Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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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

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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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It was a great treat for us when Miss Tanner, headmistress of Rodean, and Miss Moore of Queen Anne's, Cavisham, visited Milton. Miss Tanner spoke to us for a few minutes, and by describing a typical day at Rodean, gave us a vivid picture of life in an English school. We were interested to hear of the different opportunities the girls have of following their own interests, and of the way all of their time is organized. One day in Current Events. after talking briefly about the re- cent strikes, Miss Kendall gave the floor to Kay Hallett, who, with perfect poise, continued the description of Palestine, which was the subject of her talk the day' before. She answered all our questions with ease and quite amazed us with her professional manner. Since then we have been discussing world problems:-lynching in this country, the siege of Bilbao, and the revival in Ireland of the old Celtic language, Gaelic. ' Mr. Keith, head of a Brockton shoe factory, outlined for us the history and development of shoe manufacturing, and illustrated by moving pictures the importance of wearing correct shoes for different occasions. We were highly entertained fwhenever we could understandl by Capitaine Vicard, the French fencing master, who told us stor- ies of famous duellists, and who then presided, while Frances Fos- ter, Eleanor Kammerer, and his st-ar pupil gave us exciting illustra- tions by short matches. Our interest in art has been stimulated by two entirely diHerent types of lectures. Mr. Eliot Putnam, the Boston architect, talked about New England houses. Starting with Egyptian, and working up through Greek, Roman, Romanesque, Renaissance and Modern Art, he showed in just which periods Form Follows Function, and then how each of these styles contributed something to the New England house. In contrast to this, Miss Cook gave an illustrated lecture on art inspired by only one period, the last week of Christ's life. After- wards she put some of the pictures up in the Goodwin Room so that We could study them at closer range. Other exhibitions have been: some etchings by Abby Winch Christensen CMilton, 19053 of places in Beau- fort, South Carolina: some mounted pictures from the Spaulding Col- lection: and one of Modern Architecture, planned by four members of the History of Art class, covering Churches, Expositions, Public Buildings, Skyscrapers, Houses, and Slum Clearance. We ourselves have not been the only ones to provide music. Mrs. English and Mrs. Titcomb entertained us delightfully when they played on two pianos the Rachmaninoif Concerto in C Minor, Number 2. We have also had the pleasure of hearing once more the Chardon Quar- the magus I page amy five i-1 ,i.... .-ll-1-i il.l s