Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Class Proph ecy Dear Diary, What a day! Here 1 am feeling stuffed but happy, after a wonderful twentieth-year class reunion. It was reallv grand to sec everyone again, but it was, in mam cases, surprising. I was met at the door by Jackie, w ho is the new campaign manager for Wallace’s fifth try for the presidency. Jackie is still hopeful. Also in the w orld of politics is Bunny, w ho has just entered the legislature at the University of Virginia. Helen, chief sampler for the Whitman Candy Company, was passing around her company’s products all afternoon. She and Frannic had much to say to each other, for Fran has just published her latest best-seller, How to Make Pie-Dough Thin . It’s the tale of an apple-pan-dowdy and her tart lover. In talking to Judv, I found she’s now president of a fast-spreading com- pany. “Long’s Salon for the Undeveloped. Bucky, her star pupil, made such great progress after parting with her tape-worm, that she has had to resort to the Dubarrv Success Course. Mademoiselles Justine and Marie Theresc are creating a rage in Paree w ith their new “crew-cut coiffures”. I hey import their “light-en-ing” effects from the Johnson-Willard Corporation of Oklahoma. Margie Johnson has just returned from Europe, where she has been staging magnificent art exhibits. In the business world. Magnolia Holbrook has just opened a saloon in New Orleans with drinks on the house for Sullie s boys. I Ier feature attraction is Bubbles Block, w ho performs said dance. Pat, the country’s leading chemist, is writing a book on Bubbles in which the main theme is not how to split the atom, — but the bubble! Anne I lohnan is the chief taste-tester of the Newman- Wright Skag Company, and says she just lov es her job! Miggie’s Blind Date Agency was so successful that Claudia and Ann Peters are now happily married. So w hat if they couldn’t speak Eskimonian? Joan l ow son still chooses to remain independent, and has just subscribed to her twentieth consecu- tive season at the Annapolis tea dances. She hopes that in spite of her white hair she will be invited to the first I lop.

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was an important sports event of the age. Senorita must have had forebodings, for she appeared in a black veil. In spite of the fact that Miss Curry, Miss Bemis, Mr. Loughran, and Col. Carr, offered stiff opposition, and Miss Hastings was the cheerleader, the students won the game. At the close of the year a picnic was given, the highlights of which were a father-and-daughter softball game and the presentation of athletic awards. The Senior Prom was the first dance given in our new school. A farewell banquet for the Seniors was held at Elizabeth’s house, from where everyone went to a private showing of “Dear Ruth . Finally gradu- ation came, and we said good-bye to mam of our friends. Seniors! The Modern Age began in the fall of 1947. By this time there was evidence of grass, flowers, and paint on the Mount Vernon campus. Since the gallcrv was now finished, we held chapel serv ices there and proudly filed in at the head of the school. The first important date was Founder’s Dav, which was celebrated with services iu the old Mount Vernon Chapel. Shortly afterwards, our international friendships were strengthened when we entertained an important guest from England. She was the world famous hockey instructor. Miss Applchcc. Before Christmas a large book fair was held in the library. Beautiful volumes were exhibited and the fair was a huge success. Fhe Glee Club and the Dra- matic Club united to present “The Magi’s Gift . Next a wonderful formal dance w as held in the Refectory, followed closely bv Christmas vacation. After returning to school we earnestly pursued our studies, for exam week was not far off. It was truly an industrial revolution, but the reward of this hard labor was a trip to Skv l op. However not all the snow was at Skv Top, for the peak of Mount Vernon glistened white most of the winter, keeping the little snow plow very busy. Spring was a welcome and festive sea- son. We returned from a glorious Spring vacation to be confronted with the rigors of College Boards which really weren’t as bad as we thought they would be. After this event, time seemed to move with gathering rapidity. Several in- formal dances were held, along with the senior’s Bazaar and Fashion Show. A Grand Parents’ Dav was followed bv the athletic picnic, the Third Form’s banquet for us, our Senior Prom and a wonderful Class Night. When gradua- tion, with all its flurry of excitement and happiness finally arrived, it was hard to part with our good friends and the life vvc had loved at Mount Vernon. But this was an age of realism and so we all said good-bye and looked to the future with brave hearts and “Great Expecta- tions’ .

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Florence owns a gailv-lit stand at Rehobotli Beach, where slie sells her new improved guaranteed-not-to-run mascara. Genie has recentlv been chosen America’s Beach Girl of 1968 and has achieved wide fame. Julie, her neighbor, is operating a rest home for the weary. Her chief clients are survivors of Gail’s course, Conga and Bunny-Hop in a Strap- less ”, which, from experience, Gail guarantees will stay up. She admits that part of her secret to success is due to Bobbie’s new product, “Stay-up- Stickum” for the strapless gowns of those w ho have not yet been to Long’s Salon. Dudley, who didn’t go to Long’s Salon, is one of Bobbie’s chief customers. In the world of entertainment, Pippy has taken a brief vacation from Opera to star in the Broadway hit, “U. Ya.’s Ragtime Gal , in which her singing and dancing have captivated thousands. Out Hollywood way Liz Johnston is producing and directing her latest movie, ‘Rock Creek Rendezvous”. She may star in it just for old time’s sake. Mo is leading a brilliant career in fashion-designing in New York. Also, Nancy and Betsy have finally retired from modeling in Manhattan, much to the disappointment of everyone. They have an apartment with Ann Morris, who is dazzling the Stork Club with her sultry singing. Bettv Battle and Jean Hanna are the main figures in the sports world. Betty, having finally decided between Duke and Carolina, made the foot- ball team in spite of lumbago. Jean is touring England in order to teach America’s latest techniques in hockey. She is fast becoming the Miss Applebee of the U. S. Other news from abroad is the rumored v isit of Sibvl and her husband w ith their two daughters, who will enter Mount Vernon next year. Ann and Ginny have become quite prosperous on their western ranches. Ann is raising cattle, w hile Ginny is raising “cattle-acs”. Dear Diarv, you are not to infer that the class of 48 produced no scientists, for Adrian and her able assistant, Beth, having overcome earlier sentiments, are earn ing on vital experiments on elephants at the Washing- ton Zoo. This certainlv has been one of the most exciting days of my life, and one that 1 w ill long remember. Who would have dreamed twenty years ago that the class of 48 would produce so many celebrities!