Baltimore City College - Green Bag Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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PREPARING FoR “WHat A Lire” AL the Worlds A WHAT. A LIPE Continuing in its style of setting precedents, the Mid-Senior Class by special permission of the publishers produced “What A Life’ under the direction of Prof. John E. Desch. Irvin Cushner, the Henry Aldrich of City College, portrayed the role made famous by Ezra Stone. Barbara Pearson was exceptionally well done by Julia Herdtfelder. The well-known plot developed in the office of Central High School and around the too eventful life of Henry Aldrich. The usual love affair, this time between Betty Hendricks, as Miss Shea, the office secretary of Central High School, and Al Kronthal, as Mr. Nelson, vice principal of Central High School, provided the thrill-seekers with ample excite- ment. Daniel Richter in the role of Central High's cheer leader almost stole the show with his sud- den entrances and exists. Any scene in which he appeared created a near-riot in the audience. The rest of the cast included Philipp D’Adamo as Mr. Patterson, Agnes Armstrong as Miss Eggleston, Mary Wexler as Miss Vecchitto, Jira Seluzitsky as Mr. Bradley, Bill Kinchelse as George Bigelow, Dona Goldsboro as Miss Wheeler, Nancy L. Norman as Mrs. Aldrich and Harvey Fuchsman as Mr. Ferguson. THE STUDENT PRINCE Sponsored by the June Senior Class, with Mrs. Blanche F. Bowlsbey and Prof. Clarence T. De- Haven, of the Music and Social Science depart- ments respectively, directing, the light opera, “The Student Prince,” starring Miss Mary Capuano in the role of Kathie and Albert Hall as Prince Karl Franz, was staged in the Auditorium May 17 and 18 before capacity audiences. Stars of many other City College musical shows and variety acts, Miss Capuano and Mr. Hall were ably supported by Ralph Schroedl, as Dr. Engel, Vincent Eareckson, in the role of Captain Tarnitz, Miss Dorothy Dittmar, portraying Princess Mar- garet, Miss Angela Bavis, as Gretchen, G. Ferd Medinger, enacting the role of Ruder, and Miss Dorothy Unger playing the Grand Duchess. Others who performed outstandingly in the show were Ted Roman, portraying Von Asterberg, Larry Meyers, as Lucas, and William Roth, in the role of Detlef. Many laughs were supplied by Tony Brafa and Leroy Heinse, who portrayed Lutz and his valet Hubert, respectively. Rounding out the cast of major actors and actresses were Von Mark, enacted by Joseph Kan- owsky, Countess Leydon, portrayed by Miss Peggy Burman, Baron Arnheim, played by Joseph Kow- alski and Ton , enacted by Milton Schwartz. The roles of students were played by members of the Glee Club; the chorus sections included voices from Eastern and Western High Schools. 24

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4 Left to right: Riggin, Samuel Harris, Sanford Harris, Professor Bell, Rokos, DeManss, Helldorfer 9% A Social Boing Capably executing its duty as pioneers in the the second century of the Baltimore City College, the June Senior Class of 1940 opened the gates to a new era in the annals of the “Castle on the Hill” and established a record of social, athletic, and scholastic achievement, designed to serve as an inspiration and pattern to subsequent graduating classes. Sparked by William Rokos, class president, and ably piloted by Adviser Prof. Wilmer V. Bell, the class promoted three well-managed dances, an operetta, and the traditional June Week, a series of coordinated social activities in which the grad- uating class officially tips its hat to City College. Champagne was broken over the bow of the June Senior ship of state on May 26, 1939, when the following officers were elected to launch the first Senior graduating class of the new century: Rokos, president; Sanford A. Harris, vice prest- dent; Louis K. Helldorfer, secretary; Samuel Harris, treasurer; and Charles DeManss, sergeant- at-arms. The class officers, together with John Riggin, plugging head of the dance committee, weathered some criticism on their maiden social venture when they signed Michael Greene, a bandleader foreign to City’s social whirl, to play for the Victory Ball. Together with the Mid-Senior Class, co-sponsors of the dance, the officers squelched school pre- judice, however, by promulgating the merits of Greene’s orchestra and vouched for a capacity attendance for the affair. Collaborating with the mid-Junior Class, the Seniors sponsored the Christmas Hop. The new social year was ushered in with the annual Term Dance, the Men-About-Town syncopating. On May 17 and 18, the June Senior Class fused their support with that of the Music Department to present The Student Prince, an operetta by Sigmund Romberg. For the first time in the history of City Col- lege productions the entire auditorium was sold out both nights. This affair was one of the most successful, not only from a financial standpoint, but also from a social one. The dedication was made in the attendance of the entire student body. An idea in the minds of classes for many years was realized in June when the Senior Class dec- orated the front walk leading from Thirty-third Street to the school with a row of elm trees on either side and thus created a permanent memorial to their four-year sojourn at City College. The June Senior Class’s ship of state was brought into dock on June 11 and 13, at the Prom and Banquet, respectively.

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