Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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with a team made up of older people who have challenged us. This team has played and beaten Winsor, so we are very anxious to redeem ourselves on them as we lost to Winsor, 20-12. This game w.as not distinguished by any particularly brilliant field play except for a beau- tiful catch in right Iield by Foster, I. Our batting was more encouraging. BOARDING DEPARTMENT NOTES After the vacation, Goodwin House and Hathaway House returned to work with renewed vigor. We no sooner got back than we were after Mrs. Newell and Mrs. Brittain to tell us when we could start wearing socks again. Mrs. Newell was most unsatisfactory, for all We got out of her was that we'd probably be Wearing them by June! Imagine the pleasant surprise when We were told we could wear them on Saturday! Soon after we came back there was a long and very warm week- end, of which most of us took advantage by going down to Cohasset on a huge picnic. There we spent the afternoon sun-bathing and scrambling over the rocks, some girls injudiciously in bare feet, un- til we returned home fwith sunburnsl via Dutchland's. Meanwhile excitement was mounting over the big event of the spring term-the Hathaway House Dance. Every day the Dance Committee, with paint-stained blue jeans, could be seen making their eager way to and from the Hathaway House Gym., carrying all kinds of paraphernalia, from paint-pots to imitation bananas. Every day the mail was eagerly scanned, and shouts of he's coming! and my, how rude boys are. They fnefvefr write, rang through the air as we snatched at the letters that were being distributed. Finally the day arrived, and after much beautifying and prinking we were ready for the fray. Actually, however, it was no fray at all, since it was faultlessly run, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Dance Committee and of the ushers. The houses, too, looked really charming, and those who arranged the flowers certainly deserved our hearty con- gratulations. Altogether it was a most successful evening, and when at midnight all was over, the excited chatter rising to the heavens from every room must have made Goodwin House sound like a mag- nified hen house. As the Magus goes to press, there are two important events in the ofling. One is the big tea which both houses are giving, in which all the food is made by our own dainty fingers. An-other is a picnic for which the father of one of the girls, for the second year, is kindly offering his boat. If we know anything about picnics, this one ought to be good. the fnagus page thirty three

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PORTS?-.. O-0-h! La Crosse, was the greeting given this breath-tak- ing game when We returned from our vacation. But now, under Miss Lilly's enthusiastic guidance, the tune has changed to, Aha, La Crosse! We all play at least once a week, and the more enthusiastic followers play twice. We had enough girls who knew how to play to send in to the Winsor Play Day on May 14. They took part in a game in which Milton, Winsor, and Beaver girls played together on both teams, so that everyone had lots of fun. As usual, tennis is the most popular sport, and so far we have been quite successful. On May 7 the May school tennis team suffered a complete defeat, 4-0, at the hands of the following Milton team: 1 singles: Goodwin 2 : Dalton 1 doubles: Cunningham, E. and Carr, R. 2 : Carr, R. and Brewer, R. a At the Winsor Play Day We played in a Round Robin tournament with eight other schools. The following team won second place for Milton: 1 singles: Brewer, R. 1 doubles: Cunningham, E. and Carr, R. 2 : Chester and Smith, S. A. On Friday, May 21, we sent in 16 girls to Winsor to play tennis. The archery team has missed Louise Ireland, who has been absent since Easter, but Tarbell Clay is doing a grand job in her place. On May 7 the team played the May school. They were not so success- ful, as they lost 751-611. The following girls made the team: Clay, Ware, C., Chapin, and Park, D. They also shot with eight other schools at the Winsor Play Day, and came in fourth. Wendell shot in place of Park, D. In spite of the fact that there is so much to do this spring, base- ball has a great many adherents. As yet we have played only Win- sor, but we are looking forward to a game with our greatest rivals, the Feds, and also games with the Faculty, the Lower School, and page thirty two rnagus .i.l...i 1l1 -,l, . i.. ,l-1- -1

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CHOOLUOTES Friday, February 26-Tea and informal conference, Presi- dent MacCracken of Vassar. Wednesday, March 3 - Tea and talk on Careers for Women, President Comstock of Radcliffe. Friday, March 5-Lecture, Mr. Harold C. Keith. Harvard Glee Club. Friday, March 12-Current Events. Boys' Play. Friday, March 19--Piano Recital: Mrs. English Mrs. Titcomb. Monday, March 22-Lecture, Miss Cook. Tuesday, March 23-Dancing Exhibition. Wednesday, March 24-Concert: Chardon Quartet. Spring Vacation Tuesday, April 13-Visit to School: Miss Tanner and Miss Moore. Friday, April 16-Lecture on Fencing, Capitaine Vicard. Friday, April 23-Current Events. Glee Club Concert. Friday, April 30-Lecture: Mr. Eliot Putnam. Friday, May 7 - Current Events. Friday, May 14-School Choral Concert. Friday, May 21 -Pupils' Recital. It has seemed at times as though we were living a little in the future. Before May began we tried to sun ourselves in study periods, and in anticipation of our trips this summer not a few of us arrived at school with our .arms in slings, or with interesting limps acquired as a result of typhoid inoculations. Some of us have been having our trials in preparation for the dread college boards, following which we have been wont to murmur weakly: But what is the use of Col- lege anyway? In answer to that there have been two teas at Good- win House for those of us who are wondering about our futures. President MacCracken talked informally to a small group of us about Vassar and its charms. Miss Comstock spoke delightfully on Careers for Women. She told about the many opportunities for women of average ability and intelligence, and pointed out the importance of knowing one's calling and of attaining some degree of mastery in it, whatever one is doing in life. page thirty four the fnagus