Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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44 X531 S, 1937 - QUCCANEER 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1nn1un1.mr1un..nn.1uu1...,1.,.,1,. We w Qs, pw as kv vein!!! X K fx 'liz I ,K 'TEE - --at QW. , 2515 elf Mrs. Barbara Gartshore, director of College Little Theater ENTHUSIASTIC DRAMATISTS were rewarded this school year with a new Little Theatre, boasting the Hrst ade- quate play production facilities ever installed on the campus. Celebrating the opening of this new acquisition, the drama department pre- sented Tbe Pe1'fc'c1f Alibi, English mur- der mystery, on Cctober 23 and 24. This polished drama was followed by a melodrama, MZL'l dC1' in the Old Red Bmfn, done in all its original color, on November 4, 5, 6 and 7. December 10, 11 and 12 found the production of the tragic play, A Bill Of Di'l!01'L'f?'71ZB71f, on the Little Theatre stage. Spring began appropriately enough for the theatre with The Romrzvztic Young Lady, whimsical Spanish come- dy, presented April 8, 9, and 10. Immediately following on April 13 came the Pasadena Play Tournament- this year's entry, Paul Green's tale of rural life, Fixinis. Cast of The Perfect Alibii'

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'BUCCANEER - 1937 43 ..,,,...v.-....mn...f.,,1.,.,1,,,,1uu.....nu.1uu1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1'....1 11--11 1 1 1.1.4-1111,-,,.,... 1 1 1 1 ,,1nu....u And now for a few sidelights on the production of the yearbook. Many interesting situations are encountered in all phases of the work. Take pho- tography, for instance. Buccaneer snapsman Kenneth Fosberg well re- members being kicked around in the wild San Mateo-Modesto mob follow- ing the big game . No doubt Wilson Moss recalls the perils that confronted his none-too-waterproof camera during the Hlming of the Frosh-Soph water- pull. There were pleasanter jobs, how- ever. The delightful and unhurried assignment of photographing the cam- pus' best-looking girls in their best- looking clothes brought no groans of protest from Leo Shoob and Editor Smith. Pictures, once taken, had to be mounted for eng1'aVing. Art Editor Hudelson reports burning twenty gal- lons of midnight oil on these and other art jobs. Coffee-stomachsv and first- class headaches were also enjoyed by the corps of copy-writers. Proof-reading was a bugaboo in itself. You can imag- ine the shout that went up when it was discovered that CID there were great spaces denoting insufficient copyg CZQ Gordon Pool,s name was cryptogram- med into the forewordg C31 whole John Patton Buccaneer Business Nlanager pages were printed upside down, and C45 Dorman Commons was not men- tioned on the yearbook staff. Things like these occasioned all kinds of show- downs, and quite often fur flew pro- fusely. Anyway, it's been a lot of fun work on the 1937 Buccaneer, hasn't it? To which a fatigued staff replies with a groan that denotes neither agreement nor disagreement, but a great feeling or relief. The 1937 Buccaneer Staff :ng-.17 -M.

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BUCCANEER - 193 7 45 -un-uu-nn-uu- nn-uni nn1uu-nn--nun-nn--H111 nninun---:nu--im1.. -.m1,,,,..uuun.-ml1,,,,1,,,,.-nu1,.,,iu.,.....nuli1nn1,,,,1.ni:1,,,.MMU-In-H Stars of Murder in the Old Red Barn As a side issue, a high school play festival, the Hrst ever attempted here, was held Marcli 19 for six San Joaquin valley high schools. College Players were hosts and the Modesto Bee, sponsors. To finish the season, a program of one-act plays was given May 20, 21, and 22, the last evening production on the Little Theatre season. N 0 'Count Boy, and Fixilfs by Paul Green, and Dead M6l'Z Cafft H uri You, by Jewell Tulle comprised the program. Arlene Friedrich and George Maze carried the leads in the opening pro- duction-Miss Friedrich as Susan Cun- ingham, amateur detective Who solves the mystery of Arthur Ludgrove's murder, and Maze as her major accom- plice, the young English chap, Jimmy Ludgrove. Murderer Edward P. Carter was convincingly portrayed by Gordon Pool, While his nervous and despicable partner was played by Horton Karker. Pershing Olson fairly sent the audi- ence into hysterics with his excellent characterization of old P. C. Malle and Barbara Wfhitmore and Lee Vincent in a poignant s John Babcock pleased as the tolerant son and budding young investigator, l'Sargeant Mallet. Helen Smith dusted off her very best throaty English accent and put it into use as Mrs. Hugh Fothergill. The unfortunate victim of the murderer was portrayed by Lee Vincent Who carried the role with ease and natural- ness. Ethelyn Libby was the matter-of- fact and slightly bored young modern, C6112 ,