Annie Wright School - Shield Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

Text from Pages 1 - 48 of the 1944 volume:

OU. r CX cxX % oV K ou, ojr £ w r- °?P THE Shield From strength to strength THE ANNIE WRIGHT SEMINARY TACOMA. WASHINGTON 1944 THE SCHOOL SONG I Hail to thee, our Alma Mater. Seminary fair. May achievements crown thy labors Is our earnest prayer. Chorus i Hearts turned toward our Alma Mater ; May our lives at length Prove thy daughters bear thy motto, On from Strength to Strength. u Deep and clear as those blue waters Thou art reared above. May the characters thou moldest Hold thee in their love. Chorus : III Pure as yonder snow clad mountains Where our glances fall. May we in the years to follow Answer to thy call. Chorus : Nellie Bridcman Plummer. 95. [a] I DEDICATION I o Miss Marjorie Atkinson we affectionately dedi cate The Shield of 1Q44. as a tribute to her interest in our class activities and her personal counsel in our preparation for college. hi THE STAFF The Rt. Rev. S. Arthur Huston. D. D. - Miss Ruth Jenkins President of the Board of Trusters Bishop of Olympia Headmistress STAFF Miss Antoinette Arnold ------ Lower School r rerun. Typing Miss Marjorie Atkinson Academic Adviser, English Miss N ancy Jane Bare - -- -- -- Dance The Reverend Arthur W. Bell - Chaplain, Religious Education Mrs. F. C. B. Belliss - Classes VII VIII Mrs. C. D. Chapman Assistant to the Housemother Mrs. D. P. Cook Classes I II Mrs. V. E. Crowe Field Secretary Mrs. G. M. Lummmgs ------ --- - Classes lll-IV Miss Patricia Davis - - Art Mrs. R. P. Getty - ....... Upper School Mathematics Mrs Ada Gib son - -- -- -- -- -- - Housekeeper Miss Florence Greason - -- -- -- -- -- - Nurse Miss Patricia Hind ( i ili .ation Mrs. J. L. Houx Assistant to the Housemother Mrs. Shirley Johnsen Physical Education Miss Dorothy Knowlton Classes V-VI Miss Annahelle Lemm Secretary Mrs. L. G. Lenham Home Economics. Dietician Miss Helen McKay Science Mrs. W. H. Marsh English. Latin Miss Eva May Lower Kindergarten Mrs F. I. Perry ---------- - Financial Secretary Mrs. Gail Potter Speech. Drama Miss Louise Schreiber Spanish, Latin Mrs. F. W. Sch wan - Upper Kindergarten Mrs. F. C. Sherburne Miss Judith Thorn - Miss Sarah B. Thompson Mr. Frederick W. Wallis Mrs. Karl E. Weiss - Mr. Karl E. Weiss - Mrs. A. C. Welch - . French, English Music. Organist Middle and Lower School Mathematics Voice Music Music Housemother To the Class of 1944: As you look through the pages of your Annual from time to time in the days and years to come, many memories will be recalled. Among the most precious ones will be those of your Seminary friends. But many others whom you have not known have contributed to the making of the school as it is today. You have thus entered into a very rich heritage, in which you. too. have some part. This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Seminary s founding. Made possible by the vision and generous interest of early pioneers and sustained through the years by the unselfish service of many, the school has grown in strength and influence. As a result you. as members of the school, have had opportunities far beyond those of the average girl. These opportunities have brought you added responsibilities, among them the obligation to make possible for others what you have so richly enjoyed. Some can give of yourselves in service to the school. Others can give of your means to the school. But an even greater opportunity is open to you all.— that of reflecting in your daily lives the teachings of the Seminary. It is my earnest hope that each of you will be true to the standards that have been set for you. and thereby enrich the lives of those about you. No greater honor can come to your Alma Mater than the knowledge that your associates and your communities are the better for your influence. My best wishes and personal affection go with you as you leave the school. May your lives truly be. in the words of your motto. Deep and true as those blue water . [51 f . Si □ THE SHIEIX) STAFF Sealed, e t to right: Mary Ruth Springer (Business Manager). Margaret lean Langahecr (Editor-in-Chief). Miss Atkinson (Faculty Adviser). Wilhelmina Jenkins (Assistant Literary Editor). Standing: Patricia Feddersen (Literary Editor). Constance Brewer (Art Editor). Cynthia Gonyea (Photography Editor) FOREWORD IITH the coming of the month of June at the Seminary one of the events most anticipated by the students is the publication of the school year- book. It has been with enthusiasm and enjoyment that the Staff has wo rked to give you this thirteenth edition of The Shield. We hope that we have preserved for you in its pages all those aspects of school life so close to every Seminary girl ' s heart. The Staff wishes to express appreciation to Miss Jenkins, who has shown the same unflagging interest in the Annual that she displays in all student activities: to Miss Atkinson, who has given us constant encouragement and assistance as our adviser: and to all those who have in any way helped us make this Shield a book of vivid and living memories of the school year. THE CLASS OF 1944 Officers President Margaret Schai  k Vice President Mary Ruth Springer Secretary -Treasurer - Margaret Jean Langabeer Advisers Miss Jenkins Miss Greason Class Colon Blue and White Class Motto Deep and true as those blue waters CLASS SONG March along, sing a song. With a cheer that ' s loud and strong For the glory of old 44. Blue and white, we will fight With our main and with our might. For the colors still floating on high. For it s heigh, heigh, ho! We will march against the foe. Shout till our song hits the sky. For where ' er we go You will always know. We re the class of 44. [7] IMOGEN BILLINGS Route 1. Box 452 Gig Harbor, Washington O give me a place in the garden of song. ' CONSTANCE BREWER 214 South Coeur d ' AIene Street Spokane. Washington The light of lore, the purity of grace. BETTY LOU BRITTENHAM Lind. Washington She is pretty to walk with And witty to talk with . ANN CAMPBELL 222 South Fourth Street Forest Grove, Oregon My heart is opened wide JO ANN CURRY Oak Harbor, Washington Her ways are the ways of pleasantness. DARCIA DAYTON 4151 Mad rona Way Tacoma. Washington The first to welcome, the foremost to defend. BEVERLY EKLUND 2261 First Avenue South Great Falls. Montana My crown is in mv heart, not on my head. PATRICIA FEDDERSEN Kellogg. Idaho Her bright smile haunts me still LOUISE GOLDBERG 100 West Tenth Aberdeen, Washington She comes with a smile on her lips. CYNTHIA GONYEA Route 7, Box 454 B Tacoma. Washington Enjoy her dear wit and gay rhetoric. ANTOINETTE HANNAH 4212-43rd Avenue N. E. Seattle. Washington There ' s nothing worth the wear of winning hut laughter and the love of friends. MARILYN JANE HASKINS Morton, Washington In her tongue is the law of kindness. WILHELMINA JENKINS Wailuku. Maui Territory of Hawaii A willing heart and a ready hand. ' 1 MARGARET JEAN LANGABEER 1101 North Tacoma Avenue Tacoma. Washington Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. MARILYN MUCKEY 48 Summit Road Tacoma. Washington ' The charm of life is in its living VIRGINIA OAKLEY 55 East Road Tacoma, Washington There ' s one who loves her neiqhhor as herself. MARIAN PIERCE Route It, Box 21 Portland. Oregon A witty woman is a treasure; A witty beauty is a power. ELGENE POLSON 55 West Eighth Aberdeen. Washington would help others, out of a fellow feeling. IRENE PURKEY 714 North K Street Aberd oen. Washington A hind and qentle heart she has to comfort friends and foes. BARBARA QUINN 3404 North 10th Street Tacoma. Washington Her very frowns are fairer far than smiles of other maidens are. ELAINE RYDELL 2401 North Lawrence Tacoma. Washington The hand that hath made you hath made you good. MARGARET ANN SCHAFER Montesano, Washington Tfie two noblest things, which are sweetness and light. JEAN ELIZABETH SMITH n03 West Tenth Avenue Spokane. Washington How sweet and fair she seems to be. MARGARET SNYDER 320 North Tacoma Avenue Tacoma. Washington Your eyes ' blue depths are lifted, With love and friendship stirred. MARY RUTH SPRINGER 7910 S. E. 27th Avenue Portland. Oregon A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. ANN STICKNEY 322 North Fifth Street Tacoma, Washington Here is a dear and true and industrious friend VIRGINIA WEBB 2111 West Chestnut Yakima. Washington For courtesy wins woman all as well as valor may. In M F.MORI AM JANE TITCOMB 927- 1941 CLASS HISTORY Dear Annie: Here we are at the end of our high school years, and ready to be graduated. Before we leave you. we should like to remind you of the story of our class. Our history started when our patriarch. Darcia Dayton, made her debut in the Kindergarten. In the third grade she was joined by Virginia and Margaret Jean, and in the fifth by Patty Billings. Elaine Rydell arrived just in time to take part in our operetta. Little Red Riding Hood, and graduation from the Middle School. Oh. Annie, will you ever forget our tumultuous Freshman corridor, the bewild- ered new girls, and the difficulties in which we consistently found ourselves? That was the year we adopted Bebe. Cinder. Connie. Maggie Snyder, our president, and Ann. For Freshman activities we sold sweets at hockey games and gave the school a grand time at our splash party. The thrill of our Freshman-Sophomore Hop and our first A. A. banquet will never be forgotten. Bebe guided us through our rather uneventful Sophomore year. Three arrivals added interest: Ferdy. Betty Lou, and Elgene. As we were all inclined to be bored and very complacent, little thrilled us except, perhaps, our second Hop. Remember how we felt when we became Upperclassmen? Cinder, our Key girl and president, helped us carry out our many Junior activities. This year brought a record for new faces: Virginia returned; Louise. Margie. Toni. Beverly. Mary Ruth. Barbara. Marilyn, and Marian entered our ranks. The Winter Carnival with its blue and white snow theme was one of our most effective projects. Every- one enjoyed the Junior Prom, made especially notable by its beautiful decorations and expensive orchestra. The Junior Sales and the Junior Journal were a severe strain upon our commercial and literary abilities. By June the class was apparently rather tired. Whatever the reason, our final appearance, in the take-off of Quality Street, was not an outstanding success. Minky. Smitty. Ann Campbell. Marilyn Haskins. Jo Ann. and Virginia Webb shared our Senior year. Maggie Snyder found the Spade under the stage lights in record time, and Margie, as president, directed our not always successful efforts to conduct ourselves as dignified Seniors. Our soft sweaters, the Carnival, the Prom. May Day. with Connie as our lovely Queen, and our play. Letters to Lucerne— each in turn was enjoyed. The final project on which the class worked was our Annual. All the Seniors are very grateful to Mr. Hull, who despite the war and the difficulties it presented, printed The Shield of 1944. And now. Annie, we discover that Commencement is here, and soon for the last t ime as Seniors we shall use our Senior stairs. We hope you will not forget us; as a reminder and a promise we leave this record of our class. The Class of 1044. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1944 E, the graduating class of 1Q44. being theoretically of sound mind and body, do close our final year with these bequests, hoping that the re- cipients will have a true appreciation of them. To the Sophomore Class we bequeath our fondness for the beau- tiful things of life and our disdain for material considerations. To the Junior class we bequeath our ability to keep order in the Study Hall and our Senior privileges, hoping that they will use them to the best of their very considerable ability. To all those mentioned individually below we leave the following personal bequests, not without many a longing, lingering look as they pass to other hands: Imogen Billings wills her sylph-like figure to the hapless Deon Hogg. Constance Brewer wi lis her capacity for devouring her classmates cheese spreads to Diane Kendall, who also needs the nourishment. Betty Lou Brittenham w ills her date to the Junior Dance to Ruth Madsen. Ann Campbell leaves her ability to keep walkline privileges to Marian Jenner. Jo Ann Curry bequeaths her ability to jitterbug to Mary Hooker. Darcia Dayton wills her big blue eyes to Gale Matheus. Beverly Eklund leaves her ability to stay in her own room after lights out to Ann Fenwick. Patricia Feddersen bequeaths her ears to Dee Arnason to hide her pigtails behind. Louise Goldberg wills her low tones to Helen Mar Edwards in the hope that she will strike a happv medium. Cynthia (  onyea leaves her proboscis to anyone who will take it; otherwise said article reverts to Cyrano de Bergerac. Antoinette Hannah wills her bottle of Man hand s to Daryl Macon. Marilyn Haskins bequeaths her ability to attend Saturday morning study hall to V irginia Allen. WilM mina Jenkins wills her milk bottles to Marjorie Fisher. Margaret Jean Langabeer leaves her ability to keep a neat notebook to Marsha York. Maril yn Muckey wills the few pounds she lost to Nancy Chase. i rt?i nia Oakley leaves her dark eyebrows to Jane Moffitt. Marian Pi -n r w ills her ability to diet to Marilyn Kleinberg. Elgene Poison bequeaths the position of Senior Corridor Representative to anyone with a strong right arm. Irene Purkey wills her pompous businessmen ' s parts to Janet Langabeer. Barbara Quinn wills her (ironic lethargy to Olive Bell. Elaine Rydell wills her ability to lose her purse to Betti Vaara. Margaret Schafer leaves her gavel to the incoming Senior class president with the suggestion that she treat it gently because of the excessive wear it suffered year. Jean Smith wills her love for cutting hair to Janet Beall so that she may carry on the Senior Corridor Barber Shop. Margaret Snyder bequeaths her ability to blush at the slightest provocation to Zoe Underwood. Mary Ruth Springer leaves her miraculous pills to anyone ill enough to take them. Ann Stickney wills her enormous appetite to Sallv ( ilpin. Vi rginia Webb bequeaths her Varga Girl Calendar to Vonnie Lou Gaul. Signed, sealed, and delivered T) this leventhday l fune, 1944 lUt (5j £3L i [I6| EH mm HISTORY OF THE SEMINARY Copyright. 1954 Chapter LX |N this history of the Seminary, the postgraduate activities of each class have been dealt with only briefly. The Class of 1944. however, seems to merit a complete chapter, both because of the number of its mem- bers and because of their illustrious accomplishments. The material for the following resume has been supplied by Constance Brewer, who has just returned from an extended trip by helicopter from coast to coast. Alighting upon the RCA Building in New York City, she hastened to keep an appointment with Louise Goldberg and Marian Pierce, who are collaborating on a radio program, doubling for Kate Smith and Ma Perkins. At the Waldorf she found Marilyn Muckey. substituting for Elsa Maxwell, in animated conversation with Elgene Poison, our own Ilka Chase. Leaving New York. Constance flew to Washington, to meet Virginia Webb, successor to Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mary Ruth Springer, acclaimed another Clare Booth Luce. Together they went to a reception, where they talked with Barbara Quinn. often mistaken for Brenda Frazier, and Margaret Schafer. now replacing Vera Vague on Bob Hope s show. With them were Irene Purkey. now at your neighborhood theater in That Night in Rio. and Jo Ann Curry, rapidly becoming the nation s movie idol. After the party Constance returned to her hotel and settled down to read Dear Friends and Lonely Hearts. the column written by Patricia Feddersen. Turning on the radio she heard Ann Campbell, mistress of ceremonies on the program Blind Date, whose guests were Ann Stickney. fiery successor to Gracie Fields, and Marilyn Haskins. who has endeared herself to the nation as Minnie Mouse. Jean Smith, or Lady Esther, advocated her beauty preparations during the commercial. Flying across the country to Hollywood. Constance discovered Imogen Billings in the title role of The Phantom of the Opera, drawing warm applause from Margaret Snyder, herself a second Flagstad. Theater bills revealed that Wil- helmina Jenkins is playing Dorothy Lamour s role in The Hurricane with Vir- ginia Oakley, who is replacing Zorina. Also in the movies is Cynthia Gonyea. starring in The St. Louis Woman and the Maid of Ozark, autobiography of Judy Canova. Margaret Jean Langabeer, sensational successor to Cass Daley, and Betty Lou Brittenham. playing the lead in Rlondie, are also in Hollywood. On her way back to her hotel. Constance visited Darcia Dayton, just returned from her post as chemistry professor at Peiping Universit y to lecture in America on Why Molecules Do Not Grow Beards. Elaine Rydell. the Billie Burke of our generation, and Beverly Eklund. as scintillating as ever, have just announced their intentions to forsake Hollywood for London. So seemed to end the saga of the Class of 1944. until a count of names revealed only twenty-six. Reluctantly Constance confessed that the missing member. Antoinette Hannah, always an ardent Communist, has just been apprehended by the F. B. L The Seminary is proud of the Class of 1944. on the whole, and looks forward to a continuation of its successes. I 17] SENIOR • NAME NICKNAME AMBITION Imogen Billings Patty To get the tournaments finished Constance Brewer Connie To own a helicopter Betty Lou Brittenham Britt lo be a doctors wife Ann Campbell Campbell To have long hair Jo Ann Curry Darcia Dayton Jo Darsh To be an angel Not to drop my towel in the bath water Beverly Eklund Bev To be a great actress Patricia Feddersen Cynthia Gonyea Ferdy Cinder To learn how to scramble an egg To discover what is between the atoms Louise Goldberg Goldberg To become a coloratura soprano Antoinette Hannah Toni To be a Russian countess Marilyn Haskins Haskins To grow Wilhelmina Jenkins Minky To swim the English channel Margaret Jean Langabeer Maggie Jean To climb the Eiffel Tower Marilyn Muckey Marilyn To be a mail censor Virginia Oakley V. O. To own a jeep Marian Pierce Elgene Poison Pierce Poison To get my goldfish back from Muckey To pass English Irene Purkey Bebe To be President of the C. I. O. Barbara Quinn Quinnie To catch up on my sleep Elaine Rydell Lainie To get back my friendship ring Margaret Schafer Margie Not to be repulsed by men Jean Smith Smitty To be able to sleep late Margaret Snyder Maggie To be on time Mary Ruth Springer Springer To become incognito Ann Stickney Annie To beat Eleanor to the presidency Virginia Webb Ginny To join the Ferry Command [181 t • • II 1 G II L I G H T S WEAKNESS PET AVERSION PRIZED POSSESSION Men over six feet Ice cream Sleep A certain sailor Food Spaghetti Clinging vines This illegible V-Mail Breakfast No mail Dieting Work Friendships My roommate My fur coat My roommate ' s clothes My photograph album Bobbie pins Letters Air mail special deliveries Naturally curly hair Long distance calls L. S.-M. F. T. My white spectators Cottage cheese S. A. C. members who run in the halls The pink room Bebe s early morning cheerfulness My cow bell My DeMolay pin Jeremiah Mortimer, my stuffed horse Butch My Riverdale ring, size nine Rosie ' s Sweaters Sodas Stealing goldfish Lavender formats That letter I didn ' t get Furniture-moving after 10 p. m Anything connected with exams ' ' My roommate s pills Twelve-thread rayon stockings My senior privileges My leather jacket My fountain pen Navy wings of gold My can of tuna fish Bridge Straight A s Cowboys— not the drugstore variety Nothing Irsv than a 1 H utf iicmt (j.g.) Duke Ellington Folding paper napkins Room bell The pussycat face on loni s green nightgown Writing letters My uniform My piano piece. Lady Moon My scrapbook Tobi. my Dumbo elephant My pre-war saddle shoes My jingle bracelets Chocolate Watermelon Arizona Daydreaming Stanford men Telephone calls Coke bottles that fall out of windows Stockings and saddles Projects People with heavy feet Caulillow vr Snakes Flossy My nylons My amazing spelling ability My furry wooden shoes My M Injun My letters 1 10 | THE JUNIOR CLASS Front row. left to right: Jane Duncan. Norma Denude (Vice-President). Patricia Sutherland, Janet Beall. Nancy Griggs. Ann Fenwick. Seated: Marjorie Fisher. Marilyn Peterson. Betti Vaara. Janet Saxton. Judy Maley. Virginia AJIen. Deon Hogg. Standing: Ruth Madsen. Olive Bell. Norma Ainsworth. Wendy Wagner (President). Barhara Sanders. Joy Ann Risteigen. Lilly Kassos. Dee Arnason. Absent: Gwcn Lee Cole, Marian Jenner. THE SOPHOMORh LLA5 Front row. left to right: Nancy Chase. Sally Pierce. Dona Carrington. Pauline Wallace. Leilah Hooper. Helen Mar Edwards llnclt row Margaret Hulhert. Virginia Dravis. Mary Jane Haugltton (Secretary Treasurer). Bettie Woodard. Janet Karshner ( President ) , Vonnie Lou Gaul. Janna Zoe Underwood. Virginia Borcher. I ois Lund (Vice-President). (22] FRESHMAN CLASS runt mw, left to right: George Ann Frank. Nancy Hull. Diane Scott (Secretary-Treasurer). Sally Gilpin. Seated: Carroll Tonkin. Jo Ann Getty. Katharine Charleson. Jean Vaara. Jane Moffitt (President). Ruth Davie. Marsha York. Judith Minton. Phyllis Ballard. Standing Janet Langabeer. Nancy Lou Hart. Priscilla Chester. Marilyn Kleinberg. Daryl Macon. Virginia Lou Peterson. Gale Matheus. Mary Hooker (Vice- I ' resident). Dolores Richards. Cynthia Robinson. Absent: Patricia Murphy. MIDDLE SCHOOL First row: Beverly Allen. Mary Kay Kelley. Elizabeth Weyerhaeuser. Jacqueline Read. Myrna Rothman. Betty Ackerman. Karen Klopfenstein. Mary Ellen Zapel. Second row: Mary Lee Riser. Mary Lee Odlin. Roberta White. Mary l aRue. Joan Clem. . il ( -una Shirley Hughes. Joan Atkins. Nancy Creswell. I bMlfl Scott. Robin Pearne. Thinl row: Billie Johnson. Maxine Brindley. Adele Houx. Ann Martin. Suzanne Marion. Sallv Moffitt. Sharon Callison. Janet Holm. Delinda MtCormick. Mary Carol Thompson. I, nc Wolfe, Mildn-d Russell, Diane McConiiark. Fourth mw: Marlene Tender. Diane Kendall. Barbro W ' rkfll. Evelyn P.mUen. Ida Mar Hughes. Edna Gilford. Eleanor Mills. Da gin a r Quevli. Joan Wingate. Sheila Carlson. Joyce Bjelland. Mary Louise Cowman. Jane Palmer. Emily McFadon. Aosent. Donna Burnam. Ann Hurley. Marilyn Meyer. Eugenia Minton. Joan Harris. Adrienne Allison. Florence Meyer. (23] LOW MR SCHOOL Classes ML first rowi Valene Thomson. Janice Graves. Jane Brisack. Dorothea Weiss. Betty Hoffman. Betsy Gardner. Sally Yoder. Dorothea Youngberg. Judith Gundstrom. Second row: Diane Rosen. Carol Ann Price. Joan Hansen. Donna Downing. Mary Ann Gonyea. Judith Gratias, Colleen Sloan. Merle Crippen. Ann Murdoch. Carol Ann lenkins. Class 111. third row: Barbara Ohlson. Leonna Saffren. Nancy Osmers. Sharon Connor. Joanna Bloom. George Anna Thompson. Harriette Hammond. Barbara Silvers. Merrill Wagner, Hope Phelan. Class IV. fourth row: Patricia Walters. Patricia McLean. Sharon Leigh Powell. Patricia Wright. Elaine Satterlee. Carol Johnson. Saundrn Amundsen, Sharon Sutton. LOWER AND UPPER KIND ERGARTEN Lower: Nancy Baskin. Marc Graff. Dorothy Jones. Fred Meyer. Robert Rasmussen. Brenda Sewell. Ruderte Sommer. Susan Studebaker. Brenda Weller. Ahsent: James Jensen. Charles Lea, Mary Mel linger. Peter Ramstedt. Jeannette Swenson. Upper: Sylvia Campbell. Arrol Dammeier. Ann Deyo, Jane Fairboum. Joyce Gonyea. Michael Haynes. Idalee Hutton. Karen L undvick. Sue Marie Lynn. Marlene MacMonagle. Susan Noel. Elizabeth Park. Dadene Skogstad, Douglas Steinhoff. Toby Taylor. Jeannine Thomson. Janice Tomlin. John Woodworth. Ahsent. Jimmie Blair. Isabel Karlen. Sharon Nourse. Jasmine Dios de Leon. Janice Kellev. I 24] Ill STUDENT COUN( L Seated, left to right: Ann Stickney (Service League). Janet Saxton (Secretary). Margaret Snyder (Presi- dent). Constance Brewer (Vice-President). Edna Gifford (Middle School Association). Standing: Mar- garet Schafer (Senior Class). Janet Karshner (Sophomore Class). Wendy Wagner (Junior Class). Cynthia Gonyea (Athletic Association). Jane Moffitt (Freshman Class). Margaret Jean l angahrrr (Masque Players). STUDENT COUNCIL TUDENT government is an important aspect of training our youth to become responsible citizens, for it is practical democracy at work. Through the Student Council. Seminary girls are given an active voice in the government of the school. Representatives from all classes and organizations compose the Council, whose main purpose is to promote cooperation of thought and action for the best interests of all. At its bi-monthly meetings the Council, guided by suggestions and questions from the other students, discuss with Miss Jenkins current problems and policies. During 1945-44 there have been several student assemblies, the most notable being a Forum, at which the Council answered questions asked by the members of the Student Body. This year the activities of the Council began in the summer when its members helped in getting the school ready for the fall opening. Clad in jeans, the girls moved books from the Library into their new home in the Study Hall, sandpapered furniture, and assisted in other ways. On the opening night of school the Council gave Annie her traditional birthday party. New girls were presented with that invaluable little book of wisdom, Annies Alphabet. In May newly ele t «l officers were installed with a ceremony that the present Council hopes will become a seminary trad ition. These activities are in addition to the main aim of the Student Council. lii li is to develop in the girls responsibility, initiative, and loyalty. As we learn now the value of these qualities, we shall be better prepared to meet and fulfill the requirements of a complex world. [26] « « it Front row. left to right: Margaret Snyder. Ann Sticlcney. Margaret Schafer. Mary Ruth Springer. Seated: Imogen Billings (Gold Team Captain). Irene Purkey (Secretary-Treasurer of trie Athletic Association). Mrs. Johnsen (Athletic Instructor). Cynthia Gonyea (President of the Athletic Association). Patricia Fed- dersen (Blue Team Captain). Standing: Wilhelmina Jenkins. Constance Brewer, Virginia Allen, Elgene Poison. Betti Vaara. Norma Ainsworth. Beverly Eklund. Wendy Wagner. Virginia Dravis. Darcia Dayton. Barbara Sanders. Absent: Marian Jenner. SEMINARY ATHLETIC COUNCIL |HE Seminary Athletic Council was organized in 1940 by Mrs. Johnsen, our athletic instructor. Originally composed of only the officers of the Athletic Association and the team captains, the Council has grown to a membership of twenty during the four years of its existence. New members are selected from the Upper School by those already on the Council in consultation with the athletic instructor. They are chosen for their sportsmanship, dependability, courtesy, and initiative Not only has the membership of the S. A. C. grown. Its responsibilities have likewise increased. They now include care of the little children at noon, during the afternoon, and in the cafeteria; cooperation with the Student Council in the execution of regulations passed by that body; and the promotion of all athletic activities. Under the enthusiastic and constructive leadership of Mrs. Johnsen. the Council feels that it is making real progress towards its goal — the develop ment in every member of the Athletic Association of all that the term good sports- manship signifies. [27] THL MASQUE PLAYERS Seated: Janet Beall. Elaine Rydell. Virginia Allen (Secretary-Treasurer). Mrs. Potter (Adviser). Virginia Oakley. Nancy Griggs. Margaret Jean Langaheer (Pi ' sidcnt), Janet (.angaheer. Standing: Ann Stickncy, Mary Jane Haughton. Norma Ainsworth. Margaret Snyder. Dolores Richards. Barbara Sanders. Constance Brewer. Antoinette Hannah. Marian Pierce. Imogen Billings. Ansent. Irene Purvey (Vice-President). Marilyn Kleinberg. THE MASQUE PLAYERS EMBERSHIP in the Masque Players, the dramatic organization of the Upper School, is open to all students through tryouts held in the spring and in the fall. In a ceremony on the cloister the new members are taken on and presented with their pledge ribbons of maroon and blue. At the end of several weeks the pledge plays are given, and a formal initiation is held in the Masque clubroom. when ribbons are exchanged for gold pins. Under the direction of Mrs. Potter, the club has had a year of varied and interesting activities. On Trustees Day two amusing comedies. Poor Aubrey and The Passing of Chow Chow, were given. At the Pantry Shelf, an annual activity of The Mothers ' Club, the first of these was repeated. On this occasion action behind the scenes was quite as entertaining as that on the stage, and members of the cast will never forget the frantic search for Bebe ' s missing toupee. The Masque Players appreciated the invitation extended thern by the Aloha Club to be present at their Christmas program, in which Mrs. Potter appeared in several mono-dramas. On Dads Day High Tor by Maxwell Anderson was pre- sented as a table reading in the Great Hall. The banquet in May honoring Senior members climaxed another happy and successful year for the club. [281 CHOIR Swlw Cnicifer: Ann Sbckncy. Senior Flag Bearer: Margaret Iran I angabecr Back row. left: Dee Arnason. Janet Saxton. Cynthia Gonyea. Constance Brewer. Front row. left: Irene Purkey. Beverly Lklund. Norma Ainsworth. Front row. right: Elaine Rydell. Janet Bead. Nancy Griggs. Back row. right: Darcia Dayton. Barbara Quinn. Imogen Billings. Virginia Oakley. GLEE CLUB hront row. left to right: Betti Vaara. Mary Hooker. Daryl Macon. Nancy Griggs. Nancy Lou Hart. Janet I angaheer. Judy Minton. Dolores Richards. Cynthia Robinson. Phyllis Ballard. Ann Stackney. Jane Dun- can. Naine Rydell. Diane Scott. Nancy Hull. George Ann Frank. Back row: Constance Brewer. Imogen Billings. Mariorie Fisher. latum Zoe L nderwood. Janet Saxton. Jane Moffitt. Katharine Charleson. Jean Vaara. Carroll Tonkin. Jo Anne Getty. Margaret Snyder. Patricia Feddersen. Gale Matheus. Norma Ainsworth. Margaret Jean Langabcer. Marilyn Muckey. Darcia Dayton. Pauline Wallace. Seated at the piano: Irene Purkey. [29j 4 f f f f $ 9 t | f ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BLUE TEAM Nancy Hull. Judy Minton. Olive Bell. Virginia Lou Peterson. Cynthia Gonyea. Ruth Davis. Marilyn Klcinberg. George Ann F rank. Margaret Jean Langabeer. Jo Ann Curry. Marilyn Masking. Helen Mar Edwards. Ann Stickney. Margaret Hull ert. Janet Karshner. Mary Jane Haughton. Bettie Woodard. Leila h Hooper. l ois Lund. Virginia Dravis. Marsha York. Wendy Wagner. Barbara Sanders. Janet Beall. Joy Ann Risteigen. Carroll Tonkin. Katharine Charleson. Dolores Richards. Beverly Eklund. Elaine Rydell. Barbara Quinn. Jean Smith. Aoseni. Patricia Fed- dersen (Captain). xvnv Purkey. Norma Ainsworth. Norma Demick. Gwen Lee Cole. Ann Fenwkrk, Marilyn Peterson. Virginia Borcher. Diane Scott. Daryl Macon. Patri ia Sutherland. Virginia Oak- ley- GOLD TEAM Virginia Allen. Janet Saxtoh. Lilly Kassos. Ruth Madsen. Dee Arnason. Deon Hogg. Pat Murphy. Phyllis Ballard. Cynthia Robinson. Sally Gilpin. Jo Ann Getty, lean Vaara. Mar|orie Fisher. Virginia Webb. Mary Ruth Springer. Gale Matheus. Margaret Snyder. Betty Lou Brittenham. Ann Campbell. Constance Brewer. Louise Goldberg. Darcia Dayton. Priscilla Chester. Vonnie Lou Gaul. Janna Zoe Underwood. Jane Moffitt. Dona Car- rington. Nancy Lou Hart. Pauline Wal- lace. Sally Pierce. Elgene Poison. Toni Hannah. Marilyn Muckey. Marian Pierce. Jane Duncan. Wilhelmina Jenkins. Aosenl: Imogen Billings (Captain). Margaret Schafer. Nancy Griggs. Marian Jenner. Judith Maley. Betti Vaara. Nancy Chase, Mary Hooker. Janet Langabeer. HAWAIIAN HOMECOMING The brilliant-hued birds, singing in the sky. The small brown children, playing in the sun. Are not half so happy as I. Who have returned home again. The palms swaying in the breeze, The sparkling, calm blue ocean. The silver-green fields of cane Are before me once again. I have come back from the land of the North, Where the sky is often gray: I am in the land of laughter. I have come home to stay. WlLHELMINA JENKINS, Class XJ7. I ' FACE-OFFERING I awakened and lay in bed, smiling at the darts of sunshine that danced on the walls. My thoughts suddenly turned to the event of the previous evening when Mike, our magnificent Irish Setter, in his effervescent gaiety had jumped upon one of our guests, tearing her clothing. In my anger I had beaten him. for the first time inflic ting corporal punishment on this animal that I loved. It was as if in answer to my thoughts that he now appeared at my bedroom door, his fine head high, his feet widely spaced, every muscle taut. In his jaws he held a bone which he had probably unearthed from the garden early in the morning. Thinking of his misdeeds the night before, I gazed into his eyes as he advanced to my bedside, carrying his treasure to me. I watched his lithe form step across the carpet, the sun gleaming on his mahogany coat. At my side he stopped. Gently and hesitantly he laid his massive head on the smooth sheets, and his almond-shaped, intelligent ey es searched my face for a change of expression. He waited. Then, almost tenderly, he dropped the bone on my bed: it was a peace-offering which he waited for me to accept. Touched. I moved a hand from underneath the blanket and slowly stroked the silky ear that lay limp on the sheet. Was it any wonder that I felt tears come into my eyes? Constance Brewer, Class XII. [52| THE SEA HORSE O little sea horse, do you like to live in the ocean so blue? Are you ever afraid when big fish want to eat you? How does it feel to have scales instead of a mane? What happens here when on land it begins to rain? What do you eat. little sea horse? Why. you eat seaweed, of course! 0 little sea horse, you must know lots of tales of the sea. 1 wish you could tell thousands of them to me. Maxine Brindley, Class VI. MR. AND MRS. CUGAT Mr. and Mrs. Cugat. George and Liz for short, were our pet ducks. We had an ideal place for them, as our lake was private and free from harmful animals. One day. soon after the lake froze, we found Mr. Cugat sitting on the ice with Mrs. Cugat hovering over him. The next day he was up and around again. We were very much puzzled for about a week but finally learned that Mr. Cugat. still in his youth, had had too many fermented apples. He had been intoxicated. Mrs. Cugat disappeared, and on her return she brought with her nine young Cugats. Only two of these survived. We named them Albert and Timothy. When they bl ossomed out into beautiful females, we changed their names to Alberta and Timothea. Soon after Mother Cugat had her second flock, she disappeared. We searched high and low. but have never seen her. Christie Scott, Class VWL [33] SNOW Gray grows the sky; The first flake falls. The joyous shouts of children are heard. Winging on high. A snowbird rails; To their shelters go animals, feathered and furred. Serenely falls night. Stars overhead; Hushed homeward footsteps silently go. In its hlanket of white. The world goes to bed. Peacefully wrapped in glistening snow. Dagmar Quevli. Class V . THE LITTLE SNOWFLAKE Once there was a little snowflake. He went to college and learned all about the earth. He wished he could go to earth. One day the queen of snow came to him and said. I m counting on you and the other little snowflakes to go to earth and make the children happy. No sooner had she said it than she van- ished, and the little snowflake felt himself falling. He landed on a child ' s glove. When the child went back to school, the little snowflake felt as if he was getting smaller. He was melting, but he did not know it. Finally he was just a drop of water. The little snowflake was very sad. In a while school was out. and the child started for home. Suddenly a car whizzed by. leaving a drop of oil on the little snowflake. The child beamed and ran to show his mother. The little snow- flake had made the child happy, and that was why he had come to earth. Nancy Osmers. Class IV. [34] A DREAM - A REALITY I dreamed once of a perfect day in whose srmple joy was yet the substance of reality. I awoke as the pastel lights were first beginning to illumine the sky and breathed deeply the cool, still air that drifted through my wide-flung window. Before the mist-veiled May sun peeked from behind the distant rim of the purple hills. I stole into the garden. There on a crest above the tidy garden rows. I watched the sun s majestic rise. I wandered for a while over the garden paths and felt beneath my feet the dew and the rich brown earth. Then I returned to the house, where the family was beginning to stir. After breakfast I cut flowers for the house from the fragrant flower beds, and polished silver teaspoons on the sunny back veranda. Later I went for a run across the sunstreaked lawn with the silky, long-legged puppy. By midmorning the sun was hidden by threatening clouds. As huge raindrops began to spatter upon the veranda steps. I went into the warm, cheery kitchen and devoted the rest of the morning to a favorite domestic accomplishment wm baking bread. After luncheon we gathered about the pleasant blaze in the library fireplace while Mother played softly on the piano. When she had finished, we took up books or knitting, and a contented silence filled the room. For an hour or two the silence was broken only by the sound of flying knitting needles and the steady rhythm of the falling rain. Finally I laid down my book with a yawn and a stretch. Slipping into a raincoat. I went for a walk with the pup. When I re- turned, there were warm molasses cookies and fresh, cold milk to enjoy around the crackling fire. Then until dinnertime I entertained my pigtailed little sister with her favorite fairy tale. After dinner, while we lingered over demitasse. a brilliant ray of sunshine fell upon the polished mahogany of the sideboard. As we gazed through the open French doors, the sun escaped completely from the screen of black clouds: then slipped slowly behind the rows of budding fruit trees far across the lawn. After standing for a moment at the door watching the rise of the evening star. I joined the others in the soft glow of the living room. My father sat on one side of the broad tiled fireplace, dozing comfortably. Opposite him. Mother knitted and chatted with us girls seated at her feet. Soon after the nursemaid had come to carry my heavy-eyed baby sister off to bed. I slipped away to my room, where the bed was already neatly turned down. As I lay there, watching through the open window the coal-black sky sprinkled with soft stars, the dream slowly faded. I awoke in the silence of early morning, the simple beauty of my dream hovering about me; and I prayed that it would come to me in reality when the sun of early May once more rose over the distant rim of purple hills. Patricia Feddersen. Class XII. [35] UNE BERCEUSE Une jeune femme bercait un enfant dans un berceau. ENe regardait la figure du petit. Elle y voyait I image de son mari. ENe sest dit: Mon fils. quand la guerre est finie et Ie monde est encore sain desprit. je vous raconterai de votre pere. Maintenant vous etes trop jeune. Vous ne comprendriez pas si je vous disais comme il etait brave et fort, comment il a combattu pour la France jusqu ' a sa mort. Vous ne vous souvenez pas quand les cbiens sont venus et ont pris notre terre, nos maisons. notre nourriture. notre France. Vous ne comprenez pas maintenant; mais je vous eleverai A £tre un homme comme votre pere. a venger pour lui sa France, votre France, et a retablir sa liberte. Oormez maintenant. mon fils. Ceci. pourrait-il se passer en Amerique? Je me demande. Olive Bell. Class XL L ' AUTOMNE Au mois d ' octobre quand les feuilles tombent. je tiens toujours d marcher par Ie bois ou les grands arbres font queue a perte de vue des deux cotes du chemin. Au loin a travers les arbres je peux voir Ie ciel bleu dans Iequel des nuages argentes flottent tranquillement. II y a pas mal de fleurs de toutes couleurs parmi les arbres. Dici peu tous les bruits du grand chemin sont perdus dans Ie calme tranquille de la foret. Souvent il y a un peu de vent. Quelquefois apres qu ' il vient de pleuvoir, les gouttes de pluie tombent des branches vertes sur ma t?te. Tout a I ' heure j ' entends Ie babillage d un petit ruisseau loin dans Ie bois. L ' eau tombent sur les pierres. et je ne me Iaisse jamais de cueillir des fleures et de la mousse pres du bord. Vers quatres heures je commence a penser a retourner chez moi. Je sais que quand j ' y serai de retour il y aura un grand feu dans la cheminee et des sommes et des noix a rotir. Alors mon grande-pere nous contera des histoires. Bientot tout Ie monde aura sommeil et ma mere mettra les enfants au lit. Puis romme Ie vent soufflent parmi les arbres et la pluie bat contre les fenetres. Ie sommeil vient doucement a travers les collines et en quelques moments tous etres seront en repos. Margaret Jean Langabeer. Class XII. THE RAINBOW One day a rainbow shone Upon a lovely tree, With glowing colors everywhere As bright as bright could be. Sharon Conner, Class 111 [36] OCCUPIED Gray fields, gray dawn, gray smoke. Smoke from the gruesome, muted shell Of an occupied country town. Dai now the sky is fired with red. And in the new-born light Of a sun that feels no compassion For Death and its ghastly mien. The stark site. too. is drenched in bloody red. I hear the dead, their voices low in sorrow: Let the soil receive our blood. We are of it and it of us; There are none closer joined Than our flesh to the soil. And our souls to God. Who alone loves all mankind. Cynthia Gonyea. Class XII THE FUTURE S SILHOUETTE Possessively we ' ve watched their straight young forms. Dark against a cosmic sky. We ' ve watched them gazing down Toward the ever-beckoning sea. Looking, listening. I hinking the thoughts that children think. V ve watched them turn their heads And look with trusting eyes Serenely upward. Into cloudless skies. Placidly, as youth can look. These children see but beauty at same blue YI, ere others gaze on Death. 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