Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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f ic id House Frolics 3ufJ J4c ottJe party in Field House brings together our dona- tion to the Blood Bank. The aim of the Field House company is to provide a recreation center for afternoons and special evenings; a place where we may eat, play, gossip, and relax. The proceeds from the Gift shop and the sweets bar go toward pay- ment on the debt taken on by the charter mem- bers who built the house. These Lassies learn a lot about managing money and about all sorts of buying. They acquire early that sales personality that gets us all down. In Publications Workshop Cupola is born, raised, and prepared for her debut each spring. She is the main purpose and the big outcome of Workshop effort. In gathering ma- terial and soliciting and pursuing advertisements, the members are t rained i n j o u r na 1 is m , in b u si n ess management, and in the ifs and and’s of publishing. This year the Workshop has been represented on the Editorial Board of the Alumnae Association, contributing to the several issues of the Roll Call. PJA iccitiond Cupola Sweets 20

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rjCittie theater Little Theater members practice all sorts of stage craft, play direction, and acting. They produce plays, experiment with new techniques and old, stimulated by many trips to the professional performances at the National. Their own shows are lively and vigorous. They seem to like to entertain us and we certainly look forward to their dates on our school calendar. Through Lend- A -Hand Society we all contribute to the Washington Community Chest and to several closer, more individual interests of our own. At Christ- mas time this group plans the parties for the children at Hillcrest and for the children of our M. V. S. servants. At the first of these the Christmas pageant is performed in Chapeh At the second Santa comes in person to the play in the Indoor Gymnasium and to distribute the good things on the Christmas tree. An annual card Liftlt: Theater Produces Letid ' A-HiUid For a Good Cause

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ludive J(c avor All tasty mixtures must have flavor. We find ours in Sports. In the afternoons we meet, forget the class room, and go after the game. We aim to cooperate; and do we coordinate [ We develop the good old M. V. S. teamwork and speed. Our senses grow keener, our minds more wary. Instead of being taught we teach one another on the field, and the lesson of the day is always good sportsmanship. We play sometimes together and some ' times against one another. We learn fair play and to give and take. The White and the Yellow teams provide all neces ' sary rivalry, but we do now and then meet other schools at hockey or basketball Games are exciting and our Athletic Board furnishes plenty of variety. And so, a dash of flavoring of one sort or another always gets 21