Castle School - Drawbridge Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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l Q S gf ' ATFENWNCS l 1 W ram u D Asvrm: om. Les! We Forge! September 30-Peace and quiet. October I-New girls and prompt old girls ar- rive. October 3-Miss Nlason and faculty Hreceivel' in the drawing room. October 4-Party. Old to New.'l Stunts by the New in order. October 5-Chapel talk by ilVIiss Nlason. I October 6-Schedule begins functioning. Quite a number of old girls already back October 1 to IO-SCI'1lO1'S devote most of their time acquainting themselves with Senior privileges and duties-mostly duties. October Io-Piano recital by Miss Richardson. October II-A. M. lVIovie stars own the place. Castle bellhop takes important role. P. NI.: Talk on Hamlet by lVlr. Young. Evening: Complimentary movie reel censored off the screen. October I7-Piano recital by Nlr. Frederic Mets. October 18-Party. Newl' to Old October 19-Attended service at old Dutch Church. 1 A October 20--ClZlSS listsare posted. Frantic mob besieges bulletin board-later besieges Miss Pulver to know why? October 20 to 24-+Cl2l.SS meetings and election of oflicers. lVluch swapping of room-mates and moving of household goodsj Free distribution of Dress Regulations. Packing of Htawdry fineryu and ex- pensive jewelry. October 31-Piano recital by Harold lVIorris. Dancing Doll cordially received by old girls. November IiSCI'liO1' party. Frolicsome ghosts entertain. November 3-Fortnightly meeting. Students in unrumpled white dresses make good impression on learned literary gathering. Only those girls on the back seats went to sleep. November 7iP1'Of. Kellogg with his redwood house on wheels arrive to mystify, astound and en- tertain. Unqualified success. November 9-Chapel talk by lhlr. Elmore. November 14-Piano recital by Leonor Zalles. November I6-Lieutenant Dumas of the French Army captures the imaginations and hearts of his audience at an afternoon talk. November 21-Pupils recital. November 27-Thanksgiving! Banquet!! Class Rivalry! ll November 28-Exodus for week-end. E5 c

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. . 4... .. ...,......, ..,..-,.,,.., W- Y 1.47.1 W, Y THE DRAWBRIDGE Nineteen-Twenty not remember. 8:42 lVliss Beatty looks grieved. 8 :42M iMiss B. confidently appeals to Sara Stewart to give it. 8 243 Disappointment. 8:44 Miss B. with less confidence calls upon Al- . legra. 1 8:45 Again disappointed! More grief!! 8 :46 Miss B. with rapidly waning confidence calls upon Cora March-no results. 8 :47 Consummate grief. 8:47M Audience recognizes the last three disap- pointments rcddy on top, but not ready in their minds. 8:48 Sly ones slide out to secure places in fruit line. , 8:50 ' 'Motion for adjournment is in order. 8:5 1 !M0tion meets with hearty response. 8:52 Marue holds up adjournment to announce !'Girls!! ahpuls and bahnahnas will be sold from the fruit room. 8:55 iMad dash!!! 1 9100 Spiritual seances begin in room 38.'! 9 :1o Dude Secrest departs in tears. 9 :19 Late girls rush to catch Sunnyview evpress. 9:24 Bridge Fiends at it again in room 19. 9 :30 Melle Toureille sends visiting Senior home. 9 :30M Edith calls in Room I7 to discuss events of 10:00 10:05 10:15 10:21 1029 10:39 10:42 10:45 10:48 10:50 10:51 10:55 10:57 10:59 11:00 II :05 11:07 11:10 11:15 11:30 IK past week-end. Time for all lights out. n i n ious ones in s rou m- C0 sce t H1 h d the selves in darkness. Absent-minded monitor recalls duty. More lights out. 1 IQ!! decides' to retire. Miss Mason whistles for Tim. Miss Mason calls Tim, Tim! ! lyliss iMason whistles for Tim. Miss Mason calls Tim, Tim! ! ! Few Seniors to Miss Mls assistance. Chorus of whistles in many keys. More Seniors to Miss 1M's assistance. Still more Seniors to M. M. a. More whistle in more keys. Miss Farwell to the rescue. Tim meekly appears. Message is delivered. Seniors reluctantly retire to respective rooms. , Darkness! ! ! ! 'Commotion in Room 17. II :3oM Lights flashed on. II :35 !M, Parrish armed with umbrella and bed- 11:45 12:00 room slipper pursues offending mouse. Search proves useless. Silence and darkness reigneth.

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-a magna-.1..., THE DRAWBRIDGE Nineteen-Twenty December I-Return from week-end. Wo1'n and weary. X . December 7-Miss Charlotte Barth-a former Castle girl-gives an interesting talk on her recent trip through England and Belgium. December 12-Pupils recital. December 14-Miss hlason gives Chapel talk on Spiritualism. Ghosts begin to walk. I December 18-Miss lMason's dinner to the facul- ty. Christmas tree at which 'The power some giftie gie us To see ourselves as Seniors see us. December I9-Amid wild excitement and in the midst of a sloppy snow storm everyone sets out for home and the holiday. January 5-Return of most of the vacationists. January 6-From a very sparsely attended break- fast the unpopular and unwelcome bell summons re- luctant stragglers to the school-room. Ianuary 9-Lecture on Dem0cr:ztizing of Illus- ic by lVIr. John C. Freund, followed by singing by Fernando 'Carpi and Gttilie Sehellig. Piano music by Edwin Hughes. February 6-John Drinkwater talked on his play, Abraham Lincoln, and read from his poems. He told us how HAH day long the tratlie goes ln Lady Street by dingy rows Of sloven houses, tattered shops. and also that lies Under the pei-ry and cider treo Anthony Crundle, R. I. P. and that Mrs, Thomas NVillo-W seems very glum. Her life, perhaps, is very lonely and hum-drum, Digging up' potatoes, cleaning out the weeds, Doing the little for a lone womanfs needs. February I4-,lunior party., Gen, Wood and 'lAdmiral Sims in attendance. Presentation of gold medal with disappointing lack of ceremony. -February'-2o+Dramatic Club presents the play, I,ones0me Like most successfully. Februaryl22+Mr. Palian speaks on Turkey and Armenia. February 26-DCl3HtC on the question, Shall the Franchise, Be Granted to Wfomenf' Miss Norton ,ao and Nliss Lucy Oliver '23 spoke for the privil- ege, while Miss Stewart ,ZI and fMiss Roberts ,22 spoke against it. Witih all four judges being good suilragists the pros won. lVIarch 5-Dwellers at Sunnyview receive at USoiree Francais. Nlarch 27-Nlerrily away under sunny skies for the Easter vacation. April 5-With lagging footsteps the Wanderers return-that is most of them. April Io-JSophomore party. At the Toy Shopm all kinds of ingenious toys disported themselves en- tertainingly. ' April I8-Chapel' talk by Mr. Reid. April IQ to 23-Feverish period of making sleeves for ball dresses, building up low necks, rip- ping otf gold and silver lace-and weeping and wail- ing. April 24-Junior Prom! WOHdC1'fUl success. Radiant, simply-gowned girls. Handsome, well-be- haved men. Not a Haw! April 25-Chapel talk by Miss Benjamin. April 26-Drawbridge goes to press. The bal- ance of the calendar is pure conjecture. May I-Freshman party. The Japanese hos- tesses prove that Japanese-American relations are very friendly. May 7-8-Form party. The Dansant at which gracious welcome by young hostesses is approved and appreciated. lVIay 15-Excursion by steamer to West Point- perhaps-if it doesn't rain.