Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Elizabeth Putnam Carswell There are those whose biographies, if pure fact, would sound meaningless; in whose careers at M.V.S. there have been few highlights or achievements, no inspiration and enthusiasm to carry an individual on their crest to a surge of glory. Then there are those whose lives, if put on canvas, would be a study in light and shadow. But there are some few whose visits have been like a message from a high power radio station — one continuous series of vibrant sound, high pitched and fraught with meaning, impulses of inspiration caught from the air and transferred into dynamic message of service (gasp!). Such has been Betty’s course. Flawlessly con- structed, she is a rabid supporter of her equally flawless (to her!) state . . . Georgia. That is enough to send anyone home with pink eve. Yellow team; basketball varsity, IV; chapel, IV; secretary of house council, IV. Alice Lee Carter A resident of the bathtubs of Mount Vernon for the customary four years, with time out only for the fabulous vacations on which she has taken many of her initiated friends, Alice Lee origi- nates from the bathtubs . . . pardon me . . . the hills of West Virginia, although West Point is also a haunt that is looked upon with much favor. Whenever the harmonious chords of syn- copation strike her sensitive tympanums, our vice-president swings expertly into a lively jit- terbug, sending all onlookers into awe. Besides flinging a mean hoof, Lee is one of those addicts of the Field House, a malady common to these parts. A quiet chuckle; who can it be? None other else than . . . Alice Lee! Yellow team; art club, I; social league repre- sentative, I; glee club, I; science club, II; class secretary, II; typing. III; house council, III, IV; assistant photography editor of Cupola, IV; vice-president of class, IV; student council, IV. 17 )

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Evelyn Kalmon Burger HilJcgardc Cappclmann When a South’n accent comes drawling along in the breeze and one eyebrow cocks up, you can usually find Evy. With dark, dark hair, hazel eves, and a contagious chuckle, she adds a sense of humor as well as food after lights to the dorm. Having quickly become acclimated to M.Y.S., its rules and routine, Evv has seemed “an old girl” from the start; her favorite pastime must be talking on the telephone since that is what she does at every opportunity. An avid supporter of “ole Alabam’ Ev leans toward the South in history class or colleges, and ’tis said she is a member of the group that is still lighting the Civil War. Yellow team; Cupola, IV. “God created the heaven and the earth and all that was in them.” Then God took a day’s rest. God made Hilda C.; and, if the next day was not Sunday, we’ll wager that it was im- mediately made a legal holiday. We look in upon the Cappclmann abode and find Hilda bustling about, as she packs sundry garments for the big weekend at V.M.I. with vou-know- whom. “What more could a girl ask for? Hmmm!” And this southern belle takes off on another jaunt to Utopia. School? Oh, yes . . . among other things we find that athletics never both- ered her, nor did she bother athletics. Excelling in the domestic arts, we predict it won’t be long before she’ll be using the knowledge gained. “What do you mean, ‘you-all’ isn’t correct?” White team; art club. III; glee club, IV; prep players, IV . I 16

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Louise Clarke “If I ever get out of this place. 1 11 pass out. This statement was heard one noon, verbatim, bv one who makes up for what she lacks in inches with a flowing river of hair. Let us ex- amine this phrase, for it has much underlying meaning. It is contradictory, in that the speaker docs get out, and frequently. Her mode of lo- comotion is an enviable one. When go time rolls around, off charges Louise, with Florida tan and yellow convertible. Where doth she hie? A mystery to those who are left behind. When you see a not tall polite for short) girl, with a pair of talking eyes, and you feel as if you would like to go up and chat with her, just go ahead, and you won’t be sorry. That ' s Louise. White team; Cellophane , III; prep playe rs, IV. Katherine Stillman Dam Well stay here all night if you keep on making that racket! A familiar phrase? Any boarder can identify the ejaculation of the individual from Akron, who is saddled with the regulation of boarding misdemeanors, as she presides over the restless house meetings, so vital a part of every boarder’s curriculum. Trinka is as able on a tennis court as she is on the dance floor, as Annapolis verifies. Shuttling between the Severn and Foxhall can be termed only one of her un- predictable activities. House president has draw- backs, but what are the echoes of But pork, but chop, but string, but bean! which waft down the hall as a result of midnight conversations? As of now, the wire fences expect to welcome Trinka in theJ.C., and the inmates will continue to be moes. Yellow team; typing, II; prep players, III; tennis varsity, IV; house president, IV. { 18