Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls - Laurel Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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THE LAURZEL eight or nine dozen soldiers of all sizes, shapes, and species from a nearby camp, and invited them to a tea party to be held at our gym. There we met the boys and chose our Prom escorts. 1944 Reforms. As president of the Governing Council, Shirley Ogintz has introduced a number of reforms, Through her efforts, a Cleanup Campaign has been initiatedg every Friday there is dancing in the gym, and in the near future, mirrors are to be installed in the lavatories. She is still battling for further reforms. Looking Forward. With the passing of every day, graduation approaches, and with it, the Variety Show, Class Day, and the Commencement Prom. Soon they will have come and gone, and so to our underclassmen we pass the Torch that they may guard it well. TERMS TO BE MASTERED escalator clause Qsee The Election of I94IH under ID the Great Divide Cbetween Boys' and Girls' Memorialj stay and tender laws Cstay after school and tend to your businessj control of the purse Csee Economic Conditionsl' under IVD impressment Cseniors on underclassmenj spoils system Cschool politicsj underground railway ton all Hoorsj ' availability Qwomenj internal improvements Qlunchj QUESTIONS I . How many times have you seen The Lamp Went Out? . QMark with Xl 3 times D 4 times Cl 5 times Cl other lj 2. . Do you think the lavatory mirrors will come? DEMO A. Yes lil No E 3. Do you know any available males? A. No lj Yes Clf yes, see authorsj 4. Q. Do you swoon when Sinatra croons? A. Yes E BIBLIOGRAPHY A History of Our Country-David Saville Muzzy, Published by Ginn and Co. Nasha Levitt and Barbara Wolfe fb 1.51 9 e r-aoznav k QW 5 Wu c iii Q' Y . M x 1331

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1944 III The Election of 1942. ln june of our sophomore year, we elected for ourjunior ofiicers: Doris McLellan, presidentg Helen Wiseman, vice presidenlg Mary Zetes, .verremryg joy Capuzzo, lreasurer. By this time we had resigned ourselves to the fact that the fervent and farffetched hopes of our sophomore year would never be realized. VVe therefore devoted ourselves exclusively to class business. Social Conditions. The dance king comes to Memorial! Mr. Baptiste, a swoon-in- spiring male, honored us juniors with a superb demonstration of ballroom dancing. Many a heart did flutter that day, and many a junior firmly resolved to enter Mr. Bap-- tiste's dancing school. Ourjunior party stands out as the hilarious climax to the year's activities. Skits were performed by each room, and Stage-Door Canteen, produced by room 213 received the prize, a Howerpot. The Class of 1944 Assists the Government. Under the auspices of the Governing Council, the long-awaited Victory Corps was established. A number of clubs whose purpose was to aid the war effort were thus organized. But the most unexpected event of the year was yet to happen! Ration Book No. 2 was expiring. What was to be done? Ration Book No. 3 had to be issued or the residents of Massachusetts would soon go hungry and shoeless. Clearly, the only thing to be done was to have the class of ,44 assist the government in issuing the new book. Therefore, school was over for us juniors in May, and, for two wonderful months, we wrote, checked, enveloped, and sealed Ration Book No. 3. IV Futile Party Struggles. This election was the most exciting Memorial had ever seen. We seniors anxiously awaited the returns which would tell us who would become vice president, Wiseman or Wiseman? Which of the eight candidates for the Governing Council would become the eight governing councilors? This was the outcome: Winona McCarthy, presidentg Helen Wiseman, viva presidenlg Dorothy 'Vlamos, .rerretaryg Vera Francis, treasurer. d Economic Conditions. Money! Money! Money! From all sides come demands for money. We pay senior council and General House dues, money for rings, pictures, Yearbook, Enierprise, personal ads, prom tickets, graduation dresses and shoes. Morgan Memorial, here we come! Senior Scholarship Play. The extraordinary prowess we exhibited in our sophomore year again came to light in I Have Five Daughters. Not only tlid the Cast render a splendid performance, but the financial returns made us philanthropists. We gave S475 to the Scholarship Fund! SOS. . . . . .SOS. A crisis loomed in the Boston Department Stores three weeks before Christmas. A cry was sent out for help,,' and again the class of ,44 came to the rescue. For the second time, lessons were dropped, and an army of seniors invaded the department stores as salesgirls, bundle girls, stock girls, and cashiers. After Christ- mas, we resumed our lessons leaving the stores to struggle along alone as best they could. The Boston Tea Party. With the manpower shortage and with the Prom drawing nearer, we had quite a problem on our hands. The solution? Simple. We ordered 4371!

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1944 Prophecy of the Class of l944, Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the Boston Broadcasting System, station R.M.H.S., presenting to you your weekly journal of the air, 'KThe Vacuum Cleaner. Remember our motto: VVe pick up all the dirt. This evening it is our pleasure to feature your Boston Newsgirl, Maisy Dotes. Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all our ships at sea, let's go to press: Vlfashington, D.C.-Exclusive!-The notorious law-suit of Veronica Lake versus Joan Hart has Finally been appealed to the Supreme Court. The judges and juries seem to have had a hard time determining the originator of the peek-a-boon bang. Boston, Massachusetts-The newly-opened Roxbury Memorial Hospital fully staffed with expert nurses, all former graduates of the local high school, opened its doors today to its First patient, Harriet Harris, who complained of chopped liver. The staff, supervised by eflicient Selma Bloch, includes such notables as: Frances Collins, Evelyn McSwain, Ruth Lawson, Catherine Hare, and Alice Maccara. The laboratory boasts a personnel of laboratory technicians who are even now delving into the mys- teries ofthe unknown. Among these humanitarians are Adele Berman, Elaine Cohen, Marilyn Harriman, and Toby Berger. And now a word from my sponsors: Girls! Are you lacking dates? Does your phone never ring? Do men treat you like Miriam without Irium? Then come to the Date Bureau of Bernice Sava and Zatiro Hantis. We guarantee an occasion for every type of man. Chicago, Illinois-The Heinz Company has recently added a 58th variety to their already famous 573 thanks to Edythe Leshner's research in the Field of pickles. New York, New York-Louise Pitts and Ruth Somerville, well-known pianists, have completed a successful tour of the United States and are returning to New York today, for the debut of Sarah Stansil's newest symphony in Carnegie Hall next Tuesday. Washington, D. C.-The eminent poetess, Helen Vlfiseman, has .received world-wide acclaim for her latest masterpiece- Ode to a Nestle's-with Nuts. New Orleans, Louisiana-Mary McLean, former buyer for Goldie Bir- stein's Fashion Salon, is now exclusive buyer for the Schwartz, Schwartz, Schwartz, and Papidinos French Shoppe. Dil39l