Eleanor McMain High School - Echoes Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Patty Phillips is a gym teacher, fine: On field day her pupils will shine. Now she spends her money without a careg Helen Pitkin has married a million- an-e. Katherine Planchard is a preserver of health, And through her patients has gained great wealth. With many children, Ellen Ponder we seeg She loves, to teach them A-B-C. Betty Poi-retto-bookkeeper effi- cient- ls supporting herself with money suf- ficient. 'Cause her true love gave her his name Betty 'Prator goes to every football game. And now we find Shirley Pregeant in college. How can her head hold so much knowledge? Patricia Price is an authoress fineg She's waiting for Shaw to come and dine. To give all her dear ones a smile Eola Prowell will travel a mile. Becky Pukof is a chemist of note: A scientific treatise she recently wrote. June Ragas has surely won a prizeg She married a professor who is very wise. A dressmaker fine is Doris Riley, For all her dresses are valued highly. Dorothy Robinson is a good nurse Who never lets her patients get worse. Married to a sailor is Doris Rochg Now Every month she waits at the doc . Remember the name of Gloria Sall, For some day her bust will grace fame's hall. Rosemary Santopadre is still always kind, A quality sometimes hard to find. Gloria Schmitt is an English teacher, And famous poets are her special feature. Miriam Schoen, a social worker will be, Doing much for the refugee. Joycelyn Schully's S0 happy she can sing, ' . For now she wears a shining ring. Thelma Seiler in college we see Furthering her studies from A to Z. lnez Serpas, an aviator fair, Soon will take to the upper air. Katherine Serra, dramatically in- clined, n Plays a part in Broadway's shine. Eighteen Harriet Sherlock, tall and fair, Has married a Romeo with shining hair. Eloise Sherrard, a happy young wife, Is adding joy to her darling's life. Mae Simmons, the poet, days are spent Doing pleasant work for the govern- ment. Maureen Simoneaux, a flyer bright, Spends her time above, and out of sight. Dorothy Staehle will write for mon- ey. Though she'd rather live on milk and honey. Altltea Steckler, a bride to be, Will be, fortune says, the mother of three. Elaine St. Julian Will attend L. S. U. All of our luck, dear, goes with you! Virginia Stone before so many, Will skate on ice like Sonja Henie. Vivian Sundmaker has taken to the air And in a plane goes everywhere. Dorothy Sutter, a j0uI'l'laliSt great, Spends her time writing, early and late. Anna Swartzfager, a secretary, We find, With her Boss always on her mind. We see that she has changed her name, But our Phylis Terry will still be the same. Gloria Thompson is a singer of fame, On Broadway in lights we see her name. Rita Trahan is now contented, For when Tom proposed he really meant it. Jane Trout toward a happy marriage goesg She chose a career, but none ever knows! Cynthia Twigg, an artist fine, Is known for her work in every clime. Bernadine Ulmer is much in demand And is now lecturing all over the land. Amelia Umbaeh wants a husband to wedg She'l1 take a country hick or a prof instead. Shirley Vaeth is happy as can be, For now she has a family. Lorraine Venza, a singer of renown, Now on a world concert tour is bound. Elaine Von Beltren toward her goal goes ony -2 She'll reach the top' through rain or storm. Betty Vorhusch, so sweet and so nice, Will walk out the church door in a shower of rice. Virginia Walker in 'college we see Struggling over a thesis in history. Nell Walling will get all the cheers As she excels in dramatics through the years. Frances Walther, a teacher will be, And in McMain will earn her fee. Betty Walsh with her curling locks, red, Will say yes some day to Ted. We also now see Margaret Ward, Who will climb to the top by work- ing hard. Some day seated at a baby grand, Claire Weatheraby will get 8 great big hand. Kathleen Wells, S0 small and sweet, Surely some day the right man will meet. Jane Whiteside is a graduate nurse, Amusing her patients with original verse. In the gym department of the best school, We see Juanita Wild teaching the rule. Jane Willem, a student at L. S. U., Is exceedingly popular on the cam- pus, too. Emily Wood is an artist sublime, Painting celebrities in her spare time. Adele Yost we now see As busy as a seamstress can be. Shirley Zahn is a happy bride: She'll cross the ocean by her hus- band's side. By the side of the one she loves through joy and strife We see Claire Zander, the doting wife. June Zatarain in the lab is just S0-S0 But she does know the meaning of H2O. Ivy Mae Ziegler is On the courts Winner or runner-up in all of the sports. Geraldine Zoller, petite and snappy, As nurse is keeping her patients happy. So now you have seen the future bright In the stratosphere at great height Written clearly in an airplane's smoke. Some are seriousg some, pure joke. Eola Prawell, Chairman' Barbara Allen, Bur- bum Como Nancy Lee Clmpman, Eleanor Han- dlin, Lee Henderson, Beverly Hingle, Kathryn Laliorde, Yvonne latmiere, Betty Loeb, Ella Mae Palmixano, Bet? Prater, Cynthia Tiqigg, Kalhleen Wells, Emiy Wood, june Zataraln. E-C-H-O-E-S

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No house-wife would she be, But now Sybil George is the mother of three. Jenny Bell Germann does social work And no one duty does she shirk. Coralie Gieferc, a nurse so fair, Tends her patients with charm so rare. An impressive stylist at the Ritz Is our own successful Shirley Gitz. A private secretary, Madeline Green, In a busy office now can be seen. Quita Guillory is in business school, Obeying well every rule. With an undecided mind Rosemary Haas at Newcomb We find. Eleanor Hancllin's as busy as ever, W1'ltlHg reviews and Halumnae notes clever. Because she can't make up her mind, She'll still be Peggy Harold for a time. With Gloria Hemenway a nurse to stay, None of the patients will want to go away. She's Leatrice Henderson now, but not foreverg Soon she'll be wife to an architect clever. Margaret Henley, still kind and in- dustrious, Is mistress of a happy home luxuri- ous. Barbara Herron still interested in the dance, Is teaching her young ones the latest prance. Thora Hickerson is, we see, Busy at work in a library. Agnes Higgins wants to be a secre- tary soon, And with her it just won't be an- other tune. Maxine Hilliard wants to be a school ma'amg Instead she might marry a handsome man. Beverly Hingle, never a shirker, Is busy now as a social worker. Ruth Hogue will be one of the few, Who will take dancing at L. S. U. Peering through clouds to the sphere above, We find Gloria Hunter, the secre- tary, in love. How can June Hutchinson really marry Earl, When her mind will always be in a dancing whirl? Dorothy Hutton has won reknown As an authoress of our town. Edith Jacob great fame will get, As Goodman, the second, with her clarinet. E-C-H-O-E-S Glorianna Jahn you will S66 Very soon, Playing another new violin tune. Now we see a fashion designer of fameg Ethelreda Johnson is her name. When you want a new house to re- place the wreck, Consult Johnette Johnson, the archi- tect. Sylvia Joyner a housewife we see, Moving from place to place, busy as a bee. Next We see Blanche Katten, whose one ambition, In years to come is to be a medical technician. In a dress shop is Margaret Kenny Watching all spend their last penny. In later years in her own home we see. Ada Kilb as happy as can be. . Now We View Lois Kimbrough in white: There isn't a germ that she can't fight. Doing medical research is Mary Knightg In a few years she'll have reached her height. Kathryn Laborde has made a good start On the road in dramatic art. With materials full of dots and bars, Gertrude Lachin dresses the movie stars. Norma La Garde has in modeling found fame, Soon we'll hear she's changed her name. Diseases Dorothy La Poutge kills By making patients take little pills. Yvonne Laterriere, who a journalist was to be, Instead is now Mrs. J. P. Mary Lawrence a mathematician would be, Now teaching trig she's as happy as can be. Jean Le Blanc will make speeches to all Making them vote for her at the poll. Kathlyn Leger is a happy wifeg Shf: stays at home leading a quiet ife. Amelia Levy, that quiet miss, Is also living happy in a world of bliss. Vivian Levy writes short stories to sellg She's in New York doing quite well. Yvonne Lloveras loves llel' children three, - And very, very, very happy IS she. Betty Loch, a teacher here, By all her pupils is held so dear. Sadie Lomm, a blushing bride, Is too excited her joys to hide. Mary Ann Lyle is a 'movie star Acting in pictures, near and far. Batja Mallet is a nurse in white, Another Florence Nightingale, the doctors' delight! Julia Maloney is still a dear, We know she'll choose the right car- eer. June Malter, a dear classmate was, Fame will follow her where'er she goes. Dorothy Mancini has walked to the altar, With him at her side, she'll never falter. Tolhy McCarthy is happy as she can ei For she has just received her college degree. Helen McClelland, the blue-eyed lass, Now, as always, is loved by her class. Rita McGinnis has heard the cally She'll be a bride, come next fall. A teacher stern is Barbara McNiff, Who is just, but not too stiff. Ophelia Melenclez is 3. poet of 1'0- manceg She was always gifted, you could tell at a glance. Othelia Menard, our gifted poet, Has a sensitive soul, her poems show it Aline Merlin will stand with her love in strifeg She will always be a good, true wife. Doris Monnin is a movie star, Who has won fame, near and far. Joy Moore is a model fair, Still very proud -of her lovely red hair. Because she is knitting for the Red Cross Amelia Munch's work is never a loss. We find Claire O'Donnell a chorus girl Who very soon will marry an earl. As a secretary who works all the time ' Bernadine Owens earns many a dime. Etta Mae Palmiaano in the Opera singsg She's even appeared before Europe's kings. Alice Mae Pearce, stately and tall, Is a musician fine in Carnegie Hall. Whilamena Pecot, as a young house- wife, Finds great happiness in her new life. As a lawyer enjoying great fame Is Marjorie Pfister, the eloquent dame. Seventeen

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Class Histor WE'VE COME a long way to- gether. Now, at the crossroads, we must part, each to go in a dif- ferent direction on paths that will, perhaps, never meet again. What lies ahead of us-who can tell? Be- hind us, we leave the happiest days of our lives. Remember the little girl, only four years younger than we are today, who excitedly ente1'ed the auditori- um, only to shrink at the sight of its enormous size? High school life to her seemed a daze of sweaters and skirts and saddle oxfords, squeals and giggles, mysterious wonders like locker combinations, room numbers, bells, and lunch checks. She feared for her life when three 0'clock ar- rived, with flying feet and banging lockersg on the verge of tears, she circled millions of corridors in search of her English class while the second bell rang mockingly. It was all so strange until a kind-hearted big sis- ter, whom she will never forget, helped a little. Initiation sounded like some sort of Japanese torture, and, in spite of everyone else's eager anticipation, she went to the Baby Party in dread and a lovely costume. When those wonderful Senior A's merely pre- sented a charming play, The Long Lost Princess, and introduced her to the other little freshies, who had previously seemed so few and far be- tween, her fears vanished. Later, she found the campus ac- tually explorable, and almost never forgot to get lunch checks. There was time to notice the loud speakers, browse in the library, and in that superb magazine called Echoes, How eagerly she awaited McMain's radio broadcasts! And there was no Carnival Ball any lovelier that year than the one given at McMain. Tech- nicolor movies in a school were too fantastic to even dream of, and yet, her McMain actually presented a movie in color starring her big sis- ters. Nothing stirred her more than the thrilling Alma Mater, even more exciting because she was among the first to sing it. In September, she returned whole- heartedly, effervescent with new res- olutions and old friends. There were new students now, rushing as she E-C-H-O-E-S had, bewildered and, of course, so much younger. She had grown ter- tibly old over summer, with her new- ly acquired curls tied neatly in a snood in damp weather, the auto- graphed jacket that mother had con- sidered more messy than stylish-as evidences of sophistication. And there were other changes, too. Mc- Main was hers now-she was a vital- part of it. Everything that happened to her school was altering her future, which' was so much closer than it appeared to be. Knitting a sweater, with twisted brow and busy tongue, our little memory seems to have aged another year. Typical of McMain in her plaid hood, jangling with costume jewelry, secretly amused with those new high socks that a few daring girls are brave enough to wear, she is bubbling over with enthusiasm and a desire to become worthy of the love and devotion of her teachers and friends. Another ball, full of spring flowers and Easter bunnies, has come and gone, a lilting minstrel show has displayed much of Mc- Main's talent, and the wonderful new bowling alley is her pride and joy. But tragedy comes with the end of her junior year! Her favor- ite sister, the one who helped her three years before when she needed Memories B. Eekhardt, '41 I remember the day when first I came, To the high portals of dear McMain, Where through the halls I scurried by And peeped at seniors with humble eye. Then came the change, the test, the day The glorious moment when I could say, A sophomore you now behold Who feels herself here now quite old! A year has passed, has fled, is gone! And yet we all are struggling on To reach the goal we must obtain The end of our stay at dear McMain. As seniors now we await the end, When into the world McMain will send A class to go forth with cheerful face To make this world a better place! help most, is graduating out of her life. Will you ever forget her excite- ment when it really dawned on her that she was a senior? Head awhirl, she voted for her class officers and served at the luncheon, almost un- aware of the fascinated stare of the freshie she had just helped, and the fact that everyone, even she, was wearing those ridiculous high socks. She almost forgot to notice the wel- come new watercoolers that were hers because they belonged to Mc- Main. She'll always remember the strange feeling deep down inside as she heard the graduates sing at a concert and watched them crying on Honor Day, rushing about with grad- uation books and excited smiles. She would be next. Walking on air, Miss Graduate, scarcely able to believe that no one else in McMain would finish high school before she did, helped give the Baby Party for exact replicas of her- self four years before. Remember how proudly she displayed her class ring to envious friends, discussed dresses and dates, pictures and class songs? And you know how eagerly she awaits the Class Play, Honor Day, the Luncheon, and, at long last, graduation. Cry like the rest of them? Of course she will. She loves McMain and hates leaving it. Gradu- ation would be perfection if it did not mean 'fout with the old, but her McMain will not be completely cast aside so long as she has a heart to store it in. Yes, we've come a long way to- gether over a road of joys and tears, level spots and bumpy ones, as all roads are, but each jolt has been made easier to take and almost en- joyable through the interest and love of our beloved Principal-Mother and our teachers. If our new paths are treacherous, we are fully preparedg if they are smooth-going, it is only because of McMain's guidance. Good-bye, McMain! With us we take fond memories and self confi- dence, behind us we leave our friends and our deepest gratitude for the happiness and sound philosophy giv- en us. Realizing that no reward is great enough to repay you for the priceless memories, advice, and ideals obtained through you, we can only promise to bear your standards ever onward, aid in the achievement of your goals, and follow throughout our lives your lofty ideals. Robin Ahrens. H Nineteen