PINE CONE 1947 December

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 17: PMSS Publications

THE PINE CONE 1947 December, Vol. 12, No. 2

TAGS: The Pine Cone 1947 December, student writings, campus activities, Christmas at PMSS, Farewell Party, Infirmary, new staff, poetry, Mountain Day

CONTENTS: PINE CONE 1947 December

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THE PINE CONE

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Volume 12, Number 2
THE PINE CONE – STAFF
Editor-in-chief — Betty Jean Huff
Associate Editor — Birdie Tipton
Business Manager — Hobart Wilder, Owen Lewis
Circulation Manager — Mary Garrett
Cover Editor — Charline Lewis
Adviser — Miss Mary Elizabeth Hurff

Set-up and printed by students of the
Pine Mountain Settlement School
Pine Mountain, Kentucky

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SILENT NIGHT by Betty Jean Huff – Christmas week at Pine Mountain begins with Big Log girls singing Silent Night in a decorated Laurel House.
THE NATIVITY PLAY by Mary Garrett – Description of The Nativity Play as presented in the Chapel.

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THE NATIVITY PLAY (Continued)
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY by Clella Sargent – The West Wind girls, dressed as peasants, sing “The Holly and the Ivy” in the Laurel House dining room and hang garlands of holly on the balcony.
OUR CHRISTMAS TREE by Alberta Turner – Men workers sing while delivering and setting up a decorated tree in Laurel House.
THE YULE LOG by Melvin Coots – Boy’s House boys entertain in Laurel House with a play about old English customs and the bringing in of the Yule log.

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THE YULE LOG (Continued)
MUMMERS’ PLAY by Margaret Blair – The parade of the Mummers enters the Laurel House dining room, with “little fools” singing and begging for silver or gold.
FAREWELL PARTY – Held a day before leaving for home, the students’ Farewell Party begins with dancing and Santa Claus distributing gifts. Then Mr. [H.R.S.] Benjamin gathers the students around the piano to wish them holiday greetings.
THOUGHTS – A poem by Birdie Tipton.

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Infirmary Hill – A DAY AT THE INFIRMARY: Describes the work of the infirmary girls: the laundry girl, the clinic girl, dish girl, ward girl, “dinner and supper girl,” and night girl; Miss [Grace] Rood’s duties.

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INFIRMARY (Continued)
A FAMILIAR FROG by Betty Jean Huff – Describes years of regular encounters with a frog at the back door of the Infirmary.
WELCOME TO MISS BECKER – Introduces Miss Ada Becker, assistant nurse who replaced former assistant, Miss Minnie Goodnow; describes her background.
Anecdote: A dancing student’s reaction to the name of a dance that Miss [Abbie] Christensen was teaching.

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OUR NEW DIETITIAN by Jane Burkhart – Miss Myra Binford.
SUNDAY AT PINE MOUNTAIN by Clella Sergent – chapel worship, afternoon activities, sack suppers, vespers.

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IMAGINATION – Poem by Birdie Tipton
MOUNTAIN DAY by Birdie Tipton – Led by Mr. Benjamin, students hike to the mountain top; grapes; tower.

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BELLS – A poem by Jim Cheney.
MY DAY by Margaret Slusher, Junior
THE MYSTERIOUS CELLAR (Continued next page)

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