St Catherines School - Quair Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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to dlscuss the cotrllron Our lrrday Fllglle soc11l 1dxen tures gave us conwersltlon toplcs which l1sted all the week Remember the day when Buggy strmmered he way through the present1t1on of the B md' Then there were the powder hghts 1nd those lngenlous e mmunl canon pullles 1rrtnged forthe promotlon of those strretly Illegal nightly ch1ts whteh were drse xe ed by Mrs Beek wrth much to the regret of St1gg 1nd T eny who were by then among our blrthest splrlts lerhlps 1 h1rb1nger of future somewh1t speet1cul1r ure rs At long 11st we emerged rs the Blg llghts Mlss Hood kept us busy under her lmng to be remembered slogan Bralns plus Im1g1n1t1on C nnle won 1 med 1 for her composrtlon on W111t the Bxll of Rlght Means to an Amerlcan Crtlzen, but w1s regrettaoly elsewhere when the tlme came to recelxe the aw 1rd Thanks to Mary john 1nd Weezre we became p1n1c strreken when a copy of Heartsrde News w1s found an Smmebody s desk That unnamed Somebody beeune lmmensely lm portant to all of us effrey Hall was bombarded by the descent of Polly Ronnre Beau and MIIZI The Plg Tan Follles was thelr notable contrlbutron But only a few mentally unbalanced prospects were dlseow ered We were an athletrc class exen then We were not only lnvolved ln the SIll'If Gold and Whlte competxtlon but were 1ct1velv represe rn the Gold and Whrte g1me by Anne ll 111 and Mary ohn Our dr1mat1c effort that ear was rttle Men and what a trme we dld have learn lng our p rts' At last we were graduated and ready to move on o the Upper School, wrth Rosl 1ga1n wrn g I6 lastlc Award and 1ne rlty Schol1rs xp the fall we were once ore at t e bottom he der just Llttle Nrnes t at ut our rrglnal slx plus the varlous ad ltrons from year to year were a stalwart lot Maybe we were not exactly Amazons but we were nobly represented on both Basketball and Hockey Squads In the Boardlng Department some movlng sprrxts knocked down the partltlons on the closets and a mysterlous Red Rrng organlzatron was formed The requrrements for membersh1p were faxrly stlff but rt dldnt take long to have a group of actlwe members just a few rules broken and the glory of belng 1 campused glrl and you were in As Tens we were leaders ln Lower Study Hall Mrss Ruffin showed us the way of responslblllty and Llbba ruled us wlth an rron hand We were used to bemg greeted wrth Get mto Study Hall you all And we got It was th1s year that Ann Robrnson ac qulred a fatal palr of scrssors Our m thers scarcely recognlzed us when we showed up at Chrxstmas tlme wlth a sudden rash of bangs, a slob or an expenslve permanent permanently rulned And then we were unrors' Near enough to the top to feel lmportant yet not so heavlly burdened wlth re sponsxblllty a the Senrors After all our ups and downs of Blgs and Lrttles we were Llttles 1ga1n ln th Upper Study H111 Somehow we drdnt mmd It w1s all pretty grand Ilash' Teeny m1de the Hockey Squad, a case of Try try agam' Of course the unlor Senlor Banquet was the hrghllght of our year After rntermm able hours 1n the Art Room we pr du ed 1 beautlful Symphony ln the dlnlng room for our guests Rlght on top of the Banquet came Commencement wonderful rmpressrve sad' We found ourselxes havlng to sav goodbye not only to the grand ol Senrors but also to Mrs Brackett It seemed as lf all our le1ders were for sakxng us Commencement dldn t end everythlng for as however as we stlll had our C llege Aptltudes to struggle through our motto grln 1nd bear lf 1n afllletlon whlch made Us mlss 1ny number of glonous I'xn1ls not to mentlon days of crammlng wlth a terrlfically hot day for the ordeal ltself Then at last vacatlon hallelujah' Senlor Year' Through the head of your hlstorlan fllts 1 flurry of memorles The Old Glrl Party the New Glrl Party Miss Turner s greetlngs beglnnrng the ye1r It began to really slnk IH that a grett man new responsrbrlltles as well as advantages were o s as Senlors excltxng events of fall m games-4 e zaar llpstlck prlvllege sre as our lovely, St Ca erlne the Senlor Pl1y' And what a plty wrt Ronnl 1s Cyrano and Betty Hayter as Roxanne' s agnlficent supportlng cast and as usu1l 1 marvelously CfTCCIlV6 stage settlng, thanks to Mlss Burruss an every one else that helped To Mlss Salley, also a go top honors for the success of the performance Thanks to Mlss Crarg s steadylng hand plus the efforts of Kathleen anet and Rosle, we som how survlved the Chrlstmas rush of actlvltres, mcludlng the gathering of the clan fantastrcally clad for the early mmrnmg carols Shrverlng and yawnrng we got through ll and had .1 wonderful tlme, crowned by the pleasure of belng guest.. later at Mlss Turner s post carol breakfast Incxdentally for many of us xt was also post a more or less sleepless mght, consrderlng Bugg s famous pajama party Vacatlon speeding by too fast as always, back to school wrth the Aptltudes agam confrontrng us, accompanled by a fantast1c rush to lmprove our vocabularles' On the day of the examlnatron even Nature seemed agarnst Us What a snow storm' Somehow Mrs Flsher got her brood safely to Rlchmond College and on tlme too rn sprte of 111 the compllcatrons Maybe we looked more lrke a bunch of ltrnerant snow men than students but we made -t Soon after th1s Rosle made honorable ratlng rn th annual Pepsl Cola contest and Betty Floyd and Mltzr Perry and Rosle agam dld well enough ln the Qurz Kld compet1t1on essay to be made honorary u1z Krds and speak on the radlo ID Rlchmond Of course everythmg pales by comparlson wtth the Senror Dance whlch went off perfectly the Gym belng transformed lnto a bower of sprlng like beauty wlth d eoratlons of wlsterra and stars and a moon grvmg the true romantlc touch We wore whlte as 1lways and trod the rntrlcate mazes of the figure desrgned by Stagg w1th Anne Warren and Anne Woods and their partners lead :ng the pageant A new and delrghtful touch was glven to the dance by the fact that the school entertalned us and our dates at supper and better st1ll all the Senlors and therr escorts were provlded wlth a post dance break fast, an lmmense tmprovement over the usual hurrleel and hectlc farewells We were even allowed to keep on dancmg unt1l mldnlght an lnnovatlon for whxch we were all exceedingly grateful I have walked down Memory Lane wxth you as far as I can go From here on we must each of us branch oft to our tndlvrdual dream paths carrylng our own speclal memorles and hopes for the days to come For thlrteen years we have worked and played together as an evtr growmg, more unlted and maturmg team of fellowshrp Now the ways begln to part We have the future factng us an unknown future We have our own separate llves to llve an unknown llfe We shall soon step out mto a world great, wlde, wonderful, excrtlng but a l1ttle fnghtenrng too We are leavmg the shelter of St Cath erlne s wlth a srncere feellng of gratltude for all that th faculty and staff and the sch ol ltself have glven us the experxence, the foundatlon the hlgh ldeals the guldance and the love whlch have been bestowed on us sn 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26 Seren l eau Ago Back Row Peggy Crarghrll Snead, ' Anne Rosevy ell ohns, Spencer Robertson Prrscrlla Marks, Stubbs 1' anet Horsley Susan Gravely Mrddle Row Eliza beth Coyrngton Parrrshfl' anrce Harris, Mary ohnson Ford Lamb rl' Anne Brehme, Front Row Constance Tyson Lourse Lewrs, Ben erley Bowles, Hobson 'lf Betty Ekstrom, Crutchfield 'lc Imlmes starred not graduatmg mth 48 Cfass H zsloffy They seem so yery far away and yet so near those bungalow days The rnfants who were to be future graduates rn 1948 rn that year of 1935 numbered only srx Beverley Helen Bugg Peg Anne Rosewell and Prrscrlla Mary ohn yorned us rn the first grade and our teacher hardly survrved the ordeal of gettrng us rn and out of our galoshes and snow surts before she had to struggle wrth the Arrrval of Mother Goose rn the sprrng term We were pinned and sewed into paper costumes and a srgh of relref must have gone up whe there were no casualtres In the second grade our numbers were augumented oy the advent of anrce Harrrs and Susan Gravely By then we were begrnnrng to assert our various personalrtres aad Srdes soon became an rmportant aspect of our young lrves Officially Sides was abandoned owrng to the drsapproval of our teachers but clandestrnely rt strll flourished It was a cold wrnter and snrffles were preva lent Mrss Holman suggested to our parents that we don knrtted pantres and we rtehed and scratched our way through to sprung Connre Tyson was our New Grrl of the thrrd grade but, as you can rmagrne, she drdnt stay ng She armed burstrng wrth energy and a ze for a venture She and Mary ohn kept us tn the ju Mrs Talcot , wrth her soft broad As, stroye to qur ou bouncing bodres and sprrrts durrng rest hour as sh a to Us from the Lrttlest Rebel or the Mrneryas T e chref ex crtement t ear was the transforma n of our b love rss Wat rns rnto Mr Leake and the fact that B erle d t e rushed to the hosprtal having been t e head by the grant slrde Nothrng serrous, just a too successful experrment rn speed The class already exhrbrtrng dramatic gifts won acclarm by the presenta tron of the Miracle of the Wooden Shoe wrth Connx as Madame Charles and Bey as the Lrttle Wolf When Miss Murray took us oyer as Cla s e brought us down to earth and struggled to 1 part s. d stu s rnto our somewhat erratrc p sonnel loved her d Mrss Gurgon who endeavo d to un ver any latent usreal talent that mrght be lur g rn e us Our ran were swelled by the addrtron o rbb ovrng encer, anet and Betty Ekstro suffered somewhat from delusrons of grandeur nd 1 veloped a worldly outlook In an effort to mak a lrttle less high and mighty Mrs Leake rnvolved us all rn the productron of the Wrzard of Oz and we soon forgot our self rmportance or expressed rt rn drama anrce was the Trn Man Spence the Wrtch and Tyse, the hrmself At commencement we were proud because Anne Rosewell won the Seh lastrc Award whrle the Integrrty Award went to Beverley As a grand frnrsh we presented our darsy bouquets to the Senrors, lookrng up it them wrth awe 1nd tdmrratron ts bemgs from a tremendously remote world Wrth the Mrddle Sehool tame Nfirss Holman, Anne Brehme and Home Work The latter we were convrnced wts rnyented ehrefly tm eut down on l ng nlghtly conver sttrons on the telephone Poor Mrss Lulre came to class supplred wrth great bags of lemon drops to fill our mouths so full that we e uld only srt suckrng loudly as an accompanrment to the Odyssey Mrss Hood farth fully escorted us thr ugh endless mazes of dates and hrstorrcal facts whrle Mrs Arnold took us round the world rn geography classes Our Class Sexen year found us praetreally grown up at least rn our own estrmatron We grabbed lunch boxes even before the bell rang rn order to get outdoors faster A is 4 I I 9 Jfl s : ' V a J U J Y a 1 ' 2 , ' , ' Y' ' ' t ' ' 'I l . 7 , . .. . I I ,. - i . ' r S t 'S ' V - ,. ' ' , V '.,. . , K. ,S h A , . . , h , y, s- - L 1 L an 3 , J ' 1 d ' - f . e ,- ' ' ' If K ' - ' . .. ' 1 4 L ' T I Slit L L ' I ' . ,, . ,, , Q V L ,. . - . . 1 . A ,f J A . . A 1 2 . I . .Y . Q . - V . 3 7 5 ' . ' ' , ' Lion, Peg was Dorothy and Mary john, the Wizard 7 ' i A . S I . I ' . V V, l r 1 yn L U t L i 1 l fi ' 7 .V . . 1 A . , .r . , . I J H X L. . . T ir- , - . , 1 - E J I . - , V V .2 ' ' - ' 1 . . . . ' ' i I Q ' , M , , Y -1 - r. .. - Y It - - I S' q A I ' B ' e- - Q . . . ' 3' f . . . . I . Q llx , Y L 1 ' Y I L ' 1 y , , ' - - v. . A K A

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