Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Pom relaxes Pomeroy We Pomeroy students took the war very seriously . . . eating on black tables to save linen . . . and, under Emmy Cairoli ' s direction, acting as our own waitresses. Head of House, Miss Risley, led the singing of graces at dinner. Pom was the home of a host of transfers. Mary Falconer was our president. And who could for- get Mr. Stevens, the watchman, reading his paper and waiting for the one o ' clock curfew? Shafer Shafer . . . the house of tradition. We initiated all our newcomers, served juniors breakfast in bed the morning after Prom, sent flowers to seniors before the General. Miss Roche, our busy house mother, headed the War Relief Work Room, and had a growing hand with her Quad garden. Our senior president was Virginia Whitte- more, one of over thirty Shafer presidents to whom white-haired Kathryn, our head maid, had carried telephone messages. Tea for the mouths of Shafer 21

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Caz kids ' dessert party flfl.r. home oj the most marriageables Cazenove Cazenove was always proud of its thousands of Vil Juniors, its celebrities galore . . . Perky . . . Meekay . . . Johnnie. Remember the two very successful dances we gave for the service men during our senior year. Muggsy Falconner, our house chairman, directed them. Dinner wouldn ' t have been dinner at Caz without Miss Lincoln, our house mother, pre- siding in her formal gown. Beebe Beebe stood first on the mailman ' s route in the Quad. In our senior year, Gay Crosby Finn acted as our house chairman, in the absence of Becky Markley, one of our many war brides. We of Beebe, too, did our share of en- tertaining soldiers and sailors al our house dances. The Class of ' 43 were Miss Shaw ' s first seniors as new house mother of Heche. 20

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November grey Tower, Claflin, and Severance Claflin, Severance, and Tower . . . the group on the hill. We measured Springs advance by the retreat of Waban ' s floes, and sunned on its shore in balmy weather. Tower was always en- tertaining celebrities, nearly burst with pride and overflowed with people when it became Mme. Chiang ' s hostess for three momentous days. In Claflins living room were Alice-in- Wonderland figures carved in the balcony rail- ing; in Severance we danced after Float Night. Do u knou hou tin- Tuesday club begun? 22