Chatham Hall - Chathamite Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President ........ ...... K ATHERINE McKAY Vice President ....... ........ S ALLY BRITTINGHAM Sponsor ......... ...... ...... ...,........... ............ . . . ..,... IVI i ss Hou' We, the members of the Class of 1944, lvish to express our very great appreciation to Miss Holt, our Dean, our friend, and our Sponsor, and to Kathy and Britt, our ojhcers, for the hours they have spent, the interest they have shown, and the patience which has been ever tried but has never failed. To- gether they have done more than their share to malfe I943- 1944 the crown of all our years at Chatham Hall. SENIOR CLASS WILL HE ancient and honorable custom of leaving something of one's worldly goods behind one started, contrary to public opinion, in the darkest jungles of equatorial Africa. An enterprising King fwhose name shall be unknown, began the practice by leaving the mummifled heads of his slain enemies to comfort his distraught wives when a crocodile clasped him to its green and thorny chest. This spread like wildfire and became the vogue in no time. At Chatham Hall, it has developed into each Senior's leaving some price- less gem of material belonging or sparkling personality to encourage and invig- orate those who will tread in her footsteps. We have made a valiant attempt to malge the willing thrilling. To be precise and clear, alphabetical order will be use . Lydia Babbott, one of the few who do not need furtively to crumple up pieces of paper containing self-made poetry and slyly toss them away, leaves her sonnets to a new and inspiring anthology for the library. Snubby leaves her soaring eyebrows to replace Betsy Burrows's Hanging Gardens. Bobby and Boo bequeath that talented Terpsichorean position on the dance floor to hep- cats Gerry Smith and Linda. Like most striking sights in this world, it has to be seen to be appreciated. We could not leave out Legs Dickey, who is the lucky girl to receive the pair of chic short shorts from Katy Bertles, because 20

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they would be rather too chilly for Norway. Betty Bidgood gives Pannill her baby bob. Explanation: strong women have been seen to writhe on the floor in paroxysms of rage at sight of Pannill's long, wavy locks. Britt leaves her boom- ing bass to Carol High C Sperry. Now she can have the entire scale to play with. Betty Brown leaves the bi-weekly report list minus her name. just won't seem like the same old piece of paper, will it? Pam Burden leaves her refined and nice accent to Sara Kincey, whose tones represented the Deep South in person. That sad look on Miss Denniston's little dog's face has not passed unnoticed. How unutterably overjoyed he will be to find that he is not for- gotten, for Pat Butterfield has left him the Scottie on her notebook. Cookie leaves her loose-limbed, drifting walk to supplement l-lutch's rocky way of going through life. There is something so comforting about the soothing sawing of a yo-yo going up and down the halls that Elaine was per- suaded to leave hers to Sally. Family tradition will carry on the atmosphere. There has been a rumor in circulation that Katie Etter has never been west of Bethlehem fPa.J. This state of affairs cannot be allowed to go on, so Lea Cumings leaves her globe-trotting to Katie. Sue Deering bequeaths her boisterous, hail-fellow-well-met manner to that quietest, most self-effacing, little lady in the school, Beverly Brady. Those terse, tense, efficient announcements in assembly Denny abruptly leaves to Motley Morehead. The Bootery Committee should be highly honored. Toni Etter gladly leaves Tommy's hardware, but not Tommy. Lindsay leaves her unwashed S. P. S. Bowling shark to add a note of sophistication to Sylvia Morton's black dress. In these times of stress, Jean Ford leaves her anti-aircraft laugh to Harriet fLady Haw-Hawl Matthews. Frankie leaves her honored place of breezing along at the head of the hikes to .Ioanie Williams. Mike bequeaths that room with the lived-in look to Pat Pyke. Cally and Patty leave their room-need we say more? Janet Hartwell generously gives her tight-rope technique to McNutt, the squirrel. Midge leaves her exquisite penmanship for those undecipherable enigmatic pink scraps of paper signed HA. E.. T. Carol Vreeland will never again have to resort to shoes made out of bedroom slippers now that Margot has left her a few of her many pairs. Johnnie leaves the piggy bank to further finance Third Pruden of a Sunday. Pat Kenway's artistic touch will be gratefully received by James Thurber. Rita gives her bracelets with the constant jingle, jangle, jingle, back to their owners. Peggy Lucas refuses to leave the Marines to Miss Leaning. 21