Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Tl-IE1911AL.lVIANAC Qllentral Itaigh bnhuul SHERIDAN'S RIYALS .I.xNi'.xRY 7. 1911 AFTERNOON' TI'!'lff'f.S', 3:71-. -3 -EVENING So the posters read and the performance. which was under the ll12iI121g2fC'lllt'Ilt of Mr. xvilSl1l31lI'I1t' and business direction of Fred YY. Adams. more than pleased tl1e large audiences. The action of the play takes place at the Bath, 1774-. ,WT 1. Morning-The arrivals. fashionable resort of Scene I-A street in Bath. Scene IIfMrs. XIalaprop's dressing room. Scene III-Vapt. Ahsolute's apartments. Aol' 11. Earlv afternoon-The challenffe. 1 C' Scene IfNorth parade. Bath. Scene II-Blrs. Malapr0p's room. Scene -. cres' lod 'inU's. S III X ,Q ,., .xr 'T III. Evening-Tlie duel. , Scene IAINIrs. Malaprop's. Scene II-King's niead fields. The all-Star cast was as follows: TIIONIIIN . . Fay . . Lydia Lllllglll-S11 , . Lucy . . Julia .llelrille . Ill rs. .Uala prop . . Sir Anflzony Absolzzie . , Capt. Jael: Absolzde Fazzlcland . . 185 . George Fhiesa , Thomas Merrell Marjorie Sotherland . Amie Lasalle . Doris Stalnats Jeanette Mc-Dougal Bernhard Bierdenian . George Stockton . Paul Austin

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Tl-lE1911Al..NlANAC Ulibe Qlllass in iBuhIir Speaking HE growing interest in the course offered in Public Speaking was evident when, at the beginning of the last semester, such a number registered for the work that it became necessary to limit the class to twenty- five. Those entering the class were given to understand, from the first. that the work was not to be in the nature of a snap course, but would be rational and practical and, as such. would involve the same conscientious preparation and endea- vor required by the various other courses ill the curriculum. Throughout the semester an earnest effort has been put forth to this end. Sight reading has been emphasized with scenes from Julius Caesar. The Pied Piper of Hamlin. for the texts. In declama- tion Horace Porter's The Soldier's Last Salute. together with other standard selections. formed the basis. while such recitations as Kipling's lIelancholia. and various dialect sketches rounded out the Work in reproduction. In original composition three formal themes were written, in- cluding an essay on The Mexico Situation, an oration, Tom Johnson, an Appreciation, and a Memorial Day address. Current topics were also reported on, orally, in class. and short, humorous stories were selected and retold for criticism. A lively general interest was aroused and sustained. and the names of some of the class written large in the literary activities of the school year. It is the intention, next semester, to lay particular stress upon debate and dramatic interpretation. eC. G. OLNEY. IST