Allen Stevenson School - Unicorn Yearbook (New York, NY)

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DRAMATICS D RAMATICS had another banner year at Allen- Stevenson, growing popular with an increasing number of boys. The year was highlighted by three excellent productions, the extension of the Back- stage Club, and, of course, the individual class plays. Mr. Gauger's annual Gilbert 84 Sullivan lMikado this yearl, Mr. Landis' ninth grade plays, and a fall play from Mr. Schroeter were the major productions. Although many boys were in all three plays, the productions appeared relatively close in time, Mr. Schroeter's Life 84 Times of Sneaky Fitch premiered in December, Mr. Landis' four one-acters in Febru- ary, and the Mikado in March. ln 1976 the first ninth grade feature was frought with many production problems, as the actors were overloaded with work and had too little time to rehearse. This year Mr. Landis' boys were completely excused from mandatory field, and thus had more time to work on their acting. As it turned out, the production was most successful, both performances played to half-full houses as parents and friends were in short supply ltypical Allen-Stevenson sup- portl. Fortunately Sneaky Fitch and the Mikado en- joyed much better turn-outs. First on the list came a new dimension in dramat- ics: a Middle School production of 5th 84 6th gra- ders, led by Mr. Schroeter. His band of determined actors stunned the audience with a magnificent performance as Peter Judson starred in the role of drunkard Sneaky Fitch. Whenever challenged to a fight he would back out - but only at the last possible moment. Through some mysterious way, Sneaky became the town sheriff, only soon to be killed by his arch-rival tChris Russelll. A sad end to a promising law enforcement career! On February 16th came Mr. Landis' four one- acters, featuring members of the ninth grade ex- clusively. The first play, The Whirligig of Life, by 1 . 'lf 1:1 5 W, .1 .Q' A 84 -

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The annual Book Fair, sponsored by the A-S Par- ents' Association, had another excellent turn-out, on November 16. New science equipment for the lower school and more books for the main library were the primary goals of the exercise. With Messrs. Webb.and hot julian as salesmen, the science target was easily achieved fas was Mrs. Rittenberg'si. The selection of books was opened to lower schoolers at 1 pm, and youngsters browsing found a new edition of the A-S cookbook, containing many recipes contributed by parents fit sold for the bar- gain price of 55.1. This handsome yellow loose-leaf volume is a must for every family, it contains prov- en dishes which kids acutally eat. Lower school boys, mostly fourth graders, scurried about selling raffle tickets to visitors. This year the prizes were exceptional, lzod shirts to Ranger - autographed hockey sticks. In front of the stage were the usual collection of posters featuring athlet- ic superstars of all sports. As usual, upper schoolers were the biggest buyers of these. Next to the posters was a new display: monogramed hats and scarves took the place of last year's T-shirts. In the center of the gym were the popular chance games. In the M 81 M game, the numbers 1776 and 1976 were guessed several times, as many thought they Had the system. But the eighth graders were over- powering, as Roberto DeVido took home a pair of Ranger tickets with the exact number. Runner-up jimmy Jacobs found many friends eager to share his second prize: the M 81 Ms - all of 'eml .1 V f,fXf,?'-avi-' ,X ,rf .-f -1- . 8.3

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sta 5 .. , O'Henry, was a mirthful story set in Tennessee of the 188O's. A couple wishes a divorce, but finds life is even worse when separated. After numerous ex- changes of a S5 bill fthe divorce and marriage feej, the couple remarry and live happily ever after fdon't they alllj. Timi loukowsky portrayed the tobacco chewing hillbilly who wants to dump his dumpy wife QDanny Szorj. john Schubert played the justice of the peace, a hard-of-hearing rustic. One of the best jokes centered around confusion over the word plaintiff rnis-read by the myopic justice as plainstiff. The second play, The Reigate Squires, was a typi- cal Sherlock Holmes mystery which isn't really a mystery. Naturally Holmes is the only one who can figure out the murder, as the rest of the cast hadn't a clue. Peter Livingston tripped over his English accent, supported by Freddy Vogelstein, Robert Margolis, Mark Tiedemann, Bodey Brookins, jimmy Krissel fthe inspector - hahlj, and Mario Muller. The third was entitled A Madison Square Arabian Night, also by O'Henry. This was about a famous painter who, when he painted, would by' strange reasons, capture a person's true character and iden- tity. This power eventually led to fortune as Bodey Brookins starred in the role of a millionaire seeking advice from painter jeremy Ben-Ami. s 85 00 0