MISS BURKE'S SCHOOL, 1927-1928
FACULTY, SENIORS & ALUMNAE NOTES
Source:  Works and Days, 1927-28
Published by Students of Miss Burke's School, San Francisco, California, June 1928

Thank you to LisaAnn Buettner for transcribing this material.

Miss Katherine Delmar BURKE, Principal
Miss Mary STEWART, Vice Principal
Miss Barbara BURKE, Assistant to the Principal

ACADEMIC
Miss Mary STEWART, History
Miss Barbara BURKE, English
Mrs. Herbert H. ROBSON, Science and Textiles
Miss Evelyn G. HAYDOCK, Mathematics
Miss Margaret Watson, English and History

LANGUAGES
Mrs. R.M. COX, Latin
Mme. Aimee DRAYEUR, French
Mlle. G.B. CHARRUAU, French Literature
Mme. E.V. MATIGNON, French
Senorita Maria YBARRA, Spanish

INTERMEDIATE
Mrs. A.G. WRIGHT
Mrs. H.G. FISH
Mrs. M. OSTERHAUS
Miss Monica J. ADKINS

PRIMARY
Mr. Ralph WOOD
Miss Catherine FOTHERINGHAM
Miss Helen KENNEDY
Mrs. David FRENCH

SPECIAL
Dr. William Palmer LUCAS, School Physician
Miss Katherine BURKE, Librarian
Miss Florence DUGAN, School Nurse
Miss Margaret HACKER, Tennis Coach
 Miss Vesta BRADBURY (Emeritus), Drawing
Miss Olympia GOLDARACENA, Assistant Drawing
Miss Terys DIETLE, Folk Dancing, Basketball, Physical Culture
Mrs. A.G. WRIGHT, Bookkeeping
Mrs. K.E. BENTEL, Stenography and Typing
Mrs. Guy Leslie FONDA, Orchestra
Mrs. B. PURRINGTON, Accompanist Folk Dancing
Miss Monica J. ADKINS, Choral Director
Miss Lenora THOMPSON, Dancing
Mr. J. CASAD, Drumming

OFFICE
Miss T.M. BUTTNER, Secretary
Miss Myra SHANNON, Assistant Secretary

"WORKS AND DAYS" STAFF
Peggy ROEDING, Editor
Emilie DOHRMANN, Assistant Editor
Barbara WIEL, Literary Editor
Gertrude OPHULS, Assistant Literary Editor
Helen STINE, Business Manager
Elvira BROOME, Assistant Business Manager
Dorothea ROEDING, Art Department
Kate CHOPIN, Art Department
Virginia MORAN, Art Department
Christine MILLER, Activities
Dixie SCALES, School Notes
Paula RODIEK, Jokes
Mignon WILLARD, Photographs
Marjorie Lovegrove PISCHEL ’17, Alumnae

SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS
Elinor OPHULS, President
Helen MACGAVIN, Vice-President, Treasurer, Chairman of Hospitality Committee
Dixie SCALES, Secretary
Peggy ROEGING, 1st Director
Helen STINE, 2nd Director

SENIOR CLASS
Elinor OPHULS
Helen MAC GAVIN
Barbara BAILLY
Mary Lawrence BALLENTINE
Elvira BROOME
Kate CHOPIN
Rosemary CUTTER
Caroline Eileen FISHER
Frances GOODWIN
Dorothy Lincoln HANKS
Margaret HINES
Dale KING
Ann KOSTER
Barbara Ruth LYNCH
Blanche MEAD
Christine S. MILLER
Virginia MORAN
Elena MUSTO
Harriet PULLIAM
Paula RODIEK
Dorothea ROEDING
Peggy ROEDING
Carol Virginia SANBORN
Dixie SCALES
Helen Macleod STINE
Linda Monroe VINCENT
Eleanor WALTER
Virginia WEBB
Barbara WIEL
Mignon WILLARD

OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE
Marjorie LOVEGROVE PISCHEL, ’17 President
Margaret STONEY FIELD, ’14 Vice President
Betsy PAYNE, ’18 Treasurer
Estelle NOLAN, ’18 Secretary
Directors
Marian SAHLEIN MEYER, ‘13
Katheryn CHASE CONRAD, ‘22
Frances STENT, ‘24
Sepha PISCHEL EVERS, ‘13
Louise BURMISTER, ‘24
Visiting Committee
Dorothy WARD ERSKINE, ‘14
Barbara SESNON CARTAN, ‘20
Doris CRANE MAXWELL, ‘18

ALUMNAE NOTES

Engagements
Ruth DAVIS, ’18 to Walter Paul BUSHER
Janice YARD, 27’ to Bernard Alan BREEDEN
Kathleen MUSTO, ’22 to Dr. Edmund John MORRISSEY
Margaret PARTRIDGE, ’26 to Ralph Edward PEARCE
Kathryn CLARK, ’25 to Benjamin Christie MICKLE
Eleanor WEIR, ’25 to Herbert Voorman TILDEN

Marriages
Barbara SESNON, ’20 to Henry CARTAN Jr.
Helen SHAW, ’25 to Irving Phillip JACOBS
Adele CHEVALIER, ’17 to Dr. George HENSEL
Helen FOSTER, ’16 to Dr. Hans KOEBIG
Helen NOBLE, ’23 to Vance Nelson JENKINS
Doris BAILEY, ’26 to William DOHRMANN
Jean MCLAUGHLIN, ’23 to Jefferson J. DOOLITTLE
Virginia DEIMEL, ’27 to John STAUFFER
Alberta MORBIA, ’18 to Dr. Harry Jeroam PRUETT
Elizabeth POPE, ’21 to John P. DAVIS
Rose Marie BRUNN, ’25 to Edison HOLT
Margaret DEAHL, ’21 to William J. SHAW
Sophia BROWNELL, ’21 to Curtis HUTTON
Elizabeth DOZIER, ’23 to Earl Ames BACHELDER, Jr.
Ruth SNYDER, ’22 to John P. MORGAN
Mildred WHITE, ’24 to Hal Elliot MOORE
Marjorie LOEWE, ’24 to Robert Louis WEEKS
Carol KLINK, ’21 to John CLAUSSEN
Evelyn WOODLAND, ’23 to Peter Weston GERHARDT
Betsy PAYNE, ’18 to Dr. Milton John GEYMAN
Phyllis FAY, ’23 to Arthur STEVENSON

Births
To Brenda HELSER, ’21, a son
To Isabel Bishop DIBBLE, ’22, a son
To Miriam Ebrights DOE, ’22, a daughter
To Francis Lent PORTER, ’19, a daughter
To Aileen McIntosh HILLMAN, ’16, a daughter
To Sepha Pischel EVERS, ’13, a son
To Suzette Chadbourne STRACHAN, ’15, a son
To Anne Hamilton HOFFMANN, ’18, a daughter
To Marie Louise Meyer GRAHAM, ’18, a daughter
To Audry Ewing WHEELER, ’25, and son
To Dorothy Rolph MCKEE, ’17, a son
To Elizabeth Rolph STEVENSON, ’23, a son
To Ruth Whitley SCHLESINGER, ’21, a daughter

At College
Dorothy COBURN, ‘24
Agnes ADCOCK, ‘25
Virginia MANTOR, ‘25
Adrienne HEDGER, ‘25
Kathleen HORTON, ‘25
Matilda HUMPHREYS, ‘25
Mary Elizabeth CLARK, ‘25
Gertrude SHARROCKS, ‘26
Ethel GLENN, ‘26
Virginian POPE, ‘26
Nina PEIXOTTO, ‘26
Lucille PERNAU, ‘26
Merva MARTIN, ‘26
Elincr SHAW, ‘26
Marylyn HASTINGS, ‘26
Josephine BROWN, ‘27
Eleanor BROEMMEL, ‘27
Mary Frances BURRAGE, ‘27
Helen DELANY, ‘27
Margaret GIBOBN, ‘27
Hope GLENN, ‘27
Helen MC DONALD, ‘27
Ynez GHIRARDELLI, ‘27
Catherine CHAPIN, ‘27
Elizabeth LITTLE, ‘27
Jane MORRE, ‘27
Martha DUTTON, ‘27
Frances BEHREND, ’25—honor roll
Olive BALCOM, ‘24

Stanford University
Louise DOHRMANN, ‘27
Gladyns GILLIG, ‘27
Harriet DAY, ‘27
Louise HEWLETT, ‘27
Felice KAHN, ‘26
Hallie KEATING, ’24---is the first woman president of the Senior Class in the history of Stanford

Mills College
Eleanor ECKART, ‘27
Virginia BOARDMAN, ‘27
Frances CAHN, ‘24

Bryn Mawr
Eccleston MORAN, ‘25

Easter Schools
Sarah STEPHENSON, ’26—Holton Arms, Washington
Carol LAPHAM, ’27—Miss Spence’s
Beth SHERWOOD, ’26—Mt. Vernon Seminary—wrote a play which was produced this spring

Alumnae Notes
Virginia LEMMAN, ’23, is studying in Paris

Ellen BALLENTINE, ’27, is studying in Switzerland

Leslie VAN NESS FORD, ’23, is living at Cape Hatien, Hatii, West Indies

Clara VAN NESS DENMAN, ’20, has moved to Portland

Mary BOARDMAN VAN WYCK, ’16, has come from Chicago to make her home in San Francisco

Geraldine GRANCE BENOIST, ’19, is now living in San Francisco after a year spent in Los Angeles

Evelyn MC GAW VAN PATTEN, ’19, visited in San Francisco this summer and has now returned to her home in the Virgin Islands.  She has lately had the interesting experience of being piloted by Col. Lindbergh during his visit to the Virgin Islands.

Mary Jane MCCONE, ’18, is in training in the Memorial Hospital at the Winchester, Va.

Antoinette TUCKER, ’16, has recently returned from a trip abroad

Ruth FICKERT, ’26, is at the Lane Hospital Clinic

Eugenia BACIGALUPI, ‘27 is traveling abroad

Marie WELCH, ’22, returned from an extended European trip

Marjorie EATON, ’20, is home after a year in Italy, studying art

Katherine EDDY, ’26, is now in Europe

Carol COFER, ’27, is studying drama in Paris

Louise BURMISTER, ’24, is secretary of the Junior League. She has announed [sic] her engagement to Jeffrey K. ARMSBY and is now in New York

Mary Bernice MOORE, ’21, has just announced her engagement to Edward J, MORAN, the date of her wedding to be is May 18.

Jane PACKER, ’27, has announced her engagement to Arthur Richards RULE, Jr., U.S.A., and in the East visiting his parents

Isabel Sherman MAC GREGOR, ’22, is going abroad

Marie WALCH, ’22, has gone back to Paris for the summer.  She had several poem published recently

Grace HAMILTON, ’27, plans to spend the summer in Europe

Phyllis Fay STEVENSON, ’23, is spending her honeymoon in Honolulu

Jean Ward KEILER, ’22, has gone to the Philippines on her honeymoon. Her husband is to be stationed there for three years

Dorothy MEIN, ’26, has returned from her Eastern trip

Harriet BROWNELL, ’26, and Elizabeth RAYMOND, ’25 are still visiting in Washington

Dorcas POWER RICCI, ‘20’ has returned to her home in Italy

Clara OPHLUS, ’24, is at Stanford school of nursing

Virginia DEIMEL STAUFFER, ’27, has gone to Europe

Frances REIS STENT, ’24, is going to Europe for two years

Barbara CLARK, ’27, has gone to Honolulu to be with her sister, Dorothy CLARK BALLREICH, ’22

Margaret DEAHL SHAW, ’21, has gone to live in Portland

Katherine DEAHL, ’25, has gone for a trip to Honolulu

Louise DOHRMANN, ’27, leaves for Europe in June

Marjorie LOVEGROVE PISCHEL, ’17, president of the Alumnae is in Honolulu for a brief visit

Edith DOHRMANN, ’23, has gone to Europe to be away for six months

Romilda MUSTO, ’23, is teaching Italian at U.C.

Frances REVETT WALLACE, ’19, returned via Panama from New York

Jane KOSTER, ’27, has just returned from New York

Virginia ROSE, ’27, is in Europe

June SHAW, ’27, has gone to Honolulu

Adrienne HEDGER, ’25, has returned to Europe

Charlotte NICHOLS, ’25, in now in Europe

Betty BOLTON, ’26, has just left for Europe

Virginia PHILLIPS, ‘24m has joined the Community Players

Sarah STEVENSON, ’26, at Holton Arms School, Washington, was one of the three girls taken into the Holton Athletic Association
and has been vice- president of the Hockey Club

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