Chapter I: Part 1

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THE TATLER

1926

_The 1926 Tatler_

FOREWORD

School days are joy days; days filled with the pleasures of friendships and the gladness of intimacy, with the satisfaction of work well done and the pride in having done it for one's school. And we at Northrop School have been blessed with such days from the time of four entering as kindergarteners, up through grammar school and our subsequent joining of the League; on through these last days when, as high school girls, we took a real part in the activities of school life, and felt ourselves to have each one a share, however small, in the great whole, our Alma Mater. And it is to recollection of these joys and to the memory of our school days that we of the senior class wish to dedicate the 1926 Tatler.

EVELYN MCCUE BAKER
President of the Senior Class

_"She's as good as she is fair"_

MARY BARBER EATON
President of the League

_"She who feels nobly, acts nobly"_

MARGARET LOUISE NEWHALL
Editor of 1926 Tatler

_"Young and yet so wise"_

VIRGINIA JOSEPHINE LEFFINGWELL
Vice-President of League

_"The soft, bright curl of her hair and lash
And the glance of her sparkling eye
I saw, and knew she was out for a dash
As her steed went prancing by."_

BERNICE ALYNE BECHTOL

_"Her hair is not more sunny than her heart"_

MARY ELIZABETH BRACKETT

_"She has a natural wise sincerity and a merry happiness"_

ESTHER MABEL DAVIS

_"The glass of fashion and the mold of form"_

LYDIA MORTIMER FOREST

_"She giggles when she's happy, and one might even say
That when there is no reason, she giggles anyway"_

MARION JOSEPHINE HUME

_"For she's a jolly good fellow,
Her school mates all declare,
She's out for all athletics,
There's nothing she won't dare"_

ANN WILDER JEWETT

_"True worth cannot be concealed"_

BEATRICE MYRTICE JOSLIN

_"There is mischief in that woman"_

MARION HARRIET MCDONALD

_"Happy I am, from care I'm free;
Why aren't all the rest contented like me?"_

JOSEPHINE REINHART

_"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart"_

MARION JEAN SAVAGE

_"The will can do
If the soul but dares"_

NANCY MORRIS STEVENSON

_"A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, to command"_

CLASS HISTORY

A shiver ran down my back as the last chords of the Ivy Song were played. It was actually a reality--our dream had come true for we were at last garbed in those precious white robes for which we had been striving for four years. Memories of these years rushed over me. How burdened we were with our importance in being Freshmen; Seniors seemed very old and distant. Suddenly we slipped from cock robins to conscientious Sophomores. By this time rumors were heard of a financial problem that we, as Juniors, must meet. Immediately we began to save all our pennies in order to startle the Faculty and the Seniors of 1925 with a luxurious Junior-Senior ball. So our Sophomore year closed with many peeks into the class treasury.

Dancing, fortune telling, freaks, and so on, came to our rescue in preparation for the J. S. We Juniors, as financiers, staged a Junior carnival--and it was successful.

May the twenty-ninth, in the year of our Lord, one thousand-nine hundred and twenty-five, was the red letter day of our Junior year. Our hopes, not our fears, were realized. Gayly we danced to "Tea for Two" in the green and white decked ballroom (alias the dining room) and promenaded in a garden in Japan, otherwise the roof garden. Sadly--ah, yes--the music hesitated and then ceased--as we unitedly sighed, perhaps with relief, perhaps with weariness. Who knows? Our Herculean task had passed, and our eyes were turned to the magnetic red ties. Honored beyond recognition we were the first to abide in the new Senior room, south-west parallel room 40, on the third floor. June quickly slipped near and we fixed our hopes and ambitions on the now approaching goal, graduation.

THE CLASS PROPHECY

In nineteen hundred and fifty-six
The year of our Lord, A. D.,
I sat me down, and put my specs on,
An epistle of length to see.
And that you may understand this better,
I'll herewith disclose the news of the letter:

"Dear Mike," the writer began, "you know
I'm feeling that life is far from slow.
As Mary B. Eaton, instructor in war,
My military academy's not such a bore;
Between drills, and luncheon, and chapel, it seems
That this life is not all that it was in my dreams.

"And Nance, instead of teaching the boys how to ride,
Prefers to smuggle them food, and candy beside.
By the way, did you know that Virge Leffingwell
Has given up art and horses as well?
She's opened a school, the dear old scamp,
To teach all the young ladies the best ways to vamp.

"The other day, as I drove in my hack,
I passed a familiar figure in black;
'Twas irresponsible Lydia, our giggler so jolly,
Gone into seclusion to atone for past folly.
She lives all alone, without any noise,
Without any jazz, and without any boys!
She told me with horror and pain in her gaze
That Bee had turned actress, in movies (not plays)
And that very same week was playing down town
With R. Valentino in the 'Countess's Frown.'

"I didn't tell Lydia, but I thought 'twould be great
To go to Bee's movie and see how she'd rate.
So I left Lyd and started, and the first thing I met,
Or rather bumped into, was a fair suffragette,
Covered with signs 'E. Baker for Mayor'.
So many there hardly was room
To see our progressive young democrat Hume!
Yes, 'twas none other than Marion, our businesslike girl;
She's adopted the slogan of 'Death to the curl!'
And she's canvassing the city, with a terrible row,
To get votes for Ely, who's in politics now.

"And Bernice and Andy, have you heard of their fate?
The last thing I know they had each found a mate.
One of them's handsome and young, but no money,
The other one's rich, but crabby and funny.
But each one is happy in marriage, they say;
And that's what really counts, say what you may.
For Bernice is proud of her good-looking guy,
And Andy knows the old man will soon die!

"Did you see in the paper Mary Brackett's new fad?
As Sunday School superintendent I'll bet she's not bad.
And, Mike, yesterday on some errands,
I encountered another of our old friends.
I'd hired a cab because I was tired.
I thought the driver was reckless and ought to be fired;
So I leaned over to express my opinion, you know,
And if it wasn't our Esther, the pedestrian's foe!

"Did you know Marion MacDonald is engaged again?
That makes five times now, oh, woe to the men!
Jean's spoken to her now, a couple of times,
Of reforming herself, but do you think Marion minds?
Jean's slumming committees have had lots of work,
Directed by Joey, who won't let them shirk.

"Well, Mike, how're your orphans, from Johnny to Bill?
Are there exactly nine hundred and nine of them still?"
And with this, Tony closed, and Ted
Henry, Oswald, etcetera, I sent up to bed.

--M. L. N.

ELEVENTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Dorothy Sweet_, _Barbara Bailey_, _Shirley Woodward_, _Betty
Smith_, _Mary Louise Griffin_

MIDDLE ROW--_Polly Sweet_, _Virginia Little_, _Louise Gorham_, _Betty
Fowler_, _Mabel Reeves_, _Grace Helen Stuart_

FRONT ROW--_Janet Marrison_, _Frances Baker_, _Betty Long_, _Anne
Healy_, _Charlotte Williams_

_Jane Thompson_

FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH

We worked feverishly and hoped that there would be no more disputes concerning the chairs. Some thought the ones from the dining room ought to be used; others thought not. The chairs were brought down and then taken back with much strife along the way. Would anyone want to play bridge? We wondered. Would anyone bring cards to play bridge with? We wondered again. The fact that wax was being applied to the floor caused a good deal of worry, for we were afraid we would fall and break our necks if too much was put on. However, even in that predicament, we were determined to be gracious and smiling. Did everyone know that all the autumn boughs in blue and silver were tied on with red string? We fervently hoped they didn't, for we were in no condition to do anything about it if they did. Thus our thoughts ran as we slammed down tables, tied on table cloths, and practised our Spanish dance in uniforms and low heeled shoes. At five-thirty we went home, thankful that we didn't have to wash the windows and clean up the furnace room.

Much credit must be given to those few guests who realized that the gym was supposed to represent a cabaret. We greatly appreciate their penetration. They perhaps didn't know that fortune-telling and fishing for tin automobiles in the telephone booth were a part of the procedure at a cabaret dance. But if they didn't know these things, they had much to learn, for that's what they did at our party and who were we to spurn their filthy lucre? They also danced and ate heartily of the ice cream and cake we served. Many thought the popcorn balls were a holdup, but they refrained from throwing them at us when we asked ten cents.

An attempt was made at amusement when we gave two dances; one with castanets and tambourines and much swirling and swooping; another with Spanish shawls draped on us. This latter one was more or less of a failure, for we couldn't seem to get into step when we did it a second time. The audience, however, applauded, regardless of the fact, and didn't see that the dance was any worse than it had been the first time. About eleven-thirty it was gently hinted that the time had come for the party to break up. We went on aching feet, hoping that since the party had been a success financially, the guests were not making too many derogatory remarks about it as a social function.

Dawn broke, and blushed to see the sight at Northrop School: packs of cards scattered in fifty-two different places, tables every which way, covers off, cake and popcorn balls scattered liberally on the floor. A few of us came to clean up, and cleaned with many yawns. After a few hours the gym began to take on its natural air of bleakness, and we left it to the tender mercies of Clyde and Mullen, hoping that the Junior-Senior would be a good one.

TENTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Dorothy Stevens_, _Louise Jewett_, _Ethel Conary_, _Jean
Crocker_, _Elizabeth Dodge_, _Kate Velie_, _Elizabeth Jewett_,
_Jane Bartley_, _Anna Margaret Thresher_

MIDDLE ROW--_Dorothy Owens_, _Nita Weinrebe_, _Helen Dietz_, _Jane
Davenport_, _Gloria Congdon_, _Martha Jean Maughan_,
_Priscilla Brown_, _Florence Roberts_, _Eylin Seeley_

FRONT ROW--_Jane Strong_, _Mayme Wynne Peppard_, _Eugenia Bovey_, _Mary
Louise Sudduth_, _Eleanor de Laittre_, _Emily Knoblaugh_,
_Elizabeth Pray_, _Maude Benjamin_

_Jane Woodward_

SOPHOMORE GIRLS' GAZETTE

Seven Shekels in St. Paul Published once in a while

GENERAL NEWS

The other day several members of the Sophomore class visited the studios of the famous Mesdames Dodginsky and DeBartley, where they were told their secret ambitions; and by special permission we have been allowed to print them. It appears that Annah Margaret Thresher would like to swim the English Channel. Jean Crocker longs to be a Professor of Music at Oxford, while Florence Roberts would receive all possible degrees at Columbia. Others seem to desire athletic professions. Helen Dietz would like to be the Football Coach at the "U," Jane Woodward to be the World's Greatest Lightweight Forward, and Kate Velie to be on the Olympic Sprinting Team. Mayme Wynne has a morbid desire to be a designer of Curious Coiffures in Paris.

WEATHER REPORT

By E. B.

The Sophomores suggest a soaking spring if the snow smelts. If it rains sufficiently to suit Miss Svenddahl, they forecast dancing in the Gym. The spring days will be either cloudy, partly cloudy, or clear. It will rain dogs and cats or hail taxicabs, although we may have snow, a tornado, a cyclone, a blizzard, a squall, a typhoon, a tidal wave, or a forest fire.

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Last Friday evening the Sophomore Select Sewing Society met at the home of Miss Jane Bartley. A pleasant time was had by all, making rackets and nightcaps for the poor. Refreshments were served.

BRAIN TICKLER

One of these fleas has been magnified 439 times, the other 4381/2 times. Which was originally the larger? Take 39 seconds in which to do this.

MISCELLANEOUS

Dr. Ailment's Post Box

Question: Dear Doc: What can be done to keep up one's hair when it is not entirely grown out?--A. M. T. B. D. B. I.

Answer: Cut it off, my dears.

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Question: Dear Doc: What can be done for eye-strain caused by drawing maps of the Aegean Sea?--Sophomore Class.

Answer: Don't do 'em. You will flunk anyway.

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NINTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Jane Robinson_, _Martha Eurich_, _Mary Elizabeth Case_,
_Catherine Colwell_, _Caroline Doerr_, _Donna McCabe_, _Nancy
Adair Van Slyke_, _Catherine Moroney_

MIDDLE ROW--_Edna Louise Smith_, _Margaret Maroney_, _Victoria Mercer_,
_Mary Morison_, _Jean Adair Willard_, _Virginia Lee
Bechtol_, _Elizabeth Heegaard_, _Mary Atkinson_

FRONT ROW--_Alice Tenney_, _Ann Beckwith_, _Carol Hoidale_, _Helen
Tuttle_, _Marion Wood_, _Beatrice Wells_, _Mildred O'Brien_

GIANT TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR SHIP DOWNED

(Minneapolis Morning Tribune, June 21, 1932)

The giant airship _Coolidge_ was downed last night in a hurricane on the Atlantic. A terrific wind arose, which broke one of the huge wings. The ship dropped abruptly, and though the captain fired distress signals, nothing could possibly have saved the passengers but the timely arrival of the _Admiral Sims_, a destroyer, captained by Helen Tuttle, and the ship, _The Roosevelt_, captained by Caroline Doerr. The two crews worked feverishly, and in less than an hour everyone was off the sinking ship. Miss Tuttle and Miss Doerr were the heroines of the hour, keeping their heads and directing their crews with a coolness equal to any man's. Several Minneapolis people were on board. Among them were Miss Carol Hoidale, famous sportswoman, who was going to England to be in the Leicestershire horse show; Miss Marion Wood, accomplished pianist; and Miss Elizabeth Heegard, a well-known actress. Miss Doerr, Miss Tuttle, and these three ladies were classmates at Northrop Collegiate School and graduated in 1929.

FORMER NORTHROP STUDENTS CAPTURING TITLES IN EUROPE

Miss Nancy Van Slyke and Miss Mary Morison are capturing all the tennis titles. Recently at the tournament at Nice the two Americans defeated Mlle. Isabelle Lenglen, daughter of the famous Suzanne, and Mlle. Pavol, winning both sets, 6-3, 6-0. This gives them the world's doubles championship.

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Last night Miss Beatrice Wells was proclaimed world's amateur champion fancy skater at the St. Moritz artificial rink.

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Miss Jane Robinson and Miss Alice Tenny, the young American athletes, are doing well in the Olympics. Miss Robinson has set a new mark for high jumping. Miss Tenny has shattered all previous breaststroke records.

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"Dee," or Donna McCabe, won the Sanford cup yesterday with her Packard straight eight. She lowered her previous record by several minutes. The distinguished monogram on the hood was designed by Mary E. Atkinson.

BACK FROM MARS

Miss Martha Eurich and Miss Margaret Maroney, famous artists, returned today from Mars, where they went to make sketches of an improved type of building that has airplane parking space on the roof. They were sent by Miss Mary E. Case, president of the Animal Rescue League, who contemplates building a new sky-scraper for animals.

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Miss Catherine R. Mount, the well-known New York designer, says trains are coming back. She bases her claims on the present length of skirts.

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"The Same Old Story," written by Miss Anne Beckwith, is a delightful book. The plot is very new and the book is very original. It is pleasantly illustrated by Miss Catherine Colwell, who is so famous for her drawings, and is dedicated in verse by Virginia Lee Bechtol to Miss Cordelia Lockwood.

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Miss Edna Lou Smith will be the soloist for tomorrow's concert, that is if she doesn't disappear in the meantime.

TO MAKE DEBUT

Miss Mildred O'Brian will make her debut tomorrow at a tea given by her mother. Miss O'Brian will wear a corsage bouquet given by her mother, the first part of the afternoon. After that she will wear the corsages given by her admirers, a minute each.

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Judge Victoria Mercer sentences Hard Boiled Egg for life.

EIGHTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Muriel Miner_, _Frances Lee_, _Betty Stroud_, _Harriet
Kemp_, _Lorraine Stuart_, _Alice Wright_, _Betty Bean_

MIDDLE ROW--_Betty Strout_, _Grayce Conary_, _Mary Elizabeth Ricker_,
_Esther Hazlett_, _Mary Elizabeth Thrall_, _Inez Colcord_,
_Edna Nagell_, _Ruth de Vienne_

FRONT ROW--_Marian Murray_, _Marjorie Osgood_, _Virginia Cook_,
_Eleanor Bellows_, _Anne Winton_, _Louise Partridge_,
_Miriam Powell_

_Mary Eleanor Best_, _Ruth Alberta Clark_, _Aileen
Stimson_

THE EIGHTH FORM PRIMER

_Lest the history of our year
Through passing time grow dimmer,
We've gathered the choicest bits
And put them in a primer._

=A= stands for Athletics, Ambition, and Art,
Since they're packed full of Action we're glad to take part.

=B= is for Bumps, got when sliding at noon;
We often see stars and sometimes the moon.

=C= for Captain ball games, two of which we have won,
And we all agree they are jolly good fun.

=D= is le Duc whose French we found charming,
But a sky downstairs we think most alarming.

=E= is for Eighths. What else could it be?
Energetic, ecstatic, emphatic are we.

=F= is Friar Tuck. In our Robin Hood play
He was bluff, fat, and hearty in quite the right way.

=G= for Graham crackers. They're indeed simple fare,
But they keep us from getting too much outside air.

=H= is the Hill, so covered with sleet
That when we come down, we can't stay on our feet.

=I= stands for Icelandic. Though amusing to hear,
We think we'll not speak it each day in the year.

=J= is for Joking. That is our folly
For rather than sad we choose to be jolly.

=K= for Kicker Sleds. They arrived last December
And furnished good sport for every class member.

=L= is for Luther--Burbank we were told,
Who started the Protestant reformation of old.

=M= is the Mascot that brings us our luck,
And we surely need him to combat Sevens' pluck.

=N= for "Noblesse Oblige," our chosen class aim.
Though sometimes we slip, we strive on just the same.

=O= is Old Girls' Party, to which we escorted
The whole seventh grade; a gay time was reported.

=P= is for Pageant we held Columbus Day,
To tell how brave sailors to our land made way.

=Q= for the Quest the whole class did make
When told to make rhymes for our Tatler's sake.

=R= for Radiators to which we all swarm
To dry off our stockings and get our toes warm.

=S= is for Silver, that coupled with blue
Is the symbol to which we shall ever be true.

=T= is for Tourney 'twixt the White and the Gold.
But 'tis fought with balls instead of swords bold.

=U= is uniform. When that badge we wear
We must look to upholding Northrop's standards so fair.

=V= for Valentine party, which the seventh form had.
Favors, verses, and dancing made our hearts glad.

=W= for Winter Sports. There's no fun more thrilling,
Whether skating or sliding or in the snow spilling.

=X= is unknown, so why trouble with it.
We'll leave it alone and not wear out our wit.

=Y= is for Yells. We give them with vim
When sports are on foot in our lower gym.

=Z= for Zipper boots, our greatest delights.
Zip off the last minute and fly up two flights.

SEVENTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Katharine Simonton_, _Barbara Newman_, _Betty Goldsborough_,
_Marjorie Williams_, _Louisa Hineline_, _Betty Miller_

MIDDLE ROW--_Laura Van Nest_, _Alice Benjamin_, _Pauline Brooks_,
_Catherine Wagner_, _Catherine Piper_, _Ann Lee_

FRONT ROW--_Betty Thomson_, _Elizabeth Junkin_, _Jane Helm_, _Virginia
Helm_, _Peggy Gillette_, _Emily Douglas_

SEVENTH FORM EVENTS

SPORTS

Early in the fall the sevenths and eighths had a number of baseball games. Although the sevenths tried very hard, they were always defeated. However, spring is coming, and they may have better luck.

In midwinter when games are indoors, captain ball is the popular sport. The two classes always play two games. In the first one the sevenths were badly beaten, but in the second they came close to victory with a score of 3 to 2.

The winter outdoor fun is on a bumpy, crooked hill back of school used for sliding. Down it goes a continuous stream of sleds, toboggans, and skis. Sometimes an overloaded sled drops a passenger on the way, and sometimes a load lands upside down in a drift, but it's all part of the fun.

PARTIES

At the beginning of school the seventh form were guests of the eighth form at the opening League party. We danced a great deal, and we laughed at the Wild West show and the autoride of by-gone days. Then we climbed to the top floor for refreshments and more laughing.

On the eleventh of February to return the courtesy, we invited the eighths to a valentine party. After decorating our guests with gay caps, we danced for a while. The event of the day, however, was the valentine boxes. There were three fat ones stuffed with valentines for us all. By the time we had exclaimed over them, we were ready to have refreshments. Cheers of appreciation ended the party.

CHAPEL PROGRAMS

This year we have been visited by both a princess and a duke. The princess came from Damascus and gave us an ancient story of her city--the story of Naaman the Leper. The duke, who was from France, showed us pictures of beautiful old French buildings, which he is trying to keep from being destroyed.

Early in March our own class took part in a chapel program by demonstrating some lessons in musical appreciation.

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Piping merrily _William_ the _Piper_ floated down the meadow _Brooks_ seated at the _Helm_ of his boat. Being a _New-man_ in this country he stopped to ask his way of a _Miller_. The miller directed him across the _Lee_ to a little town called _Goldsborough_. There he stopped at the inn of the _Van Nest_. After a good sleep, a shave with his _Gillette_, and a hearty meal of _Thomson's_ baked beans and _Wagner's_ canned _Pease_, he was much refreshed.

The next morning he continued his wanderings, but unwittingly he trespassed on the land of a farmer named _Hineline_, who threatened to take him to the village of _Simonton_ and throw him and his _Junk-in_ jail. Finally he made his peace, but he had to leave his boat behind.

"However, I'm not so unlucky," said he, "for I have stout _Douglas_ shoes to tramp in, and my faithful dog, _Benjamin_, to bear me company."

JANE HELM AND CATHERINE PIPER.

SIXTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Mary Louise Parker_, _Miriam Lucker_, _Isabel McLaughlin_,
_Mary Rogers_, _Betty Short_, _Janet Bulkley_, _Jane Fansler_

MIDDLE ROW--_Rosemarie Gregory_, _Carolyn Belcher_, _Sally Louise
Bell_, _Grace Ann Campbell_, _Barbara Bagley_, _Ella
Sturgis Pillsbury_, _Marie Jaffrey_, _Elizabeth Mapes_

FRONT ROW--_Betty Lou Burrows_, _Charlotte Driscoll_, _Gretchen
Hauschild_, _Helen Beckwith_, _Eleanor Smith_, _Peggy
Thomson_

_Phyllis Foulstone_

FIFTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Mary Ann Kelly_, _Anne Dalrymple_, _Mary Dodge_, _Barbara
Healy_, _Harriet Hineline_, _Anne McGill_

MIDDLE ROW--_Barbara Anson_, _Jane Arnold_, _Mary Thayer_, _Mary
Foster_, _Marian Carlson_, _Edith Rizer_, _Edith McKnight_

FRONT ROW--_Betty Jane Jewett_, _Geraldine Hudson_, _Ione Kuechle_,
_Virginia Baker_, _Deborah Anson_, _Louise Walker_,
_Catherine Gilman_

FOURTH FORM

TOP ROW--_Martha Miller_, _Martha Bagley_, _Mary Malcolmson_, _Patty
Greenman_

MIDDLE ROW--_Susan Wheelock_, _Patricia Dalrymple_, _Helen Louise
Hayden_, _Nanette Harrison_

FRONT ROW--_Mary Partridge_, _Olivia Carpenter_, _Katherine Boynton_,
_Anne Morrison_, _Dolly Conary_

_Margaret Partridge_, _Frances Ward_

THIRD FORM

TOP ROW--_Elizabeth Lucker_, _Sally Ross Dinsmore_, _Joan Parker_

MIDDLE ROW--_Rhoda Belcher_, _Penelope Paulson_, _Harriet Helm_,
_Ottilie Tusler_

FRONT ROW--_Elizabeth Williams_, _Susan Snyder_, _Mary Lou Pickett_,
_Anne PerLee_

_Charlotte Buckley_

SECOND FORM

TOP ROW--_Mary Anna Nash_, _Nancy Rogers_, _Katherine Dain_, _Blanche
Rough_, _Betty Tuttle_

MIDDLE ROW--_Betty Lee_, _Elizabeth Hedback_, _Elizabeth Ann
Eggleston_, _Ruth Rizer_, _Jane Loughland_, _Katharine
Rand_

FRONT ROW--_Janey Lou Harvey_, _Katherine Warner_, _Donna Jane
Weinrebe_, _Elizabeth Booraem_, _Margie Ireys_

_Barbara Brooks_, _Helen Jane Eggan_

FIRST FORM

TOP ROW--_Melissa Lindsey_, _Dorothea Lindsey_

MIDDLE ROW--_Mary Ann Fulton_, _Laura Booraem_, _Carolyn Cogdell_,
_Peggy Carpenter_

FRONT ROW--_Bobby Thompson_, _Martha Pattridge_, _Betty King_, _Jane
Pillsbury_, _Calder Bressler_

_Whitney Burton_, _Betty June Tupper_, _Jean Bell_

KINDERGARTEN AND JUNIOR PRIMARY

TOP ROW--_Jean Clifford_, _Archie Walker_, _Jimmie Wyman_, _Mary Jane
Van Campen_, _Sally Jones_, _Vincent Carpenter_

MIDDLE ROW--_Morris Hallowell_, _Janet Sandy_, _Ogden Confer_,
_Beatrice Devaney_, _Ann Carpenter_, _Frederick Jahn_,
_Barbara Taylor_

FRONT ROW--_Phyllis Beckwith_, _Yale Sumley_, _David Warner_, _Jamie
Doerr_, _Elizabeth Hobbs_, _Gloria Hays_, _Lindley Burton_,
_Frances Mapes_, _Henry Doerr_

_Sheldon Brooks_, _Billy Johns_, _Betty Webster_,
_Barbara Hill_, _Patty Rogers_, _Emmy Lou Lucker_,
_George Pillsbury_, _Jane Pillsbury_

COLLEGE NEWS

Smith College,
Northampton,
Massachusetts,
February 23, 1926.

Dear Janet:

When I received your letter asking me to tell Northrop what her alumnae at Smith have been doing this year, I had a sudden sinking sensation, since I felt that the achievements accomplished by some of us have not been startling. However, upon digging for evidence, I have discovered that Northrop need not feel ashamed of us after all.

Dorothy Wilson sings in the Junior choir, is a member of the Smith College glee club, and of the Oriental club--one which is connected with the Bible department--and has been chosen business manager of the Smith College Handbook--"Freshman Bible"--for the class of 1930.

"Pete" McCarthy, also a Junior, who vehemently claimed that she had nothing to tell me about herself, I discover is fire captain of her house, a member of the French club, and chairman of the spring dance committee.

On Washington's Birthday, at the annual rally day performance, Mary Truesdell and Lorraine Long, dressed as sailors, with the accompaniment of the Mandolin Club, clogged for us in multifarious rhythms, ways, and manners--or however one does clog--to the astonishment of all of us, who never before dreamed that professional talent actually existed in Northampton.

Elizabeth Carpenter is president of her house. As for the rest of us, Lucy Winton, Eleanor Cook, and me, all I can venture to say--and they agree with me--is that, like the proverbial green freshman, we have been plodding along at studies occasionally, and at all other times we have been eating, sleeping, or amusing ourselves to the nth degree.

I can't wait to see the new _Tatler_ to find out what you have been doing this year.

Please give my love to everyone.

Very sincerely,
PEG WILLIAMS

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South Hadley,
Massachusetts,
February 18, 1926.

Dear Margaret Louise:

If I should attempt to tell you everything we are doing here now, I'm afraid that I should go far past the limits of my little column, for our occupations are so multitudinous and varied that there is hardly an end to them.

Right now, notwithstanding the ever present pursuit of the academic, the whole college is having the most glorious time hiking over the countryside on snowshoes, risking its dignity and perhaps its neck in attempting the ski jump on Pageant Field, and "hooking" rides with the small village boys on their bob sleds down the long hill on College Street. South Hadley is such a tiny town, anyway, that it is just like living in the country with lovely mountains all around.

By now Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke are quite like old friends, for most of us had a personal interview with one or the other of them when we hiked one of the ranges last fall on Mountain Day. Mountain Day, by the way, was a red letter day, for the Freshmen particularly. It was one of those gorgeous blue October days when we could hardly stand the thought of having to be inside, and, almost like a gift from Heaven, Miss Woolley unexpectedly announced in morning chapel that she would leave it to the students to vote whether they would have their holiday then, with its incomplete arrangements, or two days later when it was scheduled, with beautifully laid plans but with possible showers. The girls were simply bursting with excitement by that time, and the vote was carried unanimously. Not one class in prospect for that day, but just a chance to start out with a lunch on your back to "parts unknown"--oh, it was wonderful!

Another big part of our college social life here in the fall and spring is college songs and class serenades. During September and October we had one out by the "College Steps" once a week. I shall never forget the first time we gathered under a full moon, about nine o'clock, and our senior song leader started us off by having us sing all the songs we knew about the moon, with the singing of parts much encouraged! Even if the harmony was a little doubtful in spots, taken as a whole the result was "perfectly heavenly"--to one enthusiastic Freshman. Then a few weeks later the Freshmen were called to their windows one evening to hear "Sisters, sisters, we sing to you," and looking down, we saw the whole Junior class assembled underneath the dormitory windows. Then in due time our turn came to "surprise them," but it wasn't, evidently, kept a "deep and dark" secret as we had hoped, for at the end of the first song we were literally showered with candy kisses hurled down from above.

These are just a few of the kinds of things we do outside our academic work; not to mention the picnic breakfasts at "Paradise" in the warm weather, sleigh rides or hikes to Old Hadley, a quaint old town near here, Winter Carnival, or all the excitement that comes with Junior Prom time. Then, you may be sure, the "little sisters" are pressed into service!

What I think, however, makes Mount Holyoke mean what it does to us is something that is almost impossible to describe, but something that is just as real as any phase of our life here--and that is the college atmosphere. It is created, in part, by Miss Woolley's wonderful chapel services, in part by the sheer beauty of the country in which we live, and, lastly, by the fine spirit of the girls themselves, the college community.

Very sincerely,
DORIS DOUGLAS, '25.

* * * * *

To the Editor of the 1926 Tatler:

We who once formed a goodly part of Northrop's illustrious student body, but who now attend Vassar College, send our heartiest and most affectionate greetings, to the pupils, the faculty, the trustees, and Miss Carse!

In the first part of the year, when those of us who are Freshmen were busying ourselves with getting adjusted to our new environment, new studies, and new acquaintances, we had no time to reflect on our past activities. But now that we have become acclimated, we take great joy in remembering our years spent at Northrop, and realize, more and more, all that she did for us. We owe our present life and opportunities to Northrop's splendid teaching and background. The Northrop League gave us a moral background which we shall never lose. Our companionship with each other gave us friendships which can never be lost, even though we may be separated.

Northrop Alumnae who are Sophomores and the five who are holding up the honor of Vassar's class of '26, still feel Northrop's influence very strongly, and are forever singing her praises. They feel that the training in concentration and in well-divided time received at Northrop has proved invaluable throughout their college course.

The large number of us here at Vassar, set aside as "Northrop girls" feel that we have a great responsibility resting on us. We have a standard to live up to, a standard caused by the good name sent out into the world by Northrop. May we live up to that name, may we carry on the standard of Northrop School.

JOSEPHINE CLIFFORD,
BETTY GOODELL.

MEMBERS OF LEAGUE COUNCIL FOR 1925-1926

OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE

MARY EATON _President_
VIRGINIA LEFFINGWELL _Vice-President_
BARBARA BAILEY _Treasurer_
FLORENCE ISABEL ROBERTS _Secretary_

CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES

MARION HUME _Athletics_
MARGARET LOUISE NEWHALL _Publication_
BEATRICE JOSLIN _Entertainment_

CLASS PRESIDENTS

EVELYN BAKER _Form XII_
BETTY LONG _Form XI_
MARY LOUISE SUDDUTH _Form X_
HELEN TUTTLE _Form IX_
ELEANOR BELLOWS _Form VIII_
JANE HELM _Form VII_

ATHLETIC COUNCIL

MARION HUME _Chairman_
JOSEPHINE REINHART _Form XII_
CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
JANET MORISON _Form XI_
BETTY JEWETT
JANE WOODWARD _Form X_
VICTORIA MERCER
NANCY VAN SLYKE _Form IX_
RUTH DE VIENNE _Forms VIII and VII_

TATLER BOARD

MARGARET LOUISE NEWHALL _Editor_
JANET MORISON _Business Assistant_
NANCY STEVENSON
MARION MCDONALD _Form XII_
VIRGINIA LITTLE _Form XI_
MARTHA JEAN MAUGHAN _Form X_
NANCY VAN SLYKE _Form IX_
ANNE WINTON _Form VIII_
PAULINE BROOKS _Form VII_

FACULTY ADVISERS

MISS CARSE
MISS BAGIER
MISS SADLEY
MISS FEREBEE
MISS MCHUGH
MISS BROWN
MISS SVENDDAL
MISS PEASE
MISS LOCKWOOD
MRS. ARMSTRONG

THE NORTHROP LEAGUE

It hardly seems necessary in this, the sixth year of the League's existence, to explain its purpose. I think it is sufficient to say that the League is an organization which, under Miss Carse's sympathetic guidance, has come to control the student activities of the high school and the seventh and the eighth grades. It is true, of course, that the League is governed by its officers, but the League itself is what the large body of the girls make it. The pledge, an expression of its standards, seeks to hold each girl to a high sense of honor, loyalty, and self-improvement. This, briefly, is the purpose. As nearer perfection is reached, in the struggle for this goal, the League gains in power. Thus it is that the League is the result of the effort of every member.

MARY EATON.

Report of League Treasurer Given at the Parents' and Teachers' Dinner

Should any girl of Northrop wish to prepare herself for a position that has to do with the handling of money, I should advise her to begin campaigning by lobbying for the office of Treasurer of the Northrop League. However, the reputation of the detailed work of this office is such that there are few who are ever over-anxious to receive it. This was my feeling at first, but now when I realize how much I already know about making out checks, keeping accounts, and the intricacies of banking, I feel it is all worth while. By Commencement I shouldn't be surprised if I could fill the important position of messenger in a bank.

The first thing that comes up at the beginning of each year is the collection of the annual League dues, which are two dollars and fifty cents. A total amount of about three hundred dollars was handed in this year. This is put under the "operating fund," and takes care of all the League expenditures, except those of the Welfare Committee.

There are four departments of student activities drawing from these League dues, athletic, entertainment, and printing and stationery. Also, this year the League voted to back the Tatler board up with one hundred dollars. At the first council meeting of the year a budget is made out for the different committees of the League. This budget is based on the expenditures of that committee for the preceding year. Until nineteen twenty-five, the Welfare work was taken care of by collections running through the year as the various needs arose. This year a new system was adopted, which took care of everything at one time. We foresaw a need of money for the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Community Funds, for the Near East Relief, and the French Orphans; therefore slips were given to each girl with these different needs listed. She was expected to put an amount after each, which amount she pledged to pay in cash or in deferred payments. So far eight hundred and twelve dollars of the nine hundred and two dollars and thirteen cents pledged has been handed in. This plan is much more systematic, and saves the trouble of conducting so many drives.

All money transactions of classes and committees whether receipts or expenditures go through the hands of the League treasurer. A system of books is maintained. Each class and committee keeps its own accounts. Then the League treasurer has a large cash book in which she also keeps all the receipts and disbursements of the classes and committees. At the end of each month the balances are put in a simplified ledger. It is from this that the monthly and annual reports are made. When a bill is received, it is paid only by the League treasurer after it has been OK'd by the chairman of the committee responsible for it. When money is handed in, a receipt is given to the bearer. At the end of each month the books are balanced and checked with the bank statement. Also the check book is verified with the bank balance.

Although the League treasurer is custodian of the class funds, each class has a treasurer who keeps her own accounts. The classes have their own dues to pay for all their expenditures. At the end of each month, after the class treasurer has balanced her book, it is checked over with the accounts of the League treasurer for that class to see if they agree.

A checking account is kept at the Northwestern National Bank and the savings' account at the Farmers and Mechanics Bank. We have had almost three hundred dollars in the savings account, but two hundred dollars, which is last year's League gift to the school, has just been withdrawn and added to the Chapel Fund.

The duties of a treasurer are not over until she has passed to her successor what she has learned during her treasurership and has changed the accounts to the new girl's name. After this has been done, the retiring treasurer is released and must seek new fields in which to carry on. In case a former Northrop League treasurer ever applies to any of you for a position, just remember the "big" business in which she began her training.

BARBARA BAILEY.

NORTHROP LEAGUE WELFARE BUDGET

NEAR EAST RELIEF
1926 FRENCH ORPHAN
COMMUNITY FUND
THANKSGIVING FUND
CHRISTMAS FUND
EMERGENCY FUND

This year, when Community Fund interests brought to our attention the need of school collections, of which the Community Fund is but one, we thought to have a single large drive instead of several small drives.

We called in the expert opinion of one who had long worked in social agencies, and worked out a scheme and a budget for one drive covering all our needs. This plan was presented to the League Council and met with approval.

Sheets containing lists of the various funds for which money was to be collected, were given to the pupils to take home for conference with their parents. If a girl wished to give to any one of the various funds, she was to mark down that amount, also putting down the date of payment (any time until February 1); or else the money might be sent right back with the pledges. In this way we tried to make the idea of voluntary subscription the whole basis of our plan.

The total amount of the entire drive, both pledged and paid, is $902.13, out of which $359.58 was paid in full to the Community Fund. The total of the Thanksgiving Fund was $166.10, out of which $106.23 was paid for Thanksgiving baskets which were filled with good, substantial food, and were delivered by a number of the girls, each group accompanied by an older person, to eighteen needy families. The Christmas fund total reached the sum of $180.70. From this, we gave $75.00 as gifts to the house-staff. The Emergency Fund amounted to $151.25. From this, we gave $36.00 to help support a French orphan for whose care we are responsible.

There is also an unapportioned fund. A number of pledges were returned with only the total amount marked down, none of which was divided among the funds. These amounts were put down under the unapportioned fund. From this sum, we drew $30.00 for the Near East Relief. In addition to all this, we are having a continuous drive for old clothes which we place where most needed.

After the various distributions were made, we found that our book balanced with that of the League treasurer.

Handling a situation of this sort has been an interesting task, and I think that we all have greatly profited by the experience, and believe that it has been a preparation for future service to the Community.

VIRGINIA LEFFINGWELL,
_Chairman_.

CALENDAR FOR 1925-1926

_OCTOBER_
2--Old Girls' Party for the New.
16--Riding Contest.

_NOVEMBER_
10--Book Exhibit.
13--Junior Carnival.

_DECEMBER_
18--Christmas Luncheon.
19--Christmas Play.

_FEBRUARY_
5--Parents' and Teachers' Dinner.
12--Valentine Party for Grades VII and VIII. Reading by the
Princess Rahme Haider.

_MARCH_
8--Lecture by the Duc de Trevise.
19--Northrop Entertains Summit.
25--Athletic Banquet.
26--Lecture by Dr. Cora Best.

_MAY_
20 and 21--Junior Field Day.
27 and 28--Senior Field Day.

_JUNE_
4--The Junior-Senior Dance.
7--Senior Chapel. Alumnae Luncheon. Class Day.
8--Commencement.

The Junior-Senior Dance, 1925

On Friday morning, May 29, 1925, each Junior awoke with the entire responsibility of the Junior-Senior dance on her shoulders. Ten o'clock found some of the class in an effort to carry out the green and white color scheme, robbing the neighbors' bridal wreath hedges of all their glory. Returning to school they wound the blossoming sprays in and out of a white lattice work, which a few of their industrious class mates had made to cover the radiators in the dining room. They then hung green and white balloons in clusters from the side lights. While this was being done, others were converting nice-looking automobiles into furniture vans. The furniture was arranged on the roof garden, over which Japanese lanterns were hung.

Having finished these tasks, we had by no means completed our work. The supper tables next occupied our attention. These we arranged in the side hall. Centering each was a miniature white May pole wound with green and white streamers. The appearance was festive indeed.

After the lapse of a few hours the weary Juniors returned to welcome their guests, the Seniors.... As the clock struck twelve, the music ceased, the building resumed its former tranquility, and the happy guests filed home.

EVELYN BAKER AND POLLY DAUNT.

We Entertain Summit School

Every year Northrop and Summit schools come together at one place or the other for an informal party. This year, it being our pleasure to entertain the Summit girls, we looked forward to the occasion as one of our most enjoyable events.

We departed from the usual form of entertainment in presenting the French play "Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon." Although probably not every one in the audience understood all the speeches, the play went off well, for the plot is such that it is easily comprehended through the acting; also to aid the audience a short synopsis was read in English before the curtain rose, by Shirley Woodward, who looked the part of a dashing French soldier.

The roles of that amusing pair, Monsieur and Madam Perrichon, were taken by Betty Long and Barbara Bailey. Henriette, their daughter, was portrayed by Anne Healy, and the two charming lovers, Daniel and Armand, by Dorothy Sweet and Janet Morrison.

An additional feature of the program was provided by the faculty sextet, in the form of several pleasing songs. After the play, the faculties of both schools had refreshments upstairs, and dancing followed in the gymnasium.

La Visite Du Duc De Trevise

Le huit mars nous fumes tres heureuses d'avoir avec nous le Duc de Trevise. Comme Mlle. Carse etait dans l'est, Mlle. Bagier le presenta. Il fit une conference des plus interessantes sur la reconstruction de l'ancienne architecture de la France, accompagnee de projections charmantes de son sujet. Il expliqua de son ravissant accent francais, les degats qu'on fait aux beaux edifices du moyen age. Il nous soumit le projet de son organisation pour conserver divers anciens chateaux, aux villages differents de la France pour chaque ville americaine qui aura approprie de l'argent pour cette cause, donnant ainsi le moyen aux citoyens de chaque ville d'avoir un logis quand ils visiteront le village ou la ville dans lesquels leur chateau particulier se trouve. L'argent qu'on a deja donne a fait beaucoup pour avancer le travail de la reconstruction. Nous fumes charmees de decouvrir que, quand il retombait dans sa langue natale, nous pumes avec peu de difficulte le comprendre. Apres que la derniere projection eut ete montree, le Duc voulut beaucoup une photographie des eleves de Northrop School. En consequence nous nous assemblames au cote sud de l'ecole ou Mlle. Bagier fit deux photographies des jeunes filles avec leur ami nouveau-trouve. Comme cela fut une grande occasion pour les plus jeunes filles, elles demanderent a grands cris des autographes que le Duc leur donna avec bonte. Ensuite on nous rappela a nos lecons qui nous semblerent plus tristes que d'ordinaire par contraste avec l'heure tres interessante que nous venions de passer avec le Duc.

The Princess Rahme Haider

It would seem that the good angels were plotting in favor of Northrop School, for this year we have had one delightful entertainment after another. Foremost among these events was a visit from the Syrian princess Rahme Haider and her charming companion Miss Burgess, who gave us a fascinating dramatic reading from the Bible. The entire school was held spellbound by the art of the princess, who made a very artistic appearance in her Oriental garb and had a charming personality. Princess Rahme Haider most assuredly gave us one of the most interesting and profitable programs of the year.

GRACE HELEN STUART.

[Handwriting: Sincerely
Princess Rahme
Damascus
Syria]

ATHLETIC CALENDAR

October 2--The Riding Contest.

BASEBALL

November 2--VII, 2; VIII, 22.
November 19--VII, 3; VIII, 25.
November 24--VII, 5; VIII, 26.

HOCKEY

November 9--Senior, 1; Sophomore, 1.
November 10--Junior, 5; Freshman, 0.
November 12--Senior, 0; Freshman, 0.
November 16--Senior, 0; Junior, 6.
November 18--Sophomore, 8; Freshman, 0.
November 19--Sophomore, 3; Junior, 0.

CAPTAIN BALL

March 3--VII, 2; VIII, 10.
March 9--VII, 2; VIII, 3.
March 11--Gold, 3; White, 10.
March 16--Gold, 7; White, 8.

BASKETBALL--INTERCLASS

February 23--Junior, 13; Sophomore, 6.
February 25--Freshman, 9; Sophomore, 20.
March 1--Senior, 8; Sophomore, 10.
March 2--Junior, 24; Freshman, 11.
March 4--Freshman 5; Senior 5.
March 8--Junior, 12; Senior, 19.
March 11--Tournament--Junior, 11; Sophomore, 8.

BASKETBALL--GOLD AND WHITE

March 10--Gold I, 7; White I, 8.
March 15--Gold II, 7; White II, 7.
March 22--Gold III, 22; White III, 6.
March 23--Gold IV, 11; White IV, 7.
March 24--Gold A, 12; White A, 7.

FIELD DAY

May 21 and 22--Junior Field Day.
May 27 and 28--Senior Field Day.

HOCKEY

This year a new regulation in regard to hockey practise was introduced. The girls were required to report twice a week instead of once, one of these days being given to stick practise.

The first game of the season was played on November ninth between the Seniors and the Sophomores. It was a very close one resulting in a one to one tie. On the next day, November tenth, the Juniors beat the Freshmen by a score of five to nothing. The game on November second resulted in another tie; this time a scoreless one between the Seniors and the Freshmen, which was most unsatisfactory to both teams. On November sixteenth the Senior-Junior game was played which the Juniors won six to nothing. On the eighteenth the Sophomores won from the Freshmen eight to nothing, and on the next day the game between the Juniors and the Sophomores was played. As no one had crossed the Juniors' goal since the beginning of the '24 season there was a great deal of interest in the game. It was an exceedingly hard contest, two girls being more or less knocked out during the game, but the Sophomores won by a score of three to nothing.

We were fortunate this season in having the weather remain so that we were able to play all the games on the schedule.

The Riding Contest

The annual riding contest was held on the Parade Grounds, Friday, October 16, Mlle. Bagier and Betty Fowler acting as managers. Although it was a cold and wintry day, a large crowd turned out. Dr. E. W. Berg, Mr. L. McFall, and Mr. William Hindle were the judges, and the Misses Anderson acted as ring mistresses. Everything went off very smoothly, beginning with the Junior Cup Class, followed by the Senior Cup Class, the Pony Class, and ending with Five Gaited Class. After the contest, tea was served in the gymnasium, where the awards were given out. The Junior Cup went to Ruth Clark; the Pony Cup, to Virginia Leffingwell; the Five Gaited Cup to Betty Fowler; and the much desired Senior Cup to Mary Louise Sudduth.

Base Ball and Captain Ball

On the fall the Sevenths and Eighths had several baseball games. They were very exciting in spite of the fact that the Eighths always won by a generous margin. However the Sevenths took the defeats so well that no one could call them "poor losers." After the snow came, captain ball began. The two match games were very interesting. The score of the first was 10-2 in the Eighths' favor, and of the second was 8-7, the same side being victorious. Then came the Gold and White games, both of which the Whites won. It was hard, but it was fun, to play against a girl that one had previously played with as a partner. These games brought out such good sportsmanship that we all enjoyed them.

BASKETBALL

The basketball season opened with much enthusiasm as soon as school began after the Christmas vacation. The attendance at practices was especially good this year, and the members of every class reported regularly. In order to arouse some spirit, each class distributed its colors among its rooters, and there was much competition between the classes in finding original yells. As a result of these efforts the crowds at the games were exceptionally good, much larger than in previous years. The Sophomore-Junior game, the first of the season, was won by the Juniors after a hard fight. The next two games were the Sophomore-Freshman and the Senior-Sophomore, which were both won by the Sophomores. The Juniors then played the Freshmen and were victorious. The Senior-Freshman game, one of the most exciting of the season, ended in a tie, much to the disappointment of both sides. The Seniors in their last game at Northrop played the Juniors and won. As a result of these games, the Juniors and Sophomores were competitors in the tournament.

The girls worked hard to make the gymnasium look suitable for the occasion and were rewarded for their efforts, for cheering and enthusiastic crowds filled the gym. The best yelling of the evening, however, was done by the Sophomores, who nearly raised the roof with their snappy and well-led cheers. Their serious and well performed stunt of forming and singing, contrasted with the ridiculous showing of the Juniors made on tricycles. After the stunts, the game began and certainly proved to be a close one. Although the Juniors were behind during a good part of the game, they finally won by a score of 11-8. The tournament closed the inter-class games and those of the Gold and White teams began.

In order that more girls might take part in the games, the upper school had been divided into two large teams called the Gold and White. These teams were in turn subdivided into basketball teams, and many games were played between these teams. Although the audiences were not all that might be desired the plan can be called a success since it interested more girls in the game. The White team won the first two games and the Gold the next two; therefore the final game between the two "A" teams would decide whether the Gold or the White team would win the basketball series. The game was won by the Gold team, 11-8. This game ended the basketball season, which has been an unusually good one.

I strive to wring from my unwilling pen
A sonnet,--and all ordered thoughts pass by;
Light as a swirl of mist, too soon they fly
For my poor wits to capture them again.
O sonnet unattained! For other men
So easy to attain, but it is I
Who struggle, and for me all goes awry,--
My efforts fond go unrequited then.
"Why, surely it is but a trifle, this,"
They cry amazed, in sweet unknowing bliss.
A trifle, yes, for Shelley or for Blake,
They had not many extra marks at stake;
I toil in vain toward a retarding goal,--
I fear the poet's part is not my role.

SHIRLEY WOODWARD, '27.

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