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

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'N .. f x 'vw formation Desk but three of our classmates, Betty, Lou, and Barbara. The twins had just come in to New York for a shopping tour, as Betty, now a smart young secretary to the President of one of New lilngland's largest firms, had decided that Lou, who had come East for a vacation from her Arizona ranch, was badly in need of clothes. Barbara, who is busy with her many dancing classes in New York, had come to meet them. We had a pleasant little chat and heard many bits of news about some of our Stamford school chums. .lean Parry and Dolly Rouse are in their Senior year at College, having a wonderful time. XVinkie Mead decided not to continue in literary ways but, after taking a two- years business course, is busily trying to keep up with Betty. Helen Rinke is the Math. teacher at 'Gray Court and is having a hard time with her Junior Geometry class, Sally Brown, Barbara Stephens, and Martha Savage. It is hard to believe that those three, who were such youngsters when we knew them, could have attained such heights. Barbara then told us that while walking up Fifth Avenue a few days previously, she had met a very stylishly dressed woman who turned out to be no less than Maggie Dodge herself. She and Lynn are now the proprietors of an exclusive dress shop. We heard our train called, and by waiting to hear one more report that Lucille Shine, in our day a member of the illustrious eighth grade, is working hard for her Master's Degree, we almost missed it, but, after a mad rush, we pushed through the gates to our train and found our chairs. There in the ca1', sitting away at the other end was Ruth Gole- man. Neither of us had seen her for several years so our trip was made enjoyable by much interchange of Gray Court news. Ruthie herself is now a designer of distinctive gowns, and it surprised us greatly to hear that her latest customer had been June Melville. Para- mount's newest and greatest actress. Nonie has been married for sev- eral years and is enjoying her little home in Greenwich very much. Vivian Faulkner and Theresa Utitz are touring the country as concert pianists, and, while in the West, had seen Sylvia von Gontard, United States' champion skater. The train sped along a11d finally stopped at l?hiladelphia. The first person to get on the train was South, loaded with instruments and fol- lowed by several members of her famous orchestra, among whom were Gloria Steendal, pianist, and Mary Parmentcr, an expert at tl1e guitar. lt was so nice to see them again, and D. P. and South, who had not seen each other for two whole months, were especially elated! South told us that Betty Richmond has entered politics and is becoming a most proficient speaker, and that Blossom Rogers and Olga Hamilton are attending a Southern Vollege, where they are, without a doubt, the 33

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7x x xx I .- 1' H. 1' eq, ' itilf, F ,,'.', 1, To Babette Rodrigues-A skipping rope that will not wear out. To Alison llolman--A library of Fairy Tale books. To 'llrientje llood-A more commanding voice to compel Dickie -out ot' the tree tops. To Patsy ,lieavitt--l.'ermission to wear boy's clothes to school. To Barbara Schick-A baseball and a bag of marbles like tl1e other boys. To Emmy l.ou Sommers-An Austin roadster to bring her dolls to school. To Marie NVilder-Future referee of Basket 'Ball games. To Sally Brown-A roommate who prefers to sleep at night. To Martha Savage-A few more shelves to hold her many toys. To Barbara Stephens-A legitimate midnight rendezvous. To Diane Pitman-A questionnaire. To Joanne Rose-A future appointment to lead the 'tl'ep meetings. To Betsy Stat't'ord-Permissioi1 to stay for luncheon every day. To Virginia Reiner-A real horse on which to put l1er harnesses. -hVl101'0l1l1i0 we, the undersigned, have hereby set our IIZIIIICS and affixed our seal on this, the second day of June, in the year of our liord, one thousand nine hundred and tlnrty-two. rrnn emss on 19:32. D PROPHDECY HIC Class of 1932 has really done very well during the past years to hold its reunions regularly, but this year so many of the girls were at such distant points we decided not to hold one, very much to my disappointment. In lieu ot' the reunion then, l suggested to D. P. that we take a trip to NVashington and we began at once to make all arrangements, though it. was some months before we were tinally on our way. XVDCII li planned this trip ili decided that I would keep a record of the more eventful ineidents, i11 order not to forget the many interesting things that were bound to happen. D. P., who is still studying languages Cshe knows a great many now and is probably the most proficient in tl1e countryj, went with me and we certainly did have a marvelous time. lVe arrived at Pennsylvania Station in the early morning and, while waiting for train time, who should we see standing at tl1e ln- 'J A

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' x' X in GEN E EE id tlif P ,gf f,,fmf7,.ft4 leaders of tl1e Senior Class. Gloria announced that Aasta is in Nor- way for a visit, having taken time off from her position as buyer, in one of New York's large stores. Mary said that her ex-roommate Frances Belcher, and Aimee Ilunnicutt' now own a three-ring circus which is the pride of New London, and that Mary Barrett is spending a year in Paris. The train sped along and, after several hours, we found ourselves at l'nion Station. There at last, and what a thrill our trip was going to be! IVe managed to hnd our baggage among sundry others and decided to look over the magnificent Terminal. NVhile walking through the Passenger Concourse we came face to face with a group of laughing young women. When we saw who they were, we stood back! This trip was certainly turning out to be a regular Gray Court Reunion, for 'there were Babs, 'Fldna Skinner, Emily Stringfield and Betsy Leavitt, wl1o were using up all their college cuts for a few days sojourn in our Capitol. They looked very pretty and happy, and they, too, had news for us. Virginia Page is 11ow a Beauty Specialist of the highest' sort, Hllll gives nightly talks over the radio for ltllizabeth Arden, and .lane I-Iuszagh, who had hoped to join these ambitious young Sophomores, found that her Connecticut farm, where she breeds dogs for every pur- pose, was proving to be too much of a responsibility for her to leave at this time. Then we all departed for our various destinations, D. P. and I going to our hotel. For that afternoon we had planned a sight-seeing tour, first going to the Congressional Library. Ilere browsing around among tl1e ancient volumes was Adele Spalletta. She told us she was doing research work for her Ph.D. thesis. WVe asked her if she had heard from any Gray Court girls and she said that just the week before she had had a letter from Henrietta Herck. Henrietta wrote her that Dorothy is meeting with no little success as a singer and that she her- self is acting as business manager. Margaret Parry is deeply inter- ested in Foreign Affairs and Lois NacIntyre is manager of one of tI1e Sound's many lovely Yacht Clubs. DP. and I left Adele to her studies and went over to the Capitol. We entered this magnificent structure to become instantly aware of that feeling of awe which steals over one at the entrance to this noblest of all American buildings. Here we spent the rest of the afternoon, enjoying to the fullest as many of its interesting points as possible. Leaving tl1e Capitol grounds we came face to face with Lois Stringfield. We had heard that she was spending that year as Athletic Instructor in one of IVashington's schools, but we never expected to see l1er. She, too, had some items to add to our almost full Gray Court chronicle. S5 4