Old Trail School - Vestigia Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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tt wk f Ptkfyk VV-2-41 PR MARGARET I OAN TROTT Oh, I'm so happy! lf one ever enters the portals of Old Trail School to hear quotations from sonnets or poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ringing through the halls, the speaker will undoubt- edly be Ioan Trott, our own Katherine Cornell. Ioan is one oi those lucky girls who has many abilities. The ones which We associate mostly with loan are her acting and her flair for writ- ing. To prove this tact, she was editor ot the school newspaper Trail Blazer in her sopho- more year, and is editor ol the literary mag- azine this year. Everyone who saw this pretty, brown-haired girl in the class play knows she is truly a first-class actress. When interviewed, Ioan was confronted with the questions an inquiring reporter us- ually asks. Likes? She immediately said New York City. Dislikes? No radical ones! Class oitices? She shyly remarked she was president oi her junior class. We all must conclude that loan has been an asset to the school as a whole and to her class as an individual.

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IEAN ELINOR THOMAS ilrommyll 'lHave you ever Since seventh grade our Iean Thomas has been a real part of Old Trail. Although we are happy for her in her graduation, we are sorry to see such a good friend leave. During her freshman year she served on the Student Council as a representative of her class. lean was chairman of the Service Committee her senior year and throughout her high school days, a member of the green team in athletics. Other memories of lean will include her sparkling humor, which brightened many a hen party, and her well-dressed appearance. The initials, I. M. , head her list of likes, with liver and hominy following close behind. Brainy people and onions are her chief dis- likes. lf you were to ask lean her ambitions, she would probably say, First l want to go through college tpreferably Wheaton or Briar- cliff! and then l would like to do some work in interior decorating. After that l want to be married, of course! Although O. T. S. bids farewell to one of her pioneers, she sends lean luck and success in all of her undertakings. 2 Zn-Q 4-5 nu'- N 'ffm 1 1-. A I T X . gg -Q 5 i 7 f

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The History of the Class of In nineteen-hundred and thirty-eight, Old Trail School threw wide its gate To a little girl with hair of brown, Who smiled and slowly looked around, Decided that she liked the ground And settled down to stay. She was one Miss Priscilla Plumb. The third grade, glad that she had come, Grew larger from that day. The fifth grade missed Priscilla when she left in thirty-nine But Georgia camefrom England to augment the line. Three new faces in '41 to the long halls came, And to everyone's confusion, two were just the same. For the blond and blue-eyed Parish twins left King in their seventh year, Accompanied by jean Thomas, who with Iohnny has no peer. The irrepressible Puzz arrived just about this time, To join the merry eighth grade group in their high school climb. Here we'll add another line just to make the stanza rhyme. Two loans, two Barbaras, and Ieanie Lou, Anne and Peggy and Carolyn too, Ioined forces with Beverly, ln the Freshman Class of '43. As Sophomores we greeted lean Michell. And gave a luncheon that went quite well. lt was a success or so they say, But please don't try to identify they . We learned to drive in our junior year. fpedestrians took to the trees in fearl And covertibles began to roar, Around Old Trail's vibrating door. We welcomed back Priscilla Plumb, And IoAnne Green from Kent did come. There were three new Seniors from far away- Shirley from Cali-forn-i-ay, Sally Mason from Tudor Hall, And Patricia Prichard of the Texas drawl. We were twenty strong, and every lass Worked hard on the play for the Senior Class, And made plans for the Prom that was yet to come Our excitement made the long halls hum. Yes, our hearts were gay, our hearts were young, But now those years have passed, And all the songs as children sung A , Have faded out at last. So whether each shall reach success, Or stop along the way, , We'll keep our laughter always young, Our hearts forever gay.