The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Cynthia
Reports
BY CYNTHIA

oSAAS IAS Aa4SIASoS way
phone calls were made, hotel res
ervations made certain, and dress
es pressed and ready. Reason
this past Saturday night Qast
night was the night of the gradu-
alton prom and banquet. All
means of communication yer
employed in settling last minute
arrangements with the fella' or
| date for the weekend. The first
few days of the week crept by,
but towards the end of the week
when there were still preparations
to be made for the big occasion,
each minute seemed. faxed with
quicksilver. At last $50 O'Clock:
May II, arrived, and the banquet
began.
The Mayflower hotel was the
scene of all the festivities. All
members of the faculty, student
body, and their guests were pres
emf for the banquet. During the
course of the evening, members
of the Glee Club did a take-off
on Miss Webster's favorite song
and pantomime routine, "I'll Be
Down to Get You In A Taxi,
Honey" This was one of the main
attractions of the evening, and
came as quite a surprise to stu
dents as well as to Miss Webster.
Dancing began at 10 o'clock to
the inspiring music of the hotel
orchestra. Meath dim lights and
bunting of the American flag, boys
in tux and girls in sWirling Gre
atoms of net and chiffon made
memories which will live long
after the actual night of the prom
has ended. Most of the evening
dresses were styled along an old
fashioned line, with drop Shout
ders, tight bodices. and bouffant
skirts. My roommate who has
shoulder : length blonde hair wor
a period dress of very light green
organdy with a drop shoulder and
ruffle neckline effect. The skirt
hung in folds from a long-Waist-
ed, tight : fitting bodice. and was
caught up in the back by a large
hustle of matching green organdy.
She wore a shoulder corsage Of
orchids.
To add that certain touch of
sophistication, many of the girls
wore their hair in al upsweep,
surrounding the curls with rlatch-
ing garlands of flowers. or accent
ing them with clips of pearl or
rhinestone. Long gloves completed
the ~colorful and quite glamolrous
ensembles.
But the time passed much too
quickly, and the hands of the clock
squeezed out the last seconds re-
naming in the evening-and be-
fore any of US were ready, it was
time to say good-by. The prom,
given in honor of the graduates
but attended by frosh, too, marked
the last big social for many Web
ster girls as members of the STU
dent body. But for them as well
as for all who were there, l know
it was a night that will never be
forgotten.
Closing our books, n d laying
aside cur dungarees for street
dresses, my roommate and l head
ed for D. C. last weekend to have
dinner and take in a movie. Hav~
ing done both we were on our
way to catch our bus when a
street-light made us stop at the
curb and wait for passing traffic.
AS we stood there, gazing aimless-
ly at the people milling around
us, my glance fell on two fellas
across the street. One was in CT
william clothes, yet they both looked
very fam i liar. AS the light
changed and we started across the
street, they caught sight of me,
and three ex-students of MINIS
met in the middle of F street
Ed Shain, Joe Gray, and me! l
wasn't too surprised at seeing Joe,
but l didn't expect to run into
Edwin. We all had so much to
talk about that three buses left
my roommate and me before we
realized it was getting late. Fare
wells were said as the fourth bus
rounded the corner, and, even
though we had to walk with a
rapid step, Fuller and l made it
and we're soc on our way back
to school. Hear that Joe Gray is
going to sea, but don't quote me.
Word from Harry Williams says
that he has been accepted at Wake
Forest for this coming fall term.
| So, the number of Wilmingtonians
at that establishment has been
increased.
The weather has been ideal the
whole week, but now as I write
huge, threatening o have
gathered, and the wind is tossing
the spring-green branches of the
naples about as if they were
! made of tissue. A cool, steady
rain has begun to fall, making a
constant pattering against the Win
dow-pane. From somewhere
across the way comes the lone
song of a bird who has sought
shelter in the foliage Of a tree.
Even though most of us think
there has to be sun and a sky
of blue for beauty and happiness,
you can find both on a dsy such
as this is.
Only twenty more days before
I'll be coming home. So many
wonderful things have happened
this school year that l know I'm
going to miss D. C. But the per-
son was entirely right who said.
There's no place like home" 1t
won't be long. Stretch. So long.
H-n.. C1ooro. 10 noncp of the