Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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Fall sports are snappy and vigorous. Hockey, tennis, archery, volley-ball, and riding make our cheeks glow and appetites rampant. Tryouts for the squad, inter- scholastic hockey games, and tennis tourna- ments measure our endurance and skill. In winter, the zealous energy of basket- ball, the aesthetic grace of creative danc- ing, the alert, quick beauty of fencing, the sparkling liveliness of the square dance, and the lyric strength of swimming pro- vide essence diverse and tempting. Basket- ball with other schools, fencing bouts, dance recitals, and the swimming pageant round out the indoor season. Spring turns us again to the fresh fragrance of the out-of-doors. Tennis, archery, baseball, riding again, fill the lengthening afternoons. This time the earth is awakening, not going to sleep. Summer and vacation He before us. We are rarin ' to go. Tournaments, team competitions, and Gymkhana finish off the year in grand style. 22