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

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THE 1931 SPI-IINX The Playmakers The Playmakers is composed of members of the three upper classes and those members of the Freshman Class who have taken part in dramatic club activities. During the past year the club had complete charge of the Christmas Program, at which time it presented a very amusing comedy, Susan Gregg's Orphans. It also contributed a sketch to the Book Week assembly program. At present the members are concentrating their efforts on Come Out of the Kitchen, which is to be given in May. A portion of the proceeds of this production will be used to purchase equipment for the club and the balance will go toward the expenses of a theatre party for the members. The purpose of The Playmakers is to make a study of the construction and inter- pretation of the modern play. To accomplish this, criticisms and reports of plays and motion picture productions are given at the semi-monthly meetings. The advisers of the club are Miss Albach and Miss Morgan. 73

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THE 1931 SPHINX The Stage Technicians If we wander behind the curtain, we will always find the iechnicians, whose work must go faithfully on, unpraised and unsung, in order that the painted puppets, who parade the stage, may carry on. On the technicians' shoulders rests much of the fate of the show. Every property, from the mahogany piano to the perennial jar of smelling salts for the sweet young thing's fainting act, must be in its right place within as short a period of time as possible, so that the audience may not be kept in too much suspense between acts. True, technicians do not have to face the eyes of a critical audienceg but they do have to face the irate eyes of an equally irate actor if they have misplaced a property which is necessary for the furtherance of the plot or the actions of a principal. Q Our technicians have done excellent work. Members of the organization are: joel Peterson, President, Charles Denzau, Secretary-Treasurer, Raymond Reul, Vice President, Harold Wilson, Caroll Guinee, Louis Kuhar, Neil Clark, William A. Don- nelly, George Gleim, Howard Bangs, Harold Bunje, Fred Schaefer, Joseph Orlik, Philip Clark, john Parrish, Arthur Orloffg Mr. Armstrong, Faculty Adviser, 72

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THE 1931 SPHINX The Sphinx Staff Editor-in-Chief SAUL R. BUC Bufineff Manager SAM BUCHMAN Afyoriate Editorf NEIL CLARK HARRY LATOUR CAROLYN CONE ELIZABETH NEUNERT RUTH ELWELL EDITH ROBINSON Affiftmzt Bwinen Mamzgefur HELEN L. BERTHELSEN WINIFRED MASTERSON CYRUS N. WALTS Organizaliom CAROLYN CHANCE V E. NELSON WHITE Art Editor! JOHN MCGREGORY ROSALIND SULLIVAN Atbleticf PHILIP C. LEONHARDT THOMAS CONDON H umm' Editorf Faculty Adzfifer MR. HOEKSEMA 74 ALBERTA METZ WILLIAM A. DONNELLY