East Rockaway High School - Rock Yearbook (East Rockaway, NY)

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 MARY K. O'DONNELL

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J DIRECTOR CAST PROLOGUE ACT I—DAWN ACT II—NOON ACT III—DUSK SETTING—EAST ROCKAWAY CURTAIN CALLS

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DEDICATION For the first time we find Mrs. 0 Donnell not behind the scenes but behind the footlights. There are so many things for which she deserves applause. All of us who worked under her in our senior play, June Mad, appreciate not only her great extent of dramatic ability but also her inexhaustible patience which is so necessary to a capable director. Never shall we forget the skilful manner in which she instructed our lively and informal F.nglish classes. We shall always value highly the knowledge we’ve gained through her. Our recollections of the days when Mrs. O’Donnell read aloud to us will be among our most pleasant memories. We still chuckle at her humorous interpretations of Negro and Italian dialects in addition to her forte, an imitation of an Irish colleen. Now as graduation draws near, it brings down the curtain separating a memorable high school past from our indefinite future. But we feel at this very important time that there is no possible curtain that could separate us from a person who had a lead in that past performance. A person—a friend—whom we all have grown to love.