The Coming of Age of the Chalet School
Key Facts (Possible Spoilers):
Headmistress: Miss Annersley
The School is on the Gornetz Platz, Switzerland
Series Characters Whereabouts:
Biddy O'Ryan - History mistress.
Jo Maynard - At Freudeshiem
Len Maynard - In Inter V
Con Maynard - In Inter V
Margot Maynard - In Inter V
Julie Lucy - At St. Mildred's
Mary-Lou Trelawney - A prefect
Emerence Hope - In Inter V
Elinor Pennell - Head Girl
Prudence Dawbarn - In Inter V
Prudence Dawbarn tries to hold up their French lesson, unsuccessfully, and in the end plays up during prep. She elects to tilt her chair and ends up hurting herself badly. She doesn't seem to have learnt her lesson yet, for a few weeks later, she plays up in prep again. She contrives to set the class sneezing when she discretely releases powdered ginger into the air, and drives several people to distraction by monkeying around with a puppet. Caught at last by the prefect on duty and the severe Miss Wilson, she is relegated to Junior status and nearly loses out on the Senior's trip to the Tiernsee.
The Chalet School decides on a Shakespeare Sale this term. Tom Gay outdoes all her previous efforts in making a model house. The entertainment consists of a cantata, a series of tableaux, clock-golf and a gymnastics display. It was here that the idea of having a school museum was born.
Nearing the end of the prefect's trip to Tyrol, Joey invites Mary-Lou out on the lake. Alone in a boat, the two lose an oar and are caught in a current at the one of the deepest parts of the lake. The current headed them towards a steep, deserted cliff. The two are forced to climb the rock wall with a thunderstorm in the offing. Having thoroughly frightened the others - it was nearly twenty-three o'clock when they got back - they arrived with the news that Herr Helfen, the former music master, has agreed to sell his chalet to Joey who is determined to secure a place for a summer home.
Jessica Wayne is summoned home as her sister-by-marriage, Rosamund Sefton lies dying. Mary-Lou helps her through this difficult time and escorts her as far as Basle. Mary-Lou Trelawney is elected Head Girl for the next term. The term ends with the announcement that she is the winner of the Josephine Maynard Prize.
contributed by 'Kookykreature', Malaysia __ working from a paperback edition