Hartridge School - Tempora et Mores Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE EW YURK HERALD-TIMES Hartridge Graduates of ,54 Hold 10th Annual Reunion on Astor Roof Monday, June 12, 1964 The 10th annual reunion of the graduating class of 1954 of The Hartridge School was held last Saturday night on the Astor Roof. Indeed it was a gathering of many celebrities and well- known faces. Hostess of the gala affair was Mrs. Penny Van Updyke, charming wife of the distinguished am- bassador. In her busy schedule, she is managing to entertain a large group of French dignitaries this evening. Next week the 'GV.U.'s ' will fly to the Hillsboro Club in Florida for a short, but needed, vacation. Miss Christina Pavlona, popular ballerina, who was the first to arrive, came draped in her seven veils and prepared to entertain her old friends while Jenny accompanied her' on the bones. Also arriving early was Miss Liza Barwiza, Olympic champion, who, after taking a P.G. course, has acquired a great talent for writing booksg uIt's a Song was her recent hit. Recently nominated for the presidency of the Social Bureau of Investigation, she began her campaign with the platform of more and better games. - Over in a corner Dr. Kinsay Muskat, who has just completed her latest operation in the Middle- sex Hospital and is currently asking the public What have men got that Robbie hasn't? has just snapped a picture of Miss J o Scheemal enter- ing in her latest furs of armadillo. Miss Schee- mal's private plane, having just returned her from one of those frequent but necessary trips to Ten- nessee to visit her sick grand-mother , is now on its way back to her luxurious home, Hide and Seek Farm . Rushing in desperately, Miss Mariana Baboraski was trying to avoid autograph hounds who had recently seen her playing her 4'Choral in Fugue in 'B' Flat Minor at Phillip's-where the elite meet to eat . Miss Helen Gaston arrived a few hours late as a result of writing lyric poetry in her garret overlooking -the Garonne. Miss Sadie Chickenhead, famed artist of the Cackling Coterie , related in her animated man- ner and with great detail the excruciating suffer- ing of her horse, Johnnie, who had the misfor- tune to lose the second nail on the shoe of his right rear foot. Standing at the entrance for several minutes, bidding her brother last minute advice before his departure for Vassar, was Miss Babs Jiran, hostess of that elite nite-spot, The Crystal Chan- delier . Rumors are that she is soon to mer e - 4 - as g with ' The Pelican Club . Just in from Maryland, Miss Conny Bellows told of her many exciting adventures while trav- eling about Europe and the United States as chairman of the International Equestrian ,lump- ing Team with Christina Pavlona in her little Red Ford. Mrs. Seekardy, began to expound quite rapidly on the problems of her life. She told the throng about her trip to Bermuda with her first husband., a plastic surgeon. She is now residing with her second on Park Avenue. Mlle. Stanton, head of the W.W.L.L.F.E.H. fWe Write Love Letters for Estranged Husbandsj Society, entered the ballroom with several of her famed poodles and a flock of estranged husbands. Having been considered lost in the Deeeep South, Miss Scarlet 0'Howard came garbed in her latest creation-a bouffant formal complete with six-guns and a Confederate Flag. She gave reports on the latest battle, Slaughter on Danville Road. Seated in a comfortable corner, Miss Ladie Thompson, ardent supporter of the Lehigh Flash- bulb Club, was absorbed in revealing the story of the secret lives of the Hartridge faculty to many wide-eyed listeners. Also absent was Miss '6Diana , famous creator of the pony tailv, due to her latest expedition in the wild jungles of Africa. Upon her return, Miss Diana hopes to introduce her latest coif- fure, the ulion tail. In fond memory of days past, she sent a real pony tail to the reunion. Overjoyed to see her friends again, Mrs. Lois Van Egghart, recently elected Mother-of-the-Year, arrived from the fields near the stable where she formerly kept her horses but is now conscien- tiously growing her peaches, prunes, and alfalfa. The Center-of-Attraction-as-always, Miss Mary Jane Post, was seated at a piano in a corner playing, 'Tlease Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, 'Cause Fm Going Back to Nausea Hall. , The party lasted until four o'clock whereupon all the girls left sadly, with tears in their eyes, gibbering fond farewells till the next meeting in '6-L .

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CLASS HI TUIIY It all began back in nursery school when, at the age of three, Cay Siccardi, firmly clutching her mother's hand, stumbled into the Mushroom to start the class of 1954. l'n Kindergarten she was joined by Lois, Mary Jane and Gay Stanton, where despite hated naps, the four enjoyed blocks, jungle jims and skipping around the room to the tune of God Bless America. After the departure of Mary Jane and Cay Stanton, Lois and Cay Siccardi entered first grade, where, instead of play, their 'fdayu was composed of workbooks, work- books and workbooks. Nevertheless, Miss Hitchings suc- cessfully managed to instill the feeling of being the big girls of the Mushroomg this conquered any other senti- ments! Lindsay entered in second grade, just in time for that frightful spitball affair, and joined them in presenting their first one-act play, King Midas. This year was a delightful one of setting up miniature towns on the classroom floor on which the versatile gremlins also painted streets and grass to make the town more realistic. Miss Mother Tenant greeted them warmly in third grade and immediately nicknamed them her 'alittle chicka- deesf' She also attempted to diminish the power of that notorious class boss, Lois, who held dictatorship qualities over a wide-eyed, subjecting class. Walking Terry around the grounds was a favorite fourth grade sport, and Wex'en't they devils to sneak off onto the street'?,' Chris and Penny, the newest additions to the class, certainly agreed to this and all other schemes as the girls plotted class marriages and secret clubs in defiance of the little black-books of two trcasonable mem- bers of the class since departed from our noisy corridors. As fifth graders they were again the big girls of their building. Every Tuesday afternoon they would un- pack their valises and dress carefully-white gloves and all! -for Miss Flor-ence's Dancing Class. Objecting vehemently to unfair treatment, the fifth grade leaders waged an anti-assembly strike and picketed in front of the Pine Cone. This insurrection, however, was short-lived. Sixth grade and the Middle School brought the class Barb, Marian, and the end of naps. To bells and home- work they all became somewhat adjusted, trap doors were investigated, and '6King Arthur read with much distaste. Thinking the seventh grade too sophisticated, bossy and snobby-words which at this time were indispensable to their vocabulary-'tour girls waged several battles with the class above them who annoyed them to no end by refusing to fight back and responded with only a grow up!'i lift of the eyebrow. In seventh grade Meej returned to aid in the in- evitable revolution. It began with a civil war of which Penny and Lois were the opposing heroic leaders. They and their classmates applied war paint from bottles stolen from the art room, tied hostages to trees and tortured spies in the summer house. They then proceeded by torturing the sixth grade, discovering Aunt Tilly Redwood and evolving the '4brilliant scheme of blockading the upper school girls on their way to lunch. Nevertheless, it was a happy and confident class that graduated that year, even though they were forbidden to see Kiss Me Kate in New York and ended up with poison ivy on graduation day as a result of Miss Richardson's party in the country. In 1949 the Terrible Ones hit the upper school. Gay Stanton returned to the tribe and Ann, Betsy and Sara were newcomers. Never will any of the class forget those riotous trips to the circus and Rockefeller Center, chap- eroned by those utterly-worshipped Seniors. tNor will they forget the episode concerning Marian s undershirt on Forty-Second Street.J Very grown-up at times, the young ladies would ride the bus downtown on Friday afternoons, eat a respectable lunch at Abbot's', and trapse book-laden down to the movies. During this year, the eraser fights in Science were of great concern as well as Miss Colie's unbelievable statement that every girl would bleach or cut 'her hair at some time before grad- uation! , As IIs, with the entrance of Diane, the class attended its first Lawrenceville Dance and took part in the all- school Christmas Pageant. By now the girls had begun their social life outside school, which consisted of a continual stream of enjoyable parties. Moving into their third year in the academics, the class donated a Thanksgiving basket 'to the Salvation Army. But, their revolutionary spirit still prevailed fthough in a bit more organized manner!l as they led a violent debate in assembly in defense of a new marking system. Excited at the news of a new addition to the class in the second semester, the girlsganxiously awaited their Southern Belle, Louise. Junior year brought Lynn, Helen and Joey, and the class, now beginning to abandon its guerrilla warfare, began to work together for' more important goals. Honored to put forth the first editor of The Hue and Cry and first president of The Paint-and Prop Club, the girls worked enthusiastically throughout the year and finally attaineditheir dream-come-true: the Cut. But, alas, they returned from a day at the 'shore with bright red sunburns and peeling skin. Nevertheless, the year continued and the girls managed somehow to survive those fateful, fearful elections. - This year as big, big girls with reminders in everything they did that it would be the last, their senior year was hectic with sandwiches, annual meetings, bridge- teas, and college worries, but it was even more wonderful with the knowledge that the class had really developed into approved-by-others young women. And then, there is that pride and unexplainable feeling they hold toward each other. ' And now, graduation-the leaving of all that they have enjoyed and despaired, but all that will never be forgotten . . . 15

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LA T WILL A ll 'FE TAME T We, the Seniors, being of not so sound mind and body, do hereby bequeath upon the school our last gifts before our departure. Penny leaves to Nina an unmentionable in hopes that she won't have to desert her fellow guards next year. To Judy, Barbara leaves her good taste in clothes. Gay Siccardi bestows upon Sally Joyce her eyelash curler. Lindsay wills to Helen the ameythyst birthday. To Sue, Lynn surrenders the oilman. Betsy leaves to Margie her voluminous appetite. P.S.-She also thanks her most graciously for that marvelous gift. Upon Cotton, Gay Stanton bestows a table reserved for two at the Biltmore. Louise bequeaths to Anne her twins. Chris leaves to Janice the men in the brig. Mary Jane relinquishes to Kay the task of feeding Plainfield's visitors. Ann bestows upon Alden her pony tail on dirty hair days. Sara wills to Lois her eternal cackle. Marian bequeaths to the Juniors the unsung ability to attract attention on 42nd Street. To the Juniors, Lois leaves her ability to make lasting friends. Joanna wills a few cashmeres to each member of the Junior class. To the Juniors, Diane leaves ten quires of stationery to assist in making the weekends even livelier. To the Juniors, Helen relinquishes her faux pas. 'I' I' 'X' The Seniors leave to the Juniors their P.U. trips. To the III's, the Seniors leave their dates. Upon the II's, the Seniors bestow their love of pets.x To the I's, the Seniors relinquish the fun and work of the Upper School.