Rogers Hall School - Splinters Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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B MEF' Sprzrzg Mzmber 1959 The Staff DIANE TORREY, Editor-in-Chief JOANNE COPENHAVER, Business Aflanager JANE MIERS, Art Editor MRS. LOUISE STATEN, Alumnae Editor MISS HILDRED RAMSAY, Faculty Adviser LITERARY BOARD HOLLY BUDD SARAH ROBINSON DIANE DUBRULE KAREN THIELE THEODORA FISHER JULIE VAUGHAN BUSINESS BOARD SUZANNE BRIDGE ALICE MILLER DEBORAH LITCHFIELD ELISA SLEEPER MARY MAPES BARBARA SMITH

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