Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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Sunday proylded the usual schedule, except that thxs tlme If was eo ed Ior some unknovs n reason the eholrs ranks hmd swollen 1nd there was no drfhculty rn hlhng the stalls Then after luneh there were some moues mn the boys lnmf' room untll xt was tlme for the Glrls departure XY1th few dxsappomted or bxtter memorxes, and some ey en bllssful the school was back to normll by SIX that mght The postponed Ixendtll Hall dlnee came on Aprll 26th The hrst part of thus drtma was en acted at D and M Park, where the anxlety of the occaston was at nts hlghest, for the xarsnty baseball team was then playlng T1lton, and, to ellmax If all the V1S1IlI1g ladxes were expected at three oclock No one would haye been quxte so neryous 1f, eyery trme a car passed Bull hadnt wrong Wonaarm s Illlllllg won out II1 the end for they came as soon as our team went ahead to wm The rest of the play followed the customary plot a tea dance and later a buffet supper The dance started early, snnce our guests had a long return rude There was a hne selectxon of records but no happy med1um for the sound effects The women, as usual, rose to the occasxon and sang thelr own fayorxtes, of which they seemed to hate had many At the xntermlssron, a few proved therr super1or1ty at skillful maneuyers Lander II1lgl'lI glye you detarled mforma tlon on thxs POIHI by crashlng the l1nes of the faculty Those who were ushered back became mellow rn punch and smokes untxl the IIIICFIHISSIOII was oyer But no dance IS complete wnth out menuonmg the attltude of the masters to quote the astonxshed Vlckerman Gee, they were almost human At Commencement txme the creatne II'I18glIl21IlOI1S and soclal CI1CI'glCS come out of their scholasttc cells, and the result rs the Slxth Form Sprung Prom At present we cannot say pre clsely what the result wxll be but judging from our three prewxous dances, and by the ab1l1t1es that have naturally accrued to the crannums of those who are candldates for graduatxon, ought to be one of our best Sprmg Dances Hllllllmllll 'u U U U' 5' 11 ' . -. 1 x L N x m If 1 8 T T 3 . . . . l , ' 7 . V , , , . T v' I v , ' vt . D . . . X . i . N, 3 1 J. V l - , 1 Y ' Q Y 'A' W K ' 1 3 L A .2 7 , I . l .I A 'A ll ' 9 yelled, Here they aref' Fortunately, or unfortunately' as the case may be, he was always . , . , . 1 I a h l ' . . It I, , . . . it I , x ,I , ', B I '- , 'Q 1 ' 1. 1 ' l , 'l L Q 1 ' Q I fs . ' -- Oi-3 .

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SCDCIAI. ACTIVITIES The 1940 41 Socrety Log Book opens wlth an entry as of November 9th On that date Grrls arrrved not for the usual Kendall Hall Dance but for the first ln hxstory Flfth Form House Party The eye opener and mutual attraction of the week end was the Proctor football game which mel dentally I-Iolderness won Many boys drd double duty Q1 e a glrl on each arm as they watched this game of this duty they were rclrewed at tea nn the Rectory when the footballers came to reclalm therr partners Followrng a buffet supper a la ones all reparred to therr dorms to make ready for the dance As usual the ordeal was awarted wrth mlxed emotnons some groans and some sighs Yet the terpsrchorean whlrl ultxmately drd begln and was accompanred by Paul Ross s orchestra wrth all IIS stops open and other unlque effects The dance was well attended and well run and left nts promoters the Frfth Form and the Student Councll somewhat well spent After the trlals and trrbulatrons of Mrd Years the campus agam rang wrth the srlver laughter of female volces It was Iarnday the 31st of january and agam the Grrls assembled some old vlsltors some new for the Wlnter I-louse Party T'l'1lS trme however was not to be just one more of those dances rt had a new wrrnkle After a battle rt was decrded to make the dance formal Thrs meant much work on the part of the males but rn the long run the work was from all reports worth It Friday mght there was a trrp to the Dartmouth Ravxne Camp and this trrp with 1ts barn dance at the Camp proved to be a one hundred per cent success Saturday morning the New Hampshrre Women s Slalom Champlonshlps on Hucklns Hrll whlch some attended others went sknng at Wendy s Mov1es and sknng were the chref attractlons on Saturday afternoon they provided a happy preparatron for the evenrng dance and desprte certaxn persons love for the Rhumba the dance that evenlng was a success M 1 1 - - 1 . 1- 1 - V . , . , . 7 y . . ., I . 1 . v . 1 1 - 1 1 s - I I D, - 1 - , . 1 . , . . . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 , ' . 7 A - 1 1 1 - - I . . . Y 1 1 - 1 1 . U nh . . . . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 . . , . . . , - 1 , , . . 1 1 . . , . A 1 1 ' 1 1 ' J . . -, L .. 1, . 4 .- a , 1'

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wr That was the last bell or break ast Classes agam 41.0 --. n ' A D utscb, Bzlte ' DAYS OF OUR YEARS Thns year we are presentmg an mnovanon nn the Year Book, many readers have commented on the fact that last years Issue dncl not LIVE a sufhexent pncture of sehool lnfe and that there were many phases of the sehool lnfe whnch sectnon IS mtended to that need An essay, ammeo at gnvmg one a goes on ln the average Holderness, at glVlIlL, had not been touched This answer that crltnensm and fill nn words and pnctures, nt ns more mtlmate sketeh of what Days of Our Years here at the human snde of school Perhaps the worst thnng about the mornmg IS get tmg out of bed Most of us wake up at 7 OO when the seeond bell rmbs But :ts really awfully useless to be on time every mornmb, where does It get you, ID the end? So one rolls over and hxdes hrs head under the plllow All rs fine untnl, at 7 IO, the warn mr, bell rmgs, and one xs faeed wtth the problem of gettlne, dressed and over to breakfast ln four mm utes Some people make 1t Vmall usually doesnt After breakfast beds must be made, rooms pxcked up and last mlnute studylng finlshed Prayers ln he Sehoolhouse, followed by classes, serve as the stand other thmes, nt must be admntted that there ns a van ety of classes There are classes for the drlrgent, such as French 5 or 6, and Trng, elasses for the feeble mnnded or at least one would nnfer that some stu dents were feeble mxnded after hstennng, to a Physlcs dlscusslon classes on How to Study, classes where no one knows how to study thus category covers all of some peoples elasses rn fact, all sorts and types of elasses Desplte eomments to the contrary how ever, these classes do all of us good, ln mmd body, and soul Come on Maggze lust one more Crackers and milk ' if ,Y A X , I ,L A , . . . Y. . , 5 , 4 ,Q . A - t l , . V - . . , . . . . E ' , rr my ,' f 1' 1 I - 7 4 A u - 7' I 1 4 7 f f . - - ' 3 ' ' . . y , , , H - . t X 1 ' ' ard morning diet. Whatever the school may lack in e, r J ' 7 ' , ' 1 ' '- 37 l . .... , , , - ' Y , 1 - . . . e . . - f 4 . . , ' , ' ' v ' t A . v ft. - Q - . V , A . ' ' . e Y - 4 ..' K ' uf e ' . . ', A -