Stratford College - Iris Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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Fllll 1943 Senior Hollcgc History Our school days fast are flying, one by one . . . Do you remember? . . . September 15, IQ4I . . . that day when we first entered the doors of Stratford College, just an excited, slightly bewildered group of girls who were to become the College freshman class. . . . the rush and confusion of those Erst few days . . . unpacking, buying curtains, meeting new people, getting classified, making plans, dreaming dreams. . . . that inevitable Rat week when we laid aside all those new clothes we had so carefully bought to 'Ago away to collegey' and donned old print dresses Qbackwardsl, black stockings, tennis shoes, and wore our hair in those dread- ful pigtails to be slaves to the old girls' com- mands for a week. . . . and that night of Rat Court when we all quaked in our boots as we sang, danced, and put on stunts in the chapel. . . . the pride we felt as we had our first real class meeting and felt that we were really a part of Stratford and elected Jane Austin, Bette Ebbert, Evelyn Rose, and Mary Beth Ames as our leaders for the year. . . .October Day at Fairystone Park with Jane Austin representing our class with her beauty and charm in the queen's court. . . . the hockey games that fall with the freshman class carrying away victories from the College sophomores and Hall teams, and the big climax at the Blue-White game with Patty Peace, captain of the VVhites, leading her team to victory over the Blues. . . . the Christmas dance when we were so proud to have Bette Ebbert and -lane Austin representing our class in the leadout. . . . the merriment of Twelfth Night with June Nicholas as king of the revelry and Barbara Adams as court jester. ...Book Week in March with our class doing itself proud in the way in which it put this event across. . . . those afternoons on the basket-ball court when the freshmen class again proved its athletic ability by winning the class tournament. . . . the spring tennis tournament when two freshmen, ,lane Austin and Betty Leyden, battled in the finals for the champion's title which, as it turned out, went to Austin. . . . the fun and work of planning the Fresh- man-Sophomore breakfast, and the thrill we all had when it was such a success with Patty Peace as toastmistress Mother Goose. the Athletic Luncheon when our Jane Austin was awarded the finest athlete cup. . . . the thrill supreme when the IRIS came out and we found that Jane Austin had been elected Girl of the Yearf' 4193 .. . September, 1942, with all the happy reunions, all the Guess what happened when I was at so-and-so . . . 's. the fun of meeting the new girls and making them feel at home. , . . . those first class meetings as sophomores when we began to make plans for the year under the leadership of Mary Beth Ames, lyfary Cook Marrett, Sally Champlin, and Frances Tull. . . . Good hffanners Vifeek with the College sophomores putting on programs that were entertaining and beneficial to all. . . . the beautiful picture that June Nicholas made in her crown of autumn leaves, reigning as October Day queen. . . . those informal class parties over in the art studio around an open fire and the formal class tea in the College drawing rooms. . . . the music and laughter and soft lights that made the year's formal dances never-to-be forgotten occasions under the direction of a dance committee composed of three sopho- mores: Mary Kretschmar, Sherry Daly, and lvlary Cook Marrett. . . . the deep Christmas joy we experienced by entertaining the underprivileged children, of Danville, at the annual Christmas party with Patty Peace as chairman for the occasion, and the lighter side of the Christmas dance with Mary Beth Ames, Emma Orr, Patty Peace, Dot Jane glimmerson, and Anne Gambrell McCarty in the queen's court. . . . Good English Week under the sponsor- ship of the Sophomore class. . . . the election of Libby High as treasurer to fill the vacancy left by Frances Tull. . . . the way Dot Jane Jimmerson looked like a real old-fashioned valentine as queen of the Sweetheart Ball with three other sopho- mores: Mary Beth Ames, Mary Kretschmar, and Emma Orr, in her court. . . . all the fun we had at the Iris Carnival, the jitterbug contest we sponsored, and the thrill we had when Mary Beth Ames was an- nounced as maid-of-honor in the carnival queenis court. Do you remember? And before it is all over, how many more things will we have tucked away in our hearts to remember . . . our second lvfay Day. . .all the final luncheons and breakfasts . . . the thrill of choosing Class Day dresses and all the excitement of Class Day, the flowers, the salutatory, the valedic- tory, and the tears ...those final heart-to- heart talks in our dormitory rooms with remi- niscences of the past and plans for the future. . . academic robes, Loyalty, graduation, di- plomas, Alma lVIater,, and . . . farewells . . .

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THE llll Senior Kallege Will and Przfphccy VVhile studying laboriously on Beowulf in the library, a College sophomore of the Class of 1963 found in the binding of an ancient Beowulf textbook a worn manuscript, upon which was the VVill and Prophecy of the Senior College Class of 1943. Unrolling the musty scroll, the inquisitive sophomore gazed upon: We the Class of 343 place our future in the hands of our three illustrious prophets, who have set down upon this scroll our VVill and Prophecy. Pattie Peace leaves her originality to Gloria Gersh, and is seen going back to the frozen north across the Mase -on Dixon line. Irma Niittelman surrenders her room to Oscar fthe rodentj, and goes into a large compaign of advertising mouse traps. Jane McPhayden bequeaths her easel to Chosh,' Waldo, and is later found in the White House restyling Mrs. Roosevelt's clothes. Edith Sinott leaves her complacency to Tish Andrews, and becomes Brooklyn's first Ambassador to Spain. Helen Boggs Wills her red hair to RozH Randall, and continues imbibing the fountain of knowledge while seeking a degree higher than the Ph. D. Sherry Daly gives her incredible hair-do's to anyone else who could wear them and leaves to continue her history of one continuous Paige. Ann McCarty leaves her Ames and higher standards to the succeeding students of Stratford and becomes thefirstwoman president. Emma Orr departs from Stratford on Winged feet and joins Bill to command their squad- ron. Sally Champlin parts with her laugh to give it to Martha Jane Smith and is seen devoting the rest of her life to S-C-O-T-C-H. ClScien- tiflc Care of the Connecticut I-Iors.es.j Dot Jane Jimmerson relinquishes her loquacity to Elizabeth Hammock and picks up her life to carry on to be the sweetheart of the Air Corps. Evelyn Rose wills her sophistication to Be Wright and devotes the rest of her life to riveting. C203 June Nicholas leaves nothing at al and goes into collaboration with Bob Hope in his new hit W'it While You Wait program. Sinny Macmillan leaves the Roost in a chaotic condition, and goes into the study of the English language. Mary -Beth Ames, after bestowing her nails on Dot McClure, leaves to enter a scientific study of keeping the ends of her hair up. Jean McDaniel donated her earrings to Robin,' Mahoney, and is found planning U. S. O. entertainments. Leaving her one-man bridge games to who- ever is Bent-on going crazy, Rusty Kretschmar takes up a career singing coloratura parts in light opera. Cookie Marrett parts with her Vic and gives it to and establishes the hrst one-woman orchestra. Caroline Clore would leave a pack of gum to every potential secretarial student but be- cause of priorities she will just leave to take up life in the nursery to care for the BUDdings BRUCES. Libby High wills her jitterbugging to Boze and goes to Harlem to delve further into the primitive art. Marjorie Gatewood gives her typewriter to Polly Donnell and starts tl1e 'first typewriting course by correspondence. Claire Noyes leaves her continual state of confusion for the first time. Here's hoping the coming-out party is successful. Schnick deRonge leaves a pair of hard- ened eardrums to Miss Shields and goes forth to play her recordings in the asylum for the deaf. Virginia Pullen parts with her Beowulf note- book to give it to Mary Moorman Jones and is now mending small parachutes. Ve Woodson and Jean Manice NOSTRADANIUS, JR.,JR. JR.,JR. JR. JR. Rusty Kretschmar Schnick deRonge. Sally Champlin.