Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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AST year was the first year in some time that the publication of this type of a book was undertaken at M. V. S.; then so short a period of preparation was allowed for it that full justice could not be done. The staff hopes that this year they have not only improved on last year ' s book but have helped towards making the ' Cupola ' ' a permanent institution. They realize, however, that there is still great room for improvement, and they wish to extend to next year ' s “Cupola and its staff their best wishes. 5

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TABLE OF CONTENTS The Cupola ....... I Frontispiece ....... 2 Dedication ....... 3 School Calendar ...... 8 Cupola Staff ....... 9 The Faculty . . , . . . . 11 Senior Class . . . . . . . 13 Junior Class . . . . . . . 31 White Class 33 Yellow Class ....... 33 The Dark Entry ...... 36 Amapola ....... 44 When in Rome ...... 50 Poems ........ 58 Faculty-Senior Game . . . . . . 61 “The Game” or a Dissertation on the Faculty . . 63 Senior Play ....... 68 Junior Play ....... 69 White Class Dramatics ...... 70 Yellow Class Play . . . . . 71 Athletic Association . . . , . 75 Athletic Chart . . . . . , , 75 The Banner Honor ...... 76 Hockey ........ 76 Archery ........ 76 Basket Ball . , , . . . . . 81 Golf ........ 83 Tennis ....... 86 Track Meet ....... 88 Swimming ........ 90 Optima ........ 95 French Club ....... 97 Walking Club ....... 99 Choral Club . , . . . . . |01 In Lighter Vein . , . . . , . 1 05

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MRS. HENSLEY HO say that she is gone know not; they dwell not here. If we gather in the chapel, she is there; if we draw around the fire in the Great Hall, she is there; if we loiter in the Cloister Hall, we hear her step and instinc- tively look up for her welcoming smile; if we pause on the threshold of our hearts, there she is enshrined; if we look into the future, she is there. The memory of her wish sways her girls when they swerve momentarily from the path of duty; the memory of her attitude on a question determines the decision in faculty meeting; the love for her levels all differences and unites the great fam ily in a bond of unsurpassed strength. No monarch ever more completely ruled his kingdom than the spirit of Mrs, Hensley, our lives today. How often when one passes into the Great Beyond, it is said, “We must forget ail that, and remember only his strength ’ We have nothing to forget. Memory is our ally. We court her that she may bring before us, with renewed vividness, not only her loved face, but the clearness of her vision, the crystal clearness of her soul over which the shadow of falsity never lurked, the dauntless courage, the majestic simplicity, the gracious dignity that was born from the instinctive rightness of her life. Such a memory is more than a comfort, more than an inspiration; it is a challenge — a challenge to earn the freedom that was hers — she could do what she would because she would what was right. In her life she was a great teacher but ever seeking to be taught; firm in her opinion yet easily to be entreated; just in her judgment 6