Battin High School - Red and White Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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THE DRAMATICS CLUBS , fw DRAMATIC, LITERARY, and ENGLISH CLUBS 0 ln our daily liTe The TheaTre The phoToplay, The radio, and The social occasion, demand more and more oT our Time and inTeresT. The English deparTmenT, in addiTion To iTs classroom work, Touching These Tields spon sors many clubs and acTiviTies which inspire a wide reading, greaTer skill and a Tuner appreciaTion in These new, as well as old, spheres oT The arT oT speech If you have aspiraTions Toward work in dramaTics, why noT join eiTher The Masks, The Mummers, or The Mimics? ln These clubs you will Tind ample opporTuniTies To Try whichever side oT sTagework you are inTeresTed in, or you can discover whaT phase oT dramaTics appeals To you The mosT. Do you wish To sTride onTo The sTage and Twirl a Terocious mousTache, or do you preTer To be a TainTing heroine? Your experience in The dramaTics clubs would equip you wiTh The knowledge oT how To Twirl or TainT mosT eTTecTively. And you really should know someThing abouT The oTher sTage craTTs, Too. l-low TreguenTly amaTeurish make-up causes The beauTeous heroine To look like a case oT apoplexy, and as Tor inexperT lighTing eTTecTsl Well, The leasT said The beTTer. Miss BarTon and Miss NeunerT, The club advisers, can show you much abouT sTage seTTings, lighTings, cosTumings, and make-up. A sTage direcTor musT be adequaTely skillTul in all These and more. Your aTTempTs here would show you how To deal wiTh people, boTh individually and en masse. Do you know how To weep in a convincing manner when you are Trying To obTain a new dress, and have you poise when senTenced To deTenTion? IT noT, why don'T you ioin one oT The Tive dramaTics clubs? Masks! Mummersl Mimics! 22