Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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ABBOT CLASS BOOK 1910 original costumes that the Middlers might shine on the great day. And we did : our Japanese costumes were very effective — at least the judges thought so. The spring dance came along at rather a slow pace but patience is sometimes rewarded and again we mingled with the Seniors and really we appeared so dignified that the guests had a difficult time in dis- tinguishing between the grand old class of 1909 and the poor little Senior Mids. We sang, read and ushered at Commencement time and it was then that we first began to realize that soon we should be as- suming the responsibilities of Seniors ourselves. Thus ended our first year. We were very sorry upon returning in September to find our original membership reduced to 15, but our numbers were soon increased to 19 by the entrance of four brilliant College Seniors. Perhaps our great- est disappointment was to find that we were to miss the fine influence and kindly interest of our friend and principal, Miss Means. But her place has been filled delightfully by Miss Kelsey, whom we have all learned to know more intimately and love more warmly than would otherwise have have been possible. About the middle of October we began to dread the awful psych exam, tales of which had been handed down to us by the class of 1909. Mr. Oliphant has been a delightful teacher and we proudly passed the awful psych exam without any of the usual com- motion and without having any Do not enter — psych exam sign on our doors. Our class-mates, the Col- lege Seniors, can scarcely appreciate the feelings of relief that we experienced as we boarded the train for the Christmas holidays. Miss Howey gave us a delightful party in January, and we all felt very select and exclusive at being so honored. Our year has been a happy one and we have been a most con- genial and prosperous class. Our winter dance in 24

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senior IftHtorg We are now about to close our career as active members of our dear old Abbot and before we leave we want to tell you of the many different feelings we have experienced since we began to contribute to the annals of Abbot Academy as the Senior Middle class. When we found ourselves an organized body of 27 members, in September of 1908, we began to build our air castles and imagine how great we should become before we separated for our different occu- pations in life. The Seniors no doubt thought we were not quite as great as they, and perhaps we were a little awed by them. But now that we are dignified Seniors — no doubt it would be better to omit the word dignified, for we fear that is the unknown quantity in our case — we wonder how or why we ever feared the Seniors. But we did. When our dear friend Lydia was elected class president we felt then that we should be successful, and after you have carefully perused our class book we will let you judge whether we have been or not. Our first chance to prove ourselves came in the Senior Mid. play which consisted of ' scenes from David Copperfield in which we revealed several illustrious amateur actresses among our number. We were held in suspense for some time as to whether our elders, the Seniors, would invite us to their February dance. They did invite us, partly, we always believed, because they knew they couldn ' t have a very good time with- out the Middlers. Xext came the problem of field day. Those in charge spent weary hours thinking up 23

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ABBOT CLASS BOOK 1910 February was enjoyed by the Seniors and Senior Mids and we want to say that the Senior Mids were in- vited because we wanted them. Our Thursday even- ing readings have been a great pleasure to us all and it has been most kind of Miss Kelsey to entertain us in such a delightful way. Our Senior play was simply a continuation cf the career of some of our actresses of the Senior Middle class, with many additions to the original cast. Our neighboring friends seemed to enjoy it as much as we enjoyed giving it and we hope that the class of 191 1 will be as successful before the footlights as the class- of 19 10. Field day has passed with all its attendant pleasures and pains, none of which would we give up for a great deal. Our last celebration as a class was on May 31st, when our Senior Banquet was held. Now as we look back upon that evening we think of it as the last link in the chain of happy times at Abbot and in memory we shall always have a warm and loving place in our hearts for the small but pros- perous class of 1910. In closing, we, the Senior class, want to thank Miss Kelsey, the Faculty, and the Trustees for all the great benefits which we have reaped from our years spent at Abbot and for all the happy hours which have been afforded us. Not only do we appreciate our happy times, but we feel that our hard times also have brought us satisfaction in the end, and so we leave our dear old school behind and shall strive to live up to our motto — Follow duty, keep faith and earn our praise. Louise Tuttle. 25