Castle School - Drawbridge Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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1. ' aes' -:mmm --f' X . THE DRAVVBRIDGE ineteeiz-Twenty May 18-Seniors entertain Juniors at picnic, tea -or something. Nlay 22-Sophomores entertain Seniors, some- . how, somewhere. A Nlay 24-Birthday dinner to' lNfIiss.Mason. May 28-Commencement Mrisicale. May 29-Field Day. Y and tears. lVIay go-Baccalaureate Sermon. ,, May 31-Reading of Senior Essays, A. M. Al- umnae .Lunch at noon. Lawn reception and picnic lunch. Arrival of Dravvbridges Cwe hope.j Class ' Day Exercises and Bon-fire. June I-Commencement Exercises. Farewells June 2-Loneliness! I 1 Preparedness The Week before the Junior Prom' The rules Were being read, - VVe all our best attention gave, And this is What they said. No sleeveless gowns, no silver bands, No parti-colored silk, No velvet, lace or Spangled net, Or nonsense of that ilkf' No pencilled eye-brows, beauty spots No noses painted white, No rouge, no ear rings, no extreme Of coiffure on that nightf' No voices loud, no laughter shrill, No Ctwosingj-quite aloof! No smoking by the guests who come To dance beneath our rooff, No dancing in the modern way, WVith cheek against a cheek, No vulgar type of whirl and dip No' none of these next Week WVhen of the things we must not do lVe really seemed quite sure A quav ring xorce crred Billy may WVe have a manicure? . A - '.- ' , , aa ' 4 - . . 1 - ' . , ,.. 7 . .. H . , U K K V 7 ' . H - C. A. P. . .

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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.

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ANKSGIVING SCHOOL PRESIDENTCS SPEECH lNlost of you probably know the story of the little boy who was in the habit of doing unkind deeds. You know, his father told him that every time he did something that was unkind he should pound a nail into the newly whitewashed gate-post in the yard. The number of nails grew and grew, until the boy discovered that almost the whole post was cov- ered with them. Then he repented and asked his father what he could do about it. His father said that every time he did a kind deed he could pull out one of the nails. Soon they were all out, but the boy sadly noticed that the scars still remained. That is the way it is in Lifef' said the father, Unkind deeds always leave scars. lt seems to me that the years of the war were driving the nails into the gate-post of the World. I ast year at this time, in our enthusiasm and relief, we thought there never again could be a day more worthy of being called Thanksgiving than that one. But we find that this one is just as worthy as we real- ize more seriously our causes for thankfulness. VVith the signing of the armistice the Allies began pulling the nails of despotism out of their gate-posts by be- ginning to make retribution for the wrongs done. So this year has passed and each month has shown us some efforts put forth toward straightening out of affairs, some strong national pulling as each rusty nail has been drawn from its place by great men of great countries, until now on this day we are thank- ful to notice that the World-post is slowly being freed from the nails of Teutonic crime and of a national selfishness. But the scars still remain and will re- main as long as there is that desire for selfish gain among the peoples of the nations. Selfish retribu- tion would only serve to fill in the holes with the varnish of unworthiness, keeping the post in a weak- ened condition. Do Ufe lVa1z! That Kind of ll W0z'ld? But if selfishness is forgotten and brotherly love of man for man, of nation for nation, is substituted, we will have a whole new world-post, built on the Hrm foundation of high purpose and built of such strong materials that the nails of low standards, selfishness and personal gain will not be able to pene- trate. Perhaps this is only an ideal, but ideals are the .impetus to Progress. just as there is a world-post, there is a national post, a civic one, and even we have a Castle post, which it is our duty to preserve intact and to make inpenetrable. So even while we are making a festive occasion of this enjoyable banquet, l am sure that down deep in the heart of each of us there is a serious thankful- ness and a prayer-thankfulness for the world and national blessings, thankfulness for the opportun- ities the Castle affords, for the understanding help and encouragement given to us by Miss Mason and the faculty, for friendships we form, and a prayer for the welfare of Our little Castle world in years to COIHC-