Benjamin School for Girls - Tusitala Yearbook (New York, NY)

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TUSITALA FOR 1928 - Sylvelte ..... Percinet .... Bergamin .... Pafgzzinot .... Simforel Les ofliciers Pfefidenle ........... Vife-Prefidenie Sec1'6fai1'e ......... ' x HLES PRECIEUSES RIDICULESU-FRENCH PLAY '27 Ley R0777d!iEfq7l6J' La Lectrice LAURETTA WHITE du Club Frangais de l'annee 1928: T1'e.r01'zere ................................. . .......... , .........,.............................. .. .. .....ADELE HARRISON GELLER RAMER KANTOR MARX .....LUCILLE MENSCHEL ...UETHEL LAMBERG ...........I-BEATRICE BEYER .DOROTHY KIMMELMAN On s'etait beaucoup amuse aux Reunions du Club Frangais cette annee. On nous a represente une Soiree au Bridge, une Visite aux Galeries Lafayette, et la maison pendant La Sortie de Madame, On a chante des traductions des Chansons populaires du jazz. On nous a fait entendre les discs des chansons chantees par Maurice Chevalier et Mlle. Mistinguette. Et puis, comme piece de resistance, on nous a servi la creme it la glace pour comble de plaisir. Page Tloizfy-Nizie

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TUSITALA FOR 1928 5 L'ABBE CONSTANTINH-FRENCH PLAY '27 Ijannee derniere les Classes de Frangais ont presente Les Precieuses Ridicules et L'Abbe Constantin. Cette annie on va jouer le beau drame d'Esther, ecrit par Racine at Ia demande de Mme. de Maintenon et tire de la Sainte Bibleg et Ia jolie comedie ectite par Rostand entitulee Les Romanesques. Madame de Maifelenafz ........,... Louif XIV .............,..... U 72 Md1'qZljJ .... U ne lvIeZ7'gZliJ'E .... Either .... Elife ......,..... Mard 0 do e e .... A.r,rzz6fzzJ .... A man ....... Le Scribe Le Cboezn' def fezmei Ifmelifef Eafthev' .....NAOMI HALPERT LAMBERG FREEMAN .UFLORANCE MEISEL LUCILLE MENSCHEL ...NFRANCES LEVINE BEYER KIMMELMAN FELDMAN MOSKOWITZ fEVELYN JAFFE j JUDITH DEITZ 1jEANETTE BERGER LSYLVIA SHAKIN Page Thirty-Eight

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Pati ence-Travailler. -W TUSITALA FOR 1928 Perioile Troizhlee Voila des mots qui ni riment pas. Mais il faut les employer, sans cesse, pendant l'annee scolaire, pour faire des couriers et des interpretes de nos eleves et pour leur faire mieux connaitre er mieux apprecier le genie de la litterature frangaise. JUNIOR FRENCH PLAY The climax of the Friday Morning Assemblies was reached on November 18, when the children of the primary classes presented two French plays to the entire school. The pronunciation was perfect, the diction was clear, and the acting was so clever that even those in the audience who did not understand French were able to follow the stories. Both plays, Les Quatre Saisons et Les Trois Souhaitsj' were very moral and pointed out the wickedness of being selfish and lazy. The cast of Les Quatre Saisons was: The Moihei' ............ ..... The Hated Chilil ..... The Bel01'eel Chilcl I-Viizteir' .................... Spriiig ..... Siiiiziizer .... , Aiflllillll ..,.. Inf Fairy .... 21icl Fairy ...... ircl Fairy ............................... .,............................. ,......... Those who took part in Les Trois Souhaitsw were: A Wooelezzzifer Hir Wife ........ A Fairy El'77!tZl2L'E .... feizizize .,... Alire ...... Gezhriell e .... LA RECREATION PERDUE Nelly ..............................,....., ............,.... .......HILDA SIMONS ........MONA PHILLIPS ..RUTH KIMMELMAN .,....HENRIETTA COHN ......ROSALIE SI-IAPIRO PHYLLIS GREENMAN ........yoYcE BowDEN ...WMAXINE MARX ....coNsTANcE HIRST ......SALLY LEONARD BLOSSOM RAPAPORT ...........SHIRLEY MOSS .....,jOYCE BOWDEN .BLOSSOM RAPAPORT .......RITA GOODMAN ..........GLADYS BARTOS CLAIRE LOWENSTEIN . .... DOROTHY LEVINE Bert-eiire, Miz Pozipee chei-ie'f ...,, ..... J oYcE BOWDEN, sH1RLEY Moss Page Foriy