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

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MAY DAY Wake me early, mother dear, for I ' m to be Queen of May! And so the little May Queen sleepily opened one pretty eye (her Mother having wakened her as promised) and discovered to her dismay that disMay day was not a golden sunshiny day, but a rainy silver one. Sadly she arose and went to school. Yes, we had May Day in the gym. But what a nice May Day it was. No shivering Queen and attendants bravely suffering a cold wind. No parents with too few blankets covering their knees and tired arms vainly warding off glaring but warmthless sun. No, instead everyone sat, comfortably, in the gym, which was beautifully decked with lilacs and gay tulips. The Queen sat graciously on her throne surrounded by beautiful apple blossoms, daffodils and attendants. A parade of classes and their banners had preceded the Queen and her court. The Juniors, painfully original, carried in the May King, who was languidly reclining on a specially constructed stretcher. The dancing was exceptional — especially the new dances, expertly done by the lower school. The Seniors did their effective Maypole dance without a flaw, much to their surprise. The picnicking afterwards was far less messy than usual and due to the ideal temperature of the gym the coffee was not so scaldingly hot, nor did the ice cream bars dribble all over everyone ' s immaculate Mav Day clothes. The boys all looked unfamiliarly. clean with white shirts and pants and the girls, each class wearing its identifying color, appeared as so many spring flowers. The Settlement guests sang a song they had written and they enjoyed a lovely afternoon. When it was all over but the shouting the clean-up committees worked faithfully and well until the last vestiges of a lovely and successful May Day were cleared away.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE Since the war overshadows everything now, and since war effort is taking the cen- ter of the stage, we feel that the things which North Shore is doing for Uncle Sam deserve a place in the Mirror. One of the first projects to be started was the paper collecting campaign. Maybe there was some use in all the written homework they dished out to us, because the more we wrote, the more paper we had to throw away, and the more shell cases we helped to make. The sale of War Stamps was also one of the early activities started by some patriotic students. Every Tuesday and Thursday in the lunchroom we were coaxed in dictatorial tones to Buy a defense stamp ! Most of the senior girls, not at all daunted by those unkind cartoons appearing lately in the press, took a First Aid course from Doc. They discovered that it was as much work as taking on a fifth subject, but they learned all about the treatment for shock and what you do when someone faints or pricks his finger. The sophomore girls, under the direction of Dr. Landau, did their bit by working for the Red Cross. They knitted sweaters, suits for youngsters, and afghan squares, as well as turning out sewing kits. The Lower and Middle Schools were right up with the High School in their work for national defense. They sewed for the British War Relief and collected things such as old medicine bottles and broken records for the U. S. O. North Shore was the first school around here to have an air raid drill. After the first couple of practices, which were not too suc- cessful, a simple and satisfactory plan was worked out, and the drills began to go off smoothly. To some people air raid drills seemed a silly precaution, but we felt that it is better to lock the barn door before the horse is stolen. A school like North Shore could exist only in a free and democratic country like the United States ; therefore, we have worked hard to contribute toward the defense of this country and to help keep it free and demo- cratic. 28

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