Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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luxior- Mattox Stoddard, Daris. Robirhaitd February 23 For our ho s ho in Leadership.’ the class of ’40 places proud gold stars beside the names of our past presidents; respectively, from ’36 to 10. Dean Ilosken, Vfaddie Chittenden. Meg Ross and Judy Stoddard. There are other innumerable deeds of worth accountable to these members of our Hall of Fame, which spell competent guidance, as well as their presidencies. And for additional appreciation and recognition, we nominate all the supporting officers who have helped each year of ‘40. On the evening of February twent v-third. a laurel wreath for graceful gaiety wfas worn by the proud Senior dancers: because (Jiapin became a Ylcrrv-(Jo-Kound. with a red. vel- low and blue streamered hoop of tremendous size, suspended from the ceiling. Because geometric carnival animals grinned from the balcony paneling, and circus horses under strings of lights, twined themselves around striped posts. Because rampant gold lions typically decorated white leather programs, and because Jack Teagarden's orchestra in- vited the swing and swish of lull-skirted loveliness to our favorite. All tin Things You Are . . . There were other reasons, too . . . Mr. Ham's deep genial chuckle from the receiving line . . . breakfast toward the wee

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' am generally admired February 17 Fairies and peers invaded Chapin w hen the Amherst-Mount Holyoke joint production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta arrived fresh from a triumphant three night stand at the Kirby Memorial Theatre in Amherst. The chorus of fairies with Sue Dickinson as their dignified queen was made up of mem- bers of the Sophomore Choir, and the peers were members of the Amherst Glee Club. Janet Merrill and John Whieher took the leading roles as Phyllis and Strephon. and made them most attractive. Franklin Paine was an excellent Private Willis and William Iloldsworth as the Lord High Chancellor was called back time and again for encores. Ruth Andrescn handled the role of lolanthe, the banished fairy, with grace and ease. Gwinneth Bennett, Jo Stahl, and Betty Lou Bolce also soloed. W by not make this an annual treat? February 20 The climax of the concert series came with the duo-piano recital by Pierre Luboshutz and Ginia NeinenolT. Everyone was fasci- nated by the perfect eyndironization of their playing and the evident enjoyment they got from playing together. The program pro- vided for the audience a pleasing variety, and demanded of the performers the faultless, sure technique of which they were capable. Their performance of two waltzes by Fox and Levitski was as polished as the intricate scales and trills of the Johann Christian Bach Sonata in C Major. or the swift Scherzo of Mendelssohn. The audience en- thusiastically demanded encores of the charming couple. They played Cesar CuPs Orientate, a Luboshutz arrangement of the Russian dance from Stravinskies Pctrouchka and a beautifully simple interpretation of a Bach Siciliano. What a filling close to a wonderful series! Luboachutz and emenoff 26

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The brass ring hours of the morning, in the smaller Merry- Go-Hound, Wilbur . . . And the greenest leaf of the laurel wreath to the seniors, who knew the best things always come last. What we had suspected in the atmosphere of Soph Hop, that Hash we had caught at Junior Prom, that intangible essence was ours that night. We have had it. we pass it on to '41. '7Via Lucky Tcllmc