Bancroft School - Blue Moon Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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104 THE BLUE MOON Mary Coe is a junior at the Ethel Walker School. Polly Washburn is to be married in June to Stuart Craigin. A son was born to Ruth Adams Arms on February twentieth, She is now living with her parents on Sever Street. Bernada de Mallie, who will be graduated from the Bennett School in June, has announced her engagement to Charles Hinds, a junior at Dartmouth. Lora Thayer Worked in the oHice for a month during Molly Small's ab- sence. While here she brought the alumnae catalogue up to date. BOYS Boys who have graduated within the last four years have entered various schools: at North High School are Benjamin Stone, Stuart Oberist, Brad- ley Wood, and Thornton Young: at Worcester Academy are Charles Cromp- ton, Jack Sawyer, John Jeppson, Robert Bullock, Robert Griffith, Claudius Byrne, and Charles Hillg at Deerfield are Allan Neilson, William Sawyer, and Robert Booth: at St. Paul's are Carter Higgins and Jack Ewell. Jack San- derson is at Peekskill Military Academy: Charles Hamilton, at Middlesex: Forbes Michie and John Pierpont, at Loomis: Roger Kinnicutt, at Milton: Louis Dean, at Hotchkiss: Robert Persons, at New York Military Academy: William Mulvey, at Exeter, and Bryden Campbell, at Tabor Academy. FORMER FACULTY NOTES Mrs. Kelley is in charge of a dormitory at Russell Sage College, Troy, N. Y. Mrs. Georgette Robinson announced the birth of a son on leap-year day. During her leave of absence Madame Henri taught French in the Lower and Middle School. Mrs. Middleton CMiss Stowej has remodelled her house at Hudson, and Peter is still with her. Mrs. Harvey Mansfield lMiss Yarrowj, who is now living in New Haven, had a baby boy born on the first day of Spring. The ballads which she col- lected in Newfoundland several summers ago are being published by Harvard Press under Professor Kittridge, Mrs. James F. Clemenger f'Miss Wilderj lives in New York City. Miss Agnes Johnston was married to Robert Henderson on December 23, 1931, at Urbana, Illinois. Miss Mathea Hanson is a supervisor at the Spence School in New York City. Miss Faye Fullerton is teaching at the Thurston School in Pittsburgh. Miss Louise Lee is principal of the Taconic School at Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Miss Melita Knowles is headmistress of Goddard Academy, in Barre, Ver- mont. Mr. Roland Payne is principal of the High School at Norwell.

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THE BLUE MOON 105 JUNE AWARDS. l93I SCHOLARSHIP HONORS Awarded the Bancroft Medal LOWER AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS Martha Lowell, Class I Nancy Earle Smith, Class IV Ll0Yd BYrd, Class I Margery Ann Williams, Class V Hamilton B. Wood, Jr., Class II Elizabeth Forbes, Class VI Edgar Randolph, Class III Carol Churchman, Class VII Awarded the T. Houey Gage Medal Charles Hill, highest rank in Classes VII and VIII Elizabeth Wood, highest rank in Upper School ATHLETIC HONORS LOWER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS Spirit Cup Posture Cup I Classes III and IV Nancy Gould Mary Daniels Classes V and VI Elizabeth Forbes Beulah Washburn Classes VII and VIII Elizabeth Gaines Ruth Windle Medals Soccer: Sylvia Spence, Class VIII Mat Ball: Vera Bullock, Class VIII Apparatus: Janet Heywood, Class VIII Track: Eleanor Daniels, Class VIII Fall Tennis Tournament: Rosamond Riley, Class VIII Spring Tennis Tournament: Eleanor Daniels, Class VIII Trophies LOWER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS Football: William Moore, Class V: Bradley Wood, Class VIII Baseball: William Moore, Class V: Carter Thayer, Class VIII Tennis: Carter Thayer, Class VIII: Runner-up, John Pierpont, Class VIII Best Gymnast: John Sheperdson, Class V: Carter Thayer, VIII Best Athlete: Bradley Wood, Class VIII UPPER SCHOOL Posture Cup: Elizabeth Coley Athletic Cup: Alene Stein Spirit Cup: Dorothy Pierpont Riding Cup: Jeanne Daniels