Holton Arms School - Scribe Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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and the director of Bancroft, Holtie Whittle, have done good jobs this year and are among the most popular of I-lolton's officials, We should certainly miss the efforts of all these girls to keep us boarders reasonably quiet, to see that our lights are turned out at the 1o:1o curfew and, last of all, to say goodnight and tuck us in bed. The policies and punishments of Student Government are decided upon when the stu- dent directors of the day school and of the boarding school meet each Thursday afternoon with three faculty advisors CMiss Brown, Miss Johnson, Miss McClellanD to discuss everything from sockless legs on F Street, un- tidy desks, and talking problems, to late- nesses and smoking-room troubles. The Wise referee of this Cooperative Board is Mrs. Holton. Our Student Government is an admirable organization, which serves to develop our characters and train us to shoulder responsi- bilities. These qualities, along with the edu- cation we receive at Holton-Arms, make us well prepared to follow the democratic Way of living. mpnzim. H Signing out. ft u M .t fl M' wflif M,-Vligx' f'4f'1Q4 ' Qt , X ,vj Y N in fobman nz with the hour:

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MTo Establish .lttstzicew Min McClellan, Elizabeth Murlawc, and th: day school mptaim. THE RIGHT or FREEDOM of speech is exercised in many branches of our school life at Holton. This privilege is ours in classes, clubs, ath- letics, and iam sessions, but in study hall, where we all enjoy practicing it, Student Government says a definite uno. Freedom of the press is given us in publishing THE Scauaa and the Scroll magazine, in writing our themes and autobiographies, but woe unto the girl who exercises that privilege by scribbling a note instead of her lessonsg the scowls we see on the captains' faces When We pass a note warn us never to commit that offense again. The right of assembly is ours when vve hold class meetings, but congregat- ing outside study hall or gathering in your best friend's room to discuss the latest date may result in a trip back to school Saturday morning. Sometimes we think there are un- reasonable searches as far as our desks and bureau drawers are concerned, but We admit that we are thus made to learn habits of clean- liness and order. The day school is really run by the girls of each form, who have elected their captains as well as the Upper School director, Liz Marlowe. The captains, who meet every Wednesday morning to count the marks and to discuss the problems which have come up during the Week, make us behave unless we Want to pay the penalty of returning Saturday morning to Work an hour in our hardest sub- ject. These orgies take place in Miss Ethel's room from nine to tvvelve. It is a familiar sight to see the cheerful face of Miss McClel- lan as she supervises her brood of miscreants. Our faces are sorrow-lined as vve struggle with the binomial theorem while gay, laugh- ing boarders, who have escaped the clutches of the lavv, go tripping off to a Week-end at Annapolis or Virginia. The boarding school, too, is watched over by captains, one in each house. These are elected by the girls, as are the heads of the boarding school Student Government. The director of the S Street houses, Chippy Hall,

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M. , , And Bright Stttrsw Tms YEAR the few girls left in the Dramatic Club elected Mary Holt Whittle president and Katharine Colvin secretary. After the tryouts we again had quantity as well as quality. On the nights of the fifth and sixth of De- cember the theater was crowded with an audience anxious to see the three one-act plays produced by the club under the expert direction of Mrs. Rice. They were not dis- appointed-if we do say so ourselves! Shin- ing Armour, a scene from the life ofjoan of Arc, had as its star Dottie Moore-straight from the Barter Theater. Penny Reid, as the romantic Dauphin, made us forget that she is a mere female. Little Roberta Veverka, Joan's chaplain and advisor, was almost lost under that monk's robe and hood. The play had everything-costumes, acting, music. The latter was rendered by Jean Hurd as a page. Gthers in the cast were Jackie Herring, Miriam Tittmann, Joan Briggs, and Sally Norris. Every time we see Katharine Colvin she seems to grow older. Last year she was Julia Mill's mother, and this year she was seventy- year-old Gran, the dominant leading lady in What will our mx! play be? arkf Mfr. Ria. Ringing in the Groom. She had her hands full, Bertha, the maid Uean Gittinsb, was always betting her money on the races, Wil- bur, her grandson CMary johnstonj, quit col- lege to join a band, Aunt Ella, Gran's daugh- ter CMartha Clarkb, was out to make all Hollywood mission-conscious, and Harriet, her daughter Cjulia Ann SparkmanD, strove to get her picture in the papers! Gthers didn't give quite as much trouble. Sylvia Lewis played Mildred, money-borrowing sister of Wilbur and George. George, the backbone and financial prop of the family, was por- trayed by Marie Vallance, who rushed in one week before the plays to learn the part and gave an excellent performance. Jackie Her- ring was Ruth, George's sweet and patient lady-in-waiting. Screams, ghosts, noises, and mysterious happenings were the keynote of The Ghostly Passenger. Holtie Whittle was so natural as the worried mother that it hardly occurred to us that she was acting. We cer- tainly were surprised to heat Sally Norris's deep voice as she changed from her part in the first play to Holtie's husband in the third. Others who made that quick change were Joan Briggs, the frightened colored maid who