Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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- 1 A Lucky Break On Saturday evening, December sixteenth. the Class of january, 1934 presented A Lucky Break , a farce-comedy in three acts by Zelda Sears. If the after remarks by the audience may be considered a criterion, the per- formance was one of the finest ever produced in Lincoln High School. The entire action of the drama transpires in the lobby of the Hotel Mullet in a small Connecticut town. The expected arrival of john Bruce fCharles Briggsj, a former resident, after twenty years of successful business experiences in New York, throws the hotel management and its guests into a turmoil. Indirectly, each person expects to benefit by this prosperous business man's appearance. Mrs. Mullet fMary Rinaldij, owner and manager of the hotel, hopes to obtain funds to launch her sweet talented daughter, Nora QNina I-Iillj, on a musical career, Mrs. Barrett QAnne Kaminskyj , high-brow society dame, desires to marry her vivacious debutante daughter, Claudia cB.lI'bLlYL1 Evansj, to a person of wealthg Mr. Bruce is eligible. However, Claudia and a struggling young artist, Tommy Lansing fRobert Williilnisj, who too looks to john Bruce for aid, hoping to win a ten thousand dollar contract-are in love. Living at the hotel without cost are Abner Ketcham fAbner Raymondj, mortgage owner on nearly all the houses in Matasquam including the hotel, and Benny Ketchum CNathan Epsteinj, his nephew, endeavoring unsuccessfully to sell cemetery lots. Bella McWatt fMae Tannenbaumj, an extremely loud, newly rich New Yorker, is interested in Mr. Bruce from a purely money-seeking standpoint. The arrival of Mr. Bruce is enlivened by the entrance of his chauffeur fHenry Sierackij, straightway mistaken for that illustrious gentleman. Immediately Bruce is conscious of the desires of all these persons. Charles' Martin fWilliam Kanej, 94

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increased by a large number of youngsters from the Annex Studios Stop In the past year they delved more deeply into the mysteries of mathematics stop the Caesar and Cicero stop and the subject of biology Stop Nouns stop pronouns stop and verbs still prove a source of worry to many of the students Stop At the present time physics and trigonometry are furnishing their share of trouble Stop But persistence still dominates the spirit of the students Stop Regardless of all obstacles in the way stop they Hght their way ahead Stop As Juniors the members are granted the full rights of participation in all student activities stop both athletic and social Stop Having progressed thus far in their course stop they are permitted to select from their number an Executive Board and choose John Thompson stop President stop stop Rita Cornetta stop Vice- President stop stop Spencer Scheffling stop Secretary stop stop Clifford Baum- gardner stop Treasurer stop stop Patrick Pandolfo stop Historian Stop Under the supervision and guidance of a member of the Board of Directors stop Mr. Hubert A. Wright stop these five will guide the class activities for five months Stop Their first duty is to select with a committee a pin and ring as a readily apparent sign of membership in the Class of January stop 1934 Stop Stop Stop CXQQZE JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY January 31, 1934 Flash - LHS - LHS - LHS At last that group of prospects entering our studio in January stop 1930 is within sight of its goal stop graduation from the several courses taught in the Lincoln Studios Stop Since the last message the class participated in several memorable events Stop In February stop 1933 they selected a new president stop Joseph O'Brien stop and a new Treasurer stop John Carlson Stop In May stop 1933 they were permitted to show their preliminary dramatic training in a play stop The End of the Trail stop an interesting tale of the American Revolution Stop They realize there are other benefits to be derived from the name of Seniors than the privilege of hazing those unfortunate creatures called Freshman Stop The same Executive Board was reelected in September stop 1933 Stop As a mirror of the things learned during their four years' stay in the Lincoln Studios the class presented Tbe Quill stop the year-book in which these chronicles are set down Stop As a further indication of their versatility thc class presented on December 16 stop 1933 stop A Lucky Break stop a farce comedy which proved a real mirror of their remarkable powers of ex- pression Stop And now having arrived at the End of the Trail successfully by no Lucky Break stop they are about to leave the Lincoln Studios and enter the World Studios stop the goal of all students Stop Whether the success they enjoyed here is an indication of future events remains to be seen Stop Time alone can tell Stop All we can say is stop Good luck stop Seniors stop may success be yours Stop Stop Stop 93

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his business manager, hit upon an excellent idea for stopping these heavy demands: the failure of Petroleum Amalgamated has reduced Mr. Bruce to penury, he claims. The curtain falls on the Hrst act. In the second act, Mr. Bruce, having carried out his ruse sucessfully and having lent such a helping hand about the hotel, is engaged as its new manager. Meanwhile Nora is used as a means of distracting Mrs. Barrett's attention from Claudia's infatuation for the artist. by pretending an interest in the youth. Mr. Bruce is dumbfounded for he has found Nora more than likeable. He reioices, however, in the fact, that he has found the true character of all these persons, for his loss of wealth has only caused them to be kinder to him. He determines to reward his friends and is especially successful in the case of Benny Ketcham by having his friends, in his own name, buy out the cemetery lots on Strawberry Hill. Ten days later we find Hotel Mullet a successful summer resort under the efficient management of John Bruce. It is celebrating with a dance. John Bruce celebrates by rewarding Tommy with the ten thousand dollar contract. Whereupon Tommy and Claudia elope, leaving a note behind. The note is discovered by Bruce, who immediately thinks it means Nora and Tommy. He breaks the news gently to Mrs. Mullet, who is heartbroken that her daughter's career should be so ruined. But it is Mrs. Barrett who becomes heartbroken that her daughter should elope with a poor artist. Nora and John are both made gloriously happy by finding their love for one another. It was indeed a Lucky Break for all concerned. Prominent in the cast, if not in the story, is Elmine Ludine fEvelyn Eyrey, the comic maid at the hotel. C'X9Q!5 To the End of the Trail At the Memorial Day celebration last term the january 1934 Class, under the supervision of Mr. Wright, presented a one-act play, To the End of the Trail , by Stephen O'Higgins. The scene was laid in the home of john Crabb flrving Honigbergj, a farmer in Bound Brook, New jersey, in 1777. The action represented the efforts of an American spy, William Somers fBurnett VanDeusenj, to help his country while hiding at the farmhouse of John Crabb, to whose daughter Marion fEleanor Benettej he is engaged. The home is raided by Captain Smithson QCharles Briggsj, a Grenadier Guard of George III of England, and the spy is discovered. Knowing of the plot against the post at Martinsville, little Jeanne QMary Kusyj, the daughter of John Crabb, is sent to warn the men. She delivers the news and returns to her home with some of the soldiers. The British soldier, Captain Smithson, is put in irons and the romance between Marion and the American spy is cul- minated by their marriage. Other characters in the cast were played by Abner Raymond and Gertrude Grimley. 95