Gray Court School - Point Log Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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f N yx -' . i-- C9 -as. ' f flf- A.-, ..fQl,.3 1, of i. fyf..-QU Betty Brown was a sophmore in Smithiwhere she led her class. lVe could easily see how this was true because of Betty's scholastic standing while she was at Gray Court. Mary Barrett was studying to be a kindergarten teacher. YVe thought she would be quite a success for she loved children and was full of ideas as to their instruction. Q Gene Ralph was conducting a fashionable beauty parlor in Stamford for the exclusive- use of Gray Court girls. Mildred Gray after her graduation from Gray Court made a trip around the world, and she told us of her many interesting experiences. Billy Curtiss, Raymond Hood, and Richard Thomas were preparing for the colleges of their choice. Billy was going to Princeton, Raymond to Harvard a11d Richard to Brown. Wfe wished them all the success in tl1e world. Among the class of '39 we recognized our young friends Eleanor Barrett, Elizabeth Gillespie, Dorothy Rouse, Faith Mead, Eileen Ralph and Jacqueline Collins. The thought of these children graduating made us wish that we were about to enjoy our senior year at Gray Court. I have had a chance to enjoy a number of other years there foruafter com- pleting llly college course the opportunity came my way to teach those Gray Court children English and I hope that they will be a credit to their school no matter what life work they choose. Thus time brought good fortune to us all, and may it always con- tinue to do so in the years to come. 26

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f N NX ,X 2, a ll Gladys Simms broadcasted over the radio all the coming a.ttractions on Broadway. Marjorie Eberhardt a.nd Olga Jaffe were members of the House of Representatives. They belonged to opposite parties and Marjoriels attorney Dorothy Pickens settled all their disputes with Olga's legal adviser Ruth Coleman. Cora. St-rother had made her mark as an author. Her greatest work was a treatise on how children should be taught to appreciate classical literature. Lou and Betty Mead were managers Ellld owners of a race and hunt club, where they specialized in dog and horse shows. Gray Court had grown so large that it. needed several directors of athletics, so Margaret Pearce and Barbara. Harding returned as assistants. Marie Mallouk was the champion long-distance swimmer of America. Dorothy Jean Hemenway practiced veterinary science at which we were not surprised because we knew of her great love for animals. Royce Budge and Beechie Elphinstone managed a Marionette Theater which is patronized by the children of New York's exclusive set. Douglass Dumbrille followed in her father's foot-steps and became a famous Shakespearean dra.matist. Pauline Ralph was a. missionary to the South Sea Islands. Owing to the great dista.nce she was unable to attend the reunion. Erminie Holstein amazed us by producing successful dramas, which were then pla.ying on the New York stage. Katharine Wfilson and Mary Ann Curtiss directed a large language school, where French was the specialty. Mildred Massee ha.d become vastly wealthy and her love for books prompted her to endow Gray Court with a magnificent library. Jane Seymour invented many useful electric appliances, the chief of which was a pencil sharpener especially recommended for schools. Marilynn Collins and Barbara Colton were holding the doubles tennis clwmpfionship of the United States with Sister Curtiss as their manager, who is kept busy booking exhibition matches. 25

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