Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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September rolled around finding us reluct- ant to return to our studies but eager to see our friends again. At the annual picnic supper at the Taylors home each class held a reunion amid hilarious shouts and greeting. October found us settling down to studies and starting athletics. The Varsity football team did not last very long, for after three weeks and one game, it was forced to come to an inglorious end as a result of broken noses and fingers, concussions, and strained shoulders .... The night of the 31st found faculty and students alike cavorting about the assembly hall, enjoying the Halloween party. Everyone agreed that Russell and John made wonderful ballerinas! November brought a much welcomed three-day vacation at Thanksgiving . . . A Debating Club and French Club were or- ganized under the direction of Mrs. Tuttle. Early in December an informal dance was given by the Sophomore Class . . . The Christmas Tea Dance and the Traditional Nativity Play sent us happily on our vacation. jrmuary welcomed us back rather weary. It was suggested that we take another vaca- tion to rest up from the last . . . Those har- ried expressions on the faces of all were the result of Midyear exams.

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On February seventh and eighth came A Midsummer Nights Dream -paradox perhaps, but generally acclaimed a success. The annual snowstorm always anticipated to accompany Hamden Hall's Shakespearean production held off until the second day, and the attendance which forced the audience beyond the capacity of the auditorium into Room V on Friday night still filled the hall on Saturday. A group of captivating clowns, played by Victor Richer, Dick Powelson, Frank Backos, Glenn Furbish, and Walter Edelmuth, was 'led by john Dowman, who gave a dynamic performance of Bottom. The roles of the pompous Theseus and queenly Hippolyta were taken by Russell Sperry and Susan Thalheimer, with jack Cronan as the irate Egeus. The fairy kingdom, represented by Norma DeWolf, Esther Ann Sloat- man, Virginia Hart, Carol Rice, and Nancy Gartland, was graciously ruled by Tom Roche and Grace Viard-Oberon and Titania. The mercurial mischief of Russell Doolittle, a natural Puck, baflled the rival suitors Lysander and Demetrius, played by Bob McGrath and Lloyd Ayer. Natalie Jaffe and Joy Sundgaard gave a superior por- trayal of Hermia and Helena. Under the inspiring direction of Mrs. Robert Dentan, and with the ingenious costuming by Mrs. E. Stanley Taylor, the performance was an occasion long to be remembered. Tlairly-jilfe

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The weekend of Febrmzry 8th was one of greasepaint and colorful costumes flavored by a touch of Shakespeare. Under the ex- pert and inspiring direction of Mrs. Dentan a truly superior performance of A Midsum- mer Nights Dream was given. The next weekend, February 14th, took on a festive air as everyone turned out for the junior Prom. March brought spring vacation, first pre- senting us with Co-ops. The night before vacation the juniors gave an informal party. April found the Seniors rushing about emitting loud groans. Do you suppose College Boards, Senior Essays, or the Year- book deadline had anything to do with it? However, they were greatly cheered by the advent of the Freshman-Sophomore Hop. In May the delicious aroma of roasting hot-dogs lured us to Pine Orchard for the Iunior Picnic. And now, all too soon, june is here. bring- ing Field Day, Graduation, and the Senior Prom. It is with a sigh of regret that we Seniors bid goodbye to Hamden Hall, where we have spent so many happy days.