Columbus School for Girls - Topknot Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1928 volume:

I E 5 I i E I ! I I I 5 E I i I 5 1 i i i I I I s I E I I I I I 1 I ! i 5 5 I I I I . Y 5 I I s 1 I 5 S I . I E 1 3 I 3 I I 5 ! 5 I I i s I E I E I E 5 f 5 E E 1--N, , .-wr 11 '--.- . .K--fw,..1:m,1 ww..-.fm,-W.-Q.u.xw,.f-,:.:m,'f.u-,.:.1wn..-2mmw-,-1wv-My-W.:-.V.w.E.,.Mf-N-,wqM,-,.fb:.,M:.f,.. .,,.. 1,-,W .9.w,,m.g-.-,fH,...L-W.. -w..rw..-..-.w...fm,..,f.,-...- anrgunnwnrn-nynuw1f1vfu.u-nnvum.1 .uvmm-LL-1.11 .ur .fs n.m,--un-.nm-xmmwn yzfzmumnf-w -my aff.--1.1.3,-.Lw:w'-.uw-1wm.anm-n..1.r,1 - v e um:-fy: 41.-.nv-um +4-aa Ae- uMm.f.u-m1v.wy.wi a. 1 X. .Q ll-A r' ' I? La iv- ,ug Q, 5 . E31 ,Lx-gli Q .1 Q . ff pw: L Jigfglj .rr U3 4 .LV X yy. 4 s 5 I ' UL' 1 3 x Tqrfkmblr x u 4, fx, , N . r , 1. w . . E' I K- ,, , ' s PLACE THE GARDEN AT PARSONS TOP-K OT THE COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS COLUMBUS, OHIO MCMXXVIII GRACE LATIMER JONES McCLURE COME SHOW ME THE WAY Come show me the way, the way of a school, Is it too good to be? A school where even the dull can learn, And the sad laugh merrily. Noble each heart, and skilled each hand, And the soul of youth quite free, A school where the bad are always good- Say, can it ever be? The glory of dawn in every thought, Sunshine the livelong day, A school where the work is always joy, And lessons seem like play. And even the teachers are young of heart And merry, but just of mind, With never a scolding' or bitter tongue, Never a word but kind. Come show me the way, the way of a school, Where all are gay and free, And even the clever are never proud- Is it too good to be? G. L. J. FACULTY MRS. C. F. W. MCCLURE MISS FRANCES ACKLAND MRS. MRS. CLARE BOND MISS MISS ELLA BONE MISS MISS VIVIAN BOYER MISS MISS MARION BRADLEY MISS MISS EMMA BUSH MISS MISS MARTHA CAREY MISS MISS JEAN CAVERS MISS MISS EVA COLLINS MISS MISS HARRIET ERVIN MISS MISS FRANCES FOOTT MISS MISS ANNE FREEHAN MISS MRS. CHARLOTTE GAINES MISS MISS ROSE M. GAVILLET MISS MISS RUTH GIESSEN MISS MISS MARTHA HARRIS MISS, MISS MARION HATHEWAY MISS MISS MARION HEINMILLER MISS MR. KARL HOENIG MRS. MISS ANNA LOUISE HORNEY MRS. MISS ESTHER JACK MISS MRS. HARRIET KIRKPATRICK MRS. MISS ANNA KLAGES MISS MISS MARIETTA LENT MISS LAURA LOVELL MARGUERITE MADDOX ARABELLE MARCH EVANGELINE MILLER MARY MILLER VIRGINIA MORRIS MARJORIE PHELLIS ALICE RICH HELEN ROBERTS MARY ROSEBRAUGH HARRIET SHELDON KATHRYN SIMONDS JOYCE SLUPE VIRGINIA STEWART ELIZABETH STRONG OLIVE BIRD TOMLIN DOROTHY TUCKER JANE VOORHEES LYDA WAHN MABEL WALLING HELEN WATSON HELEN WEST VIRGINIA WILLIAMS MARGARET WOODBURY TOP-KNOT AND SCROLL , PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT PUBLICATION BOARD COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, COLUMBUS, OHIO EIIITOR-INeCI-IIEF ALICE sEvERsoN, 28 BUSINESS .lIA.VAGER HERMINE SUMMER, 28 ASSISTANT LITERARY EDITORS I:ARn.xRA MILLER, '30 ELIZABETH ALKIRE, 28 LIXTHERINE STONE. MARGEIIY KINDER, '28 GRACE POSTON, '30 VIRGINIA sToNE. 28 EI.oIsE HAVEMAN, 28 PATRICIA STEWART, '28 GICNEVIICVE XVINANS, 29 ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS NIARY JANE HUIHIARD, '30 MARY Ross, '29 TOP-KNOTS OLD AND NEW HERE is something fascinating in working on the TOP-KNOT when there is so much that has gone before to admire and teach. Even the very name, Top-Knot, is as old as the School. The first volume of the TOP-KNOT, made by the first class graduated, was done in manuscript. In 1901 the TOP-KNOT was first published in book form. The editor- in-chief was Lucy Stedman Kelton. This volume contained, among other things, the school cheer, Tra, La, La, La, We are the girls, The jaunty girls, The Girls of C. S. G! the school colors, yellow and white, the school flower, the daisyg and a picture of the basket ball team. The same type of annual appeared until 1910. From 1910 to 1917, a paper-bound magazine appeared three times a year. From February, 1917 to 1922, there was no TOP-KNOT, perhaps because of the high price of paper during the war. From 1922 through 1926, the TOP-KNOT appeared in various forms. In 1927, there was only a newspaper and a Scroll, the work of the Scrollers, the literary club of the School. This year the Scrollers have taken over the school publications. There have been three Scrolls, besides this TOP-KNOT. We, who are leaving the staff, wish the next year's stati' the best of luck. 1 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS COMMENCEMENT IN 1899 ANY years ago in 1899, there was great excitement in a certain house on East Town Street, for the first class of the Columbus School for Girls was about to be graduated. The two members of the senior class, Bernice Davis, and Eleanor Kurtz, had heard and read so much about sweet girl graduates and the thrills and pleasures of graduation that for months beforehand they thought of nothing but whether they should have a real commencement. At roll call they secretly whispered together and sometimes forgot, for that second in which they were being called to reality from rosy dreams, their quotations from Milton, the Bible, and Shakespeare. Let the little children say Jesus wept. It was up to them, as members of the first class to say, But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophelg and Ziba and Gipsa were over the Nethinims, pronouncing the words ever so correctly. The iirst considerations were the accessoriesg a class pin, school colors, and an annual. The pins were in the form of a three leaf clover. Yellow and white were chosen as the school colors because daisies would be so plentiful at commencement time. The making of an annual would be a harder task. A red-headed girl who wore the most gorgeous hair ribbons in the School was chosen editor-in-chief. A first copy was made, and those who wished a book badly enough made copies for themselves! Probably it would have been without a name had not someone asked the red-haired editor why she was working so hard, and received the reply: To get some more jokes from under this old top-knot. Thence, the name Top-Knot was derived and adopted, and someone made a white cover with Top-Knot written on in gold letters. Commencement week finally came. There were an ivy planting and an ivy oration, a class breakfast, and a dance. To this dance came all those pupils who were old enough to come-eleven in all. At the gradu- ation exercises, Bishop Oldham of the Methodist church spoke. The School was very much amused to see the blushes of their two young head- mistresses when the speaker said that, though they now had their hair up and their dresses down, he remembered them but a short time before when they had their hair down and their dresses up. Just then there came the sound of a band approaching nearer and nearer. The two graduates stirred uneasily. The younger girls cast longing looks at the 2 TOP-KNOT, 1928 door. That was just what they feared. A famous Duke was in the city and the public school children were giving him a parade. Down Town street they came, past the school house. Never a child left the room. The two breathed more easily and prepared to deliver their addresses: one was on The American Colonization Policy , and the other on Col- loquialisms in the English Language. The two graduates had worked so hard that it would have been rather a shame if no one had been there to hear! At last the diplomas were given out, and the first commencement of Columbus School for Girls was over. ALICE SEVERSON, '28 ODE TO A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR I don't know why I feel so blue, There's plenty of work I ought to do, I tumble and toss at night on my bed And get up each morning with aching heady I think sometimes I'm getting the Hug The calendar says- Exams are due! Each teacher wears an important air, A smile or a joke is very rareg They all think we're a terrible lot, Whatever we learned we all forgot 9 When we study again it seems quite new, And here it is time- Exams are duel We hope to pass but we fear we won'tg When we want a date our families don't, But what's the use to worry or cry? We'll do our best 5 and bye and bye We'll find we passed-and not a few Say, It's not so bad when- Exams are due! ELIZABETH MILES, '28 3 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM Prize Story, 1928 AEL'S eyes closed in a rapturous flood of emotion. Here, indeed, in the soul of this young post-war poet, was all that was beautiful and heartrending. To think that her own sister, whom, it seemed, she had never properly appreciated before, knew him, and that he was coming to see her! Lael wondered how Anne could be so very casual about himg how, when plied with a multitude of eager questions, she could say in that politely indiierent tone,-yes, that she had met him in Paris-yes, he did have occasional spurts of poetry, but nothing much. Lael picked up again the thin, dark green volume of the Collected Poems of James Littleton. And Anne was so cool, so unmoved by this genius! CFor, of course, anyone who had poems printed was a genius.l Perhaps he had written some of these lines to her. The sonnet about all the old loves fading away in the glories of A-'s raven tresses sounded as if it had been written to someone. Lael's heart swelled in anticipation of the day when her sentimental head should be apostrophized in verse. Much to Anne's astonishment, Lael insisted upon driving her to the station to meet the honorable James Littleton. But, as Lael had clearly proved, Anne could have a much pleasanter time if she didn't have the responsibility of the car-on Saturday afternoon especially. The train was met. Lael was duly introduced as my little sister , smiled at, and speedily forgotten. It was evident to her, as she looked on in the carefully adjusted mirror, that Jim was very much absorbed. She heard Anne ask, in her most appealing voice, how he'd like some golf before dinner, and Jim's reply that he didn't shoot much of a game but was awfully keen on it. Lael admitted to herself that golf was a good game, but she couldn't picture a poet, a man with a soul, becoming so earthly. At the ninth hole perspiration would be trickling indiscreetly over his noble browg and at the eighteenth, being a man in spite of his soul. he would doubtless indulge in a little profanity. Beyond these gruesome details, Lael would not let her imagination wander. Unconsciously fearful lest some of the glamor might be lost, she determinedly lost herself in a maze of vague conjectures about the spirit of poetry and practically everything at all related to the mystic cult of verse. 4 TOP-KNOT, 1928 After Anne and Jim had left for the club, Lael devoted herself once more to the Collected Poems. Ah, the sadness, the exquisite beauty of those lines which he ha-d written, perhaps, to Anne and which Anne could never appreciate! It occurred to Lael that it must be sad for Jim to know that Anne did not understand, did not even feel that Warm emotion which he so vividly described in his The One Before the Last. Lael must show him that she understood, that her very soul cried out for beauty, that her whole being was awed by the very stupendousness of life. But how could she tell him? People in books always read poetry out under the trees in the spring but it Wouldn't be proper to read somebody else's poetry to a poet. She couldn't just tell him when Anne was there. Anne would laugh, and he would too-just because Anne did. Oh dear! Life was so perplexing! If only mother wouldn't make her go to church, she could drive him around town and show him the new clubhouse that was being built. Mother thought it would be very nice for Lael to entertain Jim. A few of Anne's protegees who lived down by the tracks were going to be confirmed and Anne must go to church. When her plan had progressed so far unhindered, Lael became a little nervous. Perhaps, after all, she was a little young for him. But no, people always said she was old for her age. She would risk it. When at last Lael had her hand on the wheel, her confidence was restored to her. Jim was awfully jolly, much like other men, and not at all as she had imagined a poet would be. But somehow Lael could not make herself speak of the spiritual and beautiful as she had planned. It would seem so sort of peculiar to reply to Jimis approval of the new clubhouse With a sweeping generalization on the meaning of life! It's great country up here, isn't it? Do you have a lot of shooting? Lael was amazed. How could he be so casual about killing living things? You don't shoot, do you T' she asked earnestly. I don't see how anyone can. lt's horrible even to think of. She shuddered softly and wondered if she hadn't missed a golden opportunity. Jim was disturbingly sympathetic. I used to feel that way about it, but a man has to shoot. And after all, animals are only a very small part of the World. 5 -.-1' COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Lael felt deeply gratified. Here was her cue for her remark about the stupendousness of life! The world is so big, she said, making her voice soft and appealing, one feels very small and inconsequential. With great effort she repressed a desire to add n'est-ce pas? to her sentence, and then con- tinued, One's little worries and desires seem so trivial. A wave of self-consciousness surged over her and she pressed her foot on the accelerator. You mustn't think that, Jim said, with a misleading seriousness. The things themselves don't mean anything, but it's their relation, their use to you. I sometimes wonder, Lael replied, a little encouraged by Jim's responsiveness, if there can be a God. He must be very cruel. You are-! Lael had a vague suspicion that he was going to say lKy0ung,.77 You are a little cynic. But time changes all things. When you have lived a little longer and seen a little more- He needn't be so condescending! Lael did wish he hadn't said a little cynic. It seemed rather fiippant. Perhaps he was trying to come down to her level! They were almost back. Lael drank in the fresh, fragrant air. It was indeed spring! There's something about this kind of day- said Jim. Lael nodded and smiled at him with evident sympathy. He must realize now that she understood. At last they were at home and Anne was coming out to meet them. It's been great, he said, and I don't know when I've been so uplifted. Lael glanced up at him quickly but he seemed quite serious. So the wanderers have returned. Anne took Jim's arm and fairly snatched him away. Jim smiled goodby at Lael. While she was locking the car, she heard him say: Your little sister's darned sweet-very naive and serious. We had quite an elevating conversation about life and God and all sorts of tre- mendous things. Awfully amusing, but I'm quite exhausted. Lael ran into the house. PATRICIA STEWART, '28 6 TOP-KNOT, 1928 THE NEW SCHOOL The new school has for the past four months been the one al1-absorb- ing topic of conversation! The general plan delights us all. The build- ings are to be of primitive Mediterranean architecture, low and ram- bling, with sloping red roofs, and with white walls enclosing courts with , - - - - W V l- l l l . , -M ir .. , A. 'i V ::-.m 3 I I l qgw - R., -2-, --.CHA iv- nl - ixnbib- I' -V - ,1 i 121' ,:a.H'1Qig'.K: X X sl-.kg : V .lr F ' sf, , 1 -e ,:, '., Qvw gift' QP 9 1, , . ' Q N I '2 - if ll 'fn-H7 '- - .a-'ek 2 7- '.'f? t4 -'13 A .A I 7 .1.ga,. PM-.ar Q I ,QM .. ,. 55 W , 555' i in 'FQ' f, A ' M F, B, ,g is M all 3. Q, lf Jain, c ' v t 'L 1- - - 4 .1 L .-1 .I ' 9 sv, - I -- -- -, ,,,, -,A-4' ' ' 1,444 -A M J gi grgf,Kf? e'f...,L,g-1f3f,,,,.v- an 4.-' '- -,,-,... I -' ,H- . . L: if '1 ' Ns. x- ' - --ea-v ' .1:4..1-l5J ....,.,. - ' , V 1-.ah 4 . -3 ?1'i ' .Q ..',2 -Zig-gg -' 3 'f 'Q -I 3F1 ': 55l :Gaia-1 13.1 L :.5,i ec--.'z-,: - ..- ....,.,q,. 5-- ,, :M gs ,-- A. Aa.. an Ann A - .gr?:,, fx.. J- i , .-L Y l THE GLADDEN CHAPEL fountains and pools, flowers and shrubbery. The windows are to be wide open to the sun and breezeg and the sections of the different build- ings are to be connected with colonnades, so that in passing from one class to another the girls may get into the fresh air. How the younger girls are looking forward to the pleasures of tak- ing part in a morning service held in the Gladden Chapel. How we older girls envy those to come after us who will have their indoor sports in a real gymnasium, with a roof garden where they can play when the ground is too wet or too dusty for comfort! How wonderful it will be 7 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS . Ks., 't I Egq 1, - , , i.iT'X'4'A In X .. vi ., .K K 4, fi- ifi,1', 'Ae 'I . 4 i. s 2 , In Q 54,1 f' EQ 2, EV . u ,QQ l 0. A .4 v 6 'ry . ' ' I '- 5 ' fl Q, -4 ,V - 5.. .,.,.,, ,M ' I 'Ni- if lil- 'if?'i i ' ' l ' . k : ,M in ' I , I '1iifi'f' il1,il I l ' I ' . Y.'. :?-Qqfjgzt ,., -- 35' , 2, A, 3 ',,'1,. . ' M 'ts' j '. 1 ' .aff .. V I . V A. .5 l fl iw aqhitlv 1.,,.,,4 A 5 V '.3:'Hwf'. Mgr 'Qfijij-gd A7 , N ,g . ' 'r 71- -wfe'l'3'a ' 4 ,,zy,. ff,-yy, - gf. K p f W. 1 -'Q-tspff ,J -gmggw , My ENTRANCE GATE OF THE COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS to have real laboratories-not mere make-shifts tucked into the base- ment or under the rafters of the roof! In the new school nothing will benefit more than the clubs. In the Dramatic Room there will be a library made up of the best plays, of biographies of great actors, of books on costume and make-up and stage- craft. The Council will have the best room of all, for here will be held the Weekly Council meetings throughout the year. I Pittori will have a room where meetings can be held, where there can be small art exhi- bitions, and where a good library of art books and magazines can be collected for the use of the members. The Pupil Publication Board will have a room' where all the work of the Board can be done, where MSS. can be kept, where exchanges from other schools can always be on view, where the old files of the TOP-KNOT and the Scroll can be safely kept. The hopes and plans for the new school are many, and we trust they can soon be realized. 8 TOP-KNOT, 1928 J- '?:,N-., , U -f 'aff 'V-. ik I Zi -- W. -'x ,- 4 '. - N. la J. , -' I ff '-, ,- --' ., .- 4. A' C, .--1-V gi 'i 4 'W ,f f 2 -,. 'r. M .,f,1 1 ' QE- - 7'-vfff'23 '-iffs Y 3'-A Z' Jfee- ' - ' ' ' . 6751 V ' '31-1 'e'1 i.iT'Q'e ii 161 :Bbw . H' Quilt 1 1- , -f A ,?'f',' , :Qi-z,Ji.':,1,v f h :aw - fq- ' gil' i .- - Q- 5 Ap rg fi '.-'vlxwzh 1 if-rpg, - -,F f 1A W - 2 1: n h 4 Q' Q. L.. 5: , '11-if-J '. ..nAaiiL.-..-.... A f ' f -L- .9 .. QQ.- . nw ,LW .Ti wi - , - in Q2 4- 435: A '--L ..+1. 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'- , f N., , ' .,....... 104.6 INNER COURT AND REFLECTING POOL 9 vi-'rv COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK UDY stood silent for a moment, thinking, and then heaved a sigh. It was a queer little sigh, half longing, half relief, half release, and it came from the bottom of her heart. Her thoughts were mixed, too, a regular jumble. She thought it was going to be rather a job to straighten them out. The car, carrying mother for a two week's visit to Aunt Selma's, was now out of sight, and she awoke to find the family, or what remained of it, turning indoors. She wanted to stay out, to watch the chill colors of the early winter morning, they gave her an aching feeling of longing, but it was time for school and the others were ready. She would miss mother a lot, she told herself conscientiously, of course, and yet, there was that queer little feeling of release. She thought wickedly that she would read in bed tonight. That afternoon she was late coming home, Robby had kept her for make-up. She hated Robby and she hated Latin! Feeling remarkably lightened by this declaration of independence, silent though it was, she foraged joyously in the fruit-room. The sight of the basketful of fruit halted her for a moment, mother hadn't been too busy to provide for them. A small voice told her that she hadn't thought of mother all day. She reddened as if faced with a material accuser. nJudy lv The call was an agonized scream. Feeling like a martyr, she opened the door a little. What? she called back. The house seemed curiously empty as it echoed to her annoyed question. Come quick, I've cut myself! Galvanized into sudden action, she flew upstairs, banged the bedroom door against the wall, and rushed into the bathroom to find a tearful Mary standing in the middle of the room with a cut in her wrist dripping red on the rug. Put some water on it, quick, here, cold! she ordered. How did it happen? she panted as she helped to bathe her sister's hand. I wanted a drink and the glass broke. Mary was tearful and was frankly hoping for sympathy. When the wrist was washed, Judy found it was merely a scratch after all. 10 TOP-KNOT, 1928 Why did you break the glass anyway? she scolded. It's the only one upstairs and you'll probably forget to bring another one up. And look at the blood on the iioor! Heaven's, !didn't you have enough sense to keep it off the rug, silly ? Then she caught sight of her sister. She wore the old, familiar, sullen look. Mary's face became a mask whenever she was scolded. Supper was over, a strangely silent meal, and Judy wandered to the piano. The chords were soothing. The flowers in that bowl, mother's flowers, were beautiful. Can it, Sis, I'm studying. Merciful heavens! No one seemed to know how she felt, what the music meant. . A rustling of paper in the sun room and she knew Dad had heard. Got your lessons yet? She pretended she didn't hear him. He probably meant Mary any- way. CYou always answered mother!J Dad showed that he, too, felt the strain. Did youlhear me, Judy? What, darling? She was falsely cheerful. I asked whether you had your lessons yet. In just a minute. Immediately! Another rustle of paper as if he were getting up to enforce his order. Judy grabbed her books and settled down in a big chair before the fire. Opening her book, she stared resentfully at the pages of Latin. The first sentence translated, a glow of accomplishment pervaded her and she attacked the next one almost eagerly. This one went more slowly, then she discovered that there were two full pages yet to do instead of the one she had fondly imagined. This discovery dampened her spirits and her thoughts wandered. Staring into the fire she became lost in rosy dreams. Rebelliously she recalled herself to her lessons. Without mother in the house she felt, somehow, more responsibility for them. An hour later she sauntered into the sun room. Dad was asleep, lying back wearily in his chair, the paper had slipped to the iioor. She couldn't start the radio now, with him asleep. How tired he looked! She re- membered tardily that she had not kissed him when he came home. He missed mother so! ll ll H 11 Fi' COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS That night she felt she would lie awake. Wasn't she the lady-of-the- house now? Hadn't she forgotten something? Something she ought to have done? She vaguely imagined she had. Finally she fell asleep. The next morning she awoke with a headache. It made her cross. The room was cold, the window still up. Why hadn't Dad put it down as he always did? A sudden thought struck her, caught her by the throat, choking her. Suppose Dad was sick, had even died, alone in the night? Struggling against the dreadful picture, she faltered anxiously into his room. How empty mother's bed seemed. He was only asleep, thank heavens, and rather apologetic for over-sleeping. It was a glorious morning, surprisingly beautiful for one following last night's drizzle. She gloried in the crisp air, the clear sunshine, and thought of daffodils. Ever since mother had left, the sense of importance had gradually enveloped her. Hadn't she been left in charge, and oh! wasn't it glorious to be in command? She ordered the food for the next day and instructed Jane concerning the evening dinner. She was rather worried about that dinner. She did hope the family wouldn't mind having the same things again. Her mind seemed to run in a per- petual groove of baked chicken and mashed potatoes. . On her way home from school she stopped her car before a bakery, and told Mary to get out and buy some cakes. Mary looked at her with her little crinkly smile and sat still. What do you say? Please, She didn't think it at all funny, Mary did, though. That night they made popcorn. There had been a card from mother. Wish you were here with us. She wondered whether mother really meant it, whether she didn't feel free and relieved, too. She didn't dare define her feelings by any more explicit words. But she knew, deep down in her heart, that mother meant it, and in the depths of her soul she loved her, loved her passionately, and wanted her. But she wouldn't admit this, pretending that it was childish, babyish. Mary was different. She was younger. Dad frankly missed mother, fell asleep every night at his paper, tinkered with the radio or furnace. One evening he even suggested a movie, an unheard of thing for school nights. Mother had been gone five days now. She had gone with the inten- tion of staying two weeks. In her daily letter she spoke of the climate, 12 , TOP-KNOT, 1928 her friends, and her parties. It was evident she was having a beautiful vacation. She surely deserved it, too. How she had stood things for sixteen years was more than Judy could imagine. Why, she was sick of everything already, the daily planning of meals, buying cheese and turnips, seeing that Jane stuck to her job and didn't shirk. Next morning Judy woke up with a cold. She felt heavy-eved. feverish, and altogether disagreeable. Her throat hurt her whenever she tried to swallow. Perhaps it was diphtheria. Didn't that start in this way? She wouldn't say anything about it, though. If she did, Dad would insist on taking her to the doctor, and she hated doctors. The cold made her feel tired and cross. Breakfast was a nightmare of trouble. Everything went wrong. Mary spilled cocoa on the table, a rivulet trickled down Judy's sleeve. This meant that she'd have to change. She was furious with Maryg her anger choked her. She felt herself flushing and hated herself for it. She wanted to shake Mary, to slap her-anything to hurt her. Upstairs she leaned against the window-pane, fumbling at her but- tons, her eyes filled with anger and self-pity. She heard the door open downstairs, but didn't pay any attention, so engrossed with herself was she. Judy! Mary called. Probably wanted her to do something else. Judy, there's a telegram. Wait a minute. She heard Mary rushing upstairs, taking them two at a time. In an instant she appeared, wildly waving a slip of paper. The sheet was blurred where Judy tried to read it through her tears. Finally she made it out. KITTY HAS SCARLET FEVER STOP JUST MISSED BEING QUARANTINED STOP HOME 'TOMORROW 3 :35 sro? Low: MOTHER The sun came out, and Judy smiled through her tears. GENEVIEVE WINANS, '29 13 i COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS WE SEE OURSELVES ULL of the self-importance which a tragedy lends, I walked along the street, with obvious carelessness. Nothing-nothing mattered any longer! For me, now, life held no richness, it was barren of all future hope. Vague, soothing thoughts of the arsenic or iodine bottle flitted through my head. But no, I could not make use of them. I must consider the feelings of others and for their sakes bear up as well as possible under my great dolor. fNoble girl lb My eyes scanned the side- walk before me. It occurred to me that my future must be like it, cold and grey. How sorry-how very sorry-for myself I was. It seemed, as I continued my way, that passers-by regarded me with infinite interest. Although, in my desperation, I seemed to see none of the worldly things about me, now and then I was driven to observe the impression which my obvious grief and despair were making on my fellow-creatures. It was fortunate, I thought, that they could see only the outward evidences of the great tragedy which had befallen me. Carelessly, still oblivious, I crossed the street. Upon every side machines were bearing down upon me. What did I care? Death, now, would be sweet. Life meant nothing at all to one whose heart was crushed. Only two days before he had been there. Now he was gone. Never again should I see him. Those rich black curls, that delicately chiseled nose, those ravishing eyes were gone forever! Why had he gone? Some said that he was going to peddle ever-wear aluminum in a neighboring town. Surely that could not bel What could those curls know of sordid pots and pans? I could not understand. Then, suddenly, it occurred to me. He had realized the insurmountable social barrier which stretched between us and had determined to leave. He went because his going would make things easier for me! My heart swelled in admiration of that great courage by which alone he could have torn himself away. With dark, unseeing eyes I gazed listlessly into the shop windows, full of vain and foolish fripperies. Scornfully, I appraised a group of simpering school girls raving inarticulately about the Nile green undies so immodestly displayed in the window. How little these shallow crea- tures knew of reality! Once more my glance returned to the window. There I saw mirrored a pale, wan face and deep-shadowed eyes. Could it, oh, could it, be I? Alas, no one could go through all that I had without betraying symptoms of tragedy. Again a wave of self-pity surged over 14 TOP-KNOT, 1928 me, and then was gone. Let these unknowing school girls laugh! For me, henceforth, life would hold a depth undreamed of. Life without tragedy was only a taunting and deceptive promise. I felt, with just cause, that I, who had lived fully, should know. Truly, I was in an exalted mood. Suddenly I heard two ladies speaking behind me, exchanging delicate confidences in cautious but perceptible tones. I pricked up my ears. There's little-I never could think of her name, Janet's daughter, you know-gazing into that window. I don't wonder her mother is wor- ried about her. She certainly looks peaked. If she were my daughter, I'd give her a good dose of cod-liver oil. Oh, yes! I heard she's enamoured of that clerk at the corner drug store, the one with the greasy hair. Such a coarse-looking fellow! Oh, well, she's young. I was young! I could stand the revolting word peaked , the dis- tasteful allusion to cod-liver oil, even the slur on my hero's romantic curls: but, after all that I had been through, I was not prepared to hear that I was young. That was too much. Yet, as I thought of what they had said, I began to wonder. All the glamor of the imagined episode in which I had been reveling departed. Taking oneself seriously is such a thankless task! PATRICIA STEWART, '28 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF Hermine were Winter instead of Summer? Lucia were Big instead of Little? Betty were Loaf instead of Krumm? Alice were Did instead of Dunn? Virginia were Rock instead of Stone? Betty were Yards instead of Miles? Alice were June instead of May? Martha were Faun instead of Sater? Harriet were Tan instead of Brown? Mary Frances were Buick instead of Jordan? 15 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN A CHOIR LOFT HE music of the great organ rolled upon me, overwhelmed me, shook my timid heart, I held back, frightened, then started for- ward in a panic-I was being left behind, 1 could not make an entry alone. It seemed ages till I caught up with them and gained my place in the procession. We swung down the aisle with slow-measured step-left foot, teeter totterg right foot, teeter totterg left swing, right swingg keep time, keep time: look up, look upg don't shake my vestments, heart, calm yourselfg calm yourself 3-all the way to the choir loft. It was our first Sunday. None of us had ever before made a public appear- ance. What agonies we suffered! The first ordeal had passed without catastrophe, seated, I had just breathed a sigh of relief when I noticed that everyone else was standing -I alone sat. I weighed a thousand pounds. I was glued fast to the chair. I had a stroke of paralysis. I could not stir. Screwing up all my strength, I gave a mighty heave and there I stood with my fellow choristers. The organ began its fearful rumbling, while at just the proper moment our directress gave a reassuring smile, inclined her head fthe signal for us to get readyj, gave the dreaded up stroke of the baton four cuel, then displayed an expression of the most profound surprise. My fellow sufferers QI had thought them so calm, so collectedj, stood with gaping mouths issuing not a sound. The organist, ingenious, God-sent man, was repeating a chord over and over. After this harmonious but monotonous combination of sounds had been played several times in each of its variations, we found our voices and a remnant of that invincible courage peculiar to youth. With an impetus marvelous to hear we sent out the first note of the song. Full and strong it soared to the high vaulted roof, bellowed, resounded, and finally died away into an almost inaudible whine, just as our newly acquired bravado welled and grew, then oozed into nothingness. There was a bass and soprano duet in the song. I was the soprano: the bass was a huge fellow to my right. At one part of the duet he was to take a very low note while I at the same time took a very high tone. A most horrible fear gnawed at my entrails at the precise moment that I was to take my high note. Up my quavering voice went, up, up, up. I could not stop itg it would not go down, it would not stay still, but imbued with the spirit of the edifice in which I 16 TOP-KNOT, 1928 found myself, and it itself, that note was hastening ever upward and on- ward. The bass seemed possessed of the same pangs, for his note kept sliding down, down, down--I up-he down-till I ended in a wail and he in a grunt. Shortly afterward the song was finished with a hearty, thankful Amen, As we sat down the whole choir loft trembled as if struck by a fit of Saint-Vitus's disease. There were a few moments of silent prayer after our selection had been rendered. The minister sat, bent nearly double, his head in his hands, quivering in the very earnestness of his plea. The congregation sat with bowed heads in a convulsion of prayer, but the little boys on the front row impiously nudged each other while their elders plead for their souls. With the sermon well upon its way and the horrors safely behind us a species of hysteria enveloped the chorus. Away in the back of the church the janitor sat, tilted back against the wall, his jaws hanging open, sound asleep. A sight such as this would have been comical any time- but now! Something was disturbing his slumber, he stirred uneasily and gave a blind bat at the insect that apparently settled on one of his dangling legs. He lost his balance and the chair came crashing,-but no, his feet hit the floor first, saved the day and awakened the man. A titter swept over our corner of the church. Some one punched me, pointing to a small boy sitting upon his mother's lap. He was pinching both of her cheeks. He whispered some deep secret into her inatten-tive ear. She sat immovable as the sphinx. He pulled the corners of her mouth into a clown-like grin. Still she sat, a true stoic. He pulled the corners of her mouth down, producing a very pleasing effect. He giggled delightedly. The imp yanked one corner down and one corner up, liked the result and tried the same thing with the corners of her eyes. His experiment was a huge success. He burst into peals of joyous baby laughter. Gasps, forced coughs, muffled laughs issued from the loft above the wearied pastor's head. In desperation the poor man pronounced the benediction and, with the end of that, once more began our awful march, truly a pilgrims' progress. Oh, the agony of that fear! Or was it self-consciousness? Just looking back upon that day I feel that my fear was ridiculous, but when I put myself into the part again I am overcome and I wish that the earth might open up to swallow me. I wanted to be there, to be in the thing, 17 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS to have some of the honor. I was deathly afraid to gog yet I dared not stay away though I died a thousand deaths in going. Fear, self-consciousness, and hysteria, three great terrors of youth! Each man has his portion of them but some overcome these curses more easily than others. Will they ever cease to menace the general happiness of the young world? MARGARET KINDER, '28 THE TRYSTING PLACE When the world was in the morning And the dew was on the grass, I was lying in the meadows Waiting, there, for you to pass. And you knew that I'd be waiting, And you promised you'd be there In the blue and silver morning When the mist was everywhere. And I waited in the morning In the blue and silver misty I was growing cold and lonely, Only dew my temples kissed. Softly as the breath of morning, Warm and fluttering, you came, Turning silver mist to fire And the cold dew into flame. DOROTHY BANCROFT, '29 18 TOP-KNOT, 1928 LIFE'S LITTLE PLEASANTRIES HE Firelands Historical Society was about to present its annual pageant and I was to be the Spirit of the United States. It was small wonder that I, a gawky nine-year old, should realize the great responsibility thrust upon me and should be somewhat over-awed by my newly acquired prestige. I found myself glorying in the tedious rehearsals, thrilling at the very sound of my own voice as I repeated the words, Rise, Connecticut, rise! and placed a benevolent hand upon the uplifted brow of the kneeling Connecticut. I thought it best to ignore the fact that mother insisted I was too tall to wear the flowing, multi-colored, cheesecloth robe which Miss Jenkins had made for me. I heard Miss Jenkins apologizing to a critical visitor for my stumbling over a loose board. She's just at the awkward age, you know, but she'll outgrow it. I endured even this slighting remark in noble silence and felt quite flattered when I hear-d her comment on my voice as slightly nasal, though it carries very well. I did not know at the time what nasal meant, but I was confident that my voice was receiving a compliment. I was happy that my voice carried, that, too, was desirable. At last the eventful night arrived, and the glamor of rehearsals was far overshadowed by the joy of reality. While Miss Jenkins was sketching interesting looking circles under my eyes, I repeated my lines industriously to myself. As she finished me with a last flourish of the blue pencil, she mumbled something about hoping I wouldn't be nervous when my time came. Then, patting me on the shoulder in a most reassuring manner, she moved lightly over to finish Uncle Sam, who waited disconsolately by the door. I shall never forget the feeling that swept over me as the curtain rose. I was in a different world, separated from the mass- of people by a row of shining footlights. I raised my hand in a gentle flourish as Miss Jenkins had taught me. I must do my best and give the public what it wanted. Ah, mine was a great responsibility! Carefully I vibrated my s's and d's as I had done so often before. But, oh, how different! This was the beginning of something novel. My life was taking on a new aspect. I was through with playing marbles in front of the Methodist church. Never again would I spend a perfectly good Saturday morning fighting with the dirty little Italians that lived down across the tracks. 19 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS . Such amusements were for children, not for me, who was beginning at last to live, to appreciate the serious, uplifting meaning of art. I felt that it was only a matter of time before I should be doing Juliet to Rollo Peters' delicate Romeo. Already I saw myself carried along in a golden coach, drawn by the proverbial milk-white steeds, between hordes of admiring people. Now and then I would smile, a cool, detached smile, and toss a dainty rosebud into the midst of the crowd. In spite of my kindness, I would always remain a little aloof. Never would I mingle 'with the mass. To be great was to be remote. Exalted, eager, I went home that night, exalted because of the new- born illusion in my heart, and eager for the day when that dream would be realized. at Ill Ill It Sk 'K Ill IF Il' The day of realization has never come. Day dreams are rarely ful- filled. They are little pleasantries which life offers to cheer us on our way. Often, indeed, they lead us to bitter disillusionment. It is, how- ever, much better to have had the illusions and to have lost them than never to have had them at all. How dull and prosaic this world would be without them! PATRICIA STEWART, '28 WHEN FRIENDSHIPS DIE A few gray ashes, and the gaunt, grim ghosts of shadows, That is all- All that is left to play with after friendships die, Like two bright stars, alone in the vast heaven, Alone, and yet So far apart a thousand worlds between them lie. VIRGINIA STONE, '28 20 TOP-KNOT 1928 RAPUNZEL fFT077l the Top-Knot of 19082 Of all the charms Which made her fair, Her face, her form, Her fingers rare, Her greatest gift Was her gold hair. Adown her back Fold upon fold, Far on the ground Fell its bright gold, The fairest hair One could behold! She loved to sit And plait its strands, Or wind its curls About her hands, Or bind it up With yellow bands. He came, he called, She bowed her face. Her hair fell to The tower's base, And up he strove With eager grace. He loved to sit And watch her hands Which played among Her golden strands Or bind them up With yellow bands. She only laughed And shook her head, You love my hands- My airy tread- This brought me joy, My hair, she said. HELEN OSBORN 21 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS THE SPRING FETE This year the fete was a little different from those of the past. In- stead of having a performance such as Alcestzls or Ruth, it was modeled on the programmes of the Chazwe Souris. Each class contributed one or more numbers. About a week before the fete, the race for selling tickets began. Each class had an airplane and all started from Columbus for Paris. As the classes sold more and more tickets, their planes neared the goal. Toward the end of the race a Lower School girl said to one of the seniors, I asked one of the teachers what that plane was , pointing to the last one, marked Faculty and she said it belonged to the teachers. fThe truth of the matter was that the teachers had all bought their tickets from the girls.J When the tickets were finally counted, it was found that the Lower School, which was first, had gone 'beyond Paris, while the seniors, coming in second, had landed in the English Channel. The fete was given first on Friday afternoon, April 27, and was repeated on the following evening. The programme was largely made up of numbers that had been given during the year before small groups of girls. Many of the enter- tainments given by one class for another are worthy of repetition before a larger group, and there is real incentive to the classes to work up inter- esting, artistic class parties, if the girls feel that they will be able to give their dancing and pantomime numbers before the whole school. The Pirates , Coquette , and the Sport Ballet were all in the March programme given jointly by the Winsome Wigs and Les Terpsichores. The Eighteenth Century Waltz, Les Amours de Columbine , Old King Cole , and The Gate of Seville were all repeated from the programmes of class parties. Winter Sports, Springtime, Greek Maidens, and Bubbles had not been given before. The Glee Club repeated some songs that they had sung before, and had some new ones especially learned for the fete. ELIZABETH ALKIRE, '28 ALICE SEVERSON, '28 22 TOP-KNOT, 1928 BARTER Trade me but a yellow rose, A bubble, or a song, Anything that's beautiful. And won't last long- A ribbon or a bit of lace, A pink and silver shell, Oi' a howl of golden fishes Will do as well. I'm tircd of comznon, ugly things, Of things that people need. l'll sell you all that's practical For one bright bead. You say my price is far too low? But there I know you're wrong. Beauty isn't beautiful That lasts too long. V1RG1N1A STONE, '28 '23 P -U H K ., , ZEN-..lA,... , , .I:...x, - 'Q -,ima 3.c1v4.. . .. '. Lg, f -. ORGANIZATIONS TOP-KNOT, 1928 STUDENT COUNCIL President .... ................... ........... . . JULIA DAv1ssoN Secretary ........ ................ ..........,. H E LEN WILLIAMSON The Student Council, in cooperation with the Teachefs Council, at- tends to the government of the School. Its president, who is elected from the senior class, is Julia Davisson, and its secretary, from the junior class, is Helen Williamson. The council meets on Friday afternoons, at which times the business of the week is transacted. Hx-JRMINE SUMMER, '28 27 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS DRAMATIC CLUB . The Varsity basket ball team played their last game with a team composed of faculty and alumnae. The varsity won, but had to fight for victory. President .......... . .... VIRGINIA STONE Vice-President . . . . . . . ..... . . MARTIIA SATER Secretary. .. .... . ......... . .................... CATHERINE STONE The Dramatic Club is one of the oldest organizations of the School. From its earliest beginnings when the members presented The Rivals with great success, through a series of years, the club has given excellent dramatic performances, from time to time. A few years ago the Club was reorganized, pins were designed for the members to wear, and the name, Winsome Wigs, was adopted. This spring the Winsome Wigs and Les Terpsiclzores gave a joint entertainment for the benefit of the new school. VIRGINIA STONE, '28 28 TOP-KNOT, 1928 SCROLLERS Prcszdent .......... . .............. ....... A LICE SEVERSON Vice-President ..... .... H ERMINE SUMMER Secretary ..................................... GENEVIEVE WINANS The Scrollers, the literary club of the School, was formed in 1925 for the purpose of encouraging the girls to write. Each year enough girls have been chosen from the three upper classes to fill the club quota of eleven. In 1927, the club published a small book containing the best club contributions of the past two years. Wonder of all wonders, this first volume of the Scroll actually paid for itself! The powers that be were so surprised that they gave the management of the TOP-KNOT to the club, and a new plan was adopted for the pupil publications of the School. The Scroll was to appear three times during the year and to contain, not only what was written by the Scrollers, but Work of the English classes and news of school events. 29 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS r LES TERPSICHORES President.. .... ... ............. . .... ......... .... .JEAN JOHNSON Vice-President ..... . .... EMILY POSTLEWAITE Secretary .......................... . .... . ............ MARY Ross Throughout the year Les Terpsichores have taken a leading part in all school activities. The Dramatic Club and Les Terpsiclzores gave an enter- tainment together in the latter part of March. In April Les Terpsichores took an active part in the Spring Fete. The old members of the club gave a delightful tea in the early fall as a welcoming party to the new members who were admitted. Each Thurs- day evening at Gladden House the club has had a supper which has fol- lowed the weekly practice in dancing. Miss Simonds has acted as sponsor for Les Terpsichores, and it is to her that credit is due for the very successful year which the club has just completed. MARGARET KINDER, '28 30 TOP-KNOT, 1928 l I PITTORI President ........ ................. ...... I s ABEL KINNER Vice-President ..... .............. ..... J U LIA DAVISSON Secretary ......................................... HARRIE1' Douo I Pittori was formed in the spring of 1927. When the school year began, therefore, it was hardly out of its infancy. Nevertheless, at the first meeting oflicers were elected and plans made for the year. The regu- lar meetings were scheduled for Monday afternoons after school and Saturday mornings. On Saturday each member engaged in any art work that she wished. In cooperation with the art classes I Pittofri made two batik hangings for the sides of the stage. The School owes much to this club for the assistance it has given with entertainments of all kinds. GENEVIEVE WINANS, '29 31 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS MUSIC COUNCIL The Music Council is made up of the school song leader, the class song leaders, their assistants, the president of the Student Council, and the president of the Glee Club. The Music Council meets every Friday noon to discuss the musical problems of the School. This year it has been instrumental in planning the various song contests. ELIZABETH ALKIRE, '28 3? TOP-KNOT, 1928 GLEE CLUB President ..... ........................ E LIZABETH ALKIRE Secretary ........................................ VIRGINIA STONE Treasmvr .................. ......... .......... M A RION MACPHAIL The Glee Club, one of the newest organizations in the School, was formed last September. Its first appearance was at the Thanksgiving service when a special number was sung. At the Christmas dinner the club gave a Russian Christmas scene which offered opportunity for several peasant songs. At their tea, the alumnae were entertained by the Glee Club, and, later in the year, the club sang at the campaign dinner. At a tea given recently by Miss Horney, the new ofiicers were elected. Marian MacPhail was chosen president, Amelia Bigelow, vice-president, and Elizabeth Newburger, secretary. On that same afternoon we heard that Miss Horney will have a leave of absence next year and that Miss Craw- ford will take charge of the club. We welcome Miss Crawford, but we shall miss Miss Horney's untiring devotion. ELIZABETH ALKIRE, '28 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS CHOIR The choir was organized for the first time this past year. Its pur- pose was to lead the singing in the morning chapel service, and at all public and special services held by the School. The members wear vest- ments--black with white collars on ordinary days, and white with white collars at Commencement and on other special occasions. The first time that the girls appeared in vestments was on Gladden Day, last October. With the choir seated at one side of the chapel to lead the music, chapel singing has greatly improved. 34 TOP-KNOT, 1928 i ARCHERY CLUB p President ..... ............ ........,...... IN I ARIAN MACPHAIL Treasurer .................................... GENEVIEVE WINANS For the first time in the history of the School the girls have enjoyed the pleasures of archery. Miss Carey organized a club which elected Marian MacPhai1 president and Genevieve Winans treasurer. The club is progressing in a very encouraging manner and many are enthusiastic members. IVIARIAN MACPHAIL, '30 35 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FRENCH CLUB President ..... ................... .... I J ATRTCIA STEWART Secretary ..... . . . .MARGARET KINDER Treuszwer. ......................................... MIRIAM KIRK The French Club is a new organization in the School. It was started this year by Miss Maddox, who has since given a great deal of time and enthusiasm to the Work of the club. The object of the club is to stimulate interest in French as a living language and to increase the conversa- tional ability of its members. One of the most important meetings of the entire year was a tea at which Professor Rockwood of the University spoke most delightfully to the members and their guests. PATRICIA STEWART, '28 3-6 TOP-KNOT, 1928 CAMERA CLUB President .......................................... Ione Beaton A new school club was formed about the first of March to add to the steadily increasing number. It is called the Camera Club, and Ione Beaton is the president. The members are: Louise Shedd, Natalie Howard, Flora Powell, Virginia Smith, Margaret Bristol, and Virginia Schueller. Al- though the present members are all in the Ninth Form, the membership is not restricted to this class, and anyone who wishes to join may apply to Margaret Bristol for admission. GRACE Pos'roN, '30 37 COLUMBUS SCHOOL 'FOR GIRLS l HISTORY CLUB 1Il'l'SiIICNf ......... ....................... W INIFRED ARMSTRONG l'ice-Prvsirlwzt .................................... RUTH REDHEAD There are some students to whom history is just learning one date after another. That others find in it such interest as to make a history club worth while is shown by the existence of the History Club in the Columbus School for Girls. This club was organized in October, 1927, to promote interest in the world and its peoples. During its first year, the club discussed briefly labor problems, science, art, and literature. It trav- eled underneath the Italian skies to the little Tuscan city of Siena to watch Siena's Palio. It conducted a research tour through Nicaragua, the largest Central American Republic, and it went into the heart of Aymara land to visit Tiathanauer, lost beneath the sand of centuries in the Bolivian Highlands. Students who are interested in historical research are welcomed as club members. RUTH REDHEAD, '28 38 TOP-KNOT, 1928 VARSITY HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL TEAMS The Varsity hockey team won laurels for our School in a game with the Oakwood High School of Dayton. Those who played on the C. S. G. team were: Harriet Brown Jean Johnson QCD Natalie Howard Betty Krumm, sub. Mary Jane Hubbard Marian MacPhail Catherine Hough Mary Ross Esther Johnson Fritzi Schueller Jane Johnson Margaret Wilson Though C. S. G. was in the lead throughout the time, the game was very exciting. We are all proud of our varsity and what they have done. The Varsity basketball team played their last game with a team com- posed of faculty and alumnae. The varsity won, but had to fight for victory. 39 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS CLASS OF 1933 IH-esidcnt ....... .............................. M ARY TARBELL E Vim-President .... .......................... P ATRICIA HEATON Scrwefary .................. .................... R ITA DAVISSON The seventh form have in the last year acquired increased ambition to excel in the school activities, including their work and sports. They succeeded in winning the cup from the eighth form in the Open Lessong and they hope that before their first year in the Upper School is ended they will have made, with the assistance and encouragement of the faculty and the splendid examples set for them by the upper forms of the school, a satisfactory record. There has been much enthusiasm over the class projects, which have contributed a pleasing sum to the treasury. One of these was selling gold pencils with The Columbus School for Girls printed on them in red letters. The officers of the class are: Mary Tarbell, presidentg Patricia Heaton, vice-president and treasurerg Rita Davisson, secretary. MARY TARBELL, '33 40' COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS CLASS OF 1932 President. ........ ............................ B 1-:TTY ANDRUS Vice-President .... ..... M ARCIA SIMONTON Secretary ............ .... .................... . . . . . .JANE LUPHER The president of this year's eighth form was Betty Andrus. Our secretary was Jane Lupher, and our vice-president, Marcia Simonton. For our project, we have taken the responsibility during the luncheon hour of selling and filling paper cups for one penny. Nearly all of us turn out at school activities, and, although, as yet, we do not participate in a great number of them, we are, nevertheless, very enthusiastic spectators and take part in the clapping, cheering, and yell- ing. Although our class is small, I am sure that in a little while We shall be well thought of, not only by our teachers but also by the other classes. FRANCES HAMILTON, '32 41 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS .im . l CLASS OF 1931 President ....... ......................... V IRGINIA SCHUELLER Vice-President .... . . . . . ...... .......... E LIZABETH NEWBURGER .RUTH PENHoRwooD Secretary .................................... The ninth form have taken part in all school activities this year. They have had members on the varsity athletic teams, in choir and Glee Club, in the Dramatic Club, the Archery Club, I Pittori, and the whole Camera Club was composed of Ninth Formers. The class project was the selling of berets. These were especially popular when the new school blazers became a part of the regulation costume. There is an enthusiastic spirit in the class, and an ambition to show their loyalty to the class and the School by good attendance records, high scholarship, and hearty co- operation. ELLEN CHUBB, '31 42 TOP-KNOT, 1928 CLASS OF 1930 President ....... . . ............................ JANE HOFFMAN Vice-President ............. . .....,......... MARY BARBARA MILLER Secretary. .. ................................... ESTHER JOHNSON In the past year the class of 1930 has done a number of successful things. They have given donations to charities and families. They made first place in the song contest. The girls have cooperated in making a success of the class party to the seniors, in selling tickets to the Spring Fete and umbrellas for the class project. The class has figured in athletics in winning the basketball tournament and in having a num- ber of girls on the varsity hockey and basketball teams. Jane Hoffman, the president, has led her class well, assisted by Esther Johnson and Barbara Miller. MARY BARBARA MILLER, '30 43 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS CLASS OF 1929 President ....... .....,. ...... ............. G E N Evmvs WINANS Vice-President .... ............. ............... F L ORA SHAWAN Secretary ........ ......... ...................... A M ELIA BxGELow The chief advantage of being a member of our class is that it is only one Qperhapsl short step from being a senior, and the privileges of being a senior are, as you all know, envied by the other undergraduates. There are also a great many different reasons why we consider ourselves lucky. First of all, we have had Miss Tomlin and Miss Rosebraugh as our very wise class advisors. Secondly, we congratulate ourselves on our good judgment in selecting Genevieve Winans, Amelia Bigelow, and Flora Shawan as our class officers. Last but not least, we have received our school rings and chosen our class dresses for both winter and spring. We were proud as peacocks when we came back from Thanksgiving vacation in our new dresses. And what dignity our ring fingers assumed. We have had one very successful project this year. It was the selling of both the class and school pennants. Helping Miss Klages in luncheon 44 TOP-KNOT, 1928 line was another of our projects. We enjoyed also the delightful doubtful privilege of shooing girls out of the locker room. When we think of the examinations which are almost upon us, often Wonder if We are going to be juniors again next year. Of thing we are sure: that the juniors are surpassed only by the seniors we know that next year 1929 will realize that this really is true. DOROTHY BANCROFT, '28 but we one and WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG 45 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS WHEN we wmuz RATHER owen CLASS OF 1928 President ........ ............................. E LIZABETH HARE Vice-President ...... .......................... C ATHERINE STONE Secretary ........ ........ ...... .... H E R MINE SUMMER CLUBS Some enterprising member of the TOP-KNOT Board of 1927 wrote, either to fill up space or under obligation, an article entitled More Clubs Are Foreseen, which, I think, was not very generally believed. After a few words concerning I Pittori, Les Terpsichvres, Scrollers, fwe suppose the Dramatic Club is so much of an institution, because of its remarkable old age, that it was taken for grantedb these words appear: As these clubs stimulate interest in their departments, it is hoped that French, science, history, or some other subject will be represented in a new club next year. Was this responsible, we wonder, not only for the French Club and the History Club, but also for the Glee Club, the Camera Club, and the Archery Club? ALICE SEVERSON, '28 46 CLASS OF 1928 A goodly company, I admit And some have beauty, Ami some have wit. 47 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SENIOR CLASS MOTTO-Dd1l?Lfl0SS C0L0RS1Sf'!17'I0f, and Blu c President . ---- - - - ELIZABETH HARE Vice-Presidcnt-Treasurer CATHERINE STONE Secretary - - - HERMINE SUMMER ELIZABETH ADMA1111: H ARE 403 South Sandusky Avenue Upper Sandusky, Oh1O Our of 1110 fvw i111111n1'l11I 111111165 111111 tvcrc not 1101711 to Iilf. 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In sclm-ul tum' yt-urs I l'L'illIllIHl Iwlm-svtttqtttxc of Lmlgc LJ Mustc l0llllCl1 '27 I Sung Lt-Lula-t' 'Et Vll'I.I.X lhvlsstw 18223 Unk Struct HI: 'zvmrnrnly jtttv. Q A Ql'umlt'r and Sflltlljl, and Ittrvtti :wilt mfmz ln schtml ten ymzxrs flush l'rm-sitlt-nt '23, 4 l lass St-crutzury '26 fuuncil l'1't'sitlunt '28 I Pfllturt '27, 'QS Vim-Al'tt'ainlcttt I l'1flu1: '28 Music Vuuncil 'ZH l.t',t f't'tlt.ilt'ftnl'u.x 'is 50 TOP-KNOT, 1928 Dokorux' lJUMRLE 880 East Broad Street Glib of tonguc. In school three years Archery Club '28 Class Baseball 'QT Class llasketball 'ES French Club ,28 History Club '28 I Piffori '28 Red Team Cheer Leader '28 ALICE Lnoxom DUNN 26033 Brentwood Road She smilvd on many a fwrson just for fun, But we knmv Iherc was only one. In school eleven years Choir '28 Glee Club '28 DOROTHY HARROP 1749 Coventry Road A well a'i.vf1o.vrd nuiurc. ln school one year 51 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ...-. .T --1 j li A - Glionrzm limlslc II.xv1a xi AN THU Franklin Avenue The l'1ay'.v llzv Il11'ug1! In schnul nine years Dramatic Vlnh '26, '27, '28 .N'.-mllvrs '28 lil11'l l'INA jon NsoN U72 Franklin .Xvcnuc I?1m'k 'IUUVL' 1lL'l' vyus as flu' In the thorn by the wuysidv. In school two and une-half years N JOHNSON IIT South Monroe Avenue San l'lll1l'lll1'Hj1 is my Julm. In school nine years f'laSS Bafikttball '25, '26, '27, '23 Captain Class Basketball '28 Ulass Ilockcy '28 Vlass Baseball '25, '25, '27, '28 flass Vice-President '25 French Club 'ZS l.L'.v 'l'v1'p.r1'1'l1nrvx '30, '2T. '28 President l.f'.v 'I'4'rf-xirlzm-ltr '28 Secretary Lv: Tvrfv.v1'l'lrm't'.v '27 Marshall '26 Red Team Baseball '27 Red Team Captain '27, '28 Red Team Basketball '2T. '29 Red Team Hockey '26, '27, '28 Red Team Soccer '27 Varsity Basketball 'ZH Captain Varsity Basketball '28 Varsity Hockey '2li. '27, '28 Faptain Varsity Hockey '28 52 'rry that yratt' TOP-KNOT, 1928 :MARY FRANCES JORDAN 2117 Court Street Portsmouth, Ohio Blur wvzu' lim' vyvx ax the fairy flax. ln school four yenrs Choir '2T. 'ZEN Class Baseball 'QT Dramatic Club '27 French Club '28 Glee Club '28 Lodge Dramatic Club '27 . Sophomore Representative Lodge Council '25 RIARY Josmfuixia KE:-:CAN 4551 South Drexel Avenue I 111170 cnouglz to do to HIIIXC On llll'IlI0l'iL'.Y I would not lose. In school two years Archery Club '28 Class Basketball '27, '28 History Club '28 Red Team Volley Ball '23 ICTHI-II. Louisa Kimi 205 North Nelson Road A dogrnxz' llllkillillj fo a brook Airft 1nodv.vtcr nor sweeter. ln school seven years History Club '28 Marshall '27 53 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS M.xiu:.xmi'r KINIJICII HHH National Road lbficlgcport, Ohio In .vrf Im' ix In low' llfr :Ind lou' Iwi lirr fm'm'rl'. ln school one year Flnss llockry 'IES Frenrh Flub '25 Secretary lfrvncli Club '29 lmmlge Counril 'SS .Y4'l'!Yl1N'.Q' 'QS ls.xm-tl. Kixm-in 12337 Bryclen Road ln school six years History Club '28 Vice-l'rL'si4lrlit I l'fIIm'1' '27 XllRIAM lqllilf Orient, Ohio lf's nifr' I0 lm 11111111111 h l'Vhc'n yozfrc 1ml1z1'u1ly 11166. ln school one ymzu' Fhuir '28 French flub 'ZH Vice-President Frencli Club '28 Glee Club '28 54 lim' Jxvllfllll' lllilllf' lim' 'wlml .Ind nr'rr nzznlf' .fic wmfhcr. .-lclizfiiy, limi knows no rvsl. 5110 is TOP-KNOT, 1928 BICTTY KRUMM H105 Franklin Park South lfrur Ill! umrf' Ihr liglilrziug flush! In school twelve years Archery Club '2-5 Choir 'ZS Flass Ilaseball '2li. '2S Flruss liaseball Vaptain '27 Vlass Basketball Ni '27 '29 Vlass Hockey '28 l':uptaiu Class Hockey '28 Class Treasurer '24 Vlass Volley Hall 'ZS French Club '28 History Club '25 Glce flub '25 Marshall '27 Red Team Basketball '27. '25 Red Team Hockey '27, '2S Varsity Basketball '27. '28 Varsity Ilockcy '27, N JUA N ITA xlA'l'lllli 15315 Parkview Avenue Barbcrtou, Ohio Logic is lngir. Tlzafs all I say. ln school two years Lodge House Committee '2R hlARY lEl.1z.usxc1'H McI2l.RoY 4521 East Town Street Il v could 'zvritc and wriff' fill nur jwus wen! dry, But to name all lm' mvrils 'izwula' be useless to IM' ln school eleven years Class Baseball '26, '27 Class Basketball '25, '26, '21 Captain Class Basketball '27 Dramatic Club '26, '27, '28 Lfxr 7'1'l'f'5fL'fll'l'L'.t' '26, '27, '25 Treasurer Lu' Tcrpx1'rl:o1r.v '27 Music Council '27 Rod Team Baseball '27 Red Team Hockey '26, '27 Red Team Soccer '27 Red Team Song Leader '27 'Inf'-lx'lmt '26 Varsity Hockey '25, '26, '27 Captain Varsity Hockey '27 55 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR INUIANA I.o1+c:r: lXluKr:r: ln school fourteen years Lvx Tvr'fuc:l'l:m-mr '25 l31c'1 1'x' Mules ll2T llf'lZlCll5llll :Xvcuuc l'f'l xliylzi thy fuwm. ln school nine years Fluss llaseluxll '25 k flass llnsketlmll '25, '26 Vluss Hockey '21i V l'l1xss Vice-Prcsimlcnt '28 4 French Flulm '28 1? X ' lied Teznn lluskctlmll 'ET M ' Red Team lluckvy '26 'Iliff'-lfllflf '27 Aux lis Nlllll' M Y I-11: Circlcvillc, Ohio In school tvln years 56 GIRLS 2lZl5 liast Broad Street ffl'l1Illft'IlI', xfrvuyllz, mm' grave. Tim! hair mm just tl gffuldvzz jim ' I and nu lv TOP-KNOT, 1928 Jos!-LPHINI-: PEIRCE 106-1 VVest Market Street Lima, Ohio I mmm! rlzangr, as ofhcrs do. In school two years Lodge Dramatic Club '27 EMILY POS'l'I.l-LNVAITE 15727 Iudiauola Avenue I luwc nu fu-cczozzs tzmc at all to sfwud. In school four years Choir '28 French Club '28 Glee Club '28 History Clulm '28 L05 TL'l'P.vii'lm:'cx '28 'l'rez1sul'er Lrs Y'L'rff.r1'l'llul'i's 'ZS RUTH RliIlllRiKD 1-384 Hawthorne Park Gvnllv tlmugliis and mlm a'csz'r'cs. In school two years History Club 'ZS Secretary History Club '28 57 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS jlrrm Rlilllli SHT Slxtccnth Avenue llmw and .vrv my .vlziniug palace lfuilf upon flu' mild. ln school three years l-llllll' 'QS llrznnntic fflnh '26, '27, 'QS llistnry flulr '25 Glce Club 'ZS XlARY lXl.u'r1 1qOL'KNYlil.L 38 Castcrtnn Avenue Akron, Ohm I rummt rlirrk my girlish blush, Ally rrrlm' L'UIllt'X and goes. ln school one year l I'CllCll l'lub '28 hl.KRGARli'l' RUIPIN Grandview, Mount Vernon, Ol'IlO That smile will: which she woo: In school two years 58 TOP-KNOT, 1928 Mxlcrrm SATICR 1li5l East Broad Street A zl11111'111y sliujvv, 1111 IIIIKUIL' gmv, To l1a1111f, to .f1'c11tilv, amz' wayluy. In school seven years Assistant Red Team Song Leader '26 filass Baseball '25. '26, '27 Flass Basketball '25, '26, '27 Floss Hockey '28 Dramatic Club '25, '26, '27, '28 'Treasurer Dramatic Club '28 Head Marshall '28 Lex 7'1'7'f'.Vl'L'lIf7l'f'.Y '28 Music Council '26 Red Team Basketball '27 Varsity Hockey '25, '26, '27 Red Team llockey '25, '26, '27, '28 Red Team Soccer '27 Secretary Athletic Association '23 'l'of-K11111 '21, '26, '27 IIHLHN SCOTT Grovelancl Drive Bluehelcl, VVest Virginia 151'-ze' .vo1'1'o1us lmth .rlzu of lzcr 011111. In school three years iXLu'1f: SEYICRSON Fort Davis Panama, Lanal Zone 111 .vfzfc of all flu' lv111'11m' lmve said I .rtzll my old of1z111o11 lccep. In schnnl three years. flass Baseball '26 Class Basketball '26 Choir '28 Glee Club '28 Pupil Publication Board '27 Editor Pupil Publication Board '28 .S'rrollc'1'.r '27. '28 President ,S'L'l'0HUl'J '28 T111-4Ix'1111f lloard '27 59 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS l'.x'rRIcIA STEWART li Church Strcct Norwalk, Ohio slim' the lliouylzrs of youll: are I0ng,l0ngll1oughIs In school one year Class Basketball '28 Class Hockey '28 Class Vice-President pro tem '28 French Club '28 President French Club '28 Red Team Hockey '28 .S'cr011c'rs '28 CATHERINI-1 STONE 10155 Westwood Avenue Oli, .Clie sits high in all fmoplfs hearts, In school four years Class Basketball '25 Class Hockey '26 Class President '25 Class Vice-President '28 Dramatic Club '26, '27, '28 Secretary Dramatic Club '28 Pupil Publication Board '28 Red Team Hockey '26 .S'i'roI1rl'.r '28 Secretary Student Council '27 Varsity Hockey '26 l.l'ClE VlRcz1Nm SToNi-3 387 VVcst Eigrhth Avenue It wax my lrfarf wliivlz like flu' .rm lViIlzin my Ivrvasl heat rra.rcIc.v.rl3', And Iikr' tlir' wuws upmi the shore It said, 'llrvum un' una' 'Dream no morc'. ln school four years Choir '28 Class Basketball '27 Class Song Leader '25, '26, '28 Class Vicc'President '27 Dramatic Club '25, '26. '27, '28 President Dramatic Club '28 French Club '28 Glee Club '28 Secretary Glee Club '28 History Club, '28 Marshall '28 Music Council '26, '28 Pupil Publication lloard '28 .S'ff'r1llcl',r '2li. '27. '25 Secretary of Music Council '26 60 TOP-KNOT, 1928 CYNTHIA :MARY STONEMAN 37625 Sunbury Road I .vfvfnf H0 timv in looking For a girl to do my cooking. In school eight years HHRMINE SUMMER 846 East Broad Street Hn' fingers .shame the many keys Tlzcy :inure so light along. In school nine years Assistant Red Team Song Leader '26 Class Baseball '25. '26. '27 Class Basketball '25, '27, '28 Class Secretary '28 Dramatic Club '2T. '28 Music Council '26. '27 Secretary Music Council '27 Pupil Publication Board '28 Busiuress Manager Pupil Publication Board '28 Srrril cr.r '2T. '25 School Song Leader '28 Tennis Champion '25, '26 7'nj'Jx'nr.ft '26 Varsity Hockey '27 lhlARY ELIZABETH VVOOLMAN 65 Wilson Avenue Tcipfr fingers and similar zvalsl. In school nine years 61 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS n y L.l1 i i 4- - I ' 1' - -, 1,,' Q With voicas- resounding, 2 4 1 ..,, ' o Wifh' lbwrto fbnwe and true, H I ' n 1 I Wejvihinfljyprdlses, ' A' Ei I -, 1 Ely IL 55 . 'Wo stqml beneath your colors, ' . R - -- scarlet andthe blue. . Q ' f Tlvrouyh long hours of toil, . .1 V V 4 -' . Thfojugh- chart hours of play, , I ' ' Weill 1688? you 1 lwitlw qpirits free and gay, 1 . ' And to owr motto, Dauntless , ' We'll loyal be for aye. ,..f I 4 I I 1 1 l .X X 4 l 1 .' 4 1 ' ' 9 1 1 62 . x W E W 4 1 i l mmm oll- ww ' .mm to W., i ' W TOP-KNOT, 1928 CLASS PROPHECY T has been ten years since we were all together at school. How the time has flown and how separated we have become! I would give a fortune to be back with all of the girls tonight. They would be so diierent-yet, really, still the same. Oh! Did I neglect to turn off the Radio Vision, or what is that noise and flash? Who is that I see and hear? Can it be Betty, Betty Hare, who is arguing that case so Well? Is it a case though? Why no, she is speaking before the Senate. These laws must be enforced. The Betty Hare I used to know so well-I knew she'd come to something! Why, I wonder what is wrong with the Radio Vision? The picture has changed and I didn't even touch the dial. It looks like a studio in Paris. There is a tall, dark woman in the foreground who looks rather familiar. Of course. It's Dot Dumble. I should have guessed it, for she mixed all the paints at the C. S. G. The announcer says that she is a promising artist! WTAM is relaying from New York City a speech by Miss Eloise Haveman on Music Appreciation. I wonder if her ideas have changed and if they have, in what way. I should love to hear her talk-but why does this thing keep switching? What an uncivilized place this is. It is India, I do believe, but who-Pat Stewart, a missionary in India! I don't believe it. It certainly is she, though, spreading the gospel to the heathen. What a noble soul she is! Surely that was Winnie Armstrong flashing by in an airplane. How natural this seems. Just ten years ago she was breaking every speed law on the roads of Ohio and now she is making worldrecords in trans- Atlantic flights. Follow the Good Old Golden Rule -what have we here? lt sounds like the text of an evangelist. And indeed it is the evening text of Aimee Semple McPherson, announced by her assistant, Elizabeth Al- kire. Miss Alkire announces that Margaret Rudin, the foremost organist of the country, will now play the doxology. My, my, there is Jane Brown in New York. She is giving a talk on her career. She says that her present position as head of the Montessori Pre-school is due to her excellent prac- tice in the pre-school at C. S. G. She says that Jean Johnson has made quite a hit on the stage but that she has now resigned to go into the Olympic games. 63 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Now I must see Hollywood, for there is Louise Fazenda and at her side, why, could it be? It must be Mary Alice Rockwell! She always did want to be an actress. And there walking down the great White Way is the newest and most popular vamp of the movie world, our own Julia Robie. Farther south in California I see Mary McElroy and Katy Stone con- valescing on the beach and at dances. And here, too, I find Juanita Mathie training Gertrude Ederle to swim the Pacific. Chicago is the scene of a grim court trial where I see Judge Davisson sentencing a criminal to life detention. More pleasant to behold in that same city is Mary Frances Jordan, Mary Garden the second, playing the lead in Carmen. In the audience I see my old school mate, Jo Peirce, in company with her brother Louez. I wonder that she is not teaching at Mt. Holyoke-Oh yes! I do recall, she did not make her average, she failed by two points! Her average was 98. A circus scene flashes 'before me and beside The Tall Man stands his Spanish wife, Ruth Bryan. In the first row we see the charming Mrs. Carrott, nee Ruth Redhead, with her husband and fiery-headed youngsters. And now I see one of the happiest members of that old class of '28. It is Izzy Kinner all day long advertising the latest Oakland sport model. Betty Krumm announces from the Radio Vision station that Indiana McKee has returned to her New York home after having accomplished a round-the-world flight in two days. The Misses Keegan, Postlewaite and Kidd, who have just left the races at Latonia, were among the first to greet and congratulate Miss McKee. It may be to the interest of some of the designing parents to know that in the Misses Scott and Beathard's School for Attractive Young Women, Miss Margaret Kinder has been appointed head of the depart- ment for bringing out shy girls. Away to Paris I am carried by this marvelous invention, the Ra-dio Vision, and there I see Martha Sater, the renowned dancer, with all Paris at her feet. You recall that she went abroad the summer after she was graduated and never returned. Her great ability was detected on the boat when she fell down very gracefully one stormy afternoon. She gives C. S. G. and Miss Simonds all credit. At Monte Carlo the Misses Summer and Dunn while away their time and their fortunes. Over in the Italian 64 TOP-KNOT, 1928 hills Miss Virginia Stone spends pensive hours writing verse to the stars and trees. As quick as a flash I am back in Columbus. I see Cynthia Stoneman the understanding house-mother of the Delta Chi fraternity. Betty Miles, society reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, is seen at the telephone collecting items. Finally, I find myself back at the old Alma Mater in its new and wonderful location but nevertheless the same old place. There I find Alice Severson filling-why, it's Miss Lent's place! And Mary Woolman has taken Miss March's position. My word! There is Mim Kirk head of the mathematics department. And where is Miss Cavers? My, my! They say that Doctor Newmyer is operating on her. I wonder how the operation will turn out. Prone fall! One, two, three! Miss Harrop, Miss Carey's successor, is having the Open Lesson. What a pleasant evening we have spent. All my old schoolmates are well and happy. They are all prospering and they all say it is because of the influence that their early schooling at C. S. G. has exerted upon them. A THOUGHT fFro'm The Top-Knot of 19081 Someone smiled and the world grew bright, Someone sighed and joy took flight, Heart with heart throbs all unknown, For we live not here alone. Frowns may cut another's heart, Careless speech strike like a dart, We, secure with friends, smile on, Caring not for love that's gone, Q Though, forgiven, remains tne blot, Love and time can change it not. 65 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Of the Class of 1928 We, the class of 1928, being in nowise of sound mind, and under great restraint, on this our last night of school, do hereby bequeath to the im- possible ones who are about to take our place our vital qualities, trusting that they will duly appreciate them, inscribing them on the fleshy tablets of their hearts, forsaking them neither for better nor worse. To them we will the following: To Dorothy Bancroft-Jean Johnson's grace for adorning the stage. To Amelia Bigelow-Betty Alkire's dulcet tones. To Mary Helen Bigelow-One of Patricia Stewart's A's because we think they should be kept in the School. To Virginia Bond-The length of Juanita Mathie's hair. To Harriet Brown-Isaibel Kinner's athletic ability. To Dorothy Bush-Julia Davisson's drag with a certain member of the faculty. To Harriet Doud-Dorothy Dumble's loquacity. To Lucy Elizabeth Harmon-Helen Scott's curly hair. To Kathleen J ohnson-Emily Post1ewaite's slender figure. To Betty Norris-Ruth Bryan's love of study, especially Latin prose. To Nadine Penny-Betty Hare's ability to wear her hair behind her ears, an advantage enjoyed by a very few. To Mary Poston-Betty Krumm's place on varsity. To Doris Rhoads--Peggy Kinder's femininity. To Mary Ross-Julia Robie's attitude in French class. To Flora Shawan-Hermine Summer's studiousness. To Esther Taylor-Katie Stone's democracy. To Margaret Williams-Mary Woolman's boisterousness. To Helen Williamson-Jo Peirce's practicality. To Genevieve Winans-Indiana McKee's height. Witness our hand and seal on this first day of June in the year Nine- teen Hundred and Twenty-Eight. THE CLASS OF 1928 66 1 . I' , '9- .., if Y , .HE '! E , .. H . at X I W. ,wal .-F . + uf. N Nh 'J 4. V' f 'V . ax , 1 H v' Q- 4 119- 1 1 L 9 L2 Q 'I n I 4' , Y L .3 XII TOP-KNOT, 1928 SPRING The spring has come at last. The winter's stormy blast Is gone. The birds and flowers are gay On a stormy, rainy day- XVinter's gone. Spring, the brook is saying W'hi1e in the branches swaying Is a robin's nest. The green grass is long And summer's song Is sweet. JANE NIITCHELL, Form V 69 4 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SPRING You can just tell that spring is here for the buds on the trees are bursting. and the birds are beginning to build their nests. The flowers are coming through the ground and the air is sweet. The rain may seem dismal but it is doing wonders to the earth. Sonietimcs it seems as if you could see the Flowers grow. The other day I saw E1 beautiful Red-headed Xloodpecker. The Robin is so fat und plump. l wish it were spring all the time. SUZAN N12 Kl'l l'l.l'I, Form Yl ri... APRIL The robin in the tree, The violets so gay. livery day the robin sings, His voice is heard through- out the spring. VERA Povvl-:l.L, Form Vl 70 TOP-KNOT, 1928 TINY SPRING FLOWERS IN THE GRASS PLAYTIME 71' COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS THE JUNIOR fFrom The Top-Knot of 19082 As brother sees the junior, She is like unto a child. She asks so many questions, And is, oh! so meek and mild. To some other girl's big brother, She's already sprouted wings, And has such wondrous knowledge Of large and trivial things! As looked on by her latest crush, She seems just simply grand, And she comes to her on bended knee With violets in each hand. As the junior calls upon father, With requests for this or that, The thing that's next her bills in size Is her Merry Widow hat. To the wise, experienced teacher She's too lively, active, gay, But where would be school spirit If the junior were away? As mother sees her daughter fair She's studious, witty, bright, A bud of promise very great Who'1l be a social light. M. H., 1909 72 L TOP-KNOT, 1928 Dexheimer Portraits Live Forever. Office Training School BUSINESS TECHNIQUE SECRETARIAL SCHOOL POSITIONS FOR GRADUATES MAin 4201 :-: MAin 4202 48 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL 73 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ' CMJ QW? I33 EAST BROAD STREET QoLuMBu5--On-no presents Compliments I f IN THE SPORTS SHOP 0 Pique, Voile, Linen, Dimity C d Ch' G tt Chas- C- Johnson Twfegia efhrxliecefrliiiifiea Sports Costumes 810.50 fo 548.50 SWEATERS 54.75 to 817.50 Compliments of The Dramatic Club 74 TOP-KNOT, 1928 Dexheimer Studios, 122 East Broad Street. The Columbus United Tire Co. THE DELL HOME OF THE Tostee Sandwich . LUNCHEONS DINNERS SODAS CANDIES 118 Parsons Avenue The Hoover-Rowlands Company Compliments of George T. Johnson COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Wendt SPARTON RADIO Bristol Prescription All El 1' l S r Drug Store ec ma e ---No Batteries Sl East State Street il. Wonderful he Perry Wlutslt T B. ' ' Candies Co' Exquisite Zll N. Fifth St. Toilet Articles Distributors Compliments of The Class of 1929 76 TOP-KNOT, 1928 Dexheimer Portraits Always Please. Compliments of Johanna Pfelfer The E. E. Shedd Mercantile Co. BROOKS, INC. l'leat0n's Music 131 South High street Store Columbus, Ohio MAh. ssss Compliments Compliments of of E. E. GAVER A FRIEND 77 Kate judge Shop for Girls TOP-KNOT, 1928 Dexheimer-Beautiful Frames. Your Druggist's Number is ADams 3554 - C 0 P C O WE mzuvsn ' The Dumble Pharmacy Swan Delights Whoever Writes , Compliments Note Books of and Fillers A FRIEND Compliments of Coen-Nash Motor Co. Third and Spring Sts. COLUMBUS, OHIO 79 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Compliments C0mPlimenfS of of A- KIDD, M' D' Samuel N. Summer The Columbus Academy Compliments Sound and Careful f College Preparation o Class of Small Classes DAILY FPAXLYELCLAEOEQERCISE ACADEMY JUNIOR For Boys 6 to I0 Years of Age. 1376 EAST BROAD STREET. D TOP KNOT 928 h P L F Compliments of Chas. F. Johnson 81 COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Albert S. Ward Compliments of Fr d L. S blot C w. F. DAVISSON eHABEEDAS3'Z3s SOLE AGENTS Welch-Margelson Co. Allen-Solly Co. London, England. SPAHR BLDG. 46 E. Broad St. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Howard Dye Company 82 my 1- ' ju, 1 if. w MA - , Q xv. . gm.: .Uri 5 .,,,,, .. 2 'ig :r,. X , Lv, f gg Qi L. A , -4 f -an A ' 'nun mu: .11 zzz: 11:4 Aznznnmu ng 5 H