Rock Ridge Hall - Rock Ridge Annual (Wellesley Hills, MA)

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Social. fi:-264 HE social season at Rock Ridge be- gan with a reception, on October ninth, given by the fellows in the Gray Senior House to the rest of the school. It was for the purpose of bringing the fellows together and giving the new inenibers a chance to become acquainted. It incidentally gave them a chance to see our beautiful new Senior House. Refreshments were served during the evening. Songs were sung and the reception ended amid cheers for 41 Gray House, ff Rock Ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Giles and Dr. and Mrs. White. An informal dance was held in the 4, Casino at Rock Ridge on Saturday evening, November fourth. The dance, which was a great success, was well attended, for, although it was the lirst one to be given, there we1'e about lifty couples present, which made a jolly gath- ering. Page Thirty-foul Un Monday evening, November sixth, the fellows of the Senior House were very pleasantly surprised with a feed given by Mr. and Mrs. Giles. There was fruit salad, fancy cakes, fruits, cheese sandwiches and other things too numerous to mention. Indeed the coffee was the whit of the evening. Everybody had two or three extra cups. lt was with a great deal of reluctance that everybody H turned in about ten-thirty. The rolieking farce fHAtHi11fo1-d which was carefully and skillfully pre- pared under the personal direction of Mr. Le Roy Clemens and produced in the Casino on the evening of December six- teenth, Was truly an enjoyable event. In every respect the play was a success. All who were privileged to take part in the production did excellently and deserve praise and congratulations. The acting,

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pause ere We say our last farewell to gather helped us Ht ourselves for life's rough sea. strength and hope and COl11'itg6,?l.l1d to put So turning from the school We love S0 on the armor prepared by those who have well, we pass and bid a fond farewell. HARRIS JOHNSON BREARLEY. Page Thirty-three.

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in most cases, was first-class and the per- formance as a whole, seemed far better than the average amateur performance- The singing. as well, was the best that has been heard at Rock Ridge for a long time. Mr. Clemens evidenced the fact that he is thoroughly familiar with the finest points of his profession. There was the usual large crowd pres- ent, the seating capacity being taxed to its limit. After the performance, dancing was indulged in by the members of the school and their guests until midnight. On M3,l'Cl1 sixteenth the Junior class gave a formal dance to the Seniors. Tl1e Casino was V61'y artistically decorated with streamers and bunting. During the inter- mission refreshments were served. A feature of the evening, novel and delightful, especially to the younger mein- bers, was the 'L rainbow dance. A large circle was formed by joining hands around the hall and all were supplied with paper streamers of various colors, which were then thrown high toward the centre and caught in the bunting. At a given signal dancing was resumed in and out among the streamers, all getting more or less tangled up in the resulting net work. A large crowd attended and the dance was a great success for which the Juniors are to be highly commended. From time to time during the year there have been Saturday night entertain- ments, given by the various entertainers. These have been enjoyed immensely by the fellows and have been very successful as a divergence from the regular routine of school life. The social season at Rock Ridge ended with the annual Carnival Ball given in the Casino the evening of June fourth. Dancing continued fro111 eight-thirty until two o'clock with an intermission of forty- five minutes at eleven for supper, At twelve the old, traditional ff battle of con- fettin was fought and dancing was then resumed. There was an attendance of about a hundred and fifty, and everybody had the good time that is sure to come at such an event. Page Thirty-five