Cumnock School - Chronicle Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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DANCES lmpeccable rhythm mingled with the gay laughter of the Cumnock stu- dents on the occasion of the first school dance-October 29, i937-in the mellow atmosphere of the Deauville Club at Santa Monica. With this dance, the Social Committee made their debut with decided success and they should be congratulated to the fullest extent. The attendance was very good, in fact there were very few Cumnockians who did not or could not attend. The music of Brad Washbourne flowed smoothly the entire evening. Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Mr. and Mrs. Babcock were the school representa- tives, while Marvin Zuckerman's brother and his wife came to give added chaperoning. The student body is indeed grateful to those who were good enough to come but there is a strong suspicion that they enjoyed themselves as much as or more than the students. What is commonly known as a rollicking good time was had on Hallow- e'en evening by the dorm girls. Clad in the funniest costumes obtainable, they marched into a gaily decorated dining room for a timely dinner featuring pumpkin pie, and afterwards took themselves off to the drawing-room for cider, pop-corn, and stunts. However, in this case, cleverness was not ex- clusively possessed by youth, for quite the most humorous of all was the house-mother. Mrs. Cooper, entering into the spirit of the occasion, clad herself in the garb of a bashful country girl, and seemed expert in manipulating a huge wad of gum which she chewed for all she was worth. Between echoing cracks resembling those of a horsewhip, she frequently stretched the gum from her mouth at arm's length. She wore a picturesque old black hat with a chin strap and large plume, an old hip-length brown sweater fastened with mammoth safety-pins, a startlingly short skirt that hung just above two silk clad knees, and ostrich-feathered bedroom slippers. She seemed fond of jumping rope and imitating the characteristic hill-billy drawl. john Levee 64

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May May May june ...... june june june BOYS' TRIO Seated: Mrs, Shry-Ock. Standmg: Raymond Shry-Ock, Jack Condon, Kenneth Heady, . . . . . . .Cumnock's Second Salon lvlusicale, with Ann Adams as piano soloist, Girls' Clee Club-Young lVlen's Chorus and Elizabeth Trethaway, pianist. Soloists: Rennay and Raymond F. Shry-Ock. Ralph Pierce, accompanist. .May Festival, Pageant with Cumnock Dancers, Clee Club. . . . . . . .Song Program, Ciirls' C-lee Club, at Mothers' Club Tea. Song Recital, presenting private singing students of Mrs. Shry- Ock:-Ceraldine Klepetko, Ann Adams, l-lelen Blrney and Ray- mond F. Shry-Ock, assisted by Ralph Pierce, pianist. .Annual Spring Concert, Ciirls' C-lee Club and Young Men's Trio, with Rennay Shry-Ock, Soprano, and Raymond F. Shry-Ock, vio- linist. Ralph Pierce, accompanist. .Baccalaureate Service, presenting Ciirls' C-lee Club and Young lVlen's Trio. .Commencement Program. 63

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DANCES The Mid-Semester Dance given on january 28, at the Wilshire Bowl, cli- maxed a spirited semester of social activities. The dance was attended by a good majority of the school students and the affair was considered a bril- liant success. And a good time was had by all. That was the unanimous decision reached by all those attending the dance given by the girls of the dormitory Saturday night, February l9, with boys from the California Institute of Tech- nology as guests. Alice jones, Marjorie Miller, and Shirley Bardeen acted as hostesses with Dr. and Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Cooper chaperoning. The dancing took place in the drawing room, which was lighted by can- dles and a great log in the fireplace. The Social Committee of Cumnock sponsored several dances during the year which the students attended en masse and thoroughly enjoyed. When the need was felt for revenue or music, an occasional noon dance was held which shortened classes and heightened spirits, two points which seemed to justify the means. The committee members who, in good faith, perpetrated these affairs upon the student body were jack Thomas, Alice jones, jack Baird, Billy Brice, Lois Goldberg, Sarah Ryan, and Arden Day. Ii 65