Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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To Mrs, Lloyd and Miss Crum, our mathematical exactitude; To Dr. Britt, our interesting psychological complexes; To Dr. Merriman and Dr, Garnett, our good citizenship; To Miss Munn and Miss Thomas, our artistic expressiveness, and to Miss Mack our stage craft; To Miss Milliette, Mrs. Wright, and Mine. Elbogen, our musical appreciation ; To Miss Urner and Miss Skelley, our good sportsmanship; To Miss Moore, our business training; To Mrs, Hayghe, our familiarity with the sources of all our learning; To Mrs. Stemem and Miss Strawsbaugh, our rapid recovery from all early morning headaches; To Mrs. Nuelson and Miss Duehring, those prompt reminders from the Heads. Student home life is made happy and comfortable by Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Walker, Miss Brown, Miss Carter, Miss Moses, Mrs. Baylis, and Miss Wesseler, Day students are generally kept in order by Miss Myers. Misses Pearson Duefmng, Strcwsbaugh; Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Wright thtf President Misses Thomas, Urner, and Mvm Ta! it over

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Mm DeLam , Mr. and Mrs. Llo d. MJJe. Dupr , and Mrs. Lindsay Weigh t fie Evidence Misses Crum, Bld lee, Hastings, Carter Fmesse for a fCm Or ’ Those who mould the minds of the JvLV.S. stu- dents, show amazing optimism and heart rending patience, inspiring in us awe if not knowledge. To Miss Agnes DeLano, Mrs. Currier, and Miss Crum we owe our fluent English; To Mrs. Moore, our scholarly Latin and to Mme. Canton and Mile, Dupres, that fetch- mg French accent; To Miss Nourse and Prof. Kayser, our historical approach ; To Miss Reed, our most successful experiments and to Miss Byrd, our charming domesticity; Misses Mdliette, bourse, Munn , frown; Mmes, Canton and Elhogcn Pose for Cupola

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Some Technique The stufF we are made of takes coherent form in other bowls than just classrooms. The National Theater and Constitution Hall are avenues through which our minds and skills experience and grow. Trips to the Folger and Congressional Libraries open to us fascinating and thrilling fields in literature, book collect- ing, and historic incidents. The Washington Art Galleries, most especially the Phillips Memorial Gallery, give impetus to our interest in art, deepen our understanding, and round out our faculties of appreciation. When Congress is in session, our classes in American Government frequently go to the House or the Senate. By witnessing the legislature in action, we are better able to comprehend the procedure we learn in our textbooks. We can be more intelligently aware of the functioning of the ma- chinery of our government. Trips are taken to other public buildings, to the Zoo, to news- paper offices, and to places of scientific interest. Through these excursions the learning comes to life and becomes important to us. By blending an understanding of that which has gone before 14