Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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WHITE CLASS On the left, we have our White Class candidly caught on the hill outside the Chapel. It looks as if spring fever had hit a few of these girls in the fore- ground. We can also see the mail man has come and gone, or perhaps that is a special delivery caus- ing Gay Klipstein ' s worried look. The White Class is composed of girls in the Second and Fourth Forms. YEL LOW CLASS The Yellow Class, much smaller than the White Class, is pictured here out- side the Field House, ap- parently waiting for some- thing, we wonder what it could be. A few of the girls have decided that time is passing slowly and are taking it easy on the grass. Martha Boyd, ready for riding, looks as if she wants to snap a shot with her own camera. All of these girls are in the First or Third Forms. 16