Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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SENIOR DIARY SEPTEMBER 16 Here we are-all back together and ready to start another school year. 17 Back to the old grind this morning at 8:25. OCTOBER 4 We saw Yale vs. Virginia game during the day! And went on a hayride that night. Remember that moon! 5 Miss B. saw the moon during the tire drill-we froze. 10 Mr. Kinsman's lab coat arrived with lunch. 11 Danbury Fair and many sore feet! 20 Wootton learned how to dive? 24-26 Home Weekend. How was it? 31 Luboshutz and Meninott, the duo-pianists. NOVEMBER 1 The Ghost Party-scary wasn't it? 8 Senior book party. 9 Mrs. Guilbert and Mrs. Sturtevant joint recital. 15 Lines painted on the gym floor. Edgewood barn dance and the drop system. 18 Ally gets our Sally. 19 Mrs. Smart ran out of gas and needed a senior to help her out. 19-23 Thanksgiving vacation. 24 Iohn's razor slipped. 24 Mr. Bliss had 8 lbs. ot heir. 29 Macbeth proved his character to Daycroft today. DECEMBER 1 Saw and heard Louise Knight Wheatly Cook lecture. 4 Saw and heard Peter B. Ross lecture. 6 The Blys put on that marvelous party in that marvelous house. 13 Cartoons by Esbaugh Corp. 14 Don Cossack Chorus. 15 Cheer up-English exam tomorrow. 16 P. M. does a little Walking. 17 M. M. writes on Topics for Thought . 17 Ginny and Lil turn up in Assembly. 18 Yippee - home. 19 Van spends a quiet day at school. 20 Ally makes sure of our Sally. 20

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from another direction, in the form of a ringing sound, or the bell. We walk out with the words, You know your assignment, and go to recess. After recess, what there is of it, comes study hall, which is sometimes used as a time in which to study. More often it is used as a time in which to communicate with your neighbor or to throw spitballs at Iohnny across the room tnot stated in the Daycroft Manuali. After two of these interesting classes, the Chemistry class assembles. Before the students have time to discuss how hard the homework was, they hear a loud and clear call which cannot be denied: Take out a nice fresh, clean, glossy, shiny piece of paper: first question: 'What color is red phosphorus?' There is much scrambling, and paper, no matter if it is shiny or glossy or heaven knows what, is carefully ripped out of a book and made ready. Professor: Question two- First Student: Wait a minute, please, sir. Professor: Question three- Second Student: Slow down, please, sir! Professor: We will now correct the papers. The answers are as follows: Number one - red. By this time everyone is thoroughly mixed up, and the professor has compassion on the multitude. He peacefully glares at the class, while it finishes the questions. The answers are as follows: says the professor in a more subdued tone of voice. So it goes until lunch time when all people rush slowly to the cafeteria. After lunch there is the general confusionp then there is Student Council meeting in which the school is praised and everything is found to be all right. Then Chemistry Lab. We have an unusually potent experiment today: that of Hydrogen Sulfide. Everyone goes in with the determination to keep the ill-smelling gas in submission by making an offensive on leaky connec- tions and open generators. All goes quite well for a while, and it seems that the spirits of hydrogen sulfide will not get the better of the lab. session. Then, near the end of the hour, someone leaves the generator open, and the horrible odor of rotten eggs penetrates all corners of the room. The decks are cleared for action, and an all-out defensive is immediately in order. Quick, Henry, the Windows! Turn up the fan! someone shouts. He need not have said it, for everyone is rushing for the Windows. They are open in a jiffy, and the cold winter air blows into the room. At this move, everyone clears out of the lab. and the session is adjourned. After supper we trudge wearily down to the boys' dorm for three hours of solitary CPD confinement. 19

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SENIOR DIARY IANUARY 6 5:00 study hall was put into practice. 10 Sleigh riding was fun for once. 11 The Bus broke down and the church service was held at school. 15 Exchange students came from Edgewood. 17 The Hampton Singers came. Iuba was very popular. 18 Mr. Holmes showed pictures of Peru. 23 British films 3V2 hours. 25 Mr. Iagel's concert was held at the Women's Club. 27 British War Relief posters auctioned-one of them went for 31.25. 31 The Stolen Prince -a play put on by the girls. FEBRUARY 6-8 Home weekend at last. 10 Lecture by Mr. Peake of Kansas City. 12 Holiday. ZV2 hours of skating in the morning and a free afternoon. 13 Everybody stiff from yesterday's skating. 21 Washington Ball at which all had fun. 24 Blackout from 9:00 to 9:15 p.m. The moon didn't cooperate. 28 Country Fair and Literary contest at Cherry Lawn. MARCH 1 La Forge Concert at the Women's Club, with Ellen Berg and Walter Cassel. 16 Exams started and we were finished. 19 Easter Holiday started. 31 Classes began again at 8:30 A.M.-No shining faces! APRH.. 1 4 The tennis court was started-a la W.P.A. Fire-fighters were busy. 5 Everyone turned out in their Easter clothes. 9 Air-raid alarm-no damage. 10 Rehearsals for H.M.S. Pinafore were started with Mr. Stoneington directing. , 11 The Freshman Hop and Virginia Bly announces her engagement. Owing to the fact that we can not predict the future we must stop here. So until next year, Bye now! 21