Washington Seminary - Facts and Fancies Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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he issemma VOLUME XIII WASHINGTON SEMINARY, ATLANTA, GA., I934-I735. NUMBERS I-6 Ouestionnaire Shows Freshman Gglf Star Enjgyg flame W. S. Alumnae Follow Onions, Gold-Inlnys Popular With Girls Philbert and Rio Win Heart of Senior At Seminary From the questionnaire we learn that the average Seminary girl is S feet 4 inches tall, weighs 113 pounds, is brunette, has blue eyes, and likes onions. She is not pigeon- toed, slew-footed, fiat-footed, or left-handed. She wears a size 6 shoe. She has one gold inlay in her mouth and wears pink petti- coats. She uses Ipana toothpaste, medium nail-polish, and her favor- ite pastime is dancing. Her ideal name for a boy is Bob, but this Bob must be SWEET-that's how she likes her man to be tand will a few of the indifferent, conceited, strong- er sex get thatllj In answer to the question, Where would you like to live when married? -Helen, who is in love with Philbert of Collier's, wants to live in Rio de Janeiro-but, of course, this depends on a certain PCYSOUIS Betting transferred there. A brunette, hazel-eyed Marie, for some unknown f?D reason, chose as her ideal name for a boy the queer cognomen of Earl. In case this Earl person would be interested, she pre- fers her grapefruit with sugar. In answer to the same question, Ed- wana, pigeon-toed blonde OJ likes silly Billy's for you-know-why. Vir- ginia, whose choice of schools is Finsh, says her ideal name for a boy is Persival. Annual Christmas Dinner Given at Dormitory Is Festive Occasion Among those seen attending the annual Christmas dinner given by Miss Emma B. Scott on Thursday, December 20, were the faculty of Washington Seminary and their husbands, the presidents of the high school classes, the girls who live in the dormitory, and the girls who have at one time or another visited in the school. The evening's gaiety was started when the girls began marching to- ward the dining room, after they had sung Christmas carols by can- dlelight on the winding stairs in the hall. The delicious turkey dinner was climaxed by the dessert. It was ice cream in the form of Santas, fruits, and reindeers. After everyone had eaten every crumb on his plate, and was won- dering if he would ever want an- other bite to eat, in bounced ol' Santa, with his bag full of toys and fun. Everyone was given a toy. Santa then led the guests to the living room where he read a Christmas story to an enthusiastic audience. With Opera Star Lawrence Tilibett Although several Seminary girls tried to interview Mr. Lawrence Tihbett on his recent visit, only one girl was fortunate enough to meet him. On Saturday, November 10, Dorothy Kirby was asked to play nine holes of golf with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett at Brook- haven Country Club. An interesting fivesome was formed with Mr. Tibbett, Mr. Can- dler Dobbs, and Dorothy Kirby contesting against Mrs. Tibbett and Mr. H. H. Beckett. Mr. Tib- bett and his wife have been playing for a year, but as this was just a friendly game, no one kept score. It is quite a coincidence that Mr. Tibbett is taking up golf while Dorothy Kirby seems to be follow- ing in his footsteps as a promising member of the Glee Club. When asked how she liked Mr. and Mrs. Tibbett, Dorothy said, They both are very friendly and attractive. Mr. Tibbett is jolly and made me feel quite at ease. Her Invitation to Play After a few holes of golf Friday, Mr. Tibbett said he wished to play again the next morning. Dorothy was called up and asked to join him in his game. Greatly surprised as well as delighted, Dorothy accepted enthusiastically. Foote H Davies Host to W. S. Annual Staff Linotype Machine Furnishes Name Plate for Each Girl Members of the Facts and Fan- cies staff recently spent a most in- teresting afternoon at the Foote 81 Davies printing plant, observing and learning methods of printing annuals. Mr. Charles W. Young, of the Annual department, guided the staff, accompanied by Miss Da- vis, the faculty adviser. The party first visited the lino- type machines where each girl had her name set up in type. Then they inspected some engraving in proc- ess, some folding, cutting, and hand printing machines which made up proofs, and some small card ma- chines worked hy hand. Especially interesting were the machines which print different colors at one impression. At four o'clock the machines stopped working and the girls went to the Annual department where a library of hundreds of beautiful annuals was given over to their inspection and study. Dramatic Club Gives 'Her Husband's Wife' Tech Marionettes Aid ln Performance of the Comedy Her Husband's Wife, by A. E. Thomas, will be given in the Semi- nary auditorium at 8 o'clock Thurs- day night, March Zl. Three members from the Wash- ington Seminary Masque and Wig Club and two boys from the Tech Marionettes will present the play. Gladys Cook as the rather self- centered wife, Irene Randolph, thinks that there is nothing in view for ,her except a gradual death. Being a devoted wife, she decides to find a substitute to fill her place in her home after she is gone. During all these plans, her husband, Stuart Randolph, played by Rowland Murray, is absolutely innocent of what is going on. The play has an amusing theme and is full of high comedy infused with a subtle meaning. Difficul- ties arise, and the ending is sur- prising. Self-Appointed Mascot Graciously Becomes Successor to Bright Eyes Everyone who a t t e n d e d the Seminary last year remembers the little dog, Bright Eyes, that ate our lunches and stole our hearts. Alas, poor Bright Eyes went the way of all dogs, and he now has a succes- sor, one that would make him turn over in his grave if he but knew. For it is, of all things, a cat! This cat is a large white Angora and, although it has a good home, seems to think the Seminary needs a mascot. Apparently it has taken the burden on itself of this job, for at almost any time our self-ap- pointed guardian may be seen strolling calmly and possessively around the grounds or sleeping peacefully in the sun. All friendly approaches are met with a very bored-with-it-all expression, and finally, after the suppliant has al- most given up hope of winning the approval of this marvelous feline, he is allowed, most condescending- ly, to scratch behind an ear. Any- way, one thing may be said for this indifference which is kitty's line. It is so tantalizing that it produces a feeling that friendship with this cat of all cats is absolutely neces- sary to peace of mind. Thus Kitty always gets her man! Newspaper Work on Publication Staffs Timmie and jinks Elected To lligh Positions on Sullins Paper Emily Timmerman, Virginia Murray, Frances Austin, and Eliz- abeth Thompson, alumnae of Wash- ington Seminary, are doing various kinds of work on city and college newspapers. Two of these newspaper devotees are Emily Timmerman and Vir- ginia Murray, graduates in the class of '34, who are now at Sullins College, Virginia. Timmie, who was Feature edi- tor of The Missemma last year has been elected Editor-in-chief of The Silhouette, the Sullins paper. lt is unusual for a freshman to bc elected to this otiicc. She not onlY holds this high oliice, but she WHS also elected president of the Geor- gia club at Sullins. Uses Pen Name Frances Austin '33 is steadily climbing up the ladder of journal- ism. During her junior YC31' She was Class editor of The Misnmmai her senior year, Literary editor. She is now writing for the Sunday magazine section of the Atl8l1i3 journal, under the pseudfmym of Sally Suh-Deb. Varsity Victorious Over Ambitious Alumnae In Good Came The basketball game Saturday night, February 23, between the Varsity and the Alumnae teams, was one of the high spots of the sporting season this year. The Varsity was victorious with a score of 44 to 2l. Our beloved Alumnae put UP all excellent fight, jane Adair played, we've no doubt, the game of her career that night with a handicap of about five surplus yards of skirt. Everyone was delighted to see Marguerite, our last year's cap- tain, back on the court again. Em- ily Matthews, Adele Helmer, Cath- erine Gray, and Lawson Carter played also, and seemed to be en- joying themselves very much. The cheer leaders appeared slightly at a loss to decide whom they should cheer for, but after a brief hesitation they gallantly went through the usual routine. The crowd cheered loudly for both sides, and both the players and the spec- tators seemed to find the game more enjoyable than any previous ones.

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I-IONORARY AWARDS IN 1934 COMPETITIVE ESSAYS U. D. C. Medalist ............................. TOMMIE QUIN , SUBJECT: Robert E. Lee, the Man, and the Educator. D. A. R. Medalist ........................... ELIZABETH L ENGLE SUBJEUIW Representative Wroiiers of the Revolutionary Period. Daughters of I8l2 Medalist ........................ ISABEL BOYKIN SUBJFLYT: William Harris Crawford, the Georgian? SCHOLARSHIPS Mills College, California ---------------- - - MIRIAM BOPP Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia . .... JOAN ROOT Agnes Scott College. Georgia ------ - - DORA Hollins College, Virginia ------- - - FRANCES YOUNG Gouclrer College, Maryland . . ........... GENEVIEVE BAIRD Sophie Newcomb College, Louisiana --.------- MARGUERITE RODDEY Sullins College, Virginia .... . . EMILY TIMMERMAN, VIRGINIA MURRAY Brenau College, Georgia . . .......... ANNIE LOU WHITAKER Rolling College, Florida . . . . N ................ ELlZABETl 'l TRESEDER HONORARY AWARDS IN 1935 COMPETITIVE ESSAYS u.o.c.Measiarf.. Summer: J, . . Stuart. D. A. R. Medalist ..... .................. SUBJEGT: The Amerwan Revolution in the South. Daughters of l8I2 Medalist ............................ Q Summer : SCHOLARSHIPS Mills College, California ----------------- Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia .------ Agnes Scott College, Georgia ------ Hollins College, ,Virginia -----. Virginia lntermont College, Virginia LaGrange College, Georgia . . Shorter College, Georgia - - - Brenau College,Georgia . . . Rollins College, Florida .... Goucher College, Maryland . - Wesleyan Colle e, Georgia . Sullins College. Alirginia .... Converse College, South Carolina Briarcliff College, New Yorlr - . - Sarah Lawrence College. New Yorlr . Oglethorpe University, Georgia . . . -76- Women Who Rendered Heroic Service During the 1812 Period.

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2 THE MISSEMMA THE MISSEMMA Published monthly at Atlanta, Georgia, by the students of Washington Seminary c a copy--SI.00 per annum RACHEL BURTON ...... MARTHA GORDY ..... MARTHA FULLER .,,.. NANCY MOODY MARY HARRISON BETTY BARLOW ........,. BRYANT HOLSEN BECK ........Assistant Feature MARGARET RANKIN ,.,..,.. ELINOR WILKINSON .,... PEGGY HUGHES ......,..... TOMMIE QUIN .......,. JANE FRANKLIN ,...... MARTHA BURNETT ...,... BARBARA GREEN ...... GERTRUDE DICKEY ....,,. EDWINA JOHNSTON MARION WALKER .,.,....A.,. EDITORIAL STAFF .. ........ ............w.,....... ..... . . .-.. .........., Editor-in-Chief ........Mana5ing Editor Editor REPORTERS CATHERINE CAMPBELL GEORGIA ADAMS ASSOCIATE EDITORS .........................Feature .........................Litera ry .............................Exchange .........Assistant Exchan ge ..........................AthIetics .........Assistant Athletics ...........,.....Assistant Humor ...............,................Boarding Department , ....... Student Representative of Red Cross MISS MILDRED DAVIS .......... ,,,. ,... ,......,.... - .....,,......,..,,..,., F a c ulty Adviser BUSINESS STAFF ANNETTE HIGHTOWER ...,,,......,.......................,..,.,...,......,,.... .,,,.,, B usiness Manager ASSISTANTS ANNE LITTLEPAGE .IEANETTE GILHAM LUCIA EWING Member of Georgia Scholastic Press Association Member of Atlanta High School Press Association Volume XIII I934-l935 Numbers I-6 A SCHOOL newspaper expresses the personality ot' a school. Through The Missemma, we are endeavoring to keep always present in the minds of the students our ideals and our ambitions as well as a record of happy school days at the Seminary. The Missemma is your paper. In order that it may be truly the voice of the school we invite each and every student to use it as a means of expressing her own opinions and suggestions. HAVE you ever wondered what caused Miss Schaeffer to start her beautiful scrapbook? It happened this way: Several years ago, Miss Emma, having seen the many pictures of Seminary girls which appear so frequently in the papers, declared that she wished she could save them. From this remark Miss Schaeffer received the inspiration to start a scrapbook for Miss Emma's birth- day on May 9. She had no particular theme for the book until she found one on a day when Miss Emma was showing her gardens to a guest. The visitor having complimented her on the lovely gardens, Miss Emma laughed and invited the guest to see her real garden on May Day -meaning of course, her girls. It was then that Miss Schaeffer decided to have as a frontispiece a lovely Hower design. The beautiful cover which now graces the book was designed and exe- cuted by Miss Butler. Miss Schaetl'er's original book grew so rapidly that, at present, it is divided into two separate books--one containing pictures from the rotogravure section, and the other, pictures in regular black and white print. A graduates, AS time comes have been take this third book, which contains pictures of children of Seminary has also been started. goes on the demand for left-handed manicure scissors be- more and more pressing, because, since the depression, we forced to discharge our multitude of manicurists and under- manual labor ourselves. Have you ever been the piteous and unfortunate victim of a liangnail on the right hand? If you have, you realize the utter impossibility of clipping that one tiny portion of the nail without amputating the entire fingertip. But with left-handed scissors, gone would be the grotesque facial expressions, gone the con- tortions of elbow and tongue, gone the weariness and fatigue that fol- low such exertion, and gone that final moment of exasperation when the scissors are Hung to the floor with a loud exclamation and you rush to the phone to call the familiar number of your favorite manicurist. Moods and Males Have you ever happened to ob- serve the various expressions on the faces of our fellow students during study hall? A scientific in- vestigation along that line would undoubtedly result in interesting and amazing discoveries. With this thought in mind, we undertake to analyze some of the more marked facial expressions noticed during the times supposedly dedicated to the furtherance of education's sa- cred cause. The rather vague and dreamy stare across an open Cicero book and into the indefinite beyond in- variably denotes the successful love affair, memories of Sunday night's past - but - ever - intriguing delights, and those anticipations that make a week of French irregular verbs and simultaneous quadratics at least bearable. A puzzled but self-satisned frown generally means that the ob- ject of our earnest contemplation is attempting to decide between the attractions of Tom's scintillating personality and J'ohn's Cadillac sixteen. Another reason for a per- plexed glare at an inoffensive ge- ometry or algebra book as the case may be is the weighty question of whether or not to accept that pin. Glamour is all very well in its way but on a dance floor one depends on that stag line whose complex male minds balk at the thought of any- body who happens to be sewed up. Perhaps the most interesting of all the varied contortions assumed by the lovesick female is that tear- ful look that wrings the heart- strings of all observers. This soul- ful gaze reveals at once that the object of all adoration is either miles away and hasn't written for two days, or else conveys the tragic thought that the course of true love has ceased to run smoothly, and the downcast student is consumed with regret for those rash words that were never meant to sound that way. CWhy doesn't he phone?l The silence of study hall is sud- denly shattered by the vigorous ringing of the bell. Visions melt as breath into the wind, and those who burn incense at the altar of learning depart to delve further into the private lives of triangles and trapezoids. Martha Fuller '35. SEMINARY PERSONALITIES Seminary girls have always been known for their talents. A new Seminary girl is doing her part in the Glee Club to uphold this. She is Miriam Croft, whose foremost talent is found in her voice. Miriam says that she has been studying voice a little over a year, with Mrs. Kurt Mueller. She can also play the piano and can accompany herself when necessary. Our Poets To a Caterpillar By Catherine Campbell '35 O lowliest of creeping things- Thou creature born of earth, Who to leafy branches clings Awaiting strange rebirth! Enclosed within thy self-made tomb Wrapped in death-like sleep, Throughout the chill of winter's gloom No vigil dost thou keep. At last with spring's perfumed return, A change comes over theeg The spark of life again doth burn- Thou creepest forth to see! O, the wonder Time hath wrought- A worm thou art no more! The freedom that thy spirit sought Hath giv'n thee wings to soar! Belated Question By Elinor Wilkinson '35 I waited all day for the mail. Did any come? No, not a sign. I'd hoped that maybe on this day He'd send a. note on which he'd say, Oh, be my Valentine! Just wait till I grow older, And he implores, Be mine! I'll shake my head because that day I waited in vain for him to say, Oh, be my Valentine! Unbelievable Believe it or not, one of the most interesting and amusing experi- ences I have ever had was collect- ing ads one afternoon last week. Into one store and out the next, I heard stories of good times and hard ones. In one, the depression had lightened, but not enough to resume advertising. Mr. Staystub- born Scrooge is doing all he can to keep his grandmother abroad. On to a beauty parlor for an ad. Mrs. Xmackadurp seemed not to understand exactly what was wanted, and immediately launched into a torrent of rather doubtful English concerning my compan- ion's and my complexions. We were too grateful that we could not understand exactly what she said, but we got the general idea, and emerged literally smothered by boxes of come-hither cosmetics, and jars of Delectable Dessert night creams-plus an ad. So, take it from one who knows-if you want a new kind of afternoon filled with variety, go after your ads. This is not an advertisement. Margaret Rankin '36,