Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Shattslmo the one man three prece band Carnegre Hall surely does tnclude everythmg from soup to nuts doesnt lt? CI wonder whrch end Olly could be onl Now I am out of Carnegte Hall walkmg along Lexrngton Avenue Sud denly I see before me a large srgn say1ng Get tall the Peterson way Havmg always had a secret amb1t1on to elongate myself I enter the door and to my great astonlshment see a man of about nme feet g1v1ng stretch 1ng lessons to an assembly of assorted kxnds of people rangmg from three feet to f1ve fexaggeranon ch1efly for effect? I dectde to rematn the same srze Next door I observe another stgn acclarmtng the Strecker Nursery School I learn that Ioan has a famlly of proteges whom she gets up at BOO every morn1ng She holds one class that of Modern Htstory for MaJor Lyman has left her hrs grade book and maglc wand She IS qurte successful 1n thts class but feels not a l1ttle dlsturbed when all the tots yell Its a panrc at her every Joke pun or otherwlse It must be added that she plays plng pong each evenrng and takes her school bowl1ng on Satur days Her sleepmg hours she spends wr1t1ng letters whlch may some day be publxshed 1n a book or rather several volumes entxtled A Thousand and Two Nrghts I then hop on my aeroplane bound for Stamford and on arr1v1ng the flrst obstacle I encounter ts Thormes I walk m and there behmd the counter IS Mrke He IS cheerfully wash1ng d1shes wh1le whrsthng Come to Southern Seas Thormes for Mlkes sole beneflt and pleasure has added a l by 2 dance room where he teaches waltzmg three ntghts a week In hrs spare t1me he lectures at Daycroft on the subyect of Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow IS the t1me to do your homework On Sunday nrghts he makes good use of Iohn Bamseyers copy of Esqulre tsee last year s lvfrlestonel whtle tunlng 1n h1s mustcal ear to Symphony m Hb Mmor Once a month he IS mvrted to Pat Montel s ballroom where he teaches waltz1ng the one two three Jump type -and she mstructs 1n all the modern steps She also teaches Mrke how to dance to sweet mus1c as she ex presses 1t whtch means klnda slow oh' you know how Bes1des that she also plays Paderewsk1s Mrnuet m G to whlch her class does the tango On lookmg closer I see among Pats puprls one 1n umform Investtga t1on proves that thts IS Harrtet who has Jomed up wrth the Wacs She wakes up the bugler falthfully every mornmg thanks to her trusty alarm clock After the danc1ng class I wander to the atrport drrve out my Model T aeroplane and fly back to my nattve heath There 1n my secluded hut on Trafalgar Square I proceed to ftmsh my latest book a sequel to Gone Wtth the Wlnd called Back Aga1n Too Bad As a s1del1ne I lrsten to Rhapsody IH Blue slx trmes a day and dtsregard the patent ent1rely by compcsmg Rhapsody Blues Cot course that s nght up my alleyl If I dont go to bed now tt w1ll be too late for me to get up early so we l leave my Model T moanxng Here we go 1nto the Wtde Blue that s for you june Urquhart Lamg 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 1 11 11 , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 . , 7 1 , I - - 1 1 . 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 1 11 11 11 1 1 1 - 1 1 11 11 ' ' 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 , 11 1 1 , m . 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 11 11 1 . , ' , 1 1 11 11 1 1 11 1 , 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 - 1 1 1 11 1 1 . 11 11 , 11 1 1 1 11 , I , 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 , V 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 , I 1 11 1 1 11 1 f 1

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JC Ss gd gf dy 0 , W -- , so no . eff? The Junior Class THE IUNIOR CLASS Munro Merrick Lewrs Gretst Bob Mendoza Buddy lacobs Kathryn Seaqle Sylvia Forbes Spurred on by therr rnsprrmq and enterprrsrnq class advrsor Mrs Stevens the students of the Iumor class at Daycroft School have made qreat strrdes rn all aspects of hrqh school lrfe The house ofttcers thrs year carrred throuqh the1r duttes wrth efflcrency and drqmty Popular Robert Mendoza served admrrably as Presrdent whtle Sylvla Forbes lttted the pos1t1on of secretary and capable Rosemarle Iacobs Forbes and Kathryn Seaqle rn the Student Counctl On all helds ot athletrcs may be seen members of the Iunror class and a comparatrvely new Iunror Annmarre Brllmqs was made Captarn ot the qtrls basketball team thrs year LQWIS Grerst has done a grand Job on the boys basketball and football teams Herbert Carlson Ir also a new member of the Iunror class has achreved qreat academrc standards srnce he arnved here at Daycroft Munro Merrrck pleased the whole school not lonq aqo by qrvrnq us an outstandrnq prano recrtal Next year thrs unusual class wtll become the Senrors the qraduatrnq class and xt IS the concensus of oprnron that rt w1ll lonq be remembered rn the records of Daycrott School 26 as treasurer. The Iunior class was well represented by Robert Mendoza, Sylvia