The Bush School - Tykoe Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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DORMITORY New to Dorothy Allen Hull lliis year is their lwotli dormitories. Slie is mommy to gill lvmrelers ousemotlier, Mrs Steele, ll trninuel nurse, who .nt lower dorm, in eoiistamt elemgiml, amd much feels tlie pulses :xml takes llie temperxitures of liweel. :lung mm Upper: Taylor Hall after the big storm. Lower: Shirley Steele and the Nlarsh sisters in front of Dorothy Allen Hall. Page Thirty-seven

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DORMITORY TN THE SHADE AIETYflaughter --f discipline f deep dark plotsAall go into making the boarder's life at Taylor Hall something to be remembered, Contrary to public opinion of the strict and unrelenting housemothers of the Victorian era, Mrs. Hansberry and Mrs. Shannon were the much loved and funftofbefwith guardians of the hall. Mrs. Hansberry began the year hut, due to an opening at the University, she left in March, Mrs. Shannon very kindly accepted Mrs. Bushl plea that she come hack and finish the year. In a very short time she endeared herself to the new girls as she had to the older boarders in years past. Student government and gracious living have been the predominating factors in life at the hall. Under Mrs. Hansberry's supervision, a council was elected and placed under joan Broughton, house president both semesters. The council, com' posed of representatives from each class, sugf gested rules to be voted on in house meetings and had general charge of order and disorder. And now for the inmates: upstairs we find those three giggling moviefstruck freshmen, Kay, Betts, and Cynthia rooming togetherffand OE THE TREE often sitting in the closet-reading after lights out. Across the hall the other freshmen Debby, Dorothy, and jane--feedin' or else lost in the latest gossip. Down the hall in the sophomore room, june, Pat, Adoria, and Barb-frenching a few beds, scaring June with noises, but really having a wonderful time. Then in the Annex-haven and refuge for weary upper classmen and secret ambition of all under classmen: joan, Ginnie, Bonnie, Marylu, and Miss Kells. Whzit a combination! Apple- pieing, a little matter of locking each other out fignoring a few of the proprietiesj, dancing, singing joan to sleep on her 16th birthday, the addition of Petie and a little more hilarity, combined with their fervent persuance of studies, are the highlights in the Annex life of this year's upperclassmen. With the others at Taylor Hall they shared ski trips fsuch soft and comfortable snow it waslj movies, concerts, icefskating, and tennis. The guiding star of both dormitories is Mrs. Haight, our institutional director. It is she we thank for the wonderful meals and the smooth blending of our duties and pleasures which made our boarding life this year memorable. 4 I Mrs. Haight, Mrs. Shannon, and Mrs. Steele. Page Thirty-six

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DORMITORY Saturdays are the days looked forward to by the children. Saturday, the day they go to the Art Museum or the University to see moving pictures! That day they go icefskating, go to parties and work on their victory gardens. Each one of them has his or her own plot of ground in back of the playground and has planted veg' etables to aid the war effort. Any night after school you'll find them discussing their gardens and how they think they ought to be cultivated. Almost daily we see Hardy and Shirley Steele decorating the dorm with dandelion chains, just as we see Peter, little Peter, scaring all the older boarders, the Marsh sisters at the piano, Lois Hansberry playing her violin and begging Mrs. Livengood for another lesson, Dan forever ex' pounding his pet theories to Mr. Bush. In the evenings you'll often find them all grouped about the fire in the living room play- ing Pit and other games until it's time for Betty to read their bed-time story to them. Some' times it's Cinderella, sometimes Boy Blue but always something to be eagerly anticipated. Their house meetings, their little conferences with Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Haight are helping to form their lives as citizens of the United States by teaching them the democratic way of life. Life at the Dorothy Allen Hall is very pleasant, with rules the youngsters are willing to follow and understand, and with pleasures they are willing to make and enter into whole' heartedly. V f-, I qu, I V Q,-3 .' QR X 1-xi, ,TV X , A 4 . 4,1 ' 1 5- Zf l X 12 gf ,f ,Lp P- ' if -, 'P xi .f -l , 'P Wi 1 if if ,Q ,ff Q 'A ' hai l Gy iff' 31 'P f f li ,'f'l! Page Thirty-eight