Spence School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1948 We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight, being of unsound minds and weary bodies, do hereby publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. We bequeath to: JatecAslar Roe eee 8 sc ddgoulatice agile aoa BAN ee eee Sullivan’s slumber secret Bertrande Benoist ................ ROE Oy gh SO ees oe ae Nadine’s knowledge of French {oar Conor ..2 ee ahd ere a ae, Nadine’s permission to attend proms Carolyn ‘Damp sess J) oi chscimeageeespaded ate eee Kathy's enthusiasm Ellety Dawes ccecscsciccscc cnc oe eee Betty's vim and vigor Mary Dillon ............ BOLT, CORD EONS. coh eee aie. ...Sue LaRoe’s biological experiments Mary Draké 2.5 Jeannette’s fiery temper Alice Ehrenclou ................. of Santoku Peon: If Wickman’s dissenting opinions Gourtenay Gentry qecn3 .. ah aen eadl Seagle’s straightforward style Claude Goffart ................ MTR SRM LRTI TCG fe Fiske fe Lucy’s concise paragraphs Nancy Keogh i qesicc28 4h a ecient ladies ican ene a aie ae Pat W.’s purple patches Meadie McAlphin ..... eee Fer ORE ee Ok ee re eee Ee Hicks’ height Nina Martianoff................. EE Rien EME eMC ee Me, Pat W.’s ethereal complexion Teady: Martity, «8c wsclnt ee Akos ie ee Pat R.’s Bronx(ville) accent Janice Merriman o.¢.042. 23ers Ellen’s giggle Héléne: Rapaport tecsicaee oer trees Ja isp na eee a eae Sy. Lucy's joie de vivre Barbara, Shuttleworth 2. 385..3 20, 2 eee ee bites ACK’s artistic ability Sally: Steele: jaca cece a Ao al oe Trink’s theatrical voice Charlotte Van Bomel .................. stsiancs picid nce eae Eee tater eee Audrey's unsophisticated charm Wer Wari tler Ret ,.cecscad eaececcc natin Wee tees eee ne ee Leone’s wealth of health Patsy Williams's. os.ce-¢ spastta: 5 ea ee ae | Lee’s saddle Minn? W itstot: Ate ea Se oe Paanee ns Ay os Ure e | Ae hd Nikki’s fabulous excuses Dorothy Witte en ee ee ERIE LE CER AT MWS BE td Barbara’s tranquillity Mes. Berry SS. Bes Soh Gs Ren eR om LAU a PN a neat study hall

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CLASS HISTORY SEVENTH GRADE— We discovered how hard ice can be in our weekly trip to Iceland. And we learned that life was not all play when we first encountered examinations. In our initiation to singing class, we found it to be a mixture of frolicking fun and terrifying solos. EIGHTH GRADE— Our trouble with Algebra that continued to the end of our Junior year began. Our English teachers were especially inspiring, and as a result we composed some truly fan- tastic and fanciful stories. We delved deeply into the intricacies of science, discovering how a car ran. We learned, however, that it would be several years before we ‘could actually make it run. NINTH GRADE— Between long discussions as to whether the Nile flows up or down we were ex- tremely pained (?) when classes were interrupted for air-raid drills, As a result of reading the Odyssey, swarms of us (two) started, on our own, to learn the Greek alphabet. TENTH GRADE— In Biology class, between our experiences with the fumes of frogs and formaldehyde, we found time to give a Pet Show. That year many class parties were given, and a raging (or at least smoking) fire and the accompanying firemen brightened the first of these innumerable hen-parties. ELEVENTH GRADE— This year we convinced our teacher that the algebraical portion of our brains was completely missing. To make up for this lack, we dieted daily with double desserts at lunch, and extraordinarily large portions of vocabulary throughout the rest of the day. Then, one muggy morning in June, we discovered to our surprise (and everyone else’s), that we were now Seniors. TWELFTH GRADE— In our Old-girl-New-girl party Baby Snooks was found wandering in Allen’s Alley, and the result was hilarious. As Seniors, we were amazed to find that once in a great while the rest of the school permitted us to enter and leave the elevators first. We watched the opening of the coffee shop around the corner with great interest, and it was added to the list of our haunts where we find some much-needed relaxation. If we have seemed especially angelic this year, it is because we are saving our energy for the years following graduation, ie ts Ws 24