University of Delaware Womens College - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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Exams again. But this time understanding of what they are. An understanding that envelopes the whole drama as the curtain swings shut 'on the first act. Ac'r II-Sophomore: Curtain! The Women's College Campus again alive with figures running hither and thither-bright colored dresses-but this time no frightened faces- at least not among the Sophomores. There are happy faces that look to other happy faces. The thrill of being back with bright hopes for the new year. The play's the thing! To elect class officers-Alice Breme as president. Virginia Wilson as vice-president. lVIargaret James as secretary and Helen Dutter as treasurer. To look at the new players, the Freshmen, and to wonder at their stage- presence. To try to make the action more difficult by imposing strict Freshmen rules. Stunt Night as a take-off of a Country Fair. Dot Thiel up to her monkey business. lvlarion Ableman's freaks and her refreshment stand. And then there are horned-rimmed glasses for the Freshmen. Founders' Day with Alice Breme planting a tree-an added touch to the already beautiful set. Gown bearers for the big sisters and tea afterwards with Jane Nlatthis in charge. Again to the drama-the Christmas play, l'lVIimi Lights a Candlen, with Beulah Papperrnan and Niary Staving in rompers together with Gertrude Rosenberg stealing the show. To present a musicale-voices that are far from grand opera-Christmas carolling on the campus. Then to return for cocoa and crackers prepared by hflarguerite Heiss and Jean Wood-the cocoa made in a dishpan that sprank a leak. The thrill of being allowed to attend the Junior Prom-the gorgeousness of the ballroom scene. And again to the drama. The presentation of f'Their Husband in the Com- petitive Play contest, directed by Jane Yost. Sophomore Tea Dance put over by Alice Palmer, and then Nlay Day again with Anne Roberson, Virginia Wilson, and Hazel Darrell gracing the court. The Senior-Sophomore luncheon at Strath Haven Inn in Swarthmore-Debby Plummer as chairman-pink rose corsages. All too soon--Exams. W'arning curtain. The lantern parade. The Senior class hands down its colors4the responsibility of carrying them high. ACT III-j'uvzio1': Curtain! As players of the upper class they come on the scene-self- assurance. The action begins without delay. Class officers are re-elected. Tangible evidence of being grown up-of having little sisters and entertaining them at one of the college dramas- Three Cornered Nloonn-more evidence of being grown up-unlimited cuts, Stage movements are mapped out for the year. The Prom Committee is appointed-lvlarguerite Heiss, chairman. Favors- Anne Roberson. Invitations-Jean Wood and Debby Plummer. Grchestra--jane Yost. Then there is the Ring Committee, with Alice Pepper as chairman. Founders' Day and the handing down of class colors to the Freshmen. Inaugura- tion of a series of vocational guidance lectures under Jane Nlerritt. The Thanks- giving Banquet with different members of the class popping like Jack-in-the-boxes and telling what they are thankful for. And then the Prom-no action more colorful-no costume play more elaborate-nothing more exciting than to sail through the evening with johnny Brown and his Great iVhite Fleet. Twenty-Jix

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llnltllf CLASS QP 1936 lN lTQlJllx AQTS ACL I F1 E.flI'I7lf'7L Curtaml The VVo1nens College campus ahve mth figures xunnmg l11Il1CI and tlnther b11ght colo1ecl chesses l:1l0'l1tC11ECl faces that bespewlt the thought that maybe the Clllfalll h'1s been el1'1wn too soon the cast IS so scared unplepfueel so st 1gest1uck But the play e1s melt rnto actron just as had those who l11tl played the part befo1e They s1t on hfucl chans l1StC'11Ilg to frrst lecfu1es 'tn OVC1V1CYV of college l1le But please, deu Heaven, don t make th1s the lLll thmgl Olfstage nolses bells ah, those same bells that 11112, throuvh tl1e 'est ofthe play Bells for 001110 to bed Bells fo1 gettmg up Bells T01 meals Bells fo1 classes fO1 fl1CClllllS And Bells They attend the heshman 'Week lW'1sque1aele Puty w1tl1 lane TVICIIIU. 'mel Nlargaret ames ehesseel 111 towels, W1slClOLl1Cs, 'mcl tooth b1usl1es 'rs the b'1tl1tub twms BCW1lClCII'l1611E as upper classmen, expeuenced 1n the drama, come upon the scene to make the beglnners self consc1ous to feel so uch l1lx.C Ell11'I'tCUlS Then to really act fo1 those SUPLIIOIS Stunt N1ght and the cl1am'rt1fat1on of Grand Hotel Chfulotte Stout as mn C1awlo1el A1lC1lC W'agne1 as the t1ue I tank I U0 home Gaubo ane Vlwttlns and Al1ce Pepper 1n cle1b1es 'mtl actmg dumb as Lau1el and Hmely And then the gate 1ece1pts UI een ll'll1 r1bbons incl name tags Ancl to lllllll 'tt those gate 1cce1pts as does the 1eal loan Cl1NVfOlLl, Gleta C1a1bo, and L1u1el and Hardy To fh11ll that '11112ll.CUlS a1e one 'lo elect Nlarty B1o'1d as class captam 'rnel Dot Ross ts sub c'1pta1n 'lo choose BIISS Rextrew as p1ompte1 the one uho Sltb belnncl the scenes to aclv1se and to hll 1n when l111CS are forgotten 'The Lllllll ol the fust college clance and at the same tune the panlc of not knowmg how to 'rct the plOlJlCIH of p1Lli1I1g the leaclmg man An even 01eate1 problem rf the leaellng man 19 cl1osen flOH1 the SUggCSK101lb of othels The 1C,IUOVll of lDa1g11l'lS now noth111g to fllillle a cl1lfe1ence f1o1n tl1e Ofl1C1 pl1ye1s Exams the frrst ones tl1e lack of 1eal1zat1on of the seuousness of them 'The elav befo1e the blg event spent 1n playmg budge and eatlnff the clay 'lfKCl spent 111 lllylllg to bu1n bnclges and to choke clown food The Cl1I11'lX of the SOC1Z1l act the Freshman formal L1cl1ts' Nlusrcl ACK1OHl hlarv LOUISE llfollenden as Cll'llIIl1E1D and Dot Ross 1n ll11C Hea1ts aliutter sp'11kl1ng gowns spa1ltl1nU eyes 1t lS t1uly a chama Then the eompet1t1ve plays and recogn1t1on ol bemff t1ue 1cto1s by TCCCIVIDU honorable me11t1on fo1 Cl111stophe1 lWo1ley s play Rel11'11s'1l ILl1.4abetl1 kelly domg the lieenlng IH true I11Sl1 s yle Tune out T01 an off stage get tos:ethe1 lhe bw szstezs entertam lOl then l1ttl SIbtClS at Cl1a1lestoWn Hot elovs Sw1mm1nff Snap shots A 16111111 to the stage nd p1 1ct1ce for one of tl1e most elabo1 ate scenes Vet lf IS almost the g1ancl fir1a'e Nlay Day Gmny VV1lSO11, ElC1I1Ol Clay and Pew Waples a most gene1ous cont11but1on to the beaut1es of the court A last mrnute 1em1ncle1 of HOVVCIS fO1 thosr wclorfrble b1g blbtCIS A scramble over tl1e fields 'md down by the ereel-1 to 1etu1n XV1tl'l da1s1es, v1olets and yes, pe1haps a spug of POISOI1 IVY e11tw1necl TV0e111fy jiue r . . . l ' . l X X- -1 K .N N NN -4 D X-X X A ' 7 , ' ' . . ' ' - . . . . G , C L ' ' C, 'L ' - ' ' . . . SO ' c ' . . . 'E .N ' . 1 ' ' ' ' C 1: c 1 A . C . ' 1 l h 3 . . ' . , ' . I, . 7 ' . .Tc ' ' . 4 c 4 , -sq ' . - , ' , , -' V 1. . . D ' ' o o 1 1 V ' c -T ' ' ' . . . 7 N. A ' 5 ' ct. , . 2 ., 1 L n .. L . . J . f'1 ' N c ' ' ' c c 1. A ' --. , .' ' A ' - , . 3 H.. . , L . . U . . .' . ', . ' . . ', ' cc . an , . A C A , .s C . JL .N . ., .V ..,cc ,vw C .l 5 ' ' ' L 1 ' t ' . - .A J. l . - A. - - h. To c c c . e , -A -A ' 1 J 1 -4 1 - - . - 7 - ' - I - c. c 1. . c . .' r . . 1 1 . . ' . . c . ' A c c . -, . . . 2 a - L 5. I . , , . . . V, s ,,: , - , - I - ., . - 1 , .' .: . . . . c A . A . W . A . li - . A . ' a .. ' ' ' ' 7 ' . 'A E ' c T . . - , - . A . V . C . I 1 . . . 1' , 1 . ' T ' ' t ' A . -, ' K . . . . . . Q ' , bT c A . . . b . I X 1 - . Q . . c ' 1 - 4 I .On . . A . I I . ,N - c ' . ' T c ' T ' ' O T . ,c D . l . . A . . , . . ,,. . . ' o CK 1, 77 -A ',.' P' ' ff ' 79 ' 1 Q' s, 'fc : , A L , y 1. - - 4 H 1 . ra . . . . '. ' Ld . D . ' . . S . . . ' K' , - . . . T D O e . 5 , Fi 'E ' 1 ' fc ' ' -T L ' L T c T ' A E ' ' 'T L ' D -' ' , . 'ss ' - . ' . . . . c .112 c. 'c T ' . ' ' ' C ' -1 ' . D ' U 7 1 ' K . .7 , - ' ,f

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'Ihe class rrngs come blue engrax ed stones rn square settrngs Hands rnto everythrng just to drsplay the new jeu elrv Adelarde ford Ruth VVatson, and Glorra Rosenberg buyrnff more expensrve rrngs and feehng superror to the rest of the masses And agarn to the drama Competrtrve Plays Ahee Breme Wrrtes the play A VVoman Beats the Devrl wrth apologres to Gertrude btern, and Mary Lourse 'Wolfenden drrects rt Betty Armstrong, an unknown actress, reaches stardom Peg Cook as Mephrstopheles strrkes terror rnto even the strongest of hearts And then to recerve the llowers of approval from the audrenee and to catch the sweetest flower of them all from the judges frrst prrze To be the talk of the campus Everythrng hrnges about A Vlloman beats the Devrl Lven to a devrlrsh Hell Party rn the laundry of New Castle grven by Marron Ableman, Nlargaret ames, and Dorrs Harrrngton The party made colorful by dozens of clever srgns 'The Dexrl You Say Hell o-Let s get Devrlrsh And then rrght rn o a dance rn honor of the Freshmen rn kent Hall Electrons for the Senror Hear Ahce Breme agarn elected presrdent of the class Dot Ross to head the student board, wrth Dot Ramsey and Dorrs Harrrngton as class representatrves And Debby Plummer as edrtor of the BLUE AND GOLD Then room drawrng first chorce and happrly enough practrcally the whole class ehoosrng to lrve rn Resrdence 'Io stay for Commencement a prevrew of the frnal scene of the last act Then to buy caps and gowns and to look forward to weaung them as part ofthe reward rt the close ofthe drama Aer lV Senrorr Curtarn' The stage rs set for the grandest act of all The scenery rs more the hrtherto blank stretch of campus between the Lrbrary and VVomen s College, rnto a garden filled vrrth Dclawares natrve shrubbery These are veteran actors wrth the experrence of the acts that have gone before filled mth the burnrng desrre of rnakrng thrs last act the best because rn thrs great drama there are no eomebacks A happy beffrnnrng of lrvrng together rn Resrdence 'To be dressed on Founders Day rn the costumes that carry the key note of the play caps and gowns Then to become engulfed rn practrcal Work practrce house, and practrce teachrnff to hear the storres about the ehrld who sarcl tl at hard water was ree also the practrce teacher who grggled everytrrne she called the roll because one of the chrldren s name was Etta Herrrng And the joys of Joys Senror prrvrleges' Huntrng up Pop Harrrngton to be escorted rnto the burld ng at twelve olclock '10 take as many overnrghts as are needed And yet to feel the responsrbrlrty of not abusrng those prrvrleges A round of teas and entertarnrnents and the sense of rmportance at berng the guests of honor Partreulfrrly 'tt the Iunror Prom Happrness rs the theme, yet as the trme for the end ofthe drama nears, to the players comes reahzatron of the sadness of partrng Actrng together has been swell and there rs regret now that the curtarns are about to be drawn But hold wrll they not open agam' Indeed, yes Almost rmmedratelv 'They swrng back to reveal the great stage of hfe Lrfe where problems are real Twenty warren . -. . . I . 4 . - ' 3 A . . . .Q . Q. ,, D . . .... .. . . . l . ' ' cc Y 1 . ' as Q ' ' cc . rv ' . I . ' .' , . ., J 7. v 'T - , ' .. . A x . , -Y . if . V g . . ' i T l I c ' ' ' z 1 ' . - - A L - - Q I - C u -k elaborate than ever before. Landscape gardners have transformed no man's land, ' . . . ' , 7 . A 7. Y , . N U C . ,. .. ' .' , J I s-' 1 - w. . -5 ' - .1 s C '- h . Q C . X X . C- g . V . - x ' -. 7 1 - -' 1 1 1 . 4 V . ' , . ,-