Mount Ida School - Ye Idler Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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? as tg CHRISTMAS DANCE OWN the receiving line, composed of Mrs. Jewett, Mrs. MacGill, Miss Ramsay and Dorothy App, trailed young girls on the arms of their escorts. The smell of pine was enough to make the dancing couples realize the nearness of Christmas. Reindeer and penguins-blue lights and rose, reflected a coldness unfelt by the laughing, dancing crowd. In between dances, the girls and their escorts were seen hastily consulting their programs, and with new selections, girls were seen dancing off, partners exchanged. After the Grand March, a chance for everyone to see everyone else, supper was served in the Green Room. Mrs. Lovgren and Miss Wachter were hostesses, receiving in the livingroom and pouring the after-dinner coffee. Crumbled pieces of white tissue paper could be seen at intervals over the dance floor marking the place where a favor had been unwrapped. These favors were black leather cigarette cases with hammered silver tops, set off by the Mount Ida seal. Each one would hold a package of cigarettes and on opening a spring raised the package above the top of the case. The applause after the last dance made extra dances a necessity. The last minute conversation was lengthened to such proportions, inexpressible in minutes, that bells were heard ringing an unwanted message of good-bye, much to the amusement of everyone. Half an hour later a babble of voices could be heard on every corridor, discussing the dance. Out of the babble, one phrase could be heard very dis- tinctly, Such a peachy dance for a girl's school. I had a simply glorious time I MARI.RN WARR1NGToN. H031 J

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