Holton Arms School - Scribe Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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that our reports might be more enjoyable and more comprehensible to our listeners. In addi- tion to improving the quality and timber of our voices, we learned to emphasize the important words of the poem so as to interpret for our listeners the meaning that the author sought to convey. Two of our meetings were devoted to the evaluation of original material by students of the school for a creative leaflet sponsored by the Scroll. A system of voting was devised whereby the girls had no knowledge of the writer ofthe various works, so that each member could vote without prejudice. A critical committee was elected to revise and edit the material for the leaflet. Our welcome to the new members was the occasion of our most ambitious and successful meeting. The subject was the interpretation of Impressionism in the arts: painting, music, danc- ing, and literature. Several departments other than Scroll participated in the program. For the first time this year, we were honored by guests. Everyone profited from this unusual meeting, and we all agreed that our ideas of Impressionism had been greatly clarified. The meeting was followed as usual with the famous tea and cakes. Our vivacious and tal- ented secretary, Dottie, graciously welcomed the new members individually. We know that the precedents set this year will all be an inspiration to those that follow and a never-to-be-forgotten memory to those of us who are leaving. f fp fi l X 4 gf' iiiii I I 0 ffl Q, ,.ff f r 1' P gl!!! L, fi-.,.i.,..t.,zt.gl14 ' 1 I 59 le

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WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWW he Scrolf Ncldallcing about large sometltings' Back raw: B. Merrill, J. Hamilton, P. Emery, S. Gillespie, J. Vest, M. Spainhour, D. Miller, B. Browder. StL'dI1df01U.' A. Tillman, Miss Oetjen, D. Simmons, A. Borden, A. Klep- inger, M. MacArthur. Fr-mztrow.'J. Lee, E. Osborne, E. Henry, J. Snowden, E. Rowe. UR illustrious Scroll has successfully com- pleted a year in which experimentation was the order of the day. Behind the gentle tones of our new adviser, Miss Oetjen, lie untold resources of creative and imaginative ability. She has devoted much of her time to correct and improve our individual contribu- tions to the meetings. The topic of our first meeting was inspired by the premier of Maxwell Anderson's Joan of Lorraine. We compared Mr. Andersorfs in- terpretation with George Bernard Shaw's fa- mous St. Joan. In one of our meetings, we took an imaginary trip to intriguing Persia. As a rule, our charming and poised president, Averill, conducts the meeting, but this time Turan Gharagozlou, our Persian member, pre- sided. Turan gave us an excellent up-to-date report on Persia, or Iran. The object of our next meeting was to make us more conscious of our speaking qualities, so 158i

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he Lramaiic Clad A wheelbarrow full of surprises Back row: P, Smith, B. Browder,J. Burke, S. Foy, D. Miller, F. Maupin, G. Maupin. Second raw.'J. Hamilton, S. Fly, P. Emery, C. Ring, M. Rufhn, L. Willoughby, E. Osborne. Thir:lro1u.'A,Piggot, N. Gibson, N. Lee, S. Raffetto, J. Zook, P. Lehaney, D. Osborne, E. Rowe, G. Fairlamb. HE Dramatic Club started off another fun- packed season with the addition of sev- eral talented new members. Before school had been long under way, the Little Theatre was buzzing with activity launching the Christ- mas plays. After much casting, rehearsing, and polishing came the memorable Friday and Sat- fl 60 urday nights. The house was packed, and the program began with a comedy, The Ring and the Look. Dot Osborne, as Tom Tuttle, found herself involved in a romantic mix-up in which Sally Fly and Nancy Gibson vied for the honor of wearing her ring. Anne Piggot stepped in just in time to capture the heart of the hero. They were ably assisted by Dorothyjane Miller, as Tom's sophisticated sister, Joan Burke, as his best friend, Bunny Maupin, as Mrs. Tuttle, and Nancy Lee in blackface. The second play was a mystery story in which Gwen Fairlamb, lr