Hathaway Brown School - Specularia Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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way. It serves as a goal for which to strive, and makes us try all theiharder to receive higher marks in our studies, and be a real influence for goodfin the school. , Q N5 ,,f' W ' In the history of our school, there have been so many honors won by our Alumnae, that we could not possibly mention them all. in just recently, however, we have heard to our great delight, that three -'-' of i':' the 'illustrious 'class of ,IQ have more than distinguished themselves, in fact-l-they. have cov- eredthemselves with glory. Alice Quayle, at Smith, Katlfieriine 'Ferriday at Western Re-serve, and Anna Otis this year at Sihith, have brought great honorto the school, and great pleasure to all their friends, by winning Phi 'Beta Kappa honors. ' We were so very proud' of them, that we had a half-holi- day in their honor. Such a joyous occasion,'as every girl agrees, is the great- est present they could possibly giveius, andwe 'thank them Qfrom 'the bottom -of our hearts. We hope that some day we .may be able to 'giventhose who followlthesamepleasure. Among our last yeai s graduates, we find niany making 'proud names for themselves. At' Smith, 'Margaret 'Sprowl had twlo A's , one in Latin, and one in Mathematics. At Sweetb-r'iar,4Elsetta Gil- christ distinquished herself in something besides Athleticsig she received an A in'Z:ooloy. At Michigan, Lilas'Hayes had an' A 'in French, and Lotus Judson an A intGreek. A ' h fn, It 'also' gives' us great Q pleasure when our Alumnae are chosen for clasps offices. Margaret Sprowl, of 1923 is Vice'-President of her class at Smith, and Margaret Bates of ,22 was President of the Freshman class. Mar- ion 'DuRoss was President of her class at Simmons and Margaret Maurer, President of her class at Russell Sage. We all remember all the high offices Elizabeth 'Hunkin held at Vassar, among them, President of her class. There are' many others who have made teams, and been on Committees and? in Honorary Clubs, but the list is too long to put down. 1 We love to hear of our Alumnae and we feel very close to them. We thank them for their ever constant devotion and co-operation, and wish them to know that we are more than proud of them. May they come back to visit us often. THE DEMERIT SYSTEM ' The demerit system was first suggested after due deliberation by the student council at the end of the first quarter. The subject was brought up before the student body and discussed openly. Then the school voted a trial of two weeks. At the end of this time the majority, convinced of its helpful- ness, voted its continuation. As a whole, the conduct of the student body is commendable. It is only the little things of which they need to be reminded, and the demerit system has proved to be an effective reminder. It has done its 'best w'ork in regulating orderlineiss of desks and lockers, promptness to class -and quietness in the main study and halls. It has not been 'in existence long 'enough to judge its effect on the general conduct of the school. That may be better determined next year. 12

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.B ' L.. .v at ,Y HE installation of a well-balanced library in our school A 'A is one of the most delightful improvements made this year. Last September it was a wonderful surpri-se to every old girl when she discovered the cloak room transformed intolan inviting sunlit place for read- 1 'i ffl' ' ing, with every type of book from recent novels to dictionaries and encyclopaedias lining the walls 5 AX 21. Miss Helen Gilchrist from her librarian desk in- vited ufs to come in and make ourselves thoroughly acquainted with the system and titles, and since that day every girl in school has spent hours of proiitfand pleasure over her books at the tables .,s- 1 During the year, the number of reference books has been steadily in- creased and now novels, essays, plays and volumes of letters are being added all the time. Eleanor Bliss m.ade a generous gift which largely supplied the Senior English shelf and the poetry section. We hope -all the alumnae will accept a cordial invitation to come in and use the books with us. - .After Miss Drew's lecture on Jane Austen, this author's books had a noticeable boom and a new ,set of-her works wlas immediately bought. It is interesting to know that the favorite book of the preparatories, is 'fUnder- stood Betsey , by D. C. Fisher, but the academic readingyis-too scattered to make a definite statement of favorites, except for the Seniors, who have shown partiality to Galworthy's Forsyte Saga . t The great advantage of a library so near at hand is this: many girls who at the beginning of the year invariably selected literature of the easiest type later progressed with pleasure and no effort into classics. Biographies, for some reason, have been neglected and as we have a splendid assortment it wfould be wise to turn more frequently to this fascinating form of reading, Miss Gilchrist is anxious to have us suggest new books, for they will be bought continually and as the library is oursit is ouryprivilege to see that- our favorite authors areywell represented. This is a .valuable project for the entire school and will belmet with the combined enthusiasm of the student body and faculty. P l f 6 :Zvi Q4 vE'w.t, lil Q f '.,i'!-67' 1 ga EQ? L f- ' 'f J ' 4 1 i. i ' U! ' ' X, 1 Q ,, l.. W5 COLLEGE HONORS . One of the greatest pleasures enjoyed by the student body is the an- nouncement in chapel of honors won by our Alumnae in college. Almost every term, news arrives tous of one or more of our dearly beloved ex-school- mates distinguishing herself, and our chests swell with pride at the message. Such news is a real inspiration to us who have yet to experience college life, and who are struggling desperately through Latin and Mathematics, with that inward fear that such an achievement is beyond even praying for. The fact that so many of our Alumnae do- obtain -such honors, stimulates within us a hope that perhaps, we, some day, may honor Hathaway-Brown in the same 11.

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