Somewhat Secret (1939)

Mary Bovard: Alice, the Tattletale

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• Assistant Dean Emily Godsall : You have been sent here to be finished.

  [girls of Dimsdale Hall laugh] 

  Assistant Dean Emily Godsall : I mean, to be polished, shall we say. And speaking of polish, we're all aware of an insidious menace that is invading the American scene. I am referring, of course, to what is vulgarly called: swing music. The uncouth and barbaric rhythm that is exercising a definite psychoneurotic affect on the youth of today. Therefore, girls, in order to protect you from this deleterious influence, we of the faculty must deliver this ultimatum: any girl caught listening to swing music or indulging in jitterbug gyrations will be subject to severe punishment.

  Alice, the Tattletale : [to another student]  She's very strict. I guess that's because she's so old. She's twenty-six!