Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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Left to right-. Ana Ogarrio, Sally Chapman, Kathleen Ball, Mamie Jenkins. Jean-Marie Bernhard (President) Glee Club GLEE Club means Manhattanville to some girls as much as the Tower bell or that visit to the mailbox after breakfast. It means a few stragglers singing through the corridors around eight-thirty on Tues¬ day nights, and one more thing from “Oklahoma” before the practice really starts. It means singing the “Omnipotence” for Mother Dammann’s Feast, and that all- gone feeling in the pit of your stomach wondering if you’ll come in by yourself on that funny rest. It ' s Jeanmarie’s smile and the premature Christmas spirits you get from practicing carols in November. It is Mother Morgan prompting “Iolanthe” from the top rung of a ladder in the wings, and giggles about the costume measure¬ ments. Glee Club is singing your heart out in a group doing the same because you like to do it and it is fun that way. 22

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Missionary Association The Missionary Association is moral encouragement and material support for many missionaries. The activities behind this support are feverish and varied: the monthly dues, the New York gathering to pack Christmas baskets, the Bridge and Fashion Show, the speakers at Assemblies, the newly born Mission News and Mother Britt s talks on the Far East. The Propogation of the Faith, kept before us by dozens of ingenious methods, has become and will always remain a living thing at Manhattanville. Defense Council Organized in a minute-man manner before Pearl Harbor, the eager, patriotic spirit of the Defense Council remains in this third year of war. Human effort extended to the limit can go only so far; aided by prayer, it can go farther, and that “farther is the purpose of the Council. Composed of officers of war committees throughout the college, it meets to combine aims in an effective manner. Without war paint or even gold braid, it is a serious, capable council. MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION DEFENSE COUNCIL

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Dramatic Association EVERYONE knows the story of Hamlet and the “something rotten in Denmark,” but this is the story of the 1944 Dramatic Club “behind the scenes. As a matter of fact, there were only imaginary scenes un¬ til almost dress rehearsal! Have you ever tried resting your foot on a mythical step? There were certain Twentieth Century difficulties, such as the King’s thesis, and Ophelia’s nurse’s aide, although the Six¬ teenth Century flavor persisted and was responsible for such remarks as “Art go¬ ing to supper?” Then there was Mother Bourneuf wondering out loud whether Hamlet was going to say “eether” or “ey- ther,” having just said both in one speech, and Ginny Bradford frantically handing spears to the stage crew and hustling them out as extras. They finaliy arrived, the play went on, and became with the first term’s “School for Scandal,” another of those suc¬ cesses we don’t believe can keep happening, but do. Left to right: Virginia Bradford (President), Betty McCormack, Peggy-Pat Hurley, Marge Martin, Jane Vlymen. 23