Camp Pasquaney - Annual Yearbook (Hebron, NH)

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'l HE PASQUANBY ANNUAL DRAMATICS IN 1 929 -W' .fr-ar 33:71 hay.-.v'u9'.F'.,ZjQ - '. N ,Ji--g ii-ri Lui- gk... L Z, .imp 1,-M: Q.. N x r 6 7 Photograph by A. S. Cochran CPrize Photographl DR. WATSON AND HIS AIDS HAVE LUNCH BEHIND THE SCENES 3 The Pasquaney The-altre has again enjoyed' another fine seaso-n under the direction of Professor E. Bradlee VVatson of Dartmouth College, assisted by Mr. Carl Nordstrom and Mr. 'VVhitner N. Bissell. The 'stage manager this year was Albert Dris- coll who did a very efficient job. His assistants were Stephen Burrall. Benjamin Townsend, Brooke S'tod- dard, John Patterson and David Smith. H. Alexander Cochran was the electrician and proved indispens- able by -securing lighting effects which greatly enhanced the scenic backgrounds. This year the Saturday evening performances were of a very fine calibre. The acts were both ex- tremely amusing and artistic, as well

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66 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL demand and some were used in the last few obstacle races. Before many of these were finished eleven boy-s started making Silver Ace Contest Model airplanes. Thes-e took longer to make than we had hoped due to co-nfiict in the boys' enigage- ments during the diay. However, all but two were finished and had trial flights before the end of the season. Durin-g this time several canoe paddles were made by -boys who had had previous experience working in the shop. These came out very well, even though the boys concerned were very busy with other activities. Near the very end of the seas-on two boys took great interest in making aquaplanes or surf-boards. These were only just finished and not completely painted when Camp closed. In- my opinion the shop is a much greater asset to the Camp when run informally, as it was this- year. This could be done to an even greater extent if the boys could have in min-d various small objects t-o mak-e durinlg the season. The shop, in not being at all compulsory and in being very informal, can give more boys a chance to take a hand and do things for themselves. Next y-ear I hope to be able to suggest more different, but s'till inlteresting ob- jects, giving the boy a chanfce to choose and work at his own problem when he can find the time, rather than running definite cl-asses. Ii. VV. Morris. ALUMNI VISITORS Pasquaney is always glad to welcome back to the fo-ld its loyal alumni, whether they come f-or 21 lengthy stay, or merely to sp-end the day renewing memo-ries of happy hours spent at Camp. Their desire to visit is ani unquestiovnarble inldica- tion that a lastinig mark hias been put upon Pasqu-aney boys. They are ever ready to co-me to her ai-d in time of need, and manfife-st the-ir dev-otion by their visits and willingness to as- sume responsibilities whille here. Among our visitors during the 1929 season were the following: George Jones, '99, Ca-sw-ell Stoddard, '01, Alcovtt Elw-ell, '02, Rod Beebe, Pa Lillard, and Sterlin-g Pile, '07, B-ant Blake and Dutch Thomp- so-n, '12, Bill Cator and Nellie Curtis, '13, George Hussey and W. W. Phiiller, '17, 6'Fuzzy Kneeland. '18, Leady Leadbetter, '20, Don Murchie and Jack Thofmpson, '23, Udo Bradley, Ivy Lee, Logan Roots. Stockey Taylor, -and Holly Tay- lor, '25, Ed Hawes, and Sherb Merrill, Sam Wlietstone a n d Bill Winsteacl, '26, Rod Beebe, Dexter Bramhall, Jim Henning. Harry Hinchman, Roger Hopkins. Felix Hughes, Ken Ogden, and Charlie Goodrich, '27, F r a n k Cator, Dick Gallagher, Fergie Locke, Andy M a r s h at l l , a n d ' 'X'Vinnie Sargent, '28,

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68 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL as of a serious nature in s-ome cases. It is not the purpose of this resume of the season to list each Saturday night performance, but merely to note the high-lighlts of the year. A chorus which sang pieces of various types ranging from Negro spirituals to musical comedy hits, appeared' several times during the season. lt consisted of Phil', Geiger, Hank Brewster, Pete Carey, Tommy Wilkiiiso-11, Frank Brewer, Tom Prout, .lack', Pat- terson, Pat Riley, Jack Rouse, Carter Higgins, Dave Sm i t h , Dick Prouty, Mr. Nordstrom, and Mr. Reed, the director, to whom is due much of the credit for the suc- cess -of this chorus. Another new and in t e r e s t i n g feature which appeared on the pros gram from time to 'time consisted of a tumbling act by Phil Geiger and Tack Hardwick. They delighted their audience with well executed pranks. However, they were not a little non-plused when they broke a rather firmly built table in one of their acts. Another outstanding performance of the 1929 season was entitled It VVill Be All Right on the Night. This was coached by Mr. Bissell who also took the part of Coach in the play. Casey Casler, John Stoddard, G r a n n y S w o p e , XYillie de Zaldo, and Dave Moore made up the rest of -the cast. lt was a clever piece of w-ork and well executed, keeping the audience in good humor from curtain t-o curtain. Instead of attempting a play this year, the Council introduced a few well-chosen acts of vaudeville which were, of course, the choicest bits of the sea-son task some -of the coun- sellors, if you don't believe itj. Mr. Morton an-d Mr. Mudge did one of the finest balloon dances ever seen this sid-e of New York. Other members of the council dramatized Service's g'The Shooting -of Dan McC1rew. And perhaps the best act o.f 'the evening was a take-off on a VVah-Kee-Nah Council Meeting. The success -o-f this act was largely due to Mr. Jackson who so admir- ably impersonated Herr Myer, the director of the camp. The musical numbers which ap- peared from time to time were not entirely limited 'to choral selections. There was also an up-to-th-e-minute orchestra which added spice to the pro-gram. Its personnel was as follows: piano, Mr. No-rdstromlg banjo, Mr. Richardson, lst saxo- phone, Mr. Stanwoodg 2nd saxo- phone, Mr. Mudge, and Welnb Tilton was added after the arrival of his drums. ln direct con'trast to the peppy music produced by this ensemble, there was some very fine singing by a vocal qu-artette com- posed of Mr. Morris, first tenor, Mr. Roots, second tenor, Mr. Reed, baritone, and Mr. Nordstrom, basso. jack Patterson furnished many .