Bancroft School - Blue Moon Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

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THE BLUE MOON 65 CENSUS COMMITTEE ELEANOR T HAYER, '33, Chairman JEANNE DANIELS, '32 EDITH BLAKESLEE, '34 SALLY PRATT, '33 SYLVIA SPENCE, '35 MISS CLARK, Faculty Adviser THE most important function of the Census Committee is to act as a nominating committee to choose the girls best fitted for the various extra-curriculum activities of the school. Each position carries a certain number of points, commensurate with the responsibility and amount of work involved. As it is desirable that no one girl assume greater responsibil- ities than she is able to carry out, and that each girl in the Upper School should share in its activities, the Census Committee was formed to keep a record of these points. Since the older girls have shown themselves better able to carry on out- side activities, and also prepare their work thoroughly, a sliding scale has been adopted, According to this plan, a Freshman may carry five or six points. a Sophomore six or seven, a Junior seven or eight, and a Senior eight or nine. The extra point allows some margine to meet the individual capa- bilities Within the group. ELEANOR THAYER LIBRARY COMMITTEE ALICE GOFF, '32, Chairman FLORENCE YOUNG, '32 BARBARA KECK, '33 Lois RILEY, '33 DEAN HOEEMAN, '35 ELIZABETH GAINES, '35 MRS. POST, Faculty Adviser HIS year the Library Committee has continued the plan which was begun so successfully last year. In addition to this, we have been cataloging the stray books and listing the missing ones. We hope to have this work finished by the time the BLUE MOON is published. We especially wish to thank the BLUE MOON board for the generous gift of 8100, with which books have already been purchased in the fields of literature, science, and history. We also extend our appreciation to Mrs. Post, who has so cheerfully assisted us, not only at our meetings, but also by giving up one afternoon a week to our Work. ALICE GoEE

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THE BLUE MOON 67 GLEE CLUB ELIZABETH WOOD, '32 President T HAYER HUNTER, '32 Vice-president AMY RUNO, '33 Secretary-treasurer DEBORAH LOWELL, '34 Librarian ELIZABETH CHASE, '34 Assistant-librarian MISS WEEKS Director THIS year the Glee Club boasts the largest membership in the history of the school. The club's first appearance was in the Thanksgiving pro- gram: and in the Christmas pageant, members made up the choir. On December 15, the Cilee Club had the privilege of hearing that thrilling and inspirational chorus, the Don Cossacks, and it was with renewed determina- tion that the girls started in January diligent practice for the concert on April 16. As usual, this important annual affair was a financial, social, and artistic success. The dance was unusually lively, with Ed Drew and his orchestra from Providence providing the best of music. Another high-light of the year was the Deerfield Glee Club Concert, in which the Bancroft club sang several numbers. The girls are anticipating the final party, for which great plans are on foot. The last pleasurable duties of the 1932 Glee Club will be to sing on Award Day and at Commencement. ELIZABETH WOOD THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT THE soft melody of Silent Night, sung by the Cilee Club from the balcony, was followed by Lo, How a Rose, as a prelude to the annual Christmas pageant on December eighteenth. Then forward into the dimly lighted auditorium, singing carols as they came, filed the long, vari-colored procession of ladies, knights, crusaders, monks, nuns, and peasants, who formed the congregation at a medieval English service. The child-like voices of the I,ower School blended with those of the older girls. The choir, clad in red vestments with white lace cottas, followed the cruciier and incense-bearer to the platform, and took their places in choir stalls on either side of the candle- lit altar. Above the altar was a living representation from Rossellino's sculpture, The Nativity. The priest read the story of the Nativity from the pulpit, with continual responses from the choir and the congregation, and the three kings, chanting a French carol, came forward to lay their gifts on the altar steps. The Madonna in the tableau came to life, and sang a lullaby to her sleeping babe. As the choir-boys marched from their stalls and down the aisle. leading out the caroling congregation, the curtain closed upon another beautiful and impressive pageant, ELIZABETH WooD