Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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verslon of Hamlet Immedlately after the recltal a film of last year s House Party was shown m the gym followmg whlch the gurls had to pack At four the gnrls were taken to the tram the boys followed as quxckly as possxble and fond farewells were repeated The tram pulled out and that was the end of a very good House Party The Sprmg dance wxth Kendall Hall whnch followed Sprmg vacatlon was the next xtem of the socnal calendar We left for Peterborough ln a drlzzlmg ram and arrlved there m a mushy snow storm After all of us had been led to our partners a tea dance began to unravel very slowly However the unhappy mhabntants of the green beachwagon Cwhose engme had the bad taste to catch on fire and was smothered wlrh sand soon arrmved and thmgs began to functxon After an excellent buffet supper the ma1n dance began It was declded that the weather dnd not permlt our return to school that nxght so the dance lasted qunte a but longer than usual However as nt was a most enjoyable dance no one complamed at all Some of the boys stayed at the school for the nnght some at the McKee s and the rest stayed at boardmg houses m Peterborough Everyone met at the mn for an excellent breakfast and drove back to school ln tlme for Chapel The final event of the year the Sxxth Form Prom at graduatnon wxll undoubtedly top off the season mn a Httxng manner Many plans are bemg made and a most enjoyable txme should be had by all i',':t Yew' - 9 , . , . 9 a - s . n s . , . Q D , - , . , . a Q - . , . . s a . a a ' 9 5 - A .gpg LX fo 00,4 , . 0 . . . si 9

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The socxal season of 1939 40 began wlth our first dance with Kendall Hall The grrls arrxved m tnme to see the last half of the Proctor game and after nearly freezmg to death watchmg Proc tor bemg rumed they were led by numerous non athletic youths to tea at the Rectory After a lnttle whlle the football players began to appear IH search of their partners and soon the tea dance began An excellent buffet supper followed the tea dance The supper was served at long tables m the North dmmg room and the South dmmg room whlch had been transformed mto a very comfortable lounge was used by the many who wlshed to eat and relax at the same time The mam dance whlch was very enjoyable be gan at exght and ended at about ten thrrty so that the gurls could get back to Peterborough at a reasonable hour The next and posslbly the b1ggest soclal event of the year came just after the school had undergone the tortures of m1d years The g1rls arr1ved around four o clock on Frr day February 2nd for the Mld Wlnter House Party and after they were settled nn the1r rooms were taken to tea at the Rectory After tea everyone dressed rn sk1 clothes or s1m1lar apparel to go to the Dartmouth Outmg Club Cabm on Mount Moosnlaukee where an excellent dmner awalted After dmner a caller from Hanover mstructed us m the mcetles of the barn dance and before long every one was vnolently executmg the Vxrgxma Reel and other equally strenuous dances After a few hours of thxs the they were defrosted wnth hot chocolate and cookles After an 8 30 breakfast on Saturday morn mg a large group went to Huckms H111 to see some slalom races but a bltmg wlnter wmd soon drove them back to school The afternoon found a group skung and another group at the Flume and even another at the local cmema The mam dance began at enght and finished at twelve The muslc was supplled by the Green Collegnans an eleven pnece orchestra from Hanover A mldmght lunch of eggs and sausage was served by candlelight and a very enjoyable day was over Cn Sunday mornmg the Slxth Form was rudely awakened by chattermg females of the early morning walk type Breakfast fortu nately was at nme The gurls attended chapel wnth thelr escorts and were duly entranced by the mus xcal talents of the make shaft choir After dmner Mr Abbey and Mr Sheppard gave a swing recital on the llvmg room pianos and Mr Sheppards brother presented a very amusmg truck drivers . . , , - , - 3 3 . . . , . . , 7 - y 9 ' ' 9 , . , . , . . . . , j .- Q x I ' . 1 , 7 - y , J , . y 1 y I ' , 7 party broke up and weary carloads of boys and gxrls wended their way back to school, where o . , Q . . u n n 1 Y Y - s , . I , - n . 1 . . 1 ' ' j I 75 - - - ' v , , , i S I ' f I 1 Q o o I A - , , . . . , I , Q . . ,

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Sept 19 Holderness begins ts sv ty first year with a student enroll ment of 73 Sept 20th I'1rst classes Coach calls out football candidates, Mr Abbey ca s Tall ICYIIIIS Sept 21st Grass drill for the entire school Many grunts and groans Sept 22nd Touch of lameness pres ent in eyervone as rcsult of xcster Clays actiyity Sept 23rd Drawing for the fall ten ms toumamcnt Sept 24th The first Sunday of the year brings chapel tea and ex ensont, Scpt 25th football team holds skull practice Sept 27th The DIAL Board con yenes and elccts as Lditor m Chief, Bill Gallupe Sept 30th Spectators go to Han oyer and watch Dartmouth trouncc St Lawrence Assistant Editor of thc DIAL Oct 4th The Hampton Institute uartct proyide an exenmxo of 'Nc gro spirituals Armitage and Saundcrs become co captains of the football team Oct 6th The footbtll team cleans lximlvill Uwions IN Oct 7th football enthusiasts watch Hampden giye Dartmouth a hard strut,t,le Oc 9th 'yloosilauke 4813 ee aboxe sca lcycl conquered on annual mountain day Mr Harrison Lakin speaks on the foreign situation Oct 12th Dr Hachiro Yuasa for mer president of Doshisha Uniyer s ry speaks to SS N1 on Japan and propaganda Oct 13th Dr Huasa speaks in sembly CALENDAR Oct 14th For the first time since October 9 1937 a Holderness eleyen has failed to conquer on the grid iron New Hampton Jayyees hold a h1t,hly oy er conhdcnt home team to a score lc e Parents Week end Oct 16th The football team en dures a hard practice O 17th The phys ed team cs LLQITT Oct 18th Student Council elections XX ard Prcsident of thc School Mac mtosh Prcs1dent of Sixth Yom Ixnowlton Prcsident of I'1fth form Staples President of Fourth form R Warner Third Form Riley and Blackwcll Second Form 21st Tiltons V s hold football tcam to IIS sccond scorelcss Oct 28th Ixennett High postpones its came til Monday, bccause of its wct held Oct 30th Holdcrness downs Ixen nctt at Conway Oct 31st Old fash1oned Halloween YIIES N y 1st AllS'llI1IS Day seryices n thc chlpcl Now 2nd Two fuses blow out sim ultancously INoy 4th Xlummyxeek Lnd Xnother scorclcss tie this timc with Brcwster v 1Oth The phys d team trounccd Noy 11th Proctor beatcn 250 1n scasons fmal game A successful dance 1n the eyening with lxcndall Hall Nov lath Icc appears Skatint, en thusiasts haye an afternoons cnyoy mcnt Now 17th Professor Flint of Dart mouth speaks to Enblish VI Poetry Nov 18th A group goes to the Dartmouth Cornell game Nov 19th The Safier Studio moves en masse to Holderness Nov 22nd The football team holds its annual banquet The speaker IS D A .I Swede Oberlander, halt back of the Dartmouth all time elcyen Nov 28th Mr Abbey produces I thc Zone by Eugene OINe1ll Nov 29th Home for Thanksgiving and DIAL to press Dec 3rd Back from Thanksgwmg Art Bennctts father preaches the eycnmg sermon Dec 4th Drums Along the Mo hawk arrixes 1n Plymouth Dec 7th Mr Erik Erikson from St Pau s School comcs up and demon stratcs the art of gymnastics Dcc 8th Ixine W111ter arrived today with the f1rst snow of the year Dec 11th The Fourth Form attacks the Sixth Form Manley receives hit on the head and wonders what it 15 all about Dec 13th A practical Joker remoyes the door pins from the French room Dec 16th The DIAL arrives Dec 17th Dr Gummere head of Admissions Department of Harvard s cofncs to spca to c Sixth Form We have a Carol Scryice in Chapel Dcc 18th Nioyie permission for Ninotchka Dcc 20th The annual Christmas Par ty for thc childrtn of the surround ins, schools Tiny Becker plays Santa Annual party in the eyemng with 'ylessrs Smith Abbey, Judge and Shcppard renderini., a take off on an old fash1oned quartct Lyemng seryice by candlelight in the Lhapcl Dec 21st Hooray' Christmas vaca tion . - ' i i. - . - ' ' , -- ' I ' I 1 v ' ' ' . . 1 'i , . i ' ' 1' ' ll : ' ' .U l 'ss ti . ' W - . A l . ' r it Y! I' v - '- , . .1 . - . ' - ct. - '. . Il ' H ' ' y v I 'I . . . ,. ' , - the B ' 7-7. ' , , -v' , . . 1 1 'i ' . - V' ' I ' ' ' '- I , . - ' . , - . f ' r g , , . . 3 ' ' ' , . ., ' I I i. 4 . ' it . Oct. - ' ' J. .' the MH - ' V , ' .. - . Y ,, , I . Y - - - tie. ' Y .- I ' -' . ' . . - I 1 , .Y iv T - y - ' v ' ' 1 .- ' l I . - i . t , . - l . . Oct. 1st--Ernie Giroux is elected party. 34 boys survive initiation I - Q 1 ' ' 1 av. te-. q ' .V 1 -- . A I .Q Y, l i 1 3 u I 14 ' K ' 's 1 I . . u V ' ' D ' 1 ,A Mg' ' V '. I IJn1'.'er1ty', ' .. 'r s f k th- - 1- ' 1 , V s H 4 N01 - ' . e . is I V. . . I' - -tx I y 11 A t. -. ' ' , ,' f t - 1 . 1 . y s ', f t 1 - X D 1 ' - . 3 7 ' ' ' . 1 ' s - ' - - l 1 I- . ., . ' V ' .' Y Q . i A ' I , Y Y , . T l c ' 3 ' - ' ' ' , -1 . ' ' v - , ' 1 . I v 1 I 2 7 ' I 'I ' ' 'Y D 1 , .. - Y 5 l . - . ' ' as- On - - - ' - r I u