Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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12 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO Washington Trip 1 — Lo and Behold Eleven excited Smith Academy Seniors, includ- ing Robert Breor, Roger Wendoloski, Walter Moskowicz, Edward Betsold, Carole Howard, Barbara Ryan, Teresa Nartowicz, Patricia Mul- lins, Mildred Toczko, Virginia Yarrows and Lucy Zawacki, rolled out of bed bright and early on the morning of April 16, to be sure they would not miss that most important train leaving Northampton at 6:55 A. M. (This was one morning we didn ' t mind getting up early.) At the station, we met our chaperones, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Battey, and also ten students from Hop- kins Academy. The train soon pulled into the station, we all got on and were on our way to the great city of Washington. We changed trains in Springfield, boarding a train going straight to New York City, Amid our laughing and singing 2 — Capital 3 — Smile Please! 4 — Giny, Milly, and Lucy we didn ' t mind the traveling at all and before we knew it we were at Grand Central Station. Alter walking through the spacious station, we went out into the street and walked a short dis- tance to the bus terminal. Here we waited for about an hour for a bus which took us to the pier of the Jersey City ferry. While crossing the Hudson River, we could see the beautiful Statue of Liberty on Bedloe ' s Island. After arriving in Jersey City, we got on a train going straight through to Washington. After having luncheon in the dining car, we settled down for the re- mainder of the trip. We arrived at Union Station in Washington shortly after 7:00 P. M., having been held up in Philadelphia for an hour. A motor coach was waiting to take us to the La- fayette Hotel, where accommodations were pro-

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SMITH ACADEMY 11 Cheer Leaders ■ M ■ ■ K - w l jV 4 Al I 1 m-rr ' CAROL LEVITRE DOROTHEA FORTSCH PHYLLIS KOCHAN MARILYN PELC JOYCE CANTWELL NANCY BARSH Ex-Seniors JOSEPHINE FOSTER DOROTHY GODZIXA MARTIN HOLICH JOSEPH KLIMCYZK JEAN KOBYERA JOHN KOYALSKI SAMUEL KUKUCKA ROBERT LABBEE MARY LaROCQUE STEPHANIE MASLOWSKI ALICE PANICZKO MICHAEL PANICZKO EDWARD SLYSZ THOMAS SMITH JOHN TOCZKO PAULINE YACHULA FRANCES WOODWARD

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SMITH ACADEMY 13 1 — Madhouse 2— Assault -Guys and Gals 4 — Nice car ! vided on the basis of four persons to a room with bath, and all meals in the dining room. After we had been assigned to rooms, we unoacked some of our clothes, freshened up a bit, and went down to dinner. During the meal the group decided to go to a movie that evening. We saw Take Me Out to the Ball Game. We got back to the hotel about 11:00 P. M., but most of the group didn ' t get to bed until early morning. On Easter Sunday, April 17, we got up early to be ready for breakfast at 7:30 A. M. After breakfast we boarded our chartered bus and met our likable and unforgettable guide, Gay Con- coleman, who pointed out interesting things on our way to the Franciscan Monastery. The en- tire group attended nine o ' clock Mass. After Mass we were taken on an interesting tour through the church, where we saw replicas of the tombs of the Holy Land. Before luncheon we ere taken to the famous Zoological Gardens where we saw the world ' s famous and most com- plete collection of animals, birds, and reptiles. Following luncheon at the hotel, a bus tour of the city was made, during which embassies, foreign legations, famous homes and public buildings were pointed out. At Arlington we visited the National Cemetery, the Curtis Le 3 Mansion, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where we saw the changing of the guard, and the Memo- rial Amphitheatre. Continuing on through his- toric Alexandria, Virginia, we visited Mount Vernon, the ancestral home of America ' s first President. On the way back to the hotel a stop was made at the Line ln Memorial. After dinner Continued on page 26