Chatham Hall - Chathamite Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

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But who is this who slinks and crawls Behind the doors and near the walls, And glances round with furtive eye? lt's Pony, our international spy. How many of you would have interest in Some singing? shouts Pewes above the din. Very few answer because, alas, We never were a musical class. A postman arrives, and we rush to the door, Very eager to see whom the mail can be for. lt's a letter for Petey, a special as usual, And she wanders away for a careful perusal. Cruikshank and Toni hold deep conversation Concerning the problems of boys' education. Toni's at Lehigh, the favorite housemotherg Laine, headmastefs wife at some school or other. Snubby comes in surrounded by Sioux. fOr are they Black Feet, we never knew., She's been on a tour with the Noble Savage, Teaching the culture which time can not ravage. Butterfield takes the Indians in hand Cause she knows the language of most every land She easily does some quick translation So that they can join the conversation. Would anyone like to buy some clothes? ls heard in a voice that everyone knows. There in the flesh is Lindsay F irth, A door-to-door peddler proving her worth. Working hard, with a slight hurried look, M ike's in one corner writing her book. lt's due at the printer's one week from today, But l've done the first chapter, she hastens to say Z immermann's an author too,' Long ago she made Who's Who. And now in an armchair she is found, Surrounded by many an autograph hound. 24

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Ten years hence in fifty-four We find ourselves at Katy's door. Travel's fast and in one day All of us can reach Norway. Q The smell of fresh Norwegian fare C heerily pervades the air, And Beverly Smith is heard to say She'll put of her diet one more day. Wheeler heaves a heavy sigh As she lets the food pass by. Miss New Hampshire is her aim: Pounds will spoil this road to fame. The children are given into Ford's care To keep them from mischief anywhere. She herds them fondly out of harm's way, And superintends them as they play. Syl, who's the head of a Sunday School, Helps Ford with those who are hard to rule. And comparing their views they find they agree On punitive measures to lenient degree. There by the window P. K. stands, With her sketch book in her hands, Enraptured by Norwegian scenery, Painting snow and evergreenery. Upon a mount a cloud of snow she sees. 1t's Susie Deering trying out her skis. She, renowned champion of the Slolum course Prepares to challenge the skill of the Norse. Britt comes in with blushing pride, Now a modest, fluttering bride. Her man at last has come along, And he's, you guessed it, big and strong. 2:1 1,9 B-4,1 ,Q Qk r

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Pam breezes in in her own creation Mid Ohs and Ahs of admiration. As a designer, she's by far the best, In beauty and style surpassing the rest. Page settles down, and just from habit Slfetches a Norwegian wabbit. She, from it, greatly hopes to whip Something for her comic strip. Eisner's been drawing caricatures Of European Prime Ministers. And she and Page tally with content About the comic element. Society leaders, Margot and Brown, Sparing a moment from Country and Town, Enter smartly and with great style, Comparing social successes the while. Robinson's wrapped up in deep meditations Over the problems of Foreign Relations, While Congress and Roosevelt anxiously wait The Foreign Policy plan she'll formulate. Bidgood and Midge in a corner are waging A contest to see whose laugh's more engaging. ls it giggles or gufaws you find most effective Or does it depend mostly on your objective 9 M cAlpin arrives, having left Wimbledon. fYou needn't aslf. Of course, she has won., The first thing she does, much to our dismay, ls to open the window-all the way!! With her notes on the War Course in one hand Franlfie's reconstructing the war-torn land. But she's worried now to a great degree For she's somehow misplaced the lecture three. But Stoddard now falls with a groan to the floor And her face seems to us much more pale than before Our minds fill at once with a terrible fear Which leaves as we see Dr. Hunter appear. 25