Page 8 - 1940

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The Old Order Changeth
In everyone’s life there are some things that one thinks can never happen, and
when they do happen, they leave us empty and wondering.
This was our feeling one morning last winter when Miss Hartridge and Miss Mapelsden told us they were leaving.
We remember that the school, from the sixth grade to the seniors, were sitting in the auditorium. Miss Hartridge removed her glasses, walked down the aisle between the rows of seats, and in a simple way, told us of their plan.
No one spoke. No one knew how to speak. The school without Miss Hartridge and Miss Mapelsden wasn’t school.
From that day on we all slowly realized what school life would be like without them and tried to imagine morning exercises without Miss Hartridge, the Fair without Miss Mapelsden, Oakwood without either of them, the concerts, plays, field days, horse shows, and our hockey games without these two on the sidelines. We thought how queer it would seem without their red car, how no winter would be winter without Miss Hartridge in her fur coat, how no spring would be spring without Miss Mapelsden and her lilies-of-the-valley. It was a hard thought to think about.
It was even harder to think of the school without Miss Hartridge’s ever-ready advice, her thoughtfulness, her wit, and her understanding, and without Miss Mapels- den’s friendliness, her serenity, and her quiet competence.
However, we have reason to feel pleasant anticipation as well as regret, for it is Miss Hurrey and Miss Sleeper who will be the new heads of the school. We have already come to enjoy and admire them both, and hope they find as much pleasure in running the school as Miss Hartridge and Miss Mapelsden found.
So it is with joy that we greet our new principals and with sorrow that we say good-bye to Miss Hartridge and Miss Mapelsden.
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