St Timothys School - Steward Yearbook (Stevenson, MD)

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lf riffs. a ls. '- ivy . , y 6v'5 ORIGIN OF SPECIES N Tllli beginning the species was divided into thirteen distinct parts. VVe took our responsi- bilities as the smallest and youngest class extremely seriously by electing Ann, Francie. and Mary Potter as class presidents. A second illustri- ous trio was the Ilouse Council, whose weighty responsibilities included arranging suitcases in alphabetical order. Margo, Mary Potter, and Amy held these covoted positions. Amy threw herself into the St. Tim's spirit by arriving already wearing her school uniform. Soon after that Room ll assured Margo's future suc- cess in New York society by teaching her to dance. Margo, in gratitude, made herself inconspicous by hiding in her drawer. Babs found an outlet for her inner conflicts by giving dramatic performances as the ghost in Room A. lShe later became the only Three to make Dramatl Amanda, one for realism and a true XVesterncr. gave a warwlioop and attacked, wobbling in her first pair of high heels. Ann set up an ineffective, but audible com- iininication with the frogs. Laura made herself useful, not only as our first vice-president. but more important, as chief drain plugger so we could al swim in the glass shower. Mary embarrassed us all by throwing her books on the floor in frus- tration at Mlle. Quemets French dictations. Lucilc rose above our mundane little existences in vapors of hot steam baths. Lizzy did her best to expose our uncultured musical tastes to Elvis and his bopping guitar. Room A unfairly exploited Kitty's back-rubbing talents. lt was a great sur- prise to everyone, especially us, to discover Spider Sub material in our ranks. Francie established her- self, but she couldn't stop there. She had to go on to join the fold of The Steward. llow mortifying! However, much worse things happened. XVhile the Alumnae were arriving. driplets of water rhythmically splashed into the buckets in Carter House entrance hall. Pcppi, our responsible Self- Gov member, iniscalculated how long it would take to till a bathtub. The only one of us who did not still wear smocked dresses and saddle shoes that year was chic Barbi, also remembered for her sophisticated taste in records. The species united with Miss llill and sat in Room A on cozy winter afternoons with our knitting needles and cocoa . . . mostly cocoa. Naturally our intentions were good: we were knitting squares for the Red Cross. During this term, to complete our serious mythological studies. Mrs. Finnegan took us to see the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen of Troy. VVe did not believe she could have. In the spring, back to the amphibian stage, the species took to the water from the Chapin's boat on Chesapeake Bay. Emerging as lobsters, we crawled back to final exams and Comencement. VVe were very proud of Amanda, who was awarded the Smith Medal. an exceptional honor for a Three. 'l'hen the whole colony divided, and each went home for the sunmier. Twenty-four

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THE STEXVARD YDS QA ELIZABETH HARDY WATTS , I4 .592 L1CSA Betsy Bets : n C - 925 Park Avenue, New York 28, New York BROVVNIE VVellesley GLAD Q15-:ga F Q0 Because my spelling is wobbly. It's good spelling but it wobbles . - , and the letters get in the wrong places. an Q QM -A. A. Mime OUJS- 0'-X Q- rj Q, Five, four, three, one, two .... Oh, wait a second- 6-me gf gbcgflj I pushed the wrong button. Oh well, what's a trip to the moon? My telescope in the middle of the hockey Held is just as good, except I did want to confer with Mr. Khrushchev on the matter of terri- torial space limits. There just must have been an error in my arithmetic. So forsaking her appointment with Russia, Bets chooses sailing at Princeton instead. Sitting at the controls in the cockpit, she is reminded of the time she stepped on the accelerator of her car six inches from the garage door . . . by mistake. Phoebe, her covpilot, has deduced from their various conversa- tions that with the Lit Board, Self-Gov, and Current Events Board, Betsy really had no time to bother with Choral. The time she saves is put to good use making dodecahedrons and doing legal physics experiments in the lab with Babs. I SPIDER nofotj. I7 ou, WC? 'Hfie Crow .nna:9k1, l'IO5il' ,X-GIA' is MQ pgs T, und! 51 9'-UM '7 -212117 he-Q4 ffczvss . c,oQf..,x- eff Ymlaff lj 4.9, ' fl o '-N19 n . ' . Ljffrdii L75-Q, .-rcQ,4+ O-iaveoad fooe, PRISCILLA WORK E645 P. Big P. 41 South Main Street, Essex, Connecticut There is no joy without love and laughterg live amid love and laughter. -Horace The sheets are pulled taut, but hoisting the covers she tacks toward Room X's inlet. Her gales of low laughter echo not only down the wing cove, but throughout St. Tim's. As a fighting Spider guard, she set sail and ran before the wind on Thanksgiving Day. VVith tiller or hockey stick she's adept, as our opposing teams know. If white caps could be changed to Steward pages, there still wouldn't be enough room for all her carefully col- lected ads. She breezes through piles of newspapers to keep shipshape for the Current Events Board. Letters . by the millions cause confusion and emotion. CThese are not the strange alphabetic symbols on buoyslj She is organized and eflicient as a rope in coil. But she is half-hitched to shades of crimson and white-racing colors. We will always remember Big P. moving with the wind behind her sails, and above the bang of the . ' racing judge's gun, her loud laughter echoes on. Twen ty-three

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THE STEXVARD SURVIVAL OF VVELVE old Threes, having survived the rigors of summer vacation, welcomed twenty- four new Fours. To start the year oft the class elected Babs and Lizzy as president and vice-president and then settled down to get acquainted. Almost imediately Nina carrie out from beneath a pile of hair long enough to join Bitsy's Elvis fan club. Much to the amazement of the Old Fours a group of their new classmates were specialists on the athletic Held, and the Fours as a whole were well represented. Exhibit A: Choate and Daisy on the Hockey Varsity, Ex- hibit B 1: Choate, M.I., and Lizzy at Thanks- giving, Exhibit B Z: Amanda-Brownie Mascot. As the vacation drew near, all started practicing for the Christmas play. Libbie again helped with the music as she had at Thanksgiving. The highlight of the play as far as the actors were concerned came when Peppi and C.B. dropped Baby john the Baptist in the fire. But a more orthodox cli- max was brought about through the efforts of Sue, aided by high priest Lucile singing Shema Yisroel in a sonorous voice. During the winter term, although conditions outside were unfavorable, the class managed to amuse itself inside. Despite violent altercations and various flying objects, the Four Poster muddled through, thanks to Peri and Betsy. Con- nie's covers were works of art despite the rush. Talent flourished in many directions. In Heath House Isobel surprised all, especially the native Northerners, with her bop. However, soon the shock wore off and lessons began. Rather bizarre customs appeared on the third floor of Carter House, including worshipping C.B.'s lshcabibble and taking Roman baths. The diverse elements of the class yvere partially squashed by calm and patient MJ. as president, aided by vice-president, Amanda, who also joined The Steward Board. A select few, Lizzy, Flossie, Francie, and Alloe, visited the male species, alias Woodberry, Epis- copal, Poinfret, and St. Mark's. The rest of us consoled ourselves that Fun Night was different anyway Cmost of us hadn't seen it beforej. Choate was especially good as the beautiful Lola fa pre- lude to her victory her Six year in a local beauty contestj and horrendous Lizzy as the ugly Lola. Our experiment proceeded into the third stage. spring, with Nat and Mary Buford as president and vice-president. The long-awaited Seventy-fifth anniversary arrived and so did helicopters, the Twenty-live THE FITTEST United States Army, and their tent. ln honor of this momentous event, Libbie and Polly arranged a wonderful medley of songs about St. Tim's, past and present, for the returning Alumnae. All Class Four laboriously designed and colored programs for the event through blood, sweat, and crumbs fvve were in the dining roonij. Soon the school was hostess to far-flung Alumnae, old and young. most of whom had never seen the school in its present location. The New York Branch re- enacted scenes of the old school to great applause. VVe were glad we had come in time for this happy celebration and, before it was over, we were en- thusiastically making excited plans to return en masse for the Hundredth. On the hottest day of the year the class went to the Stieff Silver factory where we melted with the silver, but cooled off on a later trip with pints of ice cream at Around the World in 80 Days. Too soon Commencement came, and we glowed with pride as Betsy walked away with the prize for the best short story. But we suddenly realized that Hour seniors were leaving and would not be back next year. After sad farewells we returned home, looking forward to being Fives. A In 1 'l ff' 4 , If l , A N r f la. g A. GL. ,ER-D