Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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While Team; Hockey, !V; Basketball, IV; Glee Club. IV. Yellow Team; Class Secretary, II; Yellow Team Captain, IV: Softball. II. Basketball. III. IV; Hockey. IV; Baseball. IV; Study Hall-Library Council. IV; Cupola. IV; Spirts Club. II. III. Carol Edwards Carol is the pretty-eyed miss with the shiny black hair who tells us that she comes from Ohio. W hen you see her pert smile, it makes the day a happier one. Have you ever been around when Carol was giving forth with one of her wonderful imita- tions of the contemporary singers of what is commonly referred to as popular music? If not, you have missed a thrill of a lifetime. Carol put her talents to work in the Glee Club. Not being the type to just sit with her hands crossed and watch the world go by, Carol did a good bit in the field of athletics. In hockey season she was an asset to the White Team as an inner. Basketball and baseball were also favor- ites of Miss Edwards and she was quite talented in them. What is in store for Carol in the near future might be a good question to inquire of a star gazer or a crystal ball, but whatever the verdict, may it be a happy one. Mary Lou Elliott Do you hear a bellowing voice praising the charms of the Yellow Team? ’Tis Mary l.ou, the girl with the contagious school spirit. This blue-eyed wonder with more bounce to the ounce, and a good word for all (especially the Yellow team) has endowed M.V.S. with her many assets and winning personality. M. Lou has been a good example of optimism in its highest form. Try, try again is her motto which she illustrates by whispering sweet words of encouragement to her maroon jalopy as it struggles through Mt. Vernon’s campus. Is she halfback or forward? is the question of all hockey enthusiasts, and the answer is yet to be found. She is known to act on impulse (need we say more?) which aids in confusing her opponents, as well as herself. Through her tactful nature and her sense of authority, she has been the igniting spark of the Yellow team, and has set an example for all future team captains to follow. 20

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Mary Ann Dick When Mount Vernon Seminary opened up her gates to begin the 1952-195 3 session of academic learning, many new girls entered into these halls of Ivy. Among these new would-be-scholars was a quiet blond time bomb commonly known as Ann Dick. Although Miss Dick has resided in Somers House for only one year, in a few short days she was well known for her sincere friendliness. Her cheerful smile and gay humor cheered the most homesick girls during those first trying weeks. Now when we are snowed under with work, a visit from Ann is a refreshing pause in the labors of the day. When we asked Ann about the future, she was still undecided. She’s thinking about going to Johns Hopkins to study physical therapy. These plans show that Ann has a great capacity to help people. She never fails to have a word of cheer or a word of encouragement for all who know her. White Team; House Council. IV; Chapel Committee, IV; Prep Players, IV. Daisy Dorothy Du Teau Daisy is a good name for this flower who never will stay by the wall. In her sophomore year Miss Du Teau arrived with many suitcases filled with yarns which never saw knitting needles. No matter what manner of strange occurrences may have happened at M.V.S. (and there have been some), it was sure to remind Daisy of a story. Do not misunder- stand us. We do not mean that she is loquacious, for everything Daisy has to say is thoroughly entertaining. Even the more advanced cases of melancholy have been cured by her anecdotes, told in a decided midwestern twang. New York City has been known to cast a certain spell on this Lincoln lass, but when she returns to M.V.S. she resumes the chorus of There’s no Place Like Nebraska.” As literary editor of the Cupola, Daisy has proven to be invaluable and original. No job seemed to be too big. At Mount Vernon her friends have been many, and we are sure the score will be even higher at Nebraska U. next year. Yellow Team; Publicity Committee. Ill; Chapel Commit- tee, II, III; Cupola, III. Literary I ' d it or. IV; Ccllopbam’ Start, III. IV; Prep Plavers. II; library Council, II. III. IV. 19

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Carlisle Gentry Gaines “Sounds like Dixieland jazz has taken over Mount Vernon.’ “No, that’s just Gaines and her Flat-top Four practicing for their Saturday night session.” Never in the history of Mount Vernon has such musical ability and creative genius been combined in one neat package. Carlisle, Cardy, Carrie, or just plain “Miss Rhythm,” may be seen pounding the ivories, tripping the light fantastic on the foot pedals, and grinning broadly, as her enthusiasts chant, “Go, cat, go.” Likely to be found on one of her dietary visits to the fieldhouse, this miss trips from one booth to another, chatting with the occupants, and comparing the “blue plate special” for the day. “My diet starts tomorrow,” she affirms, but along with the rest of us, tomorrow never comes. Despite the fact that Cardie has honored us with her presence for so short a time, she will live long in the memory of this senior class. Sally Grant Muthah! Is the contagious expression that echoes through the halls of M.V.S. The origina- tor of this word is known to all as . . . Sally (Rebel) Grant. Whether she be provincial, prejudiced, or over- come by Georgian atmosphere, this gal has brought some deeelightful habits to M.V.S. She can most often be found sunk behind a table in the Field House, Coke in hand, entranc- ing her audience with the tallest of tall tales about life in Georgia. Her most familiar position will be remembered by those who gazed far down the Hockey Field, in the goalie’s cage, and saw one lone figure, shivering in her goalie pads, with both feet meet- ing in a deliberate point in the front, creating a pidgeon-toed effect. We shall never forget this girl who made us laugh, gave us a taste of hillbilly music, and worried us to death with her continual dieting. To all those who knew her, she was eminent, as was her standard motto . . . “There ' s no place like home”. . . Yellow Team; Cupoi a. IV; Sports Club, IV; Glee Club, IV. f White Team; Publicity. Ill; Studs Hall-Library Council. Ill, IV; Basketball. III. IV; Hockey. IV; Carousel . IV; Cellophane , III. IV; Secretary A. A. Board, IV; Chapel Committee. IV. 21