Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-10-21
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week Yes; everything has been mann
berized from those In high places 4
humble Blackberry" the ancesfra
cat, who introduced himself as "a,
mascot Of the baby organization O
". Mary's at the meeting of Saturda,
night.
Rooms and Q. on Monday night
presented lasting air of hutterinG
pennants and banners. the black anf
yellow of Maryland predominating
From the twiftering and chipping. onf
would have supposed that q bevy o.
orioles had flown in from the night.
Scraps Of song indicated the happy
Of the evenings pleasure,
the organization of the Lucy Maddox
Glee Club in honor of our charming
principal.
The girls, in complimentary mood,
voted the following honors 20 the
guests: Best musician, Miss Frances
Hopkins; best dancer, Miss Evelyn
White: wittiest girl, Miss Katherine
Lator: prettsest girl, Miss Emma
Wiley: most popular girl. Miss Flora
Adams; best elocutionist, Miss Lillian
stevens: most graceful girl, Miss
Olive Dent; most digniiied girl, Miss
beatrice Jones; darlingest baby, Miss
Poly Anna Polleys.
The following officers were elected
Miss Flora Adams; vice.
Miss Olive Dent; secretary,
Miss Frances Hopkins; treasurer,
Miss Emma Wiley; musician, Miss
Lillian Meredith.
The additional members are Misses
Evelyn White, Katherine Gator, Beat
rice Jones, Lillian Stevens, Valerie
Darby and Elizabeth Polieys. Miss
Josephine Hodges being elected men,
Der on Thursday night. Refreshments
IN pleasing variety were served by
Misses Hopkins, Dent, Adams, Mere
dith and Polleys.
Current Events class attracted Mrs.
Maddox 10 the meeting of Thursday
when exceptionally fine re-
ports were submitted by Marie Man
ming on Capital and Labor" Eliza
beth Dale on Cocktails" Lorena
Croft on the "War of the Nations;"
Frances Nicols on Literature Of
Today" Mary Chichester on ''Science
and the Carnegie Foundation, and
Myrtle WEIGH on Our Schools and
Colleges.
Later the same afternoon Miss
Moore entertained at n taffy-pulling
in honor Of Olive Dents birthday, her
guests being the following girls, her
ut table: Misses Matte
Murphy, Myrtle Welch, Ruth Bur-
roughS, Ruth aud Katherine Parran,
and Olive Dent.
The following young ladies received
sxtra credits this week for voluntary
work ia General History: Miss. Fran
,es Hopkins, Emma Wiley and Lydia
Mortimer.
On Thursday afternoon Miss Ber-
nays, AS directrcss, organized tee school
INTO a gymnasium, where the follow
ing exercises will be special features /:
Indian club swinging,
Swedish drill, rope-skipping, leap
frog, jumping. Three separate classes
are Differed as follows:
First class-E Elizabeth Dale, captain;
Ruth Walsh, Lucy Spedden, associate
captains.
Second class-Flora Adams, cap
ain; Julia Plummer, Claire Redding,
associate captains.
Third class-Mary Hines. captain;
Lillian Meredith, Lorena Croft, assoc
:iate captains.
To defray the expenses of the club n
ANDY making association of the fol-
owing girls was formed as financial
luxiliaries Ia Miss Bernays: Presi-
lent, Frances Nicols: treasurer, Mary
Hines: Jessie Walker, Gladys Moffatt,
Bryce, Ruth Walsh, Claire
and Margaret Spalding.
Friday night the popular sorority,
Delta Phi Epsilon, reorganized, elect
ny the following officers: President,
Mss Gala Minnick; vice president,
Miss Maude Galloway; secretary,
Mss Mary Hines; treasurer, Miss
Frances Nicols.
The annual Initiation of new MEM
october %.
AS this charming club takes root so
iecply in the social life of st. Mary's,
! brief history will be of interest to all
he old girls amongst the BEACoN'S
The Delta Phi Epsilon was organized
n 1910 by the following girls so low
ngly remembered by classmates and
eachers: Misses Clementine Craddock,
Alice Minnick, Ruth Murphy, Eliza
Deth Thomas and Laura Warner.
In those days the club fiourished un-
Ter the simple name of THE Six
spots" In 1911, with the growth of
Toung ambition, the membership ex-
banded to admit Misses Mary Strong,
Arvilla Crewe and Mary Middlekauff,
he name undergoing a fashionable
.hange into the '.Taisey-Vous. The
Greek letter insignia came in 1912 with
he following addition 10 the ranks !:
Misses Maude Galloway, Louise Nc
Sail, Frances Nicols and Mildred
Spedden.
A glance over the list of Lass years
reveals names familiar To the
present students at St. Mary's-Martha
Aman, Gentry Calhoun, Mary Hines
Ind Eleanor Sheppard.
With the Minnick girls so promi-
rent in the club, many of the meetings
axe place ut the rectory, where Mrs.
assists in playing hostess, in
In atmosphere homelike and most at
ractive 10 Seminarians.
Saturday night drew the weeks
pleasures to- q close in the initial meet
ng of the newly organized Glee Club
n their cosy quarters in Commence
nent Hall.
Artistic decorations and a softly
,arpcted floor converted the music
Dom into an abode fit for the Muses.
the guests for the following
delightful program
I-''Maryland, Ny Maryland
4ucy Maddox Glee Club
II-Vocal Solo-"If I Had NV
Miss Flora Adams.
III How Sister En-
ertained her Beau Miss Lillian
stevens.
V-Instrumental Solo-'sFruhling'
Toast" Miss Lillian Meredith.
Vocal Solo-''To Have: To Hold:
To Love- Miss Flora Adams.
VI-''Potpourri From Verdi, Flo
.ow and Donizetti'-Miss Frances
Hopkins
VII-''Dixie"- Lucy Maddox Glee
Club.
Observation-Disclosures by
Miss Elizabeth Polleys. Refreshments.
In future the L. NJ. Glee Club will
feature conspicuously in all the pro-
grams scheduled by the literary So
:ieties.
PERSONALS.
Master Joe Dent was q guest of Mrs.
VIM. Dent on Sunday.
Mr.. Geo. Lancaster, an old 81.
Mary'S boy, brother of our PRINCIPAL.
vas \ guest for several days, having