Mynderse Academy - Myndersian Yearbook (Seneca Falls, NY)

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 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Aladdin has certainly rubbed his magic lamp, transforming us from bewildered Freshmen to poised Seniors; for surely it was only yesterday that we occupied those four rooms on the third floor, and yet here we are in gay, friendly Room 19, endeared to every Senior. In a few weeks we will be graduated and so it is that we relive in spirit those days gone by since we first entered Mynderse. Freshmen days were times of utter confusion until we had our first meeting and very sensibly elected Gladys McCoy to lead us, with Jack Fyfe and Richard Ashton assisting. Miss Wagner, Miss Caldwell, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Wor-muth helped us to give an amusing masquerade, our first social venture. Then remembering the importance of finance, we sponsored a benefit movie, and brought our first year's activities to a successful ending. Chapter one was closed. Sophomore Year we elected Jack Fyfe as our president and Miss Cushman, Miss Vreeland, Miss Smith and Mr. Wormuth as our faculty advisers. Our party in honor of the post graduates was largely attended and very gay. This was followed later in the year by our benefit movies at the Strand Theatre, and the joyous picnic at Enna Jettick Park, in June, which ended our Sopho- more activities. Half of our high school days were behind, the less eventful half, and Junior Year was at hand. Mary Haley, president, Glenn Hamilton, vice-president, and Sylvia Gustafson, secretary and treasurer, were our Junior officers. Early in the year we entertained the classes at a masquerade in the gym, and later we gave the Seniors an informal reception that we upperclassmen might become better acquainted. The second semester brought two major events—our play and the prom. The first, TheCall of the Banshee,'- through the untiring efforts of Miss Hathaway, was acclaimed the most successful characterization ever staged at Mynderse, and the prom—well, let me tell you about it. With the assistance of our advisers, Miss Compitello, Miss Miller, Mr. Baker and Mr. Brumagim, we decided to turn the gym into a moonlit Hawaiian scene with lofty palms and soft breezes. We had the usual difficulties; for the sky was too cloudy and the stars wouldn't twinkle through properly; but we did achieve the soft breezes, and aside from that palm that Mr. Baker painted, an atmosphere suggestive of leis and pounding surfs. The two hundred guests who danced to the strains of Don Davidson's zo

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 Charles Chase Traver His words wore si npie words enough And yet he used them so That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. Wig and Rouge (4); Junior Play (3)- (K Florence Mary Turner Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. I iAATuXisrtq 4 vi u. uaXc A svcuAMjl Not stepfysg 0 er the bounds of modesty. 1 yy JAxJ A, Hearth Club, President (4); Sen-m i Q ior Ball Committee (4). Marion Cornelia Thompson She's not very tall, Yet for her years she's tall. Myndersian (4); Le Cercle Fran- ais (4); Wig and Rouge (4); Glee Club (3, 4); Musical Comedy (4); Junior Prom Committee (3); Senior Tea Committee Senior Ball Committe Bernard Joseph Vergamini What men hat e done can still be done And shall be done today. Myndersian (4); Microphone (l, 3, 4); Secretary (4); Junior Prom Committee (3j. Mary Louise Wildner I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. Senior Tea Committee (4). Julia Louise Wiley Stately and tall she motes in tin ha'll, The chief of a thousand for grace. Basketball (4); Hearth Club (4). 9

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e jSa z orchestra thoroughly enjoyed the party. The patrons and patronesses at the Prom were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogel, Miss Julia O'Brien, Miss Teresa Compitello and Mr. Robert Brumagim. Another year and September found us Seniors occupying coveted seats in Room 19; however, this room would be incomplete without the smiling face of our friendly adviser, Miss O'Brien, who we knew would guide us safely to our goal, graduation. Other Senior officers chosen were Helmar Nelson, president; Lucille Muldoon, vice-president; Bernard Vergamini, secretary; Gladys McCoy, treasurer. Our formal tea-dance in September opened the social year at Mynderse with our mothers and the faculty, guests of honor. Everyone was there but the football coaches and squad who successfully resisted the lure of Eddie's Knights of Rhythm and our pink tea. Was it an attractive party? Well, we did our best by having the Senior officers on line and Miss Grover pouring tea in a gym bright with our autumnal colors, brown and gold. Then came our play, The Tightwad,” which was presented two nights in November. Lucille Muldoon, Ida Share, Gladys McCoy, Helmar Nelson, Glenn Hamilton, and Donald Saunders had the leading roles in this amusing comedy. The entrance of the Swedish servants stopped the show each night; for who had ever seen anything funnier than their costumes and make-up? Everyone in the well-chosen cast deserved praise for the finished performances which were directed by Miss Hathaway, dramatic coach. The play was a financial as well as artistic success. Following the play, interest centered in our holiday ball with its forest of lighted trees, hundreds of bright balloons and merry guests—another Senior triumph. One of our final class gestures is to present our 1931 Mytulersian to Miss Vreeland on her birthday, in this her thirty-fifth year as a teacher in Seneca Falls, in recognition of her years of service to our community. We hope that she and you, our readers, will enjoy this story of our Mynderse life which we have tried to give you in eloquent pictures and words. Plans are underway to celebrate our annual's success at a formal dinner party Prom Night, in June, at which those favored by MynJersian dedications will lie honor guests. These dedicatees include Miss O'Brien, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Mott, Mr. Vogel, Mr. Baker, Miss Hathaway and Miss Vreeland. With our year-book successfully completed, gay commencement plans in the making, four years at Mynderse practically passed, 1931’s life story is told. 2.1