Principia School - Blade Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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BUYS' SHUW Prtnclpta grrls peek d through keyhole cros exarmned the gentlem '1 elrte and IH general dtd a pr tty good yob o suoer sleuthtng along about March stxteenth Why? The Boys Show of course What dtd they find ut? Nothtng that rs nothrng unttl the great nrght 1 self when after watcn rng the proceedtngs of Rader who played the usual frrst nrgnter the curtatn rose and the show began The grrls were gorgeous th laughs plentrful the tolce well anyway Krmball got plenty of amusement out of lookrng rnto therr cwn prrvate lrves as well as those of tne Ieeters rn Tobacco Alley 'There was plenty of fun but all sobered down when Bob Towns nd and hrs partner played Rhap oay rn Blue So much occurred rn thts ev ntng that the Boys ohow had come and gode before the grrls realrzed rt Moreover they entoyed every rntnute from the Swrng Band selectlon rrght through to the Grand Frnale And everyone l 1 W x ha LH he fellow had slovrng away rt ght atte nrght and Wxgglrng 11 o weaters and starts Cthat IS everyone except Bernre-D Anyway we all had fun boys and gtrls alrke Arn I SGYIOUS? Now they ve got me dotng 1 too but I am serlous wnen l say The Fodge Club Lolltes of l94l was a bang up show 47 ' .9 S, S- 1 3- , , . e. f L-- - t . . , ,. A. . . , . .1 , . O . -r , . L. , , - , . X . .. L . . , 1 Q hi. I V N I b I I I . A ,. .. ,, , D . .. N . .Rf D . . . . ,P S .L L l . ., , . ..-,A,11,l .,. . Q ze,- - - ,..l.,.J L nl .. . ,Nl P ,. . . lt .J , , . A , ., , t

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Knrttmg Hobby Ice skatlng Close Harmony Hobby hour rn Jpper School has tradrtronally been the trme on Wednesday afternoon lard a rde so that each and every one may pursue nrs favorrte pastrme Rrdrng skatrng Jewelry makrna photography and countless other hobbres have been rncluded As the year wore on rt became apparent to all facult, and tudents that we had a far greater need rn the world han merely developrna a golf stroke or some such pleasant recreatron The answer canne to the grrls rn the form of War Relref work Each grrl gave a semester of hobby trme to knrt tlng or sewrng for the needy abroad thus helprng not only others but themselves To the bofs the answer carne rn the form of a Rrfle Club and darly calrsthenrcs These moves to ward ruggedness of sprrrt have to some degree rncreased the determrnatron ard stamrna of the tudent body at least they hale grven a start to some two hundred future crtrzens whose 1ob 1t Wrll be to stand up for democracy l-lobbres Have not been extermrnated We all feel that to know how to use lersure rs essentral The rndrvrdual schedules have however been a ranged tht year to rrclude a personal hobby perrod plus a frttrng amount of actrvrty along the lrne of preparedness 46

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EUNEIHI HNH ttlllllltt EHUHSI Miss Dorothy Maynor Mr Lawrence Txbbett Mr Eugene List This year Princip a has been irdeed fortunate in having on their concert and lecture course such names as Dorothy Maynor Frederick Iagel and Lawrence Tibbett Dorothy Maynor opened the season with a full house that applauded for encore after encore She was a delightful personality we all enjoyed Eugene and left a grand impression The Coolidge String Quartet brought us an eve ning of chamber music with the popular concert pianist Miss Muriel Kerr Dorothy Crawford on December the sixteenth gave another entertaining eve ning not in the form of music but dramatic monologues The only lecture we had the pleasure of hearing was one I am sure we ll not soon forget It was that of Capt Knight and Mr Ramshaw I dont think there is any doubt in anyone s mind as to just which one flew about and which one delivered the humorous lecture on his extremely interesting experiences with different eagles CMr Ramshaw was the eaglel Mr Frederick Iagel a member of the Metropolitan took a particular interest in Principia In his rich baritone voice he delivered an entertaining concert before a crowded Howard Hall We wound up this year with well need I even say whom? You re right it was Lawrence Tibbett and we all know how he was welcomed back with enthusiastic applause I am sure we would all say Principia had a fine concert course this year which was enioyed practically one hundred percent by all but those handful of seat squeakers and program twisters who are afraid to admit that they really did emoy these even ngs 8 ft List, the young but accomlished pianist, performed for us November the eighth 4