Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ASSEMBLIES Speaking of brightening the corners, we wish here to enter a tribute to the interesting list of assembly programs Miss Hanna has brought to school this year. Mr. Kiplinger of the Kiplinger News Letter Service brought us some valuable news right off the wires, combined with his own interesting predic- tions and forecasts of possible outcomes. He even roused us to question and discussion, surely some of us to a more consistent interest in daily headline news. Mr. Louis Untermeyer, poet and critic, came out one afternoon to talk to us and some special guests about poetry in everyday life. Mrs. Lloyd served tea after the meeting, which all was just another assembly dressed up to an exciting party. Miss Elizabeth Clark, of the International Migration Service, came in a regular Wednesday session with moving stories of refugees and their present political predicaments. These and other assemblies, although planned primarily for their educational value, we have thoroughly enjoyed, both for their live, up-to-the-minute subject matter and for the stimulating persons who have spoken. INGENUITY The throwing of the Senior glove challenged the Juniors to the annual bat- tle of wits, to be held on the evening of January 1 4. A super-secret committee from the Faculty went to work on the formulation of problems worthy of our most ingenious members. The evening came, as such evenings always come. Leaving untouched plates at the dinner table and with nary a calm face, the Seniors struggled weakly to Senior room. Having drawn the favored lot for first performance, the Juniors, tense and solemn, were just able to make Optima room. There they went to work fast and furi- ously on a short time al- lowance, while the Seniors grew grey with the long wait for second period. Four Little Angels 21

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Social League Opens Dance Season JOHNS HOPKINS CONCERT We returned reluctantly from our grand holiday at home, but our spirits did not droop for long. The Social League had arranged for the very first Saturday night a concert by and a dance with the members of the Johns Hopkins University musical clubs. The program, presented in Chapel, in- cluded songs by the Glee Club, vocal solos, quartets, string ensembles, and violin and piano solos. After an entertaining concert we all went down to Field House to dance. It was loads of fun, and in spite of the novelty of girls cutting in, everyone caught the spirit of th e thing, making it a great success. Paul Joneses were helpful for the first few dances; by the time scrambled eggs and coffee arrived, lasting friendships had been made. The boys had brought along the University orchestra to make music, but the musicians were so badly needed as dancers that the good old Vic was called into action. The Social League is a comparatively new organization this year, an out- growth of the Prom committees of former years. Instead of a temporary group for each particular affair, the League acts as a permanent committee to arrange and carry through all major events on the social calendar. Each member of the League is assigned to some special responsibility in the staging of all parties. Patsy Fowler, ably assisted from the sidelines by Lillian Ziegler (non member), has chosen the fine orchestras we have danced to this year. Credit for the colorful and original decorations goes to Ann Hersloff, and credit for the delicious food to Marnie. Mary Hayden, Secretary, and Bunny Banks, lend their helping wits to food, decorations and general ar- rangements. The girls of this organization have had the constant interest and advice of Miss Marion as President, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Lindsay, and Miss Jean. 20

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Show the filming of a scene from one of the movies-to-be, Cyrano de Bergerac, Gone With the Wind, or Pinocchio, was the first order. Choosing the balcony scene from Cyrano, the star-sighing Bettsy Smith listened to the simperings of her weak- willed lover, Ruth Blanchard, as he was secretly prompted by out- standing-nosed Ruth Fishback. For the same problem, of course the southern m inded Seniors just had to choose The Wind. Eleanor Cyrono Serenades O ' Hara Wallace primped as she wailed her fate to Anne Laurie Melanie Comer, so sweet in the filming, so terrifying on the set. When it came to pantomiming two dictatorships and a democracy there was little chance for variety. After all there are not so many conspicuous democracies left, and certainly only two or three as yet notorious dictators. Hitler, Stalin and Roosevelt were burlesqued in their characteristic attitudes by both groups. Well, the Juniors gave a grand show but the evening went to the Senior Class. FORMS INGENUITY On January 21 an equally important ingenuity contest was staged by the Forms, between the Yellow and the White classes. Again a Faculty com- mittee set the trials. The Whites had the stage first, their first stunt being to represent five historical persons. Anne Vinton caused a riot as Henry VIII, especially when she lost her hat and her beard to the very first wife. Deenie Ingenious Formers 22 i