St Josephs Preparatory Seminary - Yearbook (Holy Trinity, AL)

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Lola Sapolaldoel Courtwrightl is infatuated with Fergus Appleton until the newspaper critic Basil ValentineiRoland Haagl persuades her that life with him would be much finer, thus leaving Fergus for Madame La Gimpe. Nathan Detroit tries to hold the crap game in the mission haven of the Temperance League but he and his companions are rudely interrupted by the police who nab a vicious looking criminal who is in reality only aharmless shoe salesmaniTobias Tweeney, played by Wayne Carlsonl. He had become entangled with these gangsters to please his girl friend Dark Doloresinarty Mayerl, who after the police release Toblas,falls for him in a big way as she thinks she has finally become nothing but a real gangster's girl. Chanel finally persuades Nathan to get married but since lathan had f0f9otten to get aplace for the reception after the wedding, he is ob- liged to ask to use the mission haven. Captain Argyle happily consents because that is where Sarah ana Sky had been married the day before. From lathan's reaction toChanel's idea of settling down toa nice quiet life, one can only hope that love will conquer the crap game. COLLEGE PLAY ix weeks before thirty nervous college men drew the curtains to reveal their rewarding presentation of Sophocles' Antigone, they were summoned tothe gym and presented with thesepregnant words: 'Gentlemen, this can easily be a hit or a 'turkey'. lt's up t0 YOU!' g They stared back at Father Vincent and wondered whether he wanted them to evangelize Mississippi or put the High School under martial law. Neither! To them fell the honor of producing a dramatic master- Diece which has captivated audiences almost from the dawn of lestern Culture. Their audience would be captive, but they mustmake them right at home with this ancient tragedy and capture for them some of the ex- aulted feeling which has won so many laurels in the test of time. ln short, they must bring Thebes to Holy Trinity. And that they did. Under the sensitive hand of its director, Father Vincent, Antigone began to take shape and grow from the enthusiasm and Combined skills of the college classes. The pictures on the page op- posite show what the writer need not describe here. Genuine beauty and sincerity of presentation shine forth from them. Yet, these pictures lose their sheen if the story behind them is not told. Behind every backdrop is a devoted crew of stagehands, decorators, and costume experts. Those who did not tripthe boards spent long hours in research trying to imitate as faithfully as possible the original as it was produced in Greece so long ago. From their findings sprang many anartist's conception, many aheated debate and many a compromise. Finally, the plans were laid and the gears set in motion to produce the setting which so tastefully cradled the efforts of Saint Joseph's budding troupe. U

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HIGH SCHOOL PLAY y name is Joey Perhaps.' With these words, Freddie Amato in the t role of Joey stepped into the bright glare of the stage ligh s, open- ing the High Schgol Play for I959. The play, entitled 'Broadway after Dark', was adapted by Father Brendan from Damon Runyon's 'Guys and . .. .- -' f Dolls.' After introducing himself Joey goes onto introduce some o the other interesting characters of Broadway such as Educated Edmond fkay- mond Donnellanl, Sleepout Lebowitzfdim Sullivanl,Angiethe 0xlJimWieg- horstl, Society MaxlJoe Shafferl, and Milk-Ear WilliefDave Lopatal. The main plot revolved around John Marquis in the role ofNathan De- troit, the elusive bachelor and gambler, and Bob Jackline, his persis- tent fiancee, Chanel 35. Besides trying to stave off his marriage to Chanel, to whom he has been engaged for fourteen years, Nathan is con- stantly on the dodge trying to elude the cops and Lieutenant Brannigan lPat Ouinnl, while he is trying to fulfill his promise to Harry the HorsefJim Mellonigl andhis prominent guest Big Julius fEd Koscinskil, to have a crap game. Through his 'boys' Benny SouthstreetKMike Harvey, and Nicely-Nicely JohnsonCAmby Owensl who contact the more 'respect- able' characters of New York after dark, Nathan Detroit has been mak- ing the crap game a rather profitable sideline to his newsstand. Nathan is usually in the money, however he is momentarily out 07 dough and to be able to have the crap game in the Biltmore Garage he has to have a grand. In order to procure this small sum he makes a bet with SkyMastersonKBruce Cummingsl that he cannot take a certain 'beau- fifulu fSarah Argyle, played by Bob Brownl to the El Parcheezo night club. Now this would not be too bad but Miss Argyle is a sergeant in the local temperance movement, composed of herself, her uncleiCaptain Argyle, played by Pete Krebsl, Corporal Browningfbick Schoessowl, and Dream Street Roseidim O'Donnelll, a nreformed' Alchoholic. When Chanel is not engaged in the chase, she tries to held down a job as a singer at the Hot Box Night Club, run by Rusty CharliefPat Evansl, and in the words of Harry the Horse, 'her voice occasionally scratches on her tonsils.l In her songs, Chanel is accompanied by the Hot Box BisquitsiBob Rink, Marty Mayer, Joel caurtwright, and Dick Schoessowl. One of the minor plots deals with the sad misfortunes ofMadame La: G'imDefBob Gallagherl. It all started when Madame La Gimpe gilted Fer.. gus AppletonlCarl Seebaj, a Shakespearean ham, for a Spanish guitar Player who died, leaving her with a childlSmall Concita, played by Jeff Mischlerl. Not being able to support herself andher daughter, Ma- dame La Gimpe sends SmallMConcita to a wealthy relative in Spain. lhere Concita becomes engaged to a Whig, big swellnwnose parents lKev'in Moore and Steve Flottj are now coming to America to 'investigate Madame La Gimpe. All Gimpy's friends come to her aid by putting on a big show for the comte and the comtessa at the Biltmore by acting as visiting celebrities. However, when it is found out that the comte and the comtessa are not the real heirs to the estate in Spain, and that their son had run off and joined the Foreign Legion to avoid marrying Concita, the whole sham is dropped and Small Concita ends up with An- gie the ox, after seeing the WYales play the Narvards.'

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