Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Airs. MdcDougall and Miss French at the Christmas party . This is where they work . Airs, W ood and Mrs Dat is at work in the Library . Mrs Lowry and Miss Gutheim discuss world events . 10

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Memory — Hold — The — Door This is what John Buchan called his autobi- ography, and I often recall his title as the school year draws to its close. Memory, that wise old doorman, has an arduous job at Mount Vernon as year after year, for over eighty years, our Seniors have passed through his portals. How wonderful is the enchantment of memory lending to all happy things an access of grace while the disagree- able are soon forgotten! While memory holds open the door for me, I must confess that the glimpse of some classes seen through it is faint and indistinct while that of others is vivid and radiant. There is little fear that our memory of the Class of ’57 will ever fade, for it was under your fine leadership that the Honor Code was formulated, and is was your wise, good humor and upstanding example which implemented it. What a lovely way to be remembered! We say, Good-bye” to you with warm grati- tude and the lively assurance that for our red- coated Seniors of ' 57 the door of memory will always remain ajar. 9

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We owe so much to the faculty . . . Floor , left to right: Mrs, Griffith, Mrs, Lowry, Miss Miller, Mrs. Ecdes. Seated: Mrs Silcox, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Lam pert, Srta. Carroll, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Orwen, Standing: Mrs. Long, Miss French, Mrs, MacDougall, Mrs. Lonas, Mrs, Wood, Mrs, VanKirk, Mile. Brumous, Miss Gutheim, Mr. Laufman, Miss De Zouche, Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Heflin, Mrs. Huddleston. Absent: Mr, Lloyd, Mrs. Brown, Miss Cook, Mrs. Evans, Miss Fulton, Mrs. Rosen, Mrs. Spence, Miss Williamson, Miss Conley, Miss Converse, Mrs, Dmeseher, Mrs. Hodgkin, Mrs. Little, Mrs; Kinnear, Mrs. Mackrill, Mr, Riffey, Miss Snow. . . . here at Mount Vernon that the worn phrase, thank you, cannot fully express our gratitude. In the years that we have been here, you have shaped our ideas, and the beginnings of our Jives. With what you have taught us, we shall go on to a much more rigorous and demanding kind of life, whether in college or community. What we have learned from you is a sound basis for our future learning and for our lives.