Girls Preparatory School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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fn L, g .t,-.a--sv--g ,sv- R194 30855 O Q QQ Ci Cl C Q GGQ6' -- CN Q-J , 1' , K-X J v be The History of the Class of '39 f' N 1933 the Class of '39 Circus was begun, with great trepidation by all participants, il under the auspices of G. P. S., the greatest show on earth. The troupe was rather large but very inexperienced. Mary Katherine Fred, Emmy Jane Griscom, Jo Ann Manz, Dot Brown, Eba Smallwood, Martha Larsen, Anne Lindsey, Jacquelin Nicklin, Adeline Moon, and Frances Wilcox were the stars of the show. The manage- ment considered itself lucky to obtain such good material, but they little knew that Franny Wilcox was to prove an unexpected added attraction. It is debated by quite a few whether Franny is the real reason that the North and South are still sticking together-Harvard being situated where it is. The cast first undertook the Waxworks of English History. They attained more than a mere speaking acquaintance with Henry VIII and his six lovely ladies, although at times they were seemingly as dumb as the wax efiigies. Ann Cason, Mary Kathryn Kennedy, Grace Jarnagin, and Betty Sterchi decided to try the Merry-Go-Round of Education in 1934. A few rode Hobby horses but there was a noticeable lack of Latin ponies. Even so, Larsen, the wildest jockey of them all, was unseated at the second lap. Needless to say, her injuries were not permanent but she never returned. There were also caterpillars and dragons fworms in disguisej to be ridden, donated by the Biology Department. In 1935 Tempe Chester, Nita Campbell, Marion Butterfield, Mary King, Minnie Jean Gladish, and Mary Govan entered the Hall of Mirrors to refiect their glory. Most of the group followed the law of averages and were images of usual length and width with the usual characteristics of the human race. But Nita Campbell soon became famed as the only living girl who spoke so fast that the mirrors could not refiect the movements of her lips. Mary Govan was another who deviated from the path followed by the rest. She aspired to be a poet and fulfilled this desire even to the long hair and slender artistic hands. In 1936 another group of would-be stars joined the circus and were taken for a ride on the roller-coaster English Grammar and French -Verbs. Minnie Jean Gladish and Dot Brown decided to ride other contraptions and left the rest to their fate. This same year the trained seals were disposed of. Marion Butterfield ably took their place with her skillful manipulations of the basketballs. With the assistance of the rest of the cast she captured the basketball championships of '36 and '37. The roller-coaster rid- ers of '36 were Betty Dorscheid. Margaret Boggess. Anne Hixson. Virginia King, Ann Haynes, Ann Crews, Mary Shepherd, and Virginia Warrenfels. Everyone acted pretty much alike except Pan Crews, who broadcast her dangerous ride by ear-piercing shrieks, and Mary Shepherd, whose poise carried her through safely. In 1937 Gloria Griffith, the intellect, Nancy Kloepfer, the walking encyclopedia: and Emmy Govan, the would-be novelist, became a part of the famed circus troupe. With the exception of Grifiith and Kloepfer, the whole group visited the renowned Miss DuEy's Believe-It-Or-Not side show. There were a great many interesting historical facts displayed. The most astounding fact of all was the fact that the entire cast came out more educated than they were when they went in-believe it or not. The clowning department of the show was not neglected. No one special person was appointed as the royal Entertainer because there were no distinguishing differ- ences between any of them. They were all clowns of the first degree and constantly behaved as such, much to the disgust of the managers of the different acts. Two of the best clowns, Nicklin and Smallwood, decided to call it a day in '38, leaving the rest to brave the side shows by themselves. Warrenfels and Manz chose another circus and resigned from the Class of '39. Dot Brown came back and Elizabeth Curtis and Lenore Moore joined the show in '38. In '39 the entire cast retired amid the beating of triangles fprocured from the Geometry Classl and much celebration, especially by the harassed managers of the Circus. As a parting gesture and a fitting memorial, they made a book telling of their antics and containing examples of their foolery. This they called the Kaleidoscope - a title befitting its contents. We of the Class of '39 insist we were the grandest show on earth and the source of much amusement for those who guided us through the hazardous Midway of Education. -EMMY GOVAN. 1183

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