Napsonian School - Napsoniana Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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CLASS We, the members of the Senior Class of '44, being of more or less sound mind, and realizing that those de- parting should make proper disposition of the talents, charms, and eccentricities which have been held in awe f?J by the underclassmen, do hereby will and be- queath the following: Item I: To the up and coming Senior Class we leave the Knew this year tile fioor in Senior Hall. Item II: I, Joanne Rae, leave my string of Junior High basketball admirers to Nan Ivey. Item III: I, Jane Carey, sadly leave Nancy McClung to the next Senior Class, led by Betty Ann Whitaker. Item IV: I, Maribell Calkins, leave my gentle tongue to Jean Bodin and Barbara Berman, that the Study Hall may be more restful. Item V: We, Lucille Castleberry and Nadia Moore, leave our stature to Betty Anderson and Frances Harbin. They need it i?l. Item VI: I, Mary Jayne Dritt, relinquish my spirit and vim in cheer leading to Martha Hosford. Item VII: I, Margaret Ann Elebash, leave my voice, to help beg for ads for the annual, to Elizabeth Wolf. Item VIII: We, Maizie Almon and Betty Sealy, leave our executive ability to Betty Wright and Frances Long. Item IX: I, Edith Lively, leave my ability to upole- vault from sophomore to senior to anyone who can stand the extra work-Clodie Hubbell and Elizabeth Frink are nearly ready. Item X: I. Dorothy Grau, leave my long distance hop to school to Florence Crook. May she use it as well as I have done! Item XI: We, Claire Kemper, Minnie Hamilton, and Ruth Clapp, leave our fingers that are in every good pie to Elizabeth Williams and Peggy Roohan. Item XII: I, Dorothy Izard, leave my over abundant school spirit to .lean Compton, Betty Lathem, and Caro- line Laurent. Item XIII: I, Mary Noras, leave my quiet and sweet ways to Margaret Wilson and Rebecca Lee land of course my sister, Thalial. Item XIV: I, Ann Joiner, relinquish the editorship of the Senior Reader to Ann O'Sullivan. Item XV: I, Peggy Kahn, leave my lovely face and hair to Lynn Barker and Julianne Cook-who don't need them, but every little bit helps. Item XVI: We, Geraldine Bush, Marianne Keith, and Lida Walker, leave our love for the boys in service to Frances Seckinger, Dot Lietch, Eleanor Huie, and Mary Anne Pogue. Item XVII: I, Alice Lawrence, leave my devotion to Miss Muse to Lorton Lee. Q .9 , ,, :. r7'fi s'eJ ' -W-S-ut v . Q. -.4- I gl , ,, ..,., 1- 'ff'- K,-R. A,,.fP-- ,,.,,-ggfega'- , ,. .1-tg? x ,Q ',..wM'f:2, ' ,gets-ff' -2. , .. ,tx f.,,,,..,-55 -...nf ,A 7 Y , 4?:sff4.a11ffl: fffww' W use ' ,plbbuh N 3f,,...,... i, .. H--4. . Item XVIII: I, Marilyn McClung, gladly relinquish my flair for always being late to any poor soul who wants it. Item XIX: I, Frances Bennett, leave my unusual ability in dancing to Miriam Reams. Item XX: I, Juanita Swann, leave the art editorship of the annual to Ann Howington. Item XXI: We, Louise Hicks, Emery Catts, and Mozelle Stone, the B. D. Babes, leave our many trots back and forth fusing up precious shoe leatherl. to Bobbie Wood and Frances Jordan. Item XXII: I, Roberta Maclagan, leave my work with the Red Cross to Patsy Cook and Ruth Fiske- maybe Charlotte Martin will help too. Item XXIII: I, Ann Ransom, leave the trials and tribulations of being editor of the annual to Alice Jean Caswell. Cltis fun, though.l Item XXIV. I, June Rosselle, leave my work in the Bible Club to Lee McCann. Item XXV: We, Joanne Smith, Shirlie Smith, Bev- erly Magbee, and Frances Wright, relinquish our de- lightful rides to the Varsity with Phoebe Cavan to an- other crew who won't abuse the privilege. Item XXVI: I, Norma Tomey, leave my undying curiosity to Marilyn Miller. Item XXVII: I, Joyce Rounds, leave my taste for good-looking clothes to Caroline Pogue. Item XXVIII: I, Barbara Eversole, the Dash-Over, Dash-Back Kid, leave my constant presence in the gym to Wilma Shipley. Item XXIX: I, Polly Tate, leave my cuddlie looks and pretty hair to Joyce Worthington. Item XXX: I, Marjorie Clark, leave my shapely ankles to someone who will take good care of them. flt has taken years to perfect them.7 Item XXXI: I, Joanne Crocker, leave my A's to Elizabeth Whitner and .Barbara Bostick. Item XXXII: We, Ray King, Louise Sharp, and Martha Neidlinger leave our constant companionship to whoever can take it. fVitamins! Vitamins! Vitaminsll Witness my hand and seal, this fifteenth day of Feb- ruary, 194-4. Signed I SENIOR CLASS Witnesses .' MAIRZY Dons Dozv Doars LAMZY DIVEY A ttorney-at-Law J NORMA TOMEY

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Non MA JHA N Tomizr Norma has a charming western accent with her friendly smile. During ber two years. with us she has been Treasurer of the Junior Class and on the Junior Basketball Team and was a Junior Maid at Class Day, '43g Bible Club, '42-'43g Senior Reader Staff, '42-71-3. '43-'44. POLLY JhNN TAN: PnIly's portrayals uf little sis- ter in Cecilian plays are dar' ling-and sn is Polly. She has green eyes and red hair and sn much personality. Class Basket- ball Team in suphornnre year. Nkshhlxlhlilllklilil XEXXNXX in 7 .A ' I ' b1iitff!4!f'ff1fiaaisaaff' ll N C3 Jf,! M ,!. WyWiii'J'il Lnm WA1.Ki:1c Lida-the poetess of Naps-Ahas won two National Poetry Con- tests. Since her junior year, she has been on the Senior Reader Staff and is the Business Man- ager and Feature and Editorial Writer for '4-3344. She is Field Day Chairman of the Athletic Board, a member of the Quill and Scroll, and Treasurer of the Bible Club. Fimwcils WH,CHT Blltmde and very small, we all admire her darling clothes and like her wonderful personality. Couniercloclswisez Wright, Walker Tomey, Tate.

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May 23, 1957. If you have looked through the papers in the last few years and especially in this year of 1957, you will find that the alumnae of a certain school, Napsonian High, in Atlanta, Georgia, have been mentioned numerous times. This col- umnist Hnds that she has written about a large number of them herself. We find that the most illustrious group of them all came from one class-that of 194-4. Upon referring back to our articles of the past few years, we found that the tracing of such a class would make interest- ing reading for our public. Any one of our readers can remember when a few years ago our relations with Greece be- came strained after the Greeks sent us a ship- load of olive trees as a goodwill gift, and our secretary of state, who was not a graduate of Napsonian, wrote back thanking them for the beautiful date palms. lt was then that the true diplomatic ability of Ambassador Mary Noras came to the front. She sent an apology to the Greek Embassy and a fifty page report on the characteristics of olive trees to the secretary of state. On the home front, our foremost Home Eco- nomics expert, the former Miss Geraldine Bush, has gone into business manufacturing her own discovery, the roll-less, stick-less, flexible, fault- less rolling pin, which she has patented under the title of the Elmer Pin. She named it after the man who was her inspiration. ln the literary world, we find Miss Joanne Rae, who has once again been acclaimed the greatest biographer of all time for the fifteenth volume of her Life of Abraham Lincoln. She has now recorded his life up to his eighteenth year. Lucile Castleberry's book, Smiles I've AME I Known and Why They Fitted Their Faces, is coming off the press next month and it is rumored to be the most revealing book since Under Cover. The class of '44 is represented on the legiti- mate stage by Miss Ruth Clapp, whose modern- ized version of Milton's Comns has proved to be a record breaker. But not only do we find Nap- sites in the theater: Mlle. Louise Hicks has been hailed as another Kirsten Flagstad for her in- terpretations of the Wagnerian heroines. On the concert stage, We find Claire Kemper, whose rendition of her own tone poem, Variations On the Actions of a Little Brother, on the violin has brought Carnegie Hall to its feet for thirty-six encores. That great exponent of the acrobatic dance, Frances Bennett, is now on tour with her troupe exhibiting the triple dipped front roll hand stand over six people. Two of the foremost debaters of the genera- tion, the Misses Pauline Tate and Maizie Almon, are now filling engagements on the West Coast. Miss Tate debates on the subjects, French Verbs: Pro and Con, and Cats as Mascots: Pro and Con. Miss Tate has no trouble with her voca- tion except that she can find no one who will defend against her the pro of either topic. Miss Almon's chosen field of debate is Frater- nity Pins: Pro and Con. Her only complaint is similar to Miss Tate's except that she can find no one to defend the Neon. ln the world of science, that eminent labora- tory technician, Dorothy lzard, has perfected her discovery of cultured measles cultures, and thereby revolutionized the disease. She was able to complete her investigation through the co- operation of Drs. Mozelle Stone and Emery Catts, the foremost authorities on measles in