Abraham Clark High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Roselle, NJ)

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THE 1931 SPHINX The Junior Promenade On May 10, 1930, the annual junior Prom was given by the Class of 1931 in honor of the Class of 1930. The dance was held in the school gymnasium, and the work done by the decoration committee, headed by Saul Buc, and assisted by Miss Sterling, proved very effective. The ceiling was decorated with numerous streamers of various colors, and one back-board bore the numerals 31 and the other 30. The orchestra's box was marked off by streamers in a May-pole effect. A beautiful drop, painted by Rosalind Sullivan, decorated the balcony wall. During the evening, from a picturesque rustic booth, refreshments were served by Kathryn Boyer, Marie Maloid and Alberta Metz. Through the efforts of Cy Walts, Al Ritter's orchestra was secured, which added to the success of the many unusual and attractive dances of the evening. Shadow dances were especially enjoyable. The spotlight was operated by joel Peterson. A novelty balloon dance created a great deal of mirth. During one dance the guests were well-showered by confetti, which had been cleverly hidden in the ceiling decorations. The patrons and patronesses for the affair were Mr. and Mrs. George Freifeld, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Walts, Mr. and Mrs. William Clark, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Rosecrans. With the playing of Home Sweet Home by the orchestra, another successful affair of the Class of 1931 was brought to a close. 37

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THE 1931 SPHINX 1 The junior Play y The Boomerang, presented by the class of 1931, Friday evening, March 28, 1930, in the High School Auditorium, proved to be a huge success. By engaging Virginia Xelva as his office nurse, Dr. Summer, who is just begin- ning his medical practice, doorns himself to lifelong torture-the time-worn torture called wedlock. As the play progresses, these two conspire to cure Budd Woodbridge, who is suffering from a severe case of jealousy. His jealousy bugs have raised havoc in his brain ever since his friend, Grace Tyler, has devoted her attention to Preston De Witt. The doctor succeeds in separating the two for a month, but on meeting her, Budd's misery returns two-fold. Contrary to the saying Absence makes the Heart Grow Fonder-for somebody else, Grace and Budd fall in love-and thus ends their love story. Dr. Summer finds that he also has more than friendly feelings for his nurse, and the Boomerang, in the return flight, completely overwhelms four innocent people. The cast was as follows: Sam. Buchman, Carolyn Cone, Charles Preston, Helen Berthelsen, William Donnelly, Mary Goldenberg, Edith Robinson, Marie Maloid, Saul Buc, William Campbell, Howard Bangs, E. Nelson White, Burr Atkinson, john Czarny, Helen Rothman, Alberta Metz, Elizabeth Neunert, and Neil Clark. 36

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THE 1931 SPHSINX The Senior Play This school year, on December 5th and 6th, the Senior Class presented a melodrama, Esmeralda, to a very appreciative audience. i The story begins in North Carolina. Esmeralda Rogers, the heroine, loves the hero, Dave Hardy, to which Mrs. Rogers objects. The father likes Dave, but the wife overrules. An iron vein is discovered on the Rogers farm, and after the farms sale, the wealthier and snobbier Mrs. Rogers, with her husband and daughter, goes to Paris. While in Paris Mrs. Rogers, with characteristic ambition, has been trying to marry Esmeralda to a Marquis, a purely mercenary character who cares nothing at all about Esmeralda herself. When the Marquis hears about the loss of the Rogers's money, he immediately loses interest, and Esmeralda and Dave are at last brought together again, and everything ends happily. The cast of characters was as follows: Mr. Elbert Rogers, E. Nelson White, Mrs. Lydia Ann Rogers, Helen Berthelsen, Esmeralda Rogers, Winifred Masterson, Dave Hardy, john Czarny, Mr. Paul Estabrook, Charles Preston, Jack Desmond, Sam Buch- man, Nora Desmond, Dorothy Kuntz, Kate Desmond, Edith Robinson, Marquis de Montessin, john Holland, George Drew, Neil Clark, Sophie Brown, Marie Maloid. 38 ,K s