Bradford Academy - Chimes Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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86 THE CHIMES sixty girls, with five members of the faculty, visited the White Mountains, spending Sunday at the Mt. Pleasant House. On Hallowe'en all the girls went to dinner dressed in sheets and pillow-cases. The dining room was lighted by jack-o'-lanterns and candles stuck in vegetables. After dinner, games and dancing took place in the gymnasium. A basket-ball game was played with Abbott Academy, at Andover. The Centennial Club was organized, and the study of Tennyson begun. Most appropriately in connection with the coal strike, Rev. Calvin M. Clark of Haverhill gave us an interesting talk upon the strike, and told us of the life and hardships of the miners. November During this month Miss Warren visited the school and spoke to us at morning chapel. Dr. von Mach gave a series of talks in chapel upon 'fThe Appreciation of Beauty Around Us. Mrs. Florence Howe Hall gave a lec- ture upon Manners at Home and at School. The new girls entertained the old girls. It was called the Cafe Chantant, and the gymnasium repre- sented a French coffee-house. The decorations were of yellow and white bunting, the school colors. Small tables were placed for the old girls, and these were decorated in yellow and white crepe paper. The entertainment was a miscellany, ending with a minstrel show. After the performance coffee and rolls were served at the tables by waitresses, and then all enjoyed dancing. One afternoon Bishop Lawrence of Boston gave a practical and beautiful talk upon education, and gained a very warm place in the hearts of the girls. The Centennial Club had an evening on Tennyson's ffldylls of the King. December In this month we were very fortunate in being able to hear Mr. Booker T. Washington, who spoke to a large audience upon the Life and Work at Tuskegee. The oratorio, The Messiah, was attended in Haverhill. The Centennial Club continued the study of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Miss Knott gave a fine talk upon Venice, illustrated by the stereopticon. From this talk the girls learned a great deal, and we all felt as if we, too, had .been

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, ...QL Wi I X 1-' j X 9 me ff-,-., .1. ,ff I l it t W i' 'ir' 1902-1903 O O 1 'o be i K HE pleasures which the Bradford ' girl is able to sum up at the end of a year are many and varied. She is a girl of divided interests, alive to all Q enjoyments. She golfs, plays at tennis, rows, and rides, but let us look at her life aside from her out-of-door sports. Not until late in the month of September, 1902, did the actual social events start in, for the beginning of a school year is far from easy. For a week or two all thoughts ot social functions are driven from the mind by more important duties. The girls are getting acquainted, going to Haverhill on all kinds of shopping tours, settling their rooms, arranging schedules, and, best of all, meeting old friends. - September Not very late in the month, however, the old girls, true to their former record of entertaining well, gave a party in the form of a reception and dance to the new girls. Miss Knott, Miss Andrews and Miss Hart received in the parlor, and with them was one member of each class. Tempting refreshments were served in the German room, and then all enjoyed a good dance in the Gym.'7 One of the pleasantest excursions of the month was a trip to Hamp- ton Beach. October In October the basket ball teams and the Leonora Society were reorgan- ized. One morning we were glad to see in the chapel Dr. Little, the President of the Board of Trustees, who gave us a short but very helpful talk. About

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NINETEEN THREE 87 there, on account of the vividness with which Miss Knott portrayed the beauti- ful city. The night before the girls went home for the Christmas vacation was one of the happiest of the year at Bradford. Thirty children from the Orphan's Home in Haverhill were brought here and given a Christmas tree and party. January january was marked by many interesting events. In the hrst place, we had a talk upon India by Mrs. Burnell, a returned missionary. An illustrated lecture was given by Ernest Thompson-Seton upon Wild Animals I l-Iave Known. This was very interesting, and the calls of the different animals were particularly entertaining. On the seventeenth the juniors entertained the Seniors at Bald Pate Inn. The sleighing and moon could not have been improved upon, and we enjoyed one of the famous Bald Pate dinners, dancing until time to leave. On the evening of the twenty-first a large number of us attended a concert by the Fiske jubilee Singers in the Bradford church. Miss Keyes gave an interesting talk upon Michael Angelo, illustrated by many stereopticon views. About sixty of the girls and some of the Faculty went to Boston to see Richard Mansheld in Julius Czesar. On the twenty-second many of the girls called upon Mrs. Daniel Kimball of Bradford. She is the oldest living graduate of the Academy, and every year the girls attend her birthday celebrations in large numbers. This is an event to which the girls always look forward, and they are very glad to pay her homage on these pleasant occasions. The Centennial Club presented another attractive Tennyson programme. This evening, besides papers and anecdotes concerning the great poet, A Dream of Fair Women was read, and illustrated by tableaux. February On the fourth began the une series of concerts which are always among the most enjoyable events of the year. This series comprises three recitals, under the charge of Professor Downs, and they are given every year, usually during the winter term. The first concert was by the famous Kneisel quartette of Boston. It was pronounced by many the hnest concert ever given in Acad-