Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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Pamela M ary Dawson Dorothy Morns Doyle If someone were to tell you that she lived at 3434 34th Street, and that her phone number was . . . you guessed it! — 3434, you would probably blink and tell yourself you would outgrow it. Pop your eyes back in . . . the girl below is Miss “34”. Indeed, such a claim to fame must be matched by a personality, and it is. With her advent to M.V.S. last year, she amazed her col- leagues with prize-winning modern paintings and free verse. Ingenuity runs in her family, and Pam is certainly a salient example. Her clever covers on the Carousel portray her skill. How- ever, there is another side other than the aes- thetic. It takes another kind of talent to keep up with the restless ramblings of the class meet- ings. “Where are the minutes?” White team; art club, III; glee club, III; hockey varsity, III; class treasurer, III; class secretary, IV; chapel, IV; Cupola, IV. “Save your Confederate dollars boys; the South’s goin’ to rise again.” Dottie, a true rebel, is one of the individuals who keeps the expletive ”d . . . Yankee,” in fashion. This lively spark came to M.V.S. in her sopho- more year. She brought with her that famous “Dixielan” jazz and “Moon Over Miami.” As senior hall proctor she is beginning to wonder if she is losing her eyesight, what with the com- pletely overlooked (?) stuffed beds; but beds aren’t the only things missed, for where is Dottie for breakfast this morning? Looking for shoes again? This fickle blonde has been seen at various and sundry institutions of higher education, too numerous to discuss. Echoing down the halls: “I’m just crazy over him.” White team; prep players, II, III; riding club, II, III; Cupola, IV; social league representative, IV; house council, IV. 19 )