Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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LEND-A-H AND is the A ssociated Charities of M.V.S. Every girl is a member pledged to give a certain amount during the year to live benefit fund of the organization. Thus, student contributions are marie to the Washington Community Chest, Red Cross, various other social welfare societies and to needy individuals- Lend -A -Hand has also given a goodly sum toward the erection of the proposed memorial to Miss Jean Dean Cole. Peggy Fountain, at the head of live associ- ation lias handled heaulifutlv a task that not just any girl could put across. With her l low To Get Ahead strong sense of responsibility and quiet capacity for hard work she has supervised the banking and distribution of considerable sums of money. Aided by Sarah Sutton, Secretary and Treasurer, and advised by a representative of each class in the school, Peggy has sponsored charity drives, benefit bridge parties- and Christmas festivities for nearby children. These Lend -A- Handers also preside greedily over the pound (the hock-shop of all lost -and -found articles). Mrs. Signy Walker is Faculty Advisor to this important student activity. She gives most graciously of her time and experienced counsel to the officers and representatives of Lend-A-lIand. OPTIMA An honorary society of the highest order, Optima’s membership requirements include superior academic standing, good citizenship, and the unanimous vote of the members of live club. Open to both Forms and Collegia ates. Optima membership is eagerly sought and deeply valued, Dorothy Carpenter, this year’s President, has shown ingenuity and initiative, coupled with a spirit of detenu ill- ation that lias lent vigor and interest to Optima activities. The club has inaugurated ibis year a small but prospering lending Sketch 1 ' Advice 14

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We have at Mount Vernon several creative activities organized into seminars. In Publications Workshop we learn by doing: journalism, photography, advertising, and business management. This year, Mrs. Helen Hill Currier as Advisor has been perhaps our most diligent worker. Barbara Brady, as Ivli tor-in -Chief of Cupola, has done more than her share of hair pulling and cajoling in order to make dead- lines with printer’s copy. Mary Ann McKinney lias handled expertly all financial matters for this Big Business. To Catherine Houston fell the arduous task of supervising the salt of school pictures. She has objected only on the grounds that collecting is close to a dentist’s idea of fun. Jeanne Popham, our one trained typist, lias had her hands full, with letters, advertising, and printer’s copy to send off. In Barbara Galloup we were clever enough to discover not only an increasingly expert candid photographer, hut an amazingly friendly father, who has developed so many pictures of Mount Vernon that he surely would recognize any of us in familiar or unfamiliar pose. Since Publications this year is a small group, we have made no attempt to publish the usual school newspaper. Just before Christmas we made up for sale a photographic calendar of campus and school life at Mount Vernon. Our major production, however, has been the 1940 Cupola, which we present now to you. AT CREATIVE WORK Deadline Daze 13

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library which they hope to enlarge and ex- pand next year Ollier activities have in- cluded the collection of clothes for Nor- mandy refugees and the filling of Penny Banks for the national campaign sponsored by Dorothy Canfield Fisher As Vice-President, Barbara Buxton lias taken a vital pari in the work of the organi- zation Charlotte Stephenson as Secretary and Betty Bliss as Treasurer, both Forms officers, have handled two difficult jobs capably Mrs Lloyd and Miss Agnes DcLano are Faculty members and advisors of Optima this year. ART CLUB Turning design and fine arts into practical expression is the fascinating aim of the Art Club Under the adept guidance of Miss f Gretehie” Thomas, twenty -two girls make work enjoyable play. Helen Randall is Presi- dent; Secretary -Treasurer is Irene Stewart A puppet show was presented in an April Assembly. A dramatic adaptation of a fairy A Studio Study tale had been written by a member of the dub. The girls designed the stage and scenery, made the costumes, and constructed the ] mp pels. Millinery, peasant decoration, and leather work are also studied under the roof light of the Art Studio. Playful Rehearsal 15