Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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Ml AIIWIATI U XVhen we think of the month of December we think of the plays given each year by the Verona High School. Formerly, two plays were given, one by the Senior class and the other by the Junior class, this year, however, it was decided that there should be one play for which the cast should be picked from the whole school. This created more interest in the plays as not only the members of the two upper classes but every member of the school was interested. The name of the play was Alice Sit-By-The-Fire, by Barrie. In this play Amy, Alice,s daughter, has been taking care of the home, and of her brother, Cosmo, while her mother and father were away in India. When Mrs. Gray returns to her home she is unhappy because her children do not seem to love her. One evening Mr. Rollo, an old friend of Colonel and Mrs. Gray, comes to visit them. Amy and Ginevra, Amy's friend, overhear the conversation between Mr. Rollo and Mrs. Gray. The girls, with imaginations heightened by too frequent visits to the theater, immediately determine that the two have fallen in love. Amy is persuaded by Ginevra to go to Mr. Rollo's home and demand the letters which her mother has written to him. She tells Amy that she knows there are letters because in all the plays they've seen, there have been. Amy undertakes the task and approaches the home of Mr. Rollo. There she is met by Richardson, who takes care of Mr. Rollo,s apartment. After a short discussion Amy meets Mr. Rollo. Immediately she asks for the letters and Mr. Rollo, very much astonished, asks for an explnation. She tries to explain but suddenly visitors are an- nounced. Not wishing to be seen, Amy hides in a closet. She has often seen this done in plays. Two characters enter the apartment of Mr. Rollo, they are Colonel and Mrs. Gray. Mrs. Gray soon discovers that Amy has hidden in the closet and tries to conceal it from her husband. While he is not looking she pulls Amy from the closet and pretends that her daughter has just arrived. The colonel, however, also discovers that Amy had hidden in the closet and asks for an explanation. The Grays leave the apartment and when they reach home Mrs. Gray explains the matter to her husband. Mr. Rollo apologizes for having caused such a disturbance in their family. As everything is made clear, we are led to suppose that Mr. Rollo and Amy will not remain just friends, but will soon be happily married. 30

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served. At eleven, we started home, only to find it still raining as hard as ever. The Freshmen's first party was over and we have decided from all reports that it was a great success. TARANTELLA On Saturday, April 28, twenty pupils, with Mr. and Mrs. McEwan as chaperons, were guests of the Mask and Wig Club of the University of Pennsylvania at its annual production given at the Metropolitan Opera House. This year's show was a musical comedy, Tarantella, which portrayed the efforts of The Instigation Pictures Incf' to make a realistic motion picture in an old ruin in the hills of Sicily. Instigation Pictures Inc. has a very difficult time getting its pic- ture because of the intervention both of the Mafian Brigands and of the censors, Al Stone and Prunella Pinkerton-a purity leaguer. Nevertheless all complications are swept aside in the end and we find that, although the company was unaware of it, the camera had been picturing all its troubles and that it has made a truly realistic picture. All who attended are grateful to the Mask and Wig Club for a very delightful afternoon. ALPHABETICAL GLYMPSES IN V. H. S. A's for Anita on whom we all dote. B is for Billy-a Junior of note. C's for Camarata the prize Sophomore sheik. D's for Dot Kientz who is overly meek. E's for Estelle who's not at all slow. F is for Franklin-the Freshie, you know. G's for Glad Hill, a prize typewriting student. H is for Lee Hawkins, in everything prudent. I is for Ida who is pleasingly slender. J is for Jimmy who toward girls is quite tender. K is for Kitty who dresses superbly. L is for Littlefield who sports a fine derby. M is for Mary, our very best joker. N is for Nann who excels at poker. O's for O'Neil who flirts with the girls. P is for Pilger who wears pretty curls. Q is for Quick-we try not to be slow. R's for Rolandelli-the artist, you know. S is for Sutton, whose cartoons make you howl. T is for Toner-did you like the Green Owl? U is for Us-the Seniors, you see. V,s for Verona-the town for me. W's for Walker-our editor-in-chief. Y is for You-now don,t have a fit. Z is for QSJ zekely-our real Senior wit. O. T. '28 29

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The cast was as follows: Alice, . ,... . Colonel Gray ,.,. Amy ,...... Cosmo, . . Ginevra. . . N ursc .... Maid .....,. Riclyardson. . Mr. Rollo. . . . . . ,ESTELLE MORGAN , , . . . .IRVINE MOFFATT , . ,CATHERINE O,NElL . , . .JAMES FRANKLIN ......MARIE SONN ..,.,......RUTH PILGER ,....4.,4....OL1vE TONER . . .CHRISTINA CHRISTIANSEN . . . . , .HAROLD LITTLEFIELD THE FROG What a queer bird the frog are. When he sit he stand almost. When he hop he fly almost. He ain't got no sense. He ain't got no tail hardly either. He sits on what he ain't got almost. 31