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success and everyone had a marvelous time. Then, right before Spring Vacation, we had our annual joint concert with the Shady Side and Ellis Glee Clubs. After vaca- tion we heard the wonderful news that first, the school was going to have a maga- zine, and second, that Miss Cook was going to take twenty girls from the Glee Club to sing with some other schools in Connecticut. The school .magazine board was picked and four members of our class were selected, including the editor. Four girls in our class were also chosen to go to Connecticut. When they returned, they were full of exciting news about it. Our Senior year started most auspiciously with a picnic and swimming party two days before school opened. When classes began this year, we were not sorry, because we were in a new school! We were most impressed by the mahogany woodwork and crystal chandeliers, and thought ourselves extremely lucky to be the first class to graduate from it. As Seniors, we were given new privileges, some of which we lost before Christmas! We alone were permitted to use the front door, study in the library, use the front stairs and have uuniformless Fri- days. We were given a large room of our own on the ground floor. Here, we ate our lunches, lounged around, played the victrola and had all our special meet- ings. By the first of November, all the yearbook pictures had been taken, and soon after there was a chorus of shrieks from the library, where the girls clustered around their Senior pictures which had just arrived. Our class changed the style of the school rings this year, and we think they are most attractive. As usual, the Seniors and the Glee Club took charge of the Thanksgiving Assembly. Early in December, our bunny suits and green and white stocking caps for gym arrived. It was hilar- ious to watch everyone running about looking like little Harveys. On December 7, Ellis had its big Open House. The whole school looked marvelous that Sun- day with its oriental rugs and beautiful flowers in every room. The Juniors and Seniors were posted about the building to act as guides, and each Senior was pre- sented with a gardenia by the trustees. Then came Christmas Vacation, more ap- preciated this year than everl Everyone piled as much fun as she could into two and one-half weeks, and by January 5, everyone again returned to the old regime, per- haps a little dazed from the holiday season. The frantic studying and last minute cramming began for mid-years! The thought of them added ten years to each Senior's life but we managed to live through them. Early in February, we made plans for the Senior play and practiced for the concert with Shady Side. In March, we were honored at the Junior Prom where we all had a wonderful time. Spring brought for us, a much needed vacation of ten days, College Board Examinations, and an epidemic of Hay Fever. We were in a tizzy getting ready for the Connecti- cut Trip and decorating for the Fair. At last came the Final Exams, Prize Day- and then, lo and behold,-Commencement. So now you see why we, the class of '48 most earnestly hope you will enjoy our exercises today knowing our past pleasures and accomplishments. As for our- selves, we're afraid we will be able to enjoy the.m only through tears because now that it is our turn to leave Ellis-we don't want to go. E111
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Class History In welcoming you to our commencement exercises today, we do so with profound realization that ours, indeed, is a most unusual class, although there were a few people who had doubts as to whether we could ever ,manage to graduate. When Miss Pierson viewed us coming into her classroom as freshmen-we were so green that we thought Social Studies was just the art of making friends. Miss Tilley was the new Headmistress at Ellis that year, and was the only one that had much confidence in us, she refused to shake her head the way tl1e rest of the world did. No, she said, this crowd will improve. They'll have to!', And we did. That year we seemed to be supplied with nothing but questions: Why can't we go in the front door F Why don't we get invited to the Junior Prom? Why does our lunch room have to be proctored ? Why do we take mythology? Why don't we have a representative on the Student Council? It's a wonder that there was any school left after our freshman year. We rubbed incense over Mademoiselle Mier's floors, sneaked up to the rodeos at lunch time, and practically killed everyone on the hockey field. The next year as sophomores, we lost a few of our members, but gained two new ones. We were privileged to make biology one of our subjects that yearg but between the dissecting of frogs and the hilarious trips to the Museum, we're afraid Miss Hutchinson thought us quite an ordeal. Two of our classmates were chosen to represent us in Student Council, and we were finally allowed to eat lunch with- out a proctor. There was no sense in letting a teacher get involved in one of our fights. This was the first year we were allowed to attend the Junior Prom, and we really made a night of it! In February, one of our members was chosen to be initiated into the E.A.A. In May we prepared for the annual Spring Fair, where our class held an auction. We made quite a profit by being able to auction off cigar- ettes, nylons, and butter for four and five dollars, This was the year in which we had to perform many sisterly duties for the seniors. On Class Day we served lunch to the whole upper school. A few survived! The next morning we got to school about six o'clock, loaded with flowers, in order to make the traditional arches for the seniors. We were right proud of ourselves as we held them for the graduating class to walk beneath, and later as we marched up to present them with our farewell gifts. Our Junior year began with a luncheon for the new girls at the Athletic Club. Many new teachers greeted us on the first day of school but it didn't take them long to learn our names. This was a busy year for us, as we had to plan for the Junior Prom and work for the Guild. In November two more of our members were hon- ored by being initiated into the E.A.A., and for two weeks they appeared with black stockings and straggly pigtails. After Thanksgiving we awaited with anticipation our Christmas Vacation with all the wonderful parties, including the Ellis Tea Dance. On our return we settled down to study for the dreaded mid-year exams! After these trials, there was a free day for all the good students who had earned enough merits-the Junior Class attended school as usual! March found us scurry- ing about like mad in preparation for our Junior Prom. It turned out to be 'a great E101
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