St Marys College - Dove Castellan Yearbook (St Marys City, MD)

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1949 Z )t Castellan wmmm2®2®mMmMJu - ZMFw %MgMMMMMMmMi none other than the United States ' famed Dr. Opto Borgman) as Anne Dennis Wood is with her 18 pairs of shoes. Ginger says in the evenings when she has little or nothing to do, she experiments with dendrites, axons, and neurons and is now well on the road to making mechanical nervous systems which can either work in parts or as a whole! She claims it will be very valuable when it is allowed to go on the market to be sold. Just think! If you ' re told you don ' t have enough life (or nerves) in you, just buy some and take it 3 times a day in a glas full of H 2 with a little extra hydrogen in it! With bundles of papers under Nupie Baumann ' s arm, she crosses the threshold of Ocean City ' s Senior abode. Yes, Siree! She ' s a busy congresswoman now. (Inci- dentally, there are rumors I hear of her running as pres- ident in the next election, but don ' t mention it!) She. unlike Anne and Francie, has not made up her mind as to whether she will take to domestic life or not. As another extra curricular activity, Nupie is teaching Lord Byron Literature. She has been trying to encourage all of us to come and join the class but odd as it may seem there is a general reply of, I remember when I was at school in ' 49 and as we have it here I ' d rather not join your class in that fashion! But that ' s all right, Nupie, the race of life becomes a hopeless flight to those that ilk darkn Down on the banks of the blue St. Mary ' s! Oh, golly! That must be Rachel Early. It is! I ' ve just heard Ginger ask her what she ' s doing with that immense book bag. Why, says Rachel, it ' s full of Erlinmeyer and Fl orence flasks, test tubes, thistle tubes, a bunsen burner, deflagrating spoons, blue and pink litmus paper, and oh, yes! evaporating dishes and a mortar and pestle to cook all our meals in for our stay here! And, I would like to tell you all, Ernie and I have worked out and simplified to high school level Einstein ' s theory of Rela- tivity! She, too, has an extra curricular activity; that is, on the side she cleans slides and films for movie houses, types term papers for the students in Baltimore City, and supervises the production of all Shmoos sold on the market since she is very attached to them! Tomi and Rachel are still almost inseparable. Yes, that ' s right, and to prove it, here comes Tomi Thomas with Navy medals and ribbons from head to toe! We all can tell that Gordon must be doing wonderfully in his career. Tomi, what is that shining gold pin with 493 2 engraved on it? Oh, that ' s wonderful, and I ' ll bet it wasn ' t easy to Christianize all those people! Tomi is a social worker. Just as President Wilson had his famous 14 Points, so Tomi has established her famous 1 3 Points, using each Senior as an example for the rest of the world showing them, through us, the right way to live with one ' s neighbor harmoniously. And now, in the distance is heard, Now, boys, all of you! Give me that football at once! You ' re to behave yourselves sitting here on the front steps until I call you! Golly, says Nupi to our sweet eensy-weensy Trish Hayward, you did have that football team, after all! And how ' s Greasy Jack Murphy ? I hear your boys are all going to J. H. U. to study French! By the way did you know Trish is the one person in the entire universe who can type 250 2 words a minute? Now, that ' s a record, I want to tell you! Why somebody ' s crawling up the walk on her hands and knees! Bless her heart! It ' s Betty Anne Smith Ray- field! Now, that ' s class spirit for you! She was in her trusty canoe paddling all the way to Panama to see her Ray but when she found (by way of an albatross) that her Senior Class was having a reunion she paddled manually all the way back again! She ' s so happy with Ray and just loves Navy life. By golly, she ' s another one that has made a world record! Betty Anne can knit or pearl 100 stitches in 223 4 seconds. We are so proud of you! How many blankets did you say you knitted per day? Did you all get that number? FOUR? And I for- got to mention two honorary guests at our reunion, Norma Lee Mason Tull and her husband, Jim a (double feature showi ng love and happiness at its utmost!) Well, everybody ' s here and we can really begin talk- ing over old times. But then Emily, our little champ, exclaims, Is it a hurricane coming up? Is it a bird? Is it an airplane? Or is it — just as I thought, here comes Beth Early! Late as usual! Yes, and she ' s still pon- dering between New York and Delaware (one side ' s definitely weakening though!) And do you know she didn ' t either take or have time to take her shining white nurse ' s uniform off before she left to come! So you see, though we had to look at books and though we didn ' t all have the looks, we ' re still the Senior Class of 1949 that shines and shines. ,25,

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tTf)E Castellan 1949 SM MM2miMMMS.MMmMMMSMSMMMMMMMMM SM SMi together, and as the merry-making ended, we looked forward to Baccalaureate, Graduation, and our Ocean Citv vacation. The strains of Pomp and Circumstance and the call- ing of our names singly — we knew our days as Seniors of 1949 were completed, but not forgotten. We left, hop- ing that we had fulfilled that which was expected of us, and that those who would follow us would find here the success and happiness that we had discovered to- gether. Rich joy and love we got and gave; Our hearts were merry as our dress. Pile laurel wreaths upon our grave Who did not gain, but were success. — By Kilmer. ••••Hs©t» 3SS- S enior L lc a53 I ' ro het l J Well, what do you know — if it isn ' t June 6, 1959, and here we are in Ocean City, Maryland, again for our class reunion. Emily Manlove, of course, is the first one to arrive! Anne Dennis Wood arrives shortly afterward. We find that Emily is an ever-faithful teacher of his- tory. At the same time she is principal of the school in her home town. Cecilton, of course; and everybody loves her because she has adopted the new famed Diplomatic System whereby naughty pupils are punished most tact- fully and without having to receive four slips and a trip to court to be tried! And do you know she is still won- dering whether she had lived up to all the requirements, ideals, and standards of being president of the Athletic Association back in ' 49. She is wearing a dress of Blue Ribbons and is proud (in a modest sort of way) of her menagerie of kitties, kittens, and cats of all colors, shapes, and sizes she has raised since she graduated from the Seminary! You guessed it! That was her hobby, and it still is! Anne has brought all her embroidering with her. You see, she ' s embroidering shoe bags now because Herb has just recently broken his leg from falling over 18 pairs of shoes at one time, and she wants to make her pride and joys attractive containers! She has turned out to be a most famous cook. In fact, now, in all her free time during the day she goes one day to the Martha Wash- ington factory, one day to Esskay ' s meat factory, and one day to Heinz ' s factory making enough of her own new concoctions to last the rest of the world until the next week comes up. (At heart she ' s a scientist!) Then who should mince in but Jean Dixon! She ' s - t ill just as sweet and pretty as a picture! We can see by her suitcase stickers and tags she ' s been flying, and a well known flyer, too! The very first thing she says when she arrives is, Oh, my feet! These shoes are killing me! I guess I hardly need mention the fact that she has wiped Lily Pons and Jeanette MacDonald completely off the map when it comes to opera singing. Yes! Just as Milton was known as the organ voice of England, so Dixie is known as the heart rending violin voice of America all over the world today. I forgot to mention that between scenes of singing, she models shoes! Who just threw a basketball in that door? (in the distance) Where is my drinkin ' hat, man? Why, you know it, it ' s none other than Ginny Burnside! Itch is just as crazy and happy-go-lucky as ever. And being an all-star basketball coach keeps her on the go all the time. It doesn ' t take long for us all to find out that Ginnie, too, has become a great speaker because of her lively and pleasing personality! She told me that she attributes all her parliamentary practices to her first attempt as Master of Ceremonies for the play, Only an Orphan Girl back in ' 49. Clippety Clop! Clippety Clop! Yep, Whoa! says Francie Frazer as Richard (otherwise known as Prince Charming! ) helps Francie from her beloved animal, the horse! She ' s a reg ' lar hayseed now! And do you know what bonnet she wore for this past Easter of ' 59? That ' s right, her salty hat ! Francie holds sessions of Argumentive Argumentations for all those people in the Eastern States who have some difficulty, prejudice, arguments, or the like and would like to discuss it and get it out of his or her system. Incidentally, she is noted for her clever conductance of such frictionous sessions as this. Congratulations, Frazer ! Here comes Sally Turner! Goodness, is she talking to herself as she meanders to the door? But, of course not, she ' s singing that traditional Temptation! She hasn ' t quite decided yet between Joe, Gene, Hank, Paul, or Ed! Well, great fathers!! Sally has promised to build us a campfire for our beach party, too! She ' s famed all over the Middle Atlantic States for that, you know! That gal has really made a name for herself within these ten short years. For the past five years, three nights a week she goes to three schools somewhere throughout the country and shows the students just how talented she has become at being able to make a long basketball shot standing at one end of the basketball court and heaving the ball into the other end of the court all because of her physical education training back in the good ole ' days ten years ago. And in case you are interested she has become a millionaire by doing that alone! So you see what you can do when you put your mind to it! And now, in the latest style of sky blue pink shoes, Ginger Borgman steps into our ' 59 reunion, too. She says her children were really difficult to leave because they are such little pesks! She ' s still just as petite and pretty with her short, wavy blond hair. And do you know, she ' s as bad with 18 pairs of eyeglasses (since she ' s 24,

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Zi)t Castellan 1949 W2mmmm mmMmmw WMMg$m msimjmMm m m mmp jmM mw wmMMmmmm opli om ores OLIVENE TAFT, President •Lynn Let ' s have an Utopia Free from worry, free from care. ' Class President 2 Glee Club 1, 2 Varsity Hockey 2 Commercial Club 1 Aquacade 1 Samadra 1 Castellan 2 May Princess 1 Appk- Blossom Princess 2 Since we have brains and sports represented in our class, it just wouldn ' t be fitting not to have beauty. Olivcne, a pert brunette, furnished us with the last requisite. A friend to all, she served as president of the Sophomore Class, which re- ceived excellent guidance from her. After graduating from the high school division of St. Mary ' s, Olivene would like to be a photographer ' s model and attend college at the same time. Good luck, we know you ' ll make it. -|S©M(33H- GERTRUDE HORSMON, Vice-President Bert Hockey, basketball, baseball, volleyball, That ' s our Sophomore athlete, She ' s tops in all! Class Sec ' t 1 Commercial Club 1 Class Vice-Pres. 2 Samadra 1 Glee Club 1, 2 Paper 1, 2 Varsity Basketball 1, 2 Castellan 1,2 Varsity Hockey 1, 2 Panel Board 2 Varsitv Vollevball 1 Varsity Softball 1 , 2 You see a cute vivacious Soph over in the gym or running down the hockey field — bringing endless victories to our famed Sophomore Class. And who could it be? Why, of course, it ' s Bert Horsmon! Being captain of all the seasonal sports, Bert has really earned her position by her great athletic ability. Her talents, however, do not cease with athletics. Her humor was brought forth in the Christmas play she helped compose; it was enjoyed by all. Her current college plans center around the Seminary, and S.M.S. will be looking forward to seeing her next year. 26.