Wildwood High School - Breakers Yearbook (Wildwood, NJ)

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Through Its Movements . . . Bumps Allegro Vivace Act IV, this book's namesake, is not merely a conclusion of the show, but rather a statement which was three years in composing. Perhaps this last act requires more of the player than any other, for indeed, it is a most decisive period. Of course, the majority of the play has been performed. Soon it will be over. But what of the future? What of the time when the stage door closes behind the actor, and he suddenly finds himself Off-stage ? Certainly the player is a victim of his environment. For three years, he has had a script on which to rely. But as the play rapidly travels toward its termination, the cast must develop the maturity required to face the demands of the adult world. The preceding pages have briefly explained the conditions of the three acts through which the players have passed. They have also defined the theme of this yearbook—a collection of events within ACT IV, the most significant and im- portant year of high school life. Cante Cantabile Andante 7

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Act III, the Junior year, finds the cast quite at ease in their environment and settled in the lustrous veneer of upperclassmanship. This can very readily be seen in the elevated heads directed toward the apprenticed cast. Although class-consciousness presides, Act III is certainly not a leisurely segment of the play. On the contrary, it holds the most arduous scenes to be found in the entire drama. The pace of academic life, coinciding with the infinite spectrum of exterior activities, forms a pattern in which many stars can lose their rolls if a rigid program of self-discipline and even self-denial is not compounded. The highlights of the act include two pre-proms— one built around a French cafe setting, the other in the form of a Sadie Hawkins theme—and the annual Faculty Vs. Varsity Game. These merely laid the ground-work for the stirring climax—the prom, or Nautical Night. As the curtain closes, the clamor from backstage foreshadows the realization that the major act is yet to be performed. Student Life . . . 6

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page....................................................... Foreword .................... Dedication Playwrights ---------yearbook staff Backers board of education ...................... Assistant Producers superintendent principal .............................. vice principal Directors faculty ................................. Stars .................. seniors Supporting Cast ... underclassmen Backstage ............. clubs and activities .................. Interlude „ sports----------------------------------- In the Spotlight senior who's who .......................... — 1 On Stage ............student life ....................... 1 1 3 10 11 14 15 16 16 17 25 53 63 87 16 20 Patrons 130