Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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has started the exciting task of planning for her future. But, having reached this goal, she must continue the journey, for with adolescence con- quered, the new and greater demands of adult- hood come quickly. If she has successfully met the challenges of the past four years however, and has attempted to master herself during this time, it is certain that she will understand and conduct herself as an industrious and re- flective adult.

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To be a senior is looked forward to by the Mount Vernon underclassmen with great ex- pectation and a little awe. There is pride and satisfaction in becoming the leaders of the school and in meeting the demand for maturity and conviction. Senior year is a turning point in the journey towards self-knowledge, a journey that has brought together many of the threads of ones ambitions. The senior is beginning to realize where her strengths and weaknesses lie and

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CALENDAR September October November December (amian February 22 — Student Council Dinner 23 — Registration 26 — Old Girl - New Girl Party 3 — A. A. Picnic 25 — Halloween Dance 5 — Founder s Day and School Birthday Party 20 — Christmas Book Assembly 23 — Thanksgiving Vesper Service 25 — Thanksgiving vacation begins 13— Christmas Dance 1- 1 — Christmas Vespers 1 6 — Christmas Dinner and Glee Club Concert 17 — Christmas vacation begins 10 — Scholastic Aptitude Tests 2 4 — Midyear examinations begin 29 — Winter sports weekend at Lake Placid begins 2 — Second semester begins 13— Buck Hill Falls Religious Conference 1 4 — Valentine Dance 20 — Freshman Variety Show 23 — Posture Week begins March 6 — United Nations’ trip for Seniors 16 — Student Council Charity Drive 2.5 — Spring vacation begins April 1 1 — Second Form Slave Auction 23 2 4 — Alice in Wonderland 2 4 — Fathers’ Day May 7-14 — Election of New Officers 8 — Junior-Senior Banquet Ringing Ceremony 15 — A. A. Banquet 22 — Last Chapel 23 — Final Examinations begin 30 — Alumnae Reunion Commencement Dance 31 — Baccalaureate Service Class Night J une 1 — Commencement 26