Holton Arms School - Scribe Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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tween HALLEY and ANNSY over the num- ber of marks to give the culprit, and besides, the time has come when we must again be on our way. Leaving behind this turbid state of affairs, our rocket now zooms off to- ward Saturn. As we approach this thickly populated planet, we are not at all surprised to see ALLI,S socks hanging out to dry on the planet's three rings. No one is at the rocketport to greet us when We land: BLAND was supposed to call ANN DAVIS to have her meet us in her new jet-propelled convertible, but she couldn't find a nickel. In desperation we call the Olivier Cab Company, and when our taxi arrives, we are quite flabbergasted to find that our driver is none other than ELIZABETH who has finally learned to drive, and now can't get enough of it. As we pause for an infra-red light, KLEP ambles by pushing a cart. Seems she's selling shoe polish to work her way through Saturn Sub-Normal, where she is majoring in the Care and Feeding of foxes. Teaching this popular subject is DOTTIE, known to zillions of radio listeners as the sing- ing sensation of CBS QCosmic Broad- casting Systemj We now arrive at the home of the suc- cessful actress DOT OSBORNE, where a comet-tail party in our honor is already in progress. In the hall SALLY FLY JI 36 waves the telephone at us, but goes on talking to BETTY BROWDER, now Presi- dent of the Earth, whom she is advising on the problem of planet to planet pay. ALICE and KELIA finally see us when we get within five inches of them, and sharewithus theirlatest militarysecrets. We talk very softly, however, so as not to disturb PATTY, whose energy has finally gotten the best of her. She is taking a nap on the sofa prior to her de- parture for Pluto, where her new show, Three to Clean Up, opens soon. Nearby, GWEN DAVIES, the famous cov- er-girl, is chatting with DIANNE, Sa- turn's newly-appointed ambassador to Spain. MONIQUE dashes breathlessly in for a few words with the eminent French translator, NATALIE, to bring her the latest publications from Paris. Among the guests, DUDLEY is con- spicuous by her absence. We are dis- tressed to hear that she is sick at the hospital with Tick fever. However, we do see LEE, who is busily teaching PAT HALLECK her special Stretching Exer- cises. MARY SPAINHOUR is half-heartedly observing these gymnastics, but what really attracts her attention, and ours, is a spectacle we see from the window. Flying through the heavens on a Silver Meteor, we see Averill dragging her little army satellites. Twilight comes, and as we leave this lt

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I 77 muje ate all going on an gxpotifionf OCKET now leaving on track 9.5 for the Asteroids, Saturn, and all points centrifugal. Board! It is the year 1967, and we are all starting off on an expotition, as Winnie the Pooh would call it, to look in on our classmates of yesterday and to see how they are faring in the planetary world of today. First stop-Asteroid No. lI151fl'llI'- ty-minute stopover. The girls have all come down to the rocketport to greet us, and as we step out BETSEY, now a photographer for the Evening Earth, snaps our picture, while RADAR RUFFIN and RADIUM RAF- EETTO interview us for their column, Mgr Light-g'ef1r. Hold on to your antennas, everybody! Here we go in CARLYN,S streamlined space-ship to the famous floating WIL- LARD Hotel, where plastic originals by ADRIENNE are sold exclusively. We are delayed for a moment, for one of our crew, JANET, stops to tryon a dress Ccotton, of courseD. CWI Her wardrobe thus replenished, we all drop in to the glamorous Galaxy Room. Here we spy CAROL surrounded by 'twinkling-star Admirals. At her insistence, we wait for the floor show, and we are happy to see that the fea- tured vocalist is MARKA, in an authentic costume, with accent to match. At a nearby table, EVIL, belying her name, is correcting the proofs of her latest translation of Virgil, while across the table, CAROLINE is busily arranging her new ballet, We're Havin' an Astro- nomical Heat Wave. Just as we are about to ask them how on Asteroid they can do it in all this confusion, we look behind three Milky Way-shakes and find PHIL, ANNSY, and HALLEY, the Inter-Stellar Women's Ath- letic Commission. They are visiting Asteroid No. 9.12.5 to check a report that PEGGY SMITH has offered the local star bronc-buster, BROWNING by name, a bribe to throw the next rodeo in favor of her protege, JANE DAvIEs. We dare not interrupt the heated argument be- H1351

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happy group, the stars begin to shine, thanks to the unflagging energy of the official lamplighter, HURLEY. We are just starting our journey homeward, when flying through space comes ANNE MEARN'S, still wearing her lab apron. She screams something at us that sounds like, Run . . . HAMILTON . . . Lab. . . Bomb . . .Run! Before we can turn our rocket about, we see below us the earth disintegrating before our very eyes. When the mist clears away, we adjust our long-range telescope, and see- much to our amazement-one lone figure. Somehow, Miss Lurton has miraculously survived the blast. After a year of advising this lively Senior Class, it seems she can take anything- even next year's seniors! ,.ea., afr- one JI 371