Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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BIRTHDAY PARTY The very next day, No- vember 5, marked the sixty-third birthday of our Alma Mater. Our birthday is celebrated each year on the anniversary of the birth of the Founder, Mrs. Somers. The minor activi- ties of the day were cli- maxed by the birthday party in the late afternoon. The dining-room was beau- tiful, with a long table stretched through the cen- ter, topped by an enorm- ous cake of many candles. With pleasing ceremony the candles were gradually blown out by alumnae, their granddaughters, other students and members of Faculty. Behold Mr. Lloyd sturdily doing his bit in true anniversary spirit. JUNIOR VAUDEVILLE This year the Junior Vaudeville was excellent, showing great ingenuity on the part of the class and worrying the Seniors no end in view of the coming contest of wits between them. At this first Junior event, the present, the past, and a censored future of school life at M.V.S. were shown. To console those few of us who may feel that present-day rules are pretty stiff, the clever Juniors dramatized ' The Awful Truth as to rigid inspec tions in days gone by. (The following may be considered off the record, but Miss Hastings con- fided to a few of us that only so far back as 1928 there was a first-day inspection to assure the wearing of undershirts!) After the Junior Show the Seniors received in their own rooms at the annual house-warming. This year the rooms were just as crowded as ever, food just as plentiful. The only difference was that there are more members in the class of ' 39, hence more food. 14

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SOCIAL SEASON OPENS The social year was opened with the usual welcoming parties given during the very first week of school. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd entertained at dinner all members of the Faculty, with wives and husbands. In Field House the old girls greeted the new girls with a wild party of games, contests and a treasure hunt. We understand there was plenty of action at both parties. At least, by the end of the week everyone seemed to know everybody else and a new sea- son at M V S had burst wide open. The first scheduled event on the calendar was Pasternak ' s fashion show, presented at Field House on the evening of October 21. All fashion-minded students and teachers were there, seeking helpful hints as to the authentic winter modes. Many charming models were discovered in our midst on this occasion. Just ten days later, on the 31st, when witches began to ride and ghosts rose out of their graves, the Faculty came down from the clouds with a hilari- ous Hallowe ' en party at Field House. No student activity can ever outdo the clever performance of these teachers of ours when they can be persuaded to do their stuff. A radio broadcast full of amusing impersonations and side- splitting dialogue and repartee entertained us for one short hour. At the same party prizes were awarded the students showing the cleverest and the most amusing costumes in the Grand March. TREE PLANTING Always the first impor- tant activity of a new Senior class is the tree planting ceremony. The class of 1939 stepped into the limelight this year on November 4, with the dedi- cation of a white dogwood to the last memory of the dearly beloved Shelter. This class, being the last to know and become attached to the little cabin in the woods, planted their tree on the site where they had spent many happy hours. 13

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JUNIOR CLASS Now for more than o word about the Junior Class which this clever event has introduced to us. It was easy to see from the start that they were, and are, something to be reckoned with. Their readiness and wit promise much for next school year. It has been notoriously hard for some of these girls to buckle down to the serious occupation of study; but was it not ever thus? A scare or two here and there seems to have brought most of them into line. With Bunny Banks as chief Mogul it is no wonder our Juniors have such a well-developed sense of humor. At least it must be that that keeps so many of them, so much of the time, down in the Den of Iniquity. It has been suggested from higher up that if some of them would spend as much time seeking for knowledge as they spend looking for a fourth at bridge there might be a few more A ' s on their report cards. Well, everything does not begin with an A, and we have an idea this gay, quick-witted crowd will go to town next year, as seniors. Vice-President Joan Ashey rather dislikes the South and southerners in general, but completely overlooks all that with her own southern classmates. Ruthie Applewhite, the calculating Treasurer, balances the budget perfectly; and with Sneezy Tidwell as Secretary, won ' t those class records sound dramatic? The chief worries of this able executive committee are grouped below, apparently waiting impatiently for chapel doors to open; but do not let them fool you. They are not like that. 15