Bradford Academy - Chimes Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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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-

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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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88 THE CHIMES emy Hall. The girls attended, in Haverhill, Gounod's Gallia and Rossini's Stabat Mater. The night before the Senior play, the Seniors were allowed to go to Haverhill to Tanner's for dinner, and for an evening of genuine good time, few can surpass this. We had an inexpressibly pleasant feeling, to think that we were over there on a school night having a good time, while all the other girls were at home studying. Such it is to be a Senior ! The next night, the seventh, came our Senior play, when The Rivals was presented. All day an air of expectancy hung over the school. Friends began to arrive, and up and down the corridors could be noticed Seniors, some murmuring their parts, and others giving orders. Certainly it was a happy, though busy, day. A description of the play is given elsewhere in detail. After the play there was dancing by the Seniors and their guests in the Gym. During the month Madame Martinez gave two informal recitals, exhibiting the work of her ad- vanced pupils, and the girls did great credit to their teacher. Valentine's day was celebrated in a most appropriate manner. The juniors were the hostesses, and the entertainment was a masquerade dance. During the evening valen- tines which had previously been deposited in a basket were distributed. The second of Professor Down's recitals was on the eighteenth. Madame Helen Hopekirk played, and her playing was a delight to all. Fraulein Kammer gave a very interesting talk upon Germany, illustrated by the stereopticon, and as it consisted largely of her own personal experiences, the girls were all the more interested. The twenty-second was celebrated by only a few girls, for almost everyone went away for over Sunday. Those who were left behind, however, did not lack for fun. The next lecture was by Rev. A. T. Kempton, being a stereopticon ffpicture story of Evangeline March March third the Senior class was most fortunate. We spent a happy even- ing in Miss Knott's room, where we were entertained by Mr. Williamson and Mrs. H. A. Chase. Mr. Williamson read Bu1'ns's poems to us, and Mrs. Chase sang a number of Burns's songs. We shall always look back upon this evening as one of the bright spots in our memory of school days. On the sixth, Pro-