Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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YD Y EIDHTIOD 'IYHCI Y 06 'I CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINERS Q

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THE FATHER RYAN PLAYERS EN'-' VERY year for the past six years. Cathedral has shown itself not only S3 ,CQ as a college which excells in the fields of sports and education, but also in dramatics. The event takes place at the Academy of Music. ,g,,f,.,,.,, . Although Father Ryan has set a difficult standard by his first and often called the greatest drama, The First Legion , nevertheless, each succeeding year seems to hit a bulls eye on that target, scoring what approaches or even equals The First Legion . The reports of The Least of My Brethren have been very good. Some say it is the best Cespecially the castl. But if it could come near being as good as the hits of the previous years, all the long days of Blood, Sweat and Tears are well rewarded. The players sacrificed their entire Easter vacation in order to make the show the success that it was. To narrate the story or even the highlights would tend to take away from it. The stars?-Fr. Darcy, Fr. Ierome, Benny, foe, the warden, Tom Walsh- all stars. Each lived and acted his part-even afterward tto the enjoyment of everyonel Benny was getting the quiet bin , Hodgson his sumptuous re- pasts , and Father Ierorne was enjoying his connundrums . Whatever it has accomplished has not been accomplished through mere chance or good fortune, but instead, by hard labor and earnest effort. Father Mulrooney has never produced a show without putting every ounce of his own energy into it and this one was no exception. No one resented his honest criticism or became swell-headed from his abundant praise. Indeed that the play was the success that it was is due in a very large measure to his unceas- ing activity and never-ending toil. Other dramas of less renown were the Christmas and the various radio plays put on by the various classes. For the Christmas play, the members of the College put on a one act comedy called, lt Will Be All Right on the Night . The various radio plays were put on by Peter Chiara, '42, lames Reilly, '44 and Hugh Mulligan, '44. And so we close the current dramatic season with the joyful feeling that the Father Ryan Players , have added another hit to the already magni- Iicent collection of Cathedrals dramatic gems. THOMAS S. MINOGUE, '42 CATHEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL

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CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT A play fbere ir, my lord, .tome lezz -wardr long Wliirb if ar brief ai' I lmzfe klzozwz a playg B111 by len wordf, my lord, if if foo long, lltybicb umleel' il redi0lf5. -SHAKESPEARE . ' N the last clay of class before our Christmas vacation certain students ot the college department let their hair grow long and traded in their saddle-shoes for the sock and buskin, so they might tread the boards of Cathedral's stage in a fitting manner. The entertainment consisted of two plays, the first of Which was a comedy, It Will be All Right on the Night, a story about the woes of the coach and director of a play while preparing and rehearsing for the night. The part ot the coach was taken by Tony Praitano, that of director by Frank Mayor De Masi. They were ably supported by Doc Donovan, Ed Garvey, Iim Fitzpatrick, Ioe Dow- ney, Ed Nolan, Bill Hughes, Tom Minogue, and Bill Pigott. plus the usual back- stage group, headed by Dick Dutch Hendel and Iohn Curry. The second half of the Christmas entertainment was a serious radio play written by Mr. Peter A. I. Chiara, poet, playwright and essayist of great renown. Cin. sixth yearl. The play was written on an incident of World War l and pro- vided us with the proper Christmas spirit which we were inclined to forget during the former play and with such thoughts as Christmas' gifts and the Christmas holidays clouding up our minds. The one person to Whom we wish to express our deep gratitude at this point is Father Mulrooney, the faculty director for all aspiring student Thespians. He spends uncountable hours in coaching all the plays of the Cathedral stu- dents. and yet when the final spectacle is enacted, he receive no applause. So here's many thanks to Father Mulrooney for his untiring effortl Father Klarmann, Mr. Bernard Klarmann and Tom Gradilone provided us with something very seldom if ever before heard in Cathedral's gym. As a trio they played fine arrangements of some well-known musical masterpieces. Finally we had the Versatile lerry O'Brien with beard, book and heavy red suit playing the part of Santa Claus and distributing comic gifts to the faculty members, who received them in the spirit they were given. CATHEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL