Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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Vincent Van Gogh C1855 18909 Yan Gogh was a fiery Dutchman who brought all of the uolence of h1s v1s1on and of h1s emot1ons 1nto h1s work Hls technxque IS startl1ng slabs of thlCk pa1nt wh1ch at t1mes look as though they were la1d on w1th a broad pallette kn1fe or squeezed from a tube 1 1gorous slashes that cox er large areas Wlth one sweep th1n r1bbon hke strokes wh1ch tw1st and XVI'1tl'16 as though they were ahve superb dlS card of all the n1cet1es of pa1nt1ng these are character1st1cs ofx an Gogh s techn1que He was not content to pa1nt a landscape or a figure 1mper sonallv he felt that he must show the emot1ons aroused 1n h1m bw h1s sub ject As he saw and felt exervthmg ID terms of color It was only natural that colors should become for h1m the symbols through wh1ch he could ew press h1s emot1ons Forty tue o1l pa1nt1ngs and an equal number of drawmgs and water colors by Xmcent Yan Gogh Wlll be shown at the Art Wuseum from anuarv ll to February 1956 It IS the most notable assemblage to be shown IH Amer1ca of the work of th1s great modern master Pubhc 1nterest 1n h1s art and personal1tv has also been much st1mulated bv recent blographles The shlpment of pamt 1ngs from abroad IS xalued at Sl O00 O00 Page Twenty six Quanta Although the plav IS a trxfle absurd Pride and Prey udzce ILLILN IBRONTLS adaptat1on of the ane Aust1n nox el Pmde and Prejud1ce w1ll hterally knock vou oft your feet The raushmg cos tumes and absolutely correct settlngs for th1s elghteenth centurv produc t1on w1ll make you stand up and cheer and the gay troupe of actors and actresses who hase conxerted thls ord1narv nowel 1nto a sp1r1ted comedy w1ll keep you rolllcklng w1th mlrth In order to s1mpl1fy the story 'Vhss erome has d1scarded the least 1mpor tant of the hxe husband hungry Pen net g1rlsleav1ng only Ehzabeth ane and Lyd1a The slmple process of get t1ng marr1ed appears to be a SCFIOUS and we1ghtv problem to these glrls of the regency per1od Thelf match mak1ng efforts are amus1ng as well as etlectne Vt hen they imally manage to reap the1r golden rewards namelv husbands the aud1ence IS sat1st1ed 1n fCCl1Hg that they deserxe them The story of these mar1tal sweep stakes Wlll proxe a pleasant ex en1ng s enterta1nment for everyone The cast 1ncludes Helen Chandler Adrlanne Allen COTIHICCIH1 ohnston and many others The Petrgjfed Forest Haxmg been presented 181 t1mes by Broadway The Petrlhed For est outstand1ng melodrama of the vear has fmally found 1ts way to Ph1ladelph1a Thls dramatxc product1on has for ltS sett1ng the Black Mesa B O a res taurant and f1ll1ng statlon located on the edge of the petr1t1ed forests of old Arxtona The storv deals VVlth a d1S1l lusxoned poet who falls 1n lone Wlth a glrl whose art1st1C ablllty leads to tragedy In order that h1s sweetheart m1ght haxe her w1sh the poet asks a desperado who 1S h1d1ng from the pol1ce to k1ll h1m After hlS death Gabbv the g1rl prohts from h1s l1fe 1nsurance and IS able to complete her stud1es 1n art xt thus pomt lt wlll proxe cntertam mg to those who cnyov melodrama Glenn Hunter Glenn Hunter who portrays the CllSlllLlSl0l'lCd poet IH The Petrltled Forest has started on a xery suc cessful career L1ke most dramat1c asp1rants he d1d not at tlrst go oxer Wlth a bang on Broadway but was forced to face dlS appo1ntment hunger and cold before he reached the txrst rung on h1s ladder of success Although h1s money was gone and there was no prospects of a Job ln Slght he wrote to h1s parents that he was domg tme and then began to spend h1s n1ghts on park benches IH Central Park Later he started t play small speiklng parts t1ll he has establxshed h1mself as a dramatlc actor of out stand1ng ab1l1ty Personal Appearance The amalmgly sat1r1cal and h1lar1 ously funny comedy Personal Ap pearance deals w1th the l1fe of H01 lywood screen stars and Pennsylvanla home folks The scenes are la1d 1n northwestern Pennsylx an1a where Carole Arden famous mow1e star 1S makmg a per sonal appearance 1n connectlon w1th her current hlm Dr1ft1ng Lady The fun beg1ns when MISS Arden s ex pensne fore1gn made car breaks down 1n a rural coal d1str1ct of Qcranton rlemporarlly stranded the screen SIFCD attempts to enchant the hand some young gasol1ne statxon atten dant who already has a sweetheart 'Ihe stup1d countrv lout IS saxed from leax 1ng h1s home and gomg to Hollywood w1th the platmum halred 1dol of the screen bv h1s Aunt Kate Barnaby The play IS humorous throughout and prom1ses to proude a pleasant and memorable exenmgs entertam ment for theater goers RLTI1 HOFFNSAN 1957 , 1 . , e E .' , ' ' - . . . 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Englxsh gentleman But audlences w1ll forget Gable C77 eyes wlll turn from Tone and your heart w1ll be wnth one of the most cruel captaxns of anv shlpl Tears wall full vour eves at the brutalltv of th1s great actor Captam Blngh who ns the cause ofthe mutmv portraved magmlncently 1n deed bv Charles Laughton YY atch hls eves hls cunmng grm has fnerce frown and when vou do you re watchmg Amerxca s kmg of drama' The fxlm was produced by In 1ng Thalberg dxrected by Frank Lloyd and taken from the book by Charles Norhoff and Norman Hall It re quxred three scenarlsts and cost the enormous sum of two mxllxon dollars Just for flI1lSl1lHg touches Yvhen you see lt you re sure to get your money s worth by wxtnessmg the finest mov mg pxcture ew er produced Little America W 1th weather as cold as lt xs now xt seems rather cruel to haxe to s1t through a film that portrays xce and snow from openmg to finlsh How ex er lf there IS a place left xn our heads for some extra knowledge xt mxght be profitable to see Adm1ral Rlchard E Byrd s Llttle Amerxca a thoroughly educatlonal motxon plc ture of lxfe 1n the Antartxca by ,om mg Byrd on hls second VlSlt to the land of the mldmght sun Something to Look Forward To Do you remember Lon Chaney? YVell the screen has found two actors who can frxghten you equally as well as the 1n1m1table actor of the past Thev are BOFIS Karloff and Bela Lu gosl who wxll try to outdo each other m welrdness when they get together on the set for The II1Y1SlblC Ray One of the better films to watch for IS a commg productxon of Vlary of Scotland Thls IS ent1rely educa tlonal and w1ll be enacted by one of the foremost actresses of the Amerxcan screen Katherlne Hepburn whose most recent fllm Allce Adams has been acclaxmed by audlences every where not only ln the Umted States but also 1n Europe Productxon w1ll begm ln Februarv of 1956 IRXING EPSTEIN 1959 RLSSELL IANOFF 1958 Art Allzance The Art Allxance xn cooperatlon wlth dlstmgulshed Amerlcan artlsts offers a lendmg llbrary of orlgmal works of art 'Wlembershlp ln the Clrculatmg Plc ture Club entltles xts members to se lect one paxntxng or two etchmgs whlch may be borrowed and retalned for one month Elght paxntmgs or sul teen etchmgs mav be borrowed durmg the perlod ofa year Schools hawe found membershxp ln the club to be a tremendous value xn enabhng teachers to brmg the ch1l dren 1n constant touch wxth beautxful contemporary Amer1can pamtmgs There are pxctures that convey the salty breath and lntense drama of the sea the fragrant and profound peace of the countryslde the transcendent power of lofty and awe xnsplrmg mountalns the elusn e enchantment of sllxer lakes and the fresh vxtallty of sprmgtxme landscapes The Wloman s Club of Camden 1S a member of th1s P1CtUFC Club and each month has the prnxlege of selectmg a pamtmg for a dlsplay 1n 1tS rooms on Lmden Street These pxctures may be borrowed for dxsplay nn our school and students have the prnllege of see mg works of our great local artxsts The Cxrculatlng Plcture Club Ex hxblt done bv Amerxcan Contem porary Artxsts wxll be at the Art Alllance from December 2 to 51 The Art Club The Art Club of Phlladelphxa an nounces 1ts forty second annual exhl b1t1on of oxl pamtlngs A gold medal IS awarded for the best pamtmg ex h1bxted The gold medal wxll carry wxth lt a money award of S200 00 for the best selectlon m the exhxbltxon The Honorable 'Vlentxon w1ll carrv w1th It a money award of 310000 Only orlgxnal works by ln mg artlsts whlch haxe nexer before been pub llcly exhlblted ln the clty of Phlladel phla are elxgxble for submnsslon to the Jury or for the awards Franklm Wlatkms son 1n law of Ellls Glmbel and head of the Gxmbel Gallery of Contemporary Art won the Carnegle Wledal ln 1935 for the best oxl pamtxng whlch was called Sul cxde nn Costume He also won the gold medal whxch carrxed wxth lt 1 S200 00 award for hls pamtmg 'l hls was presented to hnm m 190.9 by the Art Club Hls palntxngs are on ex h1b1t at the Glmbel store YW atkxns lb also an lnstructor m palntxng at the Industrial Art School ln Phlladelphla PE-XRLH E NAT XL 1957 The Swfme Madonna by Raphael QI485 15209 HIS world renowned pncture called by Symonds the subllm est lyrlc of the art of Catholxclty sald to be the last 'Vladonna that Raphael pamted and was executed ent1rely by the master s hand for the monks of the 'Vlonastery of San Slsto 1n the Royal Gallery of Dresden The Slstme 'Wladonna IS and w1ll contxnue to be the apex of all rel1g1ous art Raphael s 'Wladonnas partlcu larly the S1st1ne xladonna belong to no speclal epoch nor any relxglous creed They exxst for all tlme and for all mank1nd because thev present an 1mmortal truth 1n a form that makes a unn ersal appeal You see on th1s page a reproductxon of that lmmortal work of Raphael The Sxstxne Wladonna Page Twenty five . ,, ,, . . . . . . v Q 1 . , k , n a H . . 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Colonel DeBas1l s Ballet Russe at The Academy o Music November 13 1935 O THE members ofthe Phlladel phla Forum fell the pleasant dutv of welcommg to Phnladelphla Colonel DeBas1l s Ballet Russe formerlv known as the Pallet Russe de Nlonte Carlo rl hls tvpe of muslcal entertam ment has es er been dear and welcome to music losers of thls ucmltv The openmg performance and exerv fol lowlng performance was greeted bv an aud1ence w hxch taxed the capacltv ot the SPHCIOUS Academv ot ANTUSIC Daud I lchme and Tltlana Rea bouchmska recelxed rounded applause for thelr performances of Catxllon Thamar and Aurora s W ed dmg ln the latter the audlence pald a X1Slt to Falrvland whlle the xarlous eplsodes danced IH the hall of a great castle mtroduced Llttle Red R1d1ng Hood and the XX olf The Blue b1rd The Procelam Prmcesses and others Wlr LlCl'11I'lC and TFTISS Rea bouchlnska recen ed manv curtaxn calls for thelr splend1d dancxng of the Plueblrd whxle the pace of the Three lx ans 1n the acrobatlc dancxng was so fast that the orchestra had ClllTlCl1ltV xn keeplng up Efrem Kurtz whose orchestra cf fortx exght mcludmg twentv one members of the Phlladelphla Urches tra competentlv conducted the score where spllt second coordlnatlon w1th the dancers w as an absolute necessxtv Classical Recordings One of Y lctor s new est recordxng of outstandmg x alue IS the Boston Sym phony s xnterpretatxon of Qxbelxus Second Symphonhy 1n D Wayor under the dxrectnon of Qerge Kousseutskv 'lhe musle ls mtended to portrlw the plstoral llfe of the l mns mn aw xken mg ot pitrxotlc feeling held down bx brutal rule the dexelopment of 1 na txonal Splflt and the desire to organlze and tnallw the hope and eomtort ot an '1nt1cxp'1teddel1x erer YY lth a com poser llke Sxbellus and a conductor hke Nlr KOUSS6XltSkW who IHCIKTLH tallx IS x frlend ofthe composer and has perhaps one ofthe txnest under standmgs of hls works thls album set should afford much engox ment lNelson Eddv that Phlladelphlan w ho possesses one ofthe most beautx ful barltone XOICCS thls rex lewer has ex er heard and whom most of vou w 1ll remember for hls portraval 1n X xctor Herbert s Naughtv Ax1Hl'lCtt8. cords two beautlful melodles Auf Vtledersehn and Loxe s Uld gweet bong The xelwetv smoothness ot hxs XOICC perfectlv expresses the sen tlment ol these songs Jazz Reeordmgr Nluslcal renews and comedles pro duced on the stage and screen seem to be the most loglcal sources of our modern muslc From the muslcal comedy ub1lee come XX hv qhouldn t l and W hen l oxe Comes Your VN av as recorded bx es er popular Paul Xvhlteman Another stage productxon At Home Abroad gn es us two loxely numbers Vt hat a YK onderful Vt orld and Farewell 'Wy Lox elv Rlchard Hlmber s xnter pretatxons are excellent bther record mgs whxch deserxe spec1al mentlon are Truckm and The Glrl I Left Behmd We bv Fats Vt aller and l Wxshed on the Nloon and W hv Dream bv that Lngllsh master of rhw thm Rav Noble .Radw AX 1' xou exer set sour dlals just 1n tlme to hear a melodxous smger or an unusual orchestra and then wonder about the pruate hxes of these entertamers Here are bltS of thexr lnes as told to the mazamne reporters llelen llaxes the lctress who flg ured largelx IDIXTHLFIC1 IS leaxmg the moues torexer md hls decided to grace the halls ot the broadcasting studxos XX hx' lhls demure llttle llss could not be held bx llollx wood s LllttLI'lI'lL otlers lo her txme was monex and she could nexer ht mto the llollx wood merrx go round where tune IS spent ln makmg 1 good appear ance She wxll be he ard oxer the Sanka program which atlords here the opportumtx of expandmg her dra matlc powers Soon a new xoxce wxll be entermg mllllons of homes to entertam ln an entxrelw dltlerent tashxon DIZZV Dean world famous baseball star has sxgned a contract wxth General Foods and soon w1ll be pltchmg sport news and homelx humor to hls admxrmg fans IJII wlll be accompamed bv his ex er present brother l llll So be ct UUA prlde of qt louls ar dm ll leam lhe mmble tooted Fred Astalre lb l'3p1CllV becommg one of radlo s faxor 1te personahtxes since he can entertam equallx as well w1th h1s XOICC as w1th hls feet CHARLOITE, GL-Xbb'NlAN 1907 Perhaps sou haxe often heard dxs cusslons and conx ersatlons about YY ho Should Speak Flrst when passmg an acqualntance on the street Probabls the follow mg paragraph wlll help vou lf sou haxe ex er been ln this dxlemma lt IS a rule that the gxrl speaks hrst but there are exceptlons for all rules If the acquamtance are both bov and glrl thew should smxle or speak w1th out stopplng to thmk w ho should gne the fxrst sxgn of acquamtance It IS poor etlquette to stop for a chat ln the mxddle of the sldewalk Flther walk on or draw near the curb Ben er shout a person s name ln publlc A sm1le and a nod ofthe head or a qunet Hello w All do Page Twenty seven - 1 - ' i V E 3 ' Y- 1 2 . 1 . 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