Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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THE MAGNET Girls Glee Club Except for the Operetta, the Glee Club has appeared but once in public this year. This was to entertain at the Thursday Musical Club, the selection given being “Song at Sunrise” by Francis Fontyn Manney. The Operetta was given under Miss Brown’s direction on May 21. Much time was spent on the music for this Operetta, and after Christmas all of the Club meetings were devoted entirely to the chorus work. The action of the story took place in the mythical state of Calibama where the governor had just been elected. His politically ambitious wife had refused to allow her daughter Jane to marry John Sumner, her childhood sweetheart. Instead, she wished her to take Senator Snow, a gentleman who was old in years but young in spirit. After much controversy, she found that love rules. The cast was as follows: Mr: sHorace Goodspeed) Governor-eleci=-. +e eee ee Philip Wright Mrs; Goodspeed’ Governor saWitGe..s.) ee ee ee Harriet Conant Jane rGo0dspecd = Governors dauehtens 17 eee Eunice Huston J OnMa UMNer Jane sell an COM ee een ee eee er Emil Dargis Aunt Mary...) ohnsscaun tees a ere eee ee ee Genevieve Bouvier Penalor onOWseoULlOnet Ore) ane caha lies: ne eee eee Lloyd Coullard Mr Octavio: sbuDlisherat.: 2 cette as oe ent seen nae Lansing Bicknell Butlers. Beret uo et aes ar ee a oe Ae ee 2 . Robert Capone The committees were all chosen from Club members, but some of those in the Operetta were picked from the student body. Splendid prizes were offered to the in- dividual and room selling the most tickets.

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THE MAGNET———— —Y——— The Dramatic Club During the year, the Dramatic Club has made considerable progress in putting on many successful plays, under the excellent guidance of Mr. James, Miss Dole, and Mr. Donnelly. At tne second meeting the following officers were elected: President, Corinne Gate- ly; vice-president, Joseph Loughlin; secretary-treasurer, Frank McCann. The club, which has a membership of ninety-eight students, was divided into ten groups, and it was the original intention to have each group provide an entertainment for at least one meeting of the year; this, however, was later modified. The Club members immediately started work on two plays for the Christmas as- sembly. The first, “What the Shining Star Club did at Christmas’, was a play about a group of club members, supposedly raising money to help the poor people. At the last meeting the audience discovers that nothing has been done; however, the day is saved by a faithful member, who has accomplished the whole task alone. “The Christmas Gimme” related how rich parents brought to their children the realization of the true Christmas spirit. “Sauce for the Goslings” was presented as an entertainment at the Mid-winter Convention of the Central Massachusetts Press Association. Later, the Dramatic Club presented this play before the school. At a recent meeting, a very entertaining dialogue, “A Pair of Lunatics,’ was given by Natalie Pierce and Emmett Lavin. For its final appearance before the school the Dramatic Club gave “The Fever Ward’. The cast was as follows: Raa DOC a wee med Cie Ral ec Bh Gee a we ee Hmmett Lavin ete ae VL a eX eee ee os er fates see oS eS Pete sd phe haere We ee ea ot David O’Toole OSES AIT RETOUR Yee 7) Og LAS irks A Sean rare One Gn a Ee Jack Scanlon SiN) N00 ee ec rte was rae Ach hh 8. oo! hala ooh shy 6 wig Cas Philip Mahan EGER, ey it 2a sen Sins gt ek ROR, ce eee ey © Ethel Johnson VY MCAPPETBY Rs SPONSES a 9g Oh a AAD Ae rl ae RA a SES OE Phyllis Anderson The members of the club have worked hard and faithfully on the plays and have made this year a successful one.

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THE MAGNET ie TS OCheSIV a Our orchestra this year had very few old members, but there were a number of additions from the entering Sophomore class. The twenty-three members at present in- clude two saxophones, ten violins, seven trumpets, two trombones, piano, and drum. This organization has its rehearsals on Thursday during the fifth period. The orchestra is proud to have a member that is representing Leominster in the All New England High School Orchestra which played in Boston in May. He is John Carrescia, a very talented violinist who has rendered many solos in the high school assemblies, and has pleased his audience very much on these occasions. The orchestra made its first public appearance of the year on the night of the Senior Play. Later on they played at the Thursday Musical Club, where they received many favorable comments from the members of the club. The final work for this year was the music of the ‘“Governor’s Daughter’? which was given at the Metropolitan in May. Besides these public performances the orchestra has played for several school as- semblies. The members are: Piano: Barbara Pierce, Arlene Farland; Violins: Anna Mahan, Arnold Bailey, Emily Patten, Mathew Strypek, Tacia Despotopulos, John Carrescia, Geno Salvatore, Harriet Cenant; Trumpets: Louis Simard, Fredric Hooper, Elva Ray, Alice Smith, Lylene Mack, Francis Erickson, George Gilmore; Saxophone: Herman Stone, Donald McCaffrey, William DiNardo; Clarinet: Richard Hayes; Double Bass: Robert Howe; Drummer: William McAuley; Trombone: Robert Safford, James Newman.