{"id":4387,"date":"2019-09-19T21:26:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T01:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2019-09-19T21:26:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T01:26:06","slug":"hamp-alumnae-speak-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/hamp-alumnae-speak-1966\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hamp Alumnae Speak (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall we are celebrating the 95th anniversary of the 1924 founding of Northampton School for Girls, which merged with Williston Academy in 1971. \u00a0 Many Northampton alumnae consider their school a unique, special place.\u00a0 It is harder, with nearly half a century’s perspective, to pin down just what the essence of Northampton School was.\u00a0 But recently a survey of ‘Hamp alumnae came to hand.\u00a0 It comes close.\u00a0 The study was carried out in 1965 and published in their Alumnae News<\/em> the following year.\"\"<\/a>That report is reproduced here in its entirety, without further commentary.\u00a0 We’ve included a few additional photographs mostly because we like them, and they break up the page.\u00a0 They’re not meant to illustrate any particular narrative.\u00a0 (As always, please click each image to enlarge.)<\/em><\/p>\n

(For a history of ‘Hamp and the merger, please see<\/span> Northampton School for Girls \u2014 and After.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> Links to other posts about Northampton School are at the bottom of this article.)<\/span> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Founders\/Principals Sarah Whitaker and Dorothy Bement in 1925.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The library in Scott Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Before Commencement, 1968.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“The Firebird,” May Court Dance Pageant, 1950.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Some other blog posts with significant historical information about Northampton School for Girls include<\/span> Northampton School for Girls \u2014 and After<\/a><\/strong>, The Angelus<\/a><\/strong>, Northampton School, 1926<\/strong><\/a>, Heroic<\/strong><\/a>, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Cantarella\u00a0\u2014 \u201cNoblesse Oblige<\/strong>,\u201d<\/a> Mississippi Mud<\/strong><\/a>, Thou Shalt Not<\/strong><\/a>, The Brand<\/strong><\/a>, and Summer Reading<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 For a complete list of some 20 articles, use the “Posted In” link below, or the drop-down “Categories” menu near the top of this article.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your comments and questions are encouraged!\u00a0 Please use the space below.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI owe a great deal to Northampton School for Girls. After years in an intellectual desert, I was given drink of the strongest kind. Perhaps it went to my head.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,140,9,453],"tags":[524,19,82,381,18,165],"class_list":["post-4387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-history","category-alumni-alumnae","category-northampton-school-for-girls","category-student-life","tag-alumnae","tag-dorothy-m-bement","tag-helene-cantarella","tag-northampton-school-for-girls","tag-sarah-b-whitaker","tag-surveys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4387"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4415,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions\/4415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}