Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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3lu Hf cmortam 1 ' fs AGNES WINIFRED FAIRCHILD 1891-1911

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DOROTHY SIMPSON York Harbor Maine S. M. T. Vice-President of Class ' 11 Secy, and Treas. of Class ' 12 Senior Middle Play Hockey Team ' 12 Class Hockey Team ' 12 Class Basketball Team ' 12 Class Book Board Senior Play FRANCES SHELDON Lincoln Nebraska S. M. T. Odeon Class Book Board Senior Play Class Prophecy 2

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Class tstorp X a certain Saturday morning in September, 1910, a notice appeared on the little bulletin board, with the message that all Senior-Mids were to meet in Abbot Hall. At the ap- pointed time, quite a large number, mostly new girls, had come together. With the aid of the Senior President, we elected our own president — Winifred Fairchild, an old girl, and then our other officers. For our color we chose yellow, and the chrysanthemum as the class flower. We started out most enthusiastically and full of interest in every phase of school life. Some of our class went in for athletics and did their best to help the class to win in the Indoor meet, and on Field Day, but both times we lost to the Seniors. Our first really tangible successes came with our Play in the winter term and our Banquet, held very near the end of the year, and thus we closed our year as Senior-Mids. The real end, perhaps, was when the Seniors presented our president with the spade on graduation day. This fall we came back to do our part as Seniors and old girls in taking the place of the large number of Seniors of 1911 and other girls who were not back. Miss Means had gone and Miss Kelsey was acting principal for the year. During the summer we felt our first sorrow in the loss of our President, Winifred Fairchild. When we came to organize we found our members sadly diminished, so we started in the fall with but four academic seniors and eight or nine college seniors. Our ardor was 14