Northrop Collegiate School - Tatler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The 1924 TATLER ber of the class wished to talk all the time, we accomplished nothing startling, although we did accumulate quite a sum by the ten cents a week method. This year we attended the Subscription Dance in large numbers. Some of us, after long consultations with friends, appeared with our hair marcelled and done up. I trust that the school remembers us thus, marcelled and dressed up, dancing gracefully, rather than as placing an artificial, but terrifying, mouse before one of our teachers. a should add, for honestyls sake, that the teacher merely remarked, uTake that thing outIl' We had, from reading the comic papers, expected hysterics at least, and were quite disappointedd Our basketball team was a marvel. We were runners up in the Tourna- ment and were defeated by only one point. It was thought quite a feat for the youthful Sophomores to come so near winning the Tournament. We ourselves went around singing Hail the Sophs, the coming Seniors of the class of '24! to the tune of Clementine. tStrange as it may seem, our prophetic song was right and we are SeniorsJ By the end of the year we could chatter quite knowingly of the Helvetians tfrom which, by the way, one of the most beloved members of our class derives her nicknamey, and there was not a one of us who wouldnlt have recognized an ablative absolute if she met it in the darkest corner of the tortuous paths of HDe Bello Gallico. We could prove two triangles congruent under the most discouraging circumstances. In fact, we were beginning to show our education. Miss BroWn came from St. Marys to Northrop only to be confronted with the task of keeping an eye upon us, now the Junior class. If the former school is anything of what its name implies, the contrast must have been great, for in spite of our good intentions, we did not always remember to subside when the bell rang, and our chapel lines were always in danger of being last minute affairs. With an eye on the Senior Room, however, we began to attend to our manners, expecting the school to return in kind by regarding us as potential Seniors. I suppose that we must have studied that year, and I know that we went in for athletics, coming in a close second on the Athletic Cup. The one out- standing event in the memories of all the class, however, is the Junior-Senior. We began early in the year to discuss it, and before the spring was entirely over had arrived at some plan of action. During the week of Final Exams such members as had been fortunate enough to pass the Preliminaries spent their days pasting and snipping. Presently the floor of the little gym was entirely cov- ered with tape and scissors and paste, not to mention the strips of crepe paper, which were to llitter so airily above the crowded dance floor, charming the eye, and acting generally as all well-behaved decorations should. It must be admit- ted that they were not so beautiful spread out upon the red floor, which smelled Page 16

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The 1924 TATLER important, was to begin the Revolutionary War! This simple little trick was performed by slamming a dictionary upon the floor, producing a noise which sounded like the first shot of Lexington. After Commencement Day we were unusually jovial as we realized that the great time had come, and we were no longer eighth graders, but Freshmen! The great day arrived. We were, rather to our disgust, arranged in neat order by Mrs. Menger. The thirty-live of us nearly filled room twenty-seven, which was our first home, as it is our last; we have returned here, like the business man in the movies Who comes back to the farm to end his days. In spite of being arranged a la index, we felt ourselves quite grown up. We appointed a committee to purchase class rings and class colors, which we wore thereafter prominently displayed at all the class games in which our bas- ketball team took part. tVee Clifford was on the sub team, one of those examples of a rise to fame from obscurityJ We were entertained by our elders at the Old Girls' Party for the New. One vivid recollection this historian has of seeing Ted Melone, as the bride in liLochinvar lone of the stuntsl , being lifted to the saddle of a Kiddie Kar, and borne blushing from the stage. We seem to have been shining lights, socially, for we were prominent in the Sopho- more Carnival, in which we managed the iiPenny Arcade, and revealed the mysteries of the liSwimming Matches and llNapoleon Crossing the Rhine to unsuspecting visitors. Louise Belden entertained us at a class party, whose fea- ture tof course excepting the refreshmentsy was a sort of silhouette pantomime. We were still rather young at heart, notwithstanding our social triumphs. Examinations made us feel very small indeed, in spite of our ability to recite Iluently, iipuella bona, puellae bonae, etc. The Juniors and Seniors, examined a few days before ourselves, were objects of sympathy. Jinks Decker remarked one day, Just think, Susan is taking an examination right now! in much the same tone she might have employed if Susan had been having her appendix removed in the next room. . We ourselves seemed to be able to pass examinations without any difli- culty, for we had four or five members of our class who marched up to the platform on Commencement Day, to be presented with roses, and the class as a whole moved on up the next step toward being Seniors. We were so large a class in our Sophomore year that Miss Sadley's room would not hold us all. Some accommodating girls who spent most of their time looking out of the window anyway, might have been willing to sit on the window-sills to save room, but we were torn apart, Mademoiselle Bagier under- taking to uadvisell a few of us. We still met each other now and then, how- ever, at our class meetings, frequently held. In these meetings, as each mem- Page 15

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The 1924 TATLER very much like plasticine. After Mullin's Witching hand had fastened them to the beams and the walls were;adorned with climbing roses, the gymnasium was a vision of beauty. The Junibrs. too tired to dance with much ardor, were still pleased and even rather complacent over the work of their hands. We were sufliciently rested to hold the rods above the Seniors as they marched in on Commencement morning, and over the Alumnae as they marched out. Scarcely was this day over when the College Board extra session began. We took possession of the Senior Room, purchased our red ties, and began to learn how to be Seniors. The Senior Room we enjoyed the most of all, although the weather was too hot to allow much enthusiasm. Some clever class-mate suggested that we should bring an electric fan and let it run all sum- mer to cool oilr the room for the next fall! After an incredibly short summer we returned, again to be established in room 27. Before Christmas time we were in the possession of our nice tables and beautiful curtains, the envy of the school. We hope that results will show the atmosphere of our room conducive to study. There have beennumerous diversions this year, but we like to mention in , particular the May Day picnic that the Sophomores gave for us. We would print the menu were it not for the fact that the rest of the school would prob- ably descend on us in a passion of envy. We trust that they will be appeased at the Class Day entertainment, the exact nature of which we llare not at liberty to divulgef' Commencement comes along swiftly, leaving us alumnae. The Empire is fallen. Let us not say that she is overwhelmed by barbarians: such an asser- tion is not very complimentary to next year's Senior Class. Let us say rather that the Class of 1924 went forth, armed with its Northrop diploma, in search of new helds to conquer. JANE KING CAROLINE MERCER MARGARET WILLIAMS LUCY WINTON ltORDERS'OF'ClASS lCcARCH l TECTURS Page 17