North Shore Country Day School - Mirror Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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HOW TO BEGIN THE DAY WRONG (A one act play.) Scene— North Shore Country Day School, Dunlap Hall, Room VI Time — 8:20 to 8:40 on any school morning Jeanette comesin, looks around, takes off her coat and hat, and goes out (pre- sumably to study hall) whistling from Just Fancy . Lou enters and does the same, only sings Opera instead of whistling. Betty comes in and sits down with her books. She forgot her Latin book last night. Helen is seen standing in the doorway. Helen — Oh darn 1 , slams her books on the floor. Betty — What ' s the matter? Helen — Nothing. Oh darn! , picks up her books and wanders aimlessly around the room. More girls arrive. Anna and Mary chattering as fast as possible. Mary — Oooh Anna, where will we be three weeks from today? Anna — I know. Say Mary, I ' m going to take my yellow and flowered and the blue silk and maybe the pink one. Madame — Good morning, girls , she bustles to the empty locker and removes her helmet and puts on her sweater. Everyone — (almost simultaniously) Good morning, Madame. Did your car freeze this morning? Madame — Oh no, only I forgot gas and water, so it wouldn ' t run. Let ' s just sit down now girls. Annie — But, Madame, the bell hasn ' t rung yet. Madame — Well, we ' ll be quiet while I read the bulletin. ' Sally Jenkins in the Third Grade lost one mitten last Friday. If found, please return to the Third Grade room. Will the following please call at the office ' — Let me see, no, there are none of our girls here. During this oration the remaining members of the class enter and shout at each other. A bell rings. Madame — There, the bell rang! Let ' s just sit down and be quiet. You know our graph has gone down and these ten minutes should mean so much to us. Adelaide — But why shouldn ' t we have our ten minutes to ourselves? That ' s what they ' re for. Madame — No, that isn ' t what they ' re for. Now can ' t someone just clean the boards and open the windows? Chalk dust flies and first the room is frigidly cold, then suffocatingly hot as the ventilation is fought over. Madame — Who is absent this morning? Everyone has a different opinion, but finally, just as the slip goes out with several names on it, it is decided that all are present. This causes a good deal of excitement, and several must hurry up to Mr. Jone ' s office to assure him that they are present. The talking is continued for about ten minutes. Madame interrupting regularly every minute with Let ' s just sit down now , or Mr. Smith wants us to be quite quiet these ten-minute periods. Finally the bell rings and there is an instantaneous rush for the door. Madame sighs as she picks up books, straightens chairs, and gets ready to control her next T H E 8 O P H M R E C LASS Two happy years we ' ve spent in High School; As this one draws to close We wish we might once more be Sophomores, Our happiest year as everyone knows We ' ve passed through the greenish hue of Freshmen Timidly entering the door. Now we ' re all Sophomores onward pressing, Eager still for knowledge more. So here ' s to the Sophomore class!

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WHAT ' S IN A NICKNAME? Babbles Redundantly Until Class Ends . . . Bruce Benson Johnny Offers Hildebrand ' s Notes .... John Bersbach Doodie Uses Deftness In Everything .... Doodie Davis Leaves Us Delighted ... ... Lud Dean Gama Rex Est Gratus ...... Greg Durham Always Last ... . . . . Al Ferry Seldom Quiet Unless Asleep Totally .... Squat Koch Noted In Canine Knowledge ..... Nick Lackner Mostly Animal Crazy Mac Millard Really Uses Sense Sometimes ..... Russ Palmer Jolly And Cheery Kind ...... Jack Shimmin Says Things Offering Keen Enjoyment . . Stoke Webster Has Arctic Narrative Knack ..... Hank Warren Phelps Howls Everywhere Leaving Professors Shocked Phelps Wilder WE Herman invited the Class to run over in his fifty passenger monoplane, The Spirit of North Shore , to visit some of the places we have studied about in History, English, French, and Latin. So on June 20, 1930 the whole class except Stokely, who was absent as usual, took off from the athletic field bound for Paris. Jack and Malcolm took turns as pilots, while Phelps and Russell served as mechanic and navigator. Anna, being the mathematician of the class, boxed the compass. The orchestra consisting of Jeannette, Pagie, Lud, Carl, and Greg played and we danced till lunch time. Jeannette played the piano with her usual pep and ability and except for fits of giggling every so often Lud played away on his sax and clarinet very well. Carl got redder and redder in the face as he played difficult parts on his cornet. Greg, with his tongue thrust into one corner of his mouth, strummed vigorously on the banjo, while Pagie rolled fast and furiously on the drums. Lunch was served and by early bedtime we were in Paris. Our French was so perfect, thanks to Madame and Mademoiselle, that we were at home in France. In fact Marjorie was asked to teach classes in French for under-privileged French children. We stayed in Paris for some time, because Lou and Doodie were simply smothered with offers to sing in the opera and Allen was busy beating all the French champions in tennis. Bruce took this opportunity for studying the latest Paris styles. We cruised around visiting Egypt. Crete, Mycenae, Troy, and Mesopotamia, familiar now to all from Ancient History. We stopped longer in Persia, while Helen got first hand advice on Persian costumes. Then we sailed for Caesar ' s old haunts along the Rhine and the Rhone. These having been seen and all things having been made ready, nevertheless we waited until the break of day in order that Annie and Purp might have their beauty sleep. In as much as Margie and Dorothy wanted to go to Rome, in order to study Roman statuary, and Adelaid insisted on a trip to Shakespeare ' s country we finally compromised on Greece where Mary studied aesthetic dancing, Ducky studied the origin of Greek Drama, and Betty Fulton real original Greek poems. Henry took some wonderful moving pictures of the trip except when he tried to get closeups of the Rheims Cathedral from the plane. After a very delightful time we arrived back at the N. S. C. D. S. athletic field on September 15, 1930. 30