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

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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

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une EW li? f 2 N '15-. I-1 W THE YEAR BOOK E w lx Editorial ESTERDAY, during our Lower School days, our friends were made without realization of the value of true friendship. We were but children just starting out in a world of sorrow and joy. Sorrow had not come to us and we were happy in our carefree play. Gradually, between the time of our entrance into the upper school and this time, we read more, heard more, learned more, and began to think,-perhaps a little. In the past four years we have learned the worth of the sunshine and the golden hours spent in this,our school, in whose beautiful atmo- sphere our hopes, aims, and ideals have been developing. To-day we are together here before going out into a new and myste- rious world. We are anxious to enter our new life but feel a strangeness swell up in our throats at the thought of parting from these surround- ings which have been our inspiration, from our Faculty who have been our leaders, and from friends whom we may meet in the future to talk over the cherished incidents of our days together. To-morrow we shall scatter, but whether our paths lead to college or elsewhere, no matter how hard the task we have to perform,we feel confi- dent that the spirit ofMiss Ransom and Miss Bridges' School will show us the right way through. We shall always look back on these years with the fondest of memories. B. B. l28l