Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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Abeut the Author In 1775, when Richard Brinsley Sheridan was twenty-three, he wrote his first play The Rivals. It quickly won him fame that has accounted ever since for half of his celebrity. Sheridan’s purpose was to make fun of the sentimental comedy so popular in England at that time. His heroine, Lydia Languish, would rather elope with a poor ensign than be married in church to a wealthy captain. ‘‘Such erratic behavior was the result of her avid book reading, no doubt!’’ Sheridan created stock theatrical characters such as Sir Anthony, the blustery, bumbling father; Bob Acres, the cowardly fighter; and Sir Lucius, the hearty man-about-town and Irish rogue. All cavort in delightful eighteenth century intrigue. And of course, the parody could not be complete without Mrs. Malaprop and her loquacious attempts at elegance.

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EXCERPTS FROM LYDIA LANGUISH’S LIBRARY Nor are your females trained to any more useful purpose: they are taught, by the very rewards which their nurses propose for good behavior... that a young woman is a creature to be married; and when they are grown somewhat older, are instructed, that it is the purpose of marriage to have the enjoyment of pin-money and the expectation of a jointure. Henry Mackenzie The Man of Feeling But young women know so little of the world, especially of the other sex, and such pains are usually taken to deceive them that they are every way unqualified to choose for themselves. Mrs. Chapone ‘On the Regulation of the Affections’’ ... the children are to obey, as far as possibly they can, and give up the little objections of fancy to the more mature deliberations of their parents— The Whole Duty of Man Ah, Seymour! Itis impossible to regulate the notions of the human heart, by the cold rules of reason! Elizabeth Griffith The Delicate Distress Letter VIII Parents must be respected by their children, who must pay them external honor and civility; for as love comprises all kinds of honour, so it is an offense against natural decency, to see children bear themselves upon the square with their parents, to answer them rudely, or to be wanting in respect, in looks or gesture, in words or in deeds. The Whole Duty of Man

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Costumes by Andrea Rubio and Hooker-Howe Programs by Posco Printing Company, Inc. Furniture by Gariepy Furniture Company, Inc. Radio Station WLMS Leominster Enterprise Fitchburg Sentinel Worcester Telegram FACULTY ASSISTANTS: Mrs. Ruth Rooney, Mrs. Barbara Simpson, Miss Gertrude O'Donnell, Mrs. Patricia Pothier, Mr. Frank Worthley. SPECIAL RECOGNITION: The Class of 1971 would like to express special thanks to the following underclassmen and graduates for their generous assistance: Judy Augat, Steven Augat, Maureen Crowley, David Ossorio, Susan Anderson, Linda McCormack, Norma Lucier, John Gabrieli. SHEPHERD AWARD: Each member of the Senior Cast is eligible for the Shepherd Award presented annually to the Outstanding Actor and Actress. This award was established in 1959 by Zamair Shepherd in recognition of the importance of the arts in education. The judges selecting this year’s award winners are Mrs. Gary Candelet, Mr. Robert Blake, and Mr. Tino Galluzzo. Mrs. Candelet is a former Peace Corps volunteer and member of High Tor Summer Theatre. She is presently teaching at Rein- gold Elementary School in Fitchburg. Mr. Blake has been a member of several theatre groups, including the Stratton Players of Fitchburg, and the Gardner Theatre Guild. He is a mathematics teacher at Lunenburg High School. Mr. Galluzzo, a recent graduate of Boston School of Public Communications, has acted and coached drama for several years. He also teaches English at Applewild.