St Marys Hall - Ivy Yearbook (Burlington, NJ)

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EI. 55 HISTUHY FRESHMAN YEAR 1944-1945 The news of the month was that there were only five freshmen-Cinda as our president, janet, Peggy, Elna, and Elsbeth - but lack of size never seemed to hinder our quality. Short- ly after the beginning of the year we were joined by Joan. We had Miss Hyslop to guide us through the perils of being freshmen. The first dance with B. M. l. was quite an event for all concerned, and both janet and Cinda came out with a faithful fol- lower. We were all sent scurrying home in February because of the en- forced coal holiday, that didn't damp- en our spirits, and we returned to the Hall to pick up where we had left off. The talent of the class began to appear with the presentation of Wild- er's The Happy Journey. Later janet and Elspeth came gaily triping into H. JW. S. Pinafore, which the school presented on Founder's Day. Closely on its tail came Commencement, much to our chagrin, we learned that we had missed the plaque by 5. However, Graduation brought us one step near- er to june, 1948. SOPHOMORE YEAR 1945-1946 The ranks were swollen to a mighty twelve with the arrival of Crowe, Dillie, Carol, Jane, Fergie, Leigh, Peg, Meady, Sally, and Suzanne, on- ly Janet and Elspeth remained from the previous year. One of the first things we did was to order class pins with the help of Miss Bailey, our class advisor, we think we really did a good job. VV'e elected jane as our class President and Carol as our representative. At Christmas time we lost janet, who returned to England, her guardian, Mrs. Wharton, gave a farewell luncheon for the class in honor of janet. Later Marcy came and filled the vacant place. As far as the opposite sex was concerned, it seemed to concern itself quite fre- quently with us. If you wanted to hear the latest on any subject, the thing to do was to go to the triple room. Corridor life was brightened immensely by Crowe and all those wonderful records of her's. The con- tribution to the welfare of the school for the year was the Valentine Dance, which was held with a flurry of hearts, cupids, and even a king and queen and court 5 really a very suc- cessful affair, we thought. When the weather warmed up, we went to Tren- ton and had quite a splashy swimming party. Our next party was for Miss Bailey, who was leaving us for a state of blissful matrimonyg and so another year was ended. . JUNIOR YEAR 1946-1947 The important news of the year was the way in which we had grown. Sheila and Shirley returned after a two yearls absence, and our outlook on the Middle West and volleyball was broadened by the advent of the one and only Chidester. Also Char- lotte, Beat, Phebe, Munley, Evie, and Mary Ann helped to increase our numbers. Miss Meehan replaced Miss Bailey as our class advisor, jane was our class President again 5 Munley, our Representativeg and Sally was President of the A. A. Along with being Upperclassmen came responsi- bilities such as Ivy Leaves with Crowe as Editor. At Christmas time, after practically making ourselves in- to candles. we decorated the dining room for the dinner, then we bundled ourselves off for a gay vacation. When we had finally struggled thru those dreadful exams, we forgot school for a while and enjoyed the Senior Prom and a long weekend. Cn Valen- tine's day those boys came through and Munley's roses were beautiful. Our blue and gold banners were pre- sented to the school at the Bishop's Feast. The days flew by after that with College Boards, our theatre trip to Philadelphia for the Seniors, ex- ams, and finally Commencement. Af- ter the exercises we all rushed to receive our rings from Bishop Gard- ner, Seniors, at last, it was almost too good to be true!

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i SENIOR YEAR 1947-1948 On our return to the Hall we were introduced to the privileges of being seniors, which made a big hit with all of us. We were sorry to lose Mun- ley, but Parker and Janice were add- ed to our ranks. Chidester is our Presidentg Leigh, our Representativeg and Jane was elected A. A. Presi- dent. One of the first big shocks was the news that we had to do term papers for Englishg however, we compensated for this by frequent trips to Philadelphia, and Senior Cof- fee. We decorated the chapel for the Christmas Mystery and went ca- roling after dinnerg it was alnight that will be remembered by all of us. When we had returned from Christ- mas vacation, we managed to drag ourselves through exams and face the problems of decorating for the prom. Under Meady's capable direc- tion, we fixed the study hall to look like a Winter Wonderland , complete with snow flakes and pine treesg af- ter slaving for hours, we managed to have a good time. Time is flying towards June, but we still have Foun- der's Day and Class Day to look forward to. Soon June 8 will arrive -seems incredible, doesn't it? How- ever, we shall soon be saying fare- well tothe shores of the Delaware. III. S5 WILL Carol Durnell wills her scatter brain .... Sally Taylor wills her brilliant mind ..... Diana Dilatush wills her ability to go on a Janice Leo wills her extra light hair ..... Susan Crowe wills her voice ............ Marilyn Beaton wills her old love letters. Ann Chidester Wills her athletic ability .... Evelyn Failla wills her pass to the Biltmore ........... . . . .Joey Pierce .... . ...Ann Morton diet. . . ..... Joan Dudley . . . . .6 . . .Marie Walbridge . ........ Miss Trottier . . ..... Merideth VVickes . . ....... Jean Lieby . . . .Joan Menzel Marleigh Morland wills her contacts in Germantown .... .... C arolyn Miller Sheila Walsh wills her soft voice ................. Mary Ann Kime wills her facial expressions ......... . . . .Joy Gribbon . . . Miss Bucher Meady Gsborne wills her campaign for southern rights .... ..... J ean Boguess Phebe Gulick wills her Princeton .... ....ElaineHinkson Ann Ferguson wills her Haverford ..... .... D ale Hamilton Peggy Neuhauser wills her laugh ..... Charlotte Graeff wills her height. .. . . . .Patty Wickert ........ . . .Sheila Williams Janie Elliott wills her figure ................ .... T o any one who wants it Shirley Lukens wills her passive disposition .... ............ J udy Nichols Marcia Holzbaur wills her commuter's ticket .... ..... N ancy Rockhill Elsbeth Winton wills her perfect diction .... Ann Parker wills her common sense .... . . . .Kay Strahle . . . .Ann Deibert