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Class History
If, with the aid of an ingenious time machine, we could roll back the years to 1925 in the “little building” we would see, among other children, Louise Eggleston and Louise Hunn drawing and painting gorgeous pictures. They are the only original members of the class still in school. When we bade kindergarten farewell and climbed the stairs to first grade, one more permanent member of the class joined us—Margaret Coates, who proved to be our distinguished actress and singer. Into second grade came Barbara Anderson and Dorothy Runyon. We can see Bibs now winning the relay races, showing from the start that she was to be one of our star athletes. In third grade we entered at last the mysterious “big building.” Of the many exciting things we encountered there, the most thrilling were morning exercises. Peggy Wight entered our class that year and shared our excitement. The most memorable part of fourth grade was our introduction to French, with a book of pictures to color. Doubtless that was where some of the class artists got their start. In the next seven years the only girl who joined us to stay through senior year was Mary Morris, who came into sixth grade. An event of this period looms very important in our memories, that of beginning hockey in first academic. In third academic we lost our first two older members to boarding schools when Ridgely Vermilye and Charlotte Burke left us. Very opportunely, however, Nancy Davidson, our champion cheer leader, and Ethel Somerville, our best artist, appeared. The next year our class seemed about
to be completely broken up, for seven of our number, Anna Allen, Phyllis Booth, Randy McConnell, Emily Rowland, Jeanette Smith, Theo Welles, and Anne Wigton went away. Fortunately, we gained almost as many new friends as we had lost, since Betty Gustafson, Barbara Rausch, Ruth Weir, Helen Thomas, Gertrude Robin' son, and Barbara Mason came in. This year the MacVickar twins, Margaret Valiant, and Elizabeth Lewis departed. Then to share our feeling of senior importance, came Jo Large, Ruth Van Ness, and Helen Cuff, making our class one of nineteen mem'
bers—just about the right number, we think.
You'll find our future history in the class prophecy, if you look.
L. H., '38.
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