<html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    <font face="Arial">Betsy -<br>
      <br>
      <font face="Arial">What a memory! My sister went to Miss Hewitt's
        in NYC, and Mme LeFaivre was the French teacher there before she
        came to Oxford. I also remember rumors that she had been married
        to a Russian prince? After she retired to <font face="Arial"><font
            face="Arial">1</font></font> Bis Rue de Siam in <font
          face="Arial">Paris (I'll take credit for remembering, though
          not the correct capitalization), I had occasion to spend 3
          weeks there before heading to <font face="Arial">the
            University of Geneva <font face="Arial">for a French summer
              program. Mme LeFai<font face="Arial">vre and I went to the
                <font face="Arial">Tutankhamen exhibit at Le Petit
                  Palais. <font face="Arial">She also got me to go with
                    her to a Moliere play (sure don't remember which
                    one!) at La Comedie Francaise. I did stay in tou<font
                      face="Arial">ch with her on and off for<font
                        face="Arial"> quite a while. I remember one year
                        she sent a Christmas card that she had drawn
                        herself - a simple <font face="Arial">line
                          drawing, red on white paper. I remember being
                          impressed that she had talent. <br>
                          <br>
                          <font face="Arial">I'm in her camp, but
                            clearly she made an indelible impression on
                            all of us.</font> </font></font></font></font></font>
              </font></font></font></font></font><br>
    </font>
    <div class="moz-signature"><br>
      <br>
      *** Jane ***<br>
      <br>
      Cyber Mesa Telecom<br>
      Santa Fe Headquarters<br>
      Tel 505-988-9200<br>
      <br>
      <a href="http://www.cybermesa.com/ContactUs.htm"><i>Local Contact
          Numbers</i></a>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
    </div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/22/2016 8:48 AM,
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a> wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:965112315.2628791.1456156096383.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net"
      type="cite">
      <div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">
        <div>Betsy - So great that you reminded us all of this - I
          remember Sept d'un Coup very well.  And all the other things,
          especially Hum-sah!  xo  Claudia<br>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <hr id="zwchr">
        <div
style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From:
          </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
          <b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
          <b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, February 17, 2016 9:34:40 PM<br>
          <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Oxford63] French teacher<br>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          I just looked back in my 1960 yearbook at the list of faculty
          names:  Mme LaBrecque’s given name was Yvonne.
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I never had French with Mme LaBrecque, but I had Mme
            Lefaivre in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade.  She was my favorite
            teacher.  The bark was much worse than the bite, I
            discovered.  I do recall that on the very first day of class
            she told us that if we hadn’t done our homework (and there
            might be a perfectly legitimate excuse), we should come to
            her before class began, and she wouldn’t call on us.  But if
            she called on us and we didn’t know the answer because we
            hadn’t done our homework, and we hadn’t confessed it to her
            before class began, well… all bets were off!  She was very
            demanding, but I learned so much French, that after taking
            French I with her at Oxford, I was jumped into French III my
            sophomore at Abbot!  (Where I had another French teacher,
            Mlle Arosa, who was an equally demanding tyrant, but that’s
            another story.)</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>What I remember best about Mme Lefaivre was her amazing
            story-telling ability.  When we had finished our lesson and
            grammar, if there was time enough before the bell, she would
            tell us stories from history etc.  There was the story of
            Saint-Christophe, and stories of Catherine de Medici, and
            once she was in the middle of a ghost story when the bell
            rang, making all of us jump out of our skins.  It helped us
            learn by listening, in a very pleasant manner.  I remember
            our first little yellow book of stories:  “Sept d’un coup”,
            about a giant, and “Les Chandeliers de l’Évèque” from “Les
            Misérables”, and “La Chèvre de Monsieur Séguin” from "Les
            Lettres de mon Moulin” of Alphonse Daudet.  She made us put
            our heads down on our desks before we started an exam, and
            breathe deeply, saying “hum-sah” several times.  Precursor
            to mindful breathing!!  And very effective for calming down
            enough to write a good exam.  I used the technique all
            through school and university.  </div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>The grounding I received from her and from Mlle Arosa
            enabled me to function fully in French when I moved to
            Québec to sing in the Opéra de Montréal.  They made it
            possible for me to have a career in singing, and later
            teaching ESL in a francophone college. I couldn’t be more
            grateful!  I wish I had kept up contact with her, but I saw
            her only once after I left for boarding school.  I’m so glad
            you stayed in touch, Katie, and had such fun experiences
            with her in France!  I thought she was just wonderful!</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Hope you are all staying warm and looking forward to
            spring!  Love,  Betsy</div>
          <div><br>
            <div>
              <div>On Feb 17, 2016, at 8:47 PM, <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                  target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a>
                wrote:</div>
              <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
              <blockquote><span size="2" face="arial"
                  data-mce-style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"
                  style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">
                  <div>my favorite . . . <span face="Arial, Helvetica,
                      sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial,
                      Helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family: Arial,
                      Helvetica, sans-serif;">still have le livre! Bon
                      chance, Lelly!</span></div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div>Susan</div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size:
                    10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
                    From: oxford63 &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                      target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>&gt;<br>
                    To: oxford63 &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                      target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>&gt;<br>
                    Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 6:26 pm<br>
                    Subject: Re: [Oxford63] French teacher<br>
                    <br>
                    <div
                      id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_2387711e-a57b-4f43-9b95-9c8605994138">
                      <div class="aolReplacedBody" dir="auto">
                        <div>And I am taking a French class at our
                          library, and we are just finishing Le Petit
                          Prince!</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>Lelly<br>
                          <br>
                          Sent from my iPad</div>
                        <div><br>
                          On Feb 17, 2016, at 6:13 PM, <a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                            target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a>
                          wrote:<br>
                          <br>
                        </div>
                        <blockquote>
                          <div><span face="arial" size="2"
                              data-mce-style="font-family: arial;
                              font-size: small;" style="font-family:
                              arial; font-size: small;">
                              <div>Yes, she was!!</div>
                              <div>Interestingly enough, about a year
                                ago, while commuting in traffic on I-95,
                                started to translate license plates into
                                French!</div>
                              <div>I have been thinking/ speaking in
                                French ever since! A method to avoid
                                Alzheimers? Who knows, but I am loving
                                it!</div>
                              <div> </div>
                              <div>Susan</div>
                              <div> </div>
                              <div> </div>
                              <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;
                                font-size: 10pt;">-----Original
                                Message-----<br>
                                From: oxford63 &lt;<a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                                  target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a>&gt;<br>
                                To: oxford63 &lt;<a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                                  target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a>&gt;<br>
                                Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 12:33 am<br>
                                Subject: Re: [Oxford63] French teacher<br>
                                <br>
                                <div
                                  id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_9124d962-7d4e-4e59-b5e8-73ad10928c7a">
                                  <div class="aolReplacedBody"
                                    dir="auto">
                                    <div>Yep, Simone LeFaivre.  Who
                                      could forget that bitch.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Sent from my iPhone</div>
                                    <div><br>
                                      On Feb 16, 2016, at 6:34 PM, <a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                                        target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a>
                                      wrote:<br>
                                      <br>
                                    </div>
                                    <blockquote>
                                      <div> <span face="Arial"
                                          data-mce-style="font-family:
                                          Arial;" style="font-family:
                                          Arial;">Simone<br>
                                          <br>
                                        </span>
                                        <div class="moz-signature"><br>
                                          *** Jane ***<br>
                                          <br>
                                          Cyber Mesa Telecom<br>
                                          Santa Fe Headquarters<br>
                                          Tel 505-988-9200<br>
                                          <br>
                                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                            href="http://http//www.cybermesa.com/ContactUs.htm"
                                            target="_blank"><i>Local
                                              Contact Numbers</i></a> <br>
                                          <br>
                                          <br>
                                          <br>
                                        </div>
                                        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On
                                          02/16/2016 8:25 PM, <a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                                            class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a>
                                          wrote:<br>
                                        </div>
                                        <blockquote cite="about:blank">
                                          <div style="font-family:
                                            Arial; font-size: 12pt;">
                                            <div>A good memory and good
                                              to have found the packet
                                              of letters.  I remember
                                              Mme LaBrecque, but do not
                                              know her first name.  In
                                              fact, I only knew a few
                                              teachers' first names -
                                              Barbara Jarrell, Edith
                                              Evans, Shirley
                                              Storrs...What was Mme.
                                              LeFaivre's first name?<br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>Curiously, Claudia</div>
                                            <div style="font-family:
                                              Helvetica, Arial,
                                              sans-serif; font-size:
                                              12pt; font-style: normal;
                                              font-weight: normal;
                                              text-decoration: none;"><b>From:

                                              </b><a
                                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></a><br>
                                              <b>To: </b>"oxford63" <a
                                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:Oxford63@cyber-community.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Oxford63@cyber-community.com">&lt;Oxford63@cyber-community.com&gt;</a></a><br>
                                              <b>Sent: </b>Tuesday,
                                              February 16, 2016 10:08:56
                                              PM<br>
                                              <b>Subject: </b>[Oxford63]
                                              French teacher<br>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <span style="font-family:
                                                Arial, Helvetica,
                                                sans-serif; font-size:
                                                small;"><span
                                                  style="font-size:
                                                  small;">I happened to
                                                  find a packet of
                                                  letters my mother
                                                  received after my
                                                  grandfather and father
                                                  died in 1969. One of
                                                  them was from Wilfred
                                                  and Anne La Brecque. I
                                                  wonder if it was from
                                                  Madame La Brecque  who
                                                  taught at Oxford as
                                                  she was a good friend
                                                  of my grandmother's.
                                                  Does anyone remember
                                                  if her name was Anne?<br>
                                                  I hope everyone is
                                                  safe from the bad
                                                  weather. <br>
                                                  <br>
                                                </span>
                                                <div> <br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div> <br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div style="clear:
                                                  both;">Barbara <br>
                                                  <a
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Brucket@aol.com"
                                                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Brucket@aol.com">Brucket@aol.com</a></a></div>
                                              </span><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
                                              oxford63 mailing list<br>
                                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                                                href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                                                target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
                                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                                href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63"
                                                target="_blank">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <br>
                                          <fieldset
                                            class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
                                          <br>
                                          <pre>_______________________________________________
oxford63 mailing list
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63" target="_blank">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a>
</pre>
                                        </blockquote>
                                        <br>
                                      </div>
                                    </blockquote>
                                    <blockquote>
                                      <div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br>
                                        <span>oxford63 mailing list</span><br>
                                        <span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></span><br>
                                        <span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63"
                                            target="_blank">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a></span><br>
                                      </div>
                                    </blockquote>
                                  </div>
                                </div>
_______________________________________________<br>
                                oxford63 mailing list<br>
                                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                                  target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
                                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63"
                                  target="_blank">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a><br>
                              </div>
                            </span></div>
                        </blockquote>
                        <blockquote>
                          <div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br>
                            <span>oxford63 mailing list</span><br>
                            <span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                                target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a></span><br>
                            <span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63"
                                target="_blank">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a></span><br>
                          </div>
                        </blockquote>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                    _______________________________________________<br>
                    oxford63 mailing list<br>
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                      target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63"
                      target="_blank">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a><br>
                  </div>
                </span>_______________________________________________<br>
                oxford63 mailing list<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com"
                  target="_blank">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
                <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a><br>
              </blockquote>
            </div>
            <br>
          </div>
          <br>
          _______________________________________________<br>
          oxford63 mailing list<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a><br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a><br>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
      <br>
      <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
oxford63 mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63">http://mailman.cybermesa.com/mailman/listinfo/oxford63</a>
</pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </body>
</html>