Bancroft School - Blue Moon Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Every year the Blue Moon has been improved somewhat, but this year the evolution has reached a peak. The book is completely modernized, with increased size and added Ieatures. The Board has worked very hard selling candy and sandwiches to raise money, and appreciates the co- operation received. We feel sure you are as pleased with the book as we of the Board are. J. R. JOYCE REED, '47, Editor-in-Chief, THE BLUE MOON BEVERLY KROCK, '47, Business Manager NANCY SEDER, '47 Editor-in-Chief, The Little Dipper HOPE GILSON, '47, Literary Editor LOIS WALD, '48 JANET BATH, '49 PATRICIA BURKE, '50 BARBARA FRANKLIN, '48 BEVERLY TILDEN, '49 ANTHEA de ROUVILLE, '50 MARION LEAVITT, '48 DOROTHY T. PECKHAM, Faculty Adviser we gf!!! OOVL If' Fmnl Row, lrll lo right: janet Bath, Nancy Seder, Joyce Reed, Beverly Krock, Lois Wald. Sucund Raw, lrll to right: Anthea de Rouville, Marion Leav tt Bnrlmra Franklin, Hope Gilson, Beverly Tilden, Patricia Burke.

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TH I I Run: lffl Iv rfghl: Charlotte Lamson, Suzanne Walters, Joy Anderson, Lois Wald. Nancy Watters, Srrnnd Rnzr, Ivfl In righI:Sally He-alll, H p Gilson, Mary Givan. The Student Council is the Self-Government organization of the Bancroft School. As a girl progresses in cooperation, loyalty, dependabil- ity, and leadership, she is given recognition by being granted higher privileges by the Student Council. The Council, which is composed of the Student Council President and the four class presidents and representatives, meets weekly to discuss moral and disciplinary problems, and to hear suggestions on the betterment of school life. This year emphasis was placed on smoking regulations, which were strictly enforced. Many weekly discussions were also devoted to the problem of honesty in school work, including homework and tests. Finally the Council out- E STU UE EU lined the desirable characteristics of the Ban- croft School girl. Courtesy, consideration, and honesty at all times were set up as goals to be achieved by every student. The Student Council has endeavored to en- able each student to develop a sense of re- sponsibility to herself and to the school. J. A. Joy Anderson, President of Student Council Sue Watters Hope Gilson Sally Heald Mary Givan Nancy Watters Charlotte Lamson Lois Wald Anna G. Mulno, Faculty Adviser

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CENSUS EUMMITTEE Beverly Cotton, Chairman ln the spring of 1947 the Census Committee and the Student Council nominated the heads of the various committees for the following year. They were approved by the faculty. It is the task of the Census Committee to take charge of the elections and to keep an account of the ac- tivities of each girl in the Upper School. B. C. Miss Anna G. Mulno, Faculty Adviser AETIVITIE5 EUMMITTEE Last Fall the Activities Committee arranged a dance with Leicester Junior College. The dance was held in the library, and refreshments were served in the corri- dor. The Junior members of the Activities Committee ush- ered for the Pre-College Conference February 8, 1947. The social arrangements for the ioint concert with Governor Dummer School in April were in charge of this committee. J. H. and P. K. Committee Joan Holmstrom, Paula Kenney, Ann Wellington, Judy Cohan, Jean Campbell, Louisa Coe, lrene Andreson, Sally Heald, Elizabeth Kistler, Constance Andreson. Miss Elinor W. Pike, Faculty Adviser SUEIAL EUMMITTEE Constance Wood Suzanne Moore Anne Savels Denise van Valkenburg Phyllis Woods Mary Givan Nancy Watters Patricia Spaulding Miss Helen P. Estee, Faculty Adviser This year the Social Committee conducted a Sandwich Bar at the Blue Moon Fair. We served sandwiches, cake and beverages, cafeteria style, in the lunch room. With the help and cooperation of the Committee, the lunch room was transformed into a scene of Christmas at- mosphere, and our new project was a success. The annual dance was held on Saturday, March tirst, from eight to twelve. The Gym was decorated like a garden, and there was an air of spring everywhere. Flowers covered the walls, and a picturesque wishing- well occupied the center of the floor. We named the dance the Spring Cotillion, and it was enioyed by those who attended. J A EUMMUNITY EHEST The annual Community Chest collection drive last Fall was the first activity of the year. With some of the money, the committee bought eighteen boxes of choc- olate candy, which were sent for Christmas to the two French schools which we had adopted this fall. The rest of the money, with most of the money which we received from the Blue Moon Fair, was used to send food to these schools through C.A.R.E. We have also collected tea and soap for them. Throughout the year several of the pupils in the Lower School have corresponded with the pupils in the Le Havre schools. Although most of our work has been for these schools, there are several other organizations to which we have contributed, such as the Hampton Institute and the Worcester Natural His- tory Society. We hope that our Committee, with the aid of the rest of the school, has done something to aid and make happy some of the war-torn people of Europe as well as some who needed aid in our own country. J. MCK. Joan McKoan, Chairman Beverly Cotton, Virginia Leland, Elaine Hamilton, Barbara Reed, Joan McGill, Frances Daniels, Ann Nelson, Carol Tomaian. Miss Eunice Smith, Faculty Adviser REU EHUSS EUMMITTEE At the first of the year the Red Cross Committee filled five boxes with useful articles for destitute children of Europe. In November we donated twenty-tive dollars to the National Children's Fund. We have been working on a drive to help redecorate the activities room for the men at Rutland General Hospital. P. P. Patty Pease, Chairman Thelma Gaodale Miss Hope Leslie, Faculty Adviser BLUE MUUN FAIR Saturday, December seventh, brought forth the annual Blue Moon Fair. The Yule-tide decorations gave every- one the feeling of gay festivity. There were the usual tables displaying wares for Christmas shoppers. Funds, this year amounting to 5340, were given to the Com- munity Chest and the Junior Red Cross. We are grate- ful to the faculty advisers for their assistance and wish to express our thanks to the Library Committee, Blue Moon Board, and the Social Committee, without whose help success would not have been possible. C. C. Connie Caron, Chairman Mary Lou Rossland, Marjorie Hiatt, Saran Bruce, Charlotte Lamson, Ann Brown, Jocelyn Manzer, Caroline Keith, Ethel Rozefsky. Miss Helen B. Clark, Faculty Adviser