15 10 538 http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/d88769069b631d91c86bd18ffcfe3b22.pdf a51a9edb2a91a8d2fef75e2be56951af PDF Text Text V f r ST. HELEN’S HALL PORTLAND, OREGON Resident and Day School for Girls UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF OREGON * "Qlljai our haugljtrrfi trtug b? an Ifje polisliriJ romero of tfyr trmplr’* * “Education is the end to be attained. Instruction is one of the means. Instruction provides the mind with the knowledge of certain things; Edu­ cation forms at the same time the understanding, the heart, the character and the conscience. Felix Dupanloup. �Hoard of (jJrustrrB of §>t. Sidrn’s l^all * The Rt. Rev. Walter T. Sumner, D. D., Bishop The Rev. H. H. Chambers The Rev. John Dawson The Rev. C. H. L. Chandler of Oregon, Chm. William J. Henderson, Esq. E. M. Ellisworth, Esq. F. V. H. Andrews,Esq. I �( ?2i-v A ©fftrrra anil dlttsiruftnra -14^=0=35’ The Right Reverend The Bishop of Oregon Rector The Rev. W. A. M. Breck Chaplain The Sisters of St. John Baptist General Superintendence, Holy Scripture, Church History English Eleanor Grace Clark A. B. and A. M,, Obcrlin College Greek, Latin, Spanish Grace A. Pierce A. B., Wellesley College Mathematics and Science Caroline Paige B. S., University of Washington Science Jessie Howes B. S.t University of Washington Laura G. Eaton ...... ...................... History of Art, History, Psychology Cheltenham Ladies’ College, University of London French Mademoiselle Lancon Diplomee de Lyons, Sorbonne French Mademoiselle Deshayes Diplomee de Tours Eleanor Williams Supervisor of Lower School Former Principal of Oberlin School for Girls Assistant in Lower School Mary F. Tenney A. B., Obcrlin College Helen Zimmerman Assistant in Lower School Abby Lyman .................... Kindergarten St. Helen’s Hall Kindergarten Training Class Katharine Laidlaw Aesthetic and Folk Dancing Pupil of Ruth St, Deny * \ Milbow' TWlll �AINT HELEN’S HALL was estab­ lished by the Rt. Rev. B. Wistar iij J Morris, D. D„, and opened September, 1869, with Miss Mary B. Rodney as Principal. The ground upon which the school was first VJ ^ built was secured through the lib­ erality of Mr. John D. Wolfe and his daughter, Miss Catherine Wolfe, of New York City, whose large-hearted generosity should ever be remembered in recalling the early history of this institution. a is St. Helen's Hall is now situated on Thirteenth Street, between Montgomery and Hall. The building is adapted for the accommodation of from thirty to forty Resident pupils, and a large number of Day pupils. There are excellent class rooms, tennis courts, a spacious play­ ground, and an outdoor gymnasium. In June, 1904, by the request of the Board of Trustees, the Sisters of St. John Baptist (founded at Clewer, England, in 1857, and affiliated in this country in 1881), undertook the charge of the school. �ST. HELEN’S HALL The work has been steadily carried on since that time, and has met, as all believe, a very real need in the Diocese, and been blessed with increased usefulness. The aim of St. Helen’s Iiall is to provide for girls the best possible facilities for complete education. This means not only the cultivation of the intellect and the acquirement of graceful, womanly accomplishments, but also such moral and religious training as shall help the pupils to become pure, true women, with a high, posi­ tive standard of Christian living. Page Four �ST. HELEN’S HALL S>d}onl The interior administration of the school has been entrusted to the Sisters of St. John Baptist, who have the general superintendence of every department. In secular studies they are assisted by a staff of efficient instructors, either college graduates, or teachers espe­ cially trained for their work. A daily record is kept of the attendance, scholarship, and deportment of every pupil, and a report of the same is mailed to parents at the close of each quarter. Pupils failing, after a fair trial, to attain the required standard of scholarship or deportment, will not be re­ tained in the school. The Sister Superior will always be glad to receive visits from the parents of pupils. apartments The school consists of three departments—the Lower School and Upper School, and Kindergarten. The Lower School includes the six classes covering in English and Arithmetic the same ground as the Ele­ mentary public school to the Seventh Grade, but with a broader range of subjects. The Upper School covers six years and is divided into two courses—The College Preparatory Course and the General Course. Two extra years of either Col- Page Five �ST. HELEN’S HALL legiate or Special work may be taken if desired. The First and Second Forms of the Upper School correspond with the Seventh and Eighth grades of the Public School, and the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Forms corres­ pond with the four years of the High School work. Be­ ginning with the Third Form, the Upper School is div­ ided into College Preparatory Course and the General Course. The College Preparatory Course is so arranged as to meet the requirements of the leading Eastern col­ leges without undue pressure. The General Course is intended for pupils desiring to lay the foundation of a broad general education, and meets the requirements of those universities and col­ leges which do not require four years’ preparatory work in Latin. In it the time, which in the College Prepara­ tory Course is necessarily spent in Latin, is devoted to Literature, History and Modern Languages. Much of the work is common to both courses, and the standard of thoroughness is the same. The certificate of St. Helen’s Hall is accepted in­ stead of entrance examinations at the State Universities of Oregon, Washington and California, and the work is accepted by the Eastern Colleges according to the new entrance requirements. Music, Art and Elocution count as regular elective studies in the General Course. A four-years’ course in any one of these subjects, satisfactorily completed, will be taken into account for graduation. In both the General and the College Preparatory Course, twenty credits are required for graduation, each Page Six �ST. HELEN’S HALL legiate or Special work may be taken if desired. The First and Second Forms of the Upper School correspond with the Seventh and Eighth grades of the Public School, and the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Forms corres­ pond with the four years of the High School work. Be­ ginning with the Third Form, the Upper School is div­ ided into College Preparatory Course and the General : Pupils in the College Preparatory Course are required to pass the examinations of the College Entrance Board in six points at the close of the Fifth Form year. u 1C" v ’vrmrrr TTtrr V'S'~ *■ T7FTr tory Course is necessarily spent in Latin, is devoted to Literature, History and Modern Languages. Much of the work is common to both courses, and the standard of thoroughness is the same. tj; The certificate of St. Helen’s Hall is accepted in­ stead of entrance examinations at the State Universities of Oregon, Washington and California, and the work is accepted by the Eastern Colleges according to the new entrance requirements. Music, Art and Elocution count as regular elective studies in the General Course. A four-years’ course in any one of these subjects, satisfactorily completed, will be taken into account for graduation. In both the General and the College Preparatory Course, twenty credits are required for graduation, each Page Six Cr �ST. HELEN’S HALL credit representing a year’s work of five recitations a week. From seventeen to twenty-four recitations a week are required of all pupils. Either course, fully com­ pleted, entitles a pupil to the diploma of the school. The aim in this course is to give pupils thorough in­ struction in English Grammar and Rhetoric, to enable them to write with ease and accuracy, and to teach them to appreciate what is best in English Literature. Throughout the School the reading matter is carefully selected and in the fourth year of the Upper School history of English Literature is studied, After this the work consists chiefly in the writing of compositions and the critical study of English masterpieces, especially those required for College entrance examinations. iFmtrlj auh &jiuuiiil| In these courses the aim is to enable the pupil to read the languages at sight and speak and write them easily. In order to acquire a good pronunciation, the study of French should be begun in the Lower School, the lessons at first being in the form of conver­ sation and easy reading. Afterward grammar and trails lation are begun. In the last year of the Course, French composition, History and Literature are studied. French or Spanish may be begun in the third year of the Upper School and carried to the point required Putfe Scvc i �ST. HELEN’S HALL for admission to college or beyond it as may be desired. Attention is paid to pronunciation, conversation and sight reading, as well as to grammar and translation, and French and Spanish songs and plays form a part of the course. Uattn anfo tek “Latin and Greek are not regarded as dead languages except in the sense that all language of books not in our era is dead. They are living in the sense that the English of Chaucer and the Italian of Dante are alive, dead only to those to whom for lack of knowledge they are sealed books.”—(Cambridge School Manual.) A four years’ course of Latin is provided, including beside the usual college requirements of Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and prose composition, and sight reading, Livy and Horace. The course in Greek covers three years; the previous work in Latin having prepared the pupil for its intelli­ gent study. The first year is given to grammar and exercises, the second to Xenophon, the third to Homer. It is desirable, though not essential, that pupils prepar­ ing for college should elect Greek as their third lan­ guage. ^tBtary The study of History is begun in the Lower School and continued to the end of the school course. In the College Preparatory Course it is necessarily Page Eight �ST. HELEN’S HALL limited to college requirements, which, however, are constantly increasing both as to quantity and quality. In the General Course five courses of History are offered. The topical method is approved, collateral reading is encouraged. Maps are drawn, and historical geography is held to be an important part of the work. History and English are intimately associated; pupils being required to commit to memory historical poems, and to write compositions on subjects drawn from his­ torical lessons. The school is fortunate in possessing a fairly good, though small, library of history, and litera­ ture bearing upon it. “In teaching mathematics the aim is to develop the spirit of enquiry, the habit of accuracy in reasoning, and the love of truth.” (Cambridge School Manual.) The prescribed course comprises Arithmetic, Alge­ bra and Plane Geometry. Elective, Solid Geometry and Trigonometry. Throughout the course original work is encouraged and set rules are avoided. The pupils are encouraged to rely as little as posible upon text books. This department is conducted in accordance with the best scientific methods. Natural History is taught in connection with Geography in the Lower School. In the Upper School the subjects are taken up as indicated in the course of study. Laboratory work is required of all students of Chemistry and Physics, and the use of the Page Nine �ST. HELEN’S HALL microscope of all students of Botany and Physiology. It is considered that one or two sciences, each thoroughly studied for not less than one year, will do more for the pupil’s intellectual development than a larger amount of superficial work. Smuentir §>rtrun? Cookery—Laboratory and lecture classes in the theory and practice of cookery, together with modifica­ tion of its laws. Foods—Their history, care, composition, cost and nutritive value. Pl’ain Hand and Machine Sewing—Bringing into use the primary stitches with their modifications and combi­ nations, and developing the simpler rules of garmeni making. Brli^tnua dlnatrurtimi All pupils receive instruction in Holy Scripture, Church Catechism and the History of the Church, and attend the daily services in the Chapel of the School. Resident pupils attend service on Sunday morning in one of the city churches. $tuair Pupils may study music, piano, violin, vocal, musical theory, harmony, etc., in the school. Two half-hour lessons a week are usually given and at least one hour a day must be spent in practice; this time may be in­ creased according to the ability of the pupil. The tech­ nical work is drawn from the best sources, and pieces Page Ten �ST. HELEN’S HALL are selected from the great mass of old and new musical literature, according to the needs of the students. When they are sufficiently advanced, ensemble playing, duos, trios and quartettes may be studied, Pupils are encouraged to attend the concerts offered throughout the season in the city. Art The school of the Portland Art Association offers special advantages to those wishing to study Art. The course includes elementary drawing, painting, modelling, sketching, composition, portrait and life study. Advanced students may also join the Art History and the Composition Class Work in applied design is per­ mitted when the pupils are sufficiently advanced to carry out the principles studied, Art students may also join a class in Arts and Crafts, or may take special training in metal work, wood carving, etc. JIljyBiral (Enltun? Physical training is given careful attention and is under the direction of a competent director. For a short period daily the pupils have gymasium in the open air. Special attention is given to Aesthetic Dancing and Military Drill. The school also has tennis courts for outdoor exercise, and a spacious playground. Pace Eleven �ST. HELEN’S HALL A riding school near by furnishes horses and grooms at a moderate charge for small riding parties. Dancing, indoor games and all girlish amusements are encouraged. Pupils may form a class for dancing lessons if desired. A resident trained nurse has charge of the general health of the pupils. In a-ll cases of illness requiring special care, a trained nurse is engaged at the expense of the pupil. Page Twelve < �ST. HELEN’S HALL (Emtrar nf §>tni>£ Slimier ^rtinol FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH FORMS. The work of the first four Forms is designed to give a thorgh foundation in fundamental processes, methods of study, habits of thoroughness and accuracy, and the beginnings of a cultural background. From the first, all subjects arc carefully correlated and the child’s information increased as its experiences and ability justity. Individual attention is given phonetics and dramatic expres­ sion, in the belief that enunciation and self-expression are essential to clear thinking and intelligent appreciation in later work. ■ 'U FIRST FORM, READING: Riverside Primer. Eulalic Grover’s Folk-Lore Primer and Book I. Riverside First Reader. SECOND FORM, READING Riverside Second Reader. Eulalic Grover’s Folk-Lore Book IT. Florence Holbrook’s “Nature Myths.” “Seven Little Sisters,” J^ne Andrews. Selections from Abbie Farwell Brown (poetry). THIRD FORM, READING: “The Tree Dwellers,” Katherine Elizabeth Dopp. "The Early Cave-men.” “The Later Cave-men ” “The Tent Dwellers.” “The Early Sea People.” “Viking Tales,” Jennie Hall. “Greek Fairy Tales,” Charles Kingsley. FOURTH FORM, READING “Pinnocchio,” by C. Collodi; translated by Walter S. Cramp. “The Arabian Nights,” Frances Jenkins Olcott. Selections from Abbie Farwell Brown (prose). “Norse Stories,” Hamilton Wright Mabie, . Page Thirteen �ST. HELEN’S HALL REQUIRED STUDIES, FOR ALL FORMS: Writing Arithmetic. Sacred Studies. English. Dramatics. Spelling. Handicraft. . French. Physical Training. FIFTH FORM. Required Studies. ARITHMETIC. Mental and written drill in fundamental processes. Thor­ ough drill in common fractions. Elementary ratio, men­ suration and business problems. ENGLISH: Daily drill in phonetics. Composition and dramatics. Read­ ing with critical analysis. Hawthorne’s “Wonder Book”: “Tanglewood Tales”; Selections from “Arabian Nights,” and selected fairy stories from all nations. Memory work MEMORY WORK: Review of previous work. Seven Times One. The World The Brook , Tennyson Sweet and Low ) Hunting Song Scott. Bugle Song Sanger Stevenson Poems. GEOGRAPHY: North and South America. Constant drill in map drawing from memory. Construc­ tion of production and relief maps. The essentials of geography thoroughly memorized. SPELLING FRENCH SACRED STUDIES Bible History; Catechism PHYSICAL TRAINING SEWING Page Fourteen �ST. HELEN’S HALL SIXTH FORM. Required Studies. ARITHMETIC: Drill in fundamental processes, written and oral. Thorough drill in decimals, Elementary percentage, interest, ratio and mensuration. ENGLISH: Daily drill in phonetics. Daily composition work. Reading in class with critical analysis Tales of mythology and folk lore from all nations; Lives of painters, sculptors, com­ posers, writers and heroes of all nations. Iliad and Odyssey, by Church. Stories and poems dramatized. MEMORY WORK; Review of previous poems, Barbara Fritchie. The Barefoot Boy. Landing of Pilgrims. The Owl and the Pussycat. Two Sonnets on the Iliad. GEOGRAPHY: Europe Asia and Africa. Constant drill in map drawing from memory. Construction of production and relief maps. The essentials of geography thoroughly memorized. CIVICS: "Our Community,” by Ziegler and Jaquette. SPELLING FRENCH SACRED STUDIES Bible History; Catechism PHYSICAL TRAINING SEWING. Page Fifteen �ST. HELEN’S HALL Glnurs? of §11% Mppn Adjani FIRST FORM ARITHMETIC Rapid review of complex fractions, common and decimal Commercial problems and mensuration. Mental drill a part of each daily lesson. ENGLISH A thorough drill in all that pertains to technical grammar, daily throughout the year. A written lesson prepared each day with oral analysis, and parsing in class. Poems and prose memorized, and paraphrases written. Cooper’s "Pathfinder”; Stevenson’s Treasure Island”; Irv­ ing’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” SPELLING Daily, with sentence structure. FRENCH Grammar, conversation and poetry. SACRED STUDIES Catechism, Bible History. UNITED STATES HISTORY AND CIVICS PHYSICAL TRAINING Page Sixteen �ST. HELEN’S HALL SECOND FORM. ARITHMETIC A general review of the entire subject Practice in rapid calculation, short methods and mental drills. SPELLING Ten word's each day used in sentences. Work corrected' with attention given to penmanship, sen­ tence structure and spelling. Half of the spelling period devoted to oral class drill. ENGLISH Daily composition. Work corrected with attention given to spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and unity. Books read critically in class: Hawthorne’s “Grandfather’s Arm Chair,” Lamb’s “Tales From Shakespeare,” Dickens’ “Dombey and Son.” Famous ballads and lyrics; Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” Lytton’s “The Last Days of Pompeii,” Dickcn’s “Christmas Carol.” Scott’s “Kenilworth.” Composition subjects will be chosen at times from the reading. FRENCH Grammar, conversation and poetry. SACRED STUDIES Catechism, Bible History, ENGLISH HISTORY PHYSIOLOGY First Semester. MYTHOLOGY Second Semester. This course is planned particularly to give the student a thorough background for the English of Form III. PHYSICAL TRAINING Page Seventeen �ST. HELEN’S HALL THIRD FORM. Required Studies. ENGLISH Composition, rhetoric, literature. MATHEMATICS Algebra—Fundamental operatons, factoring, fractions, sim­ Practical ple equations, simultaneous linear equations, problems SACRED STUDIES Bible History. AND TWO ELECTIVES Elective Studies. FRENCH Chardenal’s Complete French Course, or Fraser & Squair's French Grammar. Reading: Gucrber’s Contes et Legendes; Bruno’s La Tour de la France par deux Enfants; Malot’s Sans Familie. SPANISH Worman’s First Spanish Book; Hall’s All-Spanish Method as basis for conversation, Espinosa & Allen’s Grammar; Berge, Solcr & Hatheway’s Spanish-American Reader. LATIN Grammar, translation and prose. HISTORY Advanced U. S. History or English History. SCIENCE Physiology. Botany. Domestic Science. Page Eighteen �ST. HELEN’S HALL FOURTH FORM. Required Studies. ENGLISH Comnosition, rhetoric, history of literature. MATHEMATICS Algebra—Review of factoring. Square and cube root, necrative, zero, fractional exponents, radicals, quadratics, simultaneous quadratics, progressions. SACRED STUDIES Bible History. AND THREE ELECTIVES Elective Studies. LATIN Caesar, grammar, prose composition. SCIENCE Physiology. FRENCH Grammar continued; Reading: Halevy’s L’Abbee Constan­ tin; Merimce's Colomba; La Brete’s Mon Oncle ct mon Cure; etc. Study of progressive French idioms. SPANISH Espinosa & Allen’s Grammar completed. Reading: Va­ lera’s El Pajaro Verde; Alarcon’s El Capitan Vcneno; Galdos’ Marianela; Padre Isla’s Version of Gil Bias. Page Nineteen �ST. HELEN’S HALL FIFTH FORM. Required Studies. ENGLISH Composition, rhetoric, history of literature, study of Eng­ lish authors. MATHEMATICS Plane Geometry. HISTORY Ancient History. SACRED STUDIES Church History. AND TWO ELECTIVES Elective Studies. LATIN Cicero, grammar, prose composition SCIENCE Chemistry or Physics. FRENCH Grammar, Larive et Fleury. Study of idioms. Reading: Scenes de la Revolution; La Tulipe Noire Dosia; La Cigalc chez les Fourmis; Mile de la Seiglicrc; Loti’s Pecheur dTslande SPANISH Page Twenty �ST. HELEN’S HALL SIXTH FORM. Required Studies. ENGLISH Composition, rhetoric, critical study of English authors. SACRED STUDIES Church History. AND THREE ELECTIVES Elective Studies. MATHEMATICS Solid Geometry; Trigonometry. LATIN Virgil, Ovid; prose composition. SCIENCE Physics or Chemistry HISTORY Mediaeval and Modern History; History of Art. SPANISH FRENCH Hugo’s La Chute. A play of Racine or Molicre. Study of history and literature of France. In these forms there is dictation, conversation, sition and memorizing; short plays are learned. compo­ Page Twenty-one �ST. HELEN’S HALL $ummarg flf Credits In both courses 20 credits arc required for graduation, each credit representing a year’s work in the Upper School Forms III, IV, V, VI, with five weekly recitations, or two years’ work with fewer recitations. No credit will be given for less than two years’ work in any language. German or Spanish may be substituted for French throughout the course. Pupils may enter any class for which they arc prepared, but the Diploma of St. Helen’s Hall is not given for less than two years’ attendance. General Course College Preparatory Course Required Studies— Latip English Mathematics Second Language History Sacred Studies Third Language or Science or History 4 4 3 4 1 2 2 20 Required Studies— English Mathematics Second Language Sacred Studies History Science With 6 Credits from any of the following: Elective Studies— Latin, Greek, French, Ger­ man or Spanish. History, Science, Music, Art, Elocution 4 3 2 2 2 1 6 20 The school reserves the right to withhold any course not elected by at least three students. Page Twenty-two �1/ APPLICATION BLANK FOR RESIDENT AND DAY PUPILS ifyslvtlB ifall, Portland, ©re. Name of Applicant.............. Age of Applicant ................ Address of Applicant ........ Date of application ............ Schools previously attended References: 1 For Character ...................................... ............ 2 Record of last school attended......... ............ 3 For business standing of parent or guardian TERMS All arrangements are made for the entire school year. Fees are payable half-yearly on entrance and on February 1. Students may enter at any time when there are vacancies. All necessary expenses in connection with illness are charged by the school at cost. Chaperonage for shopping or for similar trips is 50 cents an hour. Breakage and more than ordinary wear of furniture will be charged. No room will be reserved until this blank has been signed and returned with the advance deposit of $25. Signature of Parent or Guardian, �I I 1 ST. HELEN’S HALL Expimsrs The terms for board and tuition are payable, one-half on entrance and the other half the Thirty-first day of January. i Parents arid guardians zuho place pnpils in the school are under­ stood to accept these terms and regulations. Board, Tuition and Laundry (12 pieces weekly), per year—.$650.00 Advance deposit (payable with application)—............. 25.00 Tuition for 1st term, payable on entrance.................. 300.00 Tuition tor 2nd term, payable Jan. 31st....................... 325.00 Day Tuition, payable one-half on entrance and the other half January 31. ... 100.00 Lower School, 1st and 2nd forms— - 100.00 3rd anl 4th forms..................— ... 100.00 5th and 6th forms............... - 150.00 Upper School, 1st and 2nd forms— .... 150.00 3rd and 4th forms—............. .... 150.00 5th and 6th forms................ 70.00 Kindergarten.....................-................. I 1 fcxtra lExpcnae Music—Piano—Two lessons a week. Per year--$100.00—$160.00 Vocal Music—Two lessons a week Per lesson .................... 3.00 At Teachers’ Rates. Violin —-......... - ......................... — — At Teachers’ Rates. German ....................................................... At Teachers’ Rates. Elocution ...................................... ...... ;..... At Teachers’ Rates. Dancing—Term of ten lessons in class coonn Domestic Science—Practical lessons. Per year....-$60.00 to $SO.OO Art—Charcoal, Pen and Ink, Oil or Water Colors. Per year at teacher’s rates. 1.00 Examination Fees—Per year -$5.00—10.00 Laboratory Fees—Per year . . ,,lirinna Graduation Fee (including life membership in the Alumnae 25.00 Association) ....................—................“............................. 2.00 Tutoring—Per hour ——--— ......*.................. ............... .50 X! TTTT beginning of v. ^5 7,,r the school year to meet the following expenses: 15.00 Books and stationery5.00 Seat in church............... .......... 10.00 Use of piano----------- 1.00 Library fee —-........... books and stationery. Day ptioils purchase their own taken, and no All bills must be paid before examinations are Diploma will be given until accounts are settled. Page Twenty-three �ST. HELEN’S HALL The advance deposit on the board and tuition charges is required to secure a room before the school opens. This will be forfeited in case the application is with­ drawn. The laundry work included in the regular charges does not include white skirts, dresses, or thin waists. Dresses or thin waists are not allowed to be worn from November 1 to April 1. When desired, pupils may remain at the school during Christmas and Easter vacations, and for that time will be charged at the rate of two dollars a day. No bills will be paid for pupils, nor money advanced to them, unless a deposit has been made for that purpose, and pupils are not allowed to have running accounts at any store in the city. A monthly allowance is recommended as tending to give a young girl a proper sense of the value of money and responsibility in the use of it. Page Twenty-four �s TJfaU REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS Each Pupil must be provided with: Two pairs of sheets for single bed, and comfortable. Bible, Prayerbook and Hymnal. Two pairs of pillow cases, 23 inches. Six table napkins and napkin ring. Six towels and four bath towels. Shoe bag, two clothes bags and two bureau scarfs. Dressing gown, bedroom slippers, overshoes and hot water bag. It is very desirable that the school girl’s wardrobe should be simple and refined, therefore for school wear midi blouses and plain skirts or dress of thick material and shoes with low heels are expected, and for dinner and evening wear no elaborate dresses are allowed. Attractive and stylish clothes are desirable but all should be in keeping with a high standard of modesty and with what is required in all first class schools. Expensive jewelry may not be brought to school. All articles of clothing must be plainly marked with the full name. Pupils may bring for their room a few framed pictures only. Posters and unframed pictures, pennants, curtains and other draperies are not allowed. Magazines, newspapers and telegrams will not be delivered unless approved. All books brought into the school must be approved. It is requested that all dress-making and dentistry be attended to at home. Pupils are not allowed to make dressmaking or shopping visits in town, or visits to the dentist, without a chaperone. A charge of fifty cents an hour will be made for chaperonage. Requests from parents and all business communications should be sent directly to the . Sister Superior and not through the pupil. �ST. HELEN’S HALL i ; The home life of St. Helen’s Hall aims to be that of a well-regulated household, in which the general tone is wholesome and happy. A Sister, assisted 'by the resi­ dent nurse, has the care of the pupils’ health. Especial attention is paid to manners and bearing. A short list of correspondents and visitors, signed by the parents, is required. Letters addressed to others than those on the list will be forwarded unopened to parents or guardians. During the term no pupil will be allowed to pass a night in town out of the school building except with her parents or near relatives. Pupils may not visit any­ where without the consent of parents or guardians. They may receive their friends on Saturdays and on week days out of school hours. Visitors will not be ad­ mitted on Sunday, except parents and members of the immediate family. Strangers must bring a letter of in­ troduction from parents or guardian. The pupils will be allowed to visit on Saturday those friends in the city whom the parents may designate, pro­ vided those friends accompany them to and from the school, as they may not go about the city unaccom­ panied at any time. Resident pupils will be allowed once in each month to spend Saturday and Sunday away from the school. Pupils whose homes are not in Portland are required to be resident pupils at the school. The intention is to have the school family consist of earnest girls who will cheerfully adapt themselves to such regulations as are found necessary. No pupil who shows herself impa­ tient of control, or whose general tone and influence is harmful, can be permitted to remain in the school. Page Twenty-five !; i i �ST. HELEN’S HALL Sailg £>rlrehuli> Rising Bell .....................-........ Breakfast .................... -.......... Study Hour...............-.... -..... Outdoor Exercise .................. Assemble in School Room..... Chapel ..................................... Recitation ............................... Recess and Luncheon............ Study and Recitation............. Special Classes..................... Luncheon and Recreation.... Study Hour...................... ..... Recreation and Exercise-....... Dress for Dinner and Chapel. Chapel ..................................... Dinner ..................................... Recreation ............................... Study Hour....................... ..... Lights Out............................. ................. ................. ....7:40 to ...,8:10 to .............. ................. 6:40 7:10 8:10 8:40 8:40 8:40 A. A. A. A. A. A. M. M. M, M. M. M. to to to to 10:50 11:15 1:15 1:45 A. A, P. P. M. M. M. M. ........... . 2:45 to . 3:45' to . 5:20 to ................. ................. . 6:45 to 7:30 to ................. 1:45 3:45 5:20 5:40 5:40 6:00 7:30 8:40 9:30 P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. 8:50 10:50 .11:15 1:15 (Dalmilar 1920-1921 Registration of Pupils, Sept. 13th and 14th The 52nd year begins Sept. 15th. Thanksgiving Day and succeeding Friday, Nov. 25th and 26th, holidays. Christmas vacation, Dec. 17th to Jan. 3rd. Second term begins Jan. 31st. Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22nd, holiday. Easter vacation, March 28th to April 4th. Baccalaureate Sunday, June 12th. Commencement, June 14th. Page Twenty-six �ST. HELEN’S HALL 3Fm*m nf inquest I give and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of St. Helen’s Hall, a corporation organized under and by vir­ tue of the laws of the State of Oregon, the sum of......... . EnDollars to be invested and called the dowment Fund. The interest of such investment shall be applied to the payment of salaries of teachers of St. Helen’s Hall, or such other operating expenses as the Board of Trustees mav deem expedient. * ] give and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of St. Helen’s Hall, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oregon, the sum of- ................ Dollars, to be invested and called the Building Fund, the accrued interest thereon to be likewise invested from time to time, and principal and accrued interest to be expended at the discretion of the Board of Trustees in the erection of new buildings or the addition to present buildings of St. Helen’s Flail. * I give and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of St. Helen’s Flail, a corporation organized under and by vir­ tue of the laws of the State of Oregon, the sum of............. Scholarship. The principal of the beas the. auest to be safely invested by the Board of Trustees and the income applied to the assistance of deserving stu­ dents at St. Flelen’s Flail. Page Twenty-seven �SEIlst of (tartrate ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT 1872 Sally C, Campbell, Mary H. Couch, Margaret R Gearhart, Alice M. Henderson, Mary Taylor, 1873 The end of learning is to know God.” Laura P. Adair, Iola M. Bristow, llortcnse C. Van Eridagh, 1874 “Look up. Anna H, Breck Kate S. Holman, Sophia Holman, Mary L. Kelly, Allctta T. Lindsley, Mary R. Morris, Mary C. Wilson, 1875 Helena G. Beck, Valicia Brown, Elvira L. Crellin, Annie G. De Linn Alice S. Higgins, 1876 “Festina Lente.” Carrie Caplcs Jennie Caplcs Clara A. Humason, Mary Emma Lewis, Mary E. Stone, 1877 “Be what you are.” Luclla C. Carson, Henrietta E. Failing, Page Twenty-eight Nelly Scelye, Kate S. Storey, Nelly A. Wygant, �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1S78 “Semper Sursum.” Ella L. Woods, L. Ellen A. Stephens, 1879 Caroline Strong, Ellen Strong, 1880 "High be our thoughts.” Frances P. Burnside, Lizzie W. Myrick, Clara C. Munson. 1881 “Deserve the best.” Maria F. Clopton, Margaret Green Elizabeth Irving, Ida K. McKenna Clara E. Northrup. Mary A. Shindler, Susan Whalley. 1882 Virginia H. Whiting, 1883 “The readiness is all.” Charlotte E. Crawford, 1884 “Follow, follow, thou shalt win.” Alice M. Chance, 1885 “Nulla palma sine pulvera.” Emily C. Failing, 1886 “For all eternity.” Cornelia Eaton Nellie L. Case., Jocelyn Foulkcs Eugenia Cunningham, Oronoco L. Randall Alice B. Crawford, Page Twenty-nine �HELEN’S ST. HALL 1887 “True to the kindred points of Heaven and home.” Jessie Murch, Clara M. Rosenberg, Dora N. Taylor, Laura Campbell Henrietta H. Failing, Martha A, Hoyt, 1888 Mabel Beck. 1889 “Spero.” May Goldsmith, Ella Hirsch, 1890 “Non stando sed ambulando.” Elizabeth A. Lambert, Henrietta Sinsheimer, Jane Whalley, Lucrctia Allen, Elizabeth M. Cadwell, Mary J. Charnian, 1891 Julia Hamilton. Emma E. Wintler, Mabelle C. Dent, Caroline W. Flanders, 1892 “Hodie.” Alice C, Failing, Ella Jordan, Hattie M. Newman, Kate Wintler, 1893 “Nulla dies sine linea.” Louise F. Kuebli, Charlotte Whalley, 1894 Meta Allen, Kulln C. McFaddcn, Anna B. Scott, Kathleen Seeley, 1895 “Non sibi.” Stella H. Spedden, Page Thirty Myrtle L. Smith, �ST. H ELEN’S HALL 1896 “L’Esperance.” Octavia Drake, Lena A. Eddy Edna Haight L. Estelle Killin. Alice C. Andrews, Idalia J Benson, Emma L. Booth, Amy J. Bratton, 1897 “Per angusta ad augusta.” Dorcas Merrill Ida Thompson, Aileen Webber, Katharine F Failing, b. By lieu Lounsbury, 1898. Stella Alexander “Nulla vestigia, retrorsum.” Marion Bauer Frances Jacobs. 1899. “Vincit qui se vincit.” Charlotte Ohle Lillian Wollenburg Natalie Wollenburg, Rosa Josephson Ruth Lovcridge 1900 “Facta non verba.” Sally Powell Helen Ramsdell, 1901 “Viam aut inveniam aut facium.” Eula McCully. Thora Poulsen. Fanny Swartz, Katherine S. Arnold, Hilda Hexter, Frances Lane 1902 “Praesis ut prosis.” Marion Gray, Ethelwynnc Harris, Muriel Weatherdon. Page Thirty-one �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1903 “Probitas verus honos.” Elizabeth Stewart. 1904 “Esto quod esse videris.” Susan Genevieve Bellus Gladys Atkins Farrar Rena Kuhn Elizabeth Blodgett Lord, Willeta Leezer, Mabel Alice Nissler Kate Esther Ramsdell, Josephine Esther Smith Miriam Van Waters Marcia Wade Margaret Sophia Walter Sara Jean Winans, 1905 “Surge illuminare.” Byra Abbott Eva Bailey, Clara Boot, Helen Coldwell, Alice Collier Catherine Emmons Gertrude Gray, Jessie Grimmett Dorothy Langfitt Myra Loveridge Alice McCormac Clara MacEwan, Margaret Morrison, Carrie Short, Maud Van Dusen Winifred Van Dusen, 1906 “Lux et Veritas.” Elizabeth Armstrong, Kathleen Armstrong Arline Davies, Janet Gray, Helena Hughes Isabel Hughes Gertrude Jones, Genevieve Sengstacken, 1907 “Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter.” Marguerite Crosby Louise Emmons Hazel Ferris, Hilda Hagedo rn, Jessie Hale, Page Thirty-two Mary Hewitt Hazel Robb, Mercedes Sims, June Sterling, Hazel Tichner, Evelyn Wilson, �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1908 “Posside Sapientiam.” Gwendolyn Llwyd Maude Meenach Alta Ring, Ethel C. Towers, Olive Wilson Margaret Boot Shanna Cumming Flora Davis Leonide Fleury, lone Lambert, 1909 "Lahore et Honore.” Elizabeth Blair, Vieve Cecil. Frances, Clay, Margaret Coldwell, Grace Collier, Claudia Fliedner Dorothy Gilbert Daisy Green, Clarabel Grim, Stella Jones, Emmeline Powell, Lucy Powell, Ellen Thielsen Helen White, Roxana White, 1910 "Laetus sorte mea.” Marguerite Rohse, Anna Streiff, May Walther, Helen T. Watt, Helen L. Whitney, Margaret Leslie Emmons, Margaret W. Hewett, Clementine Lambert, Juanita Matlock, Hazel Morrow, 1911 “Veritas Vincit ” Dorothy Huber, Fern Hutchinson, Winifred London, Gene Spencer, Mary Blossom, Lora Cumming, Cassie Hiller, 1912 “Surgamus et aedificemus.” Manuella Briggs, Elizabeth Darch, Elva Gaskell, Ruth Hall, Genevieve Hailey, Marie Hanson, Olive Harris, Evelyn Hitchcock Geraldine Horn, Verna Menefee, Lorraine Percival, Eola Richards, Lucy Simpson, Edith Slusher, Alice Thurston, Lucrece Wood, Page Thirty-three �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1913 “Ad Ultimum Summis.” Jane Auterson, Elizabeth Jones, Anna Barker, Doris Smith, Lorraine Bean, Ruby Steiwer, Ruth Camp, Ruth Stryker, Marguerite Emerson. Constance Taylor, Alice Fox, Katherine Tooker, Katharine Graham, Marian Van Horn, Julie Whitmer, 1914 “Atlingit quad petit.” A dele Bray, Beatrice Stone, Dorothy Durham, Susan Truby, Evelyn Farrar, Elsie Walker, Esther Gilpin, Adele York, Helen Kelly, 1915 “Humanitas, Sapientia, Virtus.” Anna Boynton, Jean Macfarlane, Myla Chambers, Evelina Magiuder. Dorothy Condon. Margaret Platt Alice M. Dabney, Amy G. Robinson Alma A. Houser, Beatrice M. Thurston Martha Hoyt, ,r Ethel M. Waite, Margaret J. Welch, 1916. “Dura Spiro Spero.” Ethel M. Malpas, 1917. “Kata dunamin.” Consuelo McMillan Susan Green Nadine Caswell Marguerite Bergh Dorine Wyld Adeline Kendall Lucile Brown 1918 “Pi Alpha Theta.” Eleanor Cram Marjorie Campbell Hazel Haines Miriam Flagler Inez Chambers Helen Von Cleff Helen Ballard Beatrice Olson 1919. “Carry On.” -Lucile Hutton Margaret Johnston ^-Mary Greenlee Barendina Gardener .--Faith Newton Mary Helen Spaulding --Ella Deering Page Thirty-four �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1920. The Lord is my strength, whom then shall I fear! /Frances Baker /-Elizabeth Kelly - Suzanne Caswell ."-Virginia Thatcher ^/ Eleanor Simpson /-Philena Bartlett '^/-Jessie Smith /-Grace Caviness "'Harriett Breyman •Hazel Fairservice -'''Thelma Aaland -Hylah Fraley Doris Henningsen /Alice Prindle /-Marion Jenkins -Vernita Watts ^ Ruth Jenkins COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT 1909. Louise Cecil Adele Dyott 1910. Nellie Lathrop Myrtle Margaret Smith 1911. Mary Bel Hancock Helen Holbrook Carrie Paige Lucy Powell DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. 1907. Mary Maud Carlisle Ada West 1909. Gwendolyn Llwyd. 1911. Margaret Coldwell. 1912. Dorothy Vedder Manuella Briggs 1914 Anna Barker. KINDERGARTEN TRAINING CLASS. 1902 Mina Nesbit Edith Habersham Ruth Gilman. Page Thirty-five �i j ST. HELEN'S HALL 1903 Mary Boys Augusta Humphreys 1904. E. May Penwill Helen M. Stafford Bessie M. De BevgVse Lillian V. Jamesoit' ■'L 1905 Ethel Walter Gertrude Hutchinson T- ' 1906. Ethelwynne Harris Sara Leadbetter Rachel Smith Elsie Backus Katharine Gilbei Gertrude Gill 1907. Mary McIntosh Josephine Schell Pearl Schell Helen Booth Helen Coldwell Beulah Duncomb 1908. Clara Thompson Jessie Tupper i 1909. Ethel Billings Rebecca N. Hatton Myrtle Stock. 1910. Leonide Fleury Jessie MacDonald Carroll McCollum Ermine Owen 1911. Helen Gannett. 1917 Jane Lowe Florence Kiehle Marie Brady Bertha Palmer Esther Merrill Jenet Handcock Helen Block Loleta Holmes Katherine Hervcy Anna Pauley 1918. Mildred Arey Helen Halgren Genevieve Drew Abby Lyman Louise Gilbert Elsie Moon Dorothy Goldsmith Lucy. McCourt Helen Zimmerman Page Thirty-six r. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Documents Subject The topic of the resource High schools Alumnae and alumni Dance cards Diplomas Report cards Periodicals Songs Poetry Short stories Description An account of the resource This is a collection of documents from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the documents are from St. Helen's Hall, the all-women high school. The documents included in this collection are a sampling of course catalogs, diplomas, school songs, dance cards, report cards, and writings by the students. In addition, this collection also includes "The OES Belltower - Oregon Episcopal School Celebrates 125 Years of Academic Excellence" and "The First Century" a brief history on the first 100 years of St. Helen's Hall. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course catalogs Diplomas Periodicals Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. documents Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. document Title A name given to the resource The St. Helen's Hall 1921 Catalog Subject The topic of the resource Alumnae and alumni, Students High schools, Student activities Teachers Course catalogs Description An account of the resource This is the 1921 catalog from St. Helen's Hall. The catalog lists the current Board of Trustees, officers and instructors, as well as a calendar of events. In addition to the department descriptions and course options, the early catalogs also host photographs of the school and students. A daily class schedule, school expenses, and list of pupils and graduates are also included in these early catalogs. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course Catalogs Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_shhcatalog1921-compressed.pdf Alumnae and alumni Student activities; Teachers; Course catalogs Students; High schools http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/15889bede1b83ea6822212ed297c01c4.pdf 1e33b20e262402469a38c24799d148fb PDF Text Text —' : I ■ I-: . S' ■•••> ■ & •:>V- '• . !.v« ' i • . sr- ■ W-- : ■ ■ ■ ■ - i. f- : i •owv- <? ■I'1-,-.' ;; . g » ■-VH ■ i4 �f ST. HELEN’S HALL PORTLAND, OREGON Resident and Day School for Girls UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF OREGON * FORTY-FOURTH YEAR * “aljat mtr iiauglitrrB mag l»f aa tijr poltuiirb rorttrra of tljp lrtttplr" * ‘‘Education is the end to be attained Instruction is one of the means. Instruction provides the mind with the knowledge of certain things; Education forms at the same time the understand­ ing, the heart, the character and the conscience.” Felix Dupanloup. �V IBnarb of Bruolrm of §>t. Sjrlrn’fl Sail * The Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding, D.D., Bisiiop of Oregon, Chairman The Rev. A. A. Morrison, Ph. D. John Kollock The Rev. John Dawson. H. B. Leonard The Rev. H. D. Chambers. C. B. Pfahler. John Kollock, Secretary �AINT HELEN’S HALL was estab­ lished by the Rt. Rev. B. Wistar Morris, D. D., and opened September, 1869, with Miss Mary B. Rodney as Principal. The ground upon which the school was first built was secured through the liberality of Mr. John D. Wolfe and his daughter, Miss Catherine Wolfe, of New York City, whose large hearted generosity should ever be remembered in recalling the early history of this institution. The school continued its work in the original building on Fourth Street, between Madison and Jefferson, until the year 1890, when the property was sold to the City of Portland, for the use of the City Hall. On the 9th of June of that year, the corner stone of the present large and commodious building was laid, and on the 24th of February, 1891, the school was moved to its new home. Miss Mary Rodney died April 15th, 1896, and the work was carried on by her sisters the Misses Rodney until the close of the school year. At the opening of the next year, Miss Eleanor Tebbetts, Ph. D., became principal and re­ mained in that office till the end of June, 1904. By request of the Board of Trustees, the Sisters of St. John Baptist (founded at Clewer, England, in 1851, and affiliated in this country in 1881) then undertook the charge of the school and trust that God will continue to bless their endeavors for its prosperity and increased usefulness. £ �©fftrpra anb dhiatructora 1811-1912 * The Right Reverend Charles Scaddino, D. D., Bishop of Oregon Rector The Rev. W. A. M. Bbeck Chaplain The Sisters of St. John Baptist General SupeHntendence, Holy Scripture, Church History Miss Grace A. Pierce (Wellesley College) GREEK AND LATIN Miss Josephine Emerson (Smith College) MATHEMATICS Miss Dorothy Hazeltine. (Wellesley College) ENGLISH AND HISTORY. Miss Laura G. Eaton (Cheltenham Ladles’ College) (Onlrcrslty of London) ENGLISH AND HISTORY. Miss Iva Lee (Posse Gymnasium) PHYSICAL CULTURE 1 Madame Rosset de Cambremont, Diplomee FRENCH Miss Evangeline Breck FRENCH Madame Anna Jacques GERMAN Miss Madeleine Raby (National School of Elocution and Oratory. Philadelphia) ELOCUTION �Miss Ethel Abbott (Pupil of Ernest Hutcheson) (Peabody Conservatory) PIANO Miss Minnie Rea (Pupil of Richard Bunnclster. Berlin) PIANO Miss Helene Schumacher (New England Conservatory) VOCAL MUSIC Miss Ellen Ravenscroft (Chase School of Art, New York) ART Miss Dora Allen Reid (Smith College) ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT Miss Helen Wells ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT .Miss Nellie Lathrop ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT Miss Helen Gannett ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT �i i V ' * I ;! Calendar 1912-1913 June June 1; 1912. 9, 1912. June 10, 1912. Sept. 1C, 1913. Nov. 28, 1912. Dec. 20, 1912. 6, 1913. Jan. Feb. 22, 1913. Mch. 21, 1913. Mch. 23, 1913. Mch. 28, 1913. April 7, 1913. May 30, 1913. June 11, 1913. Reunion of Alumnae. Baccalaureate Sunday. Commencement. Forty-fourth year begins. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Vacation begins—3 p. m. Christmas Vacation ends—9 a. m. Washington’s Birthday. Good Friday. Easter Day. Easter Vacation begins—3 p. m. Easter Vacation ends—9 a. m. Memorial Day. Commencement. * l ' i = ! ! i �I I �; STUDIO I ■ f } GYMNASIUM �School The aim of St. Helen’s Hall is to provide for girls the best possible facilities for complete education. This means not only the cultivation of the intellect and the acquire­ ment of graceful womanly accomplishments but also such moral and religious training as shall help the pupils to be­ come pure, true women, with a high positive standard of Christian living. No school could have a more beautiful location. The building, a handsome brick structure, is on a height over­ looking the city, and surrounded by lines of soft blue hills broken by the snowy peaks of Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens and the distant white crest of the Cascades. It is thorough­ ly heated by hot water circulation, and well ventilated. Tfyere are two stairways from the third floor, and fire es­ capes. The Chief of the Portland Fire Department has the supervision of all the provisions for safety in case of fire, and inspects the fire escapes from time to time. The plumbing is under the care of one of the best sanitary plumbers in the city. The interior administration of the school has been en­ trusted to the Sisters of St. John Baptist, who have the general superintendence of every department. In secular studies they are assisted by a staff of effiicent instructors, either college graduates or especially trained for their work. A daily record is kept of the attendance, scholarship and deportment of every pupil, and a report of the same is mailed to parents quarterly. �I i ■ 8 M j : H ‘ ST. HELEN’S HALL Pupils failing, after a fair trial, to attain the required standard of scholarship or deportment, will not be retained in the school. The Sister Superior will always be glad to receive visits from the parents of pupils; her regular reception hours are 2 to 4 p. m. on all school days, also 5 to 8 p. m. on Mon­ days. The school consists of three departments— £lrmrntary, Arabnnir aub GJullrgmtr; and the special departments of Music, Art and Elocution. The Elrmrntary Drpartmrnt is divided into seven class­ es covering in English and Arithmetic the same ground as the Elementary public school but including a broader range of subjects. The Arabrmir department covers five years and is divided into two courses, the College Preparatory Course and the General Course. The College Preparatory Course is so arranged as to meet the requirements of the leading Eastern colleges without undue pressure. The General Course is intended for pupils desiring to lay the foundation of a broad general education, and meets the requirements of those universities and colleges which do not require four years’ preparatory work in Latin. In it the time, which in the College Preparatory Course is neces­ sarily spent in Latin, is devoted to Literature, History and Modern Languages. Much of the work is common to both courses, and the standard of thoroughness is the same. The certificate of St. Helen’s Hall is accepted instead of entrance examinations at Wellesley and Vassar Col­ leges, also at the State Universities of Oregon and Wash­ ington. Music, Art and Elocution count as regular elective studies in the General Course. Either Course satisfactorily completed entitles a pupil to the diploma of the school. 'i t �ST. HELEN'S HALL 9 In both courses twenty credits are required for gradu­ ation, each credit representing a year’s work of five recita­ tions a week. Twenty recitations a week are required of all pupils not studying Music or Art, fifteen recitations a week arc required of Music and Art pupils. Slip (EuUcgiatr $)?partm?nt. St. Helen's Hall offers two years’ advanced work in Languages, Mathematics, History and Literature, equiva­ lent to the work of the first two years in college. At the completion of a two years’ course of collegiate work, amounting to nine credits, a certificate will be given. EtUjliBtf. ■ ! - The aim in this course is to give pupils thorough in­ struction in English Grammar and Rhetoric, to enable them to write with ease and accuracy, and to teach them to appreciate what is best in English Literature, From the lowest class the reading matter is carefully selected, and in the third year of the Academic Course a brief history of English Literature is studied. After this the work consists chiefly in the writing of compositions and the criti­ cal study of English masterpieces, especially those required for College entrance examinations. Especial effort is made to form a taste for good literature, and courses of reading are planned for the summer vacation. 3tonrl) anil (fforntan. In these courses the aim is to enable the pupil to read the languages at sight and speak and write them easily. In order to acquire a good pronunciation the study of French should be begun in the Elementary Department, the lessons at first being in the form of conversation and easy �I ] 1/ :j . io 1 ST. HELEN'S HALL reading. Afterward grammar and translation are begun. In the last year of the Course, French composition, History and Literature are studied, and French is the language of the class room. I . i ■ ;!i *3 German may be begun in the first or second year of the Academic Course and carried to the point required for admission to college or beyond it as may be desired. At­ tention is paid to pronunciation, conversation and sight reading, as well as to grammar and translation. In the case of resident pupils the French table offers additional op­ portunities for conversation. The German Choral class meets the first Thursday in each month. Folk songs are sung, and the advanced German pupils tell the story of the songs. The German Literature Club meets once in each month for the study and discussion of great masterpieces. Satin tmb (Smk i ! i. i • ' i M “Latin and Greek are not regarded as dead languages except in the sense that all language of books not in our era is dead. They are living in the sense that the English of Chaucer and the Italian of Dante are alive, dead only to those to whom for lack of knowledge they are sealed books.” (Cambridge School Manual.) A five years’ course of Latin is provided, including beside the usual college requirements of Caesar (four books), Cicero (six orations), Vergil (six books), and Prose com­ positions, selections from Sallust and Ovid and much sight reading. By beginning Latin early in the course the sense of hurry and strain is avoided and there is time enough to make the study interesting and delightful as all true intel­ lectual work ought to be. ' * �ST. HELEN'S HALL II The course in Greek covers three years; the previous work in Latin having prepared the pupil for its intelligent study. The first year is given to grammar and exercises, the second to Xenophon, the third to Homer. It is desir­ able though not essential, that pupils preparing for college should elect Greek as their third language. Sjifitory The study of History is begun in the Elementary De­ partment and continued to the end of the school course. In the College Preparatory Course it is necessarily limited to college requirements, which, however, are constantly in­ creasing both as to quantity and quality. In the General Course three courses of History are provided. The topical method is approved, collateral reading is encouraged. Maps are drawn, and historical geography is held to be an important part of the work. History and English are in­ timately associated; pupils being required to commit to memory historical poems, and to write compositions on sub­ jects drawn from historical lessons. The school is fortunate in possessing a fairly good though small library of history and literature bearing upon it. DHatljmatirfi “In teaching mathematics the aim is to develop the spirit of enquiry, the habit of accuracy in reasoning, and the love of truth.” (Cambridge School Manual.) The prescribed course comprises Arithmetic, Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry. Throughout the course original work is encouraged, and set rules are avoided. The pupils are encouraged to rely as little as possible upon text books. �I i 1 12 i ST. HELEN’S HALL &rirnrr i 1 , This department is conducted in accordance with the best scientific methods. Natural History is taught in connection with Geography in the Elementary De­ partment. In the Academic Department the subjects are taken up as indicated in the course of study. Lab­ oratory work is required of all students of Chemistry and Physics, and the use of the microscope of all students of Botany and Physiology. It is considered that one or two sciences each thoroughly studied for not less than one year will do more for the pupil’s intellectual develop­ ment than a large amount of superficial work. •pijyfliral (Hulturr St. Helen’s Hall has a large gymnasium, and a trained teacher is in charge of the gymnasium work. In the Elementary Department there are easy drills several times in the week. In the Academic department each class has two morning periods a week for light work such as marching, club swinging, folk dances, etc., and every pu­ pil is required to be in one afternoon class for either aes­ thetic dancing, apparatus work or games. An exhibition to which the parents and other friends are invited, is held every spring, at the conclusion of the year’s work. SrltQuuta SttBtrurlum 1 All pupils receive instruction in Holy Scripture, Church Catechism and the History of the Church, and attend the daily services in the Chapel of the School. Resident pupils attend service on Sunday morning in one of the city churches. Serial Stuitenta Special students in Music, Art or Elocution may be re­ ceived as resident, when there is room for them, but the preference will be given to pupils in the regular course. No one will be received as a special student without having first completed a high school course of study or its equiva­ lent. The terms for special students are the same as for regular students. 3 �= ST. HELEN’S HALL 13 (SmtrHp nf ^tuhij fclcmrntanj Scyartmrnt FIRST YEAR. English. Reading, Writing, Spelling, Language Lessons, ArtLiterature Primer. Folk Lore Primer. Folk Lore First Reader. Art Literature First Reader. Sherman’s “Little Folk Lyrics.” Bass’ Nature Stories. Arithmetic. French. Combinations to 20. Conversation. SECOND YEAR. English. Reading, Writing, Spelling, Language Lessons. Folk Lore Second Reader. Art-Literature Second Reader. McMurry’s "Robinson Crusoe.” Arithmetic. Nichol’s—Book I. Geography. Sand maps. Pictures and stories of different lands. French. Conversation. third year. English. Reading, Writing, Spelling. Kittredge and Arnold’s ' Mother Tongue, Book I. Art Literature, Third Reader. Cyr’s Third Reader. Stevenson’s Child’s Garden of Verse. Eggleston’s "Stories of American Life and Adventure.” Carrol’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Selections. Arithmetic. D. E. Smith's Primary Arithmetic. Geography. Sand Maps. Map Drawing. Geographical Reader. French. Conversation and Reading. FOURTH YEAR. English. Reading, Writing, Spelling. Kittredge and Arnold’s Mother Tongue—Book I. Cyr’s Fourth Reader. Longman's Ruskin’s Kingsley’s “Waterbabies.” Fourth Reader. “King of the Golden River.” Whittier's Child Life. Arithmetic. Smith’s Primary Arithmetic. Geography. Tarr and McMurry. Leete’s Exercises. History. Stories from English History. French. Conversation and Reading. �11 ST. HELEN'S HALL FIFTH YEAR. ir ;!} i! English. Reading, Writing, Spelling, Elocution. The Mother Tongue—Book 11. Hawthorne’s Wonderbook and Tanglewood Tales. Whittier’s Child Life. Church’s Story of the Iliad. Selections from Longfellow, Scott, Tennyson, etc. Arithmetic. Smith’s Grammar School Arithmetic. Geography. Tarr and McMurry. Leete’s Exercises. History. American History. Stories from Ancient History. French. Grammar and Reading. SIXTH YEAR. English. Reading, Writing, Spelling, Elocution. The Mother Tongue—Book II. Irving’s “Sketch Book.” Hawthorne’s “Twice Told Tales.” Burrough’s “Birds and Bees and Sharp Eyes.” Lang’s Blue Poetry Book. Selections. Arithmetic. Smith’s Grammar School Arithmetic. Geography. Tarr and McMurry. Leete’s Exercises. History. American History. Stories from Modern History. French. Grammar and Reading. i. ' seventh year. :< Enolish. Whitney and Lockwood’s Grammar, Elocution. Arithmetic. General Review. Metric System. Science. Physical Geography. History. English History. French. Grammar and Reading or German or Latin begun. In All Grades. Physical Culture, Sight Singing, Drawing, Paint­ ing, Needlework, Nature Study, Bible History, Church His­ tory, Catechism. While a seven years’ course of study Is provided, there may be special cases in which a child may accomplish the required work in six years. On the other hand, it may more frequently occur that a slow or delicate child will need eight or nine years to cover the same ground, In every case the course must be fitted to the pupil, not the pupil to the course. No pupil may be promoted to the Academic Department without thoroughly accom­ plishing the required elementary work. r< �I Arabrmir Srpartmrnt College Preparatory Course. General Course. FIRST YEAR. FIRST YEAR. WEEKLY PERIOOS. Required Studies— English. Granuner, position, Reading. Com5 Latin. D’Oogc’s First Book 5 French. Squair and Frasser’s' Grammar. Contes et Legendes, Sans Fa­ mine. 5 Mathematics. Algrebra— 5 Slaught and Lcnnes. Sacred Studies. Bible His­ 2 tory. WEEKLY PERIODS. Required Studies— English. As in College Preparatory Course. “ 5— History. English and Ameri­ 5can, or French. As In College 5 Preparatory Course. Mathematics. As in Col­ lege Preparatory Course. 5 — Sacred Studies. As in Col­ lege Preparatory Course. 2 And one Elective. Elective Studies— 2 ? Elocution. 2 * Music. 2 o Art. 22 second year. 19 SECOND YEAR. Required Studies— Required Studies— English. Rhetoric, Com­ position, English Litera­ ture. 5 Latin. Ciesar, Nepos, Gramar, Prose Composition. 5 French. Squair and Frasser’s Grammar, La Cigale chez les Fourmis. Mon 5 Oncle et Mon Cure. English. As in College f> Preparatory Course. French. As in College 5 Preparatory Course. Mathematics. As in Col­ lege Preparatory Course. 5 Mathematics. Algrebra— C. Smith. Plane Geom­ 5 etry. Sacred Studies. Old Tes­ 2 tament History. Sacred Studies. Old Tes­ 2 tament History. And one or two Electives. Elective Studies— German. Grammar, Read­ 4 ing. 2 Elocution. 2 Music. 2 Art. 22 19 to 21 �16 11 ST. HELEN'S HALL Arabrmir Department. College Preparatory Course. General Course. THIRD YEAR. THIRD YEAR. WICKLY PERIODS Required Studies— li •! i ? English. History of Litera­ ture. Composition, Study of 5 English Authors, Latin. Cicero, Prose Com­ 5 position. Plane and Mathematics. B Solid Geometry. Sacred Studies. New Tes­ 2 tament History. And one Elective. Elective Studies— French. Grammar, Scenes de la Revolution Francalse, La Canne de Jonc, 5 Composition. Greek. Grammar, Reading 6 German. Grammar, Guerber 4 No. 1 and 2. : 5 i ■ 21 to 22 fourth year. WEEKLY PERIODS WEEKLY PERIODS Required Studies— English. As in College Preparatory Course. 5 French. As in College 6 Preparatory Course. Mathematics. Plane and 6 Solid Geometry. Sacred Studies. New Tes­ 2 tament History. And one or two Electives. Elective Studies— 4 2 2 2 German. Elocution. Music. Art. 19 to 21 fourth year. WEEKLY PERIODS Required Studies— Latin. Ovid, Vergil, Pros­ 5 ody History. Greece and Rome. 5 Sacred Studies. Church 2 History. And one or two Electives. Elective Studies— French. Composition, Mademoiselle de La Segliere, La Battaille des 5 Dames. Greek. Xenophon, Prose 5 Composition. German. Grammar, 1mmensee, Der Zerbrochene . Krug, Minna Von Barn4 helm. Science. Botany or Physics. 5 Required Studies— English. Study of English Authors, Composition. 5 As in College French. 6 Preparatory Course. History. Greece and Rome. 5 Church Sacred Studies. 2 History. And one Elective. Elective Studies— Science. Botany. Physiol­ 5 ogy. German. Grammar, Trans­ 4 lation. 2 Elocution. 2 Music. 2 Art. 17 to 22 19 to 22 * �ST. HELEN'S HALL 17 Araiirntir Srpartmcut. General Course. College Preparatory Course. FIFTH YEAR. FIFTH YEAR. WEEKLY PERIODS. Required Studies— English. Study of Eng­ lish Authors. Composi­ tion. Mathematics. Review, Al­ gebra, Geometry. Latin.. Virgil, Sallust. Sacred Studies. Church History. And one or two Electives. Elective Studies— French. Literature, Clas­ sic Reading. Greek. Homer, Prosody. German. Grammar, Clas­ sic Reading. Science. Physics or Chem­ istry. 5 2 5 2 5 1 4 5 18 to 24 WEEKLY PER'ODB Required Studies— English. History of Eng­ lish Literature 19th Cen­ tury Authors. Mediaeval and History. Modern History. Church Sacred Studies. History. And two Electives. Elective Studies— French. Literature, Clas­ sic Reading. Science. Physics or Chem­ istry. German. Harris German Composition, Die Harz* reise. Sesenheim Schiller’s Ballads, Etc. Elocution. Music. Art. 5 5 2 5 5 4 2 2 2 18 to 22 In both courses 20 credits are required for graduation —each credit representing a year’s work in the Academic Department, with five weekly recitations—or two year’s work with fewer recitations. Gymnasium work, two pe­ riods a week, is required of all pupils for four years and counts as one credit. No credit will be given for less than two years’ work in any language. German may be sub_ stituted for French throughout the course. General Course. College Preparatory. Required— Required— 4 or 5 Latin. English. 5 4 or 3 English. 2 History. 3 Mathematics. 4 M odern L anguages . Second Language, *r- 2 or 3 3 Mathematics. 2 Sacred Studies. 2 Sacred Studies. 1 History. Science 1 Third Language. Music, Art, Elocution OR 2 or 3 Or Science. 2 Other Electives. Or History. 1 Physical Culture. 1 Physical Culture. 20 20 �ST. IS HELEN'S HALL (SJuUtgiatr Srpartmrut FIRST YEAR. WCCKLV Required Studies— English. Review of Rhetoric. Mathematics. etry Higher Algebra. Themes. PEHIODS English Literature. Trigonometry. 5. Solid Geom­ 5 Sacred Studies. General Review of Old and New Testament History and Church History Or, Study of St. John’s Gospel Elective Studies— Latin. Cicero. De Senectute and De Amlcltla. lections. Prose Composition Horace. 2 2 Se­ Psychology. History of Art. Greek. Language and Literature. French. Language and Literature. German. Language and Literature. SECOND YEAR. Required Studies— Sacred Studies. Course of Church Doctrine and History of the Prayer-Book, or, Study of the Psalms and Isaiah 2 Elective Studies— English. Literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Mathematics. Analytic Geometry. Latin. Livy. Tacitus, Selections. Prose Composition. History. General, Mediaeval and Modern History; or History of England or of the United States. Greek. French. Language and Literature. Language and Literature. German. Language and Literature. Most of the work in this Department Is elective, but to re­ ceive a certificate a two years’ course, approved by the Sister Superior and amounting to nine credits must be accomplished. No credit will be given for Elementary work in French or German, or for College Preparatory work in Latin. �ST. HELEN'S HALL 19 fHufiir PIANO DEPARTMENT. The Department of Music comprises instruction in piano, voice, violin, musical theory, elementary harmony, sight singing and history of music. A systematic course in piano, violin or vocal music will be allowed to count for graduation as an elective study in the General course. The Piano Department awards a diploma at the satis­ factory completion of the regular course as here given. Before graduation the pupil is required to give from memory one complete recital, including a concerto, and other works demanding skillful execution. The technical work of the Piano Department is drawn from the following, and kindred sources: Duvernoy, Heller, Czerny, ITutcheson . Leschetiszky, Lecouppey, Bertine, Kohler and others. The following grades will denote the difficulty of the work that will be studied: Grade I. Kuhlau, Clementl) Sonatinas Haydn, Mozart f Handel, 12 Little Pieces. Schumann, Album for the young. Relnecke. Fairy Stories. Grade II. Bach. 21 Little Pieces. Grieg. Lyrics, Book I. Schubert. Minuet B Minor. Grade III. Bach. Inventions. Beethoven Sonatas. Chopin. Simpler Waltzes. Grade IV. Bach. Well tempered Klavler. Beethoven Sonatas. Chopin Nocturnes. Preludes. Schubert. Impromptus. Ear Theory. Grammar of Music, training. Scales. Keys. Modes. In­ tervals, Triads, simple figured bases in major and minor keys. Original melodies. Harmony. Review of first grade work. Inversions of thirds, chords of the seventh, altered chords. Suspensions. Modulations. Organ point. Cadences. Counter. point in 2, 3 and 4 parts. Original composition in the simpler forms. Illustrated lectures upon musical history from the earliest musical knowledge to the present day. The study of form, the sonata, dance forms, etc., and harmonic analysis. Orchestral instruments; their use and compass. History of the orchestra. Sight reading. Four and eight hand arrangements of the symphonies and chamber music of the great composers. �20 ST. HELEN'S HALL Pieces arc selected according to the varying needs of the pupils from the great mass of old and new piano lit­ erature. An important feature of the work is the training in ensemble playing, duos, trios and quartets for one and two pianos being studied. Portland offers many opportunities for hearing the best music; during the past year the pupils have attended con­ certs by Eames, Schumann-Heink, Pachmann, Gogorza and others. Before each concert the programme is carefully explained to the pupils, that they may listen with intelli­ gence. Uoral Bepartmnit The aim of the vocal department is the development of the voice by a pure and natural method of tone production. All studies are selected according to the individual needs of the pupil, and songs are taken from the old composers and the best modern music. A diploma will be given at the satisfactory completion of the following course: First Grade—Simple Theory. Castelli’s Vocalizes, Book I. Studies in tone production and technique. First grade songs. Second GRADE-History of Music. Castelli’s Vocalizes. Book II. Studies in technique and tone phrasing. Moderately Difficult songs. Third Grade—Musical Biography. Advanced Vocalizes and technique, with the easier Arias from Oratorio and Opera. All voice pupils will be required to attend the Choral Classes, in which they receive instruction in class singing and sight reading, unless excused by the head of the depart­ ment. Before graduation a pupil must be able to conduct a simple chorus, and give one entire song recital. Pupils desiring to receive Diplomas in the Music Department must complete a course of study in the Academic Department amounting to io credits in History, English and Modem Languages. �• �STUDY HALL DINING HALL �ST. HELEN’S HALL 21 Elnrutimi ani Bair? Culture The aim of the instruction in this department is to grasp and express the thoughts of great minds. Especial attention is paid to the use of the speaking voice and to reading aloud. Recitation and the use of gesture are also taught and exercises in correct breathing and physical cul­ ture given. A certificate will be given at the close of a satisfactory course of two or more years. Art Art instruction embraces pencil, crayon, charcoal, sepia and India ink, and painting in oil and water colors. The studio is well supplied with casts and still life, and affords every advantage for the serious study of drawing and painting. Work in the Studio for one period weekly is required of all pupils in the Elementary Department. In the Aca­ demic Department the Art Courses are elective, and so arranged as to meet the needs of students who have much or little time. They include problems in theory and prac­ tice of design, representation and composition. The Art History Courses aim to make the pupil famil­ iar with the art of the past, to cultivate a feeling for beauty and develop a power of discrimination that will lead to a keener appreciation and enjoyment of that which is truly great in Art. fcleumttaru Bejiartment FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YEARS. Colored crayon drawings of flowers, leaves, trees, etc. Illustrations of Thanksgiving and Christmas stories. Cut �22 ST. HELEN’S HALL forms, star, holly leaf used for decoration, in three values. Color studies FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS. Drawing of leaves and flowers, pencil and brush, flat washes, arrangements and foreshortening espcdaily considered, Drawing from memory. Three tone drawings. Color scales, Perspective of rectangular and circular objects. Color harmony. Book cover design. Landscape composition in flat tones. SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS. Sketches of flowers from nature in color. Design of initial letters. Calendar. Costume poses, figures in action. Landscape and flower drawing in color. More advanced composition. Aimattr^b Bnumttg (Elaaa. Drawing in pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, water color or oil from casts and from life. Figure and landscape composition. All pupils are allowed to be in the Sketch Class. When the weather permits, the class will draw landscapes in black and white or color. On Tuesday there is a Life Class for which a model is engaged; on Saturday morn­ ing the pupils pose for each other. Portland possesses an excellent Art Library, which the pupils visit as often as desired. �ST. HELEN’S HALL 23 ®I]r Art ftiiainry (Ulaae. ARCHITECTURE Byzantine Saracenic Gothic Egyptian Greek Roman SCULPTURE Roman Mediaeval, French German, Italian Modern, Italian, French German, English, American Egyptian Assyrian Persian Phoenician Greek PAINTING Italian School u French Spanish u Flemish M Dutch School German “ English American" �24 ST. HELEN'S HALL The home life of St. Helen’s Hall is that of a well regulated household, in which the general tone is wholesome and happy. A Sister, assisted by the resident nurse, has the care of the pupils’ health. Especial attention is paid to manners and bearing, and exercises in the Gymnasium form part of the daily routine. Each girl is required to obtain from her family physician a certificate of physical fitness before taking part in any game (such as basket ball), requiring violent exercise. A riding school near by fur­ nishes horses and groom at a moderate charge for small riding parties. The resident teachers co-operate with the Sisters to make home life attractive and helpful. One eve­ ning in each fortnight is given to lectures, musicales and social gatherings in the reception room. Dancing, indoor games and all girlish amusements are encouraged. A short list of correspondents and visitors is required signed by parent or guardian. Letters addressed to others than those on the list will be forwarded unopened to parents or guardians. No bills will be paid for pupils nor money advanced to them unless a deposit has been made for that purpose and pupils are not allowed to have running accounts at any store in the city. A monthly allowance is recommended as tending to give a young girl a proper sense of the value of money and responsibility in the use of it. During the term no pupil will be allowed to pass a night in town out of the school building except with her parents or near relatives. Pupils may not visit anywhere without the written consent of parents or guardians. They may �ST. HELEN’S HALL 25 receive their friends on Saturday afternoons. Visitors will not be admitted on Sunday except parents and members of the immediate family. Strangers must bring a letter of introduction from parents or guardian. Visitors may not ascend the stairs without permission. The pupils will be allowed to visit on Saturday those friends in the city whom the parents may designate, pro­ vided those friends accompany them to and from the school, and the conduct of the pupil has been so satisfactory that they are entitled to the privilege. Pupils residing in Port­ land or its immediate vicinity will be allowed once in each month to spend Saturday and Sunday at home. Magazines and telegrams will not be delivered unless approved. Newspapers are not allowed. It is requested that no books be brought into the school. All textbooks are provided, and there is sufficient reading matter in the School Library. Family photographs and a few framed pictures are allowed in the pupils’ rooms, but not posters or advertise­ ments. It is desired that all bedroom decorations be simple hygienic. Pupils are expected to dress neatly and simply. A plain skirt with blouse waist for school, a cloth suit for Sunday and street wear, an afternoon dress of some light woolen or mixed material and a white muslin dress (highnecked and long sleeved) for musicals will meet all require­ ments. Neither dresses nor waists of laundered goods are allowed from November 1 to April 1, nor dresses of wash material for the school room at any time. High shoes with low heels are required for outdoor wear. Expensive jew­ elry is not allowed. All gowns must be high-necked. Elbow sleeves are allowed on evening gowns only. All members �26 ST. HELEN’S HALL of the school dress for dinner. It is requested that all dress­ making and dentistry be attended to at home. *fc Pupils are not allowed to make dressmaking or shop­ ping visits in town or visits to the dentist without a c’naperone. A charge of fifty cents an hour will be made for chaperonage. Requests from parents and all business communications should be sent directly to the Sister Superior and not through the pupil. The number of resident pupils is limited to fifty. The intention is to have the school family consist of earnest girls who will cheerfully adapt themselves to such regula­ tions as are found necessary. No pupil who shows herself impatient of control, or whose general tone and influence is harmful, can be permitted to remain in the Hall. 'C ? . 1 �SENIORS ROOM AND LIBRARY ENTRANCE HALL ��I I ST. HELEN’S HALL 27 §d)ocl Hrflurea mb iEntprtatnmfntH 1011-1312 October—Reception by the “Old Girls” to the “New Girls.” November—“Pink and White” dance in the gymnasium. Recital by Olga Steeb. Recital by the Instructors in the Departments of Music and Elocution. Dinner for the Senior Class given by Alice Thurston. December—Lecture on Ancient Buildings, with lantern slides, by Miss Laura G. Eaton. ■ January—Christmas Carol service. Mrs. Jarley’s wax works given by the Instructors. February—Lecture on American Art, with lantern slides, by Miss Ravenscroft. Lecture on the Scenery of Oregon and California, by Mr. Clum. Pupils’ recital (Music Department). Pupils’ recital (Department of Elocution). i: Valentine party for the younger children. * Colonial dinner and dance. Basket ball match. �p ' !i % 2S ST. HELEN’S HALL April—Easter Carol service. ■ Exhibition of gymnasium work (Elementary Depart­ ment). Exhibition of gymnasium work (Academic Depart­ ment). “The Day of the Duchess,” play and tableaux vivants given by the Senior Class. !1 I 1 H: Sale of the “Society of the Royal Banner.’ May—Two plays given by the German Department. Play, “A Russian Romance, given by the Department of Elocution. • i ; f. ' :( Class Excursions—To the new school site and else­ where. ! June—Alumnae reunion. Commencement exercises of the Elementary Depart­ ment. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. A. A. Morrison, Ph. D. i Commencement concert by the Music Department. Commencement Evensong and presentation of diplomas by the Bishop of Oregon. { ' Commencement dance. !f v .. -d .< �ST. HELEN'S HALL 29 Somites QJljc Sorirttj nf tlir &mml Smutcr—Founded St. An­ drews Day, 1904, for the extension of the Kingdom of Christ in Oregon. Under the direction of the Sister Supe­ rior. Monthly meetings. Secret Societies are not allowed in St. Helen s Hall. The School Paper is the St. Helen's Hall Quarterly. It is edited by the Senior Class, assisted by the Instructors in English. g>rljool tSjmtmirs , Jure! (Urstimmuals "dll be awarded at the end of each school year to pupils attaining an average mark of 90 per cent in every study, 95 Per cen^ in Order and Punctuality, 99 per cent in Conduct. 6>rmnb totiimmials will be awarded to those attaining 75 per cent in every study, 90 per cent in Order and Punctuality, 98 per cent in Conduct. ®f)r $t. ijrlru’s ?all toss is the highest honor in the Resident Department. It is given to any resident pupil who throughout the year is punctual, orderly, courteous and gentle in her daily conduct, and loyal to the school. It was given in 1911 to Maude Walker Lucrece Wood Elva Gaskell Nina Jack Gladys ITolland 5Jpstim0malri 10111-1911 FIRST. Margaret Derby Geraldine Horn Doris Smith Dorothy Vedder Marie Planson Verna Menefee Madeline Miley Lucrece Wood Evelyn I-Iitchcock Ruth Hall Kathleen Booth Marian Van Horn Ruth Stryker Martha Ployt Anna Barker Crystal Hyland Elsie Walker Linzee King Nina Jack Myla Chambers lone Stewart Miriam Todd Alice Dabney SECOND. �i i 30 ST. HELEN'S HALL } « lailg S>rl|piMlp 6:30 A. M. Rising Bell, 7:15 A. M. Breakfast, - 8:05 to 8:35 a. m. Out-Door Exercise, 8:40 A. M. Assemble in School Rooms, 8:45 a. m. Chapel, 9:00 a. m. to 1:15 p. m. Study and Recitation, 1:15 p. M. Luncheon, 2:00 to 2:45 p. m. Study and Recitation 2:45 to -1:00 p. m. Recreation and Exercise. 4:00 p. M. Dress for Dinner, 4:45 p. M. Study Hour, 5:45 P. M. Chapel, 6:00 P. M. Dinner, - 7 :oo to 7:30 p. m. Recreation, - 7:30 to9:00 p. m. Study Hour, 9:30 P. M. Lights Out, 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. Gymnasium Work, Studio Open Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. i . 1 Attendance at the gymnasium is required one after­ noon in each week. Day pupils who have finished their recitations are dis­ missed at 1:15 p. M. if desired. \ �1 ST. HELEN’S HALL 31 tExpritara Board, Tuition and Laundry (18 pieces weekly), per year.$500.00 25.00 Payable with application (advance deposit)........ 250.00 Payable September 1 ................................................. 250.00 Payable February 1 ................................................... Day Tuition, payable in advance. Sept. 14th and Feb. 1. 60.00 Elementary Department, 1st, 2d and 3d year................... <4 70.00 4th and 5th years..................... 44 80.00 6th and 7th years..................... 100.00 Academic Department, 1st year 44 120.00 2d, 3d and 4th years 120.00 Collegiate Department, per year Extra Expettfipfi Music—Piano—Two lessons a week, Including, for resi­ dent pupils, the use of the piano for two practice periods daily. Per year............................................... Vocal Music, including, for resident pupils, use of piano for two practice periods daily. Per year................. Piano or Vocal lessons for day pupils, two lessons a week, not including practice. Per year................................ Violin—Two half hour or one hour lesson a week. Per year Art—Charcoal, Pen and Ink, Oil or Water Colours, two lessons per week. Per year........................................ Art—Full course, daily lessons. Per year......... .................. Elocution—Two private lessons a week to pupils of St. Helen’s Hall. Per year................................................. Dancing—Term of ten lessons in class.................................. Fencing—Term of ten lessons................................................. Laboratory Fee ........................................................................ Seat in Church, year....................................................... Tutoring, per hour ......................................................... Hot Luncheon, day pupils, per week........................... Graduation Fee (including life membership in the Alumnae Association) .................................................... Library dues .............................................................................. All bills must be paid before graduation. S0.00 S0.00 70.00 S0.00 40.00 100.00 60.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 15.00 1.00 No extra charge is made for Latin, Greek, French or German, for Class Singing, and Physical Culture. �32 ST. HELEN’S HALL The advance deposit is required to secure a room before the school opens and is used to meet the expenses of books, music and other school supplies. An account of the same will be rendered at the close of the school year, and any surplus returned. The laundry work included in the regular charge does not include white skirts or dresses. Coloured underskirts should be provided and dresses or waists of wash material are not allowed to be worn from November 1 to April 1. All arrangements are made for the entire school year. Pupils withdrawn before the end of the year will be charged in full except in cases of severe illness, ivhcn the loss will be equally shared. This is a distinct condition of the contract. The cause of removal must be attested by tzvo physicians, one of whom shall be the attending physician of the school. ATo deduction is made for occasional absence, nor for absence during the first four zeecks. It is assumed that these condi­ tions are accepted when the pupil is entered, this being the custom of all schools in good standing. No reduction will be made for absence of less than six weeks. A reduction of ten per cent on board and ordinary tuition is allowed for two sisters, or fifteen for three and twenty-five for four. Interest will be charged upon all bills for board and tuition remaining unpaid at the end of the term. Accounts are subject to draft if not paid in rea­ sonable time after they are rendered, All bills must be settled before May 20, as the year’s accounts are closed May 31. When desired pupils may remain at the school during Christmas and Easter vacations and for that time will be charged at the rate of six dollars a week. Pupils whose homes are not in Portland are required to be resident pupils at the Hall. ��• . UJ .i• it ■ .1 - 1 *i— z\ Q_ < u �ST. HELEN'S HALL 33 Hist nf pupils 1911-1912 COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. Caroline Paige . Eugenia Calhoun Portland Portland— 2 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. Senior Class. Manuel la Briggs Ruth Church ... Bessie Darch . .. Edith French---Olive Harris---Marie Planson .. Elva Gaskell Ruth Hall .......... Genevieve Hailey Evelyn Hitchcock Geraldine Horn . Katrina Johnson Verna Menefee .. Lorraine Percival Eola Richards .. • Lucy Simpson .. Edith Slusher Alice Thurston • Dorothy Vedder . Lucrece Wood . • New Westminster, B. C. ............... Seattle, Wash. ..........Goldendale, Wash. ................ .Baker, Ore. .......... ...Seattle, Wash. ........... ..Seattle, Wash. ........... La Grande, Ore. ..........................Portland ..........................Portland ......................... Portland ......................... Portland ...................Boise, Idaho ......................... Portland ..............Olympia, Wash. ............. Portland ......... ....... Quanah, Tex. ..............Pendleton, Ore. ”7..............Wells, Ore. ............. Jerome, Idaho ......... La Grande, Ore.—20 �34 ST. HELEN’S HALL IV. ..................... Portland ... .Lewiston, Idaho Walla Walla, Wash. ...... Bandon, Ore. .......... Eugene, Ore. ....................... Astoria .................. .Portland ..................... Portland . . .Jacksonville, Ore. ............... Spray, Ore. ...............Salem, Ore. ..................... Portland ..................... Portland .......... Ashland, Ore. ..................... Portland ........ ............Portland .. .Vancouver, B. C. .. . Vancouver, B. C. ........ Billings, Mont.—19 Jane Auterson .... Frances Boston Zelda Bryson ...... Erma Craine ........... Marguerite Emerson Alice Fox................ Katharine Graham . Adelaide McCune . Mary Peter ........ Gladys Potter ..... Ruby Steiwer.......... Ruth Stryker.......... Amzel Samuels........ Rose Taverner........ Katharine Tooker . . Julie Whitmer........ Nina Blackburn May Blackburn Ruth Camp ............. III. Anna Barker .. . Lorraine Bean .. Ruth Gaskell . . . Olga Freiwald . Elsie Hackett . . Helen Hall Margaret Derby Elise Holmes . . Elizabeth Jones . Alice Gadsby .. . ............... Portland ...............Portland .La Grande, Ore. ............... Portland Vancouver, B. C. ...............Portland ............... Portland .Enterprise, Ore. ............... Portland ............... Portland �P ST. HELEN’S Esther Gilpin ..,. Isabella Macleay . Doris Smith .... Willie Simpson .. . Bina Taylor........ Constance Taylor Marian Van Horn Elsie Walker .... Adele York........ Eva Zimmerman .. HALL .............. Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland ... .Quanah, Tex. .Vancouver, B. C. .............. Portland Hood River, Ore. .............. Portland Vancouver, B. C. ................Portland—20 II. Fay Armstrong . May Albee.......... Kathleen Booth . Susan Barnes .. . Doris Clark Myla Chambers . Plarriet Cumming Alice Dabney .. . Contance Fulton Beryl Plobson . .. Martha Hoyt .... Esther Plemstock Natalie Hamilton Miriam Plagedorn Helen Hall ........ Crystal Plyland .. Lucille Hicks . .. Helen Jeffers . .. Helen Kelly........ Linzee King .... 35 ...Corvallis, Ore. .......... Dilley, Ore. .................Portland . . .............Portland ................. Portland ................. Portland ................. Portland ............... Portland ....Astoria, Ore. ............... Portland ............... Portland ...............Portland Grants Pass, Ore. ............... Portland . .............Portland ............... Portland ........ Portland ............... Portland . . .Victoria, B. C. ............... Portland �1 36 ST. HELEN’S HALL .Olympia, Wash. ............... Portland .. . Seattle, Wash. ............... Portland Vancouver, B. C. Hood River, Ore. ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland .Vancouver, B. C.—33 Lorna Lewis.............. Marjorie Lewis........ Willmae McKnight . Virginia McDonough Hazel Scott................ Beatrice Stone.......... lone Stewart............ Marian Smith .......... Evelyn Snow............ Miriam Todd ........... Florence Thornton .. Margaret Welch Dorothy Webster . . . I. Hazel Baucom .... Isabel Clarke ......... Mabel Davis............. Velma Davis........... Margaret Delabarre Eileen Eshelman .. . Florence Gale........ Margaret Hagcdorn Jane Huson............. Winifred 'Huber . . . Constance Hyland . Gladys Holland Vera Garratt.......... Mary Ann Lowell . Johanna Marshall . . Dorothy McMillin . Evelina McGruder . •''I - x: ...................... Portland ...................... Portland .................... Vale, Ore. ....................... Portland .Port Angeles, Wash. ....................... Portland .................. Chico, Cal. ....................... Portland ....................... Portland ....................... Portland ....................... Portland ....................... Portland ....................... Portland ....................... Portland ....................... Portland Roche I-Iarbor, Wash. ....................... Portland c i \ �ST. HELEN'S Modesta Mortcnson...................... Elise Oberdorfer ......................... Margaret Platt.............................. Amy Robinson .............................. Caroline Simon.............................. Hortense Smith............................ Mildred Sharpe.............................. Mabel Tilley .................................. Gertrude Walther.......................... Ethel Waite.................................... Helen Wood .................................. Florella Walker............................ Eloise Watson................................ Velmaleta Woolery ...................... Ruth Wyman ................................ Doris Upton .................................. Total Collegiate and Academic HALL .............. Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland ...........Elgin, Ore. .Spokane, Wash. .............. Portland The Dalles, Ore. .. Sutherlin, Ore. .............. Portland ..............Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland .............. Portland—33 127 ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT. VII. Eva Beekman ... Marguerite Bergh Lucille Bingham . Nadine Caswell .. Marie Clarke Elizabeth Hailey . Marjorie Hall .. . Mary Hibbs Helen Ploneyman Helen Jones Phyllis Griffin . .. Jennie Loughlin . 37 ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ...............(Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ...............(Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland Vancouver, B. C. ............... Portland �1 38 ST. HELEN'S HALL Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland , Portland , Portland , Portland , Portland . Portland—24 Ethel Malpas........ Consuelo McMillan Mary Muir........... Elizabeth Peters .. Louise Picken .... Nellie Reidt.......... Edna-Ring ....... Alice Smith........... Vemree-Sfcitte ry .. . Lueta Walker .... Mary Wilson .... Dorine Wyld........ VI. . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland .Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland . Portland .Portland—10 Mary Appleby . . . Nadine Baker Charlotte Breyman Caroline Cannon .. Inez Chambers . .. Mary-Gill ............. Marjorie Plobart • Elizabeth Pluber .. Agnes Inks........... Adeline Kendall . . Jessie-Per-r-y........... Janet Peters ......... Aimee Pernot Jean Wilson ......... Vivian Soule........ Katharine Wheeler V. Ruth-Bathurst Marie Jackson Portland Portland -\ \ �ST. ;■ HELEN’S 39 HALL Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland—10 Muriel Keyer ........ Sarah Lang............ Dorothy Leadbetter Dorothy May Lois Nitchy........... Ruth Thomas -----Anna Wheeler Marian Whiteside .. IV. ............... Portland ............... Portland ...............Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland ............... Portland Cranbrook, B. C.— 7 Marjorie Campbell . .. La Dessa Gibson Jean Meier ................ Jeanette- Meier........ Marian Sichel.......... Mary Helen Spalding Olive Baker.............. III. Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland— 6 Frances Baker . . Elsie Perry........ Philippa Jsher-man Eleanor Simpson Lucille Vogt Ruth Ferguson .. II. Marcia—Knight .... Garland Knight .... Suzanne Caswell .. . Katharine Hendrick Portland Portland Portland Portland �40 ; ST. HELEN'S Elizabeth Leadbetter Marian Scott.......... Jessie Smith ........... HALL \ Portland Portland Portland— 7 I. 1 S1 : 1 Melba^Anderson .... Harriet Breyman . . . Margaret Boyer .... Helen Ernst ............. Caroline Everding . . Phyllis Furbeck .... Helen-Jackson.......... LWian"MTtchell........ Elsa—Meier................. “ Mnsknr~Puao*ck .... Frances Spalding . . . Irene Ganby (special) Total elementary . Total enrollment . 4 1 Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland—11 X! Portland 82 209 ( 1 ! * �*> �] i j ( j ■ » ' i i : I ! ! ; 14.A -*7 ■£? ■. 4 -T? - ■ .V? — m sm j{ j ST. HELEN'S. HALL NORTH END �ST. HELEN'S of £t. HALL 4i 2jaU * A JJrmanrut Enbmnmtut 2flmtb. A IButlhuuj DTunb. A larger site and new buildings will soon be a necessity. The new chapel will be a memor­ ial to Mary B. Rodney, first Principal. For this there is a fund of between two and three thousand dollars, ten thou­ sand will be required for the chapel, and gifts toward other buildings will be greatly appreciated. Jnrrraurb &rt)olaral?ip 2Fmtbfl. There are scholarship funds to the amount of $15,000, but more could be used to the advantage of deserving girls. �42 ST. HELEN'S HALL 3FnrutB of Hr quest , I give and bequeath to The Board of Trustees of St. Helen’s Hall, a corporation organized under and by virtue Dollars of the laws of the State of Oregon, the sum of Endowment Fund. to be invested and called the The interest of such investment shall be applied to the pay­ ment of salaries of teachers of St. Helen’s Hall, or such other operating expenses as the Board of Trustees may deem expedient. * I give and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of St. Helen’s Hall, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oregon, the sum Dollars, to be invested and called the.............. of Building Fund, the accrued interest thereon to be likewise invested from time to time and principal and accrued interest to be expended at the discretion of the Board of Trustees in the erection of new buildings or the addition to present buildings of St. Helen’s Hall. * I give and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of St. Helen’s Hall, a corporation organized under and by virtue Dollars of the laws of the State of Oregon, the sum of for the endowment of a scholarship to be known as the ................Scholarship. The principal of the bequest to be safely invested by the Board of Trustees and the income applied to the assistance of deserving students at St. Helen’s Hall. �ST. HELEN'S HALL 43 Sliat of (gravitates Sally C. Campbell, Mary H. Couch, 1872. Margaret R. Geariiardt, Alice M. Henderson, Mary Taylor. 1873. Laura "Tlic end of learning is to know God.” Iola M. Bristow, P. Adair, Hortense C. Van Fridagh. 1874. “Look up.” I Anna H. Breck, Kate S. Holman, Sopiiia Holman, Mary Mary L. Kelly, Alletta T. Lindsley, Mary R. Morris, C. Wilson. 1875. Helen G. Breck, Valicia Brown, Alice Elvira L. Crellin, Annie G. DeLinn, S. Higgins. 1876. “Festina Lentc.” Carrib Caples, Jennih Caples, Mary Clara A. Humason, Mary Emma Lewis, E. Stone. 1877. “Be what you are” Nelly Seelye, Luella C. Carson, Katr S. Storey, Henrietta E. Failing, Nelly A. Wygant. i �44 ST. HELEN’S HALL 1878. “Semper Sursum .” Ella L. Woods. L. Ellen A. Stephens, 1879. ‘ i 1 Caroline Strong. Ellen Strong, 18S0. “High be our thoughts” Frances P. Burnside, Lizzie W. Myrick. Clara C. Munson. 1881. “Deserve the best” Maria F. Clopton, Margaret Green, Elizabeth Irving, Susan Ida K. McKenna, Clara E. Northrup, Mary A. Siiindler, Whalley. 1882. Virginia H. WniTiNG. 1883. “The readiness is all” Charlotte E. Crawford. 1884. ' “Follow, follow, thou shalt win.” Alice M. Chance. 1885. “Nulla palma sine pulvera.” Emily C. Failing. i �ST. HELEN'S HALL 1S86. “For all eternity.” Nellie L. Case, Eugenia Cunningham, Alice B. Crawford, Cornelia Eaton, Jocelyn Foulkes, Oronoco L. Randall. 1887. “True to the kindred points of Heaven and home.” Laura Campbell, Henrietta H. Failing, Martha A. Hoyt, Jessie Murch, Clara M. Rosenberg, Dora N. Taylor. 18S8. Mabel Beck. 1889. “Spero.” i Ella Hirch, May Goldsmith. 1S90. “Non stando sed ambulando.” Elizabeth A. Lambert, Lucretia Allen, Henrietta Sinsheimer, Elizabeth M. Cadwell, Jane Whalley. Mary J. Charman, Mabelle C. Dent, Caroline W. Flanders, 1891. Julia Hamilton, Emma E. Wintler. 1892. “Rodie.” Alice C. Failing, Ella Jordan, Louise Hattie M. Newman, Kathryn Wintler. 1893. “Nulla dies sine linca.” Charlotte Whalley. F. Kuebli, 45 �5 n 46 ST. HELEN'S HALL 1894. Anna B. Scott, Kathleen Seeley. Meta Allen, Kulla C. McFadden, 1S95. “Non sibi.” Myrtle L. Smith. Stella H. Spedden, 1S96. “L’Esperancc” Octavia Drake, Lena A. Eddy, Edna Haight, L. Estelle Killen. Alice C. Andrews, Idalia J. Benson, Emma L. Booth, Amy J. Bratton, I ( 1S97. uPer angusta ad augusta.” Katharine F. Failing, F. Bylieu Lounsbury, Aileen Dorcas Merrill, Ida Thompson, Webber. 1898. “Nulla vestigia rctrorsum.” Stella Alexander, Marion Bauer, Frances Jacobs. 1899. 1 Rosa Joseph son, Ruth Loveridge, “Vincit qui sc vincit” Charlotte Ohle, Lillian Wollenburg, Natalie Wollenburg. 1900. Helen Ramsdell, “Facta, non verba ” Sally Powell. t �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1901. “Viam aid invcniam aid faciam.” Fanny Swartz, Frances Lane, Eula McCully. Til ORA POULSEN, Hilda Hexter, Katharine Arnold, 1902. “Pracsis aid \nosis.” Marion Gray, Ethelwynne Harris. Muriel Weatuerdon. 1903. “Probitas vcrus honos.” Elizabeth Stewart. 1904. “Esse quod esse vidcris.” Susan Genevieve Bellus, Kate Esther Ramsdell, Sara Jean Winans, Josephine Esther Smith, Gladys Atkins Farrar, Rena Kuhn, Elizabeth Blodgett Lord, Willeta Leetzer, Mabel Alice Nissler, Miriam Van Waters, Marcia Wade, Margaret Sophia Walter. 1905. “Surge illuminafe.” Byra Abbott, Eva Bailey, Clara Boot, Helen Coldwell, Alice Collier, Catherine Emmons, Gertrude Gray, Jessie Grimmett, Dorothy Langfitt, Myra Loveridge, Alice McCormac, Clara MacEwan, Margaret Morrison, Carrie Short, Maud Van Dusen, Winifred Van Dusen. 47 �48 ST. HELEN’S HALL 1906. "Lux et Veritas.” Helena Hughes, Isabel Hughes, Gertrude Jones, Genevieve Sengstacken. Elizabeth Armstrong, Kathleen Armstrong, Arline Davis, Janet Gray, 1907. “Fortilcr, Fidcliter, Felicitcr” Marguerite Crosby, Louise Emmons, Hazel Ferris, Hilda Hagedorn, Jessie Hale, Evelyn Mary Hewitt, Hazel Robb, Mercedes Sims, June Sterling, Hazel Tichener, Wilson. 1908. “Posside Sapicntiam.” Margaret Boot, Shanna Cumming, Flora Davis, Leonide Fleury, Ionb Lambert, I Gwendolyn Llwyd, Maude Meenach, Alta Ring, Ethel C. Towers, Olive Wilson. 1909. "Lahore ct Honored 1 Elizabeth Blair, Vievh Cecil, Frances Clay, Margaret Coldwell, Grace Collier, Claudia Fliedner, Dorothy Gilbert, Daisy Green, Clarapfl Grim, Stell Emmeline Powell, Lucy Powell, Ellen Thielsen, Helen White, Roxana White. �ST. HELEN'S HALL 1910. I(Laetus sorte vica.” Marguerite Rohse, Margaret Leslie Emmons, Anna Streiff, Margaret W. TIewett, May Walther, Clementine Lambert, Helen T. Watt, Juanita Matlock, Helen L. Whitney. Hazel Morrow, 1911. “Veritas Vincit.” Dorothy Huber, Fern Hutchinson, Winifred London, Gene Spencer. Mary Blossom, Lora Gumming, Cassib Hiller, 1912. “Siirgamus et aedificemus Geraldjnh Horn, Verna Menefee, Lorratnb Percival, Eola Richards, Lucy Simpson, Edith Slusher, Alice Thurston, Lucrecb Wood. Manuella Briggs, Elizabeth Darch, Elva Gaskell, Ruth Hall, Genevieve Hailey, Marie Hansen, Olive Harris, Evelyn Hitchcock, COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. 1909. Adele Dyott. Louise Cecil, .* i*- Nellie Lathrop, 1910. Myrtle Margaret Smith. 1911. Mary Bel Hancock, Helen Holbrook, Carrie Paige, Lucy Powell. 49 �48 ST. HELEN’S HALL 1906. "Lux et Veritas.” Helena Hughes, Isabel Hughes, Gertrude Jones, Genevieve Sengstacken. Elizabeth Armstrong, Kathleen Armstrong, Arline Davis, Janet Gray, 1907. “Fortilcr, Fidcliter, Felicitcr” Marguerite Crosby, Louise Emmons, Hazel Ferris, Hilda Hagedorn, Jessie Hale, Evelyn Mary Hewitt, Hazel Robb, Mercedes Sims, June Sterling, Hazel Tichener, Wilson. 1908. “Posside Sapicntiam.” Margaret Boot, Shanna Cumming, Flora Davis, Leonide Fleury, Ionb Lambert, I Gwendolyn Llwyd, Maude Meenach, Alta Ring, Ethel C. Towers, Olive Wilson. 1909. "Lahore ct Honored 1 Elizabeth Blair, Vievh Cecil, Frances Clay, Margaret Coldwell, Grace Collier, Claudia Fliedner, Dorothy Gilbert, Daisy Green, Clarapfl Grim, Stell Emmeline Powell, Lucy Powell, Ellen Thielsen, Helen White, Roxana White. �50 ST. HELEN’S HALL DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. A 1907. Mary Maud Carlisle. Ada West. i 1909. Gwendolyn Llwyd. 1911. Margaret Coldwkll. 1912. Dorotiiy Yeddf.r. Manuf.lla Briggs. KINDERGARTEN TRAINING CLASS. 1902. ' Nina Nesbit, Edith Habersham, Ruth Gilman. 1903. Augusta Humphreys, Mary Boys. 1904. Bessie M. De Bevoise, Lillian Y. Jameson, E. May Pen will, Helen M. Stafford. 1905. I Gertrude Hutchinson, Ethel Walter. 1906. Elsie Backus, Katharine Gilbert, Gertrude Gill, Ethelwynne Harris, Sara Leadbetter, Rachei. Smith. X f A r * �ST. HELEN’S HALL 1907. Helen Booth. Helen Coldwell, Beulah Duncomu, Mary McIntosh, Josephine Schell, Peari. Scitell. 190S. Clara Thompson, Jessie Tupper. 1909. Ethel Billings, Rebecca N. Hatton, Myrtle Stock. 1910. Leonide Fleury, Jessie MacDonald, I = ■ Carroll McCollum, Ermine Owen. 1911. Helen Gannett. S1 �S' SaxCOV'-'-W // 'f r: / "7~ / ' •■» - /■ ■’. *J * • X / / >• / I I i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Documents Subject The topic of the resource High schools Alumnae and alumni Dance cards Diplomas Report cards Periodicals Songs Poetry Short stories Description An account of the resource This is a collection of documents from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the documents are from St. Helen's Hall, the all-women high school. The documents included in this collection are a sampling of course catalogs, diplomas, school songs, dance cards, report cards, and writings by the students. In addition, this collection also includes "The OES Belltower - Oregon Episcopal School Celebrates 125 Years of Academic Excellence" and "The First Century" a brief history on the first 100 years of St. Helen's Hall. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course catalogs Diplomas Periodicals Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. documents Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. document Title A name given to the resource The St. Helen's Hall 1913 Catalog Subject The topic of the resource Alumnae and alumni, Students High schools, Student activities Teachers Course catalogs Description An account of the resource This is the 1913 catalog from St. Helen's Hall. The catalog lists the current Board of Trustees, officers and instructors, as well as a calendar of events. In addition to the department descriptions and course options, the early catalogs also host photographs of the school and students. A daily class schedule, school expenses, and list of pupils and graduates are also included in these early catalogs. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course Catalogs Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_shhcatalog1913-compressed.pdf Alumnae and alumni Student activities; Teachers; Course catalogs Students; High schools http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/d57c0630a703243d2c93bcc79dbc8a50.pdf afc7f4c9fa6e3bf6eb332d70702c5456 PDF Text Text liplpn’ii tBall §>01130 fHag ignr & =*0 i ��I. 1 Tuxe: Cornell “Alma Mater.” Where the bright Willamette windeth Past the mountains blue, Stands our noble Alma Mater Glorious to view. Chores: Lift' the chorus bear it onward, Sing we one and all: Hail to thee our Alma Mater. Mail St. Helens Hall! ; v Where Mt. Hood in snowy splendor Proudly looketh down. Stand she with green hills around her Circling like a crown. Chores : Where the roses ever blossom. Grass is evergreen, Decked with ivy. crowned with turrets, Stands she like* a queen. Chores : i �II. Tune: “Home, Sweet Home.”) There are schools in the East, there are schools in the West But in the Rose City's the one we love best. The cross on her tower shines brightly o'er all. And there’s no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen’s Hall! St. Helen’s Hall! There’s no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen’s Hall! There are streams great in story, and hi 1 is o’er the sea. But the sparkling Willamette’s the river.for me. As it winds past Mt. Hood with his snow crest so tall. Just facing the windows of St. Helen’s Hall. We came here when little to learn how to spell. And riding and dancing and tennis as well: To manage The Spinster, and play basket ball. For there’s no place for learning like St. Helen’s Hall! There’s a spring in each footstep, a smile on each face, A spirit of kindliness reigns o’er the place, The friends that we make here we love best of all. For there’s no place for friendship like St. Helen’s Hall. We loved her when younger, we love her to-day, And we’ll love her the same when we grow old and gray. We’ll watch o’er her welfare and come at her call. For there’s no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen’s Hall! St. Helen’s Hall! For there’s no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen’s Hall! V �III. (Tune: i “The Midshipmate”) ’Twas in sixty-nine in the summer late, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) A Bishop came to the Beaver state, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) lie had a plan in his wise old head, We’ll found a school for girls he said. And others followed where he led. (Cheerily ye girls yo ho; ) Chorus— With a long long pull, and a strong, strong pull Right onward the school shall go, And we’ll sing a lay of the Hall to-day With a “Cheerily girls yo ho!” -r He built his school and he set it down, (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!)' Right in the middle of the little town (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!) He hung up a bell the girls to call And they came flocking, one and all And that was the first St. Helen’s Hall (Cheerily ye girls yo ho !) Chorus— J �Both school and town began to grow, (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!) And soon ’twas plain one had to go, (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!) And people said “They never will Go to a school way up that hill, But the girls they came, and they’re coming still! (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!) Cttorus— Then came the days of ninety-three, (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!) When things looked black as black could be, (Cheerily ye girls yo ho!) But St. Helen’s friends were staunch and true They stood by U19 Hall and they pulled her through And so she’s here for me, for you, (Cheerily ye girls yo I10!) ClTORUS— We’re growing now, and we’ll never stop, (Cheerily ye girls yo I10!) There’s always room on the mountain-top, (Cheerily, ye girls yo ho!) The girls will come where’er we go, For we’re the Bishop’s school and so, We’re partof the church, and we’re bound to grow (Cheerily ye girls, yo ho!) Chorus— With a long long pull and a strong strong pull Right onward the school shall go, And we’ll sing a lay of the Hall to-day. With a “Cheerily ye girls, yo I10!” \\ �IV. Tune, “Rule Britannia.” We come, St. Helen’s, to sing to thee, To praise thy ivied walls and beauty, To tell thee of our love and loyalty— Dear Alma Mater, Our girlhood’s happiest hours We spend beneath Thy lovely ivied towers. 8 Chorus: Hail St. Helen’s! St. Helen’s, hail to thee! Thy daughters ever, ever, ever true will be! Thou standst upon the wooded height. Like the mountains round about, clothed with strength and might. Thy shining cross, like snow, a sign of truth and right. Like thee we’ll ever Be worthy of the land And aye endeavor Firm like thee to stand. I I Chorus: To us thour’t like a shepherdess Of the mountains, guiding unto pleasantness, And pointing out the meadows in a wilderness. With thee to cheer us, We climb the wooded ways, Thy lights of love and learning Now we praise. Chorus: i �V. JIYMN. Behold us, gracious Savior, In girlhood’s morning bright— Look on us in Thy mercy, And guide us with Thy light. Life’s journey lies before us, Go with us all the way, So shall we love Thee truly And serve Thee day by day. Those gathered here together Will soon be far apart, But in Thy love and service Unite us heart to heart, And keep us pure and loyal Wherere our lot may be, Thine daughters of St. Helens And true our God to Thee. So when Thou comest in glory To gather in Thine own, And we shall stand for judgment Before Thy great White Throne, Then place us at Thy right hand And hearken to our prayer, 01 all St. Helen’s daughters Let none be missing there! i ��- ' . y � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Documents Subject The topic of the resource High schools Alumnae and alumni Dance cards Diplomas Report cards Periodicals Songs Poetry Short stories Description An account of the resource This is a collection of documents from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the documents are from St. Helen's Hall, the all-women high school. The documents included in this collection are a sampling of course catalogs, diplomas, school songs, dance cards, report cards, and writings by the students. In addition, this collection also includes "The OES Belltower - Oregon Episcopal School Celebrates 125 Years of Academic Excellence" and "The First Century" a brief history on the first 100 years of St. Helen's Hall. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course catalogs Diplomas Periodicals Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. documents Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. document Title A name given to the resource St. Helen's Hall Songs Subject The topic of the resource Alumnae and alumni, Students High schools, Student activities Songs Description An account of the resource This is a songbook from St. Helen's Hall. The songbook provides the words to five songs and directs users as to which tune the song should be sung to. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Documents Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_shhsongs_051907-compressed.pdf Alumnae and alumni Student activities; Songs Students; High schools http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/8271bfa6d9142379a19f029b55e5ddfd.pdf fd0b70236640987cd7d5040f9dfdda4e PDF Text Text -> I THE FIRST CENTURY r ST. HELEN’S HALL PORTLAND, OREGON * 5 ��TABLE OF CONTENTS i FOREWORD a Chapter r* I ! Pioneering Chapter The Long Voyage West 4 Chapter St. Helen's First Days 7 Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VI I Chapter V III Chapter IX The Times of "The Misses Rodney" 15 The Sisters' Long and Fruitful Administration 22 The Junior College 3 I Uncertainty After the Sisters 3 4 Moving Again 4 2 With Bishop Dagwell Hall 4 4 Appendix A The Alumnae Association 48 Appendix B Sister Waldine Lucia's Account 51 Appendix C St. Helen's Hall School Songs 72 ��r® FOREWORD >7>. I The writing of this St. Helen's Hall story has been an interesting and enjoyable experience. Looking at the one hundred year span of the Hall, one is impressed by the fact that it has survived its share of crises during which so many schools perished. It would have been so easy for the diocese to close the doors when Miss Rodney died, when the sisters left, or when the freeway was encroaching upon them. But instead, the mission to teach was always carried on! I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the Rev. David Leech, headmaster. Miss Carolyn Paige, Mrs. May Froman, Mrs. Jean Jackson, Mrs. Carolyn Harrington, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, and the others at St. Helen's Hall for their constant and patient help in remembering and uncovering the past, and to Mrs. Gertrude Fariss and Mrs. Carolyn Collett for their information and substantiation of facts. Also, my gratitude goes to Mr. Morris Adair--without whose help the early history of the Hall would have been incomplete--and to Mr. Robert E. Fessenden of the Oregon Historical Library whose advise and suggestions were most gratefully received. My special thanks go to Mrs. Diana Rorer for her help in editing the material. Words cannot express my thanks to Sister Waldine Lucia for her wonderful record of the period during which the sisters were directing the Hall. The contri­ bution of the sisters was great, and the students who knew them will always remember them with deep affection and with gratitude. Sally Reed Stout August, 1969 /j (i J J J J J J J ��> I PIONEERING The year 1869, ten years after Oregon became a State, was a period of activity and growth for the city of Portland. Although this territory was far from the centers of civilization, contact was maintained by wagons and ships. The settlers realized an independence, but still they were able to retain elements of the culture and traditions of their former homes. There often was great physical hardship, but many families found compensation in the books and personal belongings which had been carried westward with them. Within shipping distance was the growing town of San Francisco, where it was possible to secure many things needed to develop the educational and cultural life of the community. The desire for education was strong from the beginning. schools in the Willamette Valley since the earliest days. There had been These were generally small groups of pioneer children taught by a member of the community, if the community were fortunate enough to include someone capable of assuming the responsibility. These schools often were short lived, sometimes only a month or two. John Ball, a member of Wyeth's party, in 1832 held classes at Fort Vancouver, and various religious groups attempted to educate their young. Jason Lee had established his institute near Salem, and Bishop Scott and Bishop Morris established their Episcopal schools during this early period of growth and expansion in Oregon. The remarkable characteristic of St. Helen's Hall was the quality of the school, the superior educational, moral, and religious aspect of the instruction. This was accomplished at a time only six years after the devastating flood of the Willamette River, which swept away forever the little town of Champoeg, leaving no stores, no houses, no buildings except the warehouse of the Hudson Bay Company, and it was only fifteen years after the huge influx of immigrants during the big wagon train years. / �F r* 2 The existence and fine quality of St. Helen's Hall was due entirely to the planning, energy, ideals, and character of the Morrises and the Misses Rodney. Bishop Morris was born May 30, 1819 in WeiIsborough, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from General Theological Seminary in 1846, was made deacon the same year and ordained a priest in April of 1847. He was the rector of St. Matthew's, Sunbury, Pennsylvania for four years, after which for six years he was rector of St. David's in Manayunk, Pennsylvania. He then went to Germantown, Pennsylvania where he was assistant and then rector of St. Luke's Parish. In 1868 he received a S.T.D. degree from Columbia University and the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Pennsylvania. Bishop Morris had married Miss Hannah Rodney on June 22, 1852, and it was Mrs. Morris' sisters. Miss Mary, Miss Lydia, and Miss Clementine, and the Bishop's sister, Miss Rachel Morris, who came to Oregon with the Bishop and Mrs. Morris in 1869 to establish St. Helen's Hall. St. Helen's Hall was not the first Episcopal girls' school in Oregon, however. The forerunner of the Hall was a school established by the Rt. Rev. Thos. E. Scott, D.D. in 1861, in Milwaukie, a small community south of Portland. It was called Spencer Hall after Capt. Spencer in the East who had given a substantial sum to Bishop Scott for the establishment of the school. Capt. Spencer was the uncle of Miss Catherine Wolfe, who later made many contributions to St. Helen's Hall . Spencer Hall seemed very successful for the first year or two under the direction of Miss Foster, the principal. The fees were S60.00 a term, and the average attendance was between 16 and 30 pupils. It was housed in a hotel formerly known as "Veranda House." The school was conducted as a family-type boarding school, with Bishop Scott and his family living at the school. added. Miss Foster remained until 1864. the direction of the school. In 1863 a library and gymnasium were At that time Bishop Scott personally assumed His wife acted as matron and teacher. History, botany, mathematics, philosophy, French, drawing, and instrumental and vocal music were offered to the girls enrolled. Only at Christmas and on a very few other special occasions were holidays vacations. granted. The year was divided into three terms, with no intervening Extra fees were charged for drawing and music. towels, laundry, books and stationery. pittance.11 Students furnished their own Teachers' salaries were described as "a mere �' ( U■ xO z v 39 co h- -< •s 2| • |zO 03 o l— ■q0 2UZ _l LU > _J CO > z2§ LU Q ^ o^z z£o £90) <oO QOu- K>-° ^<0 <mm t a. oo Di C* j-J 3 l— 22 = fz oxo ..* j• - --y -^rrrz-^sry '**• £_ll _J oo 2 < CO -r.Wp,■'$* \ ^-x >- ;t:|)':i#4 LU oO CO . I l&ST i * i- Q —J LU LU { _j = ■ i i: /-■■■ — • CO 7U.UO -o^ J > LU —1 —i «/ ■1®l S' I* y> / JL ;3#i •-. -rO& -1- CO LU < O Qhy ZgS UJ > > Q_ LU ‘ W fS be ■ -V-.L;. LU <( i V?. i ii • x J �n rr /t 3 Bishop Scott made a great contribution to education and the development of ■ i. ■ (] the Portland area. In a letter written in January of 1862 he spoke of the desire of members of the church for schools other than those of "Romish" influence, constituted as Christian families, to which children might be confided for proper education and nurture. He spoke of the purpose of Spencer Hall: "The school has been established as a Christian home for girls while pursuing their education, and together with the usual course of studies, proper care shall be bestowed upon the domestic, social, and moral character of the pupiIs . " The number of students during the entire history of Spencer Hall was very small. The enrolIment for the first four years was: 29; 1864-65: 24. 1861-62: 16; 1862-63: 30; 1863-64: The remoteness of Milwaukie from Portland, the source of the majority of the students, limited the school's growth. The board, therefore, in 1866 decided that it be discontinued. The church always made it known that Spencer Hall was considered to be a direct forebearer of St. Helen's Hall. The three years, 1866-1869, between the closing date of Spencer Hall and the opening of St. Helen's Hall were considered only an interlude in the continuity of the school. This is evident in a brochure, published in 1939, showing a picture of "The First St. Helen's Hall in Portland," and described as being established by the Episcopal Church as Spencer Hall in Milwaukie in 1861, and established anew by the Rt. Rev. B. Wistar Morris in Portland in 1869 on the site of the present city hall. Bishop Scott was a man of great foresight. Shortly after the founding of Spencer Hall he purchased property in Portland, directly across from the court house i and the "Plaza." He felt that this piece of land on three-quarters of a block, bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Madison, and Jefferson would be valuable church property, and he built a house and chapel upon it. This house and chapel later would be the first site of St. Helen's Hall in Portland, and the home of the Morrises and Rodneys. �I I * J* ZK? LU (J) XZ ^ Q LU LU O “I -I o LU UO Cl_ < 5 oz ^LU x &o to Z . • “ k 2 => £<y 3 o' 3 LU S? </> oo>zo* S^o LO oo °° 2<o t=d< 8<x< "C !^lu Q- x of 5k CQ ^ !3c> e=o 2i <o o oo _] £ <o Z LL og QL CtL 05 fZ < I �II THE LONG VOYAGE WEST The Morrises and the Rodneys were people of exceptional character, background and education. This was most evident in the excellence of the school which they estab­ lished and in the type of women whom they graduated. The Rodneys were descendants of pre-Revolutionary War colonists and related to Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Miss Mary Rodney, who was the principal of St. Helen's Hall for twenty-seven years, was born in 1833 in Lewes, Delaware. She attended schools in Philadelphia, but was most strongly influenced by St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, New Jersey. She was teaching there when her brother- in-law was chosen to come to Oregon as the second Missionary Bishop of Oregon and Washington. The bishop dreamed of establishing another girls' school in his new diocese. This was a challenge the Misses Rodney could not resist! So, on the 21st of April, 1869, Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris set sail from New York, accompanied by his wife Hannah, her three sisters, and his sister Rachel . They proceeded down the east coast to the Isthmus of Panama, where they crossed by train. The trip to San Francisco for the bishop and his family was relatively uneventful, and upon their arrival they were kindly and hospitably received by the bishop and clergy of California. After a few days, they boarded the Continental to proceed to their destination in Oregon. and this was no exception. The trip up the coast had always been considered rough, In letters written at the time. Miss Mary said: May 30th, 1869, the Bishop kept his birthday in his cupboard, too sick to hold service. Sisterly affection drew me as far as the next stateroom to see Clem and Lydia. Many libation to Neptune .... Our first view of Oregon. It is hilly and thickly wooded, a beauti­ ful country. We don't like this "Flying Trapeze," the Continental .... passed Cape Foulweather and found it scenic, with openings here and there that look as if made by man. Natural terraces covered with green and dotted with clumps of trees like a gentleman's park .... I have never seen Clem so subdued .... the cause .... the "Flying Trapeze." �5 On June 2nd, they crossed the dreaded Columbia bar and stopped in Astoria to call on the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Hyland.* Miss Rodney continued as they travel up the Willamette: High banks covered with tall firs. Sometimes there are basalt rocks like the "Giant's Causeway" on a small scale. Everything is fresh and beautiful .... Islands covered with tall deciduous trees. The Willamette is like a picture. She mentioned often and with great enthusiasm the beauty of the mountains, and she states that at one time all five mountains were visible. particularly thrilled them. Mount St. Helens It was upon this first exciting view of Mt. St. Helens that they thought of using this name for the school . They had considered the name St. Mary's, after the school in New Jersey, but they found St. Mary's Roman Catholic school already well established in Portland. They also had considered "Jane Gray," and the "Bishop's Thorpe," but this beautiful and majestic mountain, named after the mother of Constantine, was to be the source of the name for the school which was so much in their minds and hearts. When they arrived in Portland, they were met at the wharf by "all the world and his wife, " as Miss Rodney put it, "with great cordiality from all the clergy of Oregon and their people and all parts of their jurisdiction." They were taken to Milwaukie where they were to reside for the summer. The old Spencer Hall building had been opened and made available to them. Their enthusiasm for the beauty of the country was great. Mt. Hood is beautiful, and the Willamette is broad and quiet as a lake, bordered by three varieties of firs. Fine oaks and cottonwoods are everywhere. The five snow-capped mountains can be seen from behind the house. The beautiful firs of the country .... at one point covering a mountainous cliff, at another growing to the water's edge and again covering a pretty island that divides the river just as it passes from our view. Enthusiastic plans had been forming during the entire trip from New York. In fact it was on the trip from San Francisco that the first student was enrolled. *Mrs. Hyland, whose maiden name was Martha Stearns, was the aunt of Loyal B. Stearns, grandfather of Mary Helen Spaulding Clair, '19 and Frances Spaulding Charlton, '22. The Rev. Mr. Hyland performed the marriage ceremony for their parents in the Mirror Room of the old Portland Hotel in November, 1900. < �T¥ 6 Bishop Morris imparted to a fellow passenger, Jos. Teal, his dream of building a church school for girls. Thereupon, Mr. Tea! enrolled his daughter, Helen, as the first student in the new school. It was the bishop's purpose in this Episcopal school for girls, to offer to the people of the state, as complete, sound, and finished an education for their daughters as could be had in any of the eastern cities. This was an ambitious undertaking when one realizes that it was in 1869 that the first railroad was completed between Omaha and San Francisco, and that it was not until much later that there was any railroad from the east coming into Portland. Mr. Harvey Scott in his History of Portland gives us a little idea of the size and content of the city in 1868-1870. He informs us that there were many shops and stores and even some manufacturing plants. The city contained churches, banks, hotels, hardware and plumbing firms, saddlers, blacksmith shops and even a wig maker! of the streets were macadamized, and there were many brick buildings, publications existed, most of them weekly. Some Several news The Immigration Exchange was formed at this time to disseminate information abroad as to opportunities and employment, in the hope of encouraging others to settle in the new state. This was the Portland in which St. Helen's Hall was established, the young city with which she would grow and pursue her course through the next century-~the see city of a vast Episcopal diocese which then encompassed the equivalent of more than two wild Western states. 11 �ill ST. HELEN’S FIRST DAYS In the church periodical. The Spirit of Missions, Bishop Morris had made an urgent appeal to secure as a school site the piece of Portland property on Fifth and Main which was owned by the widow of Bishop Scott. Response came from Mr. John D. Wolfe and his daughter, Catherine, of New York City, who purchased Mrs. Scott's three-quarters of a block for $7,000 in 1869. Bishop Morris, in 1876, purchased the remainder of the block, making the total cost of the property SI0,000. The Bishop Scott dwelling and chapel were used as a nucleus for the beginning of the school. During the first year, a dormitory building, which would house thirty boarders, was added at a cost of $11,203. Miss Mary Rodney wrote to a friend in the East: How do you think Hannie (the Bishop's wife) and I will do to keep a hotel? I opine we shall have some experience to buy .... I must admit this branch of our life here frightens us a little. It was only a day school that at first was spoken of, but I felt sure even before we got here that it must admit boarders, or else how would it meet the wants of the diocese? I hope we shall find strength proportioned to our day, and we will not anticipate trouble .... The bishop chose as motto a legend from the Sixth Chapter of Deuteronomy: "That our Daughters Should Be as the Polished Corners of the Temple," a phrase which was to be the school's guiding principle for the years to come. St. Helen's Hall opened its doors September 6, 1869, as a boarding and day school . All the clergy of Oregon and Washington assembled for the opening services of the school . 144th. The bishop began the service with the 105th Psalm, followed by the After a few remarks from the bishop and other members of the clergy, the Gloria in Excelsis was sung. Then the girls marched out and went into their classrooms. St. Helen's Hall had started. �I I 8 th a short chapel service. Students and teachers ¥ bell which had been brought around Cape Horn. i collars, stiff corsets, and curly bangs, and the a. eir red painted double desks and began their studies E hese first two years were: Miss Mary Rodney, princi- t I ant; Miss Clementine Rodney, teacher of music; and : Miss Laura Adair, from Astoria, a student teacher.* n September, the school grew to seventy-five before >er first of the second year, the number of pupils had [ s, finding that they had more than they could do, leir duties. The 1869-1870 catalogue gives in detail i : spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, anala complete course in history, arithmetic, both mental igonometry, geography, including ancient and physs in composition, and history of English literature. lain house, and two lived in another dwelling with ilding was so full that soon five rooms were found in i ;h the children called the "Fifth Avenue Hotel." house. In the small dining room, twenty students led the room. The Rodneys and the Morrisses lived wentieth and Everett Streets in 1881. In 1870 the ishop Scott and was known as St. Stephen's Chapel, lock. It was then remodeled, and a lower story was 1,609. This provided much needed space for a T ditional dormitory rooms. d. Miss Rodney told of their daily life: first long journey to the southern part of the De gone three weeks .... We all have some was the first Collector of Customs on the Pacific , Office in Astoria in April, 1849. Later Laura was / of Bishop Morris. a �!^ cn d o II Oh oz uo LL OZ x X lu 0)1 3 o cn QZ UJ oo 3 5 5:0 5^-Z < < aZ o OO o -T- Z<x <x£ Q OQ zzz 3 < o -r w X o_ az lu ►—<"<■ LU X X oI J— LO 0 U X Qi Q_ CQ OO LU 01---- 1 z^xi Q^m _i 00 0 2Qm LU —1 ClZ <0,. X LL “T LO O ^z z < UJ LU xyj x 1— LO □ ^ LU o LU Q £ 0£ Q_ 2 0 LU O IO h- 00 �THE GREAT BELL, A GIFT TO BISHOP MORRIS FROM HIS PHILADELPHIA PARISH, IS ONE OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT REMAIN FROM THE ORIG­ INAL STRUCTURE. FROM 1870 IT HAS BEEN RUNG FOR MANY OCCA­ SIONS AND BY MANY HANDS AT ALL THE FOUR LOCATIONS OF ST. HELEN’S HALL. �1 9 homework to do here. There is a large ironing to be done each week, and a great many dishes to wash, otherwise our work is light. Let me recommend a clothes boiler to you. "The Automatic Clothes Boiler" The water spouts up over the clothes. It is all they claim for it. It saves all rubbing of the clothes. A student wrote her first letter home after arriving at the Hall in 1874: St. Helen's Hall, Po, Ogn. Aug. 28th '74 My Dearest - Mama and all of you at home! You are anxious I know to receive some word from me to know of my safety. I will say that I am alive yet and this is fair prospects of my remaining so for some time yet .... (Papa and I) came in the Hall, asked for the Bishop, introduced me, told me to be a good girl, and kissed me goodbye, and left me standing in the hall with the Bishop and a dozen (maybe) strange ladies they came up to me and spoke kindly to me and "eliza" showed me to my room. I am afraid to describe it, twould take so long. It is about eight ft. long and five feet wide just big enough to have a single bed in it and a washstand and chair (By the way for pity's sake do not send more than two yards of carpet or I shall not know where to put it!) the washstand is chest, towel rack, washstand and all, the rack being at each end of the stand you know, a little looking-glass hangs over it and a shelf is on the side of the looking glass on which I have my Sozodent tooth­ brush, hand mirror, albuim, bogget, Wordsworth Poems, Language of Flowers, glovebox, Florida water and glycerine! ain't that jolly! on my stand is washbowl and pitcher, a jug, a little plat for your soap and my big black box which takes up all the room. My trunk sets at the foot of my bed and then comes the end wall on which are a dozen hooks with a white muslin hanging before them (wardrobe you know!) then right beside this curtain is another one (door you know!) Under­ stand this poor description. I have just room enough to stand beside my bed and make it and just room beside my trunk and washstand to look in the "mirrow." .... The walls are plastered but there par­ titions are wooden . The window is high above me and I take a long pole with a hook on the end of it and push it up or down--each alcove has a window .... Mrs. Right is the sweetest little woman I ever & met in my life she talks oh! so low and sweet she combs her hair------back from her face and curls her braids around at the back of her neck (low on the back of her head) braids are her own hair. She gave me this ink to write to you she told me I had Better wait and ask Miss Rodneys permission before going downtown. Unfortunately the letter concludes without a signature. The rules and regulations of the school were strict. * excerpt from the 1869 bound catalogue: * The following is an �m r* 10 Visitors allowed by parents or guardians will be permitted on Saturday between one and five o'clock. No visitors will be permitted on Sunday. Visits from young gentlemen allowed only on the joint permission of parents and the Principal. The pupils will be allowed to visit on the last Saturday of every month those friends in the city whom their parents may designate, provided these friends accompany them to and from the school and the conduct of the children has been sat­ isfactory so that they are entitled to this privilege. Pupils residing in Portland or its immediate vicinity will be allowed, on these occasions, to spend Saturday and Sunday at home. Other pupils will not be expected to go home during the term. It is particularly requested that all shopping for friends at home be done before the pupil comes to school, and that any necessary visits to the dentist, dressmaker, or photographer be made before the school term begins, as these things are a great tax upon the teacher's time and a serious interruption to study. Clothing: In addition to the ordinary supply of good, plain, underclothing, each pupil should bring a dressing gown, 2 Balmoral skirts, (heavy and light), two black alpaca aprons, umbrella, waterproof cloak, overshoes, napkin ring, two yards of carpet for the alcove and a clothes bag. White petticoats will not be allowed in the wash from October to May. It is especially requested that under­ clothing without ruffles or puffs be brought. An additional charge will be made for washing dresses elaborately trimmed. Each pupil should bring a complete list of her clothing. The course of study included either a regular course toward graduation or a special course. five years. The regular course of study in the middle or senior classes occupied At the opening of each term, the work of the term was arranged with reference to the five classes of regular pupils. Admission into any of the classes or advancement from one of these to another was granted only as the result of an examination in the studies which preceded it. Those who satisfactorily completed all the studies of the prescribed course were awarded a diploma. Two years after the opening of the school, a classmate of Miss Mary Rodney at St. Mary's Hall, New Jersey, was added to the staff. Virginia arrived in Portland in 1871. sisters and two children. Mrs. Mary Boyd Clopton of With her came her family including two younger One of these children graduated from the Hall in 1881 and later became Mrs. C. J. Jackson, a Portland benefactress of her school. It was at this time that Miss Rodney was offered the principalship at St. Mary's Hall in New Jersey, but she preferred to remain in the West at St. Helen's Hall. r- �L KANE’S ILLUSTRATED WEST. longer enigmatical; but neglect on the part ol our I PORTLAND, OREGON, AS A RIVER PORT citizens to avail themselves of the golden opportunity while yet they may will be the occumiod of life-time regret. AND RAILWAY CENTER. I It is much lietter to own hill property right j 1 be two great rivers of the Northwest, the Columbia in Portland, than to lie compelled to go far out into i and Willamette, meet practically at Portland's door. the country to get it, and w'hcre there is absolutely no Both arc highways of traffic, and both directly tribu­ tary to Portland. Steamboats of every style and size, JAMES B. STEPHENS I Hast Porti.asii. Oh.) Wc take pleasure ill presenting to nur readers the portrait of .lames II. Stephens, Ksip, one of Oregon's 27 Portland. The city was founds 1 in answer to com­ mercial demandi, at the place most eouveaient (or commerce and production to meet, anil it answers thoae demands completely. THE "BIG BEND ' At the northern extremity of Douglass County in Eastern Washington Territory, the military •tatioo named Camp Spokane is located. At this point lumbia is navigated freely to a point fifty miles almve Portland and one hundred and fifty miles from the the great Columbia river makes a sudden sweep to the sea. At this point there are rapids which no l>oal can westward, flowing along the southern Imundary of Stevens County, ami describing III it- course a half Five miles further on there is another stretch circle along the eastern line of Kittitas ami Y.tkitna stein. earln-i-t pioneers. Mr. Stephens was Imni on the line of Itm-h County, Virginia, .uni Washington County, of clear water which I'ei.n-j Ivani.i. on the loth of Nov.. ItiOli. The house in w hich lie was lsiru was exactly on the line between Here there is another portage of fourteen miles, (can lie reduced to five), and then another stretch of clear the two States, hut lie never knew whether the partic ular nmm in whieli lie first aaw the light of day was water into the heart of the Columbia river liasin. The Snake river, a large and navigable stream, enters the tremity of tins eirclc to the other, would defim- the eastern IwunJary of what is known as the Big Bend on tin- Virginia nr tin- Pennsylvania side of the house; Columbia three hundred miles from its mouth and af- Country, the western Isiundary l*emg formed by the livwcvi-r, lie has always claimed Pennsylvania as his native State. He came to Oregon in lb 14 and soon fords a path of commerce through a large and rich territory. The Willamette is navigable to a point one Columbia. Within this rcgio i is embraced the country of Douglas and a portion of lancnln County. This extends fifty miles eastward. thereafter settled on the east l>auk of the Willamette. ' hundred miles from its mouth at all times, and during where he purchased, iu June, 1845, a possessory right much of the year fifty miles further south, every where to the land claim on winch he 'has ever since resided. through a perfect garden land. It is shoal at mauy This section of the country was at that time almost Gmntics, and when it reaches a point at the western central portion of Franklin County turning ag.iin to the southward. A straight line drawn from one ex­ vast tract is one of the most fertile sections of the in­ land empire, the soil L ing very rich and deep; it tains land enough for Ihnumaodaof settlers, and it gives places, however, anil can lie navigated only by light j promise of Incoming the l>cst farming district of the totally uninhabited by white men. In his younger ■ lays he learned the cooper trade, which served him in gi-ml stead in the boats. An obstruction mouth and twelve miles twenty-four miles (mm its | 'territory. aliove Portland—the Wil- It would seem strange that this fertile land had not l*ei n settled beforei but the cause of this early days of his res. idence 111 Oregon, as in IMG he secured can la* plainly un­ derstood when it is stated that a great portion of the Big a contract from the Huilsnii Hay Coinjany to make 1,000 flour barrels and 400 salmon bar­ rels, and in 1847 400 Bend is still uuaurveyed, and no set­ tler likes to avail himself merely of the squatter's right. heef larrels. These were packed and shipped by that com­ But the government has taken steps to pany to the Sand­ wich Islands. Mr remove this ob­ Stephens established the first ferry across stacle to settlement by ordering that all the land bcsurteyeil, the Willamette river at Portland. At on* lime he owned a with the exception of a few fractional mile and a half of river front. In 1850 engineers are already townshi|is; and civil ill the field engaged he laid otT the townsite of Eg*t Portland ami afterwards in the work, which is to be completed Stephens' addition to East Portland. He. in common w ith many of the pioneers, went through St. Helix's Hali.—Portland. Or for forty two year-, and now enjoys the peaccfuluess, plenty and happim-s- of an honest and well-spent life. lie looks hack with pride to the many change. this year, and a large amount of very de­ lamcttc Falls—baa licen overcome by a canal and locks, He was owned by the State, and through which Imata pass at severe hardships in the early day« of Oregon married in 1830 to Miss Elizalietli Walker, who ' a small charge, proved a life partner of rare devotion and steadfastBelow Portland the Columbia has numerous naviga­ and who with a true ami brave heart and willing ble tributaries and branches, through which small ' hands helped to overcome the hardships of pioneer steamers approach the very doors of production. All ' days. Mr. Stephens has resided on the old homestead thi, mmlt„ j.ortUnJ » river port. In her local j* ecatral among them as fine sa any in the world, ply their waters and make their general depot here. The Co­ gcncr,i river service about one hundred and fifty ,t*lfnhoala engaged. They do an enormous traffic i Al ratem mtlle ,ow ,,y univortal competition. 'Ihc sirable land will L- thrown open to the homesteader for settlement. 3STEW ROUTE. Portland & Willamette Valley. Bctweon Portland and Airlie—80 miles that the p-xst fleeting yean, have wrought in this counC0U(ltr>. ^hed by river is. therefore, more cheaply , LEAVE. LKATE try. and contrasts the improvements and conveniences , lhan .liatricui which must depend wholly upon Portland............ 10:30 AM Airlie....................6:15 A M of to-day With the time when he. with brave heart, the railroads. In the Willamette Valley the river ex . Lafayette ., .. . 2:14 M Monmouth 7:15 A M Dallas.... . 4:34 I1 S 0.\ A M hopeful for the future, settled on the Icinks of the erases a most wholesome influence on rail rates. Sheridan .. : Dallas.. . Sheridan... ... 10:21 A M beautiful Willamette. which, at til river points, must lie low enough to com­ M oniuoiilh 12:33 »* M pete with water carriage. 1* M Airlie (arrive) 4:15 1’ M ST HELEN'S HALL. '7:11™ KEfavv, Portland holds pretty mud. the same relation, to i*.'holarship. The number of pupils average 150, and the wives and daughters of many of the beat known LEAVE LEAVE . .. 111:.tii A i'olnirg Portland 4:30 A M SiKcrtoii ... 4:22 P M Bumn.vill. «:ll A M West Sviu . . ti:2!f P M A >1 come. In this matter again comes in her advantage Lcng'a . 3:25 A M ... 7:25 P M of position. The railroads, like tho rivers, seek the Brownsville. . . . S:45 P M Silvvrton .. 10:40 A M lowest levels, and from east to west auil north amt Colmrg tarriw). I* M I'urtUiullarmi'i 4 |j 1* M south these load them to Portland. Tho only level, or , ipjgj^g f„r *»le at I mice and I Vicl. (m-t of .Is llel wssXI approximately level, rail route from the Columbia ! ,t. and U. C A It. I. Co.'s olliev., 2*1 All* I 1*111* r*tv river hosni lies through the Columbia river pass — General Offices. N. W corner First and Pine. leading directly and necessarily to Portland. The WILLIAM KKID. easiest rail rout* from the Willamette Valley to naviCHAS. N. SCOT I. I'rva't P. « W. V By. men in Oregon have been educated in this school. gable water is down tho Willamette river—and eo to On this page we present our readers with a view of St. Helen'e Hall, of Portland, * * Jf * Botween Portland and Coburg—123 yi.es. the railroad traffic of the country as its steamboat traffic. She is the center, the cr»u-roa.L to which or the most excellent lioardiiig school for girls in tla- Pacific Northwest. It ! is now ni its eighteenth year, having been founded in I l.Siiff liy Bishop Morris. The building* arc spacious t and the grounds ample and L-autiful. "Ihe teachers | are carefully chosen, and in all dv]iartineiits particular attention is paid to health and manners os well as through which the general traffic of the country must lew,;. Iteceiver Or It'y. fo. (LI. i Line. ST. HELEN'S AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN KANE'S ILLUSTRATED WEST, 1887. �V i �II Five girls were in the first graduating class in 1872: Sally Campbell of Portland; Mary Couch, Portland; Margaret Gearhard, Clatsop; Alice Henderson, Yamhill County, and Mary Taylor, Astoria. The Oregon Churchman, in a publication of that year, said editorially: We recognize the result of the educational system of St. Helen's Hall as that which fits a young lady to adorn and enjoy whatever path of duty God may open to her. The attendance increased so rapidly that enlargement of the building was necessary for a third time within three years. The 1872 addition increased the capacity to 50 boarders and provided more room for the bishop's family and for the resident teachers. Within four years, the school had grown to 134 pupils, girls coming from as far as Hawaii and Alaska. The course of study was broad and thorough, with new courses added to the curriculum. Listed in the 1872 catalogue were: trigonometry. Latin, logic, Greek, astronomy, physics, Shakespeare, Milton, English history, English grammar, music, art, chemistry, French, ancient geography, Bible studies, algebra, and geometry. ficially. One may be sure that these subjects were not taught super­ Not only a superior academic education was given but also instruction in the traditional manners and proper behavior of the lady of that era. Elderly ladies who had studied at the Hall as girls would not, in later years, cross their knees in public, put on gloves while walking down the street, or remove gloves in church without a twinge of conscience. Different resident pupils were appointed each morning to sit as "Critic of the day," to tally any grammatical error , and to direct the offender's attention to the mistake. Such typical school girl nonsense as "No, No, not for Jo," or "Seen any- thing green lately?" quickly disappeared from the vocabulary, apparently to the great satisfaction of the instructors. Perhaps the girls learned most from the character of Miss Mary herself. She was a tall woman, with lovely features, and an austere dignity about her that would bring order out of any teen-age choas. And life had its moments of frivolity too, as an early account relates: jf A JL There was a high wall around St. Helen's Hall in those days, down there on Fourth and Madison where the City Hall now stands, and only once was the citadel taken by storm. In 1880, on a dare, �•' I f* 12 Lieutenant Ned Brooke, all in the fine blue uniform of the 21st, came in as brave as life, and in the hushed and startled school room, asked quite firmly to speak to one of the young ladies. To the chagrin of his friends waiting outside the gate, Miss Rodney gave a gracious consent. The school was in a tremendous twitter as Lieutenant Brooke took his triumphant departure. Fred Holman, another young beau of Portland, very nearly outdid him. He sent a box of chewing gum to the graduating class. Just as the girls had opened the box and discovered, in a burst of squeals and giggles, its outrageous contents, Miss Rodney approached. Someone had the presence of mind to shove it under the sofa, but not the courage to reclaim it later. The bishop, in 1878, published an impressive summary of the progress of the school during the first nine years of its existence. The faculty consisted of: the Right Rev. B. Wistar Morris, rector; Miss Mary Rodney, principal; Miss Lydia Rodney, Miss Lydia Blackler, Mrs. Mary B. Clopton, Miss Katherine Burton, Miss Elizabeth Boyd, Mrs. Clara Wright, primary teachers; Miss Ruth Sutton, teacher of music and calisthenics, and Mrs. L. C. Ferguson, teacher of drawing and painting. The bishop continued in his report: Ten resident teachers have been employed and two additional non­ resident teachers of language. The number of pupils in attendance has been 132, of these 36 were boarders and 96 day pupils. The gen­ eral health of the boarding pupils has been remarkably good, and except in a few chronic and constitutional cases, there has been little occasion for the services of a physician or the use of medicines. This we attribute to the general healthfulness of the city of Portland, to the regular habits of the pupils, their avoidance of late hours and the excitements and dissipations that induce so many of the ills that beset the life of young girls. Among the things worthy of note is an improvement in the attention to study and amenability to discipline. The pupils remain longer in the school, become adjusted to its routine and system, acquire the habits of study, and consequently make more marked and satisfactory progress. They are becoming animated with a love of study, and their work is invested with a new charm and pleasure. Delight to both teacher and pupil mark the days and duties that were once only toil and weariness. The commendation, doubtless due in part to the constituent materials of the school. A few girls, whose diligence and deportment never fail to merit approval, who are always studious, obedient, thoughtful, sincere and lady-like, will establish a tone of spirit that will grow and spread through the whole school, while one or two of the oppo­ site disposition, intractable, indifferent, and inattentive to study, restless and complaining under the mildest system of rule and order, �1 : —I C£. ' 1“ < LU >- LU I LL o (J CO LU X z 0^5 2o2 ^Ooj o “-<1 P2of O0 LU = >-■3 <z < co ^ co o _ “25 z >- ^ < <9“- ^ z Zo£< _ LU > LU _l _J 2<z> O ^ LU o xzi J-------- LU LU UL -) ^ LU O ttSo <<o K- LU 2 �13 insincere and untruthful, will spread a spirit of disorder and discontent that will mar the peace and comfort of a whole school or household. <r r38 At the conclusion of a commencement address of the same period Bishop Morris remarked: For you who have passed through all the years of pupilage here with marked docility and with faithful and constant attention to study, and who are now about to go from us with the assurance of our loving regard and approbation, we would ask no better thing than that this true simplicity of character and conduct may mark and distinguish all your future years. Thus will you adorn and enrich the homes that await your coming, and give true grace and attractiveness to the society that claims you, and thus only will you gain approbation and reward of Him who requires the Truth in the inward parts and Who alone shall make you to understand wisdom secretly. These years were exciting, growing years, and ones in which the Hall did something more than earn its way. $12,500 had been expended on permanent improve­ ments, books, philosophical apparatus and a block of ground for the site of a future building. a (i Ci This was exclusive of large expenditures for insurance and new furniture. By this time there were several scholarships available for deserving students. The Wolfe Scholarship, from Miss Catherine Wolfe in New York, and the Bishop Doane Scholarship, derived from gifts of teachers, were among them. Pupils and friends of St. Mary's in New Jersey provided $300, enough for the full support of one student. Another scholarship of $300 was supported by a Philadelphia mother in memory of a beloved daughter who had died. The library was begun with the proceeds from the sale of the Spencer Hall property in Milwaukie. It became an extensive library, including an herbarium of value and a fine collection of shells from Europe and the Northwest. In 1880 there appeared the first copy of the school paper known as the Comet. Written in longhand and mimeographed, it filled four pages of legal size paper. It cost twenty-five cents per term or ten cents per copy, and was issued once a month. Local community news, school news, humorous stories and riddles, all were included. Its motto was "While she lives, she shines." Under Brevities, was noted: "This school was very much honored by a visit from Judge Deady on Friday last." And in the "Humor Column": "Why is the Comet like a toothbrush? Because everyone should have one of her own and not be borrowing her neighbor's." l*535 �14 The years of 1881 and 1882 were again years of growth and transition for the school . In 1882 the new St. Stephen's Chapel was begun on the corner of the acre site at Fifth and Jefferson. It was a beautiful building with memorial stained glass windows. One of these was given as a memorial to the son of the bishop, Henry Rodney Morris, born June 30, 1876, who gave his life in the attempt to save two laborers working on a cess pool on the St. Helen's Hall property. The members of the 1881 graduating class were Mary Shindler, Ida McKenny, Margaret Green (Reed), Maria Clopton (Jackson), Susie Whalley (Allison), Elizabeth living (Spenser), and Clara Northrup (Hall). Mrs. Mary Clopton, who had been teaching since 1871, entered her retirement at this time. She was greatly admired by trustees and faculty alike, and was affection­ ately regarded by all the students, many of whom banded together to present her with a farewell gift.* *The following students are remembered as having presented the gift: Fanny Walker, Jenny Walker, Susie Whallie, Maggie Green, Lucy Smith, Lizzie Irving, Virginia Whiting, Mary Shindler, Emme Habersham, Ida Eichman, Annie Jones, Fanny Meir, Tina Wilson, Tian Whalley, Ella White, Noco Randall, Lizzie Bristoe, Clara Rosenburg, Hattie Baughman, Alice Freebarn, Alice Wasserman, Alice Goldsmith, Mary Goldsmith, Edith Lowenberg, Selma Rosenberg, Ada McCracken, Nellie Warner, Mallie Effinger, Gertie White, Jenny Ullery, Sarah Radir, Minnie Maddux, Alice Flanders, Mary Smith, Clara Smith, Florence Savier, Nellie Burnside, Mattie Hoyt, Winnie Myrick, Alice Chance, Nellie Williams, Ida Black, Helen Savier, Clara Northrup, Nonie Colliland, Mary Kelly, Maurie Green, Idabelle Haughty, Lois Abrams, Carrie Williams, Gertie Smith, Josie Barber, Belle Sanders, Annie Warner, Charlotte Crawford, Carrie Shindler, Eugemia Zieber, Louisa Rogers, Lucy Failing, Henrietta (E.) Failing, Edith McCleay, Ellen Dunbar, Agnes Reed, Eva Lewis, Louisa Eaton, Louisa Wygant, Ada Brown, Nelly Plummer, Agnes Catlin, Eugenia Cunningham, Jose Cunningham, Florence Baber, Maggie Marshall, Hernina Chapman, General Eaton, Hannah Fairfowl, Eunice Perkins, Netta Brooke, Ida McKenny, Katie Hallet, and Mary Coolige. �5*=^ aw* �§5^ LU • 00“*” ^ 2 to ^ < C* >LU LU on O' _i 00 !£ < LU 2 ImLU *z5 Z LU LU z << Q o < »- ZLu^ QCZ O' tOZ ) LU Q-'Z 00 «5§ ■5 uoo 'Q ^2 a: O? ^§2 <>o • °° LU *— Z~ ~Z- Q #|) < J<Z2 LU _l LU ioSq " 'uiO inf! a: tz — 0^0, LU □ < o LO ^ O o' J. -2 LU *°"Z3 ^<N =>2 w ">< = -Iq 300 £>0 9 0^> luis I 2 �"r IV THE TIMES OF "THE MISSES RODNEY > i v^° r38 By 1882 Portland was growing by leaps and bounds, with progress in navigation, railroads, industry, and commerce bringing more people every day to settle in the area. The county court house to the north, the public park to the east, and the growing number of surrounding stores and businesses, were rapidly decreasing the desirability of this site as a location for a girls' school. In 1882, largely through the influence of Miss Mary Rodney, twelve lots were purchased from Donald McCleay for $12,000. This property was bounded by Vista Avenue, St. Clair, Main and Park Streets, where the Vista St. Clair Apartments now stand. a This location was thought to be inconvenient for day students, although it was well within the city limits. The board had been con­ cerned that the location on Fifth and Jefferson was too noisy now, too much in the center of town. So, in 1882, when the city government offered $100,000 for the down­ town block, the board decided to accept. were made immediately. Plans to build upon the Vista Avenue site The original building at Fourth and Main was moved to property at Twelfth and Main, directly across from the present Unitarian Church. CH**8 This became temporary quarters until the new building was ready for occupancy. Later, this original building became an apartment house and served as a source of income for St. Helen's Hall. to the extent of SI5,000- The structure ultimately caught fire and was damaged d**8 The damage was considered too great to repair, and the structure was razed. Plans for the new school on Vista Avenue progressed, and on June 9, 1890, the cornerstone was laid. On February 24, 1891, the new school was ready for occupancy. The new location was a great improvement for the Hall, in spite of its increased distance from the center of town. St. Helens Mountain, the Misses Rodneys' first love, could be seen clearly on a nice day. The handsome three story building featured two (dess a-* �z Q E _j Z =>< “2 OO n o' LJ ■ ■ ■■ * “-O LU = f U, ^ CQ Q LU O Ud <3 _jO OL I fc= o iS > 0^ 23 Q id oo i£ LU _j 3 Q Z< -I <^' OQ ^=i 0< zx O0 0>: CL LZ 20 LU LU XX �"THE MISSES RODNEY" WHO JOURNIED WEST TO FORM THE NUCLEUS OF THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEY DEVOTED THEIR LIVES. r r n MARY BURTON RODNEY, THE FIRST PRINCIPAL OF THE HALL (. a (j a HI a-x . Ko uL o.c. «~j Si op J3 Lskap MorrLs—- i-st PrLv\cXpaJ- oL • ri«. rU2L '' • CLEMENTINE RODNEY, THE MU­ SIC TEACHER OF THE SCHOOL. LYDIA RODNEY, FIRST ASSISTANT TO HER SISTER, THE PRINCIPAL. �‘ I 16 wings to the east, which embraced a sweeping driveway from the street below, bordered by lovely lawns, gardens and trees. This was a happy and prosperous time for the Hall. Its reputation was of the highest and its finances were well handled by the board and the diocese. The policy of the school continued to uphold high educational standards and to maintain a Christian and democratic attitude toward its enrollment. By 1890, after twenty years of successful management by the same rector and principal, probably two thousand girls had received instruction, with sixty-two graduating.* By this year, however, a change had taken place in the educational situation in the city of Portland. The population had reached forty-nine thousand. Public education was well established, and a public high school had been opened in 1883. Academy had been founded. In 1889 the Portland Both secondary schools drew from the Hall sufficient numbers of students that its enrollment failed to increase as the city grew. The bishop constantly urged church people to support the school, emphasizing its importance to the community, but even so, the majority of the students came from outside the church. During this time. Bishop Scott Academy for boys, which was started in 1870, was having a difficult and precarious existence. It maintained the same high standards as the Hall, but its financial condition was in marked contrast to its sister school. While St. Helen's was progressing under one principal, Bishop Scott Academy suffered a number of reverses due to changes of headmasters and various misfortunes. B.S.A. was a separate institution but, neverthe­ less, the lack of progress and growth of B.S.A. was a financial drain on the diocese, and St. Helen's Hall was unavoidably affected by it. In 1890, the financial administration of the two schools was taken out of the hands of the bishop and placed under a Board of Trustees consisting of the bishop, chairman of the board, two laymen and two clerical members. In 1893, the Church of the Redeemer in Pendleton urged that the membership of the board be increased and broadened. was augmented by two members. ■ rm a financially difficult period. This suggestion was adopted and the board It fell to the lot of this board to steer the school through St. Helen's Hall had assets, including scholarships and professorships, amounting to $177,573.17, with encumbrances of $20,000. Tucker). The board *The only student graduating in the class of 1888 was Mabel Beck (Mrs Ernest F. The entire graduation ceremony was conducted by the bishop although only one student was graduated. �■f*' fi fi v;i n ■ :i i.!T<i w ■ > m h: ; thh r k‘- TV n CO ■ CO Hi1 SC r. L 03 CC? $§5* CO i r* a (i r: fi ©. 1 C5 :« Jn IhcD.anic of ihc }!H&f>ER and oflhc SOU and ofIhcROLVGBOSt'-H'mcn. .■ c/talT atic* fiaviua occuxct) Cij Get iRf’inlmcul iGc tiR^xol-aliou & am' c0ii|ii}rucc of iftc Ocelot,l6c «‘JiuiaJ><if am) 16c •‘fuMiuclou*, ’I xeceivc.* lLit.) i‘Ji\>lmicmia.f a.J Ihc c.xjncj.>i«>ii o| iGa'i C6\u>licui low i C£ ! j ttivmc] couij.->Qs<c<) l&c JneJcvif’Ci'coumc aj*<StudicA al‘.A. Jlclcuo 5*3 221 ^3 o aui* iuli'icol, auD iReix rommcudatioii.of ficx lo ihc fa vox and cj tj'floa itiomjL'oJ COIU1 CW*t out §. m J ' /djjbfo dps r- tr* CO co ii vu >Ci- t#** CO SC Ci- t ci CO CC CO 1 .*-3 P=J g* o PO !1 CO CO &*** S**81 Igorflaijd .-—ll 1- -. 2 -'J ■ .is&9 s'IS AN 1886 DIPLOMA OF A DESIGN USED FOR SEVERAL DECADES AND EXPRESSING THE WISH "THAT OUR DAUGHTERS MAY BE AS THE POLISHED CORNERS OF THE TEMPLE." ^s*s �oo h CXL LU O Z ZD 2“ ^ UJ -3 oS 2z nLU 0 Q 1< 22 Di! CQ I— oo o3 o << CO ^ — CQ ^ I UJ H- Z ;1 O uu W CQ t0 2s CO Q Qz z^ < U0 >-'Z Si <§ 4 rn ia luTr >-"5 Q ^ O CQ hmumwim “uj •4 n 55 Q> & uu ^ D t E1 £3 »— uj ^ I I fe-— - LU ac l JW ZTjU^Td-s i*** *• K= z LU LU a X �m '■ r r <k Cf* v Qjurhzel cQ Si-'lie. MARIA CLOPTON. WHO WAS GRADUATED IN 1881, AS MRS. C. J JACKSON BECAME A BENE­ FACTRESS OF THE HALL. (MANY YEARS AGO THIS PICTURE WAS ERRONEOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF MARIA'S MOTHER, MARY, A TEACHER AT THE HALL.) <T* Gj $ Of* c—* 9** 9** W7- r * 9*^ - •; b SOME OF THE GIRLS IN 1898: KATHERINE F. FAILING, STELLA C. ALEXANDER, BESS L. BARKER, FRANCES JACOBS, CHAR­ LOTTE OHLE, MARION BAUER, IDA THOMPSON. THE IN­ SCRIPTION ON THE ORIGINAL PICTURE DOES NOT INDICATE WHETHER THE LIST STARTS ON TOP STEP OR BOTTOM STEP! �17 reported general Indebtedness of 510,922.15. In 1897, the indebtedness had been consolidated into two mortgages to the Palatine Insurance Company, and a loan of S50,000 was secured. Interest to be paid, a depression from 1892-1894 and other factors, led in 1899 to the sale of some property to pay the bills. Happily, in 1901, a legacy from Mr. Felix Brunot was received, amounting to 533,364.65, which paid off the general indebtedness. After closing Bishop Scott Academy, all the money from the diocese was diverted to St. Helen's Hall. In spite of the new building and the increasing competition from other educational institutions, there was never any doubt that arrangements would be made to pay all bills.* It was in the midst of this precarious time that Miss Mary Rodney died pre­ maturely, on April 15, 1896, at the age of 62. She had appeared to be in her usual health and looked after her affairs until "Tuesday night when she was stricken with paralysis, and in a few hours passed away." A life-long friend paid her the following tribute: In the death of Miss Mary Burton Rodney, Oregon loses one of its most useful women and one whose labors have been given to the edu­ cation of girls with the purpose of zeal and high devotion rarely exceeded anywhere. Miss Rodney had been the principal of St. Helen's Hall since its beginning in the year 1869, and during all this time has given all the capabilities of her cultured mind and energetic character to this lofty purpose, and those who know the history of the daughters and mothers of Oregon of this generation are free to bear their testimony to the elevating character of her influence upon her pupils. Judge Matthiew P. Deady said in praise of the accomplishments of Miss Rodney: Wherever a Hall graduate goes, the intelligence, refinement, and Christian morality of St. Helen's Hall goes with her and is, in turn, communicated to her associates and surroundings. More than once. i-? *The members of the diocese were grateful to Bishop Morris for his long hours of toil, and his many accomplishments in Oregon, and early in 1896, a Grand Jubilee Service was held in Portland to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. This was the largest group of clergy ever assembled in Oregon, and including Bishop Talbot of Wyoming, Bishop Wells of Spokane, and Bishop Barker of Olympia, a nephew of the bishop. Many speeches elaborated upon his work, accomplishments and pioneering before there were many roads, railroads, or accommodations. His energy and patience accomplished much for the diocese and were a tribute to his character and modesty. �18 when speaking of this school, I have heard persons of taste and discernment from abroad remark that in passing through the country, they had readily recognized its pupils by their manners, by that indescribable something which indicates that a person has not only mastered the textbooks, but has done so in good company. Miss Clementine Rodney took charge for the remainder of the year, and the a next fall she was succeeded by Miss Eleanor Tibbetts, Ph.D., of Philadelphia and New York. u In 1896 a kindergarten was started and, although not a great success financially, the board considered it a valuable enterprise. was opened. In 1898 a new post-graduate department This department was carefully planned and was different in scope and method from that of the undergraduate academic department. The individual aims of each student were consulted, and the course of each student was worked out in accor­ 0 dance with these goals. a The curriculum consisted of suggestions, lectures, and encouragement from the teacher, and by directed but individual work on the part of the student. &* The catalogue stated that "to members of the class of 1899-1900 and 1900- 1901 desiring to undertake post-graduate study the tuition charges for the year 1901-1902 will be remitted." Thus there were offered several scholarships in this department. The following courses were offered: history of art, political economy, trigo­ QS*** nometry, astronomy, geology, "special periods of history and literature," study of drama and primary teaching methods. The life of this experiment was brief, however, and the department closed after a few years. The undergraduate program for this period continued to be impressive. kindergarten was closely allied to the primary department. study occupied three years. A 0=323 The primary course of The intermediate department enrolled pupils between the ages of ten and sixteen, and the course was planned to cover five years. begun in the intermediate grades. Latin was ' 1 The academic department included all students over sixteen years of age, and was a two-year program. Either a college preparatory course or a general academic course was offered, and provision was made for students to review work done in other schools and to complete the requirements for college entrance. academic subjects were English, French and German, Latin and Greek, the Bible, science, and mathematics in addition to a very complete five-year course in music, elocution, and art. The �A A A A A A 19 The catalogue stated: The Boarding Department has special advantages from the situation of the school building. Situated on a commanding height of the beautiful city of Portland and surrounded by beautiful grounds, it looks out upon the city, the river and the distant snow-capped mountains. The building is heated throughout by hot water circu­ lation, and has on all sides pleasant rooms, well lighted and ventilated. A fire escape, together with two stairways from the third floor and three from the second, provides unusually well against the accident of fire." Outdoor exercise was encouraged. Calisthenics, walking, tennis, basketball, bicycling (under proper escort), and riding were offered. to manners, and the general bearing of the pupils. in the society of the faculty. Special attention was given Students spent Wednesday evenings The first Wednesday of each month, pupils and teachers were "at home" to their friends in the city. On alternate Wednesday evenings parlor lectures, open to patrons and invited guests, were given on various scientific, historic, and literary subjects.* The school boasted three libraries at this time. The Spencer Library contained 610 volumes on miscellaneous subjects, 147 of them purchased during the year 1901-1902. *The officers and faculty during this period continued to maintain a very high level of educational background as was shown in this list of faculty members: the Right Rev. Bishop Morris, S.T.D., D. D.; Miss Eleanor Tibbetts, University of Penn­ sylvania, Ph . D; Miss Katherine Vale, Toronto University; Miss Catherine Gove, Gary College Seminary, St. Agnes' School, Albany, New York, and Middlebury College, Vermont, instructor in Latin and Greek; Frau Adele Kirk, Weiss Burgerschule, Weiss, Austria, Madame Barreblet's Pensionnat, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Damen Academic, Weiss, Austria, instructor in German; Madam Amelia BarmelThompson, Pensionnal Mile. Le Telier, Paris; Miss Ethel Webb, Kestin Florence Bourne, London, University of Toronto, instructor in elocution and oratory; Miss Maud Dewey; Miss Margaret Curtin, Horace Mann's School, Teachers College, New York, in charge of the intermediate department; Miss Georgia Burns, pupil of Rachel Taylor, St. Helen's Hall, and the Art Students' League, New York; Miss Marian Heming, pupil of Stuttgart Conservatory, special study with M. Mosczowski and A. K. Virgil, New York, head of music department; Miss Frances Snell, student of Barth, Berlin, and C. Le Forte, Brussels, instructor in instrumental music; Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed, pupil of Carl Halir, Berlin, of Hans Sitt and Friedrich Hermann, Certificate from Royal Conservatory, Leipzig, instructor in vocal voice (as the catalogue put it!); Miss Emelie Buckenmeyer, student of Carolyn Crawford, Emil Groener, Karl Kroh, and Bournique, teacher of Swedish gymnastics and dancing. �(4 (%sa ■rtm-xr: . 1• '» - V V>~. WSa» f �t> LU CO _1 o' o' ^ < u- zi LU < I Q i- Z -7 N*/ UJ Z Olu << UJ io co O CO LU UJ 0 Z 0O c£ O' LU Q_ CO ZI Q UO — CO I <5 (J LU «!: I &•' «d*> *2 < o — Q_ ii l W r ■ o CO LO I z i< u_ 00 Z5 QO V J* 3I “h \ \ i \ dZ zO >-> ^ uj < N C-;-\ / / < U-:. : I LU ' ': /:;V- / / > UJ uj£ / / Co m - CO A; ' i z< o2 Qt z> hI— z CO LU 111 Q / / E^ �7 r 4* 20 The Mary Rodney Memorial Art Library was a collection of 300 volumes on architecture, paintings, sculpture, engraving, etching, and coins, and contained the best critical general treatises of the time. The lending library was not so extensive. It included a 4* 4* small collection of books on miscellaneous subjects, equipment for laboratories in geography, astronomy, physics, chemistry, botany, physiology, and a collection of fossils, ores, minerals, ammonites, and shells. Another form of cultural enrichment for 4* ■<* the students was the "Studio, 11 acquired through the generosity of a friend and including two full length portraits, other oils, water colors, casts, masks, busts, torsos, and tapestries. The tuition at the beginning of the twentieth century was $330.00 per year, and included board, tuition, and the regular doing of eighteen pieces of laundry. The day tuition ranged from S20.00 for kindergarten to $40.00 per term for the academic course. Xi (3*s r^= Music, art, dancing, laboratories, elocution and oratory courses required additional fees. 3 The student publication in 1901 was named The Spinster, an editorial staff and business manager. year or ten cents per copy, It was managed by 3 Subscriptions were seventy-five cents per Published monthly, it was an offering of about twenty G-53 Of* pages of short stories, poetry, old girl notes, an editorial column known as "The Lonely Tower," and advertisements for the principal stores in town. one-line advertising throughout the paper. Rough-Riders to keep your feet dry." S3.50." A few such were: A few firms placed "Try a pair of Sorosis 0-? "Only in Europe are Sorosis sold for more than "Did you see those beautiful pictures that were taken at Moore's Gallery, Dekum Building?" "Free Boot and Oxford Laces, Knight Shoe Store." The graduation exercises of June 22, 1902, were enthusiastically reported in the Portland Weekly Dispatch. It was a festive and cultural event for all the ladies of Portland, whether St. Helen's Hall graduates or not. The Dispatch noted that crowds of patrons were in attendance to watch the kindergarten games under the direction of Miss Tracy, and there was great rivalry among the contestants. The festivities were not limited to one day or even to a weekend but were continued throughout the week. The Rev. Edward Simpson spoke to the class of seven graduating in kindergarten training. Tuesday of that week, the art department opened an exhibit of casts, charcoal and black and white drawings, oils, and water colors. In the evening the pupils of Eva True and % �/ / / / / 21 Mrs. Walter Reed presented a musical program. The Dispatch continues: "There was good work and progress in vocal work shown by the Misses Ruth Scott (Laidlaw), and Linda Mansey. On instruments the Misses Price, Habersham, Duer, and Nolter, were excellent! " At 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday morning, the academic diplomas were distributed to the graduates, the Misses Jacobs, Bauer, and Alexander, Bishop Morris delivered the address to these graduates, and all 199 students joined in the activities. The Weekly Dispatch went on to say that "Miss Tibbetts and her assistants have cause to be proud . " Miss Tibbetts continued as principal until 1904, when the Sisters of St. John Baptist were put in charge, There was considerable objection to having the sisters come, but Bishop Morris urged it strongly, and he was successful in his efforts. The bishop made a plea to the diocesan convention before the arrival of the nuns to urge everyone to receive them cordially, "It is to be hoped that no narrow and foolish prejudice on the part of any of our people or patrons will be manifested against this religious Order of self-sacrificing women, pledged unto God for the accomplishment of this noble work." �v THE SISTERS’ LONG AND FRUITFUL ADMINISTRATION The Sisters of St. John Baptist are an order of Christian nuns founded in 7 r r r r r e Kf9 Clewer, England, in 1857, with affiliated groups established in the United States beginning in 1881 . The members of the order are superior women in every way, well educated and endowed with a deep sense of spirituality and human understanding. When requested to assume the direction of St. Helen's Hall, the order agreed, with the stipulation that the sisters would return to the convent in New York for their summer rest every two years, and that the mother superior would visit the school each year. (f The expenses incurred were to be paid from the school funds; the sisters were to receive no salaries. On April 7, 1904, mother su perior. Sister Elisa Monica,and Sister Mary Blanche arrived in Portland. They were met by Dr. A. A. Morrison, a trustee of the Hall, and were taken to the little cottage rented for them at 232 Stout Street. was held at the Hall on June 15th but the sisters were not invited. Commencement On June 30 a g Q OF3 Miss Tibbets reluctantly handed the keys to Sister Elisa Monica and the sisters moved into the Hall. Late in the summer Sister Julia Frances and Sister Mary Katharine arrived from New York. A devoted friend, associate and guide was Miss Jacelyn 3*3 3d Foulkes of the class of 1886. In September of 1904, the sisters opened the doors of the school to a surprisingly good enrollment of both day and boarding students. The school chaplain, the Reverend W. A. M. Breck, organized a class for confirmation instruction. The confirmation itself was celebrated on Easter afternoon of 1905, and was followed by a reception. By June 8, 1905, when the sisters presented the accounts of the school to the board, all outstanding bills had been settled, and the trustees were well pleased with their able administration. The sisters had also contributed $700 to a scholarship fund. 3*3 3*3 �—tv *7 *) v> VJ 5 2: p p Q < «o «1 co - < I LU Q_ X o p CO CQ ■ < CO X O'0^0 LJJ LU CO T Itsis I— o -L_ CO oo . ?Qo / CO O' z LU z CO o 3 U- J J J J. A A J �rr r r 23 The board, in a letter to Sister Elisa Monica, commended the sisters for their management V*6 and, thanking them for the scholarship gift, offered to match the amount as a contribution "to the chapel fund or such other fund as the Sister Superior may designate." On June 12, as part of pre-commencement festivities, the younger students presented an operetta, followed the next day by the junior recital and commencement concert. Commencement day, June 14th, for the first time began with Holy Communion and hymns in the morning, followed by a religious service during which the girls received their diplomas and were addressed by Bishop Morris. During the summer all busied themselves with repairing and painting of the building, and working on the grounds. The school year of 1905-1906 opened with an even larger enrollment than that of the preceding year. A great sorrow visited the Hall and the diocese this year. and his sister Rachael died. Both Bishop Morris* Bishop Scadding was subsequently elected to the vacant a episcopate and served until his own death in 1914. On June 14, 1906, at the 18th annual convention of the Diocese of Oregon, a resolution was adopted which specified the qualifications of the board and its duties and responsibilities. The resolution was presented as follows: 1) There would be seven persons on the board: the bishop, three clergy, and three laymen. 2) The board would: handle all real property. 3) The board would: handle all receipts and expenditures. 4) Any vacancy on the board would be filled by the board. *There is no contradiction of the reputation of Bishop Morris as a strong leader of character and conviction. His untiring efforts in his large diocese (eventually narrowed to the state of Oregon alone) kept him many days away from home. In addition to founding Bishop Scott Academy and St. Helen's Hall, his efforts led to the establishment of Portland's Good Samaritan Hospital. Private errands of mercy sent him riding through Portland, on horseback, coattails flying. It is still remembered that he frequently wore a black shawl, even when conduc­ ting a service. Students were astonished and delighted to see the shawled bishop stirring the wood-burning stove, in the school room, while continuing without interruption to pray aloud with solemn devotion. 3*= 3*= ! | M �IP 24 5) The bishop would be chairman of the board. 6) The secretary was to be appointed by the board, and all papers were to be signed by the chairman and the secretary. -S) 7) The board of trustees was incorporated under the laws of Oregon as the Board of Trustees of St. Helen's Hall. w mg mg mg mg mg) mg mg mg mg mg Faculty salaries at this time ranged from S200 to S800 per year. received $20 to S30 per month. boarders and 66 day students. The staff During the school year of 1906-1907 there were 47 The tuition for day students ranged from S40 to SI00 per term depending on the age of the student, and in which department she was registered. The tuition for boarders was S400 per year, S300 of which was room and board. In May of 1907, Bishop Scadding officiated at the opening of the new gym- nasium on Fourth Street. held there. The following month the commencement ceremonies were For the first time the girls wore white chapel veils. During this period of the Hall's history the administration stessed a strong, full academic program. The students labored with English, elocution and reading; French, German, Latin and Greek; mathematics and physical culture; piano, voice and art; and kindergarten training, mg In the spring of 1908, St. Helen's Hall received the right of certificate to Wellesley College. In 1910 the school was again becoming too large for its site, and the board, with foresight, began a search for a future location for the school. Twenty-three acres were purchased on the top of the hill behind the town of Linnton, between Cornell and Germantown Roads in northwest Portland. S S S S' s s s This area was called Wallalatin Park. It was a beautiful area with a majestic view to the west of the Tualatin Valley and, on a c lear day, the Coast Range. To the north and east it was possible to see the Willamette and Columbia Rivers and at least four snow-capped mountains. were full of flowers and wild life and the streams rushed down the hillsides. structure was ever built upon the property and eventually it was sold. The woods But no The opinion of the board was that this location was too far from the city, and that the cost of building would be exhorbitant. The piece was valued at $8500 although later it was appraised / at much less. S / / / / as Forest Park. This section now is included in the large primitive area of Portland known �r rr r 25 There were by this time many schools both public and private, some in direct competition with the Hall and others emphasizing different aspects of education. The Portland Academy, Allen's Preparatory School, Miss Catlin's and the Museum Art School were established during this period. Also the public school system was growing steadily and offered a good education to those in attendance. St. Helen's Hall, for approximately three years at this time, offered a collegiate course to graduates of the Hall and others who could qualify. The class of 1911, which was the last class to graduate from the e r >e e <e m collegiate department, consisted of six students equally divided between Hall graduates and others. Among the colleges where graduates of the collegiate department were a accepted with junior standing were Barnard College in New York, and the University of Washington . The combination of a good board, good administration by the sisters, and an attractive and functional plant made these years prosperous ones for the school. 4* The assets in 1912 were S235,6I4.00, two hundred thousand dollars of which were invested in buildings and grounds. The certificate of St. Helen's Hall was accepted in lieu of college entrance examinations at Wellesley and Vassar, and also at the state universities cj*= of Oregon and Washington. 3 The 1911 -1912 catalogue gives in detail the course of study for each class offered in the school . and were broad and liberal in scope. during each month. The courses were well arranged, given in depth, Special offerings at the school were arranged Sometimes it was a lecture by an outstanding person who was invited to the school for that purpose. Plays, recitals, dances, basketball games, all played an important part in the school life at this time. From 1912 through 1918 a magazine called The Quarterly was published by the Subscriptions were SI.00 per year, and literary contributions were solicited from all students. 3* 3*= 3* 3* School dress was required to be simple. Pupils are expected to dress neatly and plainly. A skirt and blouse for school, a cloth suit for Sunday wear, an afternoon dress of some light woolen or mixed material, and a white muslin dress (high neck and long sleeved) for musicals, will meet all requirements. Neither dresses nor waists of laundered goods are allowed from November 1st to April 1st, nor dresses of wash material for the school room at any time. High shoes with low heels are required for outdoor wear. Expensive jewelry is not allowed. All gowns must be high necked, and elbow sleeves are allowed on evening gowns only. All members of the school dress for dinner. students. 3® It was very well laid out in the manner of any literary magazine 3* 9m �on Ln LU ■*- ~ q_ < 2: -2 ' £ <^ I— —' OO U_ oo 3 to ~> on ^ ^ ^^ mZ^ 30- Zn y ' QL < g £=j �f* 26 published by a college or university. There were approximately four pages of advertising and fifteen pages of stories, jokes, editorials, and an acknowledgement of "exchanges." The Hall exchanged publications with schools as far away as South Dakota to discuss improvements or characteristics which were of interest to them both. The Quarterly was managed during the year 1915-1916 by Ethel Malpas, Eleanor Cram, Adaline Kendall, Nadine Caswell, Helen Von Clef, Marjorie Campbell, Katherine Elmer, Gladys Spencer, Helen Ballard, and DorinneWyld. The administration of the school at this time as listed in The Quarterly was: (i The Rev. W. A. Breck, chaplain; the Sisters of St. John Baptist, general superintendence, C* Holy Scripture and church history. (4 The academic department was administered by Miss Grace Pierce (Wellesley), teaching Greek, Latin, and Spanish; Miss Anna Holman (Radcliffe), for mathematics and science; Miss Mary Underhill (Radcliffe), for English and history; Miss Laura Eaton (Cheltenham Ladies' College, England, and the University of London), French, German and history; and Mile, de la Marthe, advanced French. QS5S r-sss In the elementary department. Miss Hazel Robb and Miss Leonide Fleury were the teachers, and in the primary and kindergarten were Miss Ethelwynne Harris and Miss Mary Ledy. The music department was active with Miss Jocelyn Foulkes, piano, and Mrs. Susie 3*5* Fennel Pipes, violin. The fire which swept through the Vista Avenue building in 1914 was terrifying although spectacular. (3*5* The Morning Oregonian reported that: It was a terrifically hot blaze which spread so rapidly that the occupants were forced to flee for their lives. Fortunately only seven people were within and everyone escaped unhurt. The huge roof was burned out, the entire upper story was gutted out, and there was incredible damage to the basement. But for the heroic work of the fire department, the building would have been a total loss. The cause of the fire was never known, but it started in the laundry, with the flames shooting up the dumb waiter shaft and stairway, and spreading quickly to the roof. The firemen found themselves with two fires to fight, one on the third floor and the other in the basement. The fire was discovered by the cook who just had time to don some covering, awaken the Sisters and escape down the fire escape. Three alarms were turned in and a special alarm for an extra engine. Flames extended over the entire building and attracted a huge crowd of awed spectators. 3*? 3*** 3*=* y The loss through the fire was $30,000 but only $22,750 was collected from the insurance i company. The south wing was all that remained, but nevertheless, ten days later the �27 school opened for the regular fall term. Classes were temporarily held in the gymnasium, and the boarders were lodged in the episcopal residence, Bishopcroft, on 19th and Everett Streets. The boarders made the daily trip on foot to Vista Avenue for classes. Chemistry students made an extra trip to Lincoln High School on Market and Broadway for late afternoon classes in the laboratory. Luncheons were brought to the school from Bishop­ D 0 croft. In spite of the fire, enrollment increased twenty-five per cent between 1915 and 1916. In 1916 the bishop and trustees built a new chapel which relieved the crowded conditions and added to the religious emphasis of the school. The chancel furnishings were given by Mrs. Walter Burns as a memorial to her daughter, Virginia, a former student at the Hall. Miss Catherine Percival gave the furnishings for the nave, and the lamps were a memorial gift from two anonymous persons. Sister Mary Angela, who was the sister superior at this time, attended St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, New Jersey. This was the school which had been so closely associated with the Rodneys and the Morrisses. It was pleasing that one of St. Mary's alumnae should have come to St. Helen's Hall to develop and strengthen the work begun by her prede­ cessors. A woman of deep spirituality and great charm. Sister Mary Angela had a wide circle of friends in many walks of life in New York, New Jersey, and Oregon. The last four years of her life were spent as an invalid but she remained deeply interested in education and all affairs of the world and in embroidery, a constant interest during her invalid years. Sister Mary Angela read widely and her room became a center of interest to everyone around her. In 1918 the decision was made to lease the old Portland Academy building on J 13th and Hall Streets. This institution had not been a boarding school, and there were no living quarters as such for resident pupils. J J / a A A A To solve this problem, large classrooms upstairs were converted into dormitories in much the same manner as those in the first building in 1870. High ceilings, large windows, and bright curtains, as partitions, provided light, airy, private areas for every two girls. The buildings on Vista Avenue continued during this period to be used for kindergarten and the kindergarten teachers' training school, but the elementary and high schools were in the Portland Academy building. This arrangement proved satisfactory, but the uncertainty of possession and the lack of some things necessary for the proper function of the school caused the sisters �7 o 73 73 on X > on X o $ z 0 oi o > o o z 0 X > o z X m m ~n �X 0) o' LU I z o LU Q_ < I <J Q LU LO o (J z LU on CZL LU on on LU I _i < I on csL o' O 2 z LU Q_ < X o LU I �l f <4* r <4* <4* <4* <** <4* (4* (4* I m 4* O & z z 0 r-*6 c-f* 70 c* £ <? o o z o 70 3 TO oo I > c<* tm <bc �■SP mS z m*> O 0 mS z I LT) < 5 2 o C£ 0? u_ Z LU m? Q Z> on < LL * O CO OJ O' z 2 o o c£ ■'■A >- &L o 2 O cd Q UJ / I / / / J / € j w£>> i ) X �r r Hi Io ft -15 CD co m -r ft*3 ~o t" I> Or Z— mZ ^ -o CO ~ co Cl H Kz PO 3*=a m > CO m o iSS£2 rsp* ft nagk- z G-s �—$ 28 © such worry that they seriously considered relinquishing the position as managers of the school. © © This made it imperative for the board to make firm decisions. In January of 1921, the three-story brick building was purchased, a pleasant and successful develop­ ment. The building was centrally located on a streetcar line, two features helpful to both day and boarding students. The grounds were developed and beautified, and the gymnasium was moved to the rear of the building and given a new floor. —0 a-© a-© a*f> Regardless of rain, sun, snow, sleet, or hail, gym classes were held out of doors in the covered but open gymnasium. St. Helen's Hall in 1919 celebrated its 50th anniversary by the staging of an elaborate pageant in commemoration of the event. This was under the direction of Miss Eleanor Grace Park, head of the English department. The lines were written by members of the senior English class, the major portions being done by the Misses Mary Greenlee and Faith Newton. The spirit and character of the Hall were carefully and *4 St. Helen Fai th Inspiration The Lady Prosperity 1879 1919 Latin Science History Art Lucile Hutton Ella Deering Helen Lovett Mary Greenlee Margaret Johnson Margaret Boyer Philena Bartlett Ruth Jenkins Hylah Fraley Marion Jenkins Catherine Overbeck Carry On Courage Time Tradi tion Golden Anniversary 1869 1909 1920 Music Sacred Studies Spanish Domestic Science J J J J J J. J j A A A A Z Faith Newton Agnes Black Frances Baker Janice Parker Mary Helen Spaulding Margaret McAllister Laura Reed Elizabeth Patton Virginia Edwards Edna Burton Hazel Fairservice Suzanne Caswell A dance depicting the disastrous fire of 1914 was given by Harriet Breyman, Marion Farrell and Thyra St. Clair, all wearing red costumes. The 1920's continued to be good years under the dynamic leadership of Sister Waldine Lucia, the sister superior. In 1924 an official school dress was required for all students, or brown serge in the style of a middy and skirt. The blouse was decorated with red or yellow piping, and a red, blue, yellow or brown tie could be worn. skirts in the school colors of red and blue also were permitted. cotton material was substituted for the serge. It was of blue Sweaters and In warm weather a �7 r I m o X > z BE?’ 1? "D o z i co i ^ > CO m <r* S» -o > «T 73 rm c/i CO m [J1 O > <# fv-= oo n m ^ r— Tl ti i Z r-o co <& O' qS o m O & o S -n rn I m 73 m , 9 ---■■ 9 9 m > o m 73 o^ m rn 73 -h m •X X *+* m —i C*xs 2? mz O GO 7^ m *n 73 3a oo zz m -/■l^,. $*a <5*= > GO 7^ > Z a < ^OBS O c > =i -< := �<*■ . l: : v.„- xMn S I . i— Q •£ £ £ > £ i J i- Q LO 111 mZ K •"2 LL. LU . LU LO > C2 < — i < LU LU LU J > J J h— OO �4* 4* 4* 4* x m (D > O C > Z <P o > oo #■* O rv^= n rv-8 O ro O W*8 I m 0 70 ■n r- (5 tS” =|0 C<*= T- ^ 5L m m Z± •P m o -< £*= m go > i rngm. 0 m 70 o o I z m Z O m r m Z T1 o TO I m &MS �29 The school maintained its high standards of academic work, offering four /ears of Latin and three years of Greek. country. Students were accepted by colleges throughout the The St. Helen's Hall certificate was accepted in lieu of examination at all state schools in Oregon, Washington, and California. The upper school tuition was S800 per year for boarders and SI80 for day students, and SI70 for day students in the lower school. A few scholarships were available for students who qualified. Bishop Sumner offered a scholarship prize to the junior who passed the college board examinations with the highest average. The Pittock Cup was given for the highest grades in English and French; the Alumnae Association Cup and the Ball Cup were given for the highest grades in Latin and mathematics respectively. ■i jF J J J J J J J Jl J J J A A A A The Alumnae Association Pin was given to the senior with the highest average in studies and deportment. The students competed annually for the Medal of the National Society of Colonial Daughters, and the Lincoln Medal . Several cups were awarded for athletics. First Testimonials were awarded to students attaining grades with an average above 90, and Second Testimonials were awarded to those attaining a grade average above 85. To accommodate the many social and academic activities which were taking place, a frame building was added in 1927 to provide an auditorium with a stage and much needed space for more class rooms. A kitchen was also included for entertaining. This new addition, in the same block on the corner of Hall Street and Nth Avenue, later named Scadding Hall, provided a theatre for the French and English plays which previ­ ously had been given in the outdoor gymnasium on a temporary stage. In order to foster greater outdoor life, a house on Lake Oswego called "Everglade" was purchased in 1930. At that time this location was approximately one- half hour's drive from the school, just beyond the southern edge of Multnomah County. The house had been built by Dr. G. Norman Pease in a rustic style appropriate to the setting. A tennis court was built, partly by the sisters' own hands; boats were acquired and a small chapel was added in the center of the house. The outdoor fireplace afforded many good times and added to the pleasure of everyone. "Everglade" was well used in the festivities of commencement time. Graduation parties were held there, and a ceremonial torch march was a part of the regular commencement festivities. In addition to its use for recreational purposes, instruction was given in swimming, diving, life­ saving, boating and canoeing. The girls were never permitted to go down the lake �f if* f* f f C465 C<*= c**8 c-*= e*= C<*= --•* ■ '‘U*^ •i TWO VIEWS OF "EVERGLADE" ON LAKE OSWEGO — WHERE THE GIRLS COULD PLAY VOLLEY BALL ON SUNDAY WITHOUT SHOCKING THE NEIGHBORS. «1 H �30 without the careful supervision of an adult. Sister superior often manned the tiller, and she was considered a captain among the best. In 1950 the Rev. Lansing Kempton purchased "Everglade" for his father and mother who had moved to Portland, it was again sold to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Coan who now reside there. -j j j j j a j A A A A l Later �VI THE JUNIOR COLLEGE 4* if The St. Helen's Hall Junior College, opened in 1932, was another progressive if & step in education taken by the Hall, as this became the first accredited junior college in Oregon. & The board of trustees established for the junior college included Bishop Sumner, Rev. H. D. Chambers, Rev. H. M. Ramsey, Mr. A. N. El Isworth, Mr. Clarence & Porter, and Mr. W. Henderson. The Morning Oregonian for August 16, 1932, published the following article: Junior College work will be offered at St. Helen's Hall beginning September 7. Regular elementary and high school courses will be given as in the past. English, Journalism, Dramatics, Play production, pre-library, mathematics, secretarial work, and home economics are some of the new courses which will be offered, and credits earned may be transferred to institutions of higher learning. The Department will have its own instructors and a building separate from the Secondary School. The new venture led by Mrs. Gertrude H. Fariss, as dean, was favorably received in the city, and at the beginning of the second year such a large number of freshmen applications were received that it was necessary to place a limit to the number accepted. The trustees formulated plans to construct a building specifically designed for college use, and on December 28, 1933, ground was broken for the new addition in a simple ceremony attended by the faculty, students of both schools and the trustees. Bishop Sumner turned the first spade of earth. This building, on the same property as the high school and extending along Thirteenth Avenue northward from Montgomery, provided space for two hundred girls and included class rooms, laboratories, a library, and administrative offices. junior college. On March I, 1934, the school was fully accredited as a By March 19, after spring vacation, the new building was ready for use. The outdoor gymnasium and the athletic field were shared with the high school and "Everglade" was available to the girls for recreation and instruction. The resident m �mf -* -r -f -f J A J J J J J ��32 —$ —Si students of the college occupied a section of Scott Hall, the dormitory wing of the —Si preparatory school . In December of the same year the junior college chapel, adjacent to the new building, was finished. —Si It was named St. John Baptist in honor of the Com­ munity of the Sisters of St. John Baptist. The following May 26th, on the occasion of an alumnae tea, the cornerstone was blessed and three windows, forming a reredos behind the altar, were dedicated to the memory of Miss Mary Rodney. These windows--interpre- tations of the Nativity, Christ teaching in the temple, and the Sermon on the Mount-are now in St. Stephens Chapel on the Raleigh Hills campus. Tuition for day students in the regular junior college program was S85 per semester. For residents the basic charge was $350 the first semester and S250 the second. Special students could pay a small fee for each course taken. In 1939 the college established an affiliation with the Good Samaritan Hospital to enable young women to pursue a three-year program in nursing education. The entering student went into residence at the hospital nurses' home and pursued her academic work at the college. At the termination of the three years' work, she was awarded a certifi­ cate from the St. Helen's Hall Junior College and, on passing the state examination for the registration and examination of nurses, she was awarded the degree of Registered Nurse by Good Samaritan Hospital . J* J? The success of the nursing education program proved to the board that there was a need for more semi-professional and vocational education. This prompted them in 1940 to increase the curriculum to include secretarial training, nursery school assistant's training, and commercial art. J The student body of the college was active in organizations and publications. Nine school organizations awarded outstanding achievement and fostered interest in various fields: Angelas--an honorary service sorority for outstanding sophomore women. With its ideals of service and loyalty, membership was one of the highest honors that J could be received by a student. Curie--science honorary sorority. national dramatics honorary sorority. J Forum--a discussion and service group. International Relations Club--formed under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment to promote world A peace and understanding. / promote interest in athletics. A J A Delta Psi Omega-- college activities. activity. Studio Club--to study creative art, and to supply art work for Understudy Club--freshman drama club, Athletic Association--to H Club--for those interested in sports as an extra-curricular Soon after the opening of the college the students organized a school publication �m 33 known as The Hall Tree. This paper was awarded the Tercentenary Memorial Award by The National Educational Association for "outstanding contribution to education during the last school year." The junior college annual was called the Scintilla. In addition to pictures of the graduates and outstanding girls and events, it included short stories, poems, reports, and messages from the administration. The junior college continued to be administered by its own board of trustees, a governing board, and a dean. The trustees at the time of World War II were Bishop Benjamin Dagwell, Mr. A. M. Ellsworth, Mr. Clarence Porter, Judge J. Hunt Hendrickson the Rev. R. A. Court Simmonds, the Rev. Arther Mockford, and the Rev. Lansing Kempton . The governors were the president of the board of trustees, the officers of the Sisters of r" St. John Baptist, the dean, the dean of social studies, and the registrar. After World War II, the college was in need of more adequate facilities which would have involved considerable indebtedness. The board, after long deliberation, decided against assuming this responsibility and, in 1947, the junior college was dis­ continued . <s*= ft i Q * ffg (Ok 4 rg ((A ■!g fg 0, �m j- J M J J J J A A A A A VII UNCERTAINTY AFTER THE SISTERS The sisters had relinquished the management of the school before the closing of the junior college. At the time of their departure, there were five departments, each with its own catalogue: the nursery and the elementary, which were co-educational; the middle high school (6th, 7th and 8th grades), the upper school and the junior college. The school occupied four buildings, Morris Hall, Scadding Hall, Scott Hall (the dormi­ tory), and the frame building across 13th Avenue. Morris Hall was designed by Mr. Stanford White, the well-known architect who designed the Portland Hotel and the Union Station in Portland. St. Helen's Hall, under the direction of the nuns, always maintained high academic standards and was fully accredited by the State Department of Education and the Northwest Association of Secondary Schools. The decision of the sisters to relinquish their direction of the institution caused a great upheaval in the administration. To reorganize the management without the sisters who received no reimbursement for their work, and to find people suitable in education, ability, and temperament was indeed a stupendous task and responsibility. tried in vain to secure another order of nuns. The bishop There was no teaching order which was in a position to assume the direction of another school, and, of course, an order trained in some field other than teaching would not have qualified. The board asked Miss Rita York to assume the position of principal of the Hall. She previously had been the head of the pre-school. She held this new position until April when Mrs. Gertrude Fariss was asked to assume the duties of director with Miss Esther Birch as principal of the upper school. as dean of the junior college. Mrs. Fariss maintained her position In 1946 Mrs. Harriet Pusey was hired as principal of the upper school to replace Miss Birch who had left. In 1947, at the time of the closure of the college, Mrs. Fariss resigned as director of the Hall, and an entirely new adminis­ tration was installed. The Rev. Arther Vall-Spinoza became the director and �1 & 35 & Miss Elizabeth Anderson was asked to be principal of the upper school . Father & Vall_Spinoza was the young rector of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Portland. & He had been on the board of trustees for several years, was interested in education and * eager to put his ideas into practice. departments of the school. His position of director involved overseeing all It was he who gave the name of Hood School to the lower school, and he also included boys in all classes through the eighth grade. Although Father Vail was liked by all who knew him, and Miss Anderson was a good principal, again there was no wholehearted approval of the results of their labors. In 1949 Miss Jane Allen Saxon and Miss Lois Robison followed Father VailSpinoza in the administration of the Hall. They recently had returned to the United States from Africa where they had been directing a missionary school. Miss Saxon was to be the head of the upper school and Miss Robison the head of the lower school. This division of duties was soon modified, and the result was that Miss Saxon became the headmistress and Miss Robison her assistant. principal of the lov/er school. Mrs. Marion Owens became the Miss Saxon and Miss Robison remained at the school for four years, longer than the others during this period of transition, and it was an interesting period for faculty and students alike. Miss Saxon, a very tiny woman, was a perfectionist and outspoken in her con- victions. It v/as her strong belief that the value of an independent school lay in offering to the students those advantages which were over and above those available in the public schools. Religious training, social training, careful supervision of appearance and manners. and high academic standards were strongly emphasized at the Hall during this time. The students were inspected as they marched into chapel every morning, and no student with a wrinkled jumper or ungroomed hair escaped the scrutinizing eye of Miss Saxon. Any girl who dared to march in line with conspicuous signs of makeup was quickly removed from the line and told to wash up! administration. The school was spotless during their An unexpected visitor might have seen the Misses Saxon and Robison v/hen they first arrived rushing by with mop in hand endeavoring to bring the school to their unusually high standards of order and cleanliness. Luncheon was always served by the maids and, even on school days, ice cream was never brought to the table without the dish being placed on a lovely doily. There were many formal functions in which the girls took part, and one formal dance a month was not unusual. Receiving lines in and ms? & �"1 9v y» J A A A A A A A A A 36 out were a part of every dance. Gloves and hats were an integral part of the wardrobe, and never did chaperone, teacher, or pupil go to town without both hat and gloves. fact, to attend a tea even in Scadding Hall, hats and gloves were required. In This disci­ pline was taken for granted by the girls and few really objected to it. Faculty meetings were conducted in a formal manner also. tea and elegant cookies served with doilies and the best silver. Every one enjoyed The agenda was always typed and business-like, but even so, the meetings often lasted into the dinner hour. The "ladies, " as they were called, had a great fondness for animals. Miss Robison owned a dog named Jiggs, Miss Saxon a Siamese cat named Tasha, both well-behaved members of the school family. On occasion a boarder was permitted to keep a cat. Every Sunday, tea was served by Miss Saxon and Miss Robison in their house on Fourteenth Avenue, where at one time the junior college boarders had lived. Father Neville Blunt, the chaplain, was often there talking to the students who were invited. These women were strong, high church Episcopalians and believed that those teaching in an Episcopal School should be Episcopalians. They also highly disapproved of all Christmas cards which used any motive other than a religious one. One of the things which did please the faculty and students was the traditional birthday telegram sent to the person celebrating a birthday that day. The school was maintained in strict order during their four years of administration. Miss Saxon was extremely outspoken and always strived to secure better salaries for the teachers and better learning conditions for the students. Progress reports were re­ quired from all the teachers, and class work and instruction were carefully watched. In 1952 the board accepted their resignations when they retired. They live now in Florida. The Hall’s finances after the departure of the nuns had gone from bad to worse. None of the administrators had been experienced in financial administration during this period of fiscal crisis, and the additional salaries required to replace the sisters were a tremendous strain on the budget. In 1950 there was great danger of not meeting the June payroll, and it was due largely to the sale of "Everglade" that the bills were paid that year. In 1953, with a deficit of $30,000 facing the board, the situation was acute.* *The Board of Trustees at this time consisted of Bishop Dagwell, Mr. William Adams, Mrs. H. M. Bouvy, Mr. R. M. Colwell, Dr. H. C. Fixott, Mr. C. K. Gabriel, Mrs. Walter Holman, Dr. Lansing Kempton, Mrs. Thomas Sharp, Rev. George Swift, Rev. George Turney, Mr. William Knight, and Col. Charles Ott. ��^9/ 37 Mrs. Gertrude Houk Fariss was asked to return to the Hall to assume its direction. She was particularly well-suited for this task with her great executive ability and her years of academic and administrative work at the Hall in the upper school and junior college. It was with a wel I - justified feeling of hope and encouragement that the board faced the coming year. Parents, faculty, and alumnae were called upon to help the school. Com­ mittees were formed, plans were made, and everyone displayed great cooperation in & Jf' helping to put the Hall back on a secure financial course. In April, 1955, at the end of Mrs. Fariss1 first year as director, a report was published informing the parents, students and friends of the activity and progress of the year. Bishop Dagwell, president of the board, thanked the board, and said that "he could write with more confidence about St. Helen's Hall at this time than he had been able to in the last six years." of the year of progress, and told of the board's coordination of its activities with parents, staff and church in order to obtain maximum benefits for the school. A A J A A Decisions on policy and operation were made with continuity of operation in mind rather than expediency. Mrs. Fariss spoke of her conviction that the confidence sustained by loyal friends and parents of the Hall had been fully justified. The report indicated the courageous manner in which the board of trustees and the administration had met the challenge of instituting business-like procedures, accurate accounting practices, and more efficient management in all departments. A careful analysis of expenditures was made in order to stay within the income of the school. Mrs. Fariss, in her message said: Through difficulties and fulfillments, hardships and rewards, bad times and good, through many changes of Administration, the Spirit of St. Helen's Hall has for 86 years remained constant and unfaltering. jr W J J J J J Mr. Fred Fowler, vice chairman, in his message spoke In weathering a major crisis, as the Hall did in 1954, the school was indeed fortunate in the leadership of Mrs. Fariss and in the cooperation and the many hours' work expended by the board, the administration, the teachers, friends and parents. Everything was needed: financial assistance, property improvements, new construction, sound business management, better public relations and, last but not least, increased enrollment. A new building for 125 pre-school children was built on Thirteenth Avenue for $70,000. The friends, faculty, parents and administration together helped to finish the building when the cost was soaring above the amount budgeted. They nailed plywood �38 (g and plasterboard into place, laid asphalt tile, and contributed uncounted hours of cheerful labor to make a pleasant, functional pre-school building. The March deadline was met and with great pride the building was turned over to Mrs. Clyde Wright, the principal. Repairs and improvements in buildings and grounds proceeded. through the 6th grade was established. Co-education Cm a The boarding department, the kitchen, and transportation organization were streamlined for greater efficiency and economy, Public 0* interest focused on the school as a result of a broad program of publicity and public Cm relations. Ca Parents became more interested in the school through greater participation. The enrollment increased, the financial condition improved steadily and, as always, the high academic standards continued to be upheld. The awards for outstanding achievement and the clubs to which the girls belonged v/ere a stimulating contribution to the student activities. cherished award was the Alumnae Award. In 1955 the oldest and most This was given to the graduating senior who demonstrated the most sound scholarship, constructive leadership, selfless school service, and loyalty to school ideas and traditions. The Dagwell Cup went to the girl who had tried to exemplify Christian character throughout the year. The Mary Rodney Award was conferred on Class Day to the graduating senior reflecting the qualities of character and decorum that were first established by Miss Rodney. There was (I) an Academic Honor Roll, and (2) the Mary Plaque, on which were inscribed the names of the students chosen to play the role of the Virgin Mary in the Christmas play. Boarders' Council actively carried out their duties. B_sharp Club, sang for school functions. The Student Council and the The Glee Club, known as the rg ft a Helenas was a select group whose membership was chosen for their evidence of strength of character, willingness to serve, and ability to lead. Helenas members served as Altar Guild for the chapel and served at Communion services. The Hallites, in red shirts and shorts, were the members of the basketball and ifi volleyball teams. The Delphic, the year book, published by the senior class, reflected ffg activities as well as accomplishments of the year. The Halltonian was a bi-weekly newsletter, presenting news and relating current events to all members of the school a community. r* Great activity stirred in the various academic departments. were studying French artists as well as belles lettres. maps to bring to life the story of the Odyssey. The French students <TM i The English I class made relief The biology class undertook to assemble ■ r4 . «4 (fi i ��A 39 and cultivate several hundred spring bulbs and later made a gift of the collection to the Hall garden. Latin came to life through Latin diaries, menus, and Roman models. Church symbolism and related subjects were enhanced by a display of vestments assembled by the Christian education classes. Nor was the social side of life forgotten . At the beginning of the school year the traditional Old Girl-New Girl Tea was held in Scadding Hall or, when the weather permitted, on the lawn outside. In October the juniors sponsored "Red Letter Week," amid carnival atmosphere, to finance the junior-senior prom in the spring. During the annual Christmas dinner party Santa distributed presents, and all looked forward to the elegant Christmas formal, the social highlight of the school Christmas season. The real climax of the week, however, was the traditional dramatic presentation of the Christmas story, and the announcement of the selection of the girl to portray the Virgin Mary. The play often was presented in the chapel accompanied by the music of the glee club. in the year, on Valentine's Day, the fathers were invited to dinner with the girls. was always great fun for guests and hostesses alike. informal dance in February. Later This The sophomore class sponsored an Sometime during the spring the senior class traditionally exercised its prerogative of skipping classes for one day to be spent at the beach or on Mt. Hood and each year the junior class dutifully welcomed them home with a large bouquet of flowers. council. The spring May Fete was a large program sponsored by the student Following the investiture of the court, the audience enjoyed a program of dancing, readings, and music. Always an exciting part of Class Day before commence- ment time was the tapping of each new member of Helenas with a yellow rosebud. In 1955 the fees for boarders were $1550 per year in the upper school and $1350 in the lower school. For day students they were $485 in the upper school and from S325 to $400 for the lower school. •z The pre-school fees were $540 for a full day and $280 for a half-day .* (g g rg *The Country Fair has been the principal money-raising project for St. Helen's Hall since the early I950's. It originated as a two day antique and hobby show where stamp, rock and other collections were on exhibit. The project soon grew into a considerable "fair" with ponies, games, etc., etc., etc. added to the activities. All parts of the school were involved: parents, teachers, students, staff, friends. Much good was done and is done by the funds laboriously earned for the school in this way. T. a Cg q tea ��> -n > X m 70 > c O X m to O Z Z m 70 z £ o 70 70 GO X > �40 The uniform for girls was a navy blue jumper and a short sleeved blouse topped with a dark blue blazer. Each wore a colored scarf to indicate her class. required to reach mid-calf, often barely missing the tops of bobby socks. the lower school wore navy blue cords, white shirts and pullover sweaters. Skirts were The boys in The chapel veils of the 1920's and 1930's, so difficult to keep straight on the girls' hair, had been replaced with "beanies." The school continued to grow and prosper. Dagwell as chairman of the board. Bishop Carman succeeded Bishop The buildings of the school then consisted of Morris Hall, which housed the chapel, administrative offices, library, classrooms, science laboratory, dining rooms, infirmary, staff bedroom, kitchens and laundry; Scott Hall, a resiidence for upper school boarders; the Mary Rodney House for senior residents; and Scadding Hall which contained the auditorium and stage, the music and art studios and the party kitchen. The lower school building, formerly the junior college building, contained class rooms, a domestic science unit, a chapel seating approximately two hundred, and a library. quadrangle. The covered outdoor play area and gymnasium completed the On the opposite side of Thirteenth Avenue was the pre-school with large play areas on either side, a parking lot, and the home of the lower school girls who were residents. JJ J J J J J J J J a A A A A Everything here was in keeping with the age group accommodated and was gay and suitable for the younger student. This remained the residence for the lower school and was always called "the cottage." Generally the students living there were in the fifth through eighth grades, but there were at times third graders, and once even a first grader lived there. (This little girl came from Alaska. boarding high school students at the Hall . Her two older sisters were Their mother had died and their father, seeking a solution, sent the little girl with her older sisters to Portland, where they successfully made their difficult adjustment with the help of the staff at the Hall.) The academic curriculum was strong and was supplemented by a broad and varied program of physical education. The latter included team sports, swimming, modern dance, calisthenics, and classes in health and education. Courses in home nursing, life saving, and first aid were given, at the end of which most of the students earned Red Cross certificates. Horseback riding at a local academy, and skiing classes at Mt. Hood were arranged for those who were interested. available to every student. Special counseling was A religious program designed to give the students a ��I , "T $ ^MrS-rfe1 S5 -i > i -f J j a A A l A GROUP OF STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE AUDITORIUM IN SCADDING HALL �m ! 41 knowledge of the Bible and a concept of Christian ethics looked forward to the future life of every young woman. Chapel services began the day for students, faculty, and administration . rk The school was progressive and liberal, yet demanding in its philosophy. The rk ' following is from the I960 catalogue: Students are self-governing insofar as is consistent with their ability and experience. They are encouraged to meet informally to work out difficulties of adjustment and temperament. They are expected to be loyal to one another, to the faculty, and to the traditions of St. Helen's Hall . It is further expected of all students at all times and in all places that they will conform to the standards of the School. fk rk k &== V V1 �w VIII MOVING AGAIN St. Helen's Hall has always been able to adapt itself to the trends and needs of the times, to survive the many changes it has been forced to make. Another was to occur in 1964 after the state highway department had informed the school of plans for a freeway to bisect the school grounds. to vacate the premises. The Hall was given the deadline of June, 1964, The board found and purchased thirty-two acres of rural land which formerly had been the Nicol Riding Academy. Plans for the construction of another new home for the school began immediately. At the time of this change,the faculty, residence personnel and office staff numbered over fifty people. The pre-school had an enrollment of almost one hundred children three, four, and five years old; the lower school included almost two hundred boys and girls; and the upper school had an enrollment of one hundred girls. The resident department housed sixty-two girls coming from cities and towns throughout Oregon, Washington, California, other continental Western states, Alaska and Hawaii. Filled to capacity, the department was faced with refusing qualified students because of the shortage of space. Graduates of the Hall attended Smith, Radcliffe, Mt. Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, Cornell, Chatham, Dickenson, Carleton, Lawrence, Principia, Stanford, Scripps, Mills, Occidental, Whitman, Willamette, and state universities. In September of 1964, St. Helen's Hall began another chapter in its long career. The big move from Hall Street to the suburban campus in Raleigh Hills began in June, even before commencement. It was a busy summer for everybody connected with the school, but the labor and enthusiasm of faculty, parents, and board members J J J j j: j JL JL AA made this tremendous task possible. During a ceremony outside Morris Hall, the cross high above the chapel came down to be moved to the new wooded campus. With the aid of a hook and ladder, firemen were able to remove the cross from the steep roof �(T) oo > on —I I m > m ■n O 73 —i m — _, !Z z OZ^ ^ -*- O qSS-" rcm •■ >1 30 on ' ^ < 30 ~n 73 m z on [I I >;o 30 03 o8x O <m > -< ron .Z. on on to -21_ _ 73 (~) -L 7<ror Z ■< m l/l>ZO o — I > 7- mZ I Pm oOm > ~o £ > CD^ z^O m 30 O rz to — to to 30 J o x_ > 30 o Z^oon 4*. 0s^ m J> m ~d —i ' Xm 7s O m 73' lOfl "D 03 [D suiSx’:-- to to o 3 “* -z-o ^^30 s>0 ■ zI >9=4 ' �A A J J J A A A A J A A A 43 many stories above the ground. Inside the cupola, and unseen by the many spectators, was custodian Frank DeKay who unbolted the shaft which anchored the cross. then tied the cross to the ladder and slowly lowered it to the ground. Firemen Mrs. David Charlton rang Miss Rodney's brass school bell and told of some of the favorite nooks in the old building which had special significance for those who had spent school days there. (Several generations of students had found the organ pipe loft above the chapel a fascinating spot!) Dr. Lansing Kempton of Trinity Church gave an invocation and spoke of the time-worn, historic building. Assistant Fire Chief Ray Dunford, husband of the school's executive secretary, spoke of the excellent fire record of the school. Accom­ panying the cross on its journey to the new campus was the old cornerstone bearing the date of the founding, and removed this time from the junior college building. When this historic marker was firmly strapped to the van, the moment had arrived, and away the school family went to Raleigh Hills. The historic school bell was moved from its site in the gymnasium to its new campus location. Given to Bishop Morris by St. Luke's congregation in Germantown, Pennsylvania, this huge bronze bell had been brought around the Horn in 1870. It was moved from location to location as time progressed, and for many years hung in the outdoor gymnasium. A girl rang it every morning at school time. When the gymnasium was moved to the corner of Thirteenth and Montgomery, adjacent to the junior college chapel, the bell was placed in the east end and remained there until its transfer to the new school site in 1964. It is a traditional June ceremony that the seniors on the night of commencement ring the bell one time for each year of the school's age. At the new school the bell is hung in a shelter especially designed by Lewis Crutcher, the architect, visible to all who approach the campus and a reminder of the continuity of the spirit of the Hall as it journied to four different campuses in one brief century. �n co 70 m 95 o S — Z O,o -< ^ c oo U z co Z3 > O <£ -o ~T 1=0 Oi> 0^0 -n ^ Z —m m [Z iz-r °° oo I m I 0^0 0^0 73 L T1 iO m to ^0 x£ mZ iilliiili: -O > cn c CO ^ m On Si< — m -n □ to • --T0 ^ on — xi > I>1 55gIP —o 03 ^ CD > -H ^ m I O m n 0 Q r- O O £Oz n < 70 $o >^ oo S. *wiSl5 Et2 �IX WITH BISHOP DAGWELL HALL In 1965, a companion school. Bishop Dagwell Hall, opened for resident and day boys in grades seven through twelve. Bishop Dagwell Hall in its first year. Mr. John Hodgdon was the principal of He had arrived in Portland several months pre­ vious to the fall opening of the school and spent long and enthusiastic hours talking -f to groups of prospective students, arranging for equipment to be purchased, and generally working on the new organization. The next year he left Portland to assume a position in the East and Mr. Marvin Burke, dean of boys in the school's first year, assumed the principalship. In 1967 the Rev. David Leech, headmaster of a school in the East, was appointed principal of Dagwell Hall. as director of St. Helen's Hall . Mrs. Gertrude Fariss remained During this time each school followed an independent course. J In the fall of 1967, after her long and productive years at the Hall, Mrs. Fariss submitted her resignation to the board, to take effect at the end of the 1968 school year. In the spring, a large banquet for several hundred guests at the Hilton Hotel paid her tribute. J J J J J J J J J J s. j J J A A A AA Senator Mark Hatfield spoke of her many contributions to education made during his administration as the Governor of Oregon, and the board of trustees spoke words of gratitude for her fine achievements. Mrs. Fariss was given a sabbatical year's leave of absence after which her retirement would take effect. The schools' trustees decided to unite the two institutions under the leadership of one headmaster, the Rev. David Leech. Subsequently, at the diocesan convention in 1968, the church, as a practical convenience for conducting the business affairs of the two schools, accepted the name Oregon Episcopal Schools as a sensible "umbrella" name for the coordinate institutions. It was emphasized, however, that neither school was to lose its identity as St. Helen's Hall or Bishop Dagwell Hall. In addition to the �o0 w m -i c F o S. m m 3s 05 *n oo on-00 •~1 O <m I 73 m m SQ zO oo 73 SO m —1 i<z m m m 73 to _p CT > o Z3° O 73 73 m —i —I 73 73 > 71 73 Q ^ S. _ m _, o m0S z_ *o o O CO 73 —| >x —i O 73 ^rm> 03 Z > OO ?Z -O 0 c m m Im o£ Z3 go <r>> ^ Z Z' :-y-';.-,,"i i-r �O' o 3^: UZ Z on 3 3 Q_ j Q < zU <LU *” Q . Q Z < Qon £< 1 2* 2 T u 1 OP oy z °O' LU j. t on 1— h 2 ip ■ A , |fc 4 »m : �—I _J 18 ux 2u C£ LO Q_ O' ,-UU _ Q_ o_i OO _J Z< uj X ^ oo ■jj 5 (_) oo oo ^n LU (J UO <?; 2 ° Q°° <-J LU <C X q- O IU i l l CL­ UJ LU z 90 ><J) < UJ 0 c£ O �< C . l p -----1 Q —1 ^ LU 0$: g! >< dQ Q_ yi rv' LO LU CQ Q LU LL o <x _jO 9zO U 00 Jf Zc£ J £2 ^> 0 —T l< -> ^ 3 2 2 z >- L1J CQ X 2 2 00 2' 1 �ft I ft (A 45 appointment of a single headmaster as overall superintendent other appointments were ft ft made: Miss Claire Kleinschmit was made principal of the upper school of St. Helen's Hall, Mrs. Betty Jo Wright was made principal of the lower school, and Mr. Frederick ft Wood succeeded Mr. Leech as principal of Bishop Dagwell Hall. Acceptance of the new concept of coordinated schools was again a progres­ sive step for the Hall. The board for the two schools in 1968-69 included: ft ft the Rt. Rev. J. W. F. Carman, Chairman; Mr. Julian Cheatham, President; Mr. Robert ft Leedy, Secretary; Mr. Calvin Clements, Treasurer; the Rev. Duane S. Alvord; Mr. Philip Bogue; Mr. Ted Gamble; Mrs. Charles Heltzel; Mr. Ronald Honeyman; Mr. Daniel Kingsley; Mr. Willett Lake, Jr.; the Rev. Thomas Murdock; Mr. Carl Reynolds; Mr. John Schetky; Mrs. William T. C. Stevens, Jr.; Mr. Ralph Schlesinger; Mrs. Carl Strand; Mr. Fred Terrill, Jr.; Mr. Lome Turville; and the Rev. Don Walster. From the beginning, the conception of Bishop Dagwell Hall and its relation to its sister, St. Helen's Hall, called for coordinate rather than coeducational education. By this it was intended that two middle and upper schools--not one--would live side by side on the compact suburban campus. Several facilities would be used in common: the chapel, the library, the gymnasium, a laboratory suite, and the dining room. But the two schools were to remain two; the traditions of St. Helen's Hall were to remain intact and the new Bishop Dagwell Hall would be given every opportunity to develop its own traditions and procedures as a boys' school. Classes would be coeducational only when and if it served the best interests of the boys and girls. When it was Best to do so--and it was believed it would be often--boys and girls would be taught separately. The coordinated program would begin in the middle school. It was not to be coeducational, but would be, in the true sense of the word, a "bridge school," a preparation for the more mature analysis and study in breadth and depth found in the upper school. More advanced laboratory experimentation, special instruction in language arts, mathematics, and science would prepare the student to assume the responsibilities of the academic requirements which lie ahead. This portion of the schools would serve as a social bridge, also, as these years hold much of the carefree fun and imaginative creativity of childhood as well as increasing growth toward maturity. The upper schools, grades 9 to 12, offer college preparatory courses of study in both Bishop Dagwell Hall and St. Helen's Hall. Small classes and careful counseling ft �46 produce students well prepared for entrance into colleges throughout the country. Mathematics at many levels, history taught as an increasingly sophisticated intellectual discipline, four or more years of Spanish, French, and Latin, biology, chemistry, physics, English composition, grammar, literature are some of the courses offered by highly trained and experienced teachers. activities in sports and the fine arts. Both schools encourage extracurricular The constantly increased and enriched cultural opportunities of Portland are seen and used as semi-curricular opportunities for students at the Halls. Non-academic events on the campus offer a variety and rich learning experiences. Informal and formal dances, soccer, basketball, wrestling, track, lacrosse, tennis and, for the girls, fencing and modern dance enhance the academic program. The development of Mt. Hood as a major American ski resort has added to the attrac­ tiveness of winter weekends for boarding students at the Halls. St. Helen's Hall, now as in the past, has many activities in which the student body participates: The Student Council is a keen, spirited group which leads in orga­ nizing student affairs in conjunction with the students of Dagwell Hall. The Delphic Staff, always searching for something representative to enliven its fine year book, has joined the boys' school in a cooperative publication. The Junior Red Cross actively encourages the girls to learn first aid as a sensible skill everyone should have. The Altar Guild is a large group which does as any altar guild does and must do in a school with more chapel services, weekly, than most parish churches! Affiliations group is interested in people of other lands. in Arundel, Southern Rhodesia, and Sapporo, Japan. J J 2 2 2 2 A2 2 2 special group, as always. scholarship and service. The Foreign Sister schools to the Hall are The National Honor Society is a These girls keep alive the Helenas ideals of integrity, The Art and Literature Club promotes the creation of any form of art whether it be a painting, poem, or story, and works with modest success on an annual literary publication. The Boarders' Council works to create a home-like atmosphere for the boarders and seeks to handle day-to-day problems in group living. The Glee Club is an active organization which performs throughout the year and leads always in liturgical music in the chapel. �< ! (A 47 Ca And memories are not always reverent! Some recall with poorly suppressed mirth the skeleton from the biology laboratory devoutly propped in the chapel in the position of prayer. During the 1950's a few unnamed ones developed great skill in (a using mascara to simulate stocking seams, thereby giving the false impression that the required stockings were present. As always, authority seemed to deal lightly with those involved in such pranks, realizing how varied must be the many aspects of the (a liberal education of girls. % The Hall is one of the oldest church-affiliated schools in the West and appar­ ently the oldest Episcopal school west of the Rocky Mountains. Because it has always maintained a progressive attitude toward new educational concepts it has endured and grown. Its association with the church, its continuing strong efforts to develop char­ acter and a sense of moral responsibility in its students assuredly have contributed to its strength and ability to continue to serve a greatly changed society. In the second century of its life, St. Helen's is directed on a new course, in a new location and, again, with a new educational program. The same ideals: dedication to scholarship as a worthwhile and good calling; patient persistence in believing that schools can inculcate morality and character; teaching towards personal goals of fair leadership as v/ell as the skills to persevere in quiet service: these shall, with God's help, live another century in St. Helen's Hall. Her graduates and those of her brother school, Bishop Dagwell Hall, shall continue to bear, in their lives, the fruits of these con­ victions put to practice in the work of education. �- APPENDIX A THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION The first gathering of alumnae of St. Helen's Hall took place in 1894, when a "Reunion Tea" was given to commemorate the first quarter century of the school. This was a gala social function and the preparations were elaborate. The following account was published in The Oregonian: The guests were greeted by the Morrisses and the Rodneys and were welcomed into the parlor where Portland's loveliest matrons and maidens were assembled. The beautiful mantel was decorated with ivy and La France roses, and musicians dispersed sweet strains between the literary parts of the program. Reminiscenses prepared by Miss Evangeline Breck were read by Mrs. Horace Ogilvie (nee Sophie Holman) and an exquisitely delicate poem written by Mrs. Dudley Evans (nee Nellie Seeley, '77) was read by Miss Henriette Ellison Failing. After the program, the ladies adjourned to the Senior Room, which was adorned with roses and wax candles. Tea was served by Miss Lizzie Myrick and Miss Louisa who presided at the tea table. By 1903 the Alumnae Association, or Society of Graduates as it was also called, had elected officers and published a membership list. Officers at this time were Miss Martha Hoyt, president; Miss Henriette Ellison Failing, vice president; Mrs. William McKenzie, treasurer; Miss Bylieu Loundsbury, secretary; and Miss Alice Andrews, Jt assistant secretary. Every spring a tea was given to welcome the new graduates into the association. Jt jt j j j. :> j J It was a well arranged party, and to be eligibl e was something of which to be proud. There were no annual dues collected, but there was a ten dollar sum asked of every graduate which gave her a life membership in the association. was purchased and presented to the Hall. With this money a gift After a number of years it was suggested that, instead of a tea, a luncheon should be given and that an award should be made to the outstanding senior in the graduating class. Later again, the schedule was changed �-tp Ca 49 Ql to include two meetings a year, one a fall meeting and tea, and the other a spring meeting and luncheon where the award would be presented. 4^ It was hoped that this would enable the graduates to keep more in touch with each other and with the school. With the advent of the junior college and its graduates the question arose as to whether Q (a these graduates should become members‘of the Alumnae Association. There had been a precedent set in 1911 by the post graduate school, the graduates of which did become members. After great deliberation, the Alumnae Association decided to accept graduates Gk fA •of the junior college. Yet another group who had left the Hall came into prominence at this time. These were students who had attended the Hall for a few years and had moved away or & for some reason had changed to other schools. & It was believed that there were many of (a these who continued to be interested in the Hall although their secondary education had been continued elsewhere. For this reason the Alumnae Association decided to include & A all women who had attended the Hall as students even though they had not graduated. These were designated as associate members of the Alumnae Association. In 1957 the Alumnae Association, after a thorough study, established an endowment fund for the long-range benefit of the school. A small sum of money which, as the Mary Rodney Fund, had originally been designated for scholarships, was used as the nucleus of the endowment. It was felt that this type of fund could attract larger sums of money and would assist substantially in giving the school a much needed and sound financial structure. Each year, at the time of Miss Rodney's birthday in November, voluntary contributions have been received and added to the fund. Since its inception the earnings of the fund have been given to the school's building fund. However, when the income is large enough it can be used for scholarships, salaries, library resources and other legitimate needs as designated by the fund's trustees. The alumnae, with characteristic foresight, took the lead in anticipating and creating a financial instru­ ment whose care and growth may well be the key to the school's ability to live to serve a second century of children and young women. ! �r •i 50 St. Helen's Hall Alumnae Association Board Members, School Year 1969-70 President Mrs. David B. Charlton (Frances Spaulding) First Vice-president Mrs. Neil Mathisen (Nancy Collins) 1834 S. W. Vista Avenue 223-3391 2850 Wembley Park Road Lake Oswego Mrs. Richard Sichel Executive Secretary Miss Jeanette Jones III S. W. Harrison Street 228-5710 Recording Secretary Mrs. E. G. Richards (Anne Wentworth) 2792 S. W. Old Orchard Road Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Harry C. Clair, Jr. 1630 S. W. Clifton Street Treasurer Mrs. A. W. Butler (Sylvia Rawlinson) 223-7464 223-1027 (Mary Helen Spaulding) 4404 S. W. Twombley Street 244-9878 (Geraldine Hanny) Directors Mrs. Robert R. Helber (Rosalind Richardson) Mrs. Ivan Langley (Jean Langille) Mrs. Boyd MacNaughton (Joan Roberts) Mrs. George C. Reinmiller (Janice Wiecks) Mrs. Wellesley B. Taylor Jl 2 2 2 636-1018 6235 S. W. Nevada Court 246-8317 Second Vice-president 17328 Canyon Drive Lake Oswego 636-1272 1536 S. W. Elizabeth Court 222-3985 631 S. W. Evans Street 246-5903 13581 S. W. Fielding Road 636-1949 Lake Oswego 4265 N. E. Halsey Street (Catherine Mayhew) 287-9417 Miss Helen van de Water 1515 S. W. Cardinell Drive 223-5931 Mrs. Roger Warren 11828 S. W. Riverwood Road 636-6710 (Jill Stanford) > Advisor Mrs. Ronald J. Honeyman (Suzanne Caswell) Centennial Historian Mrs. Lansing Stout (Sally Reed) Honorary Alumna Mrs. Carl N. Reynolds 2767 S. W. Rutland Terrace 223-2035 01895 S. W. Palatine Hill Road 636-4472 2025 S. W. Mt. Hood Lane 227-5770 �T 'i T t ! ' i 1 Hi g �51 On May 2, 1903, Dr. A. A. Morrison, a trustee of St. Helen's Hall, called on the mother superior at St. John Baptist House, New York City, and proposed that the community undertake the management of St. Helen's Hall, Portland, Oregon, which proposal was made to the chapter and was accepted. June 29th, 1903 Diocese of Oregon The Board of School Trustees to The Mother Superior Sisters of St. John the Baptist, 213 East 17th Street, New York, N.Y. Madam: In confirmation of the proposition made to you by the Reverend A. A. Morrison, Rector of Trinity Church of this city, and a member of the Board of School Trustees of the Diocese of Oregon, the Board has formally instructed me to request your Order to take full charge > A -> > A A and control of St. Helen's Hall, commencing with the opening of the School year in September, 1904. It is understood as a part of this proposition that three Sisters are to come to the school about January first next, in order that they may arrive at an understanding of the character of the school, and of the work to be done before assuming charge, and in order that the pupils may become acquainted with them and their methods. The report of Dr. Morrison of his success in persuading you to take up this for us was received by the Board of School Trustees and by its president, the Right Reverend B. Wistar Morris, with great pleasure and with the fullest confidence that by this step the success of St. Helen's Hall in the future is assured. In behalf of the Board I beg to assure you that you will have the heartiest cooperation in the conduct of the School and in your efforts to make it what is v ery much needed on the Pacific Coast, a Church School in every sense of the word. I remain Yours Respectfully John K. Kollock, Secretary �<4^ 52 (4^5 The mother superior answered July 28, 1903. She requested that one of the stipulations wouid be that the sisters would return to the convent for their summer rest every three years and that the mother superior should visit the school once every two <4^? years. The expenses incurred should be paid from the school funds. This was later changed to two years for the sisters and one year for the mother superior. The sisters and the community did not receive any other remuneration. On April 7, 1904, the mother superior, Sister Elisa Monica and Sister Mary Blanche arrived in Portland. They were met by Dr. Morrison and were taken to the little cottage rented for them at 232 Stout Street. on June 15th but the sisters were not invited. Commencement was held at the Hall On June 30th Miss Tibbetts reluctantly & handed the keys to Sister Elisa Monica and the sisters moved into the Hall. On August 13th Sister Julia Frances and Sister Mary Katharine arrived from New York. & In September the Reverend W. A. M. Breck was appointed school chaplain by the Board of Trustees. School opened September 14, 1904, with a surprisingly good l enrollment in the day and in the boarding departments. Maria arrived. On October 16th Sister Agnes On October 1st the first celebration of the Holy Communion was held. The day scholars asked for Confirmation instruction. A class was formed. On November 30th, St. Andrew's Day, the Society of the Royal Banner was organized. On Christmas Day Mr. Edward Simpson celebrated at midnight. at 7:15 a.m. Mr. Breck celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were made associates of the community. On February 26th Sister Sara Josephine arrived. In March during Lent the members of the Royal Banner sewed once a week for missions; also miteboxes for the Easter offering for general missions were given to the pupils and teachers. On April 23rd, the bishop being ill. Confirmation was postponed until Easter 1 afternoon. The four first communicants received Holy Communion early Easter morning = and were confirmed in the afternoon. A reception followed. On June 8th the accounts of the Hall were sent in. S700 in addition to $400 for a student scholarship. was satisfied. The sisters contributed All bills were paid and the board a �r Jt 2 Jt 2 53 Portland, Ore., June 14, 1905 Elisa Monica, Sister Superior, C.S.J.B. St. Helen's Hall, Portland, Oregon. Madam: At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of School Trustees held yesterday, the following resolution was unanimously adopted and the Secretary was instructed to transmit a copy to yourself: "Resolved that the Board of School Trustees, having had under their consideration the final reports and accounts of St. Helen's Hall for the year ending 31st May, 1905, hereby desire to express in the strongest manner their hearty and unanimous appreciation and satisfaction of the able administration and management of the insti­ tution by the good Sisters of the Community of St. John the Baptist; and we desire to convey to them our best congratulations on the great success that has attended their labours in conducting the Hall. When we consider the many difficulties and opposition surrounding the good Sisters in the initial year of their undertaking, we regard the result of their work as an achievement worthy of the highest praise and commendation. "We deem this to be a fitting opportunity to convey to the Sister Superior and her colleagues of the Community of St. John the Baptist, a full expression of the confidence we have in their ability and the methods employed by them, and our hearty and best thanks for their services so ably rendered. " Your report and communication to the Board having been read the following resolution was also unanimously adopted: Resolved that the Board of School Trustees accepts with grati­ tude a generous donation of S700 made by the Community of St. John the Baptist to St. Helen's Hall; and in recognition of the liberal spirit which prompted the gift it is further "Resolved that the Board of School Trustees will at any time upon request of the Sister Superior of St. Helen's Hall contribute a like sum of S700 to the Chapel fund or such other fund as the Sister Superior may designate. And be it further "Resolved that the Secretary be instructed to communicate to the Mother Superior of the Community of St. John the Baptist the sincere thanks of the Board for the generosity evinced by this donation. " Will you please communicate these resolutions to the Mother Superior of your Order. Yours very truly, John K. Kollock, Secretary �& 54 On June 12th an operetta was presented by the younger students; on June 13th the junior recital and commencement concert were given. June 14th was the first commencement day beginning with Holy Communion and hymns in the morning. commencement was an entirely religious service. gave addresses. The Bishop Morris and Bishop Keeler The girls received their diplomas. On June 18, 1905 a resolution by the Convention of the Diocese of Oregon was passed as follows: Resolved: That this Convention desires to express its grateful appreciation of the manner in which the affairs of the School of St. Helen's Hall have been conducted by the Reverend Sisters of the Order of St. John the Baptist during the past year, for their devotion to the educational and religious training of the pupils committed to their charge, which must result in lasting good to these young persons and benefit to the Church in the Diocese of which this Institution is one of the Missions. Signed: Colonel J. McCracken During July and August, 1905, many repairs and much painting were accom­ plished both inside and outside the building. On September 15, 1905, the school reopened with a larger enrollment. On June 10, 1906, the Reverend A. A. Morrison preached the baccalaureate sermon, and conferred the diplomas on June 13th as the bishop had died on April 7th. On August 25th Sister Jessie Gertrude and Sister Virginia Dorothea arrived in Portland. Oregon. In September, 1906, Bishop C. S. Scadding was consecrated at La Grande, On October 12th the bishop arrived in Portland. Shortly after, he visited the Hall and spoke to the girls in the chapel. On February 16, 1907, the bishop blessed the new gymnasium on Fourth Street. On June 12th commencement was held in the new gymnasium. The girls wore white veils for the first time. On February 16, 1908, a retreat of one day for ladies was conducted by the Reverend H. G. Neimeyer Clinton of Vancouver, British Columbia, all very devotional and quiet, much more so than the year before. During the winter St. Helen's Hall re­ ceived the right of certificate to Wellesley College. successful enthusiastic alumnae meeting. On May 16th there was a very �c: 55 On June 17th the Bishop of Eastern Oregon made the address and gave the diplomas at commencement. In 1909 the sisters purchased a house in Montavilla to begin a training school for girls with problems. It was blessed by the bishop as St. Elizabeth's House November 30, 1909. In May, 1910, there was a scarlet fever epidemic in Portland near the Hall. One student in the kindergarten training class, Carrie Slever, died. The school closed for two weeks. The alumnae meeting on June 4th was very good and enthusiastic. of 1910 was the first to come into the alumnae association as a body. The class In November Father Huntington of the Order of Holy Cross gave a day's retreat for ladies at the Hall. In 1911 the kindergarten was given up and the building used for sixth and seventh grades. This year the day school reached the largest number we had ever had-- l57--but the boarding department was small. Owing to past deficits and the small number of resident students, the accounts were such that we had to borrow $2000 from the Community of St. John Baptist to pay the bills. On January 2, 1912, Sister Waldine Lucia arrived, St. Helen's Hall had a prosperous year and paid off all its debts except $500. In September, 1912, school opened with 45 resident pupils and fewer day 3 3 jt 3 3 3 3 3i students than usual. The presidential election, Miss Catlin's new school and the new Lincoln High School were causes, as well as some dissatisfaction with an arrangement which placed the "first academics" in the same room with the seventh grade. Sister Elisa Monica had returned to the convent and Sister Julia Frances was appointed sister superior that summer. On Thursday, September 3, 1914, about four o'clock in the morning fire broke out in the lift in the Hall. It was discovered by Mrs. Collins, nurse and chaperon. At the time of the fire, school had not opened. the maids and the sisters were in the house. One boarding student, one teacher, All escaped to safety, but Rebecca, our * * * * * # * faithful maid, nearly lost her life. At once mother superior left for Oregon with Sister Florence Teresa and �4^ & & 56 arrived in Portland on the 8th. r* In the meantime the new Bishopcroft was offered to the sisters. Sister Julia Frances with Dr. Morrison's help worked to get the gymnasium building in readiness for the opening of the school. Ten boarders were taken in at Bishopcroft and about 69 day pupils came when school opened on the 15th. In the spring St. Elizabeth's was given up and the income which was sent from the East was given to support the Hall during these times of trial . During the summer the old Bishopcroft on Everett Street and a smaller house were rented from the trustees. houses were badly in need of repairs. Both The sisters worked strenuously to get them in order for the boarders in September, 1915. Bishop Sumner, who had been elected bishop in the autumn of 1914 to succeed Bishop Scadding, took up residence in the new Bishopcroft after the sisters vacated. The school opened in September, 1915, with a slight increase in number of students. Only one girl, Ethel Malpas, was graduated in June, 1915. training school was reopened. building. The kindergarten teacher's The bishop, trustees, and sisters built a new kindergarten In the spring the gymnasium was moved to the site of the old Hall, and with the new kindergarten building formed the day school buildings. After the fire the community considered giving up the Hall . However, Sister Mary Angela, who had just resigned as mother superior because of ill health, asked to be sent out for three years on the condition that if at the end of that time the school was not prospering, the community should withdraw. Waldine Lucia took charge temporarily. In August, 1916, Sister Sister Mary Angela recovered. A third house on Everett Street was secured in the spring of 1916. The bishop and trustees built a chapel on the Vista Avenue ground adjoining the gymnasium. The sisters strongly felt there must be a change to improve the facilities. felt they were overcrowded and were not doing good work. They Sister Mary Angela, Sister Alice Ursula and Sister Waldine Lucia went to examine the Portland Academy building to see if it could be used for both boarders and day students. All the sisters thought it was very practical and after a few months of pressing this point with the bishop and trustees, the buildings and grounds were rented for the modest sum of 52,600 per annum. �w 57 On July I, 1918, they moved to the former Portland Academy. After a very strenuous summer all was ready in September for the reopening of the school. the property was purchased. mortgage of SI05,000. In 1920 Five thousand dollars was paid by the school with a large In June, 1920, an additional five thousand dollars was paid, which reduced the mortgage to $100,000. The school was very full that year. In the latter part of October and early November the school was closed for seven weeks because of the influenza epidemic. During part of that time Sister Alice Ursula, Sister Mary Elizabeth and Sister Waldine Lucia worked down in the auditorium nursing day and night. The auditorium was used as a hospital because all the hospitals were full to capacity. In October, 1920, the Reverend W. A. M. Breck, the chaplain, died in the chapel sacristy as he was preparing for evensong. The Reverend E. H. Clark became chaplain for the school . In 1921 the commencement was held in Trinity Church. In September Sister Katharine Angela arrived to help in the school. Marguerite was ill. On January 4, 1922, Sister Mary Angela became very ill again and she and Sister Marguerite went east. J J J J Jt Jt J 3 Sister Sister Waldine Lucia was appointed sister superior of the school and Sister Alice Ursula was made officially the assistant; Sister Katharine Angela became house sister. On April 1st the beautiful iron cross of Flemish design was erected on the chapel wing in memory of our beloved chaplain, the Reverend W. A. M. Breck. was the gift of the students and friends of the school. It Another valuable gift to the school was the Percival cabinet of very valuable minerals. In 1927 the enrollment increased to such an extent that it became necessary to have a new building for the lower school and an assembly hall. On June 1st Bishop Sumner wrote a very cordial letter to the mother superior, in which he told of being at commencement at St. Margaret's School in Boise, Idaho. He spoke of the dissatisfaction in the church at the large amount of money the general church was putting into the school and was pleased that St. Helen's Hall was indepen­ dent and offering "twice as much in religious instruction as any other Church School in ; the Province." This was extremely gratifying to us all. �58 & In July, 1928, the boarders made a better record in the college entrance board examinations than ever before. They had begun to take these examinations in June, 1920, as our own self-imposed outside test. It quickly brought up the standard Vs Vs Vs of the school. On March 4, 1927, after seven years of great struggle the mortgage was paid off and the Hall was ours. the future of the school. This was the result of Sister Mary Angela's great vision for The sale of the Vista Avenue property greatly helped in reducing the mortgage, but the sisters did not realize as much out of the sale proceeds as Sister Mary Angela had been promised in a lump sum; they were given small sums at various times as lots were sold. From June to August many improvements were made. In June, 1928, the American Chemical Essay Prize of twenty dollars in gold was won by a senior. Another senior, Janet Wentworth, won a five hundred dollar scholarship for Radcliff. A junior won the Beekman Prize of forty dollars given by the Oregon Historical Society. Emma Johnson won a three hundred dollar Radcliff scholar­ ship on her high record made in the college entrance examinations and was exempted from all freshman English and language courses. She also won the Barnard Scholarship. On April 26, 1929, Bishop Sumner presented Louise Holford with a gold cross and testimonial for bravery. She had helped rescue a little girl from drowning in Lake Oswego. In August Sister Agatha Louise took charge of the lower school. Elizabeth Roberta returned to the convent. Sister On October 10th Sister Mildred Eleanor arrived to take Sister Ellen Juliana's place as school sister. Sister Ellen Juliana returned to the East because of ill health. On January 9, 1930, the remainder of the school property at Vista Avenue was sold. In June the graduating seniors gave the school a beautiful Chippendale electric clock and the alumnae gave a gift of two hundred dollars. The girls gave the bishop one hundred seventy-five dollars for his trip abroad. The financial condition of the country was very grave during this period. On June 23rd the auditorium building was begun; it was planned to make a large addition for classrooms, etc. a. �w '*■ 59 On September 1st Father Richard F. Ayres, a splendid young priest, became chaplain. A need for a recreation house for the boarders to direct their excess energy was made known to the trustees. On September 20th the trustees investigated the Oswego property and were greatly pleased with it. On October 1st the house at the lake became the property of the school for seven thousand dollars. be done. Boats were donated and a house was built. There was much to The house was called Everglade as the point was much under water; also the name composes the initials of the senior boarders. A car for transportation was needed as the bus was too expensive. On January 19, 1931, a custom built Lincoln car was purchased from Mrs. Malarkey for twelve hundred dollars. was built. It held eleven people and was a wonderful help. A garage Many gifts were given by alumnae and friends for Everglade. On March 7, 1931, a quiet day for ladies was conducted by Father Joseph, O. S. F., with many present. The sisters gave many addresses at Salem, St. Mark's, etc. On December 4, 1931, there was a big run on the banks. Sister Waldine Lucia had difficulty getting enough cash to pay the teachers, but was able to get one-half the amount after sitting waiting for four hours. After ten days things were better. On March 4, 1932, the sisters' little chapel at Everglade was built, which was a wonderful spot. At this time pressure was put upon the sisters to open a junior college, as a new ruling had been made by the University of Oregon that they would not accept post-graduate work from any school to meet a student's entrance requirements. 3 Jt On November 22, 1933, at a momentous meeting of the trustees, it was decided to let the sisters build a college building at a cost of twenty-three thousand dollars, which was to come from student drive funds, plus a small mortgage of nine thousand dollars. The cost of the chapel of three thousand dollars and a window at fifteen hundred dollars was to come from special funds given many years ago for a chapel fund in Sister Elisa Monica's time. On December 4, 1933, an elevator given by the trustees was installed. December 28, 1933, the ground was staked off for the new building, necessitating ft On �60 removal of many beautiful trees. On January 10, 1934, a simple ceremony was held that was attended by the faculty, students of both schools and the trustees. Sumner turned the first spade of earth for the college building. Bishop Mary Janelle, who & acted as the flag bearer during the ceremony, was the daughter of Mrs. J. A. Janelle who had attended the laying of the cornerstone in 1890 at Vista Avenue. & On March I, 1934, we were unanimously accredited as a junior college. On May 26th there was a big alumnae tea and unveiling of the cornerstone and blessing of the chapel windows. first graduating class presided. Mrs. C. C. Strong and Mrs. F. R. Strong of the These windows are now in the new chapel at St. Helen's Hall v/ith three new panels made much later by the same artist. On June 3rd baccalaureate was at Trinity Church. preached. Bishop Crosse of Spokane On June 5th the high school commencement was held at Trinity, and on June 6th the college commencement was held there also with the college instructors in the procession. Dr. Coleman of Reed College gave the address. In June a set of muses that had been given by Professor Thornton were put in the college library. The originals had been executed in 1809 from sculptures then in Paris. September 13, 1934, eight days after school opened. Sister Katharine Angela became ill and returned to New York on November 4th. Sister Margaret Helena, a novice, who was known by many at the school as Miss Forney, was sent out to help. Sister Katharine Angela returned April 12th, glowing with happiness at being at work and at St. Helen's Hall again. She took up the direction of the boarding department and the planning and direction of the music and social activities for commencement. On Saturday evening, June 1st, she and sister superior stayed with the girls at the dance. Sister Katharine Angela was lettering the girls' names on the diplomas. After the party she said good-night to sister superior about twelve-thirty, and sister superior said, "Now go to bed quickly, sister, tomorrow will be a long day." The next day was baccalaureate Sunday. Both St. Helen's Hall and the junior college were to have their service at Trinity Church in the morning and there was a picnic and torch-light procession planned at the lake house in the evening. �E wm 61 Sunday, June 2nd, Sister Katharine Angela did not come to the early service. As soon as it was ended, sister superior went to her room to see what was the trouble and found she had passed away. When Dr. Margason came he said death had come instantly and probably just as her head had touched the pillows. I"- It was a very great shock and the sisters thought it better not to tell the girls that day because it was meant i * J: Jt Jt 3 A to be a happy day for them. However, many of them sensed something was wrong, even though out of their love they tried not to show it and entered into all the festivity that had been planned. They were told the next day, and all of the commencement activi­ ties were carried out with a spirit of dedication to sister's memory and with the under­ standing that it would have been her desire. When we checked the diplomas we found Sister Katharine Angela had finished the last one. Bishop Sumner officiated at her funeral in the junior college chapel the morning of June 5th. He wrote a very beautiful prayer of thanksgiving for her life and work which he read at the end. He, himself, was soon to answer his own call. The bishop also wrote a tribute to sister for the Oregon Churchman, parts of which are quoted below. Sister Katharine Angela was a graduate nurse from St. Luke's Hospital in New York. She had planned to become a missionary nurse. She ministered to the students, caring for them in many emergencies. As an artist, the products of her pen and brush adorn everything in connection with St. Helen's Hall and Ever­ glades. As a musician, the high standard of music of the Hall was to her credit. Whatever she touched, however common, was made beautiful. She spread sunshine with her ever prevailing cheerfulness and changed many clouds into bursts of joy and happiness. In charge of the boarders she was a mother to the precious children who were under her guidance, and were made better and happier for their contact with her. As a member of the Community, her life was one of constant consecration and the living embodiment of the ideal of the Order, "Ilium oportet crescere, me autem minui, " "He must increase but I must de­ crease." We who knew her, the students and faculty with whom she was associated, knew her but to love her and we sadly miss her. May she rest in peace! Sister's body was laid to rest in the plot Miss Percival had given the sisters at Riverview Cemetery on the slope of the hill facing Mt. Hood. Bishop and �& 62 Mrs. Scadding are buried nearby. All the expenses including the cross on her grave & were paid by the trustees. & In September, 1935, there was a very full school in the high school and in the college. On September 4th Bishop Sumner died. acc epted election to the diocese. On October 29th Bishop Dagwell On December 24th the college girls sang carols at the hospitals and the old people's home, and then returned and sang at the college. In January, 1936, Charlotte Lee, a junior, presented to the college chapel a very beautiful font that she had made. fe* fee fee fee It was given in memory of Miss Lee's father, John Henry Brooks. Dean Dagwell was consecrated in Trinity Church as Bishop of Oregon on February 12, 1936. On March 1st the Jewel School property across 13th Avenue was purchased for S7,500 on a mortgage. On April 21st the first school bus was purchased. fee It was very helpful. On June 2nd, Mr. Howard, State Superintendent of Schools, gave the address for the college commencement. On September 7th the college nursing department was begun. On October 31st Father Keiter was ordained priest in the school chapel. girls sang splendidly. The fe= Mr. Denton played. On January 28, 1937, the diocesan women's auxiliary held a business meeting and luncheon in the auditorium. On February 13, 1937, a ladies' retreat was conducted by Bishop Dagwell. fee At Confirmation by the Bishop there were seventeen girls, three of whom were from the college, and Mrs. Esther MacDonald, secretary of the school. On February 18th the Bishop celebrated his first mass in the college chapel for the college girls who had breakfast with him afterward. Catherine Boydon won the state Gorgas Prize and also a scholarship for Mills College. On June 8th, the Bishop of Houston gave the baccalaureate address. In June 1937, the alumnae association redecorated the parlor. �63 In September the Knapp Memorial Fund founded by the Mother's Club of the college gave three partial scholarships for the college in memory of our former gym teacher, Mrs. Nan A. Knapp. Mrs. Walker, college registrar, one of the faithful women who helped to build the college, left to go to Columbia. This was a great loss to us. All the desks were taken out of the classrooms and small tables and chairs were substituted to meet the needs of modern techniques. October 21, 1937, the mortgage on the college building was paid in full. In December 1937, the high school and college girls took care of St. Philip's and the Japanese Mission's Christmas trees. institutions. Three groups of girls sang at various They gave a very excellent presentation which was well prepared. In March 1938, Sister Waldine Lucia, Mrs. Fariss, Sister Mildred Eleanor and Miss Brace went to Spokane for the Northwest Education Association meeting. On May 4th, the International Relations Club of the college and high school went to the Lake House for dinner and discussions for two nights, which was very helpful for the school. January 1939 started driving lessons for the girls. J J J J Jt P P P p p p p p p p \p. The following is a letter from Bishop Benjamin Dagwell to Sister Waldine Lucia. The Bishop of Oregon 720 S. W. Washington Street Portland June 8, 1939 My dear Sister Waldine Lucia: Now that the shouting is but an echo, I want to congratulate you on another fine year at St. Helen's Hall and Junior College. The more I see and hear of the work the more I appreciate the extent of your burdens. You and your Sisters are doing a grand job as educators and missionaries, I am proud to have a small share in your work and I want you and your associates to know that it is deeply appreciated. I hope and pray you will get some rest this summer and that each one will return refreshed in the Fall. Material help will be provided eventually and you must not sacrifice yourselves for the sake of saving necessary help to carry some of the responsibilities. Faithfully yours, Benjamin Dagwell �64 August- 28, 1939, a conference of church workers was held here for the week. Members lived in the wing; lectures and services were held in the college. On September 1st a new chaplain, Father A. A. Va 11 - Spinosa, began his duties. In 1940 Mrs. Walter Beebe gave the Hall a pipe organ composed of over onethousand pipes. This was a wonderful gift. On March 14th, Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Kingery (Marian Farrell, a graduate of *0* the Hall) were confirmed in the school chapel. In 1940 the college chapel communion rail was given in memory of Bishop Sumner by the Mother's Club of the college. This was a very active club. On April 25th, the Gray house was purchased because the boarding department was overcrowded. The lower school boarders were moved there. On August 25th, the bishop asked us to take charge of Ascension Chapel Sunday School, which was a big undertaking, but we felt we must do it. Sister Agatha Louise and Sister Margaret Helena and the students helped. On September 9th, school opened with an enrollment of over four hundred. We had to utilize a classroom as a dormitory. On November 7th, Charles Blum, our faithful janitor, had an accident and was killed. He had been with the Hall for twenty-seven years and was most devoted. This was a great loss to all . March 29, 1941, a ladies' retreat was conducted by Father Keiter. On April 9th, the school was evaluated by the Northwest Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and given a superior rating. We were asked to be on the curriculum program project under the State Department of Education. In May the Synod met in Portland. hundred guests. The school gave a tea with over three The sister superior was asked to address the Synod. In August 1941 the war affected our enrollment; it was very small. In October our funds were very low; we tried in every way to reduce expenses. The main building was not heated after 3:00 p.m. We had only two men who drove the car and bus, no chaperone, and only six maids which included the cafeteria help. Ops �£ 65 On December 7th, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. , • •• war basis: blackouts for four days, no radios allowed. r school alarm system. r School was put on a We were tied in with the public Evacuation plans were made ready in case of need. In January, a meeting of the Good Samaritan Hospital authorities was held, ■ and it was decided to keep the college open during the summer for the nurses' training, as requested by the Governor. Sisters and girls began taking first aid classes. On March 7th, there was a quiet day for the college. themselves. The girls managed it Father McDonald was the conductor. On June 22nd, a submarine shelled the coast near Seaside, causing great anxiety. Sister Mildred Eleanor and Sister Agatha Louise were there. On August 16th, Dr. Claude E. Sayer became our new chaplain. In September the pre-school was open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.--long hours but part of our war work. 1 helped in the dining room, etc. effort. > We had no maids owing to war conditions. The girls had a great sense of doing this as their war The lake house was used every weekend. This was soon to stop as gasoline rationing was begun within a month. In 1942-43 we had a large boarding department and day school. severe winter. Jt Jt Jt 3 3 Boarders Fuel oil was rationed. We were cut severely. It was a very There was food rationing also, which caused great anxiety. On April 10th, a quiet day for ladies was held. Mr. Richardson gave the meditations. On April 28th, $10,000 of government war savings bonds were purchased with funds from the school special savings fund, general savings and from the checking account. P P P p P P p P P P P P r * On May 4th, the diocesan convention met. ladies. Sisters gave meditations to the Sisters spent two days on the convention. In December, 1942, Sister Alice Ursula, who had worked at the Hall for a number of years after the fire, was elected superior of the community. On May 20, 1943, she came to visit the school and to make the mother superior's visitation. Having been one of the sisters who inspected the Portland Academy and helped make the decision to move the school there, it was intensely interesting and gratifying �66 & to her to see how the school and property had developed. delighted her. Everything she saw and did On the afternoon of May 25th, the boarding department gave a beauti­ ful tea in her honor and many of the "old girls" who had known her came to greet her. & & & It was a great pleasure for her. & The next morning she did not feel well and left the breakfast table; within the hour she died of a massive heart failure. Her funeral was in the college chapel. Dagwell, Father Ayres and Father Simmonds had the service. the faculty and college and high school girls. Bishop The requiem was sung by & & She is buried in the sisters' plot in & Riverview Cemetery beside Sister Katharine Angela. On June 1st, Father Sayer left as chaplain. On July 30, 1943, Sister Waldine Lucia left Oregon with no return ticket after over thirty years working in the school. community. She was elected mother superior of the For some time the shortage of sisters in the East had been an anxiety. In August Sister Mildred Eleanor, who was in charge, told Bishop Dagwell it would be necessary for the sisters to withdraw from St. Helen's Hall in June 1944. "It is with *•= great regret that we do so, but the shortage of sisters and the work in the East make it necessary.11 In September, 1943, we had a good school and junior college enrollment. On October 25th, a high school alumnae meeting was followed by a memorial service for Sister Alice Ursula. The bishop took the service. On June 1st, at the meeting of the auxiliary of the high school mothers, they expressed appreciation of the sisters and their great regret at their leaving. On July 26, 1944, the sisters left the Hall for the East. That chapter in the story of St. Helen's Hall is closed as far as the Community of St. John Baptist is concerned. Only the Lord knows why it should be so, but we give thanks for having been part of the school for forty years. t= it �67 MOMENTS OF MEMORY The overall history written above sounds as if all had been a prosperous journey, r r but there were many dark moments and times of anxiety in those forty years. There were years of low enrollments and financial difficulties, but by God's grace and the loving help of countless friends they were overcome. When the sisters left the Hall there was a large enrollment, S50,000 in the savings accounts, plus a similar amount in war bonds-and the hope that the school would go "from light to light." A tall, lovely young woman arrived in the spring of 1927 to do some secretarial work. She had an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon, and a Master's degree from Cornell; she was Miss Gertrude Houck, who the next fall began her career as a teacher. Her wedding to Mr. Crecene Fariss was an event of the summer, but to the school family she remained "Miss Houck" for some time. Now, in 1969, we realize that most of her professional life has been spent at the Hall, first as head of the English department of the high school, then as academic dean of the college, and later as principal . Her devotion to the sisters and the school has been demonstrated in many ways, some hidden, some self-evident. I remember one summer when the junior college was being planned, how she, Sister Katharine Angela, Sister Mildred Eleanor and Miss Forney painted the dormitory furniture while they discussed those plans, soon to Jt 3 A US' I* & be so ably implemented. Carrie Paige, a young woman who graduated from the kindergarten training class, went on to take a degree and become a mathematics teacher. She has been a devoted friend and Associate of the Community of St. John Baptist, and has given to the school girls whom she has trained her own insights and lovingness. Jocelyn Foulkes, of the Class of 1886, welcomed the sisters in 1904, and was a devoted and gifted friend, associate, teacher and guide. Then there was Charles Blum, that wonderful gardener who always brought !► I* W *- I* w I# W I* lilies and delphinium for St. John Baptist Day and Michaelmas daisies for St. Michael's Day. He could build anything, and much of the school furniture was the product of his skill. His devotion to his work was an inspiration to us all. After his death, William McCullough (Mack) followed in his stead, continuing to build and be equally devoted to the school and his work. �4* 68 4* There was Rebecca, another loyal devotee. When the sisters were nursing at the auditorium during the 1918 "flu" epidemic, Rebecca used to walk downtown every 4* 4* night to walk home with Sister Waldine Lucia at midnight. There was Edith, the very gifted housekeeper who drove the car and was 4* 4* beloved by sisters and school girls. 4* Also there was Mr. Sanderson Reed, who for many years was our most able attorney and friend. His daughter, Sally Stout, went through the school and wrote 4s its history. Among other valued friends were Mr. William W. Henderson and Mr. Clarence Porter, for many, many years members of the Board of Trustees--and all the other trustees who gave of their time and talents to the school. They did not always see eye to eye with the sisters, but when convinced were strong supports, In the hard financial situation of 1918 the trustees did not think that we should acquire the Portland Academy; but I well remember Sister Mary Angela saying, "Very well, gentlemen. We are not doing good work and we cannot continue under these conditions." Whereupon the trustees retired to another room for a private conference and returned to g.ve the sisters leave to move the school. Persuading the seniors to give up their fancy commencement dresses and to wear academic gowns and veils was a dramatic moment artfully planned by the sister superior. We recall the storm of protest from neighbors because the girls were allowed to play volleyball on Sunday, which convinced the trustees of the need for Everglade. We remember Sister Agatha Louise being severly censured for dramatizing Bible stories. 4* 4* Also Carolyn Bowers, the tall, beautiful, tragic Antigone, who after taking a graduate degree at Columbia returned to the junior college as an instructor; and after having married and lived in the East for some time, returned again to the faculty of St. Helen’s Hall. Then there was Ruth Rose Richardson, the child with the exquisite red hair, 4* 4* 4a 4* 4* 4 4* 4* 4* 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4a 4s 4s 4a 4a 4a who presently upholds the high standard of scholarship in the English department. Many recall Sister Agnes Maria. She was taking some girls to church one Sunday when Bishop Morris boarded the street car and sat down near her. 4a He began 4a 4 4 4a �rr 69 conversation by asking sister if she knew Germantown, Pennsylvania, his home town. As the bishop was very deaf, sister's replies were quite audible. 7 r She replied that she did know Germantown. Quoth the bishop, "I used to know the Lambdins; did you know little Aggie Lambdin?" In the silence of the school girls and above the rattle of the car, sister replied, "Bishop, I am Aggie Lambdin." In pleased surprise the bishop said over and over, "Little Aggie Lambdin! " This was a glorious moment for school girls r ■ ir !! r and Sister Agnes Maria was "Sister Aggie" ever after. There were retreats every year and baptisms and confirmations, as well as Lenten projects and Christmas giving. Bishop Dagwell used to say that he could always tell when there was a Hall girl in the congregations he visited, by the way the sacristy work was done. ! There was also a wide variety of social and cultural opportunities offered to the girls at the school and in the city. r These were considered parts of education as important as the spiritual and academic sides of life at the Hall. The traditional Hall girl was socially well poised and gracious of manner, a person of integrity, concerned for the happiness and welfare of those with whom life surrounded her. Being a Hall girl was a position of responsibility and even the youngest had some understanding of it. A small girl in the nursery school had discovered that she could engender a satisfying amount of parental concern by screaming when she was brought into school. sister superior happened to be passing when this took place. One morning the She stopped and said to the little one that this could not be, for no one could act like that at St. Helen's Hall. Late in the afternoon, after naps were over, a very small and polite little girl came up the stairs and asked if she could see the sister superior. ! ’ ; sister was working at her desk. She was shown into the office where Climbing onto the chair beside the desk, she asked most demurely, "Sister superior, if I behave like a Hall girl may I stay at this school?" Besides those so briefly mentioned here, there were hundreds of school girls, i teachers, parents and other friends who moved across the screen of history and occupied places of importance and value in the life and traditions of St. Helen's Hall. i Most of all we owe our deepest gratitude to the bishops under whom we served and who were always sympathetic and helpful, indeed truly "Fathers in God." �0* 0* 0a 0a <0= 0a 0a <0= 0= 0= 05 05 05 05 0= 0= 05 <05 0= 0= 05 05 05 0= 05 05 03 0s 03 03 0= 03 03 0! 0 0 0 0 �V * ST. HELEN'S HALL r r ■ SCHOOL SONGS >" r r r ’ r* ■' A REPUBLICATION OF AN EARLIER UNDATED SELECTION 4 . ■ ! :' h APPENDIX C �^ss 1JB=* *=* fc* �V ■ r 72 r r Tune: Cornell "Alma Mater." Where the bright Willamette windeth Past the mountains blue. Stands our noble Alma Mater Glorious to view. Chorus: Lift the chorus, bear it onward, Sing we one and all: Hail to thee our Alma Mater, Hail St. Helen's Hall! Where Mt. Hood in snowy splendor Proudly looketh down. Stands she with green hills around her Circling like a crown. Chorus: | I ! Where the roses ever blossom, Grass is evergreen, Decked with ivy, crowned with turrets, Stands she like a queen . Chorus: �¥ ¥ ¥ 73 ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ II. ¥ ¥ ¥ Tune: "Home, Sweet Home." ¥ ¥ There are schools in the East, there are schools in the West But in the Rose City's the one we love best. The cross on her tower shines brightly o'er all, And there's no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen's Hall ! ¥ St. Helen's Hal I! There's no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen's Hall! ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ There are streams great in story, and hills o'er the sea. But the sparkling Willamette's the river for me. As it winds past Mt. Hood with his snow crest so tall, Just facing the windows of St. Helen's Hall. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ We came here when little to learn how to spell. And riding and dancing and tennis as well; To manage The Spinster, and play basket ball. For there's no place for learning like St. Helen's Hall! c * There's a spring in each footstep, a smile on each face, A spirit of kindliness reigns o'er the place. The friends that we make here we love best of all, For there's no place for friendship like St. Helen's Hall. 6 6 6 We loved her when younger, we love her today, And we'll love her the same when we grow old and gray, We'll watch o'er her welfare and come at her call, For there's no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen's Hall! St. Helen's Hal I! For there's no place on earth, girls, like St. Helen's Hall! 4 4 4 4 4 i i i i i i i �74 1* f* III. (Tune: "The Midshipmate") * * A A * £ ic u iK Iv IW I* 'Twas in sixty-nine in the summer late, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) A bishop came to the Beaver state, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) He had a plan in his dear wise head. We'll found a school for girls, he said. And others followed where he led. Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) Chorus: With a long, long pull, and a strong, strong pull Right onward the school shall go. And we'll sing a lay of the Hall to-day With a "Cheerily girls yo ho! " He built his school and he set it down, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) Right in the middle of the little town (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) He hung up a bell the girls to call And they came flocking, one and all And that was the first St. Helen's Hall (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) Chorus: ► l* 7> P P p �75 Both school and town began to grow, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) And soon 'twas plain one had to go, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) And people said "They never wi 11 Go to a school way up that hill," But the girls they came, and they're coming still! fe* fe=* (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) Chorus: Then came the days of ninety-three, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) When things looked black as black could be, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) But St. Helen's friends were staunch and true. They stood by the Hall and they pulled her through And so she's here for me, for you, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) Chorus: We're growing now, and we'll never stop, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) There's always room on the mountain-top, (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) The girls will come where'er we go. For we're the Bishop's school and so. We're part of the Church, and we're bound to grow fe* fe* fe» fe* fe* fe* fe* (Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!) Chorus: With a long, long pull, and a strong, strong pull Right onward the school shall go, And we'll sing a lay of the Hall to-day, With a "Cheerily ye girls yo, ho!" fe> fe* fe* �76 IV. r Tune: "Rule Britannia . " We come, St. Helen's, to sing to thee. To praise thy ivied walls and beauty. To tell thee of our love and loyalty-Dear Alma Mater, Our girlhood's happiest hours We spend beneath Thy lovely ivied towers. Chorus: Hail St. Helen's! St. Helen's, hail to thee! Thy daughters ever, ever, ever true will be! Thou standst upon the wooded height. Like the mountains round about, clothed with strength and might. Thy shining cross, like snow, a sign of truth and right. Like thee we'll ever Be worthy of the land And aye endeavor Firm like thee to stand. Chorus: To us thou'rt like a shepherdess Of the mountains, guiding unto pleasantness. And pointing out the meadows in a wilderness. With thee to cheer us. We climb the wooded ways. Thy lights of love and learning Now we praise. Chorus: �* * 77 «s *5 «S V. COMMENCEMENT HYMNS (Tune: <* "Daybreak"--Berthold Tours) Behold us, gracious Savior, In girlhood's morning bright— Look on us in Thy mercy. And guide us with Thy light. Life's journey lies before us. Go with us all the way. So shall we love Thee truly And serve Thee day by day. %s Those gathered here together Will soon be far apart. But in Thy love and service Unite us heart to heart. And keep us pure and loyal Where'er our lot may be. True daughters of St. Helen's And true our God to Thee. So when Thou comest in glory To gather in Thine own. And we shall stand for judgment Before Thy great White Throne, Then place us at Thy right hand And Hearken to our prayer. Of all St. Helen's daughters Let none be missing there! �f* T* 78 T* f* ** * VI. r r. A AA AA AA AA A f! RECESSIONAL HYMN O God of Hosts, to Thee our hymn we offer With Angel spirits gathered round Thy throne. Where Saints triumphant, join in endless worship. We too would meet Thee and our homage own . Look Thou upon us gathered here before Thee, Life just beginning, radiant with light; Nothing to hinder us from growing like Thee, Thou, Who hast made us in Thine image bright. Forth to the fight, we go. Thy hand upholds us. Victory sure, if Thou our Captain be; Many a wound with dangers all around us. But we shall conquer, if we trust in Thee. Firm in the faith, our shield the truth to cherish From lurking foes and poisoned doubts within; Nothing can harm us or our footsteps hinder If faith be with us, shielding us from sin. If grief and suffering in our life beset us To make the way seem long and full of fears, O Hope of Glory, Christ within us lighten. Thy strength upholding as the darkness clears. When faith and hope shall end in vision glorious, Love shall continue in eternity, Stronger than death and evermore victorious; O give us love the greatest of the three. I �*50 79 *50 *50 *50 *5® *50 *0 *60 *50 *60 *50 Love Love Love Give that is kind and evil never thinketh; that can suffer, counting not the loss; that can bear, nor from the battle shrinketh; us that love which led Thee to Thy Cross. Love is the road Thy footsteps trod before us Making the crooked straight, the rough path plain; Shedding a light so altogether glorious, That we must follow, Lest Thou love in vain. *0 *0 *50 *50 *50 *53 Be Thou our joy throughout our journey homeward Making us strong with grace to persevere; Lighting the way, and leading ever upward, Till in Thy presence joyful we appear. *50 Laud we the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, *=0 To Whom be glory, thanks and endless praise; Ours is the need, and Thine the grace and merit; O Triune God, to Thee our hearts we raise. *ac <5* ��*S3> *53! fcsS «s %BS %sa %=S � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Documents Subject The topic of the resource High schools Alumnae and alumni Dance cards Diplomas Report cards Periodicals Songs Poetry Short stories Description An account of the resource This is a collection of documents from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the documents are from St. Helen's Hall, the all-women high school. The documents included in this collection are a sampling of course catalogs, diplomas, school songs, dance cards, report cards, and writings by the students. In addition, this collection also includes "The OES Belltower - Oregon Episcopal School Celebrates 125 Years of Academic Excellence" and "The First Century" a brief history on the first 100 years of St. Helen's Hall. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course catalogs Diplomas Periodicals Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. documents Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Friedlander Diamond Importer and Man­ ufacturing Jeweler Class Pins a Specialty Fresh and Salted Meats 151 Fourth Street NOTHING LOOKS NEATER THAN StylisH Stationery WE HAVE IT J. K. Gill Company 268 Washington St., Portland,Or. Third and Alder Streets �IJ ifyeim’a l|aU ©ffirpra anb 3JnBtruSnrfl 1905-fi The Sisters of St. John Baptist General Superintendence, Holy Scripture, Church History Miss Margaret Nash B (Smith College) English and History Miss Mary Virginia Landis § (Wellesley College) Mathematics and Science Miss Edna Jacques (Harvard University) Gh'eek and Latin Miss Grace Crocker -I m (\Velleslcy College) I Coaching Teacher Madame E. Frost, Diplom6e French Miss Alice von Destinon German Miss Louise Forsyth (N. E. Conservatory College of Oratory Harvard and Columbia Universities) Elocution, Literature and Physical Culture Miss Alma Delany (Washington University) Preparatory Department Miss Elizabeth K. Matthews (University of New York) Intermediate Department, Kindergarten Training Class and Supervisor of Primary Department and Kindergarten Miss Helen Stafford (St. Helen’s Training Class) A m m m vi m 3 . % ’ Primary Department Miss Gertrude Hutchinson (St. Helen’s Training Class) Kindergarten Miss Marian H. Gheen (Leipsic Conservatory) Piano and Harmony Miss Josephine Hill (Royal Conservatory of Berlin) Piano Miss Dorella E. Snook (Pupil of Madame Cappiani) Vocal Music Miss Eleanor Clarke (Massachusetts Normal Art School) Art ���SPINSTER VOL. VIII. June, 1906. No. 6. Spinster Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF....... BUSINESS MANAGER . ATHLETIC EDITORS.. EXCHANGE EDITORS. OLD GIRL NOTES........ LOCAL EDITORS.......... LITERARY EDITORS.. ART DEPARTMENT. ..................... ....................................................... JANET GRAY ......................HELEN COLDWELL AND JUNE STERLING ........................ HELEN HUGHES AND LOUISE EMMONS .GERTRUDE JONES AND GENEVIEVE SENGSTACKEN .......HELEN CHANDLER AND MARGUERITE CROSBY ......ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG AND HAZEL ROBB ...............KATHLEEN ARMSTRONG EVELYN WILSON, HAZEL KENNEDY AND FLORA DAVIS .............................................................. SHANNAH CUMMINGS THE SPINSTER Is published on the 14th of each month, beginning in October and ending In June. Contributions nre solicited from all the students. All copy must be in by the first of each month. Literary communications should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief. Business letters and subscrlptlonsto the Business Manager. Subscription: $1.00 a year. Entered at the postoffice at Portland. Oregon, as secoud-class matter. Troubles Many: and Betty. W HAT adjective in our language is expressive enough to describe Betty? It would have to be of such a kind that would combine every other adjective in one, and then it wouldn’t half describe, for she was, without doubt, the sweetest, daintiest, most irresistible little personage in the school. She had been condemned long ago as the Belle of the Academy, and there was no doubt whatever, after one saw her walk home with fairly a flock of �4 THE SPINSTER boys following. But then Betty had a temper, and oft times when standing to recite some’ boy or girl would take the words out of her mouth, she would fairly turn on them in a rage, and it wasn’t often that the guilty one repeated his or her offence. Betty leaned now in the gymnasium against the wall—it was the calm after the storm, for she was thinking very hard. Things had most certainly gone wrong in her dominion, and it would take all her thoughts to straighten them. She was interrupted in her medita­ tions by a gentle voice saying: “What’s the matter, Betty; you look as if you had gotten out of the wrong side of the bed. Oh! you aren’t crying, are you?’’ Helen, the newcomer and Betty’s most confidential friend, threw herself down on the great mattress at Betty’s feet and prepared herself Well, I should say not!’’ flared up the curlyfor a stormy oration, haired little individual, “if you ever catch me crying over Fred Mor­ gan you have my full permission to slap me just as hard as you want to—Oh, how I hate him!”—with a long indrawn breath Betty told the fib, for she knew quite well as most everybody else did, that she liked Fred Morgan better than any of them. “I might as well tell you what that horrid boy said: I was going past Prof. James’ room and he and George Newcomb were in there talking. I guess George must be his best friend, for he seems to tell him everything that he shouldn’t. Oh, if you knew, Helen, how I’d like to just punch him,”—Betty almost blushed at this, but curling upon the mattress she went on with her tale; “and just as I passed I heard my name, and Fred was saying that—well—well, that he cared a little about me, but would care much more if I would study and do I �I THE SPINSTER 5 something else besides having a good time always. He said to George he would give anything to see me get a prize this coming June—isn’t he just a horrid old thing, Helen; it’s none of his business—old ambitious dig, anyway. > > “To tell the truth, Betty. I think Fred is right; you, of course, are the most popular girl in the school, but still that won’t do you any good, and at the rate you are studying you won’t do much. Let me tell you a plan. Suppose you get to work now and do your best and then iu June surprise Fred by carrying off the- coveted English prize. You are certainly bright and when you want to study you can show the classes a thing or two in reciting,” Helen advised. This plan seemed to take good root in Betty’s brain, for really down in her heart she knew she was terribly lazy; anyway, wouldn’t it “spite old Fred. For a long time the girls lay curled upon the mattress and talked— deciding everything, for it would so much more to Betty’s graduation if she did get a prize—and with all her brains and heart she con­ scientiously set to work and the rest of that term Betty’s recitations were certainly good, and the professors themselves were astonished at her unusual intelligence. »i But in all of this busy time Betty did not quite forgive Fred— nor did he do anything that was so dreadful, either. Between classes when he came up to speak to her in the hall, she would answer in a freezing manner, and tilt her little chin up with a most crushing air. Fred couldn’t imagine what had happened, for he had done his duty by her in inviting her to the party and every other thing that came along. Fred, the football captain, was certainly worried and it didn’t lessen his discomfiture to see Betty sweetly smile on the crowd V ! ■ ! ! �6 THE SPINSTER around her. Football captains, handball champions, star runners evidently didn’t make much difference with that little piece of contrary humanity. > > Aud Fred wasn’t the horrid old thing nor the dig” either that Betty has so uncerimoniously dubbed him. The fellows virtually adored him, he was a member of every society and fraternity in the school it seemed, but he was going to Princeton, and as it was impossible to go there on the road of “Do Nothing,” he passed “Castle Doubtful” and took the cross road “Do Somtliing. ” Fred certainly was the dandiest boy in school and he liked Betty. i < The weeks fairly flew past for Both Betty and Fred busy and now only a week remained of examinations and then commencement. Betty thought it all over as she prrpared a pile of books to take home. She guessed she was a little ashamed of herself for being so snippy to Fred, but she would wait until after commencement and what it might bring forth for her and then she would tell him all about it. She knew though in what a fascinating beseeching manner she could plead her cause—if she only wanted to—no one ever could possibly with­ stand that. Betty passed with credit marks in almost every one of her examinations. Helen was so proud of her that when she came from the study hall Helen would swing her around and fairly kiss her to pieces in her ecstas}7. And now amid the brain racking apprehensions, as Betty called them, the eventful night arrived. Everybody and everything seemed in such bounding spirits. The girls laughed and sang more happily, and the boys whistled unceasingly and as Betty made her way to the English room, to which she had been commanded, she even caught herself whistling and singing, not withstanding the thoughtful mood slie was in. ;: :t ,1K �THE SPINSTER 7 “Miss Whitney I wanted to ask you if you had any thoughts concerning the English prize that is offered—you have been doing splendid work and I want to say that I most sincerely hope you will do the same kind of work in the next school you enter. The main object of my calling you here was just to tell you to take these books that you left here a day or so ago. > > Betty was very much astonished that Profes James should men­ tion the prize, for surely that was a sign that she had a fair chance. She talked with him a while then gathering up her book went home. & The great hall was crowded to its utmost. Flags and many kinds of pennants fluttered from every nook and post, and everybody was happy. The graduating class took their seats amid loud cheers and Betty with her beautiful little face certainly did make a picture. She was dressed all in white except for a bow of pale pink ribbon that tied up her dark hair. The order of the graduating exercises was just right, for Betty declared “that if she had to sit all night long in suspension she would die,” but the speaking and prizes came in the middle together. Fred was going to read something, Betty hadn’t the slightest idea what it was because she didn’t want to know she declared and he certainly did look handsome as he stood on the platform amid the flowers and the lights of the decorations. But Beatrice the little witch woudn’t admit that she had treated him cruelly—even if she had felt remorse she would cut off her finger before she would give him the satisfaction of knowing. Finally the principal arose and stepped to the platform—(every one held their breath). Starting with a little speech stating the pur- �8 THE SPINSTER pose of the prizes, he read in a clear voice, Mathematics: first prize, Helen Morse. Such a wild cheering and handclapping as accompanied her to the platform, where she received the small piece of paper, which was the temporary acknowledgement. Then proceeding the principal continued, Science, Scholarship and first recitation price: Frederick Bentley Morgan. And after the wild commotion had subsided he continued, First English price and First History, Beatrice R. Whitney. -£• a Betty and Fred the next evening went to the Fraternity barge party together, and, well I guess everybody else knows the rest too. Let us only add that contrary little Miss Whitney wasn’t quite so haughty and Fred’s smile was almost so big it almost covered his face. E. W. 07. Jack, the Lady-Killer. BY CLARA BOOT. C OME, my children, and I will tell you the story of dashing and dapper young Jack, who won all the ladies’ hearts and rid the country of Gay-en-esy of troublesome flirts. It was always his pleasure to assist and aid the ladies, who needed assistance or were in distress, and young and old loved him, particularly his mother, who gave him all the Panama hats and patent leather shoes he wanted. It was a great sight to see the maidens of Gay-en-esy flock to the boulevard where Jack usually took his afternoon walk and watch their faces gladden at an unexpected word or an unusually gracious bow. Now in the country of Gay-en-esy there lived some maidens who thought it great sport to pick out some earnest plodding youth and by �THE SPINSTER 9 a thousand tricks win noble affections. The youth would no sooner consider himself the happiest of men, when he would find himself tossed aside; an embittered man with some heavy florist bills and the noble Jack made it his aim in life to punish all these frivolous triflers md he soon had an enormous practice. For when a maiden had won for herself the self-satisfying name of “heart-breaker” Jack would immediately single her out, load her with attention, and when her happiness seemed to eclipse the happiness of the world, for no woman had ever been known to resist his looks and hone3red words. She would find herself treated as she herself had treated many others. Now it seems that Prince Block-hed, the only son of King Re­ gent of Gay-eu-esy had been cruelly treated by a certain. Yet the price was high and Jack resolved to try. As he sat down on stump to think about it, an old woman came near. Jack recognized to be a fairy in disguise, as he had seen that same facial expression on a cow that had passed by just a minute before (for fairies like to make them­ selves like animals as well as men do) and he knew his chance had come. “Pray dear Madam, may I carry your faggots for you,” he said stepping galantly to her side. They had not walked many steps be­ fore the old woman said: “Virtue has its reward, young man. ’Tis few old women that can repay such courtesy, but with me it is easy,” and so saying she gave him a “Ring of Circumstance” which had the power of placing the wearer in any circumstance that he might choose, and the good fairy also threw in a flowered cravat and an Alice-blue tie. �JO THE SPINSTER Jack was very happy, and after telling the King that he was going to punish the playful Dreamie-ize and receiving that worthy gentleman’s thanks, he set out for the home of Dreamie-ize. The first circumstance that Jack wished for placed Dreamie-ize in the hands of two bandits, and Jack rushed out from a clump of trees and slew them both, and had the pleasure and fatigue of carrying to her home one hundred and eighty pounds of loveliness. Dreamie-ize was very much impressed with the dashing Jack and after a number of hair-breadth escapes and gallant rescues which Jack produced by means of the magic ring, she found herself much in love with him. Maiden, Dreamie-ize, who lived in a neighboring town, Her affection for him had amounted to nothing more than having the name of Prime Block-hed in her diary of proposals and when King Regent heard it, he was very angry and issued a proclamation offering a third of a kingdom to the one that could likewise treat her, as his son had been treated. These striking head lines made Jack’s heart jump and though he had never had any trouble before with ladies and he had dealt with the wise, the rich and the beautiful, he knew the task before him was not an easy one, for he had heard of Dreamie-ize and knew that she was more beautiful, twice as witty, three times as rich and four times more coquettish and perverse than ony other maiden in the laud. When Jack discovered her feelings on the subject he knew it was time for him to play his part and fulfill his contract with the king but the circumstances had worked on his affe<5tion too and the thought of giving up Dreamie-ize made him shudder. So they married, and though King Regent sued Jack for breach of promise, Dreamie-ize gladly paid the damages and they lived happily ever after. �THE SPJNTSER ii The Last Will and Testament of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Six. KNOWN BY ALL THESE PRESENT. Whereas, we here bequeath to our worthy successors, the Juniors, the use of the front stairs, trusting they will tread them with all dignity and not slide down the banisters. Also the Senior room, within whose walls we have endeavored to obtain an understanding of sound knowledge and useful lore. Keep your junior friends off the premises. Whereas, the Seniors here bequeath to the class of 1907 the jolly good times they’ve had at Junior parties. Whereas, Janet Gray leaves the Spinster with all the glory attend upon the publication of such a weighty periodical, to some cool headed intellectual person, with no nerves what ever, hoping she might invent some way to make the girls write. Whereas, Elizabeth Armstrong does here leave behind to the most enthusiastic young basket ball player her love of the game and ad­ miration for proficiency in the same, trusting if their progress is such they may win the cup, this ensuing year a reward for their valor. Whereas, Kathleen Armstrong does here bequeath to some frolicsome Junior her love of laughter, which as a dignified Alumnae she must now forswear. Whereas, Isabella Hughes does here endow a Senior Museum, and as a testimony of her good faith, does to a person legally appointed by her, leave a book bearing the title Geometry and a compass to both of which cling many memories of happy school days. �,1 12 THE SPINSTER Whereas, Gertrude Jones does here regret on account of a change in the course she is unable to will a Psychology to some poor unfortunate Junior. Whereas, Arlene Davis does resign her place as the diminutive Hop o’ my Thumb of the school to the smallest person able to fit into her place. Whereas, Helena Hughes leaves to Evelyn Wilson, Virgil and Bennett’s Latin Grammar. It is her wish that the said Evelyn Wilson be a diligent student and watchful caretaker of the same, that by their help she may ultimately enter a school of higher learning. Whereas, Genevieve Sengstackeu does hereby bequeath to the Junior most worthy of the trust, Jessie Plale, her dignity, hoping she will maintain it with all due decorum. Sealed, signed, witnessed this first day of June, in the year of our Lord 1906. Janet Gray, Genevieve Sengstacken, Elizabeth Armstrong, Helena Hughes, Gertrude Jones, Izabel Hughes, Kathleen Armstrong, Arline Davis. An Unreported Narration of a Basket Ball Game. Dear Miranda: I have been in town just two days and never in my eighty years have I gone through or hope to go through what I did yesterday. I i- �THE SPINSTER *3 was knitting upstairs in George’s home, the first day I have been able to do a thing, so upset was I by that night on the train, When I heard some mighty shrieks’7 and a crowd of girls yelling and waving things and making the most terrible hurrah you ever did hear came romping down the street. I had noticed a large brick building in the neighborhood and for a moment I thought it was the asylum and the inmates had gotten loose, but folks were passing by us and not being alarmed so I guessed they wasn’t crazy. But, Miranda, the screaming never stopped from the time they reached the field, where they all gathered until they went home, one crowd trying to shout louder than the other. While I was wondering how long they would keep it up ten more all dressed alike in unusually short dresses came down and then there was louder yelling then ever. Miranda, I wish you could have seen the girls fight over one ball. Backwards and forwards, tussling and pulling while the others kept on yelling till I thought it must be for the constable to come and stop them. Every once and a while they would seem as though they were going to stop and once I thought they had, and was just beginning to breathe easy when they were at it again, One woman that I noticed tried very hard to inter­ fere and stop them and once she had the ball in her hand, but they soon got it away from her and were at the yelling and tugging again. Miranda, it lasted all one hour. Every one seemed entirely worn out and then the woman stopped them. I was just congratulat­ ing myself that none of our folks were such heathens when one of them came running into the yard into the house and up into my room. Miranda, who do you think stood before me? George’s oldest girl, Mary! Her hair was all over, and the dirt on her face so thick, that if she hadn’t spoken, I wouldn’t have told who she was. �THE SPINSTER 14 Grandma,” she said, “its the biggest match of the season, the Evens won and we’ve got the cup, Hurrah!” Then Miranda, Mary explained to me that it was a game and that they had no intention of killing each other, but that they were trying to put the ball in a basket, which I was too near sighted to see I guess. I don’t see why George lets Mary play such a game in such an outlandish short dress, but everything here is new and strange and I guess, Miranda, I’ll be home before the week’s out. From your loving sister, ANN. M. B. ’o8 (c i. Another year has passed away, Another class must have its day. The class of classes nineteen six, The class that none on earth fix. ii. Though 13 Seniors be its lot, We find it no unlucky plot. But joy and sunshine have always Followed our happy senior days. hi. First in our midst there’s Janet Gray, As happy as the length of day. Our worthy president is she And never could a better be. �THE SPINSTER IV. In future years we’ll see our Jan Still a lass without a man; But joy of joys a pantry shelf She’ll have all to her little self. v. For sadly, sadly I do fear, That eatables are very dear, To her our no noble president For cake crumbs make this evident. VI. Next to her comes our dear Gert, Who is, I fear, the classes flirt, But what on earth would our class be, If we could not our Gertrude see. VII. In this class there’s Helena yet, Who played a game we'll not forget; Bringing honors of Basket Ball For nineteen six at Helen’s Hall. VIII. Her sister too, sweet Isabelle, Of her I’ll not forget to tell, Geometry her hobby is, Oh, Isabelle, she is a wis. *5 �K: 16 THE SPINSTER IX. Then lightfoot Liz comes in that class A very foxy little lass. For tho’ you think she is not bad, You’ll find she catches every lad. f I x. Our airy fairy is small Gen, Who makes our senior room a den; A sprightly little rough house is she, Altho’ a student too she be. XI. And in the class there’s Arlene too, Our little lass from Honolulu, And when her senior days are o’er. Back there she’ll go with all her lore. XII. On Kathleen too 1,11 write aline, Who over Spinster poems doth pine, And tho’ she works all night and day, She still finds some time to play. XIII. And now all the other lasses Not in academic classes, They too diplomas are obtaining For the Kindergarten training. ( : a i A J * i �THE SPINSTER n XIV. And as teachers they will capture Every little childish rapture, Showing them all nature’s features, For they’re Kindergarten teachers, xv. Thus we must our place as seniors Leave to all the coming juniors. Farewell our happy schoolgirl days, Farewell our senior pranks and plays. KATHLEEN ARMSTRONG ’06. The Building Fund. The St. Helen’s Hall Building Association and the Society of the Royal Banner have both done steady work during the winter for the increase of the Building Fund. The amounts stand thus: Gymnasium Fund, $884 72. Chapel Fund, $1828 72. Locals. The last business meeting of this term of the Society of the Royal Banner was held Friday afternoon, May 3rd- Besides the regu­ lar members present, there were 26 probationers. After the business meeting adjourned, tea and cake were served in the Alumnae room, where the girls met the Mother Superior. In the evening there was a special service of admission of the society. Those admitted were Helena Hughes, Maude Carlisle, Isa­ bella Hughes, Clara Boot and Flora Davis. ; ■ ! i •! 1 I �18 1HE SPINSTER The Mother Superior of the Community of St. John the Baptist spent three weeks at the Hall, April 2nd to May nth, and saw some­ thing of our school life, visiting different classes and being present at a Musical, a Basket Ball Match and an Admission to the Society of the Royal Banner. On Saturday, May 12th, the girls of the Delta Phi Sigma Society went for a trip on the Charles Spencer up the Columbia river. Every minute of the day was enjoyed by the girls, who spent their time singing school and society songs, telling stories and giving their cheers accompanied by much blowing of horns and flying of colours. In their honor a S. H. H. pennant floated all day on the boats flag pole. And in the dining room their table was loaded with good things, and decorated with flowers and society colours. The girls of the sorority have planned many other things of amusement for the near future, a theatre party, auto ride, etc. , On Thursday evening the Sister Superior entertained the entire senior class at dinner. The table was very prettily decorated in class colors—red and white. Jack roses, the class flower, made a very charming centre piece. The menu was one which could not have been added to and needless to say, the girls did it justice. On Thursday evening of the iotli, a buzz was heard on the drive and an auto whizzed up to the door much to the disturbance of the peaceful study hour, for every one rushed to the window to see who is coming. It was no arrival, it was just the seniors going off for one of their good times, and they certainly had it. Miss Parker came up to the Hall Thursday afternoon to umpire the very exciting game of basket ball played between the Evens and the Odds. ;1 11 \ 1 1 1 �THE SPINSTER '9 On Saturday, May 19, from 2 to 9 o’clock p. m. a sale was held at the hall for the benefit of the Building Fund. About $130 was cleared. The booths and decorations were taken charge of by the various classes. The girls did their classes great credit by the artistic carrying out of class colours in the decorations of their booths. A great variety of things were sold, fancy articles, dolls, flowers, pict­ ures, and all sorts of refreshments. On Tuesday of Easter week the hall girls went for a picnic to MacCleay Park. Miss Clarke has taken out several sketching parties this term. Miss Disbrow, of New, York is a visitor at the Hall. A recital was given by the music pupils on May 10th, 1906. The program was as follows: Von Wilm Frolics Miss Matilda Zelig Woodman The Open Secret Miss Dorothy Morrison Schumann Slumber Song Miss Dolly Gilbert. Mozart a. Das Veilchen Dr. Arne b. Polly Willis. Miss Ada West. Chopin Nocturne op. 9, No. 2 Miss Marguerite Crosby Paderewski Mazurk, b fl Miss Ethel Hackett 1 i ! I 1 �THE SPINSTER 20 Thomas Song of Sunshine Miss Virginia Henderson \ Chopin Waltz, op. 34, No. i Miss Hazel Robb Schumann Soaring Miss Maud Van Dusen Marzials Go, Pretty Rose Miss Maud Van Dusen, Miss Dorothy Morrison Haydn Sonata—Allegro Miss Maude Carlisle The program for Commencement Week is as follows: 1. Baccalaurete Sermon, Sunday, June ioth, 8 p. m., by Rev. A.. A. Morrison, Ph. D. 2. Monday, 3 p. m., Commencement Exercises of Primary and Inter­ mediate departments. 3. Tuesday, 3 p. m., Musical Recital, and at 8 p. 111., Commencement Concert. 4. Wednesday, 8 p. m., Commencement Exercises. 5. Thursday, 8:30 p. m., Commencement Dance. Old Girl Notes. Miss Willetta Leezer (04*) was married May 16th, at Heppner to Mr. Carl Homer Conser. Eva Bailey (05) acted as Maid of honor. They will make their home in Portland. Hazel Ross is visiting in Portland. The engagement of Miss Ruth Gray to Mr. Howard Streikler, of Manilla, P. I., is announced. V I ' ; �THE SPINSTER 21 Maida Hart is at Cambridge Hall this year and expects to spend the summer in England. Kathleen Gaffney has returned from Europe and is at her home in Seattle. Among the old girls who expect to visit the Hall during Com­ mencement Week are Gertrude Gray, Jessie Grimmett, Myra Eoveridge, Carrie Short and Eva Bailey. Rena Kuhn (04) is traveling in Europe. in Dresden. Just at present she is The engagement is announced of Miss Franklin Richet to Dr. Ralph Walker. Ruth and Marion Gray will visit the Hall Commencement Week. Katherine Arnold graduates from Mt. Holyoke this June with high honors. She is the only Western girl in the senior class. ' ! ! Alice Collier has returned from Stanford. : ; Athletic. Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Evens! The basket ball season at St. Helens Hall ended on May 10th, with a Match game between the Odds and Evens. At 3 o'clock the whistles blew and the ball went up. first half the Odds made no score, while the Evens succeeded ing two baskets. The second half proved more successful . ; Friday, In the in mak­ for the �I THE SPINSTER 22 Odds, and for some time their score rose rapidly. But toward the end of the game their good luck left them, and the Evens score leaped ahead making the score 18 to 6. After the fouls had been thrown the scores stood 20 to io in favor of the Evens. ODDS: EVENS: Dolly Gilbert, M. Boot, R. F. Ethel Hackett, E. Armstrong, (Captain), L. F. Evelyn Wilson K. Armstrong, Center Pearl Wilbur, Helena Hughes, R. G. Dorothy Morrison. lone Lambert, L. G. The Evens are the first to have their name on the cup. mind Odds “Every dog has his day.” Never Oh, won’t their eyes shine, When we come down the line With the cup ahead: They can’t say we’re dead, For we follow the white and the red. Three cheers for the orange and greens! They thought they could win, but it seems That fate was our way That eventful day When the Odds and the Evens did play. Exchanges. This is the last issue of the Spinster under the present editors, and the last time they will officially praise, commend and criticize. We hope those who come after will benefit by our experience, If we have V �THE SPINSTER 23 been unjust to any, we hope they will make reparation; if we have given faulty criticism, we trust they will be true and unbiased in opinion. We’ll miss the breezy papers of our sprightly contemporaries» and hope they will continue to grow in literary merit and live to a ripe and respectable old age. You’re real clever, White and Blue. The Weekly Chemawa American, a regular visitor throughout the year, shows good school spirit and interest in school work. The High School Item from Pasadena High School, California, is a neat little periodical. It is printed on good paper, has suitable cuts and contains interesting material. “Die Deutsche Ecke” in the Capitoline is an enterprising departure from the ordinary contents of exchanges. The Easter issue of Irving Echoes, Irving Institutes, San Fran­ cisco, edited by the Seniors, was the first one the Spinster has had the pleasure of reading. She thought the contents carefully compiled, and the general appearance of the whole paper very attractive, and regrets she did not make its acquaintance earlier in the year. We always enjoy the interesting stories in the Harvard Monthly. Two neat issues of the Quill have been received. We thought the poem entitled “Be Square” was excellent both in style and senti­ ment. The Register, Boston, Latin School, in the April issue still maintains its standard of good stories and sensible articles, though we can’t help but deplore the absence of an exchange column. ; : �24 THE SPINSTER Deceit, I loath, I always try To seem just what I am; I hate to hear the potash lye, Or see the pillow sham.—Ex. ENGLISH AS SHE’S SPOKE. O be she gone, And am she went, And are I left alone. O cruel fate, ’Twas most unkind, To take her ’for And leave I hind. The evening falls, The morning breaks, ’Tis one of na. Ture’s big mistakes. Personals. Spring is here, The school year Is almost ended, Our thoughts with June are blended. Cast books aside and over examinations ride, Fun within 11s rages as we meet the silent gazes Of the teachers stern looks. �THE SPINSTER 25 In corners most forlorn Are found our hated books And to our classes born. It will soon be over for one class (06) But for the rest alas. School is no easy matter, When your few brains scatter, But three months rest will do us good, And next year we’ll come back And behave as we should. A. R.: "How you spell Berwick? Ethel: "I don’t know, but I can spell Woods for you.” 9 9 Who’s Hazel K. crazy about?” Herself. M. Crosby (in English): Samuel Johnson married a woman of eight hundred lbs. A. Ralston: "Oh, it is so hot, I am just famished in here!” Miss Nash: < ( What was the style of poetry of the eighteenth century ?’ June Sterling: "All prose.” J. Gray: < ( Oh, Oh! I have broken a liniment in my arm!” "Why don’t you build a house, Flora? You have the ShinglesMiss N. (Reading a selection in English poetry): "That’s really a gem. 1 > Practical Janet; 11 Yes, a pop over?” �THE SPINSTER 26 Gen.: Oh look at Mt. Hood! It looks like the paintings of it. > > M. Carlisle: “Yes, it dosn’t like itself. 11 M. Crosby: “Oh yes, they moved that pennant over here, cause it harmonized so terribly. There was once a little girl, And her name was Pearl, She started for a walk one day, A board flew off the pathway; Pearl made a pretty touch down Now she mends her ball gown. Maude to Si (Hazel Robb) just in from the farm): your alfalphie? »> >> Si: Oh, lie’s is not very well. “How is ‘ 1 Teacher: Do you have cuckoo’s here?’ Ethel H.: “In clocks. When it’s young, it’s a lamb, and when it’ Madam Frost: old, etc. C. L.: A mutton.” TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIX FROM NINETEEN. HUNDRED AND EIGHT. t ( 1 1 Naughty six! Naughty six! You have done your best We wish you life of joy and rest, Of us you have taken good care, And we would your kindness share. We hope we’ve been loyal to your class, As we shall not forget the past, We’ll now leave our class to its lovable fate, Farewell ’06 from nanghty eight. f �THE SPINTSER 27 From Editor’s Lonely Tower. This is the last issue of the Spinster for which the senior class is responsible, so naturally our thoughts stray back over the school year so nearly ended. It has been a happy year to which in coming years we will look back with happy recollections. It will be hard to xeavc Portland, particularly at this time when the school is most beutiful with the roses and first beauties of summer. The Spinster work has been pleasant but hard, hard, because it has not had sufficient co-operation from the school, There has been this year a great awaking in school spirit, but it seems to, however, been limited to basket ball, Next year let the Spinster get some it, so that the editor won’t have to run up and down the halls begging for material. 1 �GO TO Goffman’s Sealy, Mason & Co. Grocers For everything you want in the candy line 275 Morrison Street Washington St., Near Cordray's Theatre Cor. Fourth Jffeiter’ s L. 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Get KlWthe Real La Vida. ik I W Lipman Wolfe & Company Sole Agents for La Vida Corsets in Portland Jlnfrrprnfrrnt Printing ffinmpamj Phone Main 2382 $ Neat Commercial Printing at POPULAR PRICES 243 Ash Street, Portland, Ore. I i �BUTTERFIELD BROS. Manufacturing Jewelers and Opticians Diamonds and Pr^ious Stones CLASS RINGS AND PINS 162-164 Third Street C. Butterworth ainless hotograp/iy i Studio 345^ Washington Street Ba^^age Notice To avoid delay and confusion at depot or dock give your checks to our agents on train or steamer before arriving in Portland. When you leave Portland call up Main 539 and have your baggage checked at residence direct to destination, avoiding rush at depot. If you fail to see our agent on train or steamer, tele­ graph us the number on R R. checks and we will deliver your baggage at once. B. & O. T. Co. I4. H. Adams Mgr. Sixth and Oak Sts. Portland, Oregon. “Our Oreat Leaders” “Knabe and Everett” with their as­ sociates “Hardman” “Packard” “Lud­ wig” “Fisher” and many others. An inspection of goods and prices will con­ vince you, we are the “Leaders” in the Piano business. Allen & Gilbert-Ramaker Co. Phone Main 631 Sixth and Morrison WE HAVE A Tree Dark Room gome and Use It ttloodard, Clarke $ Co. ' �ft. S&. 7/fcJtlpine = -= B Z/Aff IP/iotot/raphor O SPICES, o COFFEE,TEA, BAKING POY/DER, FLAVORING EXTRACTS ■ I Ab**lutrPurity. Finest Fhvor, | Qr»»:»sfSl.Tnj:h.I!«iK>ii&l^?ri<es. /£9 SavonfA Stroot CLOSSETa DEYIHS ZPortiand, Ora. Goddard, Keiiy shoe Co. (joneyman Hardware Company SOLE AGENTS Delsarte” Shoe for Women , I . ! PORTLAND, OBEOON. lI : - fo-oo “Queen Quality” Shoes for Women $3.00 Cor. Sixth and Washington Sts. Miss A. S. Jorgeson Fourth and Alder Sts. Ml. C. M A C E Importer and Dealer in Poultry, Fish, Oysters, Game Fine French IHillinery Fruit, Vegetables 405 Washington St., Cor. Tenth I 51 Fourth St.. Near Morrison �•. !■ ,';.V •• i,' ». m m .fe-. ', •• $• !«■ ) Sp ,fe;3 » 'V? (i ®;fe: mB. $ r m i . ;) V ' 1. tv (Vt-VV ’ r- •. , > % w S' Vi. ... ylr*! • 1/ . : ■•Vf • ’> '• *■ V '• m V ; 1 ■ ‘ / Jill B«si* m •■ &3 •Vf.V: I; ■S'V* Hgl|fVfl mmrnm mm MliipM V V •V ; ‘ ■ m . 1 ' i.V-V: 5S& � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Documents Subject The topic of the resource High schools Alumnae and alumni Dance cards Diplomas Report cards Periodicals Songs Poetry Short stories Description An account of the resource This is a collection of documents from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the documents are from St. Helen's Hall, the all-women high school. The documents included in this collection are a sampling of course catalogs, diplomas, school songs, dance cards, report cards, and writings by the students. In addition, this collection also includes "The OES Belltower - Oregon Episcopal School Celebrates 125 Years of Academic Excellence" and "The First Century" a brief history on the first 100 years of St. Helen's Hall. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course catalogs Diplomas Periodicals Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. 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The publication hosts short stories and poetry created and submitted by the students at the school. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Periodicals Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_spinster_061906-compressed.pdf Alumnae and alumni Student activities; Student publications; Periodicals; Songs; Poetry; Short stories Students; High schools http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/55e169b51b15c64ce5fa58d503cb8eb5.pdf b1ebffccd2d6ef9d8055e703d7c8fb4b PDF Text Text i>aiut ijelen’s l|aU "(Uljat (0m- Daughters iHay Se as Jfultshrh (Eururrs of tljr ulrmplr.” * ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT * Report for the Quarter Ending A P I90&- / If ___ Class $PnA.A xrY Conduct Physiology ../AO... ...1.0 a.: Attendance Punctuality Order in the Home Order in School Room 9.3. 9.9... Physics Chemistry Latin . Greek j French ...IS... German 9.0... Rhetoric Literature . Elocution ...m... Instrumental Music . Vocal Music Psychology Art Logic . ...9.3.... History Needlework Physical Culture Algebra Geometry Botany . ...9a... Sacked Studies Average for all Studies l.M. JM... � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Documents Subject The topic of the resource High schools Alumnae and alumni Dance cards Diplomas Report cards Periodicals Songs Poetry Short stories Description An account of the resource This is a collection of documents from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the documents are from St. Helen's Hall, the all-women high school. The documents included in this collection are a sampling of course catalogs, diplomas, school songs, dance cards, report cards, and writings by the students. In addition, this collection also includes "The OES Belltower - Oregon Episcopal School Celebrates 125 Years of Academic Excellence" and "The First Century" a brief history on the first 100 years of St. Helen's Hall. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Course catalogs Diplomas Periodicals Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. documents Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carrie Short 1905 Report Card Subject The topic of the resource Alumnae and alumni, Students High schools, Student activities Student publications Report cards Description An account of the resource This is Carrie Haines Short's Saint Helen's Hall Report Card. Short was an alumna of St. Helen's Hall in the early 20th century. This report card is dated June 14, 1905. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Documents Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_reportcard_06141905-compressed.pdf Alumnae and alumni Student activities; Student publications; Report cards; Students; High schools http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/8984d6a8c09bf0f558815eb1a187971c.pdf f498452bbb51e0c1d237b55047383b21 PDF Text Text ����I ! INTRODUCTION Plans for St. Helen's Hall Centennial Celebration were begun in 1967 with many and varied ideas introduced. It was finally decided to limit the time and the number of events and to place special emphasis on the three aspects of the school which had brought it through the first one hundred years, namely, the religious, the academic and the historic. ! A history of the school was included in these plans, and Sally Reed Sout agreed most generously to gather material and to begin this enormous task. Muriel Gabriel Heltzel was appointed chairman - was the outgoing president of the Alumnae Association — and the following alumnae and parents were selected to work with her on the various events scheduled for September and November. Banquet at the Hilton Hotel Birthday Party on the campus for students Sunday Reception at Trinity Church following the AFternoon Service Mary Reynolds (Mrs. Carl) - Parent Suzanne Caswell Honeyman and Ann Honeyman - Parent Mary Helen Spaulding Clair and Patricia Pearson Peterson During the summer of 1969, the Reverend David Leech, Head­ master of the School, was to be in the east for an educational meeting and suggested the possibility of a visit to the Sisters of St. John Baptist at the mother House in New Jersey. He would extend to them a personal invitation to be present at the November events and assure them of finan­ cial assistance for their travel expenses. As a result, and to the great benefit of the Centennial celebration, five of the sisters came, including Sister Waldine Lucia, formerly Mother Superior Sister Margaret Helena, the present Mother Superior Sister Agatha Louise Sister Eleanor Lucy, and Sister Elizabeth Marian. �A Variety of C Keeps Bishop D CENTENNIAL PLANS Mrs. Charles H. Heltzel, Chairman Exciting events are in the wind for our one hundred year celebration in the fall. Many chairmen and com­ mittee workers are making arrangements for this occasion, and'dates and events are now falling beau­ tifully into line. The first celebration will take place on the morn­ ing of September 12th at City Hall, the original site of St. Helen's Hall one hundred years ago. A St. Helen's Hall flag will be raised over City Hall to fly there for several days. The student body will be in attendance and we will have a short ceremony. The Headmaster is arranging a coffee after this event for participating alumnae and friends. At the school a huge birthday cake with one hundred candles will be of paramount interest for the birthday party being arranged by Mrs. Ronald J. and Mrs. Ronald C. Honeyman for the students. Mrs. Lansing Stout (Sally Reed) has written a his­ tory of the Hall for the Centennial year. She has spent weeks of research both at the Hall and at the His­ torical Society as well as speaking to and interview­ ing Portlanders who can remember events of many years which have encircled the Hall and the history of Portland. This will be a fascinating book and is now being printed. It will be of great interest to all those who ever attended the Hall and to those interested in Portland history. It will be on sale in the Fall. We hope for at least two of the Sisters of the Community of St. John Baptist to be with us for the main events of the Centennial to be held on ihe weekend of the 15th and 16th of November. They will travel from Mendham, New Jersey. We are delighted to announce that Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of the National Cathedral in Washing­ ton, D. C., is coming to be our speaker for the ban­ quet to be held on November 15th at the Hilton Hotel. He is one of the outstanding speakers in the United States and we feel very honored that he will attend. Our own Governor, Tom McCall, will act as Master of Ceremonies for the banquet so these two v/ill make a terrific team. Mrs. Carl Reynolds is in charge of the banquet and is busy making mailing lists and arranging all the innumerable details. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, v/ill be xi— c----- 1-.. ___ X- " Tl. *. Ml r ii Fencing, Modern Dan Popular at St. Helen ’s Alui ■: 1 ■ s . IBlI I : 1 uo6a/o 'puD|4Joj frEC ‘°N ljuuad aiva 11 eBojsoj 's*fl 1 uoijdziudBjo 4!jOJd U0N The gymnasium of St. Helen s HaM the clash of foils as reshmen^ned g juniors this year m and v by Margaret Rosevear have leape----- „ �CENTENNIAL PLANS Mre. Charles H. Heltzei, Chairman Exciting events are in the wind for our one hundred year celebration in the fall. Many chairmen and commaking arrangements tor this mitiee workers are and events are now failing beauion. and'dates occasion. _ tifully into line. „ , , ,, The first celebration will take place on the morn­ ing of September ! 2th at City Hall, the original site of St. Helen’s Hall one hundred years ago. A bt. Helen's Hall flag will be raised over City Hall to fly there for several days. The student body will be in attendance and we will have a short ceremony. The Headmaster is arranging a coffee after this event for participating alumnae and friends. At the school a huge birthday cake with one hundred candles will be of paramount interest for the birthday party being arranged by Mrs. Ronald J. and Mrs. Ronald C. Honeyman for the students. Mrs. Lansing Stout (Sally Reed) has written a his­ tory of the Hall for the Centennial year. She has spent weeks of research both at the Hall and at the His­ torical Society as well as speaking to and interviewmg Portlanders who can remember events of many years which have encircled the Hall and the history of Portland. I his will be a fascinating book and is now being printed. It will be of great interest to all those who ever attended the Hall and to those interested in Portland history. It will be on sale in the Fall. We hope for at least two of the Sisters of the Community of St. John Baptist to be with us for the main events of the Centennial to be held on the weekend of the 15th and 16th of November. They will travel from Mendham, New Jersey. We are delighted to announce that Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of the National Cathedral in Washing­ ton, D. C., is coming to be our speaker for the ban­ quet to be held on November 15th at the Hilton Hotel. He is one of the outstanding speakers in the United States and we feel very honored that he will attend. Our own Governor, Tom McCall, will act as Master of Ceremonies for the banquet so these two will make a terrific team. Mrs. Carl Reynolds is in charge of the banquet and is busy making mailing lists and arranging all the innumerable details. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, will be here for the Sunday events. This day will hopefully start with a dedication service on the campus at St. Stephen's Chapel, and conclude with a Thanksgiving service at Trinity Church at three o'clock in the after­ noon at v/hich Bishop Hines will preside and preach. There will be a reception after the Trinity service with Mrs. David Charlton and Mrs. Harry C. Clair, Jr., in charge. Mrs. Charles H. Heltze! is completing a roster of all graduates of St. Helen's Hall. This will be sent out with a receipt of dues paid and will also be on sale for those who are interested. NEW OFFICERS The following new officers v/ere elected at the annual Spring Luncheon held at the home of Mrs. Joe Fulop. These officers will serve for two years. President: Mrs. David (Frances) Charlton Second Vice-President: Mrs. Richard (Sylvia) Siche! Executive Secretary: Miss Jeannette Jones Recording Secretary: Mrs. E. G. (Anne) Richards Treasurer: Mrs. A. W. (Geraldine) Butler Holdovers from election last year are: First Vice-President: Mrs. Neil (Nancy) Mathison Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Harry C. IMary Hefeh)'Cfafr, Jr.New directors are: Mrs. Boyd (Joan) MacNaughton Miss Helen van de Water Mrs. Robert (Rosalind) Helber Holdover directors are: Mrs. Wellesley B. (Kathi) Taylor Mrs. George C. (Janice) Reinmiller Mrs. Roger (Jill) Warren Fifty-year alumnae honored at the Spring luncheon were Mrs. Harry C. Clair, Jr., and Mrs. George Faust. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mrs. Heltzei, Thanks very much for the cheque v/hich Mrs. Butler sent to me for the memorial to Adeline Kendall Kirby! I have sent it on to the business office along with other cheques for memorials in the Chapel. I am sure the Alumnae will be pleased with the Acolyte Bench for which the money v/as used, and Adeline v/ould be pleased, too. It adds to the beauty St. Helen’s Hall Alumnae News President’s Report 1969 H!W35» Alumnae Award Honors Redmond Girl Shown accepting the 1969 Alumnae Award is Miss Elizabeth Katherine Johnson of Redmond. Mak­ ing the presentation is Mrs. Charles H. Heltzei, president of the Alumnae Association. Miss Johnson is the daughter of State Representative Samuel S. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, who is a member of the State Board of Higher Education. The Award reads: "This award is given to the senior who, through the three-fold aspects of aca­ demic accomplishment, demonstrated leadership, and loyalty, has promoted the ideals and growth of St. Helen s Hall. Betsy Johnson has had a distinguished four years at St. Helen's Hall. She has served her classmates as freshman class president, student body secretary and vice-president and this year as student body president. Betsy plans to enter Occidental College, Los Angeles, in September. Her major will be adolescent psychology and she hopes to do future work in counseling or experimental research. Betsy will be spending her second summer in residence this year as a member of the child care staff at Christie School, a school for emotionally disturbed girls,—on the Marylhurst College campus In Portland. of the Sanctuary and the students v/ho take various roles in the services are delighted to have something adequate upon v/hich to sit. The girls of the upper school take turns with the boys as servers and readers, so the old traditions which Adeline loved have not been lost. Thanking you and the Alumnae again, I am Yours Sincerely, R. H. Greenfield, Chaplain My dear Muriel, Please extend my warmest greetings to all the alumnae and especially to the Class of 1969, our newest alumnae, on this important day—the Spring luncheon and meeting. Though I am writing this at home, on May 17 my daughter, Betty Labadie, and I will be in Brussels visiting an old friend and fellow classmate at St. Helen's Hall, Peggy Boyer. Peggy has been living in Europe for over five years. She is Muriel Gabriel Heltzei I have now finished my third and last year as president. It has been an unusually long term due to the fact that I finished one year of Adele Finch s term. This has been a very exciting and fulfilling year, with the change of administration at the Hall, new ideas, new interests, and challenging thoughts. It has been 'a very happy year for me with a marvelous Board to work with, everyone taking their share of the responsibility cheerfully and doing a thorough and conscientious job of whatever they were asked to do. This makes it all worthwhile when you can count on those with whom you are working to have initiative and imagination to carry on with their particular com­ mittee assignments. The project of the graduation pictures is now complete except for the Junior College and that will be completed this summer. Anne Richards has been chairman of this committee and has devoted weeks to its accomplishment. She has been assisted by several ladies who have also devoted tireless efforts to its completion. When you are handling one hun­ dred years of pictures, plus twelve more of Junior College, it is a real task. We all want to thank you. Anne, for your leadership in this, and also your com­ mittee. Nancy Mathison and~Uoan MacNaughton ~v/ere chairman and co-chairman respectively of the Konditerei for the Country Fair, the allotted task of the Alumnae It made an unprecedented $465 and we all want to thank both of them for their efforts. It was a big job to organize and took many hours ot work on their part, not to mention imagination . . . even to carnations that matched the tablecloths. We have held six meetings of the Board this past year, some in our members' homes and some at the Hall. This summer we hope to finish furnishing an arranging our Alumnae room on the lower floor o the Chapel. This will provide an adequate pace or our files and to work on mailings, and to have mee ings on occasion. . , Dues are due as of the first of June. We have raised the dues to $4.00 this year—inflation Also it is the Centennial year and those who pay "f eir ues will be rewarded with a complete roster ot everyone who has ever graduated from the Hall mai names by the year of graduation, and en a' names and addresses from our addressograph We. We have lost some alumnae over he ^ sor ry to say, but it has been impossi of everyone. ahead with will have a happy year I am sure we nd'former ones, and our ne Board «u r now. c fficers, a members and former ones^ - the editorial staff of Energ International. ^he Pnext newsletter! 9 'ghts of this P ^ having fQ miss this alumnae p regret verY - our Centennial year and con®Vent because th.s'* one for ay|| St. Helen's HalV^l'y 9 V6VVe don’t celebrate Centennials too 11 Alumnae. + a|| feel an obligation to J *nd ^±Zein the events planned for Septembe" ^November. This will not be a fund-raising oer and nnoortunity for everyone to share pro|ect ^uf a gr + great pioneer institution. MvPnd9no he" her lister registered at St. y grandm ODeninq day, September 6, 1869! Q fw-||Haturn to Portland on May 26th and will look forward £ *e\ng many of you at the graduation events in June. wishes to all of you. Very best Sincerely, Frances S. Charlton �Hi' tBLM'A-'j - '<% R Sister Waldine Lucia and David Leech at the Mother House in Mendam, N. J. i �ST. HELEN'S HALL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION CENTENNIAL REMINDER I. SEPTEMBER 12th. FRIDAY 10: A.M. CITY HALL COURTYARD FOURTH AVE. FLAG RAISING AND BRIEF CEREMONIES ALL GRADUATES, FORMER STUDENTS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED. STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO THE SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR 100th BIRTHDAY CAKE AND PARTY. II. SEPTEMBER 23rd. TUESDAY 11:45 A.M. FALL ALUMNAE LUNCHEON. AND MEETING CHAPEL SERVICE AND DEDICATION OF ADELINE KENDALL KIRBY MEMORIAL BENCH ST. STEPHEN'S CHAPEL ON CAMPUS LUNCHEON IN THE GUILD ROOM $1.50 RESERVATIONS - 246-7771 III. NOVEMBER 15th 7 P.M. SATURDAY - CENTENNIAL BANQUET HILTON HOTEL MASTER OF CEREMONIES * HON. TOM McCALL * GOVERNOR OF OREGON SPEAKER DEAN FRANCIS B. SAYRE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL WASH. D.C. CHAIRMAN - MRS. CARL N. REYNOLDS - 2020 SW MT. HOOD LANE SPECIAL TABLES FOR REUNION CLASSES RESERVATIONS AND TICKETS NEEDED IV. NOVEMBER 16th 10 A.M. DEDICATION CEREMONY SCHOOL CAMPUS 6300 SW NICOL ROAD DEDICATION OF THE OLD BRECK CROSS AND THE CORNERSTONE THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN E. HINES - PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH BRUNCH TO FOLLOW IN THE GREAT HALL V . NOVEMBER 16th 3 P.M. i; TRINITY CHURCH NW 19th AVE. AND EVERETT ST. THANKSGIVING SERVICE BISHOP HINES OFFICIATING RECEPTION IN KEMPTON HALL ALL ALUMNAE AND FORMER STUDENTS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ALL OF THESE EVENTS BUT WHERE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED, EARLY ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE MADE. CONTACT THE ALUMNAE OFFICE ON THE CAMPUS, BY MAIL FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. INVITATIONS TO THE BANQUET WILL BE ISSUED IN OCTOBER. THE ALUMNAE DIRECTORY WILL BE AVAILABLE ABOUT JANUARY I, 1970 AND WILL BE SENT TO ALL WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DUES FOR 1969-70. THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL WRITTEN BY SALLY REED STOUT WILL BE ON SALE AT THE BANQUET AND AT THE RECEPTION. v DO PLAN TO ATTEND- THESE HISTORIC EVENTS. WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO MAKE THIS 100 YEAR CELEBRATION A GREAT SUCCESS. MURIEL CABRIEL HELTZEL - CHAIRMAN CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE 4 �I �■*5> ."Vf - ->-£' ■' I 1 | Cathy Reynolds and Laurie King with the school flag. : i 1 ■: �tM Mayor Terry Schrunk of Portland speaking at the City Hall Ceremonies September, 1969 . �s ? ■ i ■S Boys from B.D.H. with guests seated: Ruth Clark Merwin, B. Thurston Paget, Kathy Mayhew Taylor, Catherine Emmons J.W.F. Carman, Marian Farrell Kingery and Muriel Gabriel Heltzel. �Hutton Faust and Beatrice Olsen Smith �f ^Jfiz and 2^'avid Jdsscfi zsyusit tfis. fitsaiurs o j- your comjiany at coffss. foffovjiny tfis zSt. (zdfzdzn'i c2io.CC (2znts.nni.aC ^DCag-zaiiing Cszanony at tfis City c^ta[[ Courtyard Friday, ^sfitsmfrsr 12, IQ69 at 10:00 a.m. tJ^auifion cef^oom ezHdton ezHotsf 10:30 a.m. AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL •i O beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain. For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain. America! America! God shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! SCHOOL SONG Tune: Cornell "Alma Mater." Where the bright Willamette windeth Past the mountains blue. Stands our noble Alma Mater Glorious to view. Chorus: Lift the chorus, bear it onward. Sing we one and all: Hail to thee our Alma Mater, Hail St. Helen's Halil Where Mt. Hood in snowy splendor Proudly looketh down, Stands she with green hills around her Circling like a crown. Chorus : Where the roses ever blossom. Grass is evergreen, Decked with Ivy, crowned with turrets, ^fnndc chp likp n nuppn • K �«=> Mrs. Julian Cheatham, Cornelia Hayes “ Coffee after the City Hall Ceremonies Stevens, Ann Honeyman and Ronald tinnpumap______________ ____ �T-v' .. saiiiis..:...;... Muriel Gabriel Heltzel �Cutting the Birthday Cake - Frances 30 Spaulding Charlton, Alumnae President �NOV 69 I : Fr. Greenfield dedicating the Acolyte Bench : I j L. • rh.~7Z _ Marian F. Kingery, Edgar Kirby, Sue Honeyman, Irene Altstadt �wm o o to t*> March 23, 1969 o o o Dear Mrs. Heltzel: tu -I •o Q O THE VERY REVEREND FRANCIS B. SAYRE, JR. MA\ of me. a trip all the way to the West Coast to be with you at the Centen­ nial of the school. On the other hand, X really would love to do it and I think the change of scene would do me good right here on my own job at the Cathedral. So after balancing your invitation these few weeks, I now accept with thanks and will look forward to being with you next November. U G Z o o z xcr, < 5 Z < -j < h~ z < In thinking about what I could contribute to the banquet you describe, I am obliged to realize, as I hope you will too, that I am by no means the expert on private school education that you appear to think. It is true that X preside in a general sort of way over some very wonderful schools here on the Close. But the truth of the picture is, that others far more skilled than I actu­ ally run those schools and wrestle with their policy. My job is the humbler and, occasionally, even harder one of coordinating what they do for the Cathedral Foundation as a whole. I know that Canon Martin, Headmaster of St. Albans, or either of the Chaplains at our schools or even Canon Walker on my staff, who cams here from St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, could give you a far more cogent address on the role of the church school in modern society than I could ever hope to render, On the other hand, I might be able to offer a few reflections upon our society generally and try to think out loud what cathedrals, cathedral schools ana church schools gen­ erally might be trying to do in the; midst of it all. You will be interested, perhaps, to know that Oregon is the only one of the 50 states in which I have never been. I think it's high time 1 completed the roster and became an "all-round American’1. C/1 Z D O 2 The next time X see Peg Howard I will, indeed, carry your salutation to her. 1 don’t see her everyday anymore since she retired this year as Chief Aide and moved to the country where she is happy. She comes in every once in a while and we rejoice to see that excellent friend and servant of the Lord, + With every good wish, Sincerely yours, < U. G LU X h— < U z o a z X < Mrs. Charles Heltzel St. Helen’s Hall 6300 S. W. Nichol Road Portland, Oregon 97223 t The Reverend David Leech, Headmaster �■ : ~z THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF ST. HELEN’S HALL REQUEST THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE HALL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ST. HELEN’S HALL WILL ATTEND THE CENTENNIAL BANQUET ___NUMBER OF TICKETS I WILL NEED MY name and address before NOVEMBER 1, PLEASE RETURN THIS CARD CHECK FOR 58.00 PER PERSON. YOUR WITH YOUR ticket(s) WILL BE MAILED TO YOU. WILL ATTEND THE ____NUMBER OF SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING TICKETS I WILL NEED facilitate THE RESPONSE IS NEEDED TO YOUR IN THE CHURCH. ARRANGEMENT of seating �r CENTENNIAL BANQUET SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1969 THE GRAND BALLROOM PORTLAND HILTON HOTEL SOCIAL HOUR 6:30 P. M. BANQUET 7:30 P. M. The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre The Hon. Tom Lawson McCall Dean, The National Cathedral Governor Centennial Speaker Master of of Oregon Ceremonies SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING SUNDAY, TRINITY NOVEMBER 16, 1969 EPISCOPAL CHURCH PORTLAND 3:00 P. M. The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Preacher 4:00 P. M. RECEPTION IN KEMPTON HALL BEFORE WITH NOVEMBER YOUR CHECK 1, PLEASE RETURN THIS CARD FOR 58.00 PER PERSON. YOUR TICKET(S) WILL BE MAILED TO YOU. WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING NUMBER OF TICKETS I WILL NEED YOUR RESPONSE IS NEEDED TO FACILITATE THE ARRANGEMENT OF SEATING IN THE CHURCH, �Waldine Lucia with Bishop CarmaiT �ro 1 ♦ Sister VJaldine Lucia greeting the banquet guests with Bishop Carman a 1 ; i ■■ NOV 69 Muriel Gabriel Heltzel Centennial Chairman II ! ; Si a Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr. I in 1 ; �NOV ! 69 MS* dine Luciet'Shd the Reverend Mother Superior, Margaret Helena £ Julian Cheatham and Philip Bogue �Frances Cornell Dahl, Sue Caswell Honeyman, Harriet Breyman Hall and Henry Hall. Charles & Muriel Heltzel Barbara Hartwell, Helen Stratton Felker and Sister Elizabeth Marian i z �Tom Richards, Robert Gilley, Ann " Wentworth Richards and Frances Stevens*" Gilley I t------------------------------------------------------ : I * Frances Cornell Dahl, Henry Hall and Irene Brix Altstadt Elaine Strowbridge Riley and Frank Branch Riley i l j ; s m ! t < ' l aO �f Frances Charlton speaking - Mrs. McCall Governor McCall and Mrs. Carman Governor McCall, Sisters of St. ' John Baptist, Dean Sayre, Reverend Sir, Alumnae and friends of St. my great nleasnl/t * i AS President of the Alumnae Assodation it is M ? to welcome all of you to this joyful and historic event. spirit. arG gratlfled by your devotion and your This A-lumnae Association has been in existence since 1894 and has endeavored to be „a77 „ a stron<3 and enduring force behind the school. Formerlu scholarship1^-t°f GradUatSS' ifc has met regularly, raised funds for scholarships, additions to the Library, or other immediate needs of the of St Helen’s"/^ aStabllshed an End°™nt Fund for the exclusive use we have r J We ave rarely had m°re than volunteer workers 1, tumbled along trying to keep up with constantly changing memberip names and addresses. However, this Centennial celebration would not have been possible without all of you former students and graduates, for you are the historical continuity of St. Helen's Hall. At this time, I would like to recognize the oldest alumnae who are with us tonight. I will introduce those from 1899 through 1913, and would ask that they stand and receive your applause all together. (see list of alumnae so recognized, next sheet) Also, I should like to recognize Mr. Morris Adair, the grandsone of Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris, the founder of St. Helen's Hall. Mr. Adair's mother's name was Mary Rodney Morris. The Alumnae Association is proud of its alumnae family all over the world for many have distinguished themselves in their various professions as well as in their homes. Regretfully, we cannot attempt to honor them at this time, but there is one in the Portland area to whom I would like to pay special tribute. About two years ago, when plans were first being made for this 100th birthday celebration, Sally Reed Stout volunteered to compile a history of the school. She has spent hours interviewing people, researching at the Historical Center, reading old books, records, papers and catalogues. Tonight, we have her book, ST. HELEN'S HALL - the FIRST CENTURY, It is a delightfully factual account of early Portland, its citizens, its church leaders and of a school which has nobly survived 100 y&ars of high academic ideals and achievements. The book is full of rare and charming pictures along with the text and it offers something of delight to anyone who ever attended the school, Thank you, Sally, for a great job well done. We are proud of youI In closing, may I express my sincere thanks to Mary Reynolds for her expert handling of the banquet arrangements, and to Muriel Heltzel for being Centennial chairman, and to David Leech and his staff at the school for their wonderful and gracious cooperation. Frances S. Charlton Alumnae President. J y-— i f f �1 : ' I I I i 1 Frances Charlton speaking - Mrs. McCall Governor McCall and Mrs. Carman Governor McCall, Sisters of St. John Baptist, Dean Sayre, Reverend Sir, Alumnae and friends of St. Helen's Hall. dation it is « p,easu,e to welcome eU his toric event. Many have travelled far to he with us tonight and, un­ fortunately many who had hoped and planned to come have been prevented by reasons of health, etc. We are gratified by your devotion and your spirit. \ i This Alumnae Association has been in existence since 1894 and has endeavored to be a strong and enduring force behind the school. Formerly calied the Society of Graduates, it has met regularly, raised funds for scholarships, additions to the Library, or other immediate needs of the school, and, in 1957, established an Endowment Fund for the exclusive use of St. Helen’s Hall. Since we have rarely had more than volunteer workers we have stumbled along trying to keep up with constantly changing member­ ship names and addresses. However, this Centennial celebration would not have been possible without all of you former students and graduates , for you are the historical continuity of St. Helen's Hall. f At this time, I would like to recognize the oldest alumnae who are with us tonight. I will introduce those from 1899 through 1913, and would ask that they stand and receive your applause all together. V: s I: (see list of alumnae so recognized, next sheet) Also, I should like to recognize Mr. Morris Adair, the grandsone of Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris, the founder of St. Helen's Hall, Mr. Adair's mother's name was Mary Rodney Morris. t £;T.-:rvcv~.r-: ?> -■ TOV r. yrvTT. iv-.oj, ;vt•• y.v. ivitj. cioy / ;• C T O' r«0' C* T J ,:0 pMce.p v; v s: T; r, p -XT,: fp' • •. r■. \ " - r: \ • "i ■> ' '• \ y . .•. - &&&? .W-.v ■ d �OLDEST ALUMNAE (Recognized at the Banquet November 15, 1969) Miss Charlotte Ohle 1899 Miss Elizabeth Lord 1904 Mrs. Winifred Van Dusen Reed 1905 Mrs. Olive Wilson Willis 1908 Miss Hazel Robb 1907 Mrs. Ellen Thielsen DeWitt 1909 Mrs. Clementine Lambert Snow 1910 Miss Juanita Matlock 1910 Miss Mary Blossom 1911 Mrs. Gene Spencer Herron 1911 Mrs. Winifred London Abbott (Vancouver, B. C.) - 1911 Mrs. Alice Thurston Skei 1912 Mrs. Katherine Graham Barbey 1913 Miss Frances Jacobs 1898 (Miss Jacobs attended the reception at Trinity Church on Sunday, November 16, 1969 with her nurse and Mrs. James Rosenfeld. She was given one of the books and was introduced to Mr. Leech and others.) �Sister Waldine Lucia and the Mother Superior, Margaret Helena �western union M V?V7 1008a PST NOV 10 69 PRBl40 SSF0J9 i PR SEAI58 AC PDF TDSE BELLEVUE WASH 10 1000A PST MRS DAVID B CHARLTON, DLY 75 1854 SW VISTA AVE PORTLAND ORG iSS9 KOV 10 hi DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AM UNABLE BE PRESENT FOR 100TH REUNION SEVERE ATTACK ARTHRITIS PLEASE REMEMBER ME TO MY OLD FRIENDS LOVE FAITH ROBERTS (1006). 240P PST NOV 15 69 PR8208 SSF199 PR SFAJ45 HH CGN PDF SAN FRANCISCO CALIF 15 1245P PS^J ST HELENS HALL, DLY75 CENTENNIAL 8AN5UET HILTON HOTEL PORTLAND ORG CONGRATULATIONS ON ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFFECTIONATE GREETINGS TO THE S ISTERS PEGGY BOYER (250). r\ 8F-1201 (RS-69) �—r Oregon Episcopal Schools W 6300 S. W. Nicol Road Portland, Oregon 972 2 3 / (50 3) 24 6-7771 St. Helen's Hall / Bishop Dagwell Hall October 31, 1969 Members of the Alumnae Board St. Helen's Hall Deer Friends: Please excuse the phenomenon of a personal letter being mimeographed. It is my solution to the problem of how to write to all of you, and get the letters in the mail, on a busy Friday after­ noon before the start of a soccer game with Catlin Gabel that begins very soon! I went to invite each one of you to attend the small ,,fami!y,, worship service at !0:00 A.M. on Sunday, November 16. Yes, that is the morning after the centennial'banquet, the morning before the big 3:00 P.M. centennial service and reception in Trinity Church. I am asking you to attend the service because the Presiding Bishop, Bishop Mines, will be present. Bishop Carman wall bo present and, at the conclusion of the service, the clergy and congregation will leave the chape! and walk the forty feet to the place where the old iron cross (from atop the old school building at the eld site) has been re-erected as a remembrance of our centennial. There, Bishop Hines will appropriately bless (he cross in its new location. II believe it is very appropriate that as many ef the Alumnae Board as possible be present. And t heir husbands ere most cordially invited! After the service brunch will be served to all our guests. Remember the time8 (0:00 A.M. Let me add for your official information that our mutual friend, Mrs. Paul M0 (Ruth) Merv/in v/hose daughter Marybeth was graduated last June, has paid for the re-ercsti©n of the me­ morial cross as a gift to the school at this happy time. We are grateful for her thoughtfulness. I am going to count on you, knowing you will attend if it is humanly possible. 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STEPHEN'S CHAPEL on the campus of the Oregon Episcopal Schools Portland, Oregon �oi. neien s nan / tsisnop uagwen nan 1 Ministration of Communion Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity page 18 Prayer of Thanksgiving November 16, 1969 The Blessing: The Presiding Bishop FAMILY EUCHARIST Recessional Hymn 276 Now thank we all our God Processional Hymn 370 Spirit divine, attend our prayers *** Booklet page 21 Penitential Order Following the service, we will process with our visitors Venite (610) to the corner of the school building where the Presiding page 3 Collect for Purity Bishop will rededicate the cross from the old school in commemoration of the centennial of St. Helen's Hall. Summary of the Law Refreshments will follow in the narthex. Opening Doxology Nine-fold Kyrie in English Gloria in Excelsis *** (702) (739) We are honored by the presence this morning of the Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Collect for Trinity XXIV Church, and our own Diocesan Bishop, the Rt. Rev. James W. F. Carman. Also in our congregation is the Epistle Gospel Rev. Mother Margaret Helena, Superior of the Commu­ Hymn 273 Holy God, we praise thy name nity of St. John Baptist, and four members of the Com­ munity which supervised St. Helen's Hall for nearly Sermon: The Bishop of Oregon Nicene Creed half a century. page 7 The Peace We are pleased also to have the mem­ bers of the Hall's Alumnae Board and their president, Mrs. David Charlton. The Intercession Our guests are here to share in the centennial celebra­ Offertory Hymn 347(1) Alleliua! Sing to Jesus! Sanctus (704) Prayer of Consecration (all kneeling) Lord's Prayer The Fraction Agnus Dei (706) We of the congregation of St. Stephen's Chapel extend to them Doxology 139 (tune 599) Sursum Corda and Preface tion of our fine Diocesan school for girls. page 13 our cordial welcome and join with them ,n giving thanks for the first one hundred years of the school. It is our prayer that St. Helen's Hall and Bishop Dagwell Hall may continue to serve the Church and the North­ west in the future as they have done so well m the past and that we may work with them in a way which is fruitful for them, for us, and for the Lord whom togeth er we serve. �Presiding Bishop, John Hines, and the Reverend Robert Greenfield, Chaplain �u'v: ■_ > '• c- �NOV 69 After Sunday Chapel service - Father Greenfield with the Sisters & guests KB JO «. NOV 69 .. Edith French Nichols with the Sisters ! I I l 1 - I - Sister Waldine Lucia on the campus " Sunday morning, November 16, 1969. �st.Helen's hall centenniAl celeBuation EVENSONG AND SERMON TRINITY CHURCH, PORTLAND, OREGON NOVEMBER 16, 1969 3:00 P.M. EVENING PRAYER AND SERMON 4:00 P.M. RECEPTION HONORING THE PRESIDING BISHOP PLEASE SEAT ONE centennial anniveRSARy celeBRation of st. helen's hall �r evensong Anft seRmon mmm At Gz John Cook “Fanfare for Organ”................................... PRELUDE processional hymn 274 . . Ancient of Days, who sittest throned in glory the opening sentences . . O Lord, open Thou our lips. RESPONSE . . And our mouth shall show forth Thy praise. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. RESPONSE . . As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Praise ye the Lord. RESPONSE . . . The Lord’s name be praised. PSALM 84 . . LESSON . . Proverbs 31: 10-31.............................. This is the traditional lesson read at the graduation exercises of St. Helens Hall. CANTICLE . . . Magnificat............................................. THE APOSTLES’ CREED . . . Sung by the Choir and the Congregation, standing. Quam dilectal........................................ VERSICLES AND RESPONSES . . The Lord be with you. RESPONSE . . Chant: Hymnal 694 The Headmaster The Choir and the School And with thy spirit. Let us pray. THE LORDS PRAYER . • . Sung by the Choir and the Congregation. O Lord, show Thy mercy upon us. RESPONSE • . And grant us Thy salvation. O Lord, save the State. | _____ I Sister Waldine Lucia on the campus “ Sunday morning, November 16, 1969. �/v RESPONSE . And mercifully hear us when we call upon Thee. Endue Thy Ministers with righteousness. RESPONSE . And make Thy chosen people joyful. O Lord, save Thy people. RESPONSE . . And bless Thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, O Lord. RESPONSE . For it is Thou, Lord, only, that makest us dwell in safety. O God, make clean our hearts within us. And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. RESPONSE COLLECTS, PRAYERS AND THE GRACE PARISH WELCOME . . . The Rev. Pitt S. Willand, Rector, Trinity Parish. Sung by the School alone THE SCHOOL HYMN SERMON . . The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, D.D. Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church OFFERING . . The offering is received for the benefit of scholarships in school year 1970-71 for American Indian students in both St. Helen’s Flail and Bishop Dagwell Hall. ANTHEM . . Greater love hath no man............................................ John Ireland AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERING: The Doxology................................................ prayers and benediction recessional hymn POSTLUDE 289 . . . Hymnal 139 The Rt. Rev. James W. F. Carman, D.D. Bishop of Oregon Chairman, Board of Trustees, Oregon Episcopal Schools O God, our help in ages past Charles Marie Wildor “Toccata” The Rev. Robert M. Greenfield, Chaplain, Oregon Episcopal Schools, Precentor Mr. Gale Enger, Organist and Choirmaster Mr. Willett R. Lake III and Mr. Cornelius R. Duffie, Jr., Acolytes TTVT7 tvcniimlj ! rn/Aftfi ainu StHMUTT 4:00 P.M. RECEPTION HONORING THE PRESIDING BISHOP PLEASE SEAT ONE centennial anniveRsaRy celeBRation of st. helen’s hall *i �PRINCIPALS OF ST. HELEN’S HALL ! 1869-1896 Mary Burton Rodney 1896-1904 Eleanor Tibbetts 1904-1914 Sister Elisa Monica 1914-1916 Sister Julia Frances 1916-1923 Sister Mary Angela 1923-1944 Sister Waldine Lucia 1944-1945 Rita York 1945-1947 Gertrude Houk Fariss 1947-1949 The Rev. Arthur Vall-Spinosa 1949-1953 Jane Allen Saxon 1953-1968 Gertrude Houk Fariss 1968- The Coordinate Administration The Rev. David Leech, Headmaster Claire Kleinschmit, Principal, Upper School Betty Jo Wright, Principal, Lower School AT TRINITY CHURCH, PORTLAND, OREGON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1969 3:00 P.M. EVENING PRAYER AND SERMON 4:00 P.M. RECEPTION HONORING THE PRESIDING BISHOP PLEASE SEAT ONE centenniAL AnniveRSARy celeBRAtion of st. tielen’s hAll 1 ; .. �Dean Sayre vesting for the Sunday afternoon service at Trinity - The recessional in Trinity Church. �CENTENNIAL RECEPTION Kempton Hall - SUNDAY, November 16, 1969 Trinity Church Mrs. Harry C. Clair, Jr. Mrs. Ronald Peterson To Pour: Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Miss Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Carl N. Reynolds Hal Gross Phillip Bogue Julian Cheatham Caroline Paige Ruth Rose Richardson Clare Kleinschmit Pitt Willand Milton Foland Hilbert Johnson Ronald J. Honeyman Lyle B. Kingery Willett R. Lake, Jr. Franklin G. Drake Charles H. Heltzel Robert W. Gamble To Assist: Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Joel B. Krausse Scott Kelley Peter K. Wagner Joseph A. Labadie Robert B. Atkins Ronald C. Honeyman William T. C. Stevens A. W. Butler Kenneth J. Hall �Anne Honeyman, Bishop Hines and Muriel Heltzel. �I s c : �... Mary Rodney in a Centennial Display at the school �i ■ fil & __ bjm J QJ 4j • .-o;.- 'ii n mt sise mm n ii in 4£\i :«■ ii ';i'T': ; rnrr CD: CL i ■V! ^ 1 it 01 ■ N'' - % k-rM^ ST. HELEN S HALL: The First Century The illustrated history of a pioneer Pacific Northwest girls school which reflects: Changing attitudes toward education Changing attitudes toward the role of girls and young women Progressive survival through the booms and busts of a century A MUST addition to your history of education library / Order your copy now at $3.50 each, postage paid. Make checks payable to St. Helen's Hall and mail the coupon below to 6300 S.W. Nicol Road, Portland, Oregon 97223. i NAME. ADDRESS. ___ZIP. �Frances Spaulding Charlton and Sally Reed Stout �r CENTENNIAL REFLECTIONS Winifred London Abbott -1911 - Vancouver, B. C. "wouldn't have missed it for anything’." Dorothy Condon Faulkner - 1915 - San Francisco "the banquet was so interesting with its illustrious speakers and dear Sister Waldine Lucia. The success of your party was overwhelming . . Dorothy James Naef - 1937 - Mamaroneck, N. Y. "a most rewarding experience - enjoyed everything, seeing old friends, classmates and of course, most of all, the Sisters." Margaret MacMillan Byrne - 1934 - Los Angeles ...planned her return from Europe in the fall to coordinate with the Centennial - "most eager to see old classmates and friends" Gloria Spencer Crowson - 1949 - Pacific Palisades, California. "A most memorable week-end at the Hall - alums who organized the Centennial events are to be congratulated on a wonderfully successful occasion. Feel sorry more local alums didn't show up - but that is their loss. I wouldn't have missed it for the world." Helen Stratton Felker - 1931 - Tacoma, Washington. one of the happies experiences of my life." �From THE HALLMAPy The Centennial year of any institution means many things to many people. The joy of celebration , nostalgia for the past. quickened interest for the future, a close look at meaning and purpose. For St. Helen’s Hall, a determined pioneer girl grown to a gracious metropolitan lady, all these are true in this her one hundredth year. Celebration began in September at Portland’s City Hall, the first site of St. Helen’s Hall. Church and civic dignitaries, alumnae and friends of the school, and a fine student body gathered to raise the school flag once again where it had flown long ago. Later in the day, birthday parties took place on the campus and each young person seemed to feel a sense of history combined with the fun of celebration. In November, a festive week-end brought alumnae to the Hall and the city for a series of events which they shared with students, parents and loyal friends. A gay banquet at the Hilton Hotel and a joyous Service of Thanksgiving at Trinity Episcopal Church etched timeless memories in the hearts and minds of all. Nostalgia and reminiscence were the mood as old friends exclaimed. you remember . . .?’’ and relived happy days. "Do The traditions of St. Helen's Hall which have made her dear and unique were brought out so that the present generation might better understand why the Hall is what she is today. Looking reflectively at the past serves best when it heightens enthusiasm for the present and future. So it is in this Centennial year. St. Helen's Hall vitally lives now, meeting the ever-changing demands of superior independent edu­ cation, and she lives in harmony and pleasure with her young companion, Bishop Dagwell Hall. Coeducation has come to the Halls, another step in meeting the needs of a given era. St. Helen's Hall and Bishop Dagwell Hall exist solely to educate and train young men and women for tomorrow's leadership in the world they will inherit, The second century hopefully shall be as much a source of joy and pride as was the first. Jean Jackson �AMONG THE RESPONSES TO THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION of St. Helen's Hall, we cherish this memory of the Reverend Mother Margaret Helena Superior of the Community of St. John Baptist, who herself taught at the Hall many years ago. We hope you too will enjoy what she wrote about the memorable days of celebration. A WEEK-END BETWEEN TWO CENTURIES St. Helen’s Hall is celebrating its Centennial! How many times we have heard and repeated these words this past year! The Sisters’ association with the Hall covers sixty-five of those years—forty as the directors and the last twenty-five in our hearts and prayers. Friday, November 14th, five Sisters returned to Portland, ing as unreal as characters in a fairy tale. Intellectually we knew we were not going to the old Hall. This was emphasized by on the new highway and up 14th and Hall Streets, There we were fronted with reality and were prepared for the new site and the buildings. feel - all a drive connew The village of buildings on the side of the hill was most attractive, and the contrast of memory and reality was complete. This is St. We had arrived11!^ BXSh°P Da9"e11 Hall"the Oregon Episcopal Schools. t e « i ; i l°tbe WelC°rd m°St hostess^ Oor^r/: and lovingly. ^ Some of ^ Sch°o1- Our ranqed a dpiirin ’ Fass> gave us a royal welcome and had ar anged delicious dinner, complete with Columbia River Salmon. Ruth Rose Richardson had evening, and would not have been able to meet - «« able T tlZ.2’ who - us elsewhere. members of the staff^a h&d breakfast in the dining hall, met some the new school that even th^ Students’ and by now were so able to accept breakfast + the bo^s seemed to belong quite naturally. Af ter eaxrast we toured the School . 3X101 saw many familiar bits in new surroundngs, e.g., Mrs. Sumner , mese furniture, Bishop Sumner’s white stole with lily embroidery, and the class pictures. At eleven roet in the School Communion the Community by a Rule of li/ 1Sh°P Gross- The Associates are bound to !16 9reatly valued by the Sistl’ ' Md °f work‘ “ is a spiritual ervice, we were all guests nf +!! ^ Wel1 aS the Ass°ciates. After the guests of the Headmaster and Mrs. Leech for luncheon In the dred Quests- evening there was the areai- k, -students, »»old air-i .,9,_ t bancjuet with more than six hunsharing the new, all accomplishment; of one hundred years’ ovations, a complete mjst^y'to ^ MrS * Fariss were given tremendous one of the youngest guests, who asked, happis -a °id and �'fiaT0'::Ti ter Ally c ome^iiroug^ said •••water'- } ^is; f>l ane c aught TTfe an 3 t fre cabin was filled with smoke as they stopped at Denver, and in Portland there was thick fog. Nevertheless he calmly gave an excellent address pointing to the new century and its challenges. On Sunday, Fr. Greenfield’s homily set the thought of the day by making three points: faith, hope, steadiness. At the ten o’clock service, Bishop Carman summed up the century by using St. Paul’s analogy of races — relay races--in which one runner runs his part and passes on his attainment to the next runner, etc. The Bishop spoke of the "cioud of witnesses" and said the most vitally interested were those who had already run. The Presiding Bishop then gave the Blessing, and immediately we proceeded to the new location of the Flemish cross, a memorial to Father Breck brought from the highest point of the old building and now mounted on a brick pedestal. The Presiding Bishop rededicated the cross, after which he had to have a press conference, but we had lunch. The final and crowning event was the great thanksgiving service at Trinity Church. To be in that beautiful church and to be singing the Commencement music with hundreds of School girls, young and old, was a tremendously moving and satisfying experience. The Presiding Bishop spoke of the challenge of the new century, and the service spoke of the love of God and of the faith and hope that had brought us to this day and would be the support of the future. There were many more greetings after the service, and we were hardly able to detach ourselves to pay our respects to those in the receiving line at the reception for the Presiding Bishop. Monday morning came and we left the Hall at 6:15 a.m. to take our plane to New Jersey. What can anyone say of a week-end between two centuries? Perhaps it was a glimpse of heaven--time dropped away, old friend­ ships were picked up where distance had intervened surrounded by happy memories—and shining through it all the spirit of St. Helen's Hall--loyal alumnae, loyal students, enthusiastic faculty--everyone working to build the walls of another century. Perhaps the Chapel is the best symbol of the hope of the future, It is the centre of the campus, it is new physically but holds within it many things of the past, The new and the old have been put together to form — one lovely whole. And so with all of life we inherit and use what is good of the past and build on it for the future, The race goes on—each runner carries his torch. There is no adequate way to tell you how much we appreciated and enjoyed this week-end. We can only say, thank you one and all and wrap you round with our love and prayers. �Commencement Address Nosratollah Rassekh, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of History Lewis and Clark College Sibelius (arr. Lefebvre) “Onward, Ye Peoples!” St. Helen’s Hall Chorus Presentation of Candidates for Graduation The Rev. David Leech Headmaster, Oregon Episcopal Schools Awarding of Diplomas The Rt. Rev. James W. F. Carman Bishop of the Diocese of Oregon Prayers and Benediction Recessional March - Pomp and Circumstance Elgar . GRADUATING CLASS OF JUNE, 1970 Christina Augsburger Edith Hibbard Susan Bruce Patricia Howard Roxanne Cady Susan Humphrey Nadine Christenson Judith Lamkin Elizabeth Dorosh Jennifer Larsen Anne Corinne Dunstan Susan Paisley Alexandra Dussin Nancy Purdy Ann Englehart Sandra Lee Storey Gretchen Ann Cinder Joanne Yocum m 1970 Commencement - the 10Othi �St. 3~telen’s 3faLL FOUNDED 1069 PORTLAND, OREGON 1970 Commencement - the 10Othl �1 .en ’ s : Helena, :a le One Hundredth Commencement in Trinity Church Commencement Address Nosratollah Rassekh, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of History Lewis and Clark College “Onward, Ye Peoples!” A Sunday, June 7, 1970 Processional: “March from Athaliah” ir Mendelssohn ANCIENT of Days, who sittest throned in glory, To thee all knees are bent, all voices pray; Thy love has blessed the wide world’s wondrous story With light and life since Eden’s dawning day. O holy Father, who hast led thy children In all the ages with the fire and cloud, Through seasdry-shod, through weary wastes bewildering, To thee in reverent love our hearts are bowed. O holy Jesus, Prince of Peace and Saviour, To thee we owe the peace that shall prevail, Stilling the rude wills of men’s wild behavior, And calming passion’s fierce and stormy gale. O Holy Ghost, the Lord and the Life-giver, Thine is the quickening power that gives increase: From thee have flowed, as from a mighty river, Our faith and hope, our fellowship and peace. O Triune God. with heart and voice adoring, Praise we the goodness that doth crown our days; Pray we that thou wilt hear us, still imploring Thy love and favor, kept to us always. Amen. <= t c 1 a S n c n D u The Opening Sentences O Lord, open Thou our lips. Response: t Response: Presentation of Candidates for Graduation The Rev. David Leech Headmaster, Oregon Episcopal Schools Awarding of Diplomas The Rt. Rev. James W. F. Carman Bishop of the Diocese of Oregon Prayers and Benediction Recessional March — Pomp and Circumstance As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Christina Augsburger Edith Hibbard Susan Bruce Patricia Howard Roxanne Cady Susan Humphrey Nadine Christenson Judith Lamkin Elizabeth Dorosh Jennifer Larsen Anne Corinne Dunstan Susan Paisley Alexandra Dussin Nancy Purdy Ann Englehart Sandra Lee Storey Gretchen Ann Cinder Joanne Yocum Praise ye the Lord. i| Response: l Elgar GRADUATING CLASS OF JUNE, 1970 And our mouth shall show forth Thy praise. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: I Sibelius (arr. Lefebvre) St. Helen’s Hall Chorus The Lord's Name be praised. L< ho asked, 1970 Commencement - the 100thl �?n ' s Helena, iught at Psalm 84: Quam dilecta! 0 HOW amiable are Thy dwellings: Thou Lord of hosts ! 2. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young: even Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house; they will be always praising Thee. 5. Blessed is the mail whose strength is in Thee: in whose heart are Thy ways. 6. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. 7. They will go from strength to strength: and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8. 0 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. 9. Behold, O God our defender: and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 10. For one day in Thy courts: is better than a thousand. 11.1 had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12. For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship and no good thing shall He withhold from them that live a godly life. 13. O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in Thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. LESSON Proverbs 31:10 Magnificat: St. Luke 1:46 To be sung by the School alone, SOUL doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God niy Savior. my For He hath regarded the lowliness of His Handmaiden. Foi behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed. For He that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is His name. And His mercy is on them that fear Him: throughout all gen­ erations. nriMir|He hath Showed strength with His arm: He hath scattered the Proud m the imagination of their hearts. thp v, G, !*atk put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted ne humble and the meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich He hath sent empty away. He remembering His mercy hath holpen His servant Israel: as He promised our forefathers, Abraham and his seed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Answer: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Then shall be sung the APOSTLES' CREED by the Minister and the People standing. Response: The Lord be with you. And with Thy spirit. Let us pray. THE Response: Response: Response: Response: Response: Response: LORD’S PRAYER O Lord, show Thy mercy upon us. And grant us Thy salvation. O Lord, save the State. And mercifully hear us when we call upon Thee. Endue Thy Ministers with righteousness. And make Thy chosen people joyful. O Lord, save Thy people. And bless Thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, O Lord. For it is Thou, Lord, only that makes us dwell in safety. O God, make clean our hearts within us. And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. COLLECTS AND PRAYERS THE SCHOOL HYMN To be sung by the School alone. Those gathered here together Behold us, gracious Saviour, Will soon be far apart, In girlhood's morning bright — But in Thy love and service Look on us in Thy mercy, Unite us heart to heart, And guide us with Thy light. And keep us pure and loyal Life's journey lies before us, Where'er our lot may be, God with us all the way, True daughters of St. Helen's So shall we love Thee truly And true, our God, to Thee. And serve Thee day by day. So when Thou comest in glory To gather in Thine own, And we shall stand for judgment Before Thy great White Throne, Then place us at Thy right hand And hearken to our prayer, Of all St. Helen's daughters Let none be missing there ! 1970 Commencement - the lOOthl ��Hostesses for CENTENNIAL BANQUET - November 15, 199^1 Rhoda Holman Statter Marjorkie Holman Day - Co-chairmen Beatrice Thurston Paget Janice Parker Holman Geraldine Butler Hanny Clemmy Lambert Snow Helen STratton Felker Nell Thiel sen DeWitt Jeanette Jones Cahterine Mayhew Taylor Mary Helen Clakr Helen van de Water Ann Wentworth Richards Annette Gaither Johnson 1915 1921 1935 1910 1931 1909 1933 1925 1919 1922 1923 1961 Junior College Jean Langille Langley Helen Mills Stoll Lenore Lavanture Klink 1936 1944 1935 ■ •.. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Alumna Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Alumnae and alumni High schools Junior colleges Dance cards Students High school student activities Student activities Photographs Description An account of the resource This is a collection of scrapbooks created by St. Helen's Hall alumnae. The scrapbooks are composed of photographs, letters, and other documents that chronicle the daily activities of St. Helen's Hall women in the early to mid-20th century. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920-1950s, 1969 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. 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Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. scrapbook Title A name given to the resource St. Helen's Hall Centennial Scrapbook Subject The topic of the resource Alumnae and alumni High schools Dance cards Scrapbooks Photographs Students Student activities Description An account of the resource This is a scrapbook created by Oregon Episcopal School to commemorate the school's centennial. The scrapbook contains letters, telegrams, event descriptions and programs, photographs, school songs, and other centennial memorabilia. Please note that pages containing news clipping were removed in respect of copyright. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. 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It is not always easy to give up the things that seem pleasant and appeal to your fancy at the time, and to keep your mind and thoughts on what you arc doing; but in the end, it means success. T .: : .V..: •< a A Success is the big thing for which ev eryone is striving. No matter what you undertake, your goal will always be the same—to succeed in the thing you are doing. At times, it seems as if the goal is always just out of reach, but if you stop to think that success is really the ability to do just what you want to do in exactly the way you want it done, you will see that you have gained success in many things just because your wish to achieve this was so strong that you worked, and really compelled yourself to achieve your end. �LITERARY r (• \ 1 * i I Udtr ^Framing of tit? (Enustttntimt w HEN EVER. a new government or a new country is born, it is neces­ sary for that nation to have a code of laws; so it was with the United States of America. After the Revolutionary War, when the final ties between England and the colonics had been severed, the great men of these newlyfreed colonies set about to build a nation. The result of their work is the Constitution, a code of laws which has bound together the forty-eight states of the Union in justice, liberty and peace, and which has become the “supreme law” of nearly a million people. The task of the freeman was not an easy one, and the universal wonder is how they accomplished their end so efficiently and so well. The work was great, the time given short, and capable workers few, yet in this docu­ ment which they have given us, the citizens of the United States have summed up, all the provisions of the great law-givers of history. Many who read and study the Constitution do not appreciate it to the extent of its value, because they do not realize the stupendousness of the task these men had. When one stops to think that it was composed in eighty-five working days and by fifty-five statesmen, who did all their own clerical work, because of the secrecy of the convention, the full weight of the matter begins to dawn upon one. Some of the fifty-five took no active part in the drawing up of the Constitution, and some stood in the way of those who did. Their objections probably added a wholesome influence to the convention, but on the other l :■ ■ ■}. 5* ! ! { •T [ ■ rT -• ; v. �sir-'" - " ■; • ] 10 . •: m D j> l p 1) i r hand, they caused many worries and perplexities for their greater colleagues who had assumed the responsibility and work. Other difficulties arose to confront the already over-burdened framers. Some of the states rebelled against and refused to accept different clauses. For instance. Rhode Island insisted upon recognizing paper money as the equivalent of gold, and therefore, objected to several of the mercenary clauses. On the other hand, New York seriously opposed the surrendering of the customs revenues which proxided her chief income. Various other colonics were forced to surrender land to the new Federal Government before entering under its protection. The most extraordinary fact connected with the framing of the Con­ stitution, of which many arc ignorant, is the means bv which the framers worked. As the Constitution stands alone in the annals of constructive statesmanship, so does the process by which it was constructed, In a word, there is nothing which equals this document. At the beginning, when men were still considering the plan of this great work, propositions for discussion were placed before the convention in an abstract form. These propositions were embodied in fifteen resolutions which were immediately referred to the Committee of the W hole. They were taken up one by one for consideration and discussion. Some were accepted, some amended, or some laid aside for further consideration. At the end of two weeks of like procedure, the conclusions of this com­ mittee were reported. These were in the form of nineteen resolutions, and were considered along with other propositions. Thirteen days later, the work was submitted to the Committee of Detail for elaboration and reduc­ tion from the abstract to the concrete. They reported about ten days later and the concrete document was then turned over to the framers as a whole. After due consideration and debating, the now nearly finished Constitution was entrusted to the care of the Committee of Style for further revision of style and arrangement. On the 18th of September, the completed document was submitted to the people for acceptance or rejection. lhe work of the great convention, which was then accomplished, was the making of a government which has withstood the storms of a century and more. There have, of course, been several amendments to the original, but even if the ten amendments had never been proposed, the established Constitution would have moved on just the same through the ages. d he conscience and intelligence of the people have been the real safeguards against injustice and oppression. But one does not stop to wonder when he realizes what liberty, what justice, what peace, and safety are provided for in the work of these statesmen who have made our government what is is today—the greatest nation of the world. Roberta Douty, ’24. �yC’l-y h Sfl jj It i r 11 ftenualitu in liauhsljakra i i ' | 'HE old, genuine, hearty, English handshake v fast becoming one of the JL “has-beens.” Before it fades into obscurity, I would like to characterize the different kinds 1 have received in the brief course of my life. First of all, there is the limp, bored handshake which gives one the im­ pression that the owner of the hand is bored to tears, that he finds nothing amusing around him, and that he wishes devoutly he was anywhere but where he is at present. Again, we have the cold, clammy handshake which makes one feel as if she had just received into her palm a wet, slippery, very much dead, codfish. But the most lasting of all handshakes is the athletic one. For hours afterward, one tenderly nurses the poor bruised hand, which feels as though it had been in a vise, and one fervently prays she will not be forced to Undergo the ordeal when the athlete in question leaves. Then, there is the handclasp between acquaintances, and again that be­ tween friends, which differ vastly. For instance, the handshake between acquaintances, especially in modern society, where only “the almighty dollar” counts, may be effusive or only slightly so, according to the size of one’s income tax, as compared with that of the acquaintance in question. If her’s is the larger, then the handshake will be correspondingly condescending. If the acquaintance happens to be in the slightest degree — shall we say — dis­ approving, her handshake will be brief; very brief. I might say. and frigid; in fact, one nearly becomes an iceburg during it, however brief it may be. But the clasp of friendship, I mean of real friendship, not that of “fairweather friends,” is entirely different. It is warm, sincere, understanding. It conveys to us a feeling of comfort and peace, and we know that in time of trouble that friend will be there, ready to help us and cheer us on. These are but few of the many and varied handshakes one receives on her way through life. Soon even these will fade away' into the past, and then, I suppose, we will content ourselves with a careless nod or a formal bow, as I he case may be, or even return to primal conditions, and rub noses — as the Indian tribes still do. Isabel Schetky, ’24. ! : ! I I I. ! I : : : i ©htte, lit? (lint? dftthg? HL Gods were in conference; Jupiter on the dias, Juno at his right, and all the lesser dictics arranged in a great semi-circle around a raised platform on which reposed a wreath of laurel, cunningly made by Vulcan from virgin gold and heavilv-incrusted with jewels. “This,” spoke Jupiter, “is the reward to him who is the most credit to his school.” Before them stood a screen, on which appeared a scene from earth ; it was a football field, a squirming pile of arms and legs, in the center; a host of excited students in the grandstand. Suddenly, from the human heap on the gridiron, a figure darted and dashed down the field, scoring the winning & T ! �A^T m - 12 * 1 j ! 1 a 3 ? I p 1) i r touchdown. It was Henry Jones, all-round athlete, captain of the ream, president of the student body, and a “regular fellow.” “Ha!” spoke Mars, “he wins the prize.” “Wait!” replied Jupiter. The scene changed; the gods found themselves gazing on the crowded forum of the school auditorium. Alfred Smith, editor of the school paper president of the literary society, “smartest fellow in the school,” has just fin­ ished the concluding argument which won the interscholastic debate. Great applause from the audience. “Here,” spake Athena "is one who merits the reward.” “Wait,” replied Jupiter. Again the scene shifted; the assembly sensed a change into the future Ten years had passed. They looker! upon a man sitting at a desk in a spacious office 1 was -lohn Brown, who had been sitting near the top of atCthT t 1'r1 n1 ,thC, f00,bal1 game’ and had bccn of the audience at the debate He had never held a position in the school activities nor participated m school athletics. He had attended regularly to his studies devoted his constant attention to them, had helped make the way clear for the younger students, anti had graduated as "one of the class 11 . I •; • ; : i - i 1\0W he held a responsible position in a large concern; was respected and loved by Ins fellow-workers; conspicuous by his charif to the tre ly and devoted to Ins family - a credit to the school. ' 1 he next morning, John Brown received from the postman a plain pasteboard box. To his immense surprise, it contained a gold laurel wreath, incrusted with jewels. Sirs a beth Bruce, ’24. I % A d i ■ • -v. A . A A A- . ©uIIb Chained to the creaking piers, the swaying schooners lie; Thev fluner" 7""' ^ lllc sweep and fly, rl, C- ,iutter ami swoop to the gleaming bay Bhcy touch the sunbeams and wheel awav. a * Sp,;a>r'k,sscd w,ngs, they dart and glance Across the sunlit water’s smooth expanse; Into some lone cavern that looks to the seas I hrough a veil of fog, and a screen of trees; And through the mists of morning send a erv That peirces the caves where the shattered doves lie * Then out to the sunshine circle and sail, O’er the bleached drift brought in by the <raic But when winds arc still and noon is high, On tired wings they .cross the sky; And weary with shrieki -ing5 and quiet and wet They pause to a i • , , . rest 0,1 the stretched-out netAnd with bright, black eyes, look out upon the ocean’s heaving brim, I O where the creeping canvass sinks behind the crawling rim. Cecily Applegath, ’25. - - A llf �0 e i p Ij i r (0u Writing a U%mr A , £ r -i THEME! What a tremendous assignment! The word itself sounds simple enough the day before, but what a laborious procedure and agoniz­ ing mental processes it finally involves! First, one cannot find a suitable subject, or, having found that, can think of nothing to say. Habitual expressions on passersbv, big colored illustrations in picture books, interesting items in the daily paper — what wonderful possibilities there arc in the every-dav trend of events, and the faces of those about us day after day, if we only realize the fact! Per­ haps, if you asked her, your class-mate could tell you ol her amusing experience in a rik’sha, sight-seeing in picturesque Japan before the awful earthquake destroyed its beauty, or perhaps something has happened in her life that bears the nucleus of a fascinating story. Even your school-desk could suggest, were you willing, a wonderful adventure-talc ot its journey from the stately forest to the buzzing factory, Even the material of your dress, probably originally came from some far-olT and romantic country. And in the outside world, there arc the trees and flowers, and hosts of beautiful things all ready to be praised in prose or verse. Still, we cannot seem to select a topic. With so many possibilities at hand, the process of selection seems hopeless. Shall we write a wise­ sounding essay, or an amusing experience, or a fanciful poem? Alas! we cannot decide. There we sit, chewing our pencils and staring vaguely from empty space to the empty paper before us. Then, at last, we are inspired! The clock strikes, and suggests to us the possibilities of writing an essay on bells, For, if there are any people that should be familiar with such a subject, they arc the boarders of St. Helen’s Hall, and I am one of them. Rising bells and class-room bells; chapel bells and breakfast bells! They mark off our daily life as regularly as the striking of the clock. First, after we have recovered from being aroused by the clanging of the milk­ man’s pails in the wee hours of the morning, another clanging awakens us and bids us to get up, no matter how dark and cold it is ! But the most welcome bell, I think, is that which dismisses us from class before the teacher finds out that he haven’t prepared our lesson. How welcome its clattering noise is then! What relief the sound of it brings! Fire-bells, and church-bells, and door-bells too —what a host of them confront us daily! Surely, now, I have found a subject. For once I shall have prepared my English. Will Miss W----- collapse? Horrors! My illusions of triumph are shattered in their infancy! I have wasted the whole study-hour dreaming into space of week-ends and i Christmas trees, and, vaguely, of subjects for English themes. Alas! have procrastinated again! What a sad story that is! But it is too late to remedy matters now, and too early to shed tears. The bell closing studyhall has aroused us with a jar, and my wonderful essay on “Bells” must go forever unwritten! Henri etta Wh i te . stem . ' \E1 f •;A A- :;.:A : i -A • \ m V*v- •A: .•AAA* A �5 s~ ' ' 14 0 r l p It t r A jFattnj I HAD long wanted to take a journey abroad, away from my Narrow Rut. At last the time had come, and 1 found myself on the good ship “Ego,” sailing across the Sea oi Fancy- She seemed such a fine ship, and one that could carry me through anything. After some time at sea, wc came to a strange and impressive city, which 1 was told contained many novel and interesting sights. 1 took a sight-seeing bus and went first to a great museum, filled with immense cases and boxes of all sorts of things. They looked queer, and yet familiar Hesitatingly 1 examined one pile, gleaming and bristling in the sunlight. Why, how strange! It was all kinds of pins! And then I noticed a big sign over the entry which read, "Museum of Lost Things.” So that was where 1 was. Dear me, had all those pins been lost? Among them 1 saw a bar-pin I had lost a long time ago, but it was beyond my reach now. I here were millions ol those pins — straight pins, safety pins, beauty pins, hatpins, hairpins and all kinds 1 could think of. Another case displayed all the lost purses. 1 started counting them, but ga\ c up at nine thousand, three hundred and forty-two The next place 1 paused was by an exhibition of assignments lost. That made me think too much of harrowing bluffing and more harrowing flunking, so I passed it quickly. , I couldu t quite understand the next room at first. It contained many uolls, games of hide and seek, and London bridge; first school days; tiny dresses; buoyant fun; hair-ribbons; fairy-tale books; swings, imagination and tears. All about were slogans: "Let’s Pretend,” "Mama, I Want Some Candy,” "Once Upon a Time,” “Mustn’t Touch,” “Want to Go Bye-Bye with Auntie?” “Can I Have a I icce of Cake?” and "I Won’t Play.” Of course, it was my Lost Childhood and 1 regretfully turned away to enter a large apartment stocked with golf balls. 1 then entered a room hung with portraits and I realized with a pang, that they were of lost friends. How7 really few old friends were still my companions? How many had passed out of my life! lhc next thing I saw was a small cage, and found it to contain my lemper, which 1 had lost over and over again. Goodness! I must try to keep it in its cage! 1 l i :.1 3 ->.i mi '3 ; i:! w*s a u^10,c biS' room stacked with just quantities of Time c' | -C<?n °sleai me- I couldn’t afford to lose any more time, bo much of my life was there. bobbin^ *^[llscuni were cases stacked with hair, lost thiuugh were T°Ugh sickness’ dieting and exercising. And there wondered whitSl°Ck,ngS r”d garmenls now replaced by holes. I had often wondered what became of the material when the hole came. time we ftnnnpi° ^ sumnioned us to be on our way again, and this -me ve stopped at a massive building, the Library of Wishes. The Juvenile Room was replete with many interesting volumes. There were fascinating tales about . n pnncesses' fairy queens, magic dishes that washed themselves, wings to fly on, automatic arithmetic problems that worked themselves, dolls A 1 M i 1 3 : *■>* A :T ■ J �Si033; vJi&BaaiBksSKHE : -: ■ 15 D r 1 p li t r f * * that could play and act like real children, ships that sailed in the clouds, playmates who let one do all the bossing, and all the moons that one could possibly use in a childhood. In the Young Peoples’ Room were volumes telling of burning school buildings, dances lasting all night, all alarm clocks in the penitentiary; there were shelves full of books of the desires for independence, careers, days of seventy hours at least, and all play-time; pretty clothes and popularity. How 1 hated to leave it1 The next department drew me on, though, for it was the Grown-Ups Room, with wishes for accomplishment, service, beauty and strength. All through this part, however, were volumes of wishes for Youth. Ah, if Youth only knew! We hurried on from this wonderful place to see the city’s Woolworth building, or Skyscraper of Excuses. We mounted floor by lloor, and passed many crowded offices of various excuses: The Bridge Was Open, Ihc Clock Was Slow. 1 forgot. Didn’t Have Time, Company Came, Didn’t Understand, Felt Tired, and many others, At the top, was a room where it seemed one could rest, but it was a constant worry and fear to be there, it seemed so precarious and insecure a footing. I resolved that if ever l reached terra firma, 1 would never gain resort to Excuses. Our next stop was the Aquarium of Forgotten Things, In each little pool, floated myriad “Forgols” from all ages: Forgot- Mv- Book. Forgot-theAppointment, Forgot-to-Ecturn-Your- things, horgottcn-Pleasures, 1-orgottenDutics, Forgotten-Desires. Forgotten-Kindnesses, Forgotten-Faces, and all their many brothers and sisters We drove back along the fashionable shopping street, Would-Be-Avenue, with its elaborate front, hiding 1 knew not what. In confectionery windows I saw the candies and pastries of Little Pleasures, which are so good while they last, but which last so little; 1 saw gorgeous gowns below unpleasant faces ; I saw handsome Vehicles of Speed. But, somehow,. the Avenue didn’t have the same appeal to me that it did before, or else it didn t look quite th.c same, although I knew it was. Then I saw that always before I had looked through the wrong end of the glasses which had dwarfed Truth, and shown onlv Magnificence. Now 1 was seeing with a new instrument — Awakened Vision. How much more beautiful everything looked through that! We had to hurry to catch the boat, and I caught it just in time. I found I was returning on the ship “Tolerance,” and I was amazed at how much bigger and finer it was than “Ego.” The gunwales on Ego were so high that one could not see over them, but on “Tolerance” one commanded a very wide range of vision, and the windows were so large and numerous and had such a broad and pleasant outlook, that T was not cramped or re­ strictcd; and I found the other passengers very congenial. I had plentv of thoughts to occupy my mind until we arrived at the port of New Interest. I found myself drifting along with the crowd, and was surprised at how interesting everything and everyone was. I was happy to mingle with them, and to feel myself a part of their world as I threaded my way along toward the open country of Larger Understanding. r !• I J; l . I ; : ■ f■ i .. -• ... ■ • '•S 35 ■ Idelle Egbert. 7 : & 7 ' ■ p- V • ■si . >: �"■ m... (iUj£ (idut£s §>rnn?s Again T 1 ,! ; .;-V -• : :j TrO-. in front of him with HE editor of “The Times” regarded the reporter but he knew the chief well a frown. He was only a “cub reporter, best for the object frowned enough to know that when lie frowned, it was upon “Don't tell me " said the editor, "that "The Dispatch” or any other paper has beaten a “Times” reporter to a story! There’s more than one angle to a story. Yon ge, me a headliner on that Jade Necklace -Mystery before the paper goes to press, or look out!” With that the editor resumed his work. The despairing “cub” walked out hours to get the news. of the office. He glanced at his watch. Only three “Times” reporter wasn t Well, he’d get it; he would show the chief that a ever beaten. Now, this was exactly the attitude the editor had wanted him to take. He hadn’t had years of experience with green reporters for nothing. Will Hunter the reporter, straightened his shoulders and walked towart unatown, thc scene of the Jade Necklace Mystery, the greatest sensation ot Chinatown in years. Hunter ran over th cmain points to himself. Old wing Chow found dead in the Chinese temple with a crumpled note in lus hand, asking for the restoration of the jade necklace to some unknown person, and the sudden disappearance of the jade necklace of a wealthy widow. It was all very bewildering, the trail ended where it began, so it seemed The reporter entered a Chinese restaurant formerly run by the dead Wing Chow. He saw his rival from the “Dispatch,” a little, red-faced man, whose beady eyes and snub nose seemed to have the instinct for ferreting out the almost impossible. Hunter could see no use in staying where he and Stubbs would get practically the same news, He got up and started for the cashier to pay his bill. As he passed a table, around which four or five people were seated, he noticed that the women of the party wore a great deal of jade, not in a necklace, but in pins, rings, ear-rings, and other pieces of jewelry. All the stones were shaped a great deal like the beads in the missing necklace! His common sense at once told him that anyone who would wear the missing jade so near the scene of the crime, would be fool­ hardy. Hunter didn’t intend to take any chances, however. He quickly formed his campaign. He loitered casually up to the cashier, paid his bill, engaged in conversation with her for a few minutes, and sauntered out as though he had all the time in the world. Once outside the building, his whole aspect changed. He pulled his cap down over his forehead, brought side­ burns and a moustache from his pocket, and put them on, lit a cigarette, and with all the scenery ready, waited for “things to happen.” He looked the typical street-roamer, his shoulders drooped, and alto­ gether he had the air of one of the party at the table. Things were not long in happening. The party came out of the restau­ rant, crossed the street and entered a building that had more than once been the scene of a crime; it had come into the public eye again as the place -I i 1 �S p l V l) t r i where Wing Chow had been murdered. The Chinese temple was on the s a * -L,- top floor. After making sure that his revolver was loaded, Hunter followed, the stairs were old and broken, making it difficult to follow silently. Hnally, they reached the top, and turned to the left, lhe temple was at the light down a long, dark passage. The passage they were following was equally as dark and broken in many places by doorways. Hunter could only trust to luck and the dark that no one would come out and sec him. At last the end was reached, and some swinging doors pushed open. Hunter discovered that the temple ran in a sort of semi-circle on one side of the floor, and this was the other end of it. If he could only get in behind them and listen to, their conversation, lie felt sure that the clue would be found. He glanced at his watch. Only two hours! He would certainly have to hurry. He stealthily made his way toward the other end. When about hall way to the staircase, a door opened. By the light inside he could see that the “Someone” was a Chinaman, and the room a part of the temple. So it was on that side. He waited until the Chinaman disappeared, then slowly. revolver in hand, he opened the door, Oriental draperies, incense and soft lights greeted him. It was a pleasant shock after the dark, dirty passage. I-Ie crept slowlv toward his object. In front of him was a statue of Buddha; before it. a small Chinese girl, her head touching the floor. It she would only remain that way, lie might get by! Not far from him. Hunter saw a Chinese kimona. If he could only get it! He slipped his hat and moustache off. The next moment he was in the guise of a Chinaman, He continued with renewed courage. The girl had I ■ i l ! : ' : ■ I; . i l 1 not raised her head. Hunter reached the part of the temple where the thieves, as he was now convinced they were, were seated around a table in a less pretentious place than he had just passed through. The only Oriental setting was a screen, which the reporter managed to get behind by crawling along the floor back of a number of chairs. It took Hunter about ten minutes to learn that Wing Chow' had been a receiver for lhe necklace and had refused to give it up to the gang who had stolen il The note in his hand was merely a “blind'' lor the police. Hunter quickly retraced his footsteps, passed the devout Ch.nese 8*1. and went out into the passage where he came face to face with his rival Stubbs of The Dispatch!” Grinning, he slipped the kimono oft and handed it to Stubbs, whispering “You'll need it.” and rushed down the stairs. He went first to the police station and then hurried to The Times editor It had taken him just two hours! “The Evening Times” headlines ran, “Jade Mystery Solved. “The Times” had scored again! Betty Parry, ’26. i I-: ‘">3 M : 1 1 %v: Mi ■■■■> �/'• ■ —....................... Wl----.. •v| is i ■ A. : i ■ ! 1 J ; ■! I •1 \ A I| : ■ ,Y ’ jj ii i r iFtrst Smpmisimifi % 4 Dr 1 WAS always an unlucky baby. From the time I can remember anything at all, something unlucky was always happening. The first thing that I really do remember shows that I must have been born under an unlucky star. It happened one day when my colored nurse had taken me out in my buggy for a delightful ride. A black cat walked right across the sidewalk in front of my buggy! Scared? Why, ’Liza Jane (that was nurse’s name) turned my carriage around so fast that I fell right out on the sidewalk and gave my head an awful whack It’s a wonder I’m not dead and buried right now! But, then, my head was always tough. 1 remember how scared ’Liza Jane was, even now, and that was many years ago. She picked me up and dumped me back into my buggy before anyone could wink, And then I remember my mother bathing my head with something that felt very cool and nice, and crying over me and scolding ’Liza Jane at the same time. And then, the next thing that comes to my mind, was the time I ran away from home. 1 walked and walked for miles, it seemed to me. And then, all of a sudden, out from behind some brush at the side of the road, emerged what seemed to me. a giant cow. larger than any I’d ever seen before. I began to run, and the cow followed me. The faster f tried to run, the closer he seemed. Finally, just as was about exhausted, 1 stumbled and fell. That is all I can remember until I found myself on my little bed at home feeling very stilt and sore all o\ cr. Mother never told me what had happened, and in two weeks I was as well as ever, and just as ready to get into mischief. But. the sad climax of that runaway was, that mother tied me to the clothesline every morning after breakfast. After that. 1 remember running all over the house after breakfast, col­ lecting all my favorite toys, "so I’d have something to play with after I was tied up. Then, one afternoon, mother untied me, after making me promise that I’d never be naughty again, and gave me a perfectly lovely bath and dressed me all up in a lovely new white dress, for, she said, “my uncle was coming to visit and he’d want to see me all white and clean.” I walked primly about the yard for fully five minutes, and then, not ior once intending to do wrong, went out to the barn to sec if J could find any eggs. 1 went up the narrow stairs to the hayloft, and after looking in vain for egP» decided there weren’t any. During mv futile search, I had managed to get cobwebs and pieces of straw and hay, not to mention a few burrs here and there, in my hair and over my clothes. And then I cppec too c ose to the hole through which they pitched the hay, down into c mangers, and down I went, landing in a large nest of eggs which a hen een setting on, I was certainly no less than a mess when I finally managed to climb out of the manger. And when mother saw me! Well, she decided at once that I needed a regular old-fashioned spanking. I was also put right to bed with bread and water for supper. I wasn’t even allowed to see nn much-loved uncle who had brought me a lovely present, which I didn’t get to see until a month afterward. I �1 £) t l ji It i r 19 This present, I found at the end of the month, to be a darling pony. Mother, I think, sighed a little at the thought of it, but I was in the seventh heaven of delight. After several falls on niv head, and a great number of aches and pains in numerous parts of my body, mother decided that the pony was too much for me, and he was sent away with many wails and lamentations on my part. I always was unlucky! After roaming listlessly about the house for three or four days, thinking direful thoughts of how “I'd get even with her,'' 1 decided to try running away again for a change. This time, however, 1 packed a bag full of toys, the only things 1 then believed were useful, and set out, this time through the woods. Then 1 remembered a much-dreaded stream which it was nccessary to cross. There was the bridge — only a large log which had fallen across it, making an easy passageway for most people — but for an unlucky youngster such as 1, it was impossible. However, I decided to try it. I carefully ventured halfway across and then began to lose my balance. My bag hampered me, as 1 tottered from side to side, no sooner regaining my balance on one side than losing it on the other, hirst, I dropped my bag, and then I went in after it. Splash! 1 found myself in muddy water up to my waist. 1 tried to climb out, but the bank was so muddy and slippery I couldnt’. l tried again and again, but all in vain. It began to grow dark and itwas cold — standing waist-deep in icy water. I called, but I was. 1 thought of no one heard me. I shallnever forget how frightened everybody at home, how quiet and cheerful it was there. Ihey wouldn t care if I were drownded or swallowed by some huge fish. More than likely they’d be glad to be rid of me — such a pest as 1 wasalways getting into trouble, and having to be scolded or spanked or sent to bed all die time. And then I thought of my little bed —all nice and ready for me. That was where I’d be if 1 hadn’t ran away like this, and fallen in a muddy stream. And 1 promised myself over and over again that if I’d ever get out, that I’d be as good as gold and would never do anything bad again —ever! sleepv and I kept slipping down, down, down. I Then ! I i : Ir w . -I ■;A*f 5 ■ �w^:'- 53 p 1 p 1) i r 2D ©Ijr (Bolton lEcixj A fltynstmaa (Hal? HERE lived, on a lonely moor, in a little liut, an old, old, old woman who was very good, but exceedingly poor. Her neighbors knew her by no other name than Miriam, and bore a great contempt for her, ignoring her as much as possible. She was very lonely, but finally, one cold winter night, a poor little waif, who could not find shelter at the other more prosperous cottages, knocked at her door and was made welcome. After that, Miriam grew to love the little girl so much that she was no longer lonely. T ♦ r There was only one thing which worried the old woman. There was a tradition in the nearby village, that upon the one who brought the most beautiful gift to the church on Christmas Day, would fall a golden ray of light from the cross, which stood upon the altar. Miriam was so poor that she could give nothing, and it pained her a great deal to feel that she would not be able to present a gift. She was so old that she felt her life to be nearly over, and would have liked to bring her last offering. On Christmas Day, many people were gathered in the little village church, and a number of gifts were presented. Some brought gold and silver, others cosily incense, and one man, a tall waxen figure of intricate handiwork. A group of shepherds offered snow-white lambs, and many people brought in great masses of holly and ivy. Everyone took care to make the occasion one of great ceremony and display, and the presents were arranged as conspicuously as possible. But on no one was there shed a single ray of light. ■/) V When all the gifts had been offered, Miriam came slowly forward and knelt. “Saviour,” she said, “I have nothing to offer Thee but love.” And from the cross, a golden ray of light fell upon her bowed head. ■ * * * * * The little hut on the moor is empty now7, and the neighbors often think how strange it is that they could miss Old Miriam. Charlotte Allen, ’27. ■> ; #3' Hi V �• V' 3Ba:: ■v- D r l p Ij i c 21 !• f ' , i A (glimpae nf a (garden 1 peeped through the postern at daybreak, And there the dawn was, all rosy and gray; The garden still lav a-sleeping, Awaiting the sun’s golden ray. The dewdrops were shining and sparkling; The sleepy buds lifted their heads. Gay daffodils, tulips and larkspur, Lay riotous in their green beds. The apple tree spread its knarled branches, All heavy with pink and white bloom; O’er the Night Fairies drowsily resting From their dance by the light of the moon. Now along came a gust of Wind Fairies; The mischievous, fun-loving miles — And seeing the elfs lying sleeping, Made a plan to affright the sprites. They ruffled and rustled the branches, And flew in and out in such glee. That the petals fell drifting, and tumbling, Till not an elf could I see! Buried so deep in the petals, They awoke in a panic of fright, And pushing their little heads upward, They called on the butterflies bright. To their aid came these little winged creatures, And fluttered so near to the mound That, by struggling and striving, the fairies Could just reach their backs from the ground. Away they went, fluttering and flying. And I wonder if any will say That they were not moths and fairies — But just apple-blossoms floating away? * Deborah Ball, ’27. , i; t. r ! 1 ! i ; ■ .. V - , ' , ____ _ - ••W �V { I M : '! i; rr AXD SECOND TEAM WITH MRS. KNAPP OFFICERS OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION — MRS. KNAPP, COACH FIRST TEAM �- '• r B e l p 1) i r i i !! ■ > E I : L » i; !i !; r l GRKAT step was taken toward increasing the interest in athletics, when our leading athletes met and organized the Hall’s first Athletic Association, on September 17. The outstanding purpose of this association is to stimulate interest in the playing of basket-ball and tennis. The membership is open to all girls wishing to participate in either of these sports. At present about thirty girls belong. The officers arc: Catherine Martin, manager; Kathcrync Hcnnagin, assistant manager; Mavanna Sargent, chairman, and Betty Sewall, secretary-treasurer. A ? r ; : "A An organization with such a clearly-defined purpose has success assured. Our basket-ball season has thus far been very successful. A first and second team has been chosen, and also a team composed of the boarders. We played, and won, the first game of a series with Miss Gatlin’s school, on November 2. with a score of 15 to 6. The team was composed of the following players: Catherine Martin, captain and center; Helen Shearer, side center; Betty Sewall and Marjorie Mariner, forwards; Katheryne Hcnnagin and Geraldine Spence, guards. The substitutes were: Helen Peters for Helen Shearer; Marjorie Pittock for Marjorie Mariner. On November 9, we played the second game. Th escore of this game was 12 to 4, and this gave the Hall the championship and the cup. ’ i Much enthusiasm was aroused by our cheer leaders, Vivian Sanclstrom and Marjorie Mariner, who have introduced many new and original songs and cheers. :-A A:.. >. v: A- i m B . ■ ' •• ' . . .................................................................... �2^-' ■-" Z-iL. \ 1 '1 ' ' , ! ' ! September n— School opened with the largest enrollment we have had since the Hall has been in its present location. ■ .i September 17— / The Athletic Association was organized. ?j September 26— The Glee Club was organized with forty-two members, almost doubled the number of members it had last year. The club has September 28— Several girls from the boarding department spent the week-end with friends or relatives in Salem and attended the State Fair. Roberta and Margaret Ellen Douty rode in the Horse Show, and won several ribbons. Cecilia Applegath exhibited a number of oil paintings, one of which received a blue ribbon. I : September 29— : An informal party was given for about thirteen of the boarders who re­ mained at school over the week-end. September 30— The boarders attended the dedication services at the Church of “S. Michael and All Angels. T-his church is a memorial to our late beloved Bishop Scadding. ’4 W ■ i1 L\ . ■ : �I I .- 1 B ? l p 1] t r 25 October 3— Election of Glee Club officers: President, Irene Brix; vice-president, Katheryn Hennagin; secretary, Ruth Wonacott; treasurer, Helen Peters; business manager, Roberta Eouty; assistant business manager, Elbertine Adams. A birthday party was given for these boarders: Jane Knapp, Lily Thompson and Beverly Roberts. The favors were tiny parrots with long tails of many colors. ! I': \ October 4— The old girls entertained the new girls at a fancy dress party at the B’nai B’rith Hall. The girls came in the costumes they expected they might wear twenty years from now. The prize was given to Edythc Hartley, who represented the old saying, “Fair, Fat and Forty.” Isabel! Star and Nancy Chipman received prizes for their quaint costumes. Initiation of the new girls was followed by dancing and refreshments. : : »!• I. October 18— A party of boarders attended a concert by Mary Garden at the Auditorium. j October 29— The Glee Club sang for the first time at the bridge tea, given by the Alumnae Association at the Benson Hotel. Much interest was shown and $350 was added to the gymnasium fund. October 31— A Hallowe'en birthday party was given for Isabel Johnson, Bernice Congleton and Mary Louise Coulter Pumpkins and witches, goblins and cats, added to the grotesque effect. , November 1— The Faculty met the parents and friends of St. Helen’s Hall at tea. The senior boarders presided at the tables, and the younger boarders assisted in serving. ' November 2— The first basket-ball game of the season with Catlin’s was won by St. Helen’s Hall. The score was 15 to 6. -"k �4 26 a S r 1 |i Ijt r November g— --■i The first quarter ended, and the banner, which stands far the highest class average, was won by Third Upper Form. The team of St. Helen’s Hall brought back the basket-ball cup from Gatlin's, who held it last year. The score was 12 to 4. ■ 1-1 "■A November 12— The 11th of November being on Sunday, Armistice Day was celebrated Monday. We had the first three periods followed by the usual exercises. • 11! Archdeacon Black presided because of the absence of our Bishop, who was in Texas. The following trees were planted: Bishop’s Tree, by Mr. Hendcrson;; Alumnae Tree, by Mrs. Ramsey; Senior Tree, by Roberta Douty; a tiny holly tree from the younger school was presented by Dorothy Jane Furnish of the Kindergarten. Miss Thompson and Mrs. Fraley presided over the coffee urns, and the seniors served. November 13— Tuesday evening, Isabel Johnson, Ruth Wonacott, and Elbcrtine Adams attended a lecture and reception given by the Portland Art Association. : ! -■ a . November 14— Six of the boarders attended a concert by the Scotch-Hawaiian tenor at The Auditorium. November 15— Three boarders, Jane Knapp, Norma Sivley, and Analene Cohen, inter­ ested in hand-craft, attended a lecture and demonstration of the use of the pottery wheel, under the auspices of the Portland Art Association. l �| i: I • .' • Engagements— Janice Parker, 21, to Walter Holman. The wedding is to be in December. Marriages— Lucille Hutton, ’19, to George Faust; in Trinity Chapel; June, 1923, -r Susanne Caswell, ’20, to Ronald Honcyman; in St. Marks’ Church; on November 7, 1923, Bishop Sumner officiating. Willctha Ritter, ’23, to Walter McMonies, in the School Chapel; June 6. 1923. Consuelo Hamer, ’23, was the maid of honor, and Hazelmary Price, Gertrude Ireland, and Margaret Spenser, 2a, were bridesmaids. r S. \ ( m Births— To Captain and Mrs. J. L. Lummis (Evelina Magruder, T5); a daughter, Frances Lyttle. To Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Leonard (Hazel Haines, TS) ; a daughter, Anna Jean, October 23, 1923. To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Austland (Thelma Aaland, ’20); a daughter, Thelma Patricia. ft I . ' •: Miscellaneous— Mrs. R. L. Mather (Adele Bray, ’14), now of St. Paul, Minn., visited in Portland this summer. Mrs. Kenneth Moores (Alice Dabney, ’15) and her son, visited in Port­ land this summer. |- J - m m - -rV : �3 r l p 1] i r 2S Nadine Caswell, ’17, has returned from Short Hills, N. J., where she has been visiting Mrs. Clift Cornwall (Elizabeth Huber). Mr. and Mrs. Scvcran Harkson (Doris Henningsen), left via California for Shanghai, where they will reside for several years. The following girls are at the University of Oregon: Marion Jenkins, ’20; Ruth Jenkins, ’20; Helen Ernst, ’22; Margaret Spenser, ’23; Hazelmary Price, ’23; Lillian Luders, ’23; Virginia Hull, '23; Bess Edwards, ’23; Frances Weller, '23; Anne Wentworth, ’23, expects to join them in February. The following girls arc at the University of Washington: Virginia Thatcher, ’19; Evelyn Thatcher, ’20; Hazel Fairservice, ’20. She expects to complete her course in three years, and will graduate in June; Gertrude Ireland, '23; Dorothy Scarborough, ’23; Helen Rickets. The following girls are at Reed: Dorothy Haradon, ’23; Jean Muir, ’23; Virginia Pittock, ’22. Florence Niles, ’23, is studying at Berkeley. Bess Allen, ’23, is studying music in Portland, and is taking pupils of her own. Catherine Ovcrbcck, ’22, is fire captain in one of the largest Freshman houses at Wellesley, and Virginia Edwards, ’22, has made the college choir, an honorary position. Marion Farrell, ’22, has returned to the Spence School to graduate. Hylah Fraley has returned to Mills and has been admitted to the Inkpot, which is a club of high standing. Frances Spaulding, ’22, and Janet Griffith, ’22, arc also at Mills. Elizabeth Holbrook is doing well with her art in Los Angeles. i Catherine Hay, ’22, is taking the nurse’s training course at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Spokane I 1 Frances Hyland, ’22, is spending the winter in California. i A Slrttrr from (Eathmnr ©wrbrrk ■ So many things have happened since I left home that I hardly know where to begin to tell about them. Of course, I am simply wild about Welles­ ley; really, I never imagined for a minute that any college could be so wonder­ ful. The campus was gorgeous in October, when the leaves'were in color. We Freshmen live down in the “vih” It isn’t quite so convenient as being on Campus; vet the town is very collegiate. I have a single room here, and it is certainly a relief after having two room-mates, as I did last year. “Six weeks’ marks” were out last week; they weren’t really marks, but they would tell us if we flunked, passed or passed with credit. T “passed with credit” -y.i\ ■ m ,; m i' ' — x- v.;,. ... �* '# ^r, 0 p l p It t r 29 and found out later that I had an “A” in astronomy. That will have to hold me up for the rest of the year. Yesterday I had the very biggest thrill of my life! 1 received a note from the president’s office, asking me to have a conference with her yesterday morning. So I went and she asked me if I would consent to serve as Freshman representative to the Senate, which is made up of six faculty members and a girl from each class. So I beamed all over and said I should be very glad to do so, or something of the sort. We have a meeting tonight and I tremble to go, and air my views before the faculty. And on top of all that excitement, I am going to the Yale-Harvard game on Saturday with Henry Mason (from Portland, a Soph at Yale), and mother and Dick arc arriving Monday, and Eileen Cooke (from Portland) is coming up from Washington to spend Thanksgiving with me. 1 am already beginning to walk on air, and I don’t know what will happen to me in a few days. We go into Boston often and I have seen some awfully good plays. I am going to hear Rachmaninoff next week, and see Eleanora Duse, the first week in December. Virginia made the choir, perhaps you heard about it —and is going to sing a solo for Christmas vespers. That is really quite an honor, for Christmas vespers are the most important chapel event in the whole year. With very much love to you all, Affectionately, CATHERINE. I i - •.. •• &- \ ■ v ./V . •V, f ■ ; " v •: ... -/C i\ .. '> �Imk 13eaver, O. A. C., Corvallis, Oregon — We acknowledge with pleasure the following exchanges: It is a pleasure to receive an annual so well organized. The views of Oregon arc clear, and beautifully mounted. Among the best features are the artistic illustrations and snaps which give us a good insight into the student life at O. A. C. On the whole, this is a splendid number. The Orange Owl, O. A, C.t Corvallis, Orgcon— The jokes are original and the drawings clever. college comic we have yet seen. Altogether, it is the best The Barometer. O. A. C., Corvallis, Oregon— This is an unusually good college daily, with clever cartoons. The Oregon Emerald, V. of 0., Eugene, Oregon— The editorials in this paper are excellent. The “Other Campus” and the “Around and About” columns are interesting. The Rensselaer Polytechnic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y — A very good college weekly. good. The “Campus Gossip” column is especially .The Olympus, Olympia High School, Olympia, Washington This is a well organized paper. clever. The feature departments are very The Academia, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, OregonA well written school magazine. The stories are original and the articles good. Especially noteworthy is the article on “F. Hopkinson Smith and American Life.’ The cuts, as a whole, are not as good as might be expected in a paper of this standing. The poem, “Columbus’ Vision” deserves special mention. �- ■ ID r l p Ip r 31 Ferry Tales, Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, Illinois— We are pleased to acknowledge the Commencement number of the FerryTales, which came too late for mention in our June issue. This is one of the best school magazines we have received this year. The “Class History,” the “Class Will,” and the “Class Prophecy” are exceptionally well written. The poems are very good, especially “Moonlight,” and “Positively My Last Word.” The latter conveys a hint it would be well for every girl to take to herself. The cuts are all clever and original. ; i ! The Johan .yea .\t, St. John’s School, Mountain Lakes, N. J.— This is a very interesting number. The literary department is splendid. “The Awakening” and “Jn Memoriam” are well written and pleasing. Of the stories, “The Everlasting Story of the Ages” is one of the best, while the essay, “The Letter A,” shows unusual literary ability. The pictures and snaps are clear and interesting. The “Just for Fun” department is original and witty, and the “Class History” a meritorious piece of work. The Garrulous Pine, Catlin’s School, Portland, Oregon— An interesting issue which was received too late for mention in the June issue of the Delphic. The literary department has many good features. “Miss W’.lhelmina” is a story which holds the reader’s interest to the end. The “Essays in the Style of Lamb” are well written and humorous, especially the one entitled “On Hiking.”’’ Of the poems, “The Price of Victory” is perhaps the best. “My Conscience,” though of a different type, runs it a but “The close second. “We Poets” strikes a sympathetic chord in everyone, . Soup Bowl” is not the sort of thing one would expect to find in a magazine of this type, The drawings are clever and realistic, and the cut for the literaly department well done. The Lower School shows marked poetic ability. The magazine as a whole is splendid, but the Exchange Column is most conspicuous by its absence. I f St. Katharine’s Wheel, St. Katharine’s School, Davenport, Jozca— A This is an interesting number; although there are few stories or poems, the articles and .editorials make up for their absence. “Zinnias is very appropriate for the Autumn number. The Blue Pencil, IValnul Hill School, Natick, Mass. The literary department of this issue is very good. The stories especiallv “Her Final Choice,” are well told and full of interest. The Senior Class History, the Class Will and Class Prophecy, are presented m an original and very enjoyable way. The Loose Leaves Department contains some very pretty little sketches, and the poems are artistic. ■ E3S f P ■ A •- �§>drnnl ifinnnrs The Medal for the Best Essay on Patriotism Awarded by the National Society of Colonial Daughters The medal was won by Evelyn Meyer; subject, “Our Immigration Problem and Its Solution." Winners of the Certificates of Merit — Evelyn Meyer Willctha Ritter Gertrude Ireland Hazclmary Price Catherine West Cccilic Applegath Honorable Mention — Helen Shearer Florence Niles Virginia Hull Margaret Newbegin 1 he First lestamonials are awarded to pupils attaining an average for the year of 909f in every study; 959r in attendance, order and punctuality; 999'r in conduct — Evelyn Meyer Cornelia Ireland l he Second l estamonials are awarded to pupils attaining an average of 809^ m all subjects; 98% in conduct and 90r/c in attendance, order and punctuality — Catherine Deyette Dorothy Mautz Virginia Hull Marjorie Pittock Lillian Luders Doine Smith Jean Muir Roberta Pittock Hazelmary Price Donna Jean Trumbull Margaret Spencer Lilly Thompson Catherine West , . Last . year, Bishop Sumner offered a competitive scholarship prize to the Junior who passed the Eastern College Entrance Examinations in six points with the highest average. The scholarship was won by Roberta Douty. A bronze medal has been offered for the best ^essay on the Life of Lincoln, to be written by a member of the Senior Class' �9 f 1 p 1? t r 33 (iDur Jmmtgratimtflruhlm ani> Jts Solution [ LL the progress and development in America from early times lias been _ _ accomplished by the immigrants, because, unlike all other countries, we have no native people, except the Indian, who has added nothing to our estab­ lishment as a nation. In early days, the small number of immigrants, and the great amount ol uninhabited lands, gave rise to no perplexing problem. But now, with the immigrants coming by hundreds, and thousands, the question has become a serious one. The immigrant alien has been discussed by the Anglo-Saxon, as it he were an Anglo-Saxon “problem”; by labor, as if he were a labor “problem”; and by the sociologist, as if lie were a social “problem.” Occasionally, he has been discussed from the point of view of the alien, and but rarely from the point of view of democracy. In truth, the immigration problem is the problem of Americanizing America. Many authorities today attribute the unrest m the United States to the discontent of the immigrant class, and their seeming inability to absorb the traditions of our country. The immigrant problem resolves itself into, not primarily an ethic or religious problem, but principally an economic onc. The influx of immigrants has been classified into two groups — the old and from Northern Europe, driven from home by the new. The early ones came economic or social oppression, They were a hard-working, thrifty people, who came to better their own condition, and to make this their permanent home. In their own country, their progress and ideals had been hampered, by overlords. Besides bettering their economic condition, they desired much greater freedom in carrying out their high ideals as to law, education, and religion. The early immigrant found a broad continent awaiting him, peopled only by Indians. He becum- “ hi^S belong to anyone produce. He became the master, It is this economic freedom that distmguishes the “old” immigration from -he new. The immigrant of today comes mainly from Central, and Southern Europe, more y. :id from the' Asiatic countries. Here, too, the problem is economic, the northern countries, because the present day lmmientirely than that of crants come here many times, not to make this their permanent home, but to make as much money as possible, and then return to become wealthy men to make wliere the cost of living is generally lower than here. in their own It is difficult for these races to assimilate, as their standards, and customs Then, too, they are, for the most of living, arc much different from ours. are less available in their educational opportunities part, illiterate, because own countries. moral and economic, have resulted from the heretofore Many evils, both unrestricted mass of immigrants, Managers of large corporations, in conjunction with vessel owners, have paid the passages of aliens, and estab- A ; i i c * .‘v �- ::: 34 ■ ■i i i / ■ ■ ■<\ r&t ■ 7. i :v-§ F' 1 ; SI 11 p If t r lishecl them in the tenements near manufacturing districts, and in the mining towns, the employer to obtain cheap labor, and vessel owners, passengers. Low wages, uncertain work, and congested living, arc conducive to low morals. Their disappointment in finding their hopes for better economic conditions and greater opportunities thwarted, makes them an easy prey to radical labor agitators, and Bolshevism. In considering the two types of immigrants, it is believed that the North­ ern immigrant has shown better qualities for assimilation than those from the second group. It has seemed advisable to limit the numbers of immigrants to three per cent of each nationality represented here. As there is a larger population representing those from Northern Europe, their limitation tends to curtail the number from Southern Europe and Asia. Now, too, the im­ migration laws are stricter concerning the exclusion of the illiterate, and mentally and physically diseased. Much must be said in behalf of the present-day immigrant. It must be remembered that the immigrants, up to about 1890, could obtain free land. It seems to me that, if the immigrant of today were given an unsettled con­ tinent to colonize, they would perhaps develop characteristics similar to the early immigrants. As long as we arc dependent on the immigrant masses for work in mines and factories, it seems only fair to assist them to better their condition, and make them feel that they, too, share in America’s progress. One of the most far-reaching ways of accomplishing this is the Americanization classes for both men and women. The attendance in these classes show us that the immigrant himself is eager to learn, and thus better his owii condition. Then, to relieve the congestion in the cities, the government should establish those immigrants who show a tendency towards fanning, on government free lands, advancing them money to equip the farm. This method has been used in Australia, and some of the South American countries, and has proved very successful. Too. it is necessary that we should establish banks, where the immigrants can deposit their money safely, thus keeping much money in our own country that might otherwise be sent out. The need of this is shown by the fact that the depositors in the Postal Savings Banks are practically all farmers. If these considerations are shown the immigrants, many of our problems, and bitter feelings between classes, will be eliminated. If America is to be for Americans, we must all strive and aim to make real Americans of all -those who are within our borders. Evelyn Meyers, ’25. > i 4 h fed �(gifts to tbr ^rbool t. I o NE of the most recent and beautiful gifts to our school is the statue presented to us by the Failing family. The old Failing home, for many years one of the landmarks of Portland, has been sold. Several members of the family were students at the Hall, and Miss Henrietta Failing is an active member of the Alumnae. When they left their old home, they remembered their Alma Mater, and gave the Hall their exquisite work of art. The figure by Simmons, is of alabaster and is mounted on a marble pedestal, which rcvolvcs so that one may see all sides. It is called “The Wanderer,” and represents the loneliness of the children of Israel in the wilderness; hence the despondent expression. I * ! ! * * The gift of Evelyn and Virginia Thatcher made it possible to place a full-length mirror behind the statue, thus displaying another view of its beauty. * * * Mr. Charles Blum, for many years our faithful janitor, presented us with a low mahogany stand for plants. This gift also has a place of honor in our reception room, and holds a handsome palm. * * * The gift of the Senior Class this year was an electric log, which has been placed in the main hall to make a cozy spot for the boarders. The tiling has been ordered, and we hope some kind fairy will present us with a mantle to complete the effect produced by the “open fire” and the davenport. * r * * A tall Kentia palm was given by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ritter at the time of Willctha’s wedding, and a curious drooping palm was presented to the school ��11 ;•_ - 9riphtr - '■v "L/4 LD5T HMD fdungh LOST! HE following remarks, in various places; owners please claim at earliest convenience ami save the editorial staft from brain-fag. T Physics Class: How can you suspend a drop of oil without tying it. Am i a molecule? * * n * * Uo molecules bombard each other f * * I Jo wrist watches have pendulums? * * What h ballast in a thip? . , , (Hrinhi 9»:niw, h‘* the fla*po)« that sticks up m the m.ddle o, the ship. H * * Leahy, that pendulum never Win*; Jt'» the other one that’s getting behind a little ♦ * fjy the way, n food a child's ballast ? �D r l p lit r Geometry Class: is that a parallelogram? No; it’s an exercise. English Class: We were to write it out orally, weren’t we? History Class Ceylon is off the West Coast of South America. India is at the southern end of Africa. Anywhere: I was the most popular girl at the parly. ilatlu'utatirs at thr llrrakfast uialilr (A Study in Reactions) M. L.— Ho-ney; did you have a perfectly wonderful time at the party last night? 1 just know you did. Was Peggy there? No? Oh, wasn’t it a shame for her mother to keep her home just because she failed in that Algebra test? It made me dream about Geometry all night. 1 was kept home from a party once, so I know how it feels! K.— Why, honey, what dreadful thing did you do to bring down such a misfortune on your head? M. L.— Oh, 1 didn’t do any one big thing. It was just a lot of little things. Mother counted them all up and made them equal one party — like “things equal to the same thing arc equal to each other,” you know. lv.—(Absently, counting apple seeds) Yes, I know — like apple seeds; I’ve lost one of mine, 1 know I have, for it isn’t coming out right: “One 1 love, two l love, three I love I say, four I love with all my heart, five I cast away.” There must be another some place! Ii.— Why don’t you count the stem; it’s the same color? M. L.— Oh, no, that wouldn’t be fair; besides, you can’t add stems and seeds. You would have to reduce them to their lowest terms — no, I mean, a common denominator. K.— I’ve reduced my apple to its lowest terms. Where are we going to practice the school cheers? Id.— In the upper study hall. M. E.— Why not in the lower study hall — you can make more noise there ? �iJ: \ -;;: i - >‘-T 0 e l y 1} t r 39 i K.— I suppose because there isn’t any piano there. M.— No; it’s because there’s going to be a Delphic Staff meeting in the next room, H,— That isn’t the reason at all! The lower study hall isn’t big enough. K.— Oh, it is, too! We all got in there last year; there are more desks in the upper study hall, and they take up lots of room — more room than girls! H,— Yes; but there arc more girls this year. K._Well, fifty more girls, and ten less desks—how many does that make ? M.— How many what? Desks or girls ? K.— Oh. neither; 1 mean, how much more space do we need? How can you work that out? M. L.— Oh, I konw; let “x” equal the unknown quantity! II.— You can't, because you’ve got two quantities. M, L—Well, transpose one to the other side of the equation. M.— l move we transpose everybody to the out-door gymnasium and settle the question with an appeal to force. H,— l second the motion — all in tavor, say “Aye. (Chorus of Ayes. ) IC—(Still looking for the missing seed) What are we voting for? ! t I : r. i ! ©n tl}r ilmjfl nf tarlu Itaing f Everybody up in here ? And Becky through the curtains did peer. Then from each girl there issued forth Loud protests of every sort. And from almost every bed came this: “Oh, dear—how dark and cold it is! Please shut that window, someone, do; I’ll do the same sometime for you.” Now' when half their clothes are on The faithful bell rang loud “ding-dong”— And then remarks flew thick and fast As one by one the girls rushed past. “1 haven’t even washed my face! Said one, running by at a terrific pace, “And my hair’s not combed at all,” Said another, speeding down the hall. And, oh, the clatter on the stairs ’Ere the last girl slid into prayers. 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The bulk of the yearbooks are from St. Helen's Hall, with yearbooks also from the Junior College as well as Bishop Dagwell Hall. The title for the OES yearbook evolved from The Delphic to The Legend-Delphic. The title for the Junior College Yearbook was The Scintilla. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1921-1923; 1931-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Yearbooks Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Extent The size or duration of the resource. 85 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. bound volumes Subject The topic of the resource Students Junior colleges Junior college students High school student activities Student activities Student publications Teachers Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. bound volume Title A name given to the resource The Delphic - Christmas 1923 Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks Students Student activities Student publications Teachers Description An account of the resource This is one of the oldest OES yearbooks, dated 1923. The yearbooks were published annually after 1925. Yearbooks from 1921-1968 were known as The Delphic and were created by St. Helen's Hall students attending in their high school years. St. Helen's Hall was an all-girls school that pre-dated Oregon Episcopal School. In 1969, the yearbook evolved into The Legend-Delphic with the addition of Bishop Dagwell Hall and male student attendees. After 1986 the yearbook branding begins to singularly list "OES" with a few volumes referencing "The Delphic" or "The Legend Delphic". Yearbooks helped to chronicle the school year's events and activities, in addition to listing each student and staff member. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_christmas1923-compressed.pdf School yearbooks; Students; Student activities; Student publications; Teachers http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/a46651f50e0e87d66f599235f949d8dd.pdf 6de122466510554f1da0bd1686050a12 PDF Text Text k �, A6 u l {s~&t^f, J^cZ>~V^--' &j#-&-i?C aJLzJL •2«L-^>-c' i f\ *1 •5 v*- ^ / v' J -. /tZ-C^-c--*-t «£*-««■ ^ of* . J l li - > 4 '/ d £ IK &xA> -j-’ r.i § *! s $ 3 *r �a 1 * I 1I «• 1 Christmas # l?2f l ST. HELENS HAH PORTLAND, OREGON I ft I .V* I �Delphic Staff Editor-in-Chief MARJORIE PITTOCK Literary Editor EVELYN MEYER 1st Assistant Literary Editor IRENE MACKAY 2nd Assistant Literary Editor EDYTHE HARTLEY Kalendar Old Girl Notes Art ( LILLIAN BENNETT / JANE KNAPP (LILIAS PELTIER ) JULIA BRADLEY (CECILIE APPLEGATH (CATHERINE MAYHEW Exchanges (GWENDOLYN HALL /DONNA MAGNUSON Music and Entertainment (VELMA PAYNE (ELBERTINE ADAMS Athletics (MARJORIE MARINER (BETTY SEWALL Business Managers (CATHERINE MARTIN (DOROTHY STATTER Advertising Managers fMAYANNA SARGENT MATHILDA BOWMAN [DARRELL TORREY �CONTENTS Page Editorials 1 i 7 Literary 10 A thletics 30 Old Girl Notes ■33 Kalendar 35 Music and Entertainment 38 Exchanges 40 School Honors 41 Jokes 43 Advertisements 74 �I The Delphic is published twice during the school year. All students should subscribe. Literary communications should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief; business letters and subscriptions to the Business Manager. Subscriptions, $1.00 a year. DECEMBER, 1924 t i �7 & £ i t t> liili* Success Success! How much is embodied in that one small word! Success— the attainment of one’s goal, for which everyone aims. That goal, the fulfillment of one's dearest wish and life-long ambition. To many, success is the mere acquisition of great wealth. To others, who are broader-minded, it represents the accomplishment of some work or deed, temporal or immortal, the mile-stone of the doer’s life, in which his soul lives, to inspire his and perhaps future generations, and to spur them on to success. Success is not the accomplishment of one day, month or year. We sometimes hear of someone who has achieved success “over night”. But is this true, is not success won after battles fought against poverty and failure, battles that never reach the public? And so success is no more than the application of the old saying, “A good archer is not known by his arrow, but by his aim”. For do we not all strive to be good archers, to be known by our aim,—success? —E. M. '25 School Spirit ? f Every student entering high school hears much of that age-old phrase “school spirit”, but some never stop to think how that term affects them personally. School spirit is not anything you can buy, beg or steal. You have to acquire it. Some students go through a four year high school course without knowing really what it means. Those students miss half the joys of high school life. School spirit is acquired by service, interest in all school activities, by active particpation, and by self responsibility. A good example of real school spirit was exhibited by those who attended the first basketball game of the year. Greeted by the crowd as they came onto the court �8 D e I p t) i c our girls knew the school and the students were behind them and the return they made gladdened the hearts of all real St. Helen’s daughters. What is school spirit? It is that spirit of fight, the win-just-one-victory-for-the-red-and-blue that always prevails around our campus and helps us to win in both school work and athletics. It is the thing which makes us win in everything we undertake. What is school spirit? Why, school spirit is that thing that makes us say Our! Our School, Our Class, Our Colors, Our Team, Our Studies, Our St. Helen’s Hall! You students who shun the games and other activities, and grumble when tickets have to be sold, think! Are not those tickets for the better­ ment of the school? Of course they are. Then show your school spirit by selling them. Have we school spirit? Have we supported our school? Will we M. L. ’25. continue to do so? Yes, St. Helen’s Hall! Student Government With the opening of the fall term, Student Government was introduced in the school, for two reasons: because of the growth of the school, and for the purpose of cooperation. Up to this time a Senior Council had been the system of government. The Seniors felt it a rather heavy responsibility, and, although they still preside at the Student Council, nevertheless they feel the cooperation of the other classs and welcome it. The Student Council is made up of five representatives from each class, including the President, and all the Seniors. The officers consist of a President and Vice-President. In addition there is an executive body including the President, Vice-President and a representative from each class. The members of the Student Council are changed fre­ quently, and therefore every girl has to be prepared to represent her class. She cannot do this well, unless she has the interest of the school at heart. Student Government absolutely requires cooperation. Its aim is to fill every girl with a sense of honor, justice and responsibility, The honor system must uphold it, and if every girl accepts it in the right spirit, Student Government is bound to be successful. —B. S. ’25. Adopting a School Uniform For years the Sister Superior had told the girls to dress sensibly for ^ ’ and for years she had warned them that the penalty for disobeytfha^,resupect WOuld be a school uniform. Not that the girls really ferpd cn° 1Su e^’ only.their ideas about suitable clothes for school difthev shnni^ r°m ^,sters ideas. Some of the girls always wore what * u , on the other hand, some of them did not. Bright, fancy 1 �D e l p f) i c 9 sweaters, silk or plaid stockings, afternoon dresses, not quite good enough for a tea or a luncheon, loud plaid or striped skirts, are not the kind of apparel that school girls should wear. Vacation time would come around, Christmas and spring, and when the girls would return, many gay and good looking dresses would be displayed. Then likewise, after each vaca­ tion, Study Hall would be called, and we would be warned against too elaborate dresses. Time went on, and vacation after vacation passed with the same results; so in the summer of nineteen hundred and twenty-four all parents of St. Helen’s Hall girls received a letter saying that each girl was to be dressed in uniform the following year. Most of us thought it was terrible, but what could be done? There was the letter, we loved the Sisters, and we loved our school; so what difference would a little thing like the change in dress make? We read on: the summer uniforms could be light blue or tan linen, the winter one navy blue or brown serge —not so bad,- and no silk or fancy stockings. It seemed like a terrible blow, but when we went to get our uniforms we were delighted with them. And now—secretly, mind!--we are glad that Sister made the change. We know we look better for school, and we also know, every night,— without giving it a second thought—just what we are going to wear to —L. P. ’25. school next morning. Sports 1 a What does one think when one uses the term, athletics? Does he connect it in any way with the importance of an education? Perhaps he considers it but the whiling away of time that should be spent in attaining actual knowledge. In behalf of enlightening the people who uphold such a belief, let us discuss briefly this subject. Sports such as baseball, football, polo, basketball, tennis and others bring out the character of the people. Sportsmanship, one of man’s finest qualities, is shown in the various fields of bodily activity. Athletics of any kind offer unlimited advantages to one, not only physically, but mentally and morally as well. In consideration of the interest shown in athletics by some of our greatest men and women of today, we should in all ways try to promote sports of every kind and help more people to see their usefulness. Our school, St. Helen’s Hall, today has many sports available for its girls. Everyone has a chance at some time of the day to enjoy whatever is most to her taste and ability. Archery is our latest acquirement in these fields. It is a different and interesting art which promotes a steadi­ ness of hand and accuracy of eye. Baseball, basketball, tennis and hockey are also included in our athletics. Time spent in athletics is therefore not wasted, for mind and body are —C. M. ’25. trained as well as refreshed. �The Keynote It was a beautiful morning, clear, crisp and sunny. The Donaldson house, with its large verandas, and big, clean pillars had the air of protecting the happiest family in the world, but a glance at the young man, who slammed the front door, and ran down the wide brick steps would shatter the thought immediately. There was a vague look of some dissatisfaction, that perhaps he did not realize himself. The slight frown that drew his dark brows into a severe, straight line, the firmly closed lips and slightly protruding jaw gave evidence of a sort of unconscious defiance. And yet as he slid into his little roadster nothing was disturb­ ing him; in fact he was feeling fine. He had a game of golf with Dick Larrity in the morning, and he had promised the afternoon to his Mother, and then he thought of the evening, a dance at the country club with ^1C,n^artrnan' Immediately his thoughts turned to Alice. hey had both graduated from college the preceding summer and arvey liked her immensely. Everyone accepted it as quite natural that Harvey Donaldson should take Alice, he had been doing it for the past I �Dc I p f) i c 11 three years, and why shouldn t he go on? But Harvey was beginning to wonder why he should go on. Alice had been acting rather queerly lately, and Harvey did not quite understand her. She was not half so sweet and friendly as she used to be and even acted as though she were a little disappointed in him. Well he did not care, he had not changed any, and what she thought did not make any difference anyway. By the time he reached the golf club the expression on his face was even more evident than before, but the game was a dandy and the day went serenely by; so when the roadster drew up before the Hartman house that night, Harvey was perfectly happy. The maid said Miss Alice would be down in a few minutes. Harvey understood the message perfectly, so made himself at home in Mr. Hartman’s reading chair in the library. In a dainty pink and white bedroom Alice Hartman was calmly taking her time and thinking her thoughts. They happened to be centered on the complacent young man sitting in her father’s easy chair. There was no doubt in her mind that Harvey was handsome and inter­ esting, but he made her furious, "I just wonder what he thinks about himself”, she snapped as she flicked a last dab of powder on her straight little nose. Then she noticed her terrifying look. “Dear me! He’ll run if he sees me looking like that. Well, for that matter, I'd like to tell him some things that would make him run. He’s so abominably lazy!” However, when she appeared at the library door she was smiling and gracious. They started off gaily together and Harvey reproached himself for even thinking anything against Alice. She was the prettiest girl he knew, and he liked her soft curly hair and smooth, clear skin, and the sweet little mouth that was so expressive. He told her again how pretty she was, and that her dress was becom­ ing, just as he did every time he took her out. He knew she liked him, and yet he felt just a little ill at ease tonight, so he talked more than usual, and laughed, and joked and unknowingly rubbed Alice to the last pitch. On the way home she finally burst out. “For heaven’s sake, Harvey, are you perfectly satisfied with this kind of a life? Do you intend to keep this up forever?” Harvey sat up with a start. Her words had touched a chord deep within him, but it made him angry to have her talk to him that way, so he only laughed rather harshly. It was more than Alice could stand. “I can’t see how anyone, who led the active life you did at college can be satisfied just to spend your Father’s money, and lounge around your Mother’s house all day, and then think you’re all right. It’s just sickening to me!” I Harvey was furious. So this was what she thought of him! He did not say a word, for the galling reason that there was nothing to say. He took her home and then drove around for hours. It was the most humiliating experience of his life. For Alice of all people to show him what he was! He had never thought of doing anything, but even in �D e l p ft i c his humiliation he felt happier than he had for some time, For the chord way inside was touched, and the reason for the expression on his usually handsome face was revealed. He needed work; he had worked all during college, and when he had graduated, and was left with nothing to do, he had lost his bearings. Well, he would show her a few things! No girl was going to tell him he was soft! The next morning Mr. H. R. Donaldson, Senior, was surprised to see his son burst into the office with a new gleam in his eye, and determina­ tion in his voice, and was even more surprised and delighted when he found that Harvey wished to begin work in his office. Harvey was a different person, The languid, indolent man had changed to an alert and energetic one. For six months he had been working, and in all that time he had neither seen nor sought Alice. He was determined to show her that he was all right, but he knew that Alice was all right, too, and he also knew he loved her. In a dainty pink and white bedroom Alice Hartman was thinking her thoughts, but not taking her time. To tell the truth she was nervous. Harvey had telephoned and said he was coming over—darling Harvey! If he only knew,—but then he probably would in time. When Alice appeared in the library doorway, she was caught in the arms of the man she loved, and as her lips were pressed against his, she realized what those six months had meant to them both. B. S. ’25. —---- Night Slowly the sable garments of the night Close o’er the weary world of day, Shielding our tired eyes from glaring light. And gently stilling sounds of noisy play. The sky is powdered with a myriad host Of tiny, sparkling, jewelled stars which sing To their golden queen, the lustrous moon-ghost Of night, who guards the world of her sun-king Thru, the silent mysterious hours. In lakes Are mirrored all these glories of the dark, And held imprisoned till the sun makes His fiery path across the sky and the lark Shall, winging her joyful and happy way, Bid a welcome to the bright, new-born day. —Celeste Proctor ’25. f 1 �D e l p f) i c 13 What We Owe To Magna Charta f •< The Constitution of the United States was not the product of a few months’ labor. On the contrary it was centuries in the making. In the truest sense it is not a mere bill of rights but a spirit born of a people’s love of freedom, and this spirit dates back to the days when King Richard had died as he had lived, far from his native land, and John sat on the throne of England. He had waited too long for the crown and sceptre and the coveted power turned to oppression in his hands, yet out of this tyranny was formed a document to shape the destinies of the world’s two greatest nations. History itself points out to us the invariable rule that whenever the iron hand of Oppression bears down on the people. Providence will send forth a champion of the Right. In England this was Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Conterbury. It was largely through his influence that the barons presented the Great Charter to John and forced him to sign it, thereby making English Liberty a definite heritage and not a mere chance in the hands of a ruler, and it is on this Charter that our Constitution is founded. Strange it seems that a rebel colony should model its government upon that of its mother country but then the Americans were still Englishmen, and .... as was said in the Revolutionary days, a lion’s whelp is a lion, and established law was one of the urgent needs of the time. The reaction of the Revolution resulted in a state of chaos. Everyone was making and breaking his own laws and the whole country seemed to be rolling rapidly down the road to destruction, but it is truer to say that it had many governments than to say it had none. There was a national government and each state had its little government and sometimes two or three assemblies and the only thing wrong with them was that they did not have the capability of ruling a united nation. Nobody wanted them to for if they did the country would not be free. The popular idea of a free country was one in which everyone made his own laws and kept them when convenient. Mobs gathered in the streets to enforce law and order by fighting the rest of the citizens into their way of thinking. This of course was patriotism, but when it became too violent the militia had to be called out Sometimes the militia pacified the mob and sometimes the mob pacified the militia. With this state of affairs existing, the statesmen felt a strong central government was needed to hold the states as a union together. For guidance they looked to the past. In Greece they saw the rule of the Archons, in Rome of the Consuls, but the glory of both Greece and Rome were but echoes of the past. America needed something better. Some- �' 14 D e l P ft i c than a monarchy was what America wanted, and that was thing stronger th£ At°thist'titme England was the only country which had a written bill of rights It was this document which they had been accustomed to as British subjects, and they naturally turned to it as a pattern on which to model their own government. The Magna Charta had been made to meet the needs of all from the serf to the king. Its articles had been proved practical by the test of time, and America copied from them, revised and suited them to her So the Constitution of the United own circumstances and added others. upon the States, though not identical with the Great Charter, , is based , . same principles, namely, the protection of the people and the assurance of justice. The Constitution has never failed us. We may turn to it at any time and find every circumstance provided for in its Articles and set forth in a fuller, more perfected form than in the English Charter which has ably served both feudal England and the modern Empire of today. The fact that stands out from all this is that our race is a freedom loving race, whether on one side of the ocean or the other, in the year 1215 or 1924, and by laying aside all Revolutionary prejudices we see that we owe to Magna Charta the Cornerstone of our Nation, the Con­ stitution, the very foundation of our Liberty. —C. A. ’25. 1 1 Dawn Turning the sky to rosy gold, As Venus sprang from out the sea one morn. So sprang more beautiful than she the Dawn, And made the chilling cold night wind less bold. To seek the mysteries that new lands hold, The poor pale moon, from endless traveling worn. Has gone to sooth some heart with sorrow torn, Her beauties to some other clime unfold. I sit and watch upon the sandy shore As Phoebus dims before the sun-gods shafts; The dawn unfolds to me her mystic love, The morning breeze, sweeping the ocean, wafts Far music, pilfered from the siren’s store Bv sea-nymphs floating in their misty crafts. — Deborah Ball, ’27. f f �DeIpbic 15 Foreign Impressions 1 1 August 8. London. Oh, such a wonderful city! The famous fogs seem to be holding off during our stay. This morning the brightly colored signs of Piccadilly Circus shone crimson under the summer sun. Another flash of red; the busses, of course. I had almost forgotten to look for them, when I noticed the continual stream of huge trucks, laden with people, flowing down the street. After a fleeting glimpse of strange shops, streets, and people, we arrived at the Tower. What a queer old place with the brilliantly clad Beefeaters holding guard over the historical building. I could almost hear the moans of Sir Walter Raleigh or some other poor prisoner, as we ascended the spiral steps to the dungeons. Deep grooves were worn in the stone where half crazed people walked to and from the tiny windows. The chopping block and ax may still be seen which gave such a tragic ending to so many people. Enough of the Tower. Westminster Abbey seemed to be our next goal. Down the queer winding streets we rode until we stopped before the door of the old Church itself. My first impression was the vastness of the building, and the thought came into my mind: how little justice was given it by photographers. Of course the Bank of England and the museums were interesting, but 1 must leave space for the rest of my impressions. August 25. Holland—the land of wooden shoes and crimson sailboats. Down the narrow canals we went, with beds of rainbow tulips on one side of us, and cattle grazing in the green fields on the other. The ever whirling windmills made a picturesque background for both scenes. We landed at the Isle of Marken and Volendam, where the quaint native costumes are still very much in evidence. Tiny girls shuffled along the bricks with their starched caps and snowy aprons. You indicate with your kodak that you would like to take their pictures. “Ten cents, please”, they reply in perfect English. Oh, yes, indeed, the foreign children are brought up with the idea that Americans are “easy marks”. * f September 15. Naples—Here we are on the shores of the Mediterranean with famous Vesuvius smoking profusely on our left. The sapphire waters made a striking contract with the brown mountain. The terrific poverty of Naples seemed to stare me in the face as we drove to the ruins of Pompeii. It seemed as if the people did not live; they simply existed. �16 Delpbic September 20. Venice—Ah, romatic Venice, the city of rose-tinted buildings, graceful gondolas and sparkling waters, As I stepped from the railway station into one of the six or seven remaining gondolas, all romance seemed to vanish. Unconsciously I trailed my hand in the filthy waters, and soon discovered I had caught an orange peel The mixed fragrance of garlic and tomatoes floated out through the dilapidated windows. Truly, 1 was dreadfully disappointed in my city of Dreams, which turned out to be a city of nightmares. October 5. Berlin - 'Unden den Linden”, the German watchword. The Linden trees, indeed, live up to their fame, with their beautiful branches nearly overlapping each other from across the street. We were forcefully advised to visit Potsdam, the famous town where the ex-Kaiser reigned in all his glory. The most wonderful sight to me was the rose garden of the late Kaiserin, which was one mass of color enshrined in a fence of golden hollyhocks. All the buildings seemed to have a cloud over them, as the glory of the German court has completely faded out. i October 10. Paris—The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe stand out as the landmarks of Paris. Churches and museums, how many hundreds we have seen in the past few months! But a guilty conscience would be the result of not visiting the Louvre. Six miles of galleries we hiked with Mona Lisa here, Venus de Milo there, and other well-famed masterpieces hidden among the less importnat paintings and statues. In a beautiful white marble mausoleum stands Napoleon’s tomb, a mass of red marble, onyx, and lapis lazuli. The gorgeous blue windows throw a gruesome light upon the whole affair. After a lingering drive down the ChampsElysee we found ourselves face to face with the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Mercy, my French! What in the world ever made me think I knew French? 1 called the valet this morning to ask him to clean my dress. Clean? For pity’s sake, what is “clean” in French? No, I did not know that, so I took a wild chance on “pressez”. Fine, it worked. I took my first ride in a French taxi this morning, and when I got out I handed the driver a five franc note nad waited for the change. Sud­ denly a cyclone of French came upon me and we argued for five and twenty minutes, the taxi driver in French and I in English, with one or two French words thrown in here and there. Finally I discovered that I had been offering him Swiss money! Au Revoir—Gaie Paree. —M. S. ’25. I t �2D e l p t) i c 17 Budding Genius \ ♦ t In a small but attractive bedroom a tall, slender girl was standing before a long mirror surveying herself. The early morning sun stream­ ing in through the eastern window emphasized the golden glints in her curly, brown hair. The girl had large, soft blue eyes and rosy cheeks, her nose was straight and small and her lips were pretty but sensitive, her rather dainty chin and the poise of her head added to her ethereal look. There was a dreamy expression in her eyes that made you know her thoughts were not of herself or her surroundings, but far, far away in a land of mystic dreams. Suddenly she came back to her own environment again and, realizing that she had been wasting time, she ran from her room and started down the stairs, but at the sound of masculine voices in the kitchen she hesi­ tated and seemed reluctant to go on. The Morgans’ kitchen was like any other you might see in the sur­ rounding country. It was the typical country kitchen, large, hospitable and noisy. The entire family was gathered there as they were every morning. Father Morgan had finished breakfast, and was engaged in lacing up his great boots in preparation for his day’s work. He was a huge man, kind-hearted and wholesome, who loved his wife and children, but he could not quite understand his oldest daughter, whose ideas he though just a little unnatural. Mrs. Morgan was at the stove making hotcakes, with a flaming face, which emphasized her sparkling black eyes and black hair, and told of a nature enthusiastic and independent. A boy of about nineteen and a little girl of eight were sitting at the table eating. When the girl appeared in the doorway she was greeted by a chorus of happy voices. She smiled at her mother, kissed her father and winced at her brother’s pet name of Liz, called out in his big, booming voice. Oh, how she hated that name! When anyone had the stately name of Elizabeth, Liz was such an awful come down, but it did not do any good to say anything. Bess was bad enough, but as that was what she was universally called, she was used to it. “Sis, will you make my doll a new dress? Josie Brown thinks she’s awful smart with that new dress her cousin sent her and I’d just like to show her,” piped Ruth, a trifle hard to understand because of a mouthful of toast. “Yes, dear, if I have time,” was Bess’s patient answer. “Have some hot-cakes, Bess,” spoke up mother from the stove, and Father Morgan made a chuckling remark about “Sis’s fancy hair do . �D e I p ft l c 18 ;raXe a k n^to his heroine and I'll never, never be able to write anything. As soon as my imagination gets to working I'm brought to earth with a u 1 hate this country life. Oh, how 1 hate it! If I do my hair in a orenay way Dad thinks I'm foolish, and if 1 don't eat five hot cakes every pretty way, rm sick Oh, for just one taste of a city girls Ufewith pretty clothes and parties and theaters! Then it would be so easvw write If mother will only let me go and visit Aunt Harriet. Mother did let Bess go to visit Aunt Harriet, and two weeks later Bess was standing in the crowded, noisy depot of a large city She was frightened and lonely, but when an imposing looking old gentleman who shf found later was her aunt's lawyer and secretary, kindly asked if she Miss Elizabeth Morgan, her spirits rose rapidly Elizabeth. How was taken to her Aunt Harriets house in a :t sresrs* ss s» but Bess soon forgot her old maid aunt in her new surroundings. Why she couldn’t help writing in a wonderful old house like this. It was almost like a castle. But that evening when she tried to'continue her story she couldn’t seem to get her mind on it at all. The home-like kitchen so many miles away, and her happy family, was the one picture that kept coming before her eyes. But she must forget it and go work. She was sure she had talent, for her teacher said she was a genius. Bess didn’t really believe quite that, but she did think she haa a chance in the literary world. That was all on the night of her arrival, but after a week of seeing something of the big world, going to theaters, dinners and Parties w she was hardly noticed, she realized how small and insignificant sn really was, and what was worse, she realized that she wanted to g home. In her letters to her family she kept up a brave front an tne to convince herself that she loved it all, but in her heart she knew it wa the country where she had lived all her life, that she loved. Her little flare at being a genius was over. Of course she still loved to write an let her imaginaiton run, but she had found out it was just as easy to do it at home with interruptions, and lots more fun. When she dashed into the kitchen that night of her return and hear Ben’s hearty laugh and affectionate “Hello, Liz!” she knew she love i • Father Morgan had realized in her absence that his girl was differe ^ and from then on never said a word about her fancies. After d\nne , when they were all sitting around the fire and she was enthusiastica thinking out an idea for another story, she laughed when Ruth b^gan tell her about Kitty Green’s latest escapade at school, and that the Smi cow had eaten some green paint and was just terribly sick. She gazed dreamily into the ruddy embers of the fire and kne^ 0N much happier she was at home. —B. S. 25. i t 1 �D e I p f) i c Romance Her home was in Southern Kentucky In the spot where the skies were blue In the land of the wonderful horses The place where the blue grass grew. And her eyes were soft and brown. Beautiful eyes they were, too, As she fondly looked out in the distance To the place where the blue grass grew. As she walked with the air of a queen, Her tiny feet wet with dew, She seemed to be looking for someone In the place where the blue grass grew. Finally she saw him coming And his eyes were bright and blue, And he chuckled as he passed The place where the blue grass grew. She loved him, oh, how she loved him, And she received a love as true; From this boy who lived in Kentucky, In the place where the blue grass grew. i He was only a farmer lad, But what would it mean to you If you loved this lad from Kentucky The place where the blue grass grew? The farmer boy let down the bars To let this pony pass through; Her brown eyes thanked him as he led her To the place where the blue grass grew. —Helen Love, ’28. 1 \ 19 �Signs About Town “Oh, dear!” sighed Madame Liberty, as she gazed down on the swarming mass of people just leaving the theater, “I wonder why it is that 1 must always remain up here above the street showing people where to go. They are so dull! They always need someone to lead them around, I guess. It is indeed a relief when I see the lights turned off and the doors closed for the night, for then is the time my fun begins. My arm does get so tired standing and holding this torch from six o’clock in the morning until so late at night! Someday I think I will revolt and drop it on someone’s head. Perhaps people will look up then, and I shall see something besides the top of their heads. But such is life!— and I must make the best of it, I suppose! Ah, I hear music. It must be my friend Monsieur Cat and Fiddle His music always cheers me after a long day. In a few minutes I shall be free to go and call on him.” As the lights were extinguished for the night, Madame Liberty stepped down from her pedastal and strolled up the street toward the house of Monsieur Cat and Fiddle. She went the long way around in order to ask at the Hazelwood whether anybody had picked up her fan. To her surprise as she approached she saw that the proprietor of that establish­ ment had fitted her beautiful jewelled fan onto his sign! She was most indignant, and after her interview with the manager it was a most humble man who returned her property. “Ugh!” sighed Madame Liberty, ‘‘How careless! Just as if he did not know whose fan that was!” As she was crossing Park Street she met Chief Lot-a-Noise, who accompanied her to the home of Monsieur Cat and Fiddle, where both enjoyed a delightful half hour of well executed music. Just in the middle of Monsieur Cat s favorite, ‘ A Canine Serenade at Midnight”, there was a great disturbance. Loud squeaks and grunts and roars. Much startled they all looked at once in the direction whence came the sound, and there they saw little Peter Blue Mouse and his friend Tony the Bear from Applegath’s come around the corner. Peter was rolling a ball almost bigger than himself, which radiated whole rainbows of color, and Tony was coming along beside him, taking ou one o his tiniest steps to five or six of Peter’s longest. Tears m Spre^min§ down the little Blue Mouse’s face so fast that no one could find out just what the trouble was. Finally, Madame Liberty calmed Peter enough so he could talk, and he began in a high, squeaky, teary voice: “I was p-p-playing w-with T-Tony; and he was teaching 111-me to sh-shoot my arrow b-b-ut when I sh-shot it, it went so f-far that t * t t �Delpbic 4 t 21 I c-couldn’t s-s-see where it c-came down, and I th-thought maybe it was over th-this way. Oh, I w-want m-my arrow! O-O-Oh!” We will help you “Never mind, Peter", soothed Madame Liberty, find it, won’t we, Chief and Monsieur Cat?" ‘We most surely will", they both rejoined. “Oh, w-will y-you r-r-really?” asked Peter, his face now wreathed in smiles again. “Oh, 1 will be so m-much obliged, kind people; because you see Mother Columbia loaned it to me, and she would be very much put out if I did not return it." “Tony, didn’t you see where it was headed?" asked Monsieur Cat. “No, I didn’t see where it lighted, but we were in front of Meier & Frank’s, and I thought it went somewhere over toward Washington Street. Come on, let’s start hunting for it, for it is getting late.” So they all started down the street in search of the arrow. Up one way and around a corner, everywhere they hunted, but the arrow was nowhere to be found. Tony even climbed up all the telegraph poles, but the arrow was too well concealed. “Oh, my-my a-ar-arrow," wailed Peter, where could it have gone! I don’t know wh-what M-Mother Columbia w-will say, b-but I do know sh-she will sc-cold me awfully. She just 1-loaned m-me th-that arrow, and sh-she t-told m-me to be sure and n-not 1-lose it!" And he was off again, sobbing as if his heart would break. “Well, stop crying, and we’ll keep on hunting for it. Tears won t help a bit, in fact they only make it harder for you to see! snapped Monsieur Cat, who was disgusted to have his music thus interrupted. “1 am so tired,” said Madame Liberty, “1 think a cup of coffeee would do us all good. Let’s stop at the Coffee Cup. I’m half frozen." “All right,” chimed in the rest. Just as they started in the Chief yelled a joyous cry of triumph, and pointed to the big steaming coffee cup, and there sticking out of the side of the saucer was the tip of the arrow. “Oh, boy, get it quick," squeaked Peter, as Tony climbed up and rescued the lost treasure. In the squeaking and laughing which followed they forgot all about the hot drink, and before they realized it they were way up the street; so the Chief invited them all to come to his Sandwich Shop and have bread and cheese and coffee. It all tasted so good, and they enjoyed themselves so much, that before they realized it the Journal clock struck five-thirty and they had to bid the Chief a, hasty farewell in order to get back to them respective places Of course .Peter Blue Mouse had to hurry faster than all the others for of six found he had to return the arrow to Mother Columbia; but quarter _JYF M. ’27. all of them at home. : �22 Delphic Stop! Look! Listen! ; “What’s the matter now! No, it won’t start! Pull out the choker That won't help it any. Yes it will, too. There! 1 suppose you think you’re smart! I nearly hit the door! All right now keep still, I despise people who drive from the back seat. That driveway ts too narrow. I almost hit it every time I go out. It is! If you d only try it' Help' There’s a car! It’s coming right at me! Why doesn’t it go out of my way? Fine! I’m past! Pretty good work, wasn’t it? Well, you needn’t laugh Don’t talk to me! I’m only trying, to dodge that telephone pole. Shall I put her in second? No? You’re out of your head1 Do you want me to wreck this car? Iknow I can’t possibly make that turn. Shall I try it? There! Not so bad, after all. Slow down? What do you want for nothing? I'm only going fifteen per. I am too! If you don’t believe it, look for yourself! Do I have to go down Broadway? I’m scared to death! Can’t l park somewhere up here? Honest, I can’t drive through traffic. Learn? There’s plenty of time for that. I’m getting into it, how can I possibly slide past all those cars?^ 1 Hot wish you were driving. It isn’t as easy as it looks, I can tell you. " diggity 1 How on earth did I do it? No back seat dri—O-OO-Oh! Nearly took my fender off! You idiot! Can’t you look what you re doing? Did you see the way he backed in there? I knew that would happen! That policeman turned the “stop” signal just as I got here! Horrid thing! I’ve killed my engine! How utterly humiliating! Do you suppose I’m out of gas? Tell the man back there to stop honking! 1 can’t help holding up the traffic! Why won’t it start? At last! Now, you look for a parking place. No, not there, can’t you see that hydrant? And that one has a freight entrance! Why do so many people come down town at once? Good! I see one. If that isn’t just my luck. Somebody’s taking it! Isn’t there another somewhere around? Is that one over there? It is! Glorious! You’d better get out now, it’ll probably take me half an hour to get in here. How much more room have I back there? Did I hit him? Bent the fender? S-sh, not so loud, somebody might hear you! Am I over six inches from the sidewalk? I. am? Well, why didn’t you say so before? Never mind, it’s going to stay that way. Come on! (Later) I might have known it! Arrested for parking over time! Dare me to tear it up? They’ll never know the difference. They won’t either! Oh, well, if you insist. (Later, minus five dollars.) That makes me sick! If you hadn’t taken so long shopping! I should think you might have paid half of it, anyway. Please stop talking! I’m getting nervous! I don’t give you a chance? To talk? I’m not talking, Im driving. You needn t snort like that! Well, trying to drive then. Does that suit you? On two wheels? It couldn’t have been! Well, I didn’t feel it anyway. Not faster than twenty-five. No, not once. Why, ? 1 �2D e I p b i c 23 I’d be scared to. Home? 0 wonderful! I’ll surely be relieved. I never can make this hill on high. It makes me furious every time I try it. Shall I shift now? Well, why not? See? You don’t know every­ thing. That turn into the driveway is awful! I’ve killed my engine! Well, get out and walk then. If you don’t like the way I drive, get some­ body else. At last! Look out! Don’t open the door yet! There now, you’ve taken all the paint off? Well, I missed the side of the garage again. Forgot to turn off the engine? Why, I did not! Oh, yes I did, too. There, don’t ask me to take you out again. I’m through for the day. —M. P. ’25. * To a Cat Like golden suns midst murky clouds, Your shining eyes smile up at me; Your snowy stock and soft gray coat, Squirrel and ermine seem to be. Your ears are like pink, moss-backed shells, Half buried in the wave-washed sand; Your whiskers, gleaming silvery white— A fairy gift from Luna’s hand. Descendent of the Bengal kings— Brave monarchs of the jungle wild— Once dangerous foe of man and beast, Now, gentle playmate of the child. i Eulogies to you are few; Your ilk is oft condemned I know; But like the dog you’re staunch and true, When love upon you we bestow. —Helen Gray Gatens, ’27. �24 3D e l p ftf c The Wail of a Senior I suppose I am a senior. The school says I am. My name is listed with the seniors. Having never been one before I cannot learn anything from the way I feel, but I imagine that 1 do not feel like one. I gazed profoundly at myself in a mirror and was sadly disappointed for I did not even look like one. The seniors I used to know were beau­ tiful, stately, dignified young ladies and wise beyond all comprehension. I am not at all like a young lady should be, and l am not beautiful and queenly and awe-inspiring, either, and as for knowledge I am not at all the sage 1 thought I would be. I always thought seniors had many wonderful, important things to do. Perhaps they did. Things usually change by the time I catch up to them. When 1 was in the fourth grade the teacher used to read selections from “The Lady of the Lake” to the fifth grade and sometimes she told them stories on Friday afternoons. 1 looked forward to being in that class but when 1 was promoted all this stopped for she decided that it was more profitable for the pupils to spend their spare time making up arithmetic problems which they had worked incorrectly. Those who had nothing to correct could spend their time as they wished. It was hopeless for me to have any aspirations to this felicity. The sixth.grade had a class club It was one of the things taken for granted. When 1 reached this grade I was filled with hopes of being class president, secretary and treasurer, but they put an order out against secret societies in the school. There were only seven grades then and I was looking forward to high school. It was only one year away when the school deemed it wise to add another grade. The two years, from the sixth through the eighth, finally passed. though staying after school to make up arithmetic made them seem like ten I now entered into the Academic department. The seniors presided over the study hall. They made so much.noise tapping for silence that one could not study very well. I longed for the day when I could bang in the same authoritative manner. I am a senior now but the study hall doesn't need any watching for > has suddenly mended its ways. This may seem very fine but it makes gnash ray teeth! As for the senior council, which used to have me mysterious meetings very often, it was only called together once this year” happened to be in some remote par, of the building and missed it all. isn ’t at all what I I don’t want to be pessimistic, but being a senior i —C. A. ’25. thought it would be. t $ �DeIp&ic 25 Can You Do Better? Mrs. Smythe Ridgewood was entertaining with a large tea one Thurs­ day afternoon. She was having a most delightful time and her guests seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely. As she moved from the receiving line to speak to a close friend, a Mrs. Julius intercepted her on her way, gushing out with, “Oh, my dear Mrs. Ridgewood, I simply had to stop you and ask if you would be so kind as to give me your recipe for pickled onions? Those which you sent to us were delicious, and my husband enjoyed them so much that he fairly begged me to get the recipe from you. Yes, really! I felt sure you wouldn’t disappoint me!” “Why, I’m sure I’d be very glad to, I'll have it ready before you go. Thank you, my dear.” And she moved on to speak to her friend, Mrs. Tradles Thompson. “Sadie, dear, how are the three dear children?” “Oh, Maria, I’m so worried,” replied Mrs. Thompson. “Bobbie caught the measles and the other two have it, and I’m frantic. I don’t know what to do! “You poor thing,” murmured Mrs. Ridgewood. “Well, Maria, I would appreciate it if you would give me the method you used when your two were ill. They seemed to have been cured so miraculously.” “To be sure, I’d be only too glad to help you out,—I will have it ready when you leave.” „ “Oh, I can’t thank you enough, my dear, between friends, you know. ********** As Mrs. Tradles Thompson left, Mrs. Ridgewood handed her an envelope on which was written “Measles”, and to Mrs. Julius one on which was written “Pickled Onions”, and for both she received effusive thanks. * * * * # * * That evening Mrs. Julius said to her husband: “John, I was lucky enough to get that recipe from Mrs. Smythe Ridgewood. 111 made some }* f < * * for you very soon.” Read the “Great, my dear, They won’t last long if I’m near them. recipe to me.” “Very well!” She commenced: “Place in a dark room, so that they cannot possibly see the sunlight. Keep them warm all the time and be sure that no draft enters the room. Bathe the irritated parts with a solution of borax twice a day. This helps to reduce the heat. Perform^this duty for a period ot ten days and the results will be most gratifying. “John—what—oh, I never was so insulted in my life. That woman i ; ! ; �26 D e I p ft i c shall hear from me! The very idea—to treat me that way! I always have had a sense of humor, but—" Mrs. Julius was too indignant to voice her opinions further, so we shall leave her to her thoughts. In the meantime Mrs. Tradles Thompson was joyfully opening the envelope which she supposed contained the recipe for measles. She started to peruse it eagerly—reading— "Peel and cover with hot water and salt, making a strong brine. Let them stand for twenty-four hours. Drain and cover with another hot brine. The next day drain and make a fresh brine, heat to boiling point, add onions and boil three minutes. Drain and put in jars with bits of mace, a few whole peppers, cloves, and slices of red pepper. Fill with hot water— ’’ "Oh!” by this time Mrs. Thompson was wrathful. "What did that woman give me? I suppose she thinks she can make a fool of me— Henry—oh, oh, oh— Henry—” "Yes, dear, what is it?" And Henry came on the run. "Oh!” ejactulated his wife, "she gave me a recipe for m-measles and it’s all about peeling the children and letting them stand in hot water for hours. Oh, the idea! That sort of joke doesn’t appeal to me—and I have such a sensitive nature—oh—oh!" Henry, on reading the missive, perceives the error, as does John his wife’s mistake, but there’s no use telling a woman she’s wrong. Snobbishness, tilted noses, till Mrs. Smythe Ridgewood was fairly bewildered. Then one day the sensitive nature and the sense of humor met and accidentally compared notes. 1. M. ’25. I B * �DeIp6ic 27 T ravel When I’m in a very happy mood, I like to think of how nice it would be to go to Paris, to see all the big theaters, to ride through its gay streets, and to see all kinds of interesting things. When I feel studious, I long for a trip to Greece, that l might see where old battles were fought and where ancient temples stood; for that would make history much more interesting. Sometimes I imagine myself going to China and visiting secret opium dens and gambling houses, where there are terrible blood stains on the walls and floors. I imagine myself being pursued by frightful Chinamen and only being saved by some miracle. For beauty I would go to Italy or Hawaii to see all nature’s wonders, to go driving on Italian boulevards or to sit in the shadow of some palm and watch the tropical sun set into a golden ocean. But when I’m sleepy or tired I’d rather be cuddled up in a big chair in front of a cozy fire in my own home, than to be traveling anywhere in the —Margaret Johnson ’27. whole wide world. I The Finale r * The last day of the camping season found Camp Nomanee in great confusion. Tents were being taken down, army blankets checked up, the campus cleaned, canoes stored away, and a hundred and one other things being done that bridge upon departure. Here and there were small groups of girls, some talking and laughing, busy with packing, others in their bathing suits were paying their last respects to the dear old swimming hole, and still others were strolling leisurely through their favorite haunts, bidding them a fond farewell. And just in the busiest moment of the busiest day, came photographers who wished to take motion pictures of the camp and its inhabitants. Then came a pause in the day’s occupation, a time when we all felt just a little nearer each other than before, a time when the pervading atmosphere of jollity took a more earnest note, and we all seriously thought of what the future held for each of us. Suddenly our thoughts were interrupted by the clear musical notes of a bugle sounding melodiously in our ears. Of one accord we made one grand dash for the mess tent, for no Nomanee girl ever lost her appetite brooding over thoughts of departure. Our spirits were soon revived by devouring the most delicious dinner imaginable, a dinner with which the most pretentious Sybbarite could find no fault. Then such rousing cheers were sung, such chattering, such happiness caused by the mere fact that we could partake of the keen joy of living. The meal being over, we retired to our tents to don the ceremonial costume, a dress which greatly resembles that of an Indian maiden. It is �SD e I p j)i c decorated with our ambitions, our heart's desires, our attainments. We take great pride in this gown which is the record of our life, and we'try to guide our actions in such a way that the record may be spotless. Slowly the sun sank in the West, leaving the horizon tinted as autumn leaves, and soon after, evening shadows enveloped the hills. A twinkle here and a twinkle there, and the whole sky, as if by magic, became alight with millions of sparkling stars. One by one the girls quietly wended their way up the hill on which the council fire was held, a ceremony which took place but once during the camping period. It was regarded as the most beautiful, sacred and impressive event of the whole moon and none but full fledged members of the fire could sit within the circle and tend its mysterious flame. Then was the time honors were awarded, legends told, songs sung, and then was the time above all when we hated to leave our outdoor home. When the last strains of “Lay Me to Sleep in Sheltering Flame’’ had been sung, we stole softly away, to rest and sleep in heavenly peace, till dawn brought forth another day. Rest and sleep, did we say? Oh, no! Surely not that. Who of all that merry throng wished to spend the last night in sleeping. Former rules and regulations were by one and all disregarded, and the campus became dotted with white figures, determined upon enjoying to the utmost this glorious moonlight evening. Soon a flashlight procession was in session, the cook was awakened, the councilors were serenaded in romantic fashion, and pillow fights were in order. It was long after mid­ night before we merry revelers were brought to the realization that sleep is a necessary faction of good health, and so, after all, group after group retired to their cots, to spend the remainder of the nocturnal hours in sleeping. —Eleanor Poorman ’26. t * An Oregon Sunrise The earth is draped in Heavenly silence; Wood fragrance fills the crispen air; A warm glow tints the far horizon, Turning dewdrops to opals fair. A lurid ball of flame, half hidden, Floods the earth with purple light; A profile of a dazzling topaz, Set in the brow of dying Night. H See, fairy clouds the portal guarding, Where myriad rays of color play! Behold the flaming coach of PhoebusBearing the infant hour of Day! —Helen Gray Gatens, ’27. * �D e I p ft i c 29 Liberty 1 What is liberty! The word in itself means much. It is what our country was founded upon. It is supposed to mean freedom, but if every one truly felt himself free to do as he chose, what an awful tumult would arise. All are slaves to desire, custom and passion. People would not want to be really free, at liberty. He who honestly thinks himself to be free is only the more in bonds, the bonds of his own reason. Truly, “liberty is but the privilege of choosing your bondage”. —Dorothy Mautz ’26. Democracy * > Democracy is not merely a political term and it is not only, as some people might say, the showing of the freedom of American people. Democracy, this political system, is that the government is directly con­ trolled by the people. In a democracy where the right of making laws resides in the people at large, public virtue is more likely to be found. In some of the states of the United States pure democracy is found, as it was in some of the Greek states. Democracy is a political and legal equality, a state of society without class distinction made or favored by laws or customs. Democracy is, as defined by President Lincoln, ‘ A government of the people, by the people, and for the people. —Catherine Martin ’25. Culture f i Culture is not merely the training and refining of the moral or intel­ lectual faculties. It is something which everyone can have, taken from the point of refinement in people, if one really wants it. Yet it is an elusive object to describe. A cultured person has that undeniable some­ thing about him which immediately stamps him as being refined. We cannot tell right away what it is, but we know that it is there, and marks the person who has it as distinct from the common crowd. A cultured person is distinguished and noticeable but not in a conspicuous way. Culture is sometimes the cultivation of plants or a study of scientific subjects, or the study of the growth and development of plants and animals. Still, everyone knows and feels the presence of culture, be it in the laboring man or learned man, for it is the essence of good taste, manners and refinement. * �Much enthusiasm has been shown in Athletics in general and basket­ ball in particular this fall. Judging from the enthusiasm of the first and second Uppers, St. Helen s Hall will have promising basketball teams in the future. The first and second teams were posted, and are now working hard. They consist of: First Team: Center—Katie Martin (Captain). Side—Centers—Helen Peters, Roberta Pittock. Forwards—Marjorie Mariner, Nancy Chipman. Guards—Helen Loomis, Betty Allyn. Second Team: Center—Analene Cohen. Side-Center—Evelyn Meyer. rnraNrHldV^ari°oie Pittock> Elizabeth Martin. Guards—Velma Payne, Edythe Hartley, Helen Dunn. Class teams have also been posted and class games will be played later. The first of the two out of three games with Catlin’s came off on November 6 in our school ouenrh • •* ' §ymnas,urn- Even the pouring rain did not played well and f?pints* and the victory was ours 14-26. Both teams fact that two of p6*?*™6 W3S an excitln& one t0 watch. Owing to the “ 00 gymnasium B’rith P'ayed the second game with Catlin’s in B’nai ...^srri.f'-TS'rr,,a" "'ki« ”a we met with an 24-7. The Catlin’s team’s rapid passing and perfect team work waswas splendid, This defeat was the cause of strenuous practice the following week. �3D e l p ft i c 31 and also many rallies. Our yell leader, Mayanna Sargent, aroused more “pep” than has ever before been known. The third and final game was played on November 21 at Multnomah Club. It was the most thrilling, wildly exciting game, that the Hall girls have ever witnessed. Both teams were evenly matched, and it was a battle from start to finish, Our team played as it never had before, and when the final whistle blew, we had won. No one knew what the outcome would be until the last minute. The score was 18-20. The lineup was as follows: Center—Katie Martin. Side-Center—Helen Peters. Forwards—Elizabeth Martin, Marjorie Mariner. Guards—Velma Payne, Edythe Hartley. _ , _ Substitutions—Betty Allyn for Edythe Hartley; Roberta Pittock for Helen Peters. This game determined who should keep the cup for which the two schools have been playing for the past three years. The first year Gatlin’s was victorious, the second year St. Helen’s won. This year was the end of the two out of three series. Mrs Parry has given a silver cup as a hockey trophy, and the school is planning to form two hockey teams in the spring. The game was started in the school a few years ago and the girls were enthusiastic; so now we want to start it again, and really make something of it. I 4 ! Rallies S-t. H-e-l-e-n-s H-a double 1 Can you guess? The best, the finest, The grandest school of all— Listen! We’re cheering St. Helen’s Hall! That was one of the cheers that came ringing from the study hall at a rally Our cheer leader, Mayanna Sargent, showed us all what a real rally should be And the school proved to the team that .t would do i s bi by giving them encouragement. It is the school that expects its girls to win Tat proves the right spirit for its team, ^ -eryone wishes ______ the team good luck, and everyone stays for the game to see that team play, that is what we call school spirit. cheer No one knows better than a player how much the work: of a cheer leader, and the cooperation of the school means to any team. And we hoDe as the years go by that the school spirit will ever increase, always prove Te have “the best, the finest, the grandest schooWf all. �K- 32 D 11 p i) i c Some of the Cheers: T-h-e H-a-1-1 That’s the way to spell it This is the way to yell it The Hall! S-t. H-e-l-e-n-s H-a double 1, can you guess The best, the finest, The grandest school of all Listen! We’re cheering St. Helen’s Hall. Brecki co wax co wax co wax Brecki co wax co wax Hairo-Cairo Wally go wally go wally go wax The Hall Team rah! Team rah! Team team Rah! i i Song—(Tune—Hot Time) Use your heads, you girls in blue and red, Win this game for the Hall’s sake and fame, For we’re behind you team with lots of pep and steam And we’ll show them that our school can fight! Rah! Rah! H i ml �33 ) Thyra St. Clair (21) has announced her engagement to Mr. Alfred Newman. The wedding will take place in December. Annabelle Bates (22) was married last summer to Mr. David Cohen. Janet Griffith (22) was married November eighteenth to Mr. Donald M. Drake. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson B. Coffee (Marjorie Campbell ’17) are being congratulated upon the arrival of a daughter, November fifth, She has been named Joan Campbell Coffey. Helen Holmes (22) is attending Goucher College at Baltimore, Md. Esther Benson (22) has returned from a European trip with her aunt, Mrs. Allen. A great many of the Hall graduates are at the University of Oregon this year. From what we hear, they are enjoying the University life immensely. They are: Margaret Boyer (22), Peggy Spenser (23), Lillian Luders (23), Hazelmary Price (23), Elizabeth Bradley (24), Annie Ellen LaMore (24. Mildred Vaughn (24), Dorothy Mielke (24), Virginia Fenton (24), and Idelle Egbert, who did post graduate work here last year. Virginia Pittock (2)), Frances Spaulding (22), Helen Van De Water (22), Elva Mervy (21), Jessie Smith (20). Dorothy Haradon (23), Edna Ellen Bell (24), Ruth Wonacott (24), and Florence Volstorff (24) are all attending Reed College, which seems to be as popular as the Uni­ versity. Frances Spaulding is doing her junior year here but expects to return to Mills College next year to graduate. Mary Ray Fraley (24), Kathryn Hennagin, and Henrietta White are at the Oregon Agricultural College. Donna Jean Trumbull is now at the University of Washington. Katherin Hart (24) is in the east attending Miss Mason’s School. Roberta Douty (24) and her sister, Margaret Ellen Douty, are attend­ ing the Ward-Belmont School in Nashville, Tennessee. Charlotte Allen is in Baltimore, Maryland. �34 DeIp&ic Mrs. Allen Hemphill (Ethelwynne Harris ’02) is now living in Portland and has two small sons. Virginia Edwards (22) and Catherine Overbeck (22) have both returned to Wellesley. Catherine Deyette, who would have been one of our oldest classmates had she not moved to Seattle last year, is now a senior at St Nicolas School there, and has been elected president of her class and editor of the school paper. The friends of Miss Katherine Arnold (’01) will be interested to know that she has returned from Turkey, where she has been for the past three years, professor of mathematics in Constantinople College and is at present in Washington, D. C. She has accepted a position as’one of the secretaries of the American Association of University Women. Jean Muir (23) is traveling in Europe with her aunt, Mrs. Allison. �September 9 T, School opened today, and everyone was glad to get back, lhere are many new girls among us this year. September 22 The Glee Club was organized and officers elected. September 25 The Old Girls entertained the New Girls at a fancy dress party. ; | October 1 Betty Sewall was elected President of the School Council, and Catherine Martin, Vice-President. One hundred dollars was raised by the Hall girls toward helping rebuild St. Stephen’s Pro-Cathedral, which was destroyed by fire. This was the first contribution received by Dean Ramsey. October 11 an informal dance given by the boarders. October 31 _ , A candy sale was sponsored by the Seniors and a total of sixteen dollars was made. for all the boarders who had The boarders gave a birthday party birthday since the beginning of school. had a ^'several of the boarders, music pupils of Miss FoulKes, were guests at her reception for Percy Granger. studying The Tale of The second year English class, who are �2D e l p b i c 36 Two Cities, gave a mock trial of Charles Darnay, which was cleverly portrayed. November 5 The Musical History Class attended a symphony practice at the Auditorium. November 6 The first basketball game with Miss Catlin’s school was played today in our gym. We won with score of 26-14, much to1 everyone’s delight. The first quarter of the term ended today and the grade list posted. The Seniors won the banner as a reward for the highest class average. November 11 ciseIUeThaJ’nfa,^'SfiCet °ay' Wa$ ce,ebrated with impressive exer- The planting of trees, in memory of those who pave their rp",,' eewWv°erarsWTH h3S ^ the “ <he schfoT dutg those siven bv inri •/? yea,r eadl class offered a tree, besides tnose given by individual pupils. “The Boy Comes Home” a play Thr”s of^he Ola0"3810"; W3$ ®iv6n b>' the Expression Class. Catherine MavhewP U Waa due t0 Gwendolyn Hall, Lillian Bennett, November 13 Again the St. Helens Hall team met the Catlin team. The game was won by Catlin’s, who played exceedingly well. The score was 24-7. November 18 Maxine, accompanied T V'm‘1 fr0m ,be orPhan twins, Max and Mecklem andTr Ber/ t MeCklem and Mr• Berg. Both Mr. Chest. ‘ B g spoke t0 the gi»s about the Community November 21 was playe^with"’Miss' CathV T'*'"8-’ and enthusiastic game of all Both teams were workinf ' * ln the Multnomah Club today, minute that our team wn m endld^ and no °ne knew until the last This game, the last of C°me °Ut ahead with a score of 20-18. was ours. e three-year series, determined that the cup November 25 a tea at the school today for the all girls. The Senior and Junior girls �3D e l p b i c 37 November 26 This day being Wednesday and the day before the last Thursday in November, everyone went home in high spirits to partake of turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and all the rest of the nice things that together make up the best dinner in the whole year. December 1 All the girls returned after their two days’ vacation, and none look the worse for it. And now we are studying hard to pass away the time until the most exciting holiday on the Kalendar, Christmas. And even though it is a little early, we would like to wish you all a “Merry Christmas”. Kalendar, 1924-1925 1st Quarter ends November 7th (9 weeks, less a day). Thanksgiving Holidays, November 26th to 30th. Christmas Vacation, December 19th to January 6th. 2nd Quarter ends January 23rd (9 weeks, less one day). Mid-Year Examinations, January 26th to 30th. Second Term begins February 2nd. Washington’s Birthday, February 22nd, Holiday. 3rd Quarter ends March 27th (8 weeks). Easter Vacation, April 16th to 27th. 4th Quarter ends May 22nd (8 weeks). Final Examinations, May 25th to 29th. Commencement, June 2nd. . i �Glee Club tores*;6 Mrf *tS WOrk thls year under the same instrucrememhe f h C j**? Smith, whom our readers and friends will veTrs w/ h P 1?mirable accomPlishments with us for the past few Christmfls hv mVC * a SOn^s’ tdat ran£e from old English ballads, We hone to5’ ^ luHabyS’ t0 faSt Chzecho-Slavakian tunes. sS“:n;^ »“f" - - •<*»anearlyforty ** memberehiP from thirty girls last year to Vice-President, Velma pLn^V0110^ President’ Elbertine Adams; Donna Magnuson• Rnci ynA?’ Secretary, Celeste Proctor; Treasurer, ness Manager, Lilias Pekier an*ger’ Mathilda Bowman; Assistant Busiour voices and memorizing6^^^ ^ °fflcers’ Mrs- Smith, the school, everyday vernacular, our ^ �2D e l p in c 39 Boarders9 Dance On October eleventh the boarders gave an informal dance. There were twenty couples present, a most convenient number for the Hall Annex, where the dance took place. The boarders all like the Annex, which was used socially for the first time, and they hope to use it a^ain for their parties. The Old Girl-New Girl Party ! I I ; I ; i Bold Captain Kidd, the demure Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, sly Tom Sawyer and his pal, Huckleberry Finn, the three dashing musketeers, Hans Brinker, or was it his sister, Gretal?, the little Egyptian, Babbie! Little Lord Fauntleroy, bright little Peter Rabbit, and even the Ancient Mariner, besides oceans of others, stepped out of their respective books for nearly four hours on the evening of September 25th. In other words, the old girls were entertaining the new girls at our annual Old GirlNew Girl party, and everyone came as a character from some book. After the grand march the prizes were awarded. The first one went, after much deliberation, to Peter Rabbit, the second to Huck Finn, and the third to the much loved Rebecca. Or to be more explicit, to Pricilla House, Elizabeth St. Clair and Geraldine Kirby. Then followed the initiation of the new girls, a very exhausting ex­ perience we are sure. Nevertheless, the new girls, especially one young athlete, struggled through it with very good grace. After this everyone joined in and danced, and later on refreshments were served, and then more dancing, until it was time to stop. Every­ one agreed that this party had been the “best ever” and we are sure that the new girls felt much more at home among us the next day. The girls of the Hall who are pupils of Miss Jocelyn Foulkes attended a most unique reception Tuesday evening, November fourth, at Miss Foulkes’ home. Percy Grainger, the eminent Australian pianist and composer, was the guest of honor. The small group of musical people whom Miss Foulkes invited to meet Mr. Grainger were surprised to find him a very ordinary man as to appearance, except for a mass of golden hair, which, however, did not tend to make him seem effeminate. His extraordinarily pleasing personality made his lecture-lesson to three of Miss Foulkes’ pupils an exceptionally interesting event. He pointed out bad points here, and good points there, in those works of his which they played, thereby bringing out his, the composer’s, own conception of their meaning. Mr. Grainger here revealed an entirely different side from that which most of his admirers see on the concert stage. His every word concern­ ing music revealed how fully this great man put his whole life into his art. Miss Foulkes played a two piano-four hand arrangement by Humbert of Faure’s quartet in C minor with Mr. Grainger. This performance was remarkably successful despite the fact that the two players had had no previous rehearsal. �__ I The Delphic is pleased to acknowledge the following exchanges: The Blue Pencil, Walnut Hill School, Natick, Massachusetts. The Academia, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, Oregon. The Emerald, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. The O. A. C Barometer, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon. The Olympus, Olympia High School, Olympia, Washington. The Oregon Churchman, Portland, Oregon. The Blue Pencil—Your cuts are fair, your snapshots good, and your The Lord Gardener” is an especially literary department excellent, good story. Your Class History and Class Prophecy both well written. On the whole, a very good issue. The Academia—We acknowledge both your Commencement issue, which was received too late for mention in our June issue, and your fall number. Both magazines are well organized with the exception of your cuts, which could be improved. Your literary department is always commendable for originality. Deserving special mention is the story ' Dicky’s Blind Man,” in your Commencement number. �D c I p f) i c 41 SCHOOL HONORS, 1924 The Medal The Medal for the Best Essay on Patriotism awarded by the National Society of Colonial Daughters. Cecilie Applegath—(Subject, “What We Owe to Magna Charta.”) Winners of Certificates of Merit: CECILIE APPLEGATH JEAN ROSENBLATT IRENE MACKAY LUCILE BOWMAN ELIZABETH BRADLEY RUTH WONACOTT CHARLETTE ALLEN LAURA HAGOOD CELESTE PROCTOR CATHERINE WEST MYRNA LAMSER Honorable Mention: DOROTHY MAUTZ MARIA WILSON EDNA ELLEN BELL ROBERTA DOUTY School Honors The First Testimonials are awarded to pupils attaining an average for the year of 90% in every study. 95% in attendance, order and punctuality. 99% in conduct. DEBORAH BALL ROBERTA DOUTY IDELI.E EGBERT CORNELIA IRELAND EVELYN MEYER MARY MALARKEY The Second Testimonials are awarded to pupils attaining an average for the year of 80% in every study. 90% in attendance, order and punctuality. 98% in conduct. �D e l p t) i c EDNA ELLEN BELL MARGARET ELLEN DOUTY KATHERINE HART ELEANOR POORMAN ROSAMUND STRICKER LILLIAN BURDETT DARRELL TORREY FLORENCE VOLSTORFF CATHERINE WEST GERALDINE BLODGETT EDYTHE HARTLEY DOROTHY MAUTZ BETTY SEWALL IMOGENE WENTWORTH Last year Bishop Sumner offered a competitive Scholarship Prize to the Junior who passed the Eastern College Entrance Examinations in six points with the highest average. The Scholarship was won by Evelyn Meyer. Two cups given by Mrs. F. F. Pittock are to have engraved upon them each year the names of the girls who receive the highest grades in these examinations, in French and English. The French cup bears the name of Evelyn Meyer. The English that of Marjorie Pittock. Two new cups were given this year for honors in these examinations, one for Latin by the Alumnae Association, and one for Mathematics by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Meyer. The former was won by Evelyn Meyer. The latter by Deborah Ball. The Alumnae Association has offered a pin for the Senior who o tains t e highest average in studies and deportment in the Senior year. It was won this year by Roberta Douty. thp Peteurs’ Geraldine Spence, Marjorie Mariner, who played for Schoolletters *n tlle ^ntersc*10*ast,c Basketball Game, won their Catherine Martin, who has held the School Tennis Championship for tour years, and who won in t^e singles in the tournament with Catlin’s this vp_r >ear, was awarded a small emblem. �« JUST OVER THE TERCUP5- I live just across the Miss E.: “Ah, 1 am a near neighbor now. river. D. Statter: “How nice. I hope you will drop in some day. Lives of Seniors oft remind us How to “Bluff” the teachers best, And, departing, leave behind us, Helpful hints for all the rest. •’WXS’ XSSL, *<*' ~~ « — Teacher: E. Hartley: them.” Little bits of candy, Gum and class pins too, Make some puffed up Juniors Act like Freshmen do. B. Congleton: “Do you know where the Dead Sea is?” M. L. Zan: “No, 1 didn’t even know it was dead. �': D 11 p ft i c 44 An assignment on original sonnets almost caused the Junior Cla complete mental paralysis. We are taking the privilege of printing SS of the reactions: ® two A Sonnet How can an English pupil write a sonnet, What is there that I could form into verse? I hope this thing I write could be lots worse. To show that I have pondered long upon it. The only flowers I have are on a hat To write of flowers of cloth Pm not inclined Many scents of flowers are on the wind. But none that I can form into a sonnet. When I consider how my time I’ve spent That I may be a credit to the class I just do wish someone to me had lent A sonnet that I could have used. Alas! A hat is the use?” I sadly ask, and so Here are my fourteen lines all in a row. —Dorothy Smith, ’26. Just a Sonnet Now all my time I’ve spent in vainFully two periods I’ve idled away For' cSnttIng’ thinkin2 and racking my brain No vS?w fPre,tJ Hnes with 3 musical sway And Jun Und °Ut its an impossibility, And also a waste of valuable time To even'male" two Whenny°U l,ave n’° ability. : j ™ake two or three words rhvmp ■d end this thing now if only I might For /nTrl 'Carry U f0ur lin« more8 ’ But So no more upon me will this dear sonnet pend. Donna Magnuson, ’25. Mathematics Mathematics makes me wonder TSrhiUS* n° 800d at all? Hims TbeafaT-'0 be patient b i Deat against a wall My6 heartUhr ' gamely Another zero bring! °f °'d average If°iamnaUITber bestuntold. Calm c r rnathematics k-alm, superior will I hp Such a victory for me. —I. M. ’25. �D e I p t) t c 45 Miss W.: “What great works did Milton write?” C. Martin: “He wrote Bunyon’s Pilgrim Progress, didn’t he?” I Mackay: “What’ll we do?” . D Torry: “I’ll spin a coin. If it’s heads we’ll go to the movies; it it’s tails we’ll go to the dance; and if it stands on edge, we’ll study.” M. Barde: “Say, Dorothy, whose line do you prefer nowadays?” D. Livesly (dreaming as usual):: “Oh, the telephone’s.” Any Instructor: “Elizabeth, there is a waste basket in the corner.” C. Martin (defining) : “Oh, yes, a student is a very educated person of a studious nature.” ^ Miss W.: “Aren’t you a student, Catherine e Miss T.: Where are the girls this afternoon?” J. Knapp: “They are having a fit.” Miss T.: “A what?” J. Knapp: “They went down to Olds & King’s to have a fit of their uniforms.” E Zan (speaking of Jonathan Edwards as president of Princeton) : “That was a little before or just after he died, I think, wasn t it? A. Cohen (mournfully) : “Did you ever feel so small you could walk ! under a centipede on stilts? ’ —. — r—r MESS- *» - “7 ’“■5* : .rtSS, ^.777c"e«v.S a££. *.”3 handing t. X ! ! late at that. bad toothache this morning: that’s a good Mademoiselle: “I had a sentence for drill.” in Wakeman?” Instructor:: “Catherine, have you read your assignment Katy: “Why—a-er—yes. book on my desk; you left it there Instructor: “Well, I have your yesterday after class.” Of all the beasts that flit around Or dash about the road, I’d rather be just what I am A little pigeon toad. something for my will you please give me H. Loomis: “Doctor, head?” it as a gift.” Doctor: “My dear girl, I wouldn’t take ! �T ■ 46 D e l p ft i c Art for Art’s Sake Among the diverse arts represented in this school none is more promi­ nent than that of running the phonograph. “Simple enough”, you will say, but just try it and you’ll see what a really difficult task it is. Playing a piano is, of course, aided by constant practice, but practice on a piano is a pleasure. Just stand by a phonograph for an hour and keep it going at an even rate of speed. At the end of fifteen minutes you will be tired, at the end of a half hour your hand will be stiff, and after an hour you will probably collapse or do something equally desperate. One cannot learn this art by practice,—it must be naturally born in one. This makes the art a far rarer thing than it would otherwise be. Ask the boarders; they know. In fact, you can ask anyone who has managed to use their phonograph after the spring in it has broken, and everywhere you will meet with the information that running a phono­ graph is a feat of the greatest delicacy as well as an accomplishment of the highest order. I said the boarders before, because they have suf­ fered severely from the broken spring in their phonograph. This tragedy, which took place some time ago, has caused a number of them to aspire to become artists along this rare new line. Among the aspirants, Ger­ aldine Kirby undoubtedly occupies the majestic seat at the very top, for in t is art, Jerry is indeed a “top-notcher”. Her time is unerring, her effort^nU f 56 the GnVy °f any 0pera sinSer> she is tireless in her ra ^ eaSf everyone at same time, and what is more wonderful, ® cf" 7" * Phono8raPh. for a whole hour without collapsing. If anyone her jf ^ 1S ?reat artist> the Paderewski of the phonograph, we offer with ,h?7Land compensation her trouble, the beautiful phonograph departmentP 60 S^nn^> ,s the pride of the entire boarding —A. C. 25. -v ciom ind the hghts went out. As a certfn 6 C0V6rS Came a muffled shout, £s a certain person tall and fair Thpn8^ m a gIass> one> two, a pair BuralPas'aaTasC'hee’ee “d S°me app!^’ t0°’ We heard a fi* we were through Which did n„ n-klun? sound from ^r, We ?an hm v,n,guhtly Ieisures ■mar. we ran but oh—the cider SDilt Theiwhrm ^^^ng beneath our quilt; The vo?ce on whom^’ rk night ther^ s°unded ‘‘Ah^surelv the ndn °U,r *??? were founded: And yoSr silence I fen°f PICkles 1 smell> Then suddenly «i2r Up0n you does tell” “Your mistake, ',is°'cMd^olTdill5tU1' —C. M. ’25. �Please Patronize Our Advertisers i ; We Wish You a ytl<trr? Christmas and Ufapp? ^ear ^fheiZZ ■ jhshr.» _/ ■ ■ i PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS : �I J . PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS l i �Armishaw Bros. GOOD TIMES are party times—when someone else plans the party. Why not enjoy all your parties by letting HENRY plan them and see that they are prepared in his inimitable way. 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Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Yearbooks Description An account of the resource This is a collection of yearbooks from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the yearbooks are from St. Helen's Hall, with yearbooks also from the Junior College as well as Bishop Dagwell Hall. The title for the OES yearbook evolved from The Delphic to The Legend-Delphic. The title for the Junior College Yearbook was The Scintilla. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1921-1923; 1931-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. 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Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. bound volume Title A name given to the resource The Delphic - Christmas 1924 Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks Students Student activities Student publications Teachers Description An account of the resource This is one of the oldest OES yearbooks, dated 1924. The yearbooks were published annually after 1925. Yearbooks from 1921-1968 were known as The Delphic and were created by St. Helen's Hall students attending in their high school years. St. Helen's Hall was an all-girls school that pre-dated Oregon Episcopal School. In 1969, the yearbook evolved into The Legend-Delphic with the addition of Bishop Dagwell Hall and male student attendees. After 1986 the yearbook branding begins to singularly list "OES" with a few volumes referencing "The Delphic" or "The Legend Delphic". Yearbooks helped to chronicle the school year's events and activities, in addition to listing each student and staff member. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_delphic_christmas1924-compressed.pdf School yearbooks; Students; Student activities; Student publications; Teachers http://archive.oes.edu/files/original/b647248d42269f7a672d06c4e755d9b0.pdf d184288be04dfe48011cc81cb486836e PDF Text Text ��Vt> N rx ; > X X. X X X X- \vT<; x <y, f f r M u s. .V QZ ^ X. ,% XX. * X / I V6 x. % V? X X Q. X e i /S V 0 °> V .X ■<D X * c • Xv e\Y Y £$ ^ .--~~y c- N . '- J X ) «\. x v U ^ XY. UA f A A �J I <; • '■ 77 I J 7 ' ~ w A y _-/v ":, i ? I' J s v 0 yt & sj ;V AkK^ ? The Delphic 3 «r 6 * J k i D KJ *y P ST. HELENS HALL - \3qUajL4s . PORTLAND. OREGON JjUjlJ* A-JLCjA > JAfJjZjt UD ^ vC<l -CC €. *N- OtL*L*tJLjL&c *% 1 37. 7 .CJL■ —/ --L <5*J o I ■o /~ u. n \ i > \ / wj 2 * \ I ---.'_| —^ i ,/H „.. ‘T/D OxCcC\ , UH / , D7"/" ^ / \ \ December, Vs - 'V / 7 V-' / < \J <sf J'a O' Sc^ f (V t ^Tpe4/^_W7<2 A 74D^. ^'g V. £ ■ �* 6 Delphic Staff 3 j Editor-in-Chief Literary Editor DOROTHY MAUTZ BETTY PARRY vr First Assistant LTP&rary Editor MURIEL BARDE 5ecoM Assistant Literary Editor MARGARET MCCALL KaPendar ( ISABEL STARR (MAY BELLE ALLEN Old Girl Notes \HELEN SPENCER (ardelia Music and Entertainment ( ELEANOR POORMAN (BERNICE CONGLETON (nancy A thletics haradon chipman (BETTY ALLYN (VIRGINIA COKE 'j CORNELIA IRELAND Exchanges v' Art [PHYLLIS HENNINGSEN >Y. ............ Betsy Abbott N. N Advertising Business HELEN HEMBREE ELIZABETH ST. CLAIR MARGARET BRANDES (HELEN PETERS (ELIZABETH MARTIN < �Page Editorials 7 School Honors 10 Literary .... 15 Juvenile 42 Kalendar .... 46 Music and Entertainment 48 Old Girl Notes 51 Exchanges .,. . .53 Athletics 54 Jokes . ............. 56 Advertisements . 59 �The Delphic is published twice during the school year. All students should subscribe. Literary communications should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief; business letters and subscriptions to the Business Manager. Subscriptions, $1.00 a year. Volume 26 DECEMBER, 1925 Number 5 : : �DELPHIC 7 Courtesy and a Smile Did you ever stop to think how far courtesy and a smile will take you? Have you ever noticed how lasting first impressions are? A smile goes a long way. Try it and see! It is very pleasant to meet someone who greets you with a cheery “hello” and a smile. It gives one a feeling of longing to go down the hall and have the girls smile at you. When a new girl enters our doors to continue her education, it is so nice to have the strange faces smile instead of passing you up in cold indifference. Do you realize that everything is strange to her? Her whole school life will seem different if you try to make her feel as though she belonged here instead of an outsider looking in on the fun. You all have your own set of friends but you might be courteous to the others. Courteousness! So few remember to be courteous to everyone. Have you ever thought of the little courtesies of everyday life; the ones that mark you a true lady? Have you ever been on the street car and remained seated while some poor tired woman stood looking for a seat? Have you ever jumped on the street car without waiting for the older ones to get on first? We probably don’t mean to be impolite but we are. Consider others more and you will be happier. N. P. ’26. Elements of Happiness Very little is needed to make a happy life. Great students have prescribed this thing and that as a means for bringing about the condition �8 DELPHIC are ol three factors necessari-work, and health, and love. Without work, where would be the joy of living? Where the pleasure of lying down to rest after a hard day’s labor? Where that satisfied feeling of having com pleted something difficult and worthwhile? In work—earnest, sincere work accomplished in an honorable manner, is found one of the most pleasing and comfortable sensations that man, existing in this comfortable and sensational world, can enjoy. Without health, where would man secure the energy, the ambition, the saneness of mind, for working to accomplish admirable ends? It is said that “in caring for the health and beauty of our persons, we are caring for the very shrine of the Great Spirit” and experience will prove that this statement was very truly made. Without love, there would be no purpose in living. Love opens to one “the beauty of every virtue.” So, to be truly happy, one must continually “stand porter at the door of thought” and refuse to allow anything but thoughts of love for every living thing to enter that E. P. ’26. inner consciousness. Genius Genius is a remarkable quality. It does very peculiar things to the people whom it possesses, for it can not be said that one possesses this unknown quantity. On the contrary, it is always the possessor, I used to know a lady who was thus blessed, or cursed. Her genius made her write blood-curdling mystery tales, although she was really a timid, mousey, little thing. The most pathetic part of it was that she had horrible nightmares after writing certain episodes in her novels. She used to come to my mother in tears after them. Many times she locked er typewriter away and swore she would never write another paragraph, S u COu^ not withstand her tormentor longer than a day or two, and en s e would be at it again. Perhaps you have gathered from this ime story some idea of what “genius” is. My definition for it is: a fulthin’.bey°nd the owner’s control, that causes him to rise high above the ordinary and often plays pranks with its helpless victim. C. I. ’26. Arbitration i fusing definition arbjtra!jon the dictionary and found a long; conwords. It seems’ tn° ^ n0t repeat hut try to explain it in my own who have quarrellp^Vu at-arbitration is the act of tw0 sensible people Pute and of abiding’bavin§ some disinterested party settle their disefficient this wav8:„y tp&t person s decision. Think how much more Brown have a omrroi u °r ^nstance, suppose John Smith and Tom a out the boundary line between their two lots. / �DELPHIC 9 They each want to build a garage, but there is not enough room between the two houses for both. They may quarrel like children, take the affair into court, make themselves the laughing-stock of the whole neighbor­ hood, and spend a lot of money. On the other hand, some unprejudiced neighbor may be called in as arbitor. It is more than likely that he will advise them to build a double garage and halve the expense. The prob­ lem is settled and the families remain firm friends. They have a goodlooking garage at a reduced expense. It is this same principle that various great men are trying to apply to the nations of the world today. C. 1. ’26. Life may be “so much velvet,” but it is rather worn out in places. In fact, sometimes full of holes. That just is life. But who—who in all the world, wouldn’t rather go in rags part of the time, and the other part in velvet, than to wear calico always? I know I would. D. A. M„ ’26. �10 DELPHIC School Honors The Medal and Certificate of Merit for the best Essay on Patriotism awarded by the National Society of Colonial Daughters: Deborah Ball (Subject—The Supreme Duty of Loyalty) Winners of Certificates of Merit: Eleanor Poorman May Belle Allen Janet Wentworth Margaret McCall Mildred Gill Helen Spencer Ellen Prince Hawkins Jane Knapp Helen Younger HONORABLE MENTION ' Betty Parry Cecilie Applegath The Alumnae Pin for highest standing in studies and deportment in the Senior Year won by Evelyn Meyer Honors based on high marks received in Eastern College Entrance Board Examinations: Scholarship for Senior Year for highest marks in six points won by Cornelia Ireland The Pittock cup for English Deborah Ball The Pittock cup for French Cornelia Ireland The E. H. Meyer cup for Mathematics Mary Malarkey The Alumnae cup for Latin Mary Elizabeth Wheeler Twenty-three girls took Eastern College Entrance Board Examinations in June and competed for these honors. ■ �DELPHIC 11 Testimonials The First Testimonials are awarded to pupils attaining an average for the year of 90% in every study. 95% in attendance, order, and punctuality. 99% in conduct. Deborah Ball Lilian Bennett Geraldine Blodgett Edythe Hartley Mary Elizabeth Wheeler Cornelia Ireland Dorothy Mautz Evelyn Meyer Eleanor Poorman The Second Testimonials are awarded to pupils attaining an average for the year of 80% in every study. 90% in attendance, order, and punctuality. 98% in conduct. Irene Mackay Helen Abbott Donna Magnuson Elbertine Adams Celeste Proctor Lucile Bowman Mayanna Sargent Jane Cullers Betty Sewall Gwendolyn Hall Rosamond Strieker Helen Hembree Darrell Torrey Elizabeth Ann Johnson Imogen Wentworth Geraldine Kirby Janet Wentworth �12 DELPHIC In the All-Oregon Exposition Essay Contest, St. Helen’s Hall received first place in the high school contest, Catherine Van Schuyver won the first prize of $50. Margaret McCall won the second prize of $30. In the grammar school contest Marion Denton won third place, $20. Of the seventeen essays singled out for final reading seven were submitted by students at the Hall. The prize essay follows: The Furniture Industry of Portland, Oregon Portland is the oldest and most firmly established furniture manu­ facturing center of the Pacific Coast. It is located in the midst of the heaviest forest of soft woods on the North American continent, is accessi­ ble from all railway lines and is served by steamship lines reaching all the Pacific countries and other parts of the world. Experts have agreed that there is positive economy and advantage in operating furniture manufacturing industries here under present economic conditions, and this advantage is growing every year. Twenty-eight establishments, eleven of which are exclusively engaged in the manufacture of upholstered furniture, with nearly fourteen hun­ dred employees and producing between four and five million dollars of furniture during the year of 1923, furnishes evidence that Portland has already become one of the furniture centers of this country. The furniture manufactured includes high class store and bank fix­ tures, cheap and medium household furniture of all types, all grades of Z l"?'. re'dpfurniture> well as office desks. ' Practically all of the upholstered furniture sold in Portland is manufactured locally dust?veto0fnchfllParpCUT i"ducemems for the prospective furniture inPnrH H h * P°rtland is in connection with the question of labor Portland has a number of skilled mechanics and partially trained men adapted to this work, the living conditions Eastern labor to . the cost of living the type of work range from forty cents to one dollar an hour. The plants are operated on a forty-eight hour week basis. ys-js wrsasra'-'- » .f Sssrssp: zs'.,;0™ 1 �13 DELPHIC the form of substitutes be found locally, and when it is considered that oak is at the present time being substituted for other types of finish, such as mahogany or black walnut, it will be noted that very little wood need be imported except for use as veneers. Very little red gum, birch, bass­ wood or ash are imported Red alder is a very acceptable and most satisfactory substitute for these materials, as well as a substitute for chestnut for core wood and for oak. By far the greatest item entering into the manufacture of furniture is that of lumber, with the exception of upholstered furniture. Lumber is practically the only item in which there is a loss or waste in con­ verting from a raw material into a finished product. There is com­ paratively small amount of waste in connection with veneer finish, but the waste in core, understock and solids is very heavy, which forces the manufacturer, where these materials are shipped from any great distance, to stand not only a loss in the product itself, but also to pay freight and charges on a large amount of material that must become a loss. Portland is in an unusually advantageous position in connection with power. Hog fuel or sawmill waste is undoubtedly the most efficient fuel in the world, and as it is easily obtainable in this locality, a number of large steam plants use this exclusively. It not only consumes waste from the lumber mills, but as it burns without residue it is economical to handle. The water supply of Portland is known nationally as being one of the purest in the world, and the rates charged for water are also along the lowest, in spite of the fact that the system is municipally owned and is self-sustaining. The climatic conditions which exist in Portland are such that the plants used in connection with the manufacture of furniture need not be of the same type of construction as required in the Eastern States, where there are extremes of heat and cold. This not only affects the type of buildings, but also reduces the cost of operation, due to the lack of neces­ sity for the expensive heating systems used in Eastern cities during the winter months, and causes the working conditions to be much more desirable and thereby increases the amount of production per capita. Most of the plants are of lumber construction, which can be obtained very cheaply. The furniture may be divided into the following types: Dining Room Bed Room Living Room Kitchen Library Office Store Church Lodge Hall, etc. �14 DELPHIC Each of these types are commonly divided into four grades: 1st. Extra good or highest. 2nd. Good or high. 3rd. Medium. 4th. Cheap or low. Most of the furniture manufactured at present comes under the third or fourth class. Local manufacturers are distributing their products in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. As most all the wood entering into the manufacture of furniture ex­ cept veneer finish, mahogany and walnut solids, is grown locally and can be obtained both cheaply and in almost unlimited quantities, Portland possesses a distinctive advantage over other points of the United States as a furniture manufacturing center. C. V. S. ’26. �DELPHIC 15 Dad's Experiment “Say, this house is freezing cold. Has the furnace fire gone out? Where’s Ted? Didn’t he fix it last night?” Harold Cunningham’s teeth chattered as he spoke. His father, who was reading, looked up with a very grave expression and said, “My son, do you realize that thousands of people die every year from the lack of fresh air? When I was a boy my parents did not impress upon me the value of simple living, but I have been studying it lately and have decided to go back to a simple life, From now on, I am going to have a flood of fresh air constantly; the lights must go out at ten o clock and every one must rise at six o’clock, Our food will be the simplest; positively no beverages allowed or fancy desserts. I have made this plain to the rest of the family and I hope you will join in the plan. Harold whistled softly as his father finished speaking, That’s fine, father, if you can tell us how to keep from freezing or starving while you try out your little experiment.” “My experiment!” exclaimed his father. “It isn t my experiment or any one else’s experiment for that matter.” Harold saw that his father was really in earnest, He said no more but secretly resolved that he would not starve for anyone; and as for keeping the temperature of the house near the freezing point,—well, he could stay down town and if his father got him out of bed at six, he would have to pull him out. �16 DELPHIC After Mr. Cunningham had gone to his office the family assembled in the library to voice their feelings. “Mary I told you on your wedding day that you would be sorry you married that man whom you now call husband.” began Mrs. Cunning­ ham’s maiden sister, Lucy. '‘Hush, Lucy,” replied Mrs. Cunningham. “I am quite convinced that Keith’s plan is right and we must all make the best of it.” “Simple life! Doesn’t that beat you? Who wants to live simply in these modern days,” chimed in Harold, "and for my part, I don’t intend to!” “Nor I,” said his sister. Three days later, Harold walked into the library with a gloomy face. “Say, Jane, what are we going to do about that party next week and father with this craze for a simple life?” “I have been thinking a great deal about it lately, and I’m sure I don t know, Harold.” There was a faint sob in her voice. “I ’spose we’ll have to feed them on toothpicks and water. Maybe we can have some gooseberries thrown in for fruit. Inviting, isn’t it? What will the fellows say? And Ruth Goodwin will spread it all over town.” Harold and Jane grew more and more crestfallen as the day for the party approached, Harold more sarcastic and Jane more moody. On the evening before the party, Mrs. Cunningham came into the room. Jane was in tears, and Harold was walking about, kicking every­ thing out of his way. When the mother inquired the reason, Jane sobbed out something which she could not understand and Harold muttered some remark about a simple life. After a little coaxing she found that the children were afraid their father would open all the windows, so that it would be too cold for anything but violent exercise, and turn out the lghts at ten. The menu, James said, was “fierce”. Mrs. Cunningham was perplexed. What could she do? At last she eci ed to speak to her husband about it, but all in vain. The evening for the party came, and the guests arrived. Harold and buthe^ WOrried- Their father had been called out of town on business, was expected home at any time. About ten o’clock, however,' a message came for Mrs. Cunningham. R ran thus: Detained by business. Will be home tomorrow, —Keith.” James felt as though he could give one loud whoop but as he did not dare, he went to the door of the living room and called Jane. tj Get some eats here quick; father can’t come home ’til tomorrow, The next morning Harold came out of the newspaper office with a �DELPHIC 17 smile on his face and when he told Jane of the society column, she laughed outright. “Father will think it is in every paper instead of just his own, and we will fix this simple life plan, because father’s pride is his weakness,” said Harold. That evening Mr. Cunningham came into the library wildly waving a newspaper. His eyes were blazing. “What does this mean?” he demanded turning to Harold. “Do you mean to say you invited guests to the Cunninghams’ home and froze them out and didn’t give them anything to eat but water and fruit?” “It was your orders, father,” interposed James meekly. “Well, you sit right down and invite those people here again next week and we will prove to them that the Cunninghams haven't forgotten how to entertain.” “But what about the simple life?” asked Jane. “No questions,” answered her father gruffly, “this is my affair,” and departed with dignity. “Harold,” cried Jane the moment her father was beyond hearing, “you managed it beautifully, but—Oh! if he should ever find out!” K. M. ’26. Fate Fate—laughing god of mystery— Gave me to you and you to me, Filled my heart with a strange, sweet pain. Then—sent you on your way again; But Fate plays pranks; and sages say— “Capricious as a child at play.” If this be true I’m sure that he Some day will send you back to me. H. G. G. ’27. Chinese Art If art is indeed the highest expression of man’s ideals, we must, in order to appreciate the beauty of art, learn to recognize the source from which it springs. Thus the first step in the study of Chinese painting should be the realization of the fact that in the Far East the arts of hand- �18 DELPHIC writing, painting, and poetry are all closely allied. To the Ch­ it doesn’t matter whether one writes a poem or paints it. 1mese mind Since the origin of Chinese painting is to be found i in the beautiful symbols of the written language, it seems best t0 begin with a history of writing. This great invention is attributed to a man named Ts’ane Chieh. He observed the shapes of things in Heaven, the forms of things on earth, the footprints of the birds and beasts on the sands Thus writing was created in the shapes of characters. These characters were originally cut with a sharp instrument upon tablets of wood or bamboo. It has been said that it was Meng Tien who invented the writing brush. This brush was made with a handle of wood; it was of deer’s tail within, and of rabbit’s fur without. Painting was the result of handwriting. The beautiful characters, originally pictures, are formed with the same swift strokes of the brush as are valued in pictorial art. One must go back two hundred years before Christ for the origin of Chinese painting. In considering Chinese painting, the distinctive attitude which the Oriental assumes towards nature must be taken into consideration. Here lies the secret of the thing. Whereas in Western art, man is given the highest position, he is only secondary to the Chinese. The men of China have ever chosen natural objects—mountains, rivers, and so forth—as messengers between themselves and the deities of heaven and earth. The Chinese artist gets the picture he wishes to paint in his very soul. He rarely paints from the object itself, but always from his 1 ea and recollection of it. This is better shown by the story of the emperor and the artist Wu Tao-tzu. The emperor sent him to portray the beau­ tiful scenery on the Chia-Ling river, and was amazed when the Pain ^ returned empty-handed. “I have it all in my heart, was the reP) Wu Tao-tzu. To appreciate the wonderful symbolism of Chinese P t0 ing, one must consider the subjects that have provided ,insP1^ $ 0f the Chinese artists. First the dragon which rules the spiritua ojnes the world and the tiger which rules the material. The heroes an of history and romance also inspire work of interest and men . ^ A division of Chinese painting, more popular, perhaps, than' ^ fond is that known as "birds and flowers”. The Chinese are Passl * town Even in these days one may see >n of both birds and flowers, in China groups of elderly gentlemen, cages >n hand' sole_m The cages to some point on the city wall where they can air the bird. the rich being used For these much loved birds are very fine, those ror extremely elaborate. of the year Flowers, too, are given much attention. To each season j0tus t° is assigned an appropriate flower, the peony to spring, winter: at summer, the chrysanthemum to autumn, and the prunus Qdna these seasons flower shows are held. When one considers �DELPHIC 19 painting has been looked on as a fine art for over two thousand years, one doesn’t wonder that certain forms have become traditional. Certain birds, beasts, and flowers convey instantly to the Chinese mind certain meanings, poetic or instructive. The Chinese people, in the height of their civilization, were consid­ ered the most intelligent and highly intellectual people that have ever lived, and their rare and wonderful paintings have come down to us through the years as evidence of their remarkable cultural development and plainly shows the characteristics of this unusual civilization. M. A. M. '27. ■j A Conspiracy That Failed The four Arabs, Abdul, Benii, Saba, and Tebjec, were among the workers who had cleared away the debris before the door of King TutAnkh-Amen’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, and they had considered themselves underpaid—at least Saba had persuaded them that such was the case. While discussing their grievances, they had wandered from the plan of stealing some of the treasures in the tomb—when it was opened—to the more desperate one of stealing the mummy of the King itself. “But where might we conceal it?” asked Abdul, who was the most skeptical of the party. “Foolish one, thinkest thou that the white dogs could recover any­ thing hidden in that waste where we shall hide it?” He pointed to the great desert in the distance. So Abdul’s last objection was overruled, and it was agreed that on the day the tomb was to be opened and when the mummy was to be ready for removal they (the conspirators) would throw a poisonous vapor into the face of the guards. These vapors might easily be thought to come from the tomb, as the Egyptians were known to have purposely put poisonous substances into the coffins of their dead to prevent just what was happening now, the removal of the body of the deceased King. A substitute would be placed in the coffin and then plenty of time would be given for the concealment of the treasure, and then a ransom would be demanded. It was a daring plan, but an Arab stirred to wakefulness stops at nothing. The work at the tomb became more and more intense. A suppressed excitement filled the air; the press hovered around in vain, searching �20 DELPHIC for a story, but the men in charge refused to divulge anything as to when the tomb would be opened or what treasures the vault contained. Evi­ dently a robbery of some sort was feared, as they had formerly been moderately generous with information. The cowardly Abdul began to doubt again when this reached the ears of the conspirators, and after they had discussed the situation thoroughly and Tebjec reported that the tomb was to be opened the next day, he (Abdul) went off on a little mission of his own. The next morning lots were cast as to who should enter the tomb first and overpower the guards. The lot fell to Tebjec. The plan was very well organized. Abdul was to wait with a donkey cart about fifty feet from the tomb and in a direct line with the open desert; Benii was posted at the opening of the tomb, and Saba would carry off the mummy. The actual theft would take place during the afternoon siesta, imme­ diately after the formal opening of the tomb and the disclosure of the mummy of King Tut-Ankh-Amen. The conspirators, after this conference, went their ways well pleased. Even Abdul seemed hopeful and made one or two minor suggestions which were accepted. At two o’clock precisely the long sought body of the glorious Pharaoh was given to the public. At half-past three while the Valley of the Kings was unpeopled except for the guards, Tebjec strolled up unconcernedly to chat with one of the guards he knew ten minutes later the guard had succumbed to the heat of the afternoon sun. Saba entered the vault, but his purpose was delayed, so overawed was e by the sights which met his eyes. Couches of gold, vases, jewels, statues of the King’s attendants in gold, vultures, daggers, garnets, dishes a gold and set with the most dazzling of jewels, It would be impossible to give a coherent picture of that which met the eyes of Saba, it was all so confusingly magnificent, beyond the dream of any humans, But the room where the King’s body lay was the most awe-inspiring, for ^ was as if the dirty soul of the camel driver had come before his judge. Saba approached the coffin and looked down at the face of the ea Pharaoh with its calm air of command, its nobility of brow, then *11S^ traveled down the body, he fingered the beautiful chasing of vu ^ and other royal emblems on the chest of the King, gazed avaricious) the jeweled daggers, at the crown, the greatest masterpiece of the wo ^ Then suddenly as he bent to lift the mummy out of its resting P a , a gun was leveled at him and two guards surrounded him. Saba ut er ,on. shrill cry and before the guards could speak Abdul outside with t e key-cart had gone the way of all traitors. ,, Saba I arrest thee in the name of the all-powerful government, For submitted passively, for he knew that Abdul had been dealt wit • his sudden courage had aroused the suspicion of the other Arabs a ^ had been given the place of mule-tender for that very reason, a guard had been placed over him with instructions. I he ways and means of the Orient are all-powerful. B. P. ’26- A �DELPHIC Wanted: An Inspiration I want to write—I have a longing to create something— But somehow every subject that I may consider seems so trite. To speak of “Night”—Oh Night! that sculptors have carved! Are there not already enough Nights! “Nights and days, and birds and bees, Singing nymphs and tall lone trees. Country roads and city walls, The deep blue seas or the great high falls. A foreign city, an ancient town— A specie of people, white or brown— All of nature, good or bad, all of life that’s gay or sad. These things are trite I say—trite! I’m tired of all these things, 1 long for something new— Where is that which sometimes comes, infrequently to few? Inspiration! That’s the thing that causes works of art, Taking its guise as beauty or hate, or prickings on the heart. Yes—Inspiration I say—Love—Hate—Pain—Sorrow— This is all that that means— To write of Love one must have loved— The same with hate or fear. But I insist!—These things have come, they are already spoken! Our shelves are filled with poets’ works—their new attraction-broken. I want to write, I have a longing to create something— But somehow every subject that 1 may consider seems so trite! But when I come to really think, I guess it’s I that’s wrong, For nature’s charms are multitude, and in each there s a song. I’m just one mortal looking hard for Inspiration’s key But Inspiration’s door is locked, that is, it’s locked to me. M. B. ’26. 21 �22 DELPHIC Heart Trouble I am the poor heart of a pleasure loving girl. Each morning the shock of a screaming telephone makes me jolt and awakens her. If it isn’t Dick, it is Paul or Reg wanting her to play a game of tennis, a few holes of golf or perhaps to go to the river for a swim. She jumps out of the warm bed into a cold shower—the shock of that alone is enough to make me irritable for the rest of the day, but I have learned to endure much more than that. If it’s tennis this time, we dash to the wardrobe, and if for a moment she believes that her new white tennis frock, that she has counted on, is too badly rumpled to wear, I am obliged to sink, 1 rise then with another jolt when she decides to wear the daffodil crepe and we have only enough time left to gulp down a cup of that miserable drug called coffee, and whiz away. A golf morning is much the same unless she forces me to beat faster by foolishly liking her companion better than usual. Oh, but that swim in the river! She thinks that this is a rare sport but as she climbs up the ladder to the very highest diving board—try as she will she cannot make me cease to flutter, and I will sink when she plunges head first into the green water. It’s my privilege and I must! In winter she coasts and skates around on ice and moves so quickly that I scarecly get over one. big thrill when I am made to undergo another, until I am so weak that we must go home and rest for awhile before she does any more. Instead of giving me my muchly needed rest she picks up a disgraceful novel and as she reads the sentimental stuff I am started to pounding madly again while I curse the authors of the trash and pray that some day again it will be the style to whisper soft sounding verses that are soothing to my overworked self. Evening comes and we rush off to a club dance and try as I will I cannot help but stand still as our escort’s car flies past all others and c ose y escapes colliding with them. When there is a rush for her dances, w en ow words are spoken in her ears, when a compliment is given, no,,cT°St^\u ^hen a kiss is cleverIY st°len, I jump, flutter, stop, start, habit of0 ' 611 ^eat V1Ci°USly a§a*n- 1 must. It has now become a bad mine. Of all thinpT- Hmi? ze Wlth me- 1 am sure- Ah! here he is. What? serious1 Hein r n piT ll-S 0n^y a attack of indigestion—nothing serious. Help_I m fluttering again-what’s the use? 8 M. J. ’27. �DELPHIC 23 The Figure in Black Red Eye, the notorious highwayman, was abroad. Peter, the humble wine-taster at the king's court, had learned this as he stopped at the inn to chat that evening. He had learned also that it was a dangerous night to be out, as already several travelers had come into the inn to narrate tales of horror to the people there. When Peter passed out of the town he could not have denied that his knees were shaking, and that there was a curious creeping feeling up and down his spine. Yes, the road was lonely, and he knew there were many excellent places in which to be accosted and robbed along those three miles he must walk. But soon his mind was centered on one thing. What was that noise behind him? Ah, the wind, perhaps. That flash! It was certainly the butt of a pistol. No, he could beathe again, It was the moon shining on a pool of water. But! A form, a human form. A human form wrapped in a black cloak, a dark hat pulled far over the eyes. There it was, dodging through the trees just ahead of him Pausing, rushing on, then pausing again. Stop? He could not. An ambush, probably. He must keep on, for he could, perhaps, dash by this person, doubtless Red Eye, if he was accosted. Oh! Why had he not been armed with more than a dagger. That figure, where was it now? Certainly he must be near the town. Yes, a light, But ever that gliding figure. Almost upon him, pausing, rushing on. It was unbearable. Why did he not jump out on him? At least it would be better than this suspense. Ah! His own house! Then his heart almost stopped beating, for the figure clothed in black had burst open the door of his home, and slammed it behind him. With a gasp, Peter summoned up all his courage, opened the door, and strode in, his hand on the hilt of his knife. There in a corner a boyish figure was crouched. A cry, then- "Father,” sobbed a voice, "I thought you were Red Eye!” J, W. '28. .*»■ The Pup and the Wasp . One sunny morning last spring I was watching my collie pup try to catch grasshoppers. He chased them as they flew through the air, pounced on them when they lit, and promptly gobbled them up. He was not hungry because he was fatter than any puppy needs to be, but it probably was fun to catch the jumpy things, and perhaps they are good,— who knows? Judging from the way he shook his head while he chewed �24 DELPHIC and swallowed them, they kicked around and tickled as they them up went down his throat. He had been playing this way for about fifteen minutes when I heard an angry growl. The pup seemed to be having a hard time with that particular victim. He gave it one bite, then spit it out and whined, look­ ing at it curiously. Again and again he tried to eat it, but always it seemed to burn his tongue. This roused my curiosity so 1 went over to what had been a healthy wasp but was then a him. He was trying to eat very dilapidated specimen, All that day his tongue was so swollen and sore that he could not eat, a fact which he has not forgotten, for he never catches grasshoppers any more. M. E. H Sp. ’26. Personality in the Handshake Have you ever noticed the difference in handshakes? It is very interesting. I do not think they display personality as much as different types of mannerisms, Yet, I suppose that in their turn these disclose personality, so it all amounts to the same thing, although some affecta­ tions are so carefully studied as to completely conceal one’s individuality, or lack of it. Did you ever see two young men of the so-called “collegiate” type approach each other with their right arms forming perfect semi-circles and the fingers of their right hands wide-stretched, and hear them boom heartily, “Pleased to meet you, my name’s Jones”? This type is fairly common, but only once have 1 seen two boys shake hands together this way. It happened last summer, when two of our male acquaintances first met. There they stood, true examples of the “collegian”, trousers Egging exquisitely over highly polished brogues and their arms forming a perfect S . It was ridiculous, and yet such a masterpiece of affected art that I could not laugh. Then there are the people who grasp one’s fingers limply, and coldly murmur some conventional greeting. I am not sure just what type of personality this indicates, but 1 know a word that in my opinion describes t exactly. It is aenemic . This group includes those who slip their ands into yours and immediately withdraw them, without the slighest gg stion of a real handshake. Do you recall having seen men meet on �DELPHIC 25 the street, evidently old friends who haven’t met for some time? And the way they stand, simply pumping each other’s arms while they ask about the wife and kiddies? Worst of all, have you suffered that embarrassing moment when two people are introduced and are not sure whether or not they should shake hands? One timorously extends his hand an inch or so, then hastily withdraws it. By this time, the other has his hand out to meet the first half way, so the latter hurriedly thrusts his hand out again, And so it goes. They usually compromise with a forced and sickly smile. Personally, I always let the other make the first move and make my grasp as much like his as possible. 1 have made mistakes, though, and oh, that sinking feeling when 1 was prepared for a warm, hearty clasp and felt one of those insufferable “fish” handshakes. C. I. ’26. �DELPHIC 26 To the Day Students When Friday comes most girls are glad, Because the week is done. No more English; no more French, No more Latin One. Geometry doesn’t bother them, They leave it until Monday. For the movies change on Saturday, And one doesn’t work on Sunday. That’s not the way to do it! You should let your conscience rule you. Force yourself to study! Don’t let it try to fool you. Keep your eye on the boarders. Watch and see what they do. And whatever you find them doing, Then that’s the thing for you. Now every Friday afternoon, And seldom a Friday is missed. Is posted on the bulletin board, A nice deficiency list. Every time your name is mentioned, It means you study an hour. But that’s the way with this weary world, You must take the sweet with the sour. They say that life is a football game, And we are but the ball. Fate does all the playing, And we do nothing at all. Now that may be all right at times, But it doesn’t work at all in school. You may think you’re fooling your teachers, But tis only yourself, you fool. Fate has nothing to do with it. You alone can play the game. If your grades drop down to nothing, You have only yourself to blame. I hat list is Bm to ten ySS'wtr;^ sTnd. So take the hint and lstudy, And not fear the final- exam. Get your daily lessons. Don t cram at the very end Just take a look uu^ue, And do as they do, my friend For every Saturda^ morning Eve'rv Vr Week ro11* round, tn def,CIent boarder In the study hall can be found. Perhaps they do not like it, But they do it anyway, They^ever1 have* rn T be their choice For “WORK Andfin0m?° of t0 sav.dhoolEASURE''' i( seems, H. L. ’27. �DELPHIC 21 On the Outside A touseled mass of red hair, sunburnt ears, and a tanned and dirty little neck, a sturdy back covered with a mussed and soiled blue shirt, corduroy knickers hanging down at one knee, and socks and shoes that showed the results of valiant slides to first base, were all 1 could see of a small young man perched on a rickety sawhorse, with his eye glued to a knothole in the disgustingly tall and unforgiveable fence surrounding the baseball field. “Gee Crickety, Spike!” he yelled to another youngster standing impatiently by, “y’oughta see that fellow shoot to first—say, he’s beating it to second. Out! Aw what a dumbbell; say, I could do better than that. Oh boy! Mac’s up! If he doesn’t make a homer I’ll be off him for life. Gee, Spike! Just a minute. Aw, be a sport. Atta boy! Hard!” But at that point, “Spike” gave him a violent shove and took his place at the coveted peephole. As the boy spun around, I found myself facing a very freckled face with large, excited eyes, and a small, determined mouth with rather a disgusted expression. His hands were extremely dirty and he wiped them constantly over his too warm face, which made him look as though he had been recently dragged through a mud puddle. At the sight of an audience he began excitedly narrating to me what he had seen of the game, bragging of what he knew of baseball, his playing, contemptuously pointing out the faults of the players. He continued this way for some time when he suddenly realized that “Spike” had had more than his share of watching and shoving him out of the way, with a satisfied grin he promptly forgot everything but the wonderful sight before him. F. L. ’28. .**• Physics Proves Practical College—that goal of every high school girl’s ambition—seemed very far away to Catherine Edwards as she thought of the future while half pondering over an open school book. She was extremely anxious to obtain a university education if possible; but financial circumstances were prohibitive. The Edwards family resided in the small Oregon town of Fairfield, and Mr. Edwards’ income as a traveling salesman was too small to enable him to send his children to college. Nevertheless, Catherine’s parents encouraged her to study diligently, and thus be prepared should opportunity arise. This Saturday afternoon, however, she found it difficult to concentrate upon physics, a subject which she thoroughly detested. Equipped with a cup of water, a bar magnet and a magnetized needle she finally completed an experiment in magnetism, which, though simple, so exhausted her patience that she i �28 DELPHIC , thP textbook down upon the table. The unexpected clatter caused hefyounger sister, Alice, to hurry into the room. •tm* nhvsics is awful!” Catherine cried, glad to have an auditor to whoSe'couid unburden her mind “And if 1 didn't have to study for exams I’d never open the book again. “\Vhv Katy' I have always thought that physics would be inter­ esting- and it is supposed to be practical as well." ‘it’is supposed to be,” commented Catherine ironically, “but it isn’t. What is there practical, for instance, in knowing that if an iron bar is magnetized the molecules are in parallel lines. This animated discussion had not been unnoticed by Mrs. Edwards, who was in an adjoining room, and she advised her daughter to overcome this dislike for the study. But Catherine replied that it was impossible for her to like such a tiresome array of laws and statements, and that she could endure no more science that day. Having thus delivered herself, she thrust the needle in her middy and put away the other articles she had been using. This had hardly been accomplished when Catherine’s chum, Vivian Hall, appeared in the doorway, carrying a basket of lunch. She was eager for her friend to accompany her on a stroll to the woods. To this proposal Catherine was entirely agreeable, and her mother rather reluctantly assented. The girls started with exuberant spirits. As they walked they talked, and their conversation, after touching on many themes, eventually turned to a discussion of a robbery which had occurred in Fairfield the previous night. Old Mr. Hornbeck, a bachelor-miser who lived at the edge of the village, had, like Silas Marner, returned to his cottage to discover that his hoarded gold, amounting to thousands of dollars, was gone. Two men, supposedly tramps, had left tracks near the doorway, and, with the coming of daylight, the sheriff had traced these footprints for several miles along the main highway. There they were lost, and as there were no other clues, a further energetic search for the robbers had proved unavailing. A half-hour’s walk down a grass-grown.. country road brought the girls to the wood, where the cool shade was a welcome relief from the glaring summer sun. Birds warbled joyously in the tree tops, golden sunbeams filtered through the screen of leaves overhead, suffusing the soft carpet of grass and flowers with a mellow hue. Butterflies flitted merrily over t e fragrant blossoms, and the low, incessant hum of insects arose from crfcketaSS> accentuatec* occasionally by the harsh rasping of a woo • Ami? these pleasant surroundings, a small woodland stream came into f *as appropriately named Silver Creek, for the shining water de^ dt lke a ?,lvery ribb°n between tree-clad banks. The two friends ea their luncheon beside this babbling brook. With a gay �DELPHIC 29 smile Catherine quoted: “I come from haunts of coot and hern: I make a sudden sally—” and, with these words she playfully snatched the lunch basket from Vivian. They seated themselves comfortably on the mossy trunk of a fallen tree, and were soon enjoying their dainty meal. Catherine was eating a sandwich when a large, blue-bronze butterfly floated before her eyes. With a gasp of surprise she pointed to the insect: “There’s the very swallow-tail I must have to complete my zoology collection!’’ she ex­ claimed. “Oh! How 1 wish I had brought my butterfly net!” But bounding to her feet and calling to her companion to bring the lunch basket and follow, Catherine doffed her sport hat and commenced the pursuit. The butterfly easily evaded her, and, reaching the bank of the stream, it fluttered over to the other side. The brook was shallow, however, and stepping-stones were numerous; so Catherine crossed and resumed the chase. The gaudy insect was as elusive as a shadow, but after what seemed hours, the girl’s perseverance triumped and the mag­ nificent specimen was captured. Vivian had overtaken her companion, and the breathless girls sank down upon the grass to rest before starting for home. During the chase while concentrating every faculty upon the swallow-tail, they paid little attention to their surroundings. Now they noticed that the sky was as­ suming a leaden aspect. In alarm, Vivian turned to her companion: “Where are we? I have never seen this part of the woods before!” With widening eyes the girls surveyed the ring of great, dark firs surrounding the small glade in which they were seated. Then Catherine began to realize the truth of the situation. “I am afraid we are lost , she said. “I don’t know which way to go, but we’ll have to hurry if we get home before dark.” A low mutter of thunder rolled and resounded in the distance. Turn­ ing their faces heavenwards the girls saw that clouds were overspreading the sky, while the evergreen branches swayed and moaned dismally in a rising breeze. These and other indications plainly heralded the approach of a heavy storm. Noticing that Vivian, two years her junior, was on the verge of tears, Catherine said resolutely, with a brave attempt to stifle a tremor in her own voice: “I think it is my fault that were lost. Mother has often told me not to cross the creek as the woods are wild over here; and I remembered this when I started over, but I didn t intend to go far. I am to blame for this, and I must find the way home. So taking the lead, Catherine attempted to retrace her footsteps, but after a long, weary walk she found herself apparently deeper in the woods and hopelessly bewildered. The sky became darker, and the gloom under the tall timber deepened into the shades of twilight; heavy peals of thunder crashed frequently and vivid lightning darted over the heavens. Suddenly Vivian burst into �30 DELPHIC tears. Catherine then spoke as encouragingly as possible Let’s tr\ another way,” she suggested, “and perhaps it will be the right one. „„ n 1 After hurrying on for some distance in a different directio n.' the girls found themselves on the edge of a clearing. They stood m a grown path which led through a straggling apple orchard of half-dead trees which stretched ghostly, moss-covered branches towards the sky. Old orchards such as this are sometimes found near abandoned dwellings in the Oregon woods; and. as a spring bubbled near, the girls looked through the trees expecting to see a building; sure enough, the pathway ended at the porch of an ancient house. Grass and bushes grew profusely around it; and the sunken porch, broken windows, and sagging roof lent an air of uncanniness to the dismal structure, Near the house were the bare rafters of an unfinished barn. And, completing this desolate picture, the clearing of several acres was entirely bordered by a tall, black fringe of firs. Recalling photographs they had seen of the house and halfbuilt barn, the girls realized with a start that this must be the place where, years before, a man had hanged himself from those very rafters. Indeed, since then, the buildings which they had never expected to see under such circumstances, were reputed to be haunted. The roar of the fast approaching storm added to their apprehension as with quickening heart beats they stood undecidedly gazing at the disquieting scene. Suddenly both girls whirled in mortal terror. A great crash burst from the underbrush nearby, and a black bear lumbered across the trail, startingly close. “Any port in a storm” was the mutual thought of the girls as they turned from the forest and hurried toward the house, pre­ ferring its uninviting shelter to the perils of the dark wood. Before they arrived the rain was falling in torrents. Too frightened to open the mouldering door, they found shelter behind a large box at one end of the porch. While leaning against it, watching the driving storm, they were startled by a succession of low, mysterious sounds coming from within the house. Instantly their thoughts turned to the ghost stories they had heard concerning the place. The noises continued intermittently for several seconds and then the door opening on the long porch swung on creaking hinges. Peering through cracks in the box, the terrified girls saw a roughly clad man appear in the semi-darkness of the doorway. He stood there gazing into the stormy night, and after a seemingly end­ less time, turned and re-entered the house. f Glancing at Vivian, Catherine saw that her friend was in a stupor o fear, and too terror-strickent to speak or move. With a sudden sense o her responsibility, Catherine realized that, being the older girl, she mus remain calm and summon all her courage. So with the utmost caution. she crawled to a window and looked through. She watched the man enter an inner room. The dim rays of a smoky lantern on a table re­ vealed the rough, hard features of another man, a bearded giant o fellow, bending over something that glistened. Catherine’s staring e> �DELPHIC 31 caught the yellow glint of gold. The man was fingering over and ap­ parently counting a heap of shining coins! Then in a low whisper she acquainted her companion with this startling discovery. They agreed that the men inside were undoubtedly the thieves, and knew that not an instant was to be lost in escaping from the place before their presence became known. They slipped quietly from the porch and fled across the clearing, not daring to pause until they were again in the dense shadows of the now friendly wood. By this time the storm had abated, and a full moon was peeping timidly through rifts in the clouds. It diffused enough light to enable them to find their way home had they known the right direction. Cath­ erine had heard that the old haunted house was located directly south of town; home, therefore, must be north of the spot where they now stood. “What would 1 not give for a compass to show us the way!” thought the girl, “As it is, I fear there is no choice but to spend the night in the forest. At the thought she despairingly clutched the breast of her blouse. A sharp exclamation of pain followed the movement. And, in the next instant, the girl gave another cry, smothered, but hopeful, as a sudden idea, inspired by the prick of the forgotten needle, flashed through her brain. From the lunch basket which Vivian still carried, Catherine took a cup and filled it at the spring near the edge of the clearing. She se­ lected a level spot and placed the cup in a moonlit area, unshadowed by timber. Taking the needle in her fingers she laid it carefully on the surface of the water, where it floated lightly, supported by the surface tension of the fluid. Attracted by the north magnetic pole of the earth, the tiny bit of steel swung slowly around, and at last became stationary, with its magnetized tip pointing northward,-—indicating the homeward way to the thankful girls. After going in the right direction for a quarter of a mile they entered an open glade, where, upon seeing a pool of water shimmering in the moonlight, they decided to correct their course. The carefully treasured needle and the cup were produced, and the former experiment was repeated. Continuing northward they came at length to an old road which fortunately led directly toward home. As the returning wanderers rounded a bend in the road the lights of an automobile flashed through the trees ahead. The girls tried to conceal themselves in the bushes, for they did not know who might be driving a car on this lonely road. But they were discovered! The machine came to a halt nearby, and above the pounding of the engine a gruff voice commanded: “Hands up, or I’ll shoot!” They obeyed, as a beam from a flashlight was turned upon them. The next instant a cheery voice boomed out, “Well, well, if here aren’t �32 DELPHIC the lost babes in the woods!” The man stepped from the car as he spoke, and the girls recognized their friend, the county sheriff. “1 must have given you girls quite a scare,” he said. “When I first saw you I thought you might be the thieves I’ve been searching for all day—the ones who got old Hornbeck’s money. Your folks got word to me before dark that you were lost, and since then I’ve been trying to kill two birds with one stone—hunt robbers and keep a lookout for you at the same time. Well, we’ll turn back towards town now and forget about those fellows for tonight.” “No! No!” cried the girls in unison, to the great surprise of the sheriff; and then they proceeded to tell their story, punctuating it pro­ fusely with gasps for breath, as they were tired and excited. The sheriff, who was accompanied by two deputies, determined to attempt the capture of the outlaws at once, before they should change their place of rendezvous. One deputy and the girls remained at the car, while the sheriff and the other officer pushed on in the direction of the old house. An hour later they returned with all of the gold and the two hand­ cuffed outlaws. The ruffians stared in sullen amazement when the sheriff pointed to the girls and remarked casually: “These are the young ladies who discovered your hiding place.” Within another half-hour, the auto, with its strangely assorted load, turned into the main street of Fairfield. The girls were soon safely at home and the desperadoes were landed in jail. The news of the affair spread quickly, as news will in a small town; and while Catherine, tired but happy, was relating her adventures to the family, there was a knock at the door and Mr. Hornbeck entered. He was a quiet little old man, who, for many years, had held aloof from his neighbors, and had seldom spoken more than a few half-mumbled words to anyone. An almost unbelievable change had come over him. Grati­ tude for the recovery of his money had thawed his icy reserve until he radiated good will. He thanked Catherine warmly for the part she had » PlaYed in the return of his gold—a leading role, in his opinion, for he was sure that the thieves would have eluded the sheriff and made their escape but for her timely discovery. Then he expressed the desire to reward her in some fitting way, and made this surprising suggestion. t ^°U *° ta^e a c°Hege course at my expense?” Oh. I would dearly love to!” cried Catherine. “But I don’t deserve such a wonderful reward.” fr»r^r Hornbeck, however, was determined to use a part of his money rest ,purposJr> as he would have plenty left to support him for the for an pnt'dayS* S° When he deParted he left a sum sufficient to provide Befnr,lretCOUrs® at one of the leading universities. which betnlTlnfg’ Cathenne surprised her family with an announcement physics "I h6 3 c°mP*ete reversal of her former hostile attitude t0'v‘l pnysics. I have changed my mjnd science;, she gajd “A little �DELPHIC 33 zs&zrs iuasnsf& rsus course at college—physics is so practical!” M. M. ’26. .«»■ • Jhe?e baIIads were written in twenty minutes as a part of class work in English 111: THE NAUGHTY KITTENS A big grey cat sat on a fence, Beside her sat the kittens; Their little paws were always white Because they all wore mittens. Their faces dirty always were Until their mother said: If you can’t keep your faces clean. You all will go to bed. And so the kittens three and four All had to go to bed; But instead of sleeping as they should, They all sat up and read. G. B. ’27. There lived a maid in Arthur’s reign, So sweet and fair was she The knights from all the country round Her beauty came to see. A peasant hard by her did dwell And land was forced to till. He lacked the lineage of the knights But hoped to win her still. And when her hand the maiden gave, ’Twas not to courtiers bold, But to the one who tilled the soil For love meant more than gold. S. M. ’27. .**■ An Opinion of Art Hundreds of years ago, a figure, shaggy and unkept, labored over a piece of stone, leaving as a forerunner of the beautiful paintings which now hang in sacred museums, a crude scratching of a beast. He had no conception of beauty, his work symbolized the essentials of his life, ani­ mals and trees, an occasional rough figure, and he lived in a world more �34 DELPHIC beautiful than any artist could place on canvas, or any writer could type on paper. To the world, art came with civilization, while the beauty of art has prevailed from the beginning of time. To a ragged urchin staring wide-eyed at the chalk marks which a tolerant policeman scratches on an uneven wall, the lines are a master­ piece, and placed beside a priceless canvas would leave the painting unnoticed. A great many people are not interested in anything but the pursuit of wealth, would term art as anything encased in a frame, or after seeing the works of masters, come away criticizing them as “boring daubs.” Art is not for such people, and though they do not think they are losing anything, half of the beauty in their lives is thrown away, for self. While those who have never had the opportunities of seeing a gallery or exquisite paintings, appreciate the beauty of a tiny square gay with screaming children and drifts of colored leaves; the spring seen flicker­ ing in a narrow alley and a small strip of grass budding with crocuses. So art is unlimited, It is more than a sketch, a portrait, an oil painting, or a statue. There is a haughty mountain mirrored in a lake, a wind swept cliff overhanging an angry ocean, a giant oak glorying in her autumn plumage, where a poet could dream, where an artist might seek inspiration, and anyone searching for art and beauty would find them. Art and beauty are closely connected; without beauty there would not be art. Beauty is an essential in life, and if one wishes to find it, no matter who he is, or what, he will find it. S. M. ’27. .**• Conclusions 1. The Past was Present, and the Present was Future, therefore the Future is Past. 2, The Present is the realization of a near Future—there is that tv,e1Cp IS 3 <^’stanIt future) but it is quickly overcome by the swiftness of “F,t,,‘!”e(n\,anS thlS Swift "Present” wrathfully turns the overcome Future to the Past. Future is an eternal family, as it were. famMv pnHSen'-iS u6 eternal “fickle member” which has left the Future am V into P, l mured 3nd Jealousy turns aI> members of the Future family into Past, which is dead, or Death. Future that4.evist am, and Pastv are~ 0nty 0nes of the three “states of being S^srthatfabVlhTFiS SmSTSTJ Present^so^cplick 1 y becomes �DELPHIC 35 But the Future eventually turns to Present; therefore, the Present is merely a part of the Future which drifts into Past. If such is the case, are we living in the Past or the Future? Or are we standing in that part of the Future which is Present, the link, as it were, to the Past? That must be it; we are living in the portion of the Future which is Present, standing against the tide which would push us into the Past with the Present that must become Past—only Death can push us into the Past. M. B. ’26. <» People Who Receive Advice People who receive advice, often asked for, and still more often unasked for, seldom thank those who give it. Therefore, it would seem but natural if the “wise counsellors” of this world were to disappear gradually. Yet there are those who have a mania for saying at every crisis, “If I were you I wouldn’t,” or “If I were you I would”. The ques­ tion arises as to whether you would look well with bobbed hair. You immediately obtain advice, “Oh, if I were you I wouldn’t do it. If you want my honest opinion, you’ll look terrible.” A feeling arises within you impulsively that your friend “has her nerve” and the next day you have your hair bobbed, just because you were told you would look “terrible”. You want an opinion on a certain book. “Oh, don’t read it; it’s perfectly ghastly!” So you read it and find it very interesting. The worst species of “If I were you’s” is the brand that imagine themselves kind missionaries, to correct with kindly advice the faults of us lesser mortals and to guide us into the path of the virtuous. Miss Spratt calls on you. She feels it her absolute duty to warn you that a certain young man has been known to play poker, “and if I were you I wouldn’t have a thing to do with him, my dear.” Now you had probably consid­ ered the “certain young man” a dreadful bore, but the fact that you were warned against him makes you decide that maybe after all he wasn’t so bad, and you’ll give him a date for Tuesday night. The weather gets colder. Mother or Aunty, says, “I hope, my dear, hat you weren’t thinking of going without your coat today. It’s beastly cold. You were on the verge of putting your coat on, but the idea that you were told to causes an argument to ensue concerning the temperature. You take your bosom friend with you, when buying a new hat. After much trying on” the choice narrows down to two. “Which one do you u,„eAbest> th® bIue or ^e other one?” “Oh, if I were you, I’d take the ue one. Honey-dew spots so easily, and it isn’t half so serviceable.” h^Tfy°U re nght- Sti11 1 don’t know-” You take the blue hat, and ate it forever after because it is so serviceable; or you take the honey- �36 DELPHIC dew and it spots; and you decide that your friend was right, but—. There is always a “but5’; it can’t be helped so long as advice is offered and accepted. Perhaps the person, who resents the advice he seeks, most greatly, is the man who asks his wife her opinion of his necktie or any other purchase made with distinctly masculine taste. ‘ How do you like my tie, dear? Pretty sporty, eh?’’ “I was just wondering who wished that danger signal on you”. “What’s the matter with it? Nice colors, green and red, as far as I can see. “Yes, they’re very pretty at Christmas time, but—’’ “Go on. Say it. I know what you’re thinking. “Well, you asked me what 1 thought, and 1 told you. I knew what would happen.” “And so on far, far into the night.” Mrs. Smith considers it her duty to inform Johnny’s mother that every time Johnny has a nickel for a pencil, he spends it for an ice cream cone, “And if I were you, I’d give him a good spanking. Of course, if 1 weren’t a friend of yours, 1 wouldn’t say this; but 1 know you’ll understand.” Johnny’s sin is immediately dismissed. Mrs. Smith is considered a “busy body,” “and if 1 were that woman, I’d watch my own children. The stories they tell are frightful.” All these kinds of “If 1 were you’s” are harmless, although often annoying; but there is another branch which is really a menace to the public. How many people spurning advice have come to grief, and how many people, taking advice, who might have, if guided by their better judgment, done the right thing? We understand there is no giving and taking in marriage in the next world, and perhaps there is no giving and taking advice. B. P. ’26. -♦» ^ * Our Visit to the Fox Farm When school was out and the warm summer weather had begun, we went to one of our fox farms for a few weeks’ visit. We started about five o clock one morning when everything was quiet and no one was on the streets. It took us about twenty-four hours to get to the fox island. But we surely had some dreadful frights during those hours, which seemed exceedingly long. One thing was that Judy, our dog, fell in the bay three times. Another was the unpleasant rocking of the boat. When we arrived at Emmonds Island there were friends there to greet us. We ate and visited with them that day. The next day we started to explore. As soon as Judy saw the little foxes, she began chasing them. Of course this would never do, so Miss Judy had to live on the boat for the remainder of her visit. �DELPHIC 37 During our visit we saw an eagle and one of the men shot it. Now there were plenty of eagles around there so it did not arouse our sym­ pathy when one was killed. The foxes had been disappearing and the eagles were suspected of eating them. We went ashore to take a good look at it and thought it would be an easy matter to lift it. Both Esther and 1 tried, but that was the best we could do, for it was impossible for us to move that heavy bird. Finally the men dragged it into the water. One day when mother and we were tired of having nothing of special interest to do, we decided to take a hike into the woods, and follow deer paths for hours and hours. At last we discovered that we had lost our way but walked on. because on an island you are bound to reach the shore if you keep on going. During our hike we came to a lagoon. It was most interesting. On the lake was a flock of ducks, a mother and her eight babies. The banks were covered with little baby frogs; the largest was only about one-half inch long. We took some home with us but they didn’t live long. We found many curios before reaching the shore and home. We went swimming in the cold ocean, went picnicking and picked berries, but our interest in these things wore off in time and we were ready to sail for home in a couple of weeks. E. K. '28. .**■ Japan Japan, the most beautiful country of the East; the sunken gardens arrayed with beautiful cherry trees; the sun casting a golden light on their pink blossoms; gorgeous flowers in pastel colors bobbing their heads around in the cool breeze wafted from the sea; the purple wisteria winding around a carved pagoda; ponds with yellow and white lilies floating around in their still waters; lovely women clothed in robes of satin brocaded with gold and silver, walking leisurely up and down the paths; and as a background for this beautiful scene, towering Mount Fujiyama with its caps of snow. Down the street you walk, finding places where the earthquake of a few years ago left its traces. Far above the buildings fly the gay flags with Dragons painted on them. Blue-clad men carrying packs on their backs and on their shoulders; the gaily dressed children playing in the streets; people stopping at the stalls along the street. Farmers, conspic­ uously dressed, with huge round hats on their heads, have come with their products to the city, their feet muddy from the flooded fields where they were planting rice. This beautiful land of gay colors is Japan, which I long to see. K. J. ’28. �38 DELPHIC Portland and London If one has entered the city of London by way of a trip from the sea up the Thames, and likewise after a singular trip up the Columbia and Willamette rivers, has come to Portland, one would immediately recog­ nize how singularly alike the approaches to the cities are; for with the older city one would find many evidences of age and permanency. Port­ land, on" the other hand, has no such general indication of this state; for, being a city in the making, there is much that is temporary, while London is particularly rich in historic buildings which have touches of antiquity and tradition. Surrounded by a rugged line of mountain scenery, Portland is found uniquely situated in a country of attractive beauty, while London, on the other hand hemmed in by congested areas of artisans’ homes, tenement houses, factories, and manufactories, is surrounded by pastoral scenes and romantic hamlets. M. S. ’27. .*»• The Monotony of Being Good The title sounds as though “being good” was a bore and I shouldn’t be surprised if that opinion had a good many adherents, so 1 shall take the opposite side, not so much with the desire to be different, but because my sentiments lean that way. First, we must have a thorough understanding as to what “being good” signifies. Probably few have ever bothered to investigate Webster’s version. If you had, you would have been surprised to see the many meanings it has. The word was originally “good”, meaning “fitting” or akin ; but our translation is “highly commendable, admirable, well be­ haved, decorous, socially in good repute”. “A good name is better than piecious ointment came from the lips or pen of some great reformer. Perhaps a modern translation would be “a good rep is as precious as rare, and in certain places it is becoming extinct. I am not urging a social renaissance or anything similar, but in these terribly modern times, to use the vernacular, it is a “kick” to be good, because you are sure to be original, In fact it is not monotonous; it is a source of constant pleasure. To quote another unknown, but conscientious writer, “Virtue is its own reward . It is that It brings you self-respect and if you respect yourprobably ,lke yourself. If you like yourself, you have one bu™onvincingSaneast y ‘° ^ y°U *" adversity' Rather roundab0Ut' behaved 'l!'0 WarJtS tc! be ^’ghly commendable, admirable, decorous, well behaved, etc., unless it gets him something? Perhaps that is being mer- �DELPHIC 39 cenary, but even though it isn’t monotonous, I didn’t say it wasn’t hard work to keep not only within the boundaries of convention, but a long way from the edge. We are dealing with extremes, you know. When you refuse to do something which would be indecorous, don’t consider yourself a martyr. That would “indeed” be monotonous. Don’t think you are suffering in order to perfect civilization. Don’t say resign­ edly that you will get your reward outside of this fickle world. Just say, “Susie, you are good, and I certainly like your style.” A. H. ’26. .*#- On a High Sea I had been lying in my berth all day, trying to be a good sailor. As yet, I was unsuccessful, but the good stewardess was hopeful, and insisted on poking her head in the door regularly every half hour to see that I was comfortable, which I was not, and to tell me that chicken broth, fresh fruit of any kind, a cup of tea, or even a glass of scalded milk would cure my ills in no time. At five o’clock when she appeared, 1 asked her weakly if the sea wasn’t pretty rough this afternoon. “Bless you heart, no,’ she replied. “Why, I’ve seen some storms in my day, such as you can’t imagine. The waves rollin’ clean over the ship, and me not one bit seasick,” and with this cheerful admonition, she went bustling out. Evidently I fell asleep, for it was dark when I awoke to find myself being rolled uncomfortably about in my berth. Through the portholes I could see the dim outline of the water line rising and falling, with many splashes of white spray, and outside I could hear the running back and forth of many feet. Soon the stewardess had burst into the room, bring­ ing with her a good dash of salt water. She sat down panting by the bed, and commenced talking so fast that I was forced to make her stop and begin again. Yes, she said the sea was rough. A gale had sprung up and was blowing so violently that the waves were constantly breaking over the deck. After a detailed description of conditions outside, she left, letting in another dash of spray. The waves grew stronger, and as each came pounding onto the deck, it seemed that the ship must surely sink or capsize under the force of the water. I sat up for a long time, holding my breath at the awfulness of the sound, but at last I went off to sleep. The next morning my friend the stewardess hustled into the room. “For, Miss,” she exclaimed, “that was the roughest sea I ever did see. Two lifeboats and everything loose carried overboard. “Yes,” I agreed, “it was rough. But could I have some chicken broth, some fresh fruit, a cup of tea, or even a glass of scalded milk? J. W. ’28. �40 DELPHIC The Cat Man Study hour was over and as everybody had had a full day and was nfyss»d.=r -T««-* one°roome 1Se%TdntotUthSk Su^abouSis, although^ had noticed how queerly the girls had acted earlier in the evening. Five minutes before the last bell all the girls dashed to their rooms the long way wound instead of taking the shorter way through the hall as they had been accustomed to doing. Later— after the lights were out _Miss Knight came around to the different dormitories to see if everybody was all right, She noticed that all the windows were closed and bolted. In one of the rooms, she went to the window and started to open it; but as she did so she heard an exclamation of horror from the bed and was begged to leave it closed. She was very much surprised, and de­ manding to know the reason was informed that it was too cold with it open Miss Knight, doubting the truth of this statement, determined to investigate further into the matter. At various intervals during the night, she walked through the dormi­ tories to see if she could solve the mystery. Every time she went by a bed she heard a shudder and a gasp—but she could discover nothing further as to the cause. The next night at more frequent intervals the same performance followed “lights out’’. Until 12:30 nothing happened, but the next time Miss Knight passed through the “dorms” she found two beds empty, and in the next room she found three girls huddled together in one corner. At the window was the form of a man with a mask on, who was all crouched up in a cramped position—and clawing at the window with large bony claws, and at frequent intervals giving dreadful hisses and hair-raising screams. At the sudden unexpected appearance of Miss Knight the girls went into a frenzy and gave one shrill, terrifying scream. At this scream and the sudden appearance of the newcomer, the “catman” disappeared. Miss Knight, rushing to the window, discovered a crowd of boys run­ ning across the campus. It was the next day that the girls remembered that only three days ago the boys had told them of an escaped maniac in the neighborhood. M. A. M. ’28. Friend Blackboard If I were to choose that in the school which could bring me the great­ est number of associated memories, I would, without doubt, immediately choose the front blackboard in upper study hall. That blackboard has suffered and laughed with the students for years. It gives us warning, it tells us news, it advertises our lost, and �DELPHIC 41 cries with joy over our found. If anyone wants something known, the blackboard’s the thing to impart the news to—the school herald! Class meetings, a holiday notice, date for a dance, a place for a picnic, a call for money, dues, books, a Student Council meeting_ Boarders! Day girls! interest one or the other. There is always something on the board to Again I say, with due apologies to Shakespeare, the blackboard’s the thing. Long may it live! M. B. ’26. .**■ Going to Sleep Lights out: Little red specks everywhere . . . little green specks now —turning into tree trunks . . . tree trunks into yellow blocks . . . blocks into birds . . . birds fade but make sweet chirps . . . not chirps_it’s croaks . . . why do chirps turn into croaks. Birds must have been frogs . . . yellow frogs . . . ah! no—green birds. How odd to forget! Must sleep . . . must lie still . . . count sheep . . . How can one count sheep when there are no sheep to count? “Pick up your feet, don’t scuff.” Who said that? Lincoln—or Shakespeare . . . likelv ... it doesn’t matter : • • ^t where would one walk? To follow the Pied Piper? What an idea. When one got tired he could lie down and sleep . . . but the music would awaken one . . . it’s so hard, anyway . . . and then the bed might not go through the door ... of the cave, you know. Oh, well . . . Why did she ask for flowers for the table? It wouldn’t be flowers . . . no . . . not flowers . . . Carrots? . . . Carrots . . for . . M. J. '27. .**• A Nightmare Help! The squirrel is chasing me—that bee is going to sting Johnnie! Ouch—it stung me instead. I’m riding in a Rollys-Royce over Mount Hood—it’s too slippery. Its so hot in South America, and tarantulas kill, if they bite Wish I could wake up. I m swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. There are sharks here. Watch 0ut- That fellow just missed taking a bite out of my leg. Hope I can remember this to tell in the morning. That Geometry !gure isn’t right—there’s no such thing as a four sided triangle. The earths stopped revolving—I’m slipping off—I’m frightened—oh! What a bump. My I’m glad I’m awake. That was an awful dream. M. B. A. ’26 . �DELPHIC 42 VX S3 Y* ! Billy's Dream Billy was a little boy about six years old, and he just would not mind his mother. So one day Billy was a bad boy and ran away with another little boy about seven years old, whose name was Jimmy. Now this little boy was a very bad little boy, too, and he would not mind his mother either. So Billy and Jimmy went on their journey. They came to Mr. Hall’s property and stole apples. Now what do you think of that, green ones, too! So that night when Billy was all snug in bed, that night he had a dream. He ran away from home and came to a strange house in the woods. He saw there a man to guard the gate. Billy walked up very carefully to the man and said, “Would you mind telling me whose house this is?” “The house of good boys,” said the guard. “May I go in?” asked Billy. “No!” said the man in a gruff voice that made Billy stand back with fright. “No! Have you been a good boy?” “Well, no,” said Billy very slowly. “We are doing this for the benefit of those who are good,” said the guard. By this time Billy had a pain. Are you loyal to your nation?” Billy could not answer. He woke up. Mother! Mother!’ he cried. “Come! Come! I will never be bad again.” And ever after that Billy was a good boy. Frances Sandvall. Lower V. �DELPHIC 43 The Haunted Castle I went to the haunted castle one day, With a few little children to play. The spooks came out, and ran about And we were very much in doubt, For we had come to play. Inside we went and saw a bent, A bent and humped old figure, Than Mary Ann 'twas not one-half inch bigger. We’d come inside but not to hide, As we then planned to do, And I’m sure you would too. We opened the door of a closet dark, And in there we did park. We saw a passage to the right And ran right through into the night. We found that we were in the park, Though it was rather dark, Our home was just around the bend And we told the story from end to end. Peter Owen. Lower V. .**■ Why I Want to Grow Up The reason I want to grow up is because I want to be able to talk freely and be able to choose my own business, so that I can earn my own living in the world. I want to work hard and save up a lot of money and then give half of it or maybe more than half to the poor, and keep the rest for myself but not for my husband! Because I won’t have any. I want to live all by myself when I’m an old lady but when I m young I want to live with another lady the same age as myself. I want to live in a nice neat little bungalow. I don’t want to have a maid or a butler or any kind of a servant. I want to do all my own work and I want my partner to do all hers. Saville Riley. Lower VI. .**- Jerry There was a flash of lightning. I fell? hit my head on the railing and the next thing I knew I was alone in the ocean on a raft. My head was aching terribly. I could not see anything on the raft but a box and something that looked like a big bundle. I was curious to know what it was. I started to get up but I fell back. There was nothing to do ; �44 DELPHIC but look at the bundle, Pretty soon I saw the bundle move. I felt suddenly alarmed and wished I was with my mother. After a while a nose protruded between the covers. And then a pair of sharp bright eyes. Then came a dog. Yes! a dog which I had seen on the steamer a day before, He came over to me and licked my hand. He was hungry and I was too. 1 was feeling better so I got up and opened the box and found some bread and cooked meat and also some water. I ate some bread and a little bit of meat and drank some water. I gave the dog some meat and water. A week later no ship had come in sight. We were out of food and as there was nothing else to do 1 went to sleep. While I was asleep, Jerry, which was the dog’s name, saw a ship. He took my dress, which I had taken off, in his teeth and jumped up and down so that the captain seeing it, steered the ship over to the raft. When I woke up my mother was kissing me. Jerry had saved my life. -—Roberta Smith. Lower VI. .*»• Bees, Fleas, Cheese, and Breeze Bees, Fleas, Cheese, and Breeze, All went out for a frolic in the trees. Bees got too close to Breeze and was tempted to sneeze. And what do you think did Fleas? Why he ran off on one of his (usual) sprees. And still there is Breeze and also Cheese. Well, I’ll tell you now about Cheese He was eaten by Hercules. And Breeze was left alone at his ease Dancing and prancing among the trees. —Peter Owen. Lower V. .**■ Antony and Cleopatra After the battle of Philippi, Antony went into Asia to settle the affairs of the provinces there. He asked Cleopatra, the beautiful queen ot Egypt, to meet him there to tell him why she had given aid to the liberators, She went, relying on the power of her charms to cool his wrath. . ascended the Cydnus in a gilded barge, with cars of silver an sai s o purple, beneath awnings of the richest manufactures it was possible to make. The beautiful queen was attired as Venus. She lay among lovely maidens dressed to represent cupids and nereids. Antony was charmed, as had been Caesar before him, by the dazzling splendor of e erpent o the Nile . Enslaved by her enchantments and in the �DELPHIC 45 pleasure of her company, he forgot all else—ambition, honor, and country. Days and nights were spent in feasting, dancing, and boating. It is said that the queen at the end of a banquet, in order to win a wager that she could consume something of fabulous worth, dissolved a costly pearl in a glass of vinegar and carelessly swallowed it. On their fishing trips, the queen had divers fasten huge fish to the hook of her lover. Once Antony broke away from his enslavement to lead his army away from the foe. He lost the battle, and discouraged and wounded he set up his camp in Memphis. The false queen sent him word that she was dead and Antony stabbed himself. He asked to be taken to her, and he expired in her arms. A year later, Cleopatra was found dead in her room. It was thought that she held a poison asp to her arm, but nobody knows how she really died. Agnes Gordon. Lower VI �46 DELPHIC -I clLd -dU ii September 9 The opening day of school! A most thrilling day, but marred by a bit of sadness, for we have left summer behind. We have several new teachers and more class rooms, because the primary school has been moved across the street. We also have more girls to use the added class rooms, so everyone is well pleased. September 29 All of the boarders went to a benefit concert, given by the Alumnae and Trustees of the Hall. We enjoyed the entertainment very much, and also did not mind missing evening study hall a bit. October 31 The old-girl-new-girl party. This is an annual event, and this year it was “bigger and better” than ever. The new girls caught the spirit of the affair and stood the initiations very well. October 31 -November 7 The Horse Show—A great many of the boarders went, and were so impressed that they talked about horses for at least a week, which got them safely over Hallowe’en without doing much mis­ chief, besides mixing each other’s drawers and making “apple-pie beds. November 6 Mr. Barde came to the school to explain the motive for keeping Old Ironsides . He talked so well, that when he was finished we were ready to rush out and give our month’s allowance to save the old frigate “Constitution”. �DELPHIC 47 November 7 Some of the boarders went to the Symphony Orchestra concert The program was very interesting and the director wonderful. November 10 The end of the quarter, marks are being averaged, and everyone feels rather shaky, to say the least. It hardly seems possible that we have been in school almost nine weeks. November 11 Armistice Day. We had our usual service. The Bishop gave an address and planted the Bishop’s and Trustees’ trees. Then the Alumnae tree was planted, and each class tree as well, in memory of our brave soldiers. After the service everyone came into the school. The parents and teachers were served with coffee and cakes., and the girls had cocoa and cake. November 13 Today Catherine Van Schuyver received a check of $50 for the first prize in the Oregon Products Essay Contest. Margaret Mc­ Call won the second prize of $30. The third prize for the grammar school essay was won by Marion Denton. The whole school is proud of its efforts, for seven of the seventeen essays that were considered for prizes came from the Hall. November 14 The boarders gave a dance. It was reallv a great success, and everyone had a wonderful time. There were about thirty couples there, and we had a prize dance that was very interesting. We “feasted royally” on ice cream and cookies, as well as delicious home-made punch. November 16 The students of St. Helen’s Hall enjoyed a very interesting talk given by Mrs. Sharp, an old Hall graduate, for the benefit of the Community Chest. After seeing the two darling children she brought with her from the Albertina Kerr Nursery we were all the more willing to give our money that these babies might be taken better care of. November 17 Kalendar has recorded this quarter faithfully, and next quarter is not to be thought of at present. But Thanksgiving Vacation will be here in a week, and Christmas three weeks later. How could we leave that out? We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year—and most of all Good Luck.” �DELPHIC 48 Siifertain nenf A Musicale was given for the ‘ benefit campaign” of St. Helen’s Hall, under the direction of Jocelyn Foulkes, at the Woman’s Club Building, on September 29. Jane O’Reilly, violinist, Anne O’Reilly, cellist, and Carl Denton, pianist, presented a group of trios with precision and fluency. The warmth and brilliancy of Pauline Miller Chapman’s voice were displayed in songs by Rogers, Mignon and Gounod. The Dudley Buck Quartet, Walter Rose, C. W. F. Martin, Charles Savage and Leroy Carry, with Gertrude Van Horne at the piano, achieved unusual effects in phrasing, diction and tone. Katherine Laidlaw’s dancing evoked much applause. Her accompanist was Dorris Clark, and Mrs. Chapman was accompanied by Mrs. Haskell Ferrin. PROGRAM 1. Trios: Cesar Cui a. Far Niente .............. .... Liebe b. Serenade.................. Roz c. Extase de l’Amour. . 2. Dance: Bizet Minuet de l’Arlesienne Katherine Laidlaw Accompanist, Dorris Clark 3. Vocal Quartets: a. To the Hunt, to the Field......................... Dudley Buck b. Songs My Mother Taught Me................ . . . . . Dvorak Dudley Buck Quartet Walter Rose, C. W. F. Martin, Charles Savage and Leroy Carey Accompanist, Gertrude Van Horne �DELPHIC 49 4. Vocal Solos: a. Dear, When I Gaze . Rogers b. Recompense ....... M ignon c. It Is Not Always May Gounod Pauline Miller Chapman Accompanist, Mrs. Haskell Ferrin 5. Dance: Mari, Mari Neapolitan Folk Song Katherine Laidlaw A short talk on “The Development of the Symphony” was given by Miss Jocelyn Foulkes, one of the music instructors at the Hall. The girls found this subject very interesting as they are all interested in music and in the rapid progress the Portland Symphony Orchestra has made in the past few years. Several girls have season tickets for the coming per­ formances. The Old Girl-New Girl Party The Old Girl-New Girl Party! What a lark this always means, yet for the new girls and particularly for the freshmen, it is sometimes some­ what of an ordeal, for it is also their time of initiation. As the custom has been for a number of years, the dance was a masquerade. Such a queer lot of characters came that one had to stop and think whether one were living in the time of the Arabian Nights Tales, in a roaming Nomad tribe, or down south on a darky plantation. Prizes for the best and most original costumes were awarded to Felix, the Cat (Geraldine Kerby) to Raggedy Andy (Maria Wilson), and to the two Gollywags (Vivian Sandstrom and Miss Constance Wilson). The initiations went off with loads of “pep” and enthusiasm, and then followed dancing and games for the remainder of the evening. True to the tradition of Hallowe’en, the refreshments consisted of doughnuts, apples and cider, which just seemed to fit in with the occasion and hungry girls with ferocious appe­ tites. At ten-thirty, all too early, we had to go home, for the next day was school again—and lessons. St. Helen’s Hall Tea On Wednesday, November 4, Sister Superior entertained the Parents of the students of St. Helen’s Hall at tea. The teachers received the guests and discussed with the mothers the progress of their daughters. Departing from the usual custom of having it in the parlor, tea was served downstairs in the more spacious dining room. In that way i \ possible for people to move about without tramping on each others toes. The room was attractive with flowers, ferns and sPark,inS S1ed Congleton, Madelon Brodie, Lucille Bowman and Margaret Ha P • Assisting about the room and serving were the Seniors I Boarders, and at the heads of the various committees Margaret Brandes, Betty PaiVy, Helen Peters, Dorothy Mautz and Eleanor Poorman presided. �y DELPHIC 50 i The Boarders’ Dance Saturday, November 14, was a great day for the boarders—also for thirty lucky young men who received invitations to their dance. The refreshments were not particularly unique, but were appreciated by one and all. They consisted mainly of ice cream, cake and punch. The orchestra was one of the best we have ever had, despite the fact they were ten minutes late. Beautifully decorated, the Hall dining room appeared gay in voilet and rose streamers suspended from the ceiling. The special feature was a prize dance, for which the saxophonist acted as judge. The prizes were won by Elizabeth St. Clair and Wilbur Campbell. Elizabeth was presented with a dancing man and Wilbur with a monkey climbing a string. After the dance was over and the last "man" had taken his last leave and gone out the front door, the boarders toddled up to bed wondering how soon they could have another dance. Armistice Day Celebration The school held short memorial exercises in honor of the signing of the Armistice. The students assembled on the terrace in a semi-circle. Photographs for the Oregonian Review were taken and shown at one of the theatres. Probably this theatre had an overly large audience that week, because it is human nature to enjoy seeing oneself on the silver screen. PROGRAM "My Country ’Tis of Thee” Invocation Prayer "In Flanders Field”. ...... "Recessional” . .Colonel John McCrae Ruth Simmonds "The Flag Goes By” . ... . .Rudyard Kipl'.ng Agnes Gordon Henry Hilcomb Bennet Ora Cloninger Address: Bishop Sumner Planting of Trees: The Bishop and Trustee Tree The Alumnae Tree................. Mrs. James Honeyman The Senior Tree The Junior Tree Presentation of Ivy Georgiana Gantenbein, Saville Riley w ^e. ’vy was §rown from a small piece, sent last year from oflTpuJils bbey> and br0U§ht t0 the Lower Sch001 by °ne “The Star Spangled Banner” �I DELPHIC 51 The girls who are attending Oregon this year are: Dorothy Statter, Catherine Mayhew, Gwendolyn Hall, Lucille George, Lillian Bennet, Mayanna Sargent, Catherine Martin and Beverly Roberts, of the Class of 1925; Catherine West, ’24; Edna Ellen Bell, 24, and Marjorie Williams, a special last year. At 0. A. C., the girls from last year’s class are: Julia Bradley, Lilias Peltier, Donna Magnuson, Marjorie Mariner and Lillian Burdett, a special two years ago. Margaret Ellen and Roberta Douty, who were formerly Hall girls, are also there. Elbertine Adams, Betty Sewall, Velma Payne and Edythe Hartley of 1925, and Gertrude Ireland ’23 are at the University of Washington. Margaret Spencer, ’23, Hazelmary Price, ’23, and Frances Spalding, ’22, are now at Mills. Virginia Edwards, ’22, and Catherine Overbeck. ’22. are members of the Junior Class at Wellesley. Virginia is in the choir. Irene Brix, ’24, is taking up kindergarten work at the Ellison-White Conservatory. Marjorie Pittock, ’25, Evelyn Meyer, ’25, and Catherine Deyette, a former Hall girl, left this fall for Mrs. Lucy Dodd Ramburg’s villa in Florence, Italy. Word from them says that they plan to spend the Christ­ mas holidays in Rome. Celeste Proctor, ’25, left a short while ago for New York, where she plans to stay for a few months. Nadine Caswell, ’17, has recently returned from abroad. We recently received a letter from Marjorie Mariner, ’25, who is attending O. A. C. Her engagement to Bavard Sisson was announced a short while- ago. Marjorie made the first hockey team though she had never played before, and she attributed this to Mrs. Knapps coaching. Katharine Hart, ’24, is now at Reed. �52 DELPHIC ENGfLF|AHFouJeS ’21 to Lieutenant Walter Pitmany Ramsay, U. S. N. JaTheLplan to be married the latter part of December. Dorothy Haradon. ’23, to Richard Montgomery, planned for the spring. The wedding is MARRIAGES: Marion Farrell, ’22, to Frederick Jacobs. Mary Helen Spalding, ’19, to Harry Clair. BIRTHS: To Mr and Mrs. Severin Harkson (Doris Henningsen, ’20) a son, Robert Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Harkson live in Shanghai. To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Drake (Janet Griffith), a son, Donald Jr. To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Lamberth (Frances Ford, ex-’24), a son. MISCELLANEOUS: Elva Mervy, ’21, is on the English staff at the Hall this year. Florence Niles, ’23, came to see us the opening day of school. She is going to law school. Mrs S A. Robinett, who went to the Hall in 1912, is a proctor in the study hall. Her little girl, Ethel May, attends the Lower School. We have recent news of Marion Eugenie Bauer, 1898, who is a composer of great note. Her recent book, “How Music Grew written in collaboration with Ethel Peyser, is to be published t is month. She plans to return to Paris for the winter, where she will resume her studying and composing. Cecilie Applegath, ’25, is a P. G. at Miss Allen’s Preparatory School. �DELPHIC 53 The Delphic acknowledges the following with thanks: “The Rosemary Question Mark,” Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn. “Nicholas Pen Points,” S. Nicholas School, Seattle, Wash. “The Blue Print,” Katharine Branson School. Ross, Calif. ‘‘The Blue Pencil,” Walnut High School, Natick, Mass. “The Academia,” S. Mary’s Academy, Portland, Ore. “S. Katharine’s Wheel,” S. Katharine’s School, Davenport, Iowa. ‘‘The Year Book,” 1924-1925, Miss Ransom and Miss Bridges School, Piedmont, Calif. ‘‘The Annual,” Cathedral School of S. Mary, Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. “Ward-Belmont Hyphen,” Ward-Belmont, Nashville, Tenn. Comments The Cathedral School of S. Mary Annual—Your sketches are very clever and your personal touches interesting even to outsiders. The Rosemary Question Mark—Your jokes are exceptionally good for a school publication and your fiction very amusing. The Blue Pencil—A splendid magazine. We envy you your exchange list. The Blue Print—Your poetry is especially commendable. are worthy of The Academia— Another paper whose jokes and fiction ... notice. �54 DELPHIC It is a well-known fact that in all the best schools and colleges in the country a certain amount of exercise is compulsory. The reason for this is not to promote the athletic standing of the school, but to develop the minds of the students along lines as essential as the various studies. The different branches of sports enable the student to have a clear, quick mind and a keen sense of fairness, in addition to the physical development. Up to the present time, the students of St. Helen’s Hall have shown a great interest in athletics, tennis and basketball being our primary sports. The only drawback has been that owing to the schedule o studies and accommodation for sports, only the more athletically incline of the girls have seriously entered into them. This year, our instructor, Mrs. Knapp, has consented to stay four more periods a week, giving opportunities for exercise six out of the seven periods a day. A new system of compulsory exercise has been installed, so that every girl, unless physically incapacitated, has at the very least two periods a week of exercise, and use of the tennis court any time she has a free period. Great enthusiasm has been shown so far for tennis, During the summer the old dirt court was dug up and a cement court put in, the present of the class of ’25. Our tennis days this year will last only a few weeks more, but it is safe to prophesy that the entry lists for the annua tournament in the Spring will be almost doubled. At present, basketball is the center of attraction. For weeks we have worked feverishly for a place on the school team. The old girls have had to fight hard to regain their positions of last year, as there are many �DELPHIC 55 promising candidates among the new girls, who are showing unusual interest and skill. As yet the class teams have not been chosen, nor has any schedule of games been decided upon. The final choice of the teams will depend on a “survival of the fittest", and there are great hopes for a better and stronger team than the school has ever had. May the present enthusiasm and spirit of good sportsmanship never fail in victory or defeat! The school teams have been chosen as follows: Second Team First Team .......Muriel Barde . Center . Helen Loomis.. ..Elizabeth Kaser Side-Center “Pete” Peters.. Mary Alice Meyer . Forward . Nancy Chipman ........ Jane Cullers Forward “Libby” Martin ..“Peggy” Cannon . . Guard . Betty Allyn.... .Margaret Brandes . . Guard . . “Gerry” Kirby. These positions are only tentative, and will probably be changed as practice goes on. It was particularly hard to choose the guards, because of the many good players, Those who are working hard to displace the four already mentioned are Frances Jack, “Lee" Martin, Helen Adelsperger, Analene Cohen and Ardella Sweek. �56 DELPHIC Who Can Tell Us Where boyish bobs came from? How sweat shirts got popular? Why we attempt the Charleston? For what reason we wear slickers when it doesn’t rain? Who really knows what Collegiate means? If a fraternity is where they make good-looking pins? Why we who understand tennis go to football games? The modiste’s name who remodels King Tut dresses? Why we wait until our senior year to accumulate credits? What to do when we can’t think of a tenth question? D. M., reciting—-“and with fifty men floating down the Ohio river—’ A. C.: “In what sorority are El and Vel?” M. B. A. (absently) : “Never heard of it. Local?” FLUENT FRENCH Mile.: “Qui est Robert?” E. A. J.: “Robert est le fils de son pere.” Miss M.: “Why did Columbus discover America?” V. S.: ‘ Fate.” Miss M.: “What act of England prohibited the colonies from foreign trade?” H. P.: “The Prohibition Act.” Miss F.: Where did the ‘Whigs’ get their name?” M. B.: Because they all wore white wigs.” M. R.: “What’s Latin for ‘sometime’?” M. B. A.: Don’t know the Latin, but I know the song.” i �DELPHIC 57 K. M.: “The shoes garnished the table and floor. DELPHIC MEETING Miss W.: “How are the Exchanges?” V. C.: (looking at Phyllis) : ‘‘Just fine, thanks.” M. J. (in Geometry) : “A parallelogram is a piece of space bounded around by a bunch of lines.” YE LATIN STUDENTS She thinks of dropping Latin, And all our friends concur— For, knowing her, they quite agree One tongue’s enough for her. Nit: “When is a pencil not a pencil?” Wit: “Before it’s manufactured.” Question (just before the Faculty Tea) . first, the younger or the elder lady?” The elder.” Chorus: Order: “Then do so.” N. C.: “But how can you tell?” “Whom do you introduce H. H.: Do we get marks for talking? Miss K.: Yes, of course. the class. H. H.: I’ll bet I have the highest marks in E. K.: Franklin ran away and he ran to Philadelphia. Hmm-m! Quite a run! P. H. (paraphrasing Polonius) ‘‘Take each mans census. Miss B. (translating) : “He says” (bell sounds) ‘‘Oh, Dear! house for the monkeys up in the M. A. M.: They are building a new park here pretty soon. F. L.: They are going to build a new wing on mastoids. Rather G. E.: A lady had a lot of dogs and they were painful—yes? Did you know it snowed last night? the first snow in the E. J.: M. H. C.: Oh no, it didn’t. They always put paper. of course): “How many Miss M. (speaking of Elizabethan prose: girls have Bacon at home?” �58 DELPHIC ENGLISH AS SHE IS ILLUSTRATED M. H. C.: The boy was edible for a driver’s license. H. A.: The effervescene of his speech was felt. K. B.: She has a malleability for going to all the shows. M. H.: She had a lot of alliteration on. M. B.: Precede is to follow before. F. L. (eagerly) : Oh, I looked that up! Respiratory means the way you sleep. Scene: Room III. Miss W. enters without being heard, and after part of the class has risen, M. B. A. rubs her eyes—What’s everybody standing up for? Scene: Sacred Studies III. Instructor: What Saint did you study about for today? P. H.: Nero. A Senior once dreamed that— We had too many ads for the Delphic. All the material we put in was accepted. We paid our class dues the first week. The Delphic money was collected from everyone in a week. The candy sale was a success. We raised more than nominal sum. Our subjects were easy. Yes, she woke up. �DELPHIC 59 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page [ A. Anonymous Applegath, C. G ^ B. Barde, J. M. Basket Groc. & Delicatessen. Berg, Chas. F............ Brandes Creamery Bushnell Photos .... Bush Pharmacy .... 74 .75 74 62 69 Page J. Junior Class ............ K. Knight Shoe Co....... 62 L. Liebes, H................... Lipman, Wolfe & Co. 72 .73 61 75 M. Martin & Forbes Co.. Mautz Bldg. & Investment Co..64 68 Mayson Overstuffed, Inc. .73 McCormick, Charles . . . 61 Meier & Frank Co.. . 62 Moore, Alice Price........ 70 Moyer Clothing Co....... 63 Multnomah Hotel ..... C. Callahan and Deery. Clark’s Flowers .... Colt, C. C. (friend) . Cramer Jewelry Co.. Crantford’s Flowers . Curtain Store.......... 68 E. Ernst, C. E............ 64 0. Olds, Wortman & King.. 67 F. Feldenheimer’s........ Fink Studio............ Flynn Gift Shop. . . Foulkes, Jocelyn .... Francine ................... Freeberg . ................. 70 p. Peterson Photos............ Portland Hotel............ Portland Laundry.......... 72 .... 60 S. Senior Class.................. Simonds Saw & Steel Co Staiger’s ........................ Staples the Jeweler........ 65 62 75 74 69 72 . .73 69 72 .66 69 G. Gill, J. K.................... 68 H. Heitkemper, Frank A Harris, Phil ............. I- Ireland’s ............. 72 68 74 75 N. New York Life Insurance Northwestern National Bank. .70 68 71 64 69 75 U. Union Laundry Co......... United States National Bank. .76 V. Van Orman, Louis 74 �Compliments of Portland Hotel 60 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �COLLEGIENNE SHOP shows a host of fascinating things for girls of every age . . . frocks and coats of slim, youthful character, lovely underthings, piquant hats—everything! If you are looking for Christmas gifts, too, this is the place to come. Second Floor The Quality Store of Portland. Oregon fit Th '..Tm KOOfc.SOX 410(0 CL Ui* StS Compliments of The Junior Class patronize OUR ADVERTISERS 61 �Brandes Creamery Manufacturers of “BRANDES” PREMIUM BUTTER Cream, Milk, Buttermilk Eggs and Cheese Phones: Broadway 7082 Broadway 7081 Choice Photos and Miniatures at Popular Prices COLUMBIA BLDG.. WASHINGTON AT W. PARK ALICE PRICE MOORE Vocal Teacher KNIGHT’S Shoes - ■ Hosiery Multo-Maid Shoes with low heels only Priced from $8.50 Morrison, near Broadway tG • For All Social Occasions- GREATEST VARIETY-FINEST QUALITY ^ MORRISON STREET BETWEEN FOURTH ANO FIFTH r-—___ __ _—.------------- ■— ------------ 62 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Multnomah Hotel affords every facility for the perfect en­ tertainment of your Portland friends and your Out-of-Town visitors. Luncheon is served in the Gold Room from 12:00 to 2:00 daily with a la carte service and a special seventy-five cent luncheon. Dinner is served in the Indian Grille from 5:30 to 8:30 with dancing from 6:30 to 8:30. Table d’Hote Dinner $l.b0, and a la carte service. Supper Dancing in the Indian Grills from 0:00 to 1*2:00 every evening except bunclay. Cover charge 75c, Saturdays $1.00. A group of private dining rooms on o the mezzanine floor will accommodate parties of from six to sixty and are so arranged as to permit of unusually quick service. Our Maitre d’Hotel will be pleased to as­ sist in planning parties and offenng suggestions. Multnomah Hotel RICHARD W. CHILDS, Manager PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 63 �Compliments of Mautz Building and Investment Co. Compliments of C. E. EARNST CONFECTIONERY ■c- Broadway at Washington Guess Whose Ad This Is? ^MART Feminine Portland Wears Beautiful I. MILLER FOOTWEAR Stars of the Stage and Screen and smart Women everywhere favor I. MILLER Footwear SHOWN BY St aiders 288 Morrison Street (Corbett Building) 64 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Compliments of The Senior Class I ! ! patronize our ADVERTISERS 06 �COMPLIMENTS OF C. G. APPLEGATH Established 1870 EXCLUSIVE FURRIER Portland, Oregon Portland's Oldest Fur House 129 TENTH Telephone B-3548 \ i FRANCINE I TWELVE PAYMENT CHARGE SERVICE An easy way to dress well. The Francine Twelve Payment Charge Service opens a way for anyone to complete her wardrobe and pay for it on the most convenient terms. Come in and let us explain. . I The Newest in Coats, Suits, Dresses and Millinery at prices to suit everyone FRANCINE—353 Alder Street i 66 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �I ^Sdt\ awSpiBPM SII rt 4 ;I h? m m i AOfflOTTtr towb) uronnnr1 i ' Mm sll< ?j •V )' **£ .V; 4? o. JA L£u l!_“.—-4.ij;, Mi (- k nr Mg61*® gpiS Olds :WbRTMAN*©«*KiNG PORTLAND. OREGON Cbr Christmas is>tore 2f better values let us serve you Headquarters for Juniors’ Quality Apparel PATRONIZE OUR advertisers 07 �Compliments of . PORTLAND LAUNDRY COMPANY Union Avenue at Mill The Laundry With a Purpose” COMPLIMENTS PHIL HARRIS <SC CO. BROADWAY AT MORRISON Smart Ladies’ and Misses’ Readp-to-Wear SOLD DIRECT - EASY TERMS F. J. CALLAHAN. Res. PHONE GARFIELD 2 1 01 E H. DEERY. RES PHONE GARFIELD 1218 l Phone Main 1584 Callahan & Deery RETAIL DEALERS FRESH and GURED MEATS HAMS, BACON, LARD SUPPLYING SHIPS OUR SPECIALTY Open Evenings FOSTER ROAD AT 56th 187 Third Street, Portland, Oregon Between Yamhill and Taylor Giftwares I I 'IT'HOUSANDS of inexpensive, artistic and carefully selected little articles I that will make beautiful and well received gifts. A very | comPlete selection for your inspection. Plan to do at least | a Part of *our Christmas shopping in our Gift Shop. 1 r \ cBooksellers^Stationcr^Oft'iceOutMers c Fifllxand Starl^Streets |i Scrap | <Book 1 t I suiifliiniuinuiiiiiniiiijnniiiiiiiniiiuiuinijmiiiinuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiDiiininintiiiiinranniiniinniiniiiiininnniDiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiniuiiiiiniiniiuniiiiiiiniinmiiiiiniiiiiiiniinjiiiiiiiiuiiininiiniHiiiniiiniDiiBiuniiiiic 68 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS A �F. L. Grocer LUNCHES AND STATIONERY 465 MONTGOMERY STREET MAIN 7344 The Bush Pharmacy Main 4737 Cor. 11th and Montgomery Sts. Phone Main 3322 Try Our Chocolate Malted Milk ^mawm Yamhill at Tenth Street Portland, Oregon STAPLES JEWEL^ $ The Manufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Optician 326 MORRISON STREET Portland, Oregon The plvnn M Gift Shop Seventh Floor Northwestern Bank Building Morrison Street — Opposite Portland Hotel Personal Attention Given All Sales PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 60 �Compliments of jpegs' THE NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK li g Iff8s SPilTheHotthwestem WfigNational Bank ‘' 0$Northwestern Bank Bld'g - Portland.Ore&on Compliments of DAN E. BOWMAN’S Moyer Clothing Co. THIRD AND OAK STREETS A. & C. FELDENHEIMER, Inc. Established 1868 Best Jewelry and Jewelry Store in Portland CORNER WASHINGTON AND WEST PARK 70 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �SIMONDS SAWS SIMONDS SAWS _g_ ^ . /^WflBRANTfO ^-^VvCH BURG MASS CM 1C a GoFTT^. 'V. ^V*0^aUTT ««o7 ~'^'V oV ^^HJJOOS|^ " 5fl«f . MO" l,.,<014iio t»“V /- 4^>COwvcft- ^ & Simonds Saw and Steel Co. “The Saw Makers” Simonds Saws Mean Satisfaction to the Customer [c IO SAWS : KNIVES : FILES : STEEL k IOE Coast Branches PORTLAND OREG. SAN FRANCISCO CALIF. SEATTLE WN. VANCOUVER B. C. SIMONDS SAWS SIMONDS SAWS PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 71 �The Curtain Store Bright Scarfs “Everything for Your Windows’' TELEPHONE MAIN 4727 Bonny Warm Plaids Curtains and Draperies from the land of the purple heather. that take the sting out of wintry days. And they’re priced from— made to order and put up in your home complete Estimates Given Without Obligation on Your Part PARK AND YAMHILL STS. JOCELYN FOULKES $2.95 $6.95 TO 7( ht< ■>« ■(c Portland's Long-Established JEWELRY STORE in New Location GREATLY INCREASED STOCK We Specialize in Gems, Diamonds. Newest and Finest Mountings and Settings WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT OF NEWEST NOVELTIES FRANK A. HEITKEMPER, Inc. Piano Pedagogue New Address—324 Alder St. Ungar Bldg. Succeeding G. Heitkemper Co. Established 18S9 QUALITY PORTRAITS by the Peterson Studio A Gift That Strengthens Friendship 214 PITTOCK BLOCK 72 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �CLASS PORTRAITS Our $9.95 Balbriggan Dresses Take first place among school frocks. Impressionistic or Plain Fink Studio Are —smart —becoming —practical Broadway 1545 HENRY W. JACOBS A rtist ^ Sizes 12 to 16 Girl's Store — 4th Floor Compliments of Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 73 �... Compliments of ... M. Barde & Sons Louis Van Orman & Co. General Insurance 807 Title Trust Bldg. BE. 1749 720, Selling Building Portland, Ore. Main 6026 Nothing but the finest will satisfy St. Helen’s Hall—Hence “Just the Things That Delight a Woman's Heart!" IRELAND’S QUALITY BOX LUNCHES Gloves, Hose, Silk Underwear, Sweaters, Umbrellas. Blouses, Skirts, Coats, Dresses Ireland’s Sandwich Shop 365 Wash. St. 74 G. Cramer Company Jewelers 125 6th St. wKCs ijour VvosVcrt Morrison St. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS I Opp. Post Office �Compliments of A FRIEND Compliments of NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. Compliments of BASKET GROCERY & DELICATESSEN Compliments of UNION LAUNDRY COMPANY “The Laundry of Personal Service” 2nd at Columbia Street Main 0332 Martin & Forbes Company Florists Main 0269 354 Washington Street PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Portland, Oregon 76 �T: '‘ik Many ■ omen Bank Here '“T'HOUSANDS of 'women bank at the United States National. They use a Checking Account for their shopping and to take care of household expenses. And their Savings Account is most conducive to their thrift. The Service Here is Commensurate with the Size of this Great Institution. Broadway and Snj&Ihi. af Stark Combining the LADD S' TILTON BANK 76 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oregon Episcopal School Yearbooks Description An account of the resource This is a collection of yearbooks from the Oregon Episcopal School (OES). The bulk of the yearbooks are from St. Helen's Hall, with yearbooks also from the Junior College as well as Bishop Dagwell Hall. The title for the OES yearbook evolved from The Delphic to The Legend-Delphic. The title for the Junior College Yearbook was The Scintilla. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1921-1923; 1931-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Yearbooks Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Extent The size or duration of the resource. 85 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. bound volumes Subject The topic of the resource Students Junior colleges Junior college students High school student activities Student activities Student publications Teachers Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. bound volume Title A name given to the resource The Delphic - Christmas 1925 Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks Students Student activities Student publications Teachers Description An account of the resource This is one of the oldest OES yearbooks, dated 1925. The yearbooks were published annually after 1925. Yearbooks from 1921-1968 were known as The Delphic and were created by St. Helen's Hall students attending in their high school years. St. Helen's Hall was an all-girls school that pre-dated Oregon Episcopal School. In 1969, the yearbook evolved into The Legend-Delphic with the addition of Bishop Dagwell Hall and male student attendees. After 1986 the yearbook branding begins to singularly list "OES" with a few volumes referencing "The Delphic" or "The Legend Delphic". Yearbooks helped to chronicle the school year's events and activities, in addition to listing each student and staff member. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oregon Episcopal School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights are reserved by Oregon Episcopal School. Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context oes_delphic_christmas1925-compressed.pdf School yearbooks; Students; Student activities; Student publications; Teachers