Ossining School for Girls - Quill Yearbook (Ossining, NY)

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THE QUILL for 1916 Not far distant' from the school, and in the same neier-do-Well village, was an 'ardent disciple of Samuel Richardson, who wrote rhymed love-letters for the giddy young people in attendance at the above-mentioned school, and I learned thather name was still Julia Frankle. I In the yet-wild state of Nevada, I met a troupe of vaudeville artists- Qamong them a mesmerist and his adept partner, known in real life as Majel Reevej, which had been disbanded by a young circuit-rider, then holding Gospel Meetings in a rudely-erected tent on the main street. He had been bereft of one leg, when serving as lieutenant in the great European War, so he had as his very helpful aid his. meek, little Wife, nee Beatrice Payne. 'V Far down in the novv peaceful territory border- ing on the Mexican line, I was interested in calling upon the founder of a new Military Institute, which he and his Wife, Mrs. Martin, were so ably conducting. As I had begun my tour in the chill land of ice and everlasting night, it was altogether fitting that I end it in the land of everlasting youth. There, among the orange blossoms, I found Thelma Senior Uber, who having discovered matrimony a failure without three daily letters, had agreed to Mutual SepaI'aii0H so that she and her husband might carry on the inter- course so strongly encouraged during her school- days at Ossining. - . i Thus profitably did I find that the Oss1n1n8 Seniors of 1916 had used their training. THE f Elf l thelllt? I if declrf ,,'g,. ,.-.J 'mf UW' Tm, , 'V Io wt the tem S pair ot ga: minutes 2 Quinn ii ,intent Gamer: itrpenif .laude C I Slfad. E A 80051155 - Helen Lamb S1 l'0ff-5 XP' X-4-a 3111241 Smith Ultnl: Q, I, le. -to

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THE QUILL for 1916 youthful cadets casting looks of admiration toward the gray-clad figure. In a trip through the new government buildings at Washington, I met Alethea Carpenter, a far-famed statistician on Eugenics, and learned that it was largely due to her- influence' that Congress had in- stituted the National Eugenics Law. . In a rather roundabout course, l visited the city which Genevieve Race was so loath to call home, and on one of the main streets I saw her, a martyr to the musical world, which she had renounced for work in the Salvation Army where many cheery songs and large collections were attributed to Salvation Gen. ' , A Near the mid-west of the country, I investigated the Michigan University where lived Emily'Thomp- son. Never having been quite willing to go far from home, she had refused many offers of marriage, al- ways promising to be a 'csisterv tothe rejected, and had finally established herself as the Michigan Col- lege Widow. I Nearby, the flourishing town of Peoria invited me for a brief tour of its main buildings and sights of interest. There, on the very vehicle in which strangers rode to see these sights, did I find the once- diffident Lucile, a guide in the employ of the 'tPeoria Sight-Seeing Transit Company. - ' Between the central and far western portion of the country, I passed a nameless village, where was said to flourish, under the instruction of Eleanor Carroll, a Co-educational School, innocent of any discipline and of all purpose. I -I .1 I

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THE QUILL for 1916 1 The Class Will E, the Senior Class- of 1916 of the Ossining School, in the Village of Ossining and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say: l We Bequeath p To the Junior Class patience to wait and energy to work for their Senior Privileges, 'to Molly Beecher the Venus de Milo's arms, to Charlotte Voorhis, one pair of gauze wings, to Marjorie Lindsley, a few spare minutes, to Ruth Talbot, the antidote for ptomaine poison to be used on hot dog occasions, to Alice Acker, a life subscription to Vanity F air , to Eleanor Cameron, the coaster in the back yard, to Mildred Carpenter, a laugh guaranteed to be original, to Maude Chandley, a bad case of German measles, to Martha Fletcher, a goose to stuff, to Jeannette Hal- stead, a tardy mark, to Marjorie Holly, an honestto goodness thrill, to Helena Hyatt, an eccentricity, to Helen Hays, a horse shoe for good luck, to Eleanor Lamb, some new amusements, to Edna Nagel, a loud voice to match her buxom figure, to Harriet Pillmore, a place in the angels' choir for her and her harp, to Elizabeth Pilat, an impromptu speech, to Marian Smith, one Suzanna Cocroft flesh reducing treat- ment, to Lyle Stackpole, Emma Calve's voice, to Corinne Thrall, a padded cell, a safe-guard against noise, to Margaret Travis, Shylockis pound of flesh. 47