Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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NLuskj Dramaj and Speech MUSIC, music, everywhere is a phrase applicable to Abbot ' s Music Department. No matter where you may be around the Abbot grounds, you can al- ways hear strains of music either from the practice rooms, voice studios, or organ. Reading passages to attain poise, and grace, in the gentle art of becoming a lady, make up Mrs. Gray ' s popular classes. From the Art Gallery issue sounds of Ohs and Ahs as Miss Rogers takes a deep breath and conducts speech class. Kate Friskin Pianoforte, Theory of Music Merry laughter, immaculate ap- pearance, gaiety and poise, superb recitals, half-year vacation. Walter Howe, B.M. Choral Music, Pianoforte, Organ, Theory of Music Spa treat for Fidelio radio stars, symphony orchestra, Christmas or- gan recital, tea, Mondays and Fri- days. Gertrude Tingley Singing Sympathy, interest, and understand- ing, renowned teas, hats and jewel- ry, humor. Mrs. Bertha Morgan Gray Dramatic Interpretation, Spoken English Staunch loyalty, personality, faith- ful coach through thick and thin, Dickens ' Christmas Carol. Virginia Paine Rogers, A.B. Spoken English Clear speech, happy disposition, cordiality, Miss Hearsey ' s double on Hallowe ' en. [16] Raymond Coon Music Expert painter as well as musician, sister-in-law, patient good hurrior, passing silently by.

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Languages THERE have been those tables that make the dining room sound like a foreign-relations club, for issuing from them were heard queer conversations in French, German, and Spanish. These were just an overflow from the bubbling class rooms where we struggled with grammar and reading, from the rudiments up. Rules and idioms galore filled our brains along with the complexities of Latin. All these, no matter how bewildering, have left us dropping a merci, gracias, or danke schon, as the case may be, with the great- est of ease. Hilda Ruby Baynes, B. es L. French Weather forecaster, bonne nuit, friendly hospitality, reliable Repub- lican, afternoon coffee. Helene M. Crooks, A.B., M.A. French Literary sleeping potions, hair styles, daily jaunts downtown, Vive la France . Anne Rechnitzer, Ph.D. French, German Hilarious tables, unrivaled sense of humor, excels in languages and ski- ing, parties plus personality, mod- ernistic room. Harriet McKee, A.B., M.A. Latin Little girl of the faculty, wonder- ful sense of humor, always smiling and gay, daily treks around the circle. :: A: Helen Dunford Robinson, A.B. Latin Friendly felicity, promptness and neatness, Let ' s have a little fresh air, Boston expeditions. Justina Ruiz Spanish Resplendent with mantillas and maracas, chuckle, trips to the fourth floor, humor a la Espana. [15]

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Business Principles and Homemaking FROM the lower part of Abbot Hall comes the click-clack of typewriter keys and the mutterings of compound- interest seekers. From the canary yellow kitchen waft tantalizing odors as Miss Dodge put the homemakers through their paces every Thursday. Their Boston ex- cursions were foiled at every turn with the exception of our one fascinating venture to the silversmiths. Mary Elaine Dodge, A.B. Household Science B.H.S. Wavy hair, jade ring, green and red sweater, brave fixer upper of our cooking mishaps, What I mean to say is. . . gg Mrs. Eunice Murray Campbell, A.B. Business Principles Popular classes with goodies, Well, let ' s have a speed test to- day, smiles and blushes. Hope Coolidge, A.B., B.S. House Superintendent Connoisseur of the better things in life, buzzing here and there, wel- come rec-room crasher, always hap- py- Health and Physical Education AFTERNOONS find us scampering to gym and rec room or in all directions, by car or on foot, for sports with Miss Carpenter and Miss Rhodes. Good posture, poise, grace and coordination come, in varying degrees, as a result of our efforts. Casualties, colds and cuts are mended and healed up quickly by our indefatigable Mrs. Duncan, who is so on the job that our ills are mostly gone before they come. I Mary Carpenter, B.S. Physical Education Friend in need, skiing and riding ex- pert, nicknames, popular table, absent-mindedness and surprises. Rowena Lincoln Rhodes Physical Education Assistant Is there a doctor in the house? diamond ring, This will start you out, My last dance class! [17] Mrs. Hannah Richmond Duncan, R.N. Resident Nurse Smiling and sympathetic, pills and bills, see me before chapel, bustling briskness, trips to Ipswich.