Boston University College of Practical Arts and Letters - Sivad Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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“Dorothy Davis was made President of Hamilton College. “Eva Davis evolved a stretching system for little people and published it in pamphlet form. The idea came to her from constant looking-up to her six- feet-four husband. “Lorette Cloutier, who had been raised on yeast, became a leading manniquin. “Adelaide Dodge taught ‘What Not To Sing’ at Wellesley College, the posi- tion being a direct hand-down from THE Professor. “Florence Donovan captained the ‘Women’s Basketball Squadron’ in the War of 1999. “Marie Dooley was an authority on obsolete French. “Gladys Fish demonstrated dancing without movement of limbs. “Cora Falconer played her part as head waitress at Schrafft’s. “Ray Franzblau was a soap-box orator at $5.00 per hour in the interests of the promotion of world peace. ‘Hazel Faulkner was a nurse in the Turkish Army, and not a single patient in her ward ever had the least desire to get well. “Eileen Green conducted a pawnshop in Manila, P. I. “Elizabeth Heath measured degrees of heat and cold in a physics laboratory. ‘Patricia Horan appeared as the bareback rider at Keith’s circuit for twenty years. ‘Helen Howland compiled a dictionary. “Kathryn Huckins, well-experienced in the acting of Spanish plays at C.S.5S., turned her attention to the coaching of Spanish plays. “Virginia Hughes became President of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. “Agnes Hurley obtained a position at the Boston Public Library under her ‘Bill.’ “Marion Holtzgreen collected pictures for many years; first for her scrap- book of famous men, and later for the Rogues’ Gallery at the Charlestown State Prison. ‘Leah Immerman had been a lawyer and the first woman who did not have to pass the bar, under the ruling that prohibition was for men only. “Elsie Jackson joined an acrobatic troupe. “Marie Jones improved the Einstein theory, and was the first woman to apply the principle of Relativity to deep thought. “Pauline Jenness, whose dormitory room was so aptly decorated with the sign ‘No Trespassing, Keep off the Grass,’ designed the latest craze—grass-cloth material for dresses. “Mary Johnson—called ‘Our Mayr’ by the class, was the wealthiest woman in the land. To all the world she was known as the ‘Angel of the Poor.’ “Ada Kilkenny ran a dancing school for fat people. ‘Alice Kingston became the speediest reporter in the Supreme Court of the United States. Marion Levin owned, managed and edited a newspaper of her own. 196

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“Vera Ambrose earned world fame for the articles entitled ‘Why Women Should Smoke.’ These were all written in Spanish and illustrated by the author. “Charlotte Armstrong profited by her experience in collecting money for Prom tickets way back in ’23, and became a collector for an Agency with a com- mission of two cents on the dollar. “Grace Barrett became the stern head of a Psycopathic Hospital, which was directed by a Board of Eminent Psychologists. “Anna Barry clerked for little “Sammy,’’ but said there never had been a proposal. “Elsie Bartsch was a Spanish Correspondent for a New York export house. “Pearl Bornstein moved to China in order to procure her brand of Chop Suey. Besides, no one was in a hurry there and it was a rule to be late. “Louise Bellows, the Class President, revised the teaching of Spanish verbs. The verbs were not taught after Miss Bellows became Director of Education. “Sadie Bixby hiked around the world, and everywhere that Sadie went, her Drama Book was sure to go. “Louise Budd sold tickets at the Majestic Theatre. “Mona Burke did go to Mars, but came back within three days, fully de- cided that this world was best. “Dorothy Campbell, in cap and gown, played innocent girl graduate parts during the football season at the Bowl, Yale. “Beatrice Carro and Lillian Scheffreen were fired to ambition by their course in Literature. Under the names of ‘Beaumont and Fletcher,’ they published ‘Weissnichtwo.’ Lillian as Beaumont supplied the plot, while Beatrice added the touches of art. “Elizabeth Charleton became a dare-devil movie actress, and risked her life many times—jumping from moving trains, falling from cliffs and ‘vamping’ old men. “Alice Clark invented an electric typewriter, and reaped enormous profits from her patent, which she devoted almost entirely to the establishment of a home for old-fashioned stenographers who had ‘worked themselves to their finger bones’ to attain SPEED. “Marion Condon was kept busy during her lifetime, collecting alimony from three sources and allotting it to her extravagant tastes. “Margaret Conkling was the manager of an exclusive skating rink in the Back Bay, where every B. U. man was welcome. “Helen Connolly operated the latest bookkeeping machine, a device which did away with all accountants. “Mary Cox forgot her ‘wild and woolly’ dreams as a stunt performer in a floating circus. “Phyllis Culbert managed a railroad system known as the ‘Slow But Sure Way.’ “Helen Davidson preached communism via air waves, and was sentenced preac U ; to study the Law.

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“Grace Lynch was postmistress at Holy Cross Colleg ge. Her efficiency can hardly be questioned, for in some mysterious way, she effected the savings of hundreds of dollars in postage stamps. ‘Helen McCarthy was known as ‘Mother’ McCarthy while in charge of the C. S. S. Dormitories, where no men dared enter on “8 peril of their lives. “Lillian Maher won the title of champion typist of the I inited States. “Emily Mansfield and her ‘Bill’ kept a delightful | inn for tourists at Yellow- stone Park. ‘Anne Marshall, once the most ambitious girl at C. S. S., was president the ‘Society for the Enjoyment of Work’ at Rochester, New York. ‘Bob’ Marshall occupied the important post of boximg imstructor at the Posse Gym School for Boys. “Margaret Marshall rose to fame as the most extensive buyer at the Em- porium in San Francisco. ‘Hazel Mathews was a companion to the author of the best celler of 2 cen- tury, called “Where to Get a Drink in the United States.’ “Ruth Middleton, the vamp of 1924, wrote the Society Column of the Boston Advertiser for many years, and was known as the ‘horder of mails,” be- cause of the numberless letters of criticism which she received. “Mary McGrail edited the financial page of the Chicago Tribune with the help of her old Finance notes. a ““Margaret Mackay was doing research work in Abyssinia, for the “Society for the Revival of Jazz.’ “Hester MacKenzie managed a Marriage Bureau and taught girls how t make love. “Mildred Mackintire was a botanist in the Sahara Desert. “Lillian MacMullen managed a large business so successfu lly that the President of the concern had to marry her in order to insure his job against his woman competitor. But then Lillian became the real boss, anyway. ““Margaret Maguire, the little girl who used to be so quiet and reserved at College, changed sadly, and became one of the leading exponents on “Women's Rights in the Regions of the Amazon,’ touring South America im am attempt te enlist the sympathies of MERE men for the cause. ‘Marion McCarthy, as a judge, was the avowed enemy of all airplane and submarine speeders, most of whom were students. “Winifred McDonough conducted a correspondence course on “He get a B. S. S. Degree.’ “Alice McGillicuddy was a taxicab driver in New York City, and even the motorcycle cops could not beat her for speed when she got started. — | ‘Prudence Mathews had ‘much’ of everything — ‘much’ fun, ‘much’ money, and ‘much’ children. All her girls went to C. S. S. and her boys to C. B. A. “Eileen Monahan, because of her ability to do things im a hurry, was ap- pointed Emergency Operator of the Wireless Telephone. : ‘Pauline Moody had been a Principal at the Waterbury, Vermont, High 197