Holton Arms School - Scribe Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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gestions and Mr. Leber proved to be full of ideas. After long contemplation and discus- sion we decided that the timely theme would be Democracy. Colossal ideas were hurled about freely, but alas, we had not yet begun to think about the financial end of the prob- lem. Our business manager soon informed us that we must face realities. The subscription manager passed out her blanks and pursued all pupils who were in need of persuasion, plans for the Jamboree were enthusiastically set, the advertising staff made posters and then set to work on the drawings and sketches you see scattered throughout the book. Mean- while the senior photographs editor saw us safely through the ordeal of having our pic- tures taken. Our snapshot editor hid behind the bushes and leaned out of third story win- dows to catch faculty and students in most fantastic attitudes. In the meantime the liter- ary staff was wiping its brow and growing gray hairs trying to preserve the personali- ties of our gay '4z'ers in an eighty-four-word limit, and crowding a whole year of school activity onto one hundred pages. Our staff artiftr and burinarr ummm. 'i l K l m 5 lil AJAA-U-. Miss McClellan was always on the job to tactfully advise, calm, and cool the literary and business staffs, while Mrs. Banes and Miss DeLane inspired our artists and kept their department running smoothly. We couldn't have managed without Miss Lurton, Scnuan veteran, to steer us gently onto the right path after each mistake. Although this year's Scrunn has meant fewer free afternoons for us and a seven o'clock alarm on Saturday morning, we have loved every minute of it. We're all hoping you will be as pleased as we are with the finished product. Three cheers for us! The author: o f flair book. i

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The .Yrribe erajf gm into conferenre. MOJ: the People, gy the People, SCRIBE STAFF Edilar-in-Chief ......... Marianne Williamson Literaq' Editor .,.....,.... Joan Ferguson Literary Staff. . Elizabeth Marlowe, Katharine Colvin, Louise O'Reilly, Caroline Embry, Aileen Morrow, Barbara Beii. Art Editor .,............. Helen Smith Artftajjz. . . Emma Thurber, Ellen Galvin, Jean l-lurd, Mary Clarke White, Bonnie Morsell, Phyllis Rathbun. .fnaprhotf Editor . . .... Ellen Galvin Burinerr Manager . . . . Barbara Menninger Subfcriptian Manager . . . . Mary Johnston Seniar Photegrapbr . . . . Chippy Hall Advertiring Manager . ,..,.,.. Alice Bagby Advertieing Atrirtantx . . . Marie Vallance, Jewel Davis Faculty Aduifarr, Miss McClellan, Miss DeLane, Mrs, Banes Special thanks to Barbara Greene, Jeanne Clark, Alice Williamson, Nancy Martin, Carolyn Logan, Margherita Patterson,Joan Briggs, for their contributions, and many thanks to Miss Lurton and Miss Fox for all their help and advice. For the Peojplew COMES THE REVOLUTION! Read all about it! THE SCRIBE staff goes under new management! Yes, the 1941. SCRIBE staff is full of new blood. At first we were all a little baffled by the strange task which was stretched out before us, but it didn't take us long to get organized. As time went on, the work got more and more exciting, and we felt a dehnite thrill as our pile of manuscript rose higher and higher. But we should like you to overcome the idea that there is no more to publishing THE SCRIBE than saying Hokus Pokus in an eerie voice and waving the proverbial wishing wand. No, there are a thousand and one little parts that must be looked into and put together to make the covered whole. Toward the beginning of the year we went into deep conference with the printer and en- graver to find the perfect theme for our book. As usual Mr. Ellis had many helpful sug-

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66Tlte Fcrment of lrlleulsw EVERY orr-uaiz TUEsDAY afternoon of the school year Holton's oldest organization, Holton's sole honorary society, the Scroll, holds its meetings. The ranks of the one and only Scroll are made up of girls qualified by their talents in literature and art, either or both. The type of programs given will prove to skeptical readers that we aren't a collection of stuffy scholars who drift around behind horn-rimmed glasses, lost in a maze of educa- tion. One afternoon brought forth both the ultra-classical and the ultra-modern in music fthat is, Tschaikowsky's Concerto in B-flat minor, and for contrast, Freddy Martin's popular version. lt was agreed afterward that Tschaikowsky didn't really need any- thing done to improve upon his work, but others brought out the point that such a fine piece of work could never lose all its beauty by modern swing technique. The art interest was stimulated when Marianne Williamson, somewhat of a layman in the world of art but a figure of note in the literature of Holton's classes, and Liz Marlowe, distinctly artistic in all directions, successfully joined forces and gave a memorable talk. Marianne illumi- nated our somewhat hazy conceptions of the progress of art in Australia, and Liz gave a Vivid description of some Australian paint- ings from a current exhibition in the new National Gallery. In the discussion which followed, Miss DeLane helped out by explain- ing some of the more difficult types of draw- ing. The flood of talk brought forth by her definitions of Impressionism proved that the girls comprising the Scroll are intellectually wide-awake. Another delightful experience The Scroll pour for ll pirture. l