Allentown Preparatory School - Alprescho Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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l938 ALPRESCHO Dramatrc Club The curtarn rrses the pantomrme begins Tnls partrcular one happened to be the frrst public appearance of the year by our school Thesprans The un doubted success of thus attempt aroused ambrtron to do more plays whrch ambition IS absolutely the proper thrng for the consumers are breathlessly wautrng for the producers to produce But rn our humble oprnron the forth comrng presentatrons wrll have to be mrraculous to arouse a more enthusr astrc response than A Tragedy of Tragedres drd Probably the outstandrng hut of the show was Bobby Schealer who played Zrngerella draped rn a lrttle blue and whnte prrnted artncle of rndetermmate ancestry The officers of The Wag and Buskrn are Cordon Payrow Presrdent Randall Alexander Busrness Manager and Caroline Black Secretary and Treasurer The treasurer part of Carolrne s lob IS somewhat of a farce for the club has never rn :ts hrstory been known to charge admlssuon Can rt be that there rs an rnferrornty complex lurkrng backstage somewhere? MEMBERS Cordon Payrow Lester Stoneback Randall Alexand r Margaret Afflerbach Carollne Black Robert Schealer Mitchell Strohl Paul Dougher Davrd Bemrs Coyle Anton Baarslag Faculty Advrser Mr Raymond Waller I5 . . . . ,. . v n . .1 . -, . . v - . H . . ., . . . l v . - It v- . , . . . . E'

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l938 ALPRESCHO Glee Club and Chapel Cholr Followlng the usual custom the School C-lee Club was the one orgamzatlon among the nlne clubs that met once a week almost wnthout fall lthls def: nntely does not Include athletics Mr Stulleyl Such a remarkable record would have been Impossible had It not been for the loyal work of the club leader Mr Stermer Anyone who has worked wnth hum can readlly under stand the real pleasure that the boys who comprlsed thus year s club experl enced Every Thursday durlng thlrty mnnute perlod one could hear lfor no mean dlstancel the strams of some popular sem: classuc number beung sung wlth varynng degrees of fervor and tonal quallty Up to the tume thus publl was receuved wnth gratnfymg mterest A lnttle offsprlng of thus Club IS the Chapel Chour organnzed by Mr Arner for the purpose of maklng our dauly sings ln chapel unto more dlgnlfled musnc than our customary shoutlng pamborees Lack of necessary rehearsal tnme made the fulfnllment of thus purpose rather dlffucult but we cast our votes for a contnnued Chapel Chonr next year MEMBERS Lester Stoneback Flrst Tenor David Coyle Fnrst Bass Paul Dougher Second Tenor Danuel McCarthy Flrst Bass Louns Herlmg r Second Tenor John Tyson Second Bass Prof Henry R Stermer E501 cation went to press, the Club had made one appearance in chapel where it

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l938 ALPRESCHO Science Club These sons and daughters of Arlstotle have spent a very profltable year flndung out how entertaanmg the task of absorbing knowledge can be The tireless efforts of Mr Russell self termed deus ex machma of the club combined wlth the busunessluke cooperatuon ot Cordon Payrow Pres: dent Alan Campbell Vlce Presndent and Caroline Black Secretary resulted an enjoyable and sernously Interesting programs These took the form of demonstratlons and lectures by club members and lnspectuon traps to various Industries and museums The journey through the Franklnn lnstntute was of most outstandung mterest The Fels Planetarnum the exhrbnts dealing wnth chemrstry and physucs not to mention the kmds of bicycles our grandmothers rode and a huge Baldwun locomotlve were only the begnnnmg of a fascnnatnng processnon However the mann lmpressron made by that trlp seems to be summarlzed thus Well' Only a dollar seventy flve for the round trnp Not so bad How about lt? Science speaks ll Harold Baty Davnd Bachmann Carolme Black Vnctor Brancatu Allan Campbell MEMBERS Carolnne Ferguson David Coyle Ward Kemper Edward Lxcker Albert Nacrelln Gordon Payrow Davnd Rehmeyer Gwendolyn Long Lester Stoneback Mrtchell Strohl ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Theodore Hamsley Jay Stradley Membershrp requnres B or better In any science or mathematncs Associate members are those nterest d but who have not made the grade requured lS2l - 4. . ry . , ' n t ' l - u 1 v - v l . ,, . . . -v . ' 9 .