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M iss Hartridge’s Party for the Seniors
Last June, on the Saturday after graduation, Miss Hartridge gave a most delightful party for the Seniors, taking them to luncheon at the Gotham Hotel and then to see “ Caesar and Cleopatra.” Although it was a very hot day the Seniors seemed quite unaware of the fact upon their
return, so enthusiastic were they over the party as a whole and the play in particular.
The Hallowe’en Party
I he Oakwood Dramatic Society began its activities most auspiciously this fall on Hallowe’en night with an appropriately weird play, “A Night at an Inn,” by Lord Dunsany. Picture a dark desolate room with Lois Beebe and Constance Van Duyn as two young toughs; Dorothy Bugbee
as their fellow conspirator, directed by the master mind of the Toff,
Vlary Harriet Collins, all sitting about and discussing their dire plans. 'Fhe excitement became intense when three Hindu priests, Estella Good- speed, Helen Butterfield, and Anne Breckenridge, with unbelievably swarthy skins and rich Oriental robes, were murdered in the most approved
fashion. But when Nancy Sayles as a tall Eastern idol stalked with meas­ ured pace into the room, not only the guilty thieves, but even the terrified
audience shuddered with fear.
The delicious refreshments provided by Miss Hartridge restored the
tranquillity of the company, who, after doing them full justice, again re­ paired to the auditorium, where the orchestra was tuning up. Everyone,
including the actors, now divested of their war paint, spent a most en­ joyable time dancing for the rest of the evening. One of the features was a
number to decide the best dancers, and after an exciting interval of close competition, Lois Beebe and Ilai Bingham were adjudged the winners.
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