Saratoga Springs High School - Recorder Yearbook (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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30 i THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER Toots Wolcott ............................ Most cheerful Jiggs Toomey .................................. Class pest Clarke Sheehan .......................... Man-about-town Ruth Salisbury ........................ Mostsophisticabed Elbert ePerry .............................. Most debonairr' Stanley Smith .......................... Most retiring boy THE. WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING On February 20, the Senior class presented as their annual play, tiThe Whole Townis Talking, a farce comedy in three acts, which has had a long run on Broadway, With marked success. We doubt if a better presentation could be given by amateur players than that of the Seniors who took part in our pro- duction. i The cast was well chosen, and members of it displayed unusual talent in enacting their parts. Miss Marion Winney as Ethel Simmons was a charming heroine, and entirely won the hearts of the audience with hr delightful charteriza- tion of a finished young lady just home from school. Miss Dorothy Fitzpatrick as Mrs. Simmons, ably portrayed the ambitious mother. and suspicious wife. The mle of Letty Lythe, a famous moving picture star, was iinely done by Miss Ruth Salisbury. Also very creditably finished were the parts of Lila Wilson, taken 'by Miss Marion Peacock and Sally Otis, played by Miss Dorothy Saunders. They were typical romantic tifiappers. A humorous performance of Annie, the inquisitive maid, was given by Miss Esther Baker, while Miss Elizabeth McCon- nell touched with true spirit the character of Sadie Bloom, a dancing teacher. The boys in the cast also phovetd themselves to be fine actors. Harry lSettle as Chester was perfectly cast as the hero, playing faithfully the. role of a slow, out-of-date book-keeper. John Toomey as Henry Simmons, a paint manufacturer, did some remarkably fine acting, and provoked repeated mirth from the audience. Rloger Shields, 3 young Chicago blood, was characterized by Paul Saunders, whose affected drawl and flattering French phrases delighted the audience.Doug1as Eighmey, as Donald Swift, prize- iighting fiance and manager of. Letty Lythe, carried his part to perfection. The part of the taxi-driver, though a small one, was well finished, and was taken by Francis Lewis. Reviewing the play in our minds, we wio'nder if we shall ever forget our delighted surprise at the light in the dark, with heroic Chester perched high on the mantlepiece, Donald and Roger badly beaten up on the floor, and the frenzied chorus of the girls and Mr. and Mrs. Simmons outside the door! I After all is said and done, the fact remains that the Senior play was a huge success in every way. Enough credit caninot be given to Miss Lena Smith, through whose coaching so much was accomplished. Then, too, the stage set in excellent taste, brought credit to the property committee, with Mrs. Mary R. Richardson in charge, assisted by Miss; Evelyn Sadler, Richard Remillard and John B. Smith, Jr. In short the play was a success because everybody worked, everybody helped and everybody supported it. Here s to the same. success for every Senior play which is to come hereafter! .

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER 29 CLASS ROSTER Betty Andrus ................................ Class Oracle Esther Baker .............................. Class Quaker A1 Baker .............................. Most Popular Boy Bud Brogan ...................................... Jolliest Alfred Buckley .......................... Most Bashful Boy Gert Burdo .................................. Class Shrimp Liz Camarro .......................... Best humored girl Bernie Cole .............................. Most modest girl Jo Cortxese .................................. The uvamp Buddy Costello .......................... Most friendly girl Ag Duval ........................................ Jazziest Mary Eighmey .......................... Blushes the most Doug Ehighmey .......................... The prizev-fighter Lollie Fahrer .......................... Most Cosmopolitan Nate Feldman ................................ Class Giant Johnny :Freebern ............................ Class angel Chet Fuller .................................... Humorist vFan Goldsmith and Ida Goldsmith ........ Gold Dust Twins Ony Harris ...................................... rCalmevst Helen Hays ....................................... Cutest Irv IHelprin ................................ Fastest talker Bob Hinman .......................... Ten dclock scholar Ralph Lanzara ...................... Lightning conductor Frank Lewis .......................... Most controversial Marg Matrazzo ............................ Fashion plate Art Maxfield ............................ Heartiest laugher Tag McConnell ................................ Best sport Ha-t Mead .................................. Natural talker Smiles Middlebrook ....... : .............. Class toothpick Peg Nelson .......................... Future type Tchamp Gentle Julia Novak .............................. Quietest ,Nore Os'tnanrder .................................. Craziest Marion Peacock .................................. Neates't Amos Peck ................................ Slowest talker Dick Remillard .......................... Most modest boy Al Ritchie .............................. Best humored boy Scotty Sadler ............................ Best looking girl Jack Sardff ................................ Biggest Ibluffer Dot Saunders .............................. Class musician Paul Slaunders .............................. The villain Photog Settle ................................ The Them De Seymour ............................ Best Charlestoner J. B. Jr. Smith ....................... Gay Lothario T Dick Smith ...................................... Sheik H. J. Stiles .............................. Most industrious K. Swartwout .............................. IClass poetess Liz Vogel .............................. Most businesslike Billy Winney ............................ Most popular girl Jeanie Winney .......................... Most retiring girl

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER DEBAT E NOTES To increase interest in current events; To further knowledge of Parliamentary Law; To increase school Spirit; This is our Rule of Three. S. H. S. D. C. When last yearis class graduated, it left with us a solemn trust to be carried out. We hope that we may honestly say that we have done so to the best of our ability. This was due to the faithful cooperation of our debaters and, most of ah, to the help which the faculty of the school gave to us. Now, as this successful year nears its close, we place with next year's aebaters the trust-with an added responsibility and AdMicu'lty. They will not have the helping hands of. three members of the faculty who have been our loyal supporters during the past years. Mr. Hraifleigh, whose idea the club was, left us in January, and Miss Benedict and Miss Hilda Hayes, who were members of the Plub and Whose interest we appreciate, will not be present in the Debate Club next year. We feel,'however, that we have accomplished that which the club set out to do. Interest in current events has been plainly shown in our debate meetings. It was impossible to come out of 307 after a meeting without some added know- ledge of the topics of the day. Ask one who knows. Surely Miss Wells abroad- i ' ened our knowledge of Parliamentary Law. Never again can we commit those terrible errors which caused our critics to ttrise to points of order and 'finally led to that awe-inspiring trial of offenders. As for increasing school spirit, the public debates proved that point. We have had five inter-schlool debates this yeareethe largest number the club has ever undertaken. The debate with Gloversville took place on December 10, in the High School Auditorium on the question of government ownership of coal. Sara-toga's nega- tive team, Helen Fo-ote, Dorothy Saunders, Paul Kellogg, and Rollin Allen, won a most honorable victory over an excellent opposing team. On March 19, our affirmative team composed of Evelyn Sadler, Audrey OiRaidy, DeForest Lowen and Francis Lewis traveled to Fulton to meet a nega- tive team on the same question. Although the decision was in favor of Fulton. our team did its best to uphold the honor of the school and we are proud of it.. Our third public debate was with Albany on March 31, in our auditorium. The topic, ttResolved: That the motion pictures of New York State should be subjected to more rigid state censorship, proved very interesting and helpful to all. Our team defending the negative side of the question was made up of Elizabeth McConnell, Florence Eddy Ford McAllisrter and Donald Thomas. Ac- cording to previous arrangement no decision was made. .Finally came the contest between Ilion andd Saratoga on the topic Re- solved: That the Federal government should own and operate the anthracite mines? As this was a dual debate, our negative team, Helen Foote, Ruth Smith, Paul Kellogg and Rollin Allen, travelel to Ilion on April 16. At the same time our affirmative team remained in Saratoga to contend with Ilionis negative. Since in each case, the home team won. we feel that the two schools are evenly matched. We feel sure that in all of these debates we have carried out our motto of increasing school spirit and interest in current events.