Calhoun School - Ink Pot Yearbook (New York, NY)

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in k p o t the students league of the calhoun school THIS year fhe Sfudenfs League has endeavored fo confinue fhe good work of ifs predecessors: ifs aim is fo give fhe sfudenfs a share in fhe governmenf. Wifh fhe cooperafion of fhe Council we feel we have made some progress in lessening fhe noise in fhe library and in assembly. Our commiffees have been mosf acfive and successful. The Chairman Council wishes io express ifs appreciafion fo fhe girls in all fhe groups for fheir accepfance of fheir responsibilifies fhroughouf the ear. Yfhe Assemblies Commiffee, combined wifh fhe Debaling Commiffee. has afforded us fhe pleasure of several delighfful and amusing programs Monday mornings, including some programs by oufsnders. our own school plays, radio readings, and debafes. Some of our visifors were The Hampfon Ouarfef, a represenfafive of fhe World Peaceways Organizafion, Mrs. Geller, a Russian General, Viclor Yakhon- foff. and a psychologisf. Dr. Alexander Schmalhauser. Through fhe Afhlefic Commiffee, we have been represenfed in many infer-scholasfic games which have increased school spirif. We have enioyed fhem fhoroughly in spife of our numerous defeafsl We are looking forward enfhusiasfically fo our yearly oufing on Field Day. As we usually have such a grand fime af Tibbeff's Brook, we will probably go fhere again. The Cornmiffee presenfs awards af fhe end of fhe year for cooperafion, spirif, abilify, affendance, and improvemenf in gym. As usual fhe Dramafics Group, wifh fhe assisfance of Mr. Reynolds. has produced anofher Gilberf and Sullivan opereffa: fhis fime THE GONDOLIERS. These plays are especially well adapfed fo our use because, alfhough fhe leading roles are Iimifed, fhe chorus provides an imporfanf parf for any girl who wishes fc enfer. The Group also made possible our poefry or radio reading for a Monday morning assembly. The Finance Commiffee has had ifs accusfomed responsibilify of collecfing League dues. Sev- eral fimes during fhe school ferm if gave reporfs ofsfhe financial sfafus of fhe League. A new rule has been formulafed by fhe Improvemenf Commiffee: if is fhaf fhere shall be no furfher circular fraffic. This has been a very welcome change fo mosl of us and has worked ouf safisfacforily. New regulafions have also expedifed our deparfure from assembly. The girls are now working ouf a rule for improving fhe appearance of class rooms. There is no need fo fell you whaf fhe Ink Pol' Commiffee has accomplished 'rhis year. as we can see how hard fhe girls have worked by fhe book ifself. There is always a surprise in fhe new form fhaf fhe book fakes. Never before has our library been kepf in beffer order fhan This year. We have some useful and aufhenfic addifions fo our bookshelves: ANNA KARENINA, by Leo Tolsfoy: THE ART OF PLAY- GOING. by John Mason Brown: INSIDE EUROPE, by John Gunfher: AN AMERICAN DOCTOR'S ODYSSEY, by Vicfor Heiser: CATHERINE DE MEDICI, by Ralph Roeder: Complefe Works of O. Henry: GREAT MEN OF LITERATURE, by Duranfe: BEST STORIES OF THE WORLD: THE HISTORY OF EUROPE, by Fisher: THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY. by H. G. Wells: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by Schlesinger: WITHIN THE WALLS. by Agnes Carr Vaughan: BIRDCRAFT, by Mabel Osgood Wrighf: PARADE OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, by Roberf I-legner: METHODS IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, by Loomis and Schull: and SENIOR SCIENCE-SOCIALIZED FOR HIGH SCHOOL, by Bush, Pfacek, and Kovafs. The Commiffee is also complefing fhe series of fhe TEXTBOOK EDITION OF THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA. The regulafions for 'Ihe sfudy periods have nof been changed. Quief is required af all limes. Because of some changes in fhe offices of fhe Faculfy, we were given fhe back room fo be used as a sfudy hall and fo be run according fo sfudy rules of fhe library. This room was greafly needed as fhe library was nof confined fo fhe Senior Fives and Sixes, or fhose girls who had required reference work fo do, buf fhe whole Junior and Senior High School were allowed fhe privilege of if. The Publicify Commiffee besides painfing several colorful posfers fo adverfise our play. prepared fhe scenery for if. The Commiffee also kepf fhe school informed by nofices of all ifs aclivifies and supplied fhe cufs for fhe INK POT. The Social Commiffee has given fwo very successful parfies: fhe firsf one, a welcome fea for The new girls, was somewhaf dignified and formal, while fhe second one, a HalIowe'en parfy, was more ioyous and lively. The Social Service Commiffee is doing some work af fhe Hospifal of Joinf Diseases. The work fhey do is feeding children and acfing generally like assisfanf nurses. For fhe younger girls who are nof able fo go fo fhe hospifal, fhere is sewing in school. AI' fhe beginning of lhe year, drives were given for cards. clofhing, and foys, packing baskefs af Chrislmas fime and following some drives for magazines, flood relief and fhe Red Cross Annual Drive. Among fhe insfifufions which benefifed by fhe donafions were fhe Jewish Federafion, Federafion of Jewish C.harifies, fhe Red Cross and fhe Hospilal of Joinf Diseases. ln each successive year, fhe work of fhe League has been broadened, and we feel fhaf wifh fhe acfive parficipafion of fhe members of fhe school ifs work in fhe fufure will become increasingly worfh while. NONA STERN, '37, Presidenf. sixfy-fh ree

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li. in k p 0 t last will and testament of the class of I937 WE, the unappreciated, overworked, and unlamented Class ot l937, being ot separate and un- coinciding minds and memories, and knowing the uncertainty of our lite here. do make. publish. and declare this to be Our Last Will and Testament as follows, revoking all other and former Wills by any part ot us at any time made. We leave to the Class ot '38 an indelible lipstick, in the hope that the Calhoun wash rag will have to retire once and tor all. God rest its soul! h Tlo our most honored and revered teachers, the memory ot the smallest yet noisiest class in the sc oo: To Miss Dietz, a snow plow so that she will not be absent trom school tor another fifteen years: To Miss Hotfman, a well-developed paragraph: To Miss Levis, an elastic currency: To Mrs. Popini, dates: ' To Mlle. Davis, a waste-paper basket to take care ot the overtlow 7t tan mail: To Mrs. Bosch, room and board in the Metropolitan Museum ot Art: To Miss Lent, a Spanish stallion, which, when small, was known as a Latin pony: To Mr. Reynolds, a lump ot sugar: To Mrs. Armstrong, a sign: 2B or not 2B: To Miss Reeve. a slide rule: To Miss Brown, a sophisticated class: To Miss Hile, a picture ot Gym: We leave Miss Calhoun: To Mlle. Pons. a lily: To anyone who wants them, any crushes and tavorites that we may have had: To each girl, a hot water bottle: John, a magic blackboard: the Finance Committee, a mint: To To To the lnk Pot Committee, tar more originality plus a large collection ot articles: To all the college divisions, the answers to all their tuture questions: To Fanny Miller. a zipper to be used tor the good ot everyone:' Cecile Kallman, a scale: Mary Poll, a pair ot stilts: To the Junior lll's, a successtul dance: To Beatrice Rubenteld, a talking doll to keep her company on the train every morning now that Ruth Horwitz has graduated: To the corner ot 92nd Street and West End Avenue, a booth where the girls may put on lip- stick, etc.: To bored class members, a printed tick-tack-toe pad: To the Library Committee, a vacuum to suck up all the stray papers. In Witness Whereot, we hereunto scribble our name, this twentyeseventh day ot May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven. C.lass ot '37, To To Witnesses: Elinore Preville Mildred Schwarz Lucille Simon Ruth Herskovits Betty Baron faculty epithets Facetious: Miss Hoffman Conscientious: Mrs. Armstrong Aberrant: Miss Levis Agile: Miss Dietz Charming: Mlle. Davis Limn: Mrs. Bosch Unconverted: Mrs. Wendt Honey Chile: Mrs. Popini Linguist: Miss Lent Obliging: Mlle. Pons Turbulent: Mr. Reynolds Unbiased: Miss Calhoun Youthful: Miss Reeve Nimble: Miss Hile Outspoken: Miss Brown Facile: Mrs. Regan MILDRED SCHWARZ, '37, LILLIAN FICHTENHOLTZ, '39, sixty-tour