l f K . -'f' , , ', 1, - 2 ., - 3 , I 1 A 'I' 1 I K . 2 ,, , , , V I r I . 1 ' ' 11 xv 1 ' r f -1 y , , . ' I 1 2 Y , f f 7 i - - y f y 1 ' 1 V' I . ' 1 I 7 . . 7 Y Y ' 3 3 2 z , , y , , ' V ' y V ' y I . I I . . . .I C 7 N . S , 7 L , . , , Q - - V Y Y Y y v ' 7 . , , , L V ' - - , , . ,, , , . . . 4 ' T ' ' 'I r . . K 7 1 1 V 1 D ,- -v . - ' 7 s 4 taken doxvn the Senior Steps, and chose our mascot-- 1 I Y I . I V Y - v , 7 4 1, , 4 4 Lf- . . 1 7 . Y, . 4 ' . , . . . s 7 - - I .1 l v 9 ' . . 1 7 V f ' 7 Y , , x , I , . . . 'f r r r ' 1 1 ,J , . , , 7 7 I - ' me 4 V A nv ' ' , - , . . c 7 . - ,, - , , ' 1' ' ' f f 'z ' , 5 . . 2 . . . I K 2 . Y. . 2- 2 , 1 y I , 2 f f' 1 rg f , - 5 2 2 ' 2 1 z , ' 1 I, . , N A , ' w H 4 , ' ' Q 1 c tl..

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sprrrng mascots we took our first Senror Room exams But these were followed by the thrrlls of graduatron and best of all Vacatron' Back we flocked sophomore year yoyously enthu srastrc over vacation and one step nearer to the ley el of upper classmen At least we could now dance at the Glee Club concerts and some of us had eyen attarned the ascendancy of lryrng on the thrrd floor We felt lrke old hands now as we welcomed the new grrls Class actryrtres contrnued zestfully wrth the electron of Lulu Sheldon charrman and Ann Krrsch baum treasurer Then on the evenrng of December srxth were heard loud crres from the gym Swrng your partner and promenade round' Wfrth Mr Coe s ard rn securrng decoratrons we gave our frrst class party a real barn dance amrd hay saddles and enough other remrnders to make any farmer home srck Then we were startled rnto the realrty of war on December 7th and we realrzed that our country could no longer remarn rsolated when the rest of the world was rn the throes of strrfe After vacatron we returned to elect joe Punzelt our representatrve on the Stu Gee Board No we weren t as rascally as may have seemed by certarn pranks The year ter mrnated wrth no mrsfortunes except for Lrndy s and Eva s appendectomres and Mary Lou s departure for Calrfornra The latter resulted rn a party at the hos prtable Krrschbaums Undrsmayed by half pats of butter and three parrs of shoes a year we returned as upper classmen promptly electrng Ada and Margy as class offrcers Wrth these competent leaders although sewrng for the Red Cross took up some of our trme on Satur days we started on our class party a college week end One skrt wrth oe and Ann gave the audrence a glrmpse of an 1890 brcycle rrde under the srlvery moon Another scene moyrng up to 1915 prctured gay socralrtes drscussrng such rnnovatrons at the auto mobrle and lrp rouge' Other skrts wrth more modern atmosphere com eyed us to the present Also rn No vember a few of us were gryen the prrvrlege of helprng drstrrbute Thanksgryrng baskets through St ohns parrsh Then suddenly we found ourselves practrsrng Chrrstmas carols rn antrcrpatron of the mornrng after the pageant On the occasron rn sprte of our prevrous worrres about drscords the frosty arr of srx o clock seemed to combrne favorably wrth our sleepy vorces and vacatron started wrth gusto How amazed we were to find that we were not to come back untrl February frrst' We hardly knew what to do wrth our unexpected freedom the result of the dearth of fuel Although the burldrng may have been slrghtly chrlly and although we sometrmes wore skr jackets to class we w ere delrghted to get back after three very laggrng weeks w hen no one else w as home Our attentron was soon taken up wrth the hazardous experrences of wrrtrng a song much of the job done rn the lrnen closet to the tune whrch had been chosen rn Mrss Gays apartment durrng Chrrstmas vacatron After the w rrtrng had been completed rt w as our erght srngers w ho met secretly and cleverly Y ,f ,W w 1 . . l l - .1 -I - H 1 7 V ' 1 'f ' 1 1 - a . . . , V . . Q' 1 Q W .Y. . ' 1 1 1 1 . .7. . . V. a a ' , . . . ,, . 1 1 1 1- 1 , - 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 ' 3 1 V ' s . ' - Y . . . . . , .I ' 7 ' , - . . . , Q . . 5. . 1 - 1 . . . ' 7 . . , 7 . . ,Q X Q . . , . a 1 , 1 , s , - . . . . , , 1 1 1 1 , , . h . Q - 1 1 ' V ' . . . ,, . 3 1 1 1 ,, . . , . . . , , 1 1 1 - , T . I V . . Y . V - - . . , . . 7 . V . . Q , ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 , , 1 l 1

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