Kentucky Home School for Girls - Pandaisia Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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The Coronation N THE morning that the present King of England, George, VI, and his Queen were to be crowned practically all London was up, dressed, and in town by seven in the morning. The roads leading in and out of town were closed after that hour. At our house, though, we must have been up even earlier, my father and mother were going to the Abbey, so it took hours for them to get dressed, as my father had to wear his robes! Finally, after they had left, my sisters and I went into town to the apartment on Park Lane where we were to be to watch the procession. We arrived there at seven al- though the Royal Carriage was not to come down Hyde Park until after the ceremony, which meant about three or four in the after- noon. But there were plenty of things 'to watch during our wait-whole regiments of Memories of a Fox N THE days that the old Berkeley hunt met at the Master's house, we, meaning sister, Jean, my brother, Francis, and I, would have to get up even earlier than when it met on the common. It was about a two- mile ride from our house to the big old mansion where the Master lived. After eating a big breakfast, especially big if it was cold, we would go down to the stables, get our horses and set out. There was always a big crowd gathered on the first day of the meet, and when we ar- rived, we saw many friends who were mem- bers of the same hunt. People chatted for a while, some tried to keep their horses quiet, others admired the Master's horse, and the spectators, who had either walked or come by car to see the hunt start off stood about. By the time the hounds arrived, both the people and the horses were ready to leave, the whips got the hounds together, and we started off. w fusiliers, hussars, and grenadier guards passed from time to time. The splendor of their dress uniforms, I will never forget. Finally, the time came for the King and Queen to drive down in front of where we were! Soldiers from all parts of the Empire came in front of the carriages of the Royal Family, bands played, people cheered, some fainted in the crowds below, for the strain of waiting half the night had gotten the best of them. Then, around the corner came what all these crowds had been waiting for, the Royal Carriage. The King was bowing and the Queen was waving her. L I, thekbrightness of the carriage D . the red of'-'fthe Beef Eaters, uniffrft -.ade a brilliant picture. Very soonqrtne .Arocession had passed, and people had only the memory of the event they had waited so long to see. Diana Latham, 743 Hunt in England On the particular day that I am writing about, it didnat take long for the hounds to scent the fox and start giving us a long run. Through woods and fields we went, the whips in front and behind, leading us all, the Master in his pink coat that showed up so' well against the trees and fields. We cornered the fox finally in a field, the Master had the hounds kept off by the whips, which gave the fox time. t' 'ret away again, after that. the hunt was ' I ' up and fi In spite O1 V z ever, we had al-gooullrw -nd a lot or tun. When we returned to the Masteris house, it was the custom to have drinks followed by a big breakfast which was always welcome. After having eaten heartily, we would return home where the horses would be rewarded with hay and oats for their day,s work. Diana Latham, 343 Twenty-five

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Twenty-four' ' l THE JUNIOR CLASS From Left to Right, Back Row: Betty Vaughan, jane Hall, Elizabeth Ann Eggers, jean Hendrick Mary Annette Poulos and Patricia Reager. Front Row: Mary McDowell, Diana Latham, jean Roach, Alice Jane Abbott, Kitty Maddux. The Class of '43 With everyone being drafted for war The Juniors were drafted, too. They were dressed in khaki and told to march, Then they answered the red, white, and blue. Mary Annette on a praneing steed Led,011r aroma through thick and thin. V ith the hand grenade id willing to win. y., ,r.. ,O and roaring of the guns ,Were answered by Betty and Patg ln the gunners' nest they aimed and fired With. 21 continual rat a tat tat. Kitty and ,lean never let things get blue, They kept our morale way up high. Jean Hendrick watched for the planes overhead Firing Hliig Berthai' to the sky. MA. J. and Jane in a U. S. tank Came rumbling in with the breeze And during this battle where was I? Hiding behind the bushes and trees! Elizabeth Ann Eggers, 743

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An Air-Raid NE night after I had gone to bed, I was wakened by an air-raid siren. For a moment I didn't know what was really happening, then, all of a sudden, I realized. I jumped out of bed and put on my coat, my jodhpurs and my shoes. I was in the middle of this procedure when mummy came in and told me to hurry downstairs to the shelter. After getting the dogs up from their sleep, I ran downstairs to the basement to the shelter that we had fixed-just in case. Mummy, my sisters, the maid and cook were all down there when I arrived, the sirens had stopped blowing, and you could hear planes going over the house. I gave the dogs sleeping pills, so they would not be frightened, being out in the country, you couldn't hear the anti- aircraft very plainly, so after a while they slept peacefully. It wasnit long before the 'Gall clearw sounded, and we came upstairs to inspect the damage, if any. I went down to the stables to see how the horses were. As I opened the door, I could hear them whinnying. They were all quite all right, and I went on back to the house. After drink- ing some steaming hot cocoa, and eating some cookies, I went to bed, and the thought of an air-raid never crossed my mind again that night. Diana Latham, 743 A Letter Home Dear Mummy: Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, New York Saturday. At last I am in New York after having been seventeen days on the sea! We arrived here last night, and it certainly was good to see the lights again after the blackout in England! I went around like a crazy person turning the lights on and off in the hotel, it was so nice not to have to worry about whether you could see light shining through the curtains or around their edges. I can't tell you much about the journey as the officials on the boat told us not to, but I will tell as much as possible. The most exciting thing was the convoy. There were several other passenger ships as well as our own, and with the other boats, it was like looking out on a town! We arrived at New York via Halifax, Nova Scotia, where we left our convoy, and came on down to New York by ourselves. It was just about dusk when we came into the harbor, so you couldn't see much, and there were so many people at the dock, one didn't know which way to turn. But we cleared our bags alright and then came on down to the hotel. I shall be here about a week before going down to Kentucky for a week and from there we are going to Canada. Write to me at Uncle Paul's. Give my love to everyone. Diana. fDiana Latham, '45'l fNote: Diana Latham of the class of 19413. is an English girl visiting in Louisville for Hthe durationfij Twenty-six