Miss Ransom and Miss Bridges School - Yearbook (Piedmont, CA)

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THE YEAR BOOK Commencement GAIN the shadows fall .on an interested audience of assembled families and friends. Again lanes are cleared through the crowd. Again the march from Aida brings a long line of girls out of the doors of the school house, a line led by the tiniest Ones in their white dresses and grading up slowly, slowly, until at last the plain white is broken by black ties, and the Seniors, the reason for the gathering, come solemnly out in single file. Professor Pepper, the speaker, is intro- duced. His talk on The Meaning of an Ideal impresses the whole audience. lt is enlightening and uplifting, and seems so very sincere that it sinks home. Then come the prizes, with the scholarship awards, coming as a climax to the ones for reading and attendance. Suddenly, we discover that the Seniors are one by one receiving the reward for four years' work. The announcement Of the High School scholarship prizes is attended with equal interest and everyone thrills when Helen Thompson is made Optima, for she certainly deserved it, both in stand- ing and spirit. Then Mr. Trelease's short, stirring prayer and the class of 1926 is only a memory. A. M. SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES FOR 1926 English . . . . HELEN THOMPSON Honorable Merztiofz CAROLYN LOMBARDI Latin . . BARBARA SUTRO Honoroble Mention KATHARINE DOUGLAS French . . YVONNE XVINSLOW Honorable Mefzriorz DOROTHY COEIQIN History . . JANE WALKER Honorable Merztiorz .p HELEN PETERS Science . . HARRIET SUTTON H onoroble M ention MARY ELIZABETH MACLAUGHLIN Mathematics . MARY ELIZABETH MACLAUGHLIN Honorable Merztiofz . . ELIZABETH LINEBERGER Music . , . . . ANN WYCKOFF Honorable Merltlorz . - . . . SARA MILLER Drawing-Honorable Mefrtiorz . . ESTHER SCOTT Eighth Grade . Eighth Grade . H onoroble Mefztiorz Seventh Grade . H onoroble M67Zff07Z Sixth Grade . Honorable Merztion Fifth Grade . Fourth Grade . Third Grade , Second Grade . First Grade f25 , . RUTH COATS CONSTANCE OVERTON . EMILY CHASE . BETTY WOOD MABEL OVERTON , BARBARA DAY BARBARA TOWNSEND . SYLVIA LOWE PEGGY GLASSFORD . CAROLYN HALL . CORALIE LAMB BARBARA SHERWOOD

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J A good mind po:.m.rn 4 kingdom. ANE WALKER Enterzd 1925. Boarder. HELEN THOMPSON YEAR BOOK Stal? 192 -26' S. Hockc Team 5 , Y 1925-26. Member of Riding Club Ciniriared 192555 Member of English Club Cinitiated 19262. Honor Lis: C1 rimeD. 24 Entcred 1924. Boarder. S. K. President 1925-16g YEAR BOOK Staff 1924-25-26gSchoolBaskerbal1Tearn1925-26gK. Hockey Team 1924-25-265 Class Cheer Leader 1925-26 5 Class Hockey Team 1925-26g Class Basketball Team 1925-26. Member of English Club Ciniciatecl 19251 resi- dent of English Club 1925-265 Member ofPGlee Club Ciniriaccd 1924Dg Member of Dramatic Club Cinitiated 192555 Member of French Club Cinitiared 19251 Cast of As You Like It Cfouchstonejg Cast of Les Precieuses Ridiculcs' 'g Cast of ' 'The Mer- chant of Venice' ' CBassar1i0D. Honor List C8 timesl Tb: ferret of .rucccu i.r cmfmnql to purpare. l

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THE YEAR BOOK The Alumnae Dinner HERE are few events in the year which are dedicated solely to the Seniors, but of these perhaps the one which means most in real promise is the Alumnae Dinner. lt is the last event and the saddest one, yet the least tearful. The Seniors are now beginning to realize that school days are Over, that actual life lies before them. They are confronted, surrounded, and outnumbered by the girls and women who have parted with the same pangs and have made something fine of them- selves in the world. It was the same this year, a lovely, long, U-shaped table, filled with happy people, greeted the first glance. Then came the dinner and the speeches. Mrs. Sutton welcomed the Class of 1926 and wished them luck, which heartened them considerably. Then Mrs. Fur- long told them of the Nile, and Miss Locke moved them utterly with a short and touching story of her European trip, into which she wove the soul Of Europe. Mrs. Noble, the speaker of the evening, vivid and inter- esting, talked in a way that really opened life to the graduates and crystallized life for those that had begun to live it. The Glee Club sang and the dinner ended with the song to which all the guests rose as they sang, Assembled Here Together. H. T. THE TOASTS AT THE ALUMNAE DINNER Welcome to the Alumnae ...... Miss BRIDGES Greetings from the President of the Alumnae to the Class Of 1926 . , . . . . . . . . . MRS. CHARLES ZOOK SUTTON Response for the Class of 1926 .... HELEN THOMPSON Sailing the Mediterranean .... MRS. HERBERT FURLONG The University of California and Vassar-ar Vassar . ELEANITA RAWLINGS From Eight to Eighteen . . . . . BARBARA SUTRO A Flank Movement Eastward . . MISS FLORENCE LOCKE A Seeing Eye and a Wider View .... MRS. EMILY NOBLE THE FIVE HIGHEST AVERAGES IN THE SENIOR CLASS HELEN THOMPSON ....... 84.67 JANE WALKER .... 84. 28 MARY ELIZABETH MACLAUGHLIN 82. 63 HELEN PETERS .... 81 . 59 HARRIET SUTTON 79. 29 l261