Bay Path College - Portico Yearbook (Longmeadow, MA)

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class prophecy ............... . . Many people have often wished that they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. By this we mean their future has been planned out for them, so we have decided to relieve your worried minds by predicting the future of our present graduating class. The war is now over and people, as well as industry, are beginning to come back to normal. We, the members of the senior class, are now beginning on a new adventure. What may happen or what we may do in the next decade is a Complete mystery to each and every one of us. We have predicted that the majority oi the class will remain unattached young women. Shall we now delve into that grand and glorious future? The Class of 1947 in the year 1957 is now a much older, wiser, and matured group of young women. Letters were sent out to the alumnae of this class stating that there is to be a reunion on the twenty-first of Iune, 1957. The beginning of such a reunion is focused at the airport in Hartford, Connecticut, at twelve o'clock noon. At the door of a huge transcontinental airliner we see Iocelyn Stedman. Iocelyn is the airline stewardess on this plane. She seems to be thriving while flying through the air with the greatest of ease. There are many passengers on board this plane, one of whom we recognize immediately as Gwendolyn Hutchinson. Gwen, a Certified Public Accountant, has come up here from Palm Beach, Florida. Gwen and Iocelyn are leaving Hartford for Springfield on the next train. At one o'clock in the afternoon, they are seen boarding a train which has come in from Chicago bound for Boston. Upon entering, they are greeted by Mary Lagana, who is now a traveling auditor for Pierce, Brook, and Lincoln, interstate wholesale dealers of fresh oranges. Upon arriving at the Springfield station, everything seems to be just as it was ten years ago. Well, hello there! Dorothy Cobbs, who is now married and has two lovely children, is sitting at one of the benches ap- parently waiting for someone. As we look around, we notice a tall, stately woman approaching-Charlotte Trafton. We hardly recognize her, al- though she has not changed much. The reunion is off to a marvelous start. Soon they are all hurrying to catch a bus for the Hotel Kimball. where they all have reservations for two days. We recognize Ruth Garwood and Shirley Cobbs standing at the recep- tion desk, just registering, when they see their former classmates enter through the main door. Ruth and Shirley never ventured outside Spring- field for their life work. They are secretaries to very prominent busi- 1'19SSH19I1. Now we spy Mary Ioyce, Claire Leger., Miriam Lyons, and Shirley Castonguay talking over old times, never-to-be-forgotten days at Bay Path. Each of these girls is a medical secretary to a fine doctor. Miriam, ot course, still has her well-remembered sense of humor.

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day, the Queen and her court prevailed over Class Day. Queen of the Court was Claire Forcier, and her attendants were: Shirley Cobbs, Gwendolyn Hutchinson, Nancy Wheeler, Mary Ioyce, Theresa Ioe, Ruth Howard, lean Picknally, Marian Aratti, Marion Walker, Iulia Mokrycki, Helen Suchocki, and Gretchen Smith. Graduation exercises were on Iune 29. The seniors listened to very inspiring talks by both our President, Mr. Thomas Carr, and Reverend Dwight Cart. The day was over and we bid the seniors fond farewell, and took ourselves off for our various homes, where we looked forward to a summer of sun, swimming, and loafing -except for the poor unfortunates who felt ambitious enough to find themselves jobs. ln September of this year we returned to welcome the new students just as we were welcomed a year ago. The first social get-together of the year was held in picnic style. A cool fall breeze did not prevent many of us from making use of our swimming pool. More activities were started this year, among them a bowling team, dramatic club, and a few of the girls met to play softball, while others of the more domestic type enjoyed their Sewing Bee. Elected by the class for President of our Student Council was Gwen Hutchinson. To help her were Mary Lagana, Vice-President, Rosalie Kos- towski, Secretary-Treasurerp and Claire Leger, Dorothy Cobbs, Mary Lou Shea, Ruth Howard, Shirley Brown, Alice Healey, and Ramona Ingraham. A surprise Christmas party was given us by the Faculty and Staff before we left for our Christmas vacation. After the dinner we went down- stairs for another surprise - Santa Claus, with presents for everyone. lust as we were about to leave for the day Mr. Carr announced that school was officially closed for vacation. Upon our return on Ianuary 6, we had the thought of exams to look forward to. Lights burned late for a week or two, and how true the old saying, What hath night to do with sleep. The Springfield College-Bay Path Mixers were quite successful, be- cause we often hear the girls say he's from Springfield College. 'I'hey were quite in evidence at the Mid-Winter Formal on February.7. This was the first formal given this year, and it really was a success - the Sheraton atmosphere helped a lot. As March arrived and While our Daddys thought of Income Taxes, we had thoughts of electing our Queen for Class Day. We can always stand by our judgment of electing Shirley Cobbs to be our beautiful Queen to rule over her Court on Class Day. Easter and its parade of spring styles brought many of the girls back from vacation with some really stunning creations. The executive students made their trip to New York while the Medical Secretaries went to work for two weeks of practice in local doctors' offices. Bay Path has been good to us. It will ever remain in our memoirs to carry with us through the years ahead and to the future alumni meetings when we get back together.

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And now, who is this stepping out of the elevator? Why, it is Lillian Parzych, followed by Hester Taylor and Muriel Antaya. Lillian has certainly gone a long way from Bay Path in Longmeadow. She is now employed by the New York Stock Exchange. Hester and Muriel work with hor and are her constant companions. Do we hear cases mentioned over there? Four very engrossed young ladies, Rosalie Kostowski, Ruth Howard, Shirley Siebert, and Helen Cass, are relating their many unusual experiences and case histories. Rosalie is secretary to the top brain specialist in the United States. Ruth is secretary to the famous pediatrician, Dr. I. A. Owen of San Francisco. Shirley and Helen both seem to have accomplished a great deal since their Bay Path Days. Shirley can now eat regular meals like everyone else-no more toast and sugar with black coffee. lean Picknally and Ada Spahl have just sauntered in from the dining room after having their mid-afternoon snack. lean, now an aviatrix and owning a jet-propelled plane of her own, flew Ada into town from New York City. Ada is the top court stenographer in the New York Supreme Court. The Veterans Administration is still in action and functioning very efficiently. And why not? We see Mildred Wilson as private secretary to the head of this organization, and Alva Raymond as secretary to Dr. A. T. Iohnson, chief doctor of all examinations. It is still afternoon and the stores are not yet closed, and a tour of the stores would be most delightful. There are a few minor changes, but really nothing to speak of. But wait! That shop over there-Diana's Specialty Shop - shall we explore it? In the door, and upon investigating, we find that Theresa Ioe is managing the store. While talking to Theresa, we find that Selma Koch is the accountant of this exclusive little shop. While dis- cussing old times with Theresa and Selma, who should walk in but Ines Zanone and Catherine Smith, doing a little shopping before going to the Kimball. Both of these girls are happily married, and still inseparable. Back at the Hotel Kimball, Nancy Wheeler, married for several years now, has just arrived after driving up from New Iersey. Ann Iaremko comes in just behind her, making the class complete. Ann is now owner of a beautiful little tea room, and doing very well at the job. We are all together now and ready for a grand reunion-our very first in ten years. The vision into the future fades, so we are spared the agony of enduring the gossip that is sure to be running wild during the two days of this all-too-brief reunion. l l 1 l l l l l l l J.