Chatham Central High School - Flight Yearbook (Chatham, NY)

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F0,ffy-m- T H E T A N A G E R Dramatics HE students in dramatics follow the development of the drama from its beginning to the present day, becoming familiar with pantomine, make-up, marionettes, scenery, lighting and directing. .Xfter the students have thor- oughly learned the varied departments of the theatre, they are cast for parts in one act plays. The three best plays are chosen and are presented for pri- vate and public showings. 'l'hus, the draniatics department is one of the busiest in the high school, and its work is appreciated not only by the stu- dents, but by the audiences that witness their line stage performances. Aurania Roux'erol's three-act comedy drama, Growing Pains , presented by the Senior Class of the Lllllllllililll lligh School in the school auditorium on December ll and 12, has been acclaimed by the hundreds who witnessed it as the finest production from every standpoint yet to be attempted by a local school cast. The play, directed by Elvira Dean Pulver, moved with the smoothness and linish of a professional production from start to finish. That which was a flelinite triumph was the truly beautiful stage setting, ultra professional in its every detail.lt was a practical patio of a California home, replete with stucco finish walls of normal height, stairs leading to a balcony decked with ferns, plants and palms. Thatched roof and lighted wind- DRAMATIC CLUB OFFICERS Scafml, l. to r.-Mrs. lf. D. Pulwr, Director of Dramalics, Henry Sclzlegel, Prcsi dent, Dolordfl Casey, SFt'l'I'ltII'j',' Slfllltlllljfi George Floss, Produclzon Manager Charles Dorlanal, Stage Dirwfor, Malcolm Alamlllo, Vice President. Nl Vld4Mfl'rV-dsx J

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T H E T A N A G E Forty-seven ows, all followed the lines of Spanish architecture. The action of the play took place entirely in this patio. No end of credit is due the boys who constructed it so flawlessly during their spare time since last September. These -boys included Roy Baker, George 'Ploss, Charles Dorland, Cecil Everett, assisted by Harold Lashway, Wilfred Knapp, Malcolm Alamillo, Gordon Arnold and George Hiebeler. They had even fashioned a huge palm that was as real in appearance as it possibly could be. The plot was built around Henry Schlegel as George Mclntyre Cadolescentj and his sister, Terry, played by Julia Burrows, who would like to remain a tomboy, but found herself carried along with the tide and confronted by the baffling problem of growing up. Mrs. McIntyre and her husband, Prof. McIntyre, parents of the youngsters, played by Dolores Casey and Robert Miller, were caught in the whirl of events and found their problems in quantity trying to fathom the reasoning of their heretofore rational offspring. The suave Brian Stanley, apple of Terry's eye, Hal Chase, the stuttering Umar johnson, and Dutch Shultz, portrayed by Richard Crellin, Thomas W'all, Martin Gelbert and Malcolm Alamillo respectively, were the boys of the neighborhood, George's pals. Peter McQuillan and VVilliam Courtleigh were other boys of the clique who added substantially to the east- Their parts were played by Charles XVilber and Charles Dorland. Patty Lorrimer, jane Erskine, Lorrame Hayes, and Miriam Rogers were the girls of the neighborhood played by Clare Hughes, Betty Homans, Mar- garet Arnold and Margaret Hoffman. Prudence, Molly Harding, was a coquettish Miss, with a system , that raised havoc with both boys and girls. Mrs. Patterson, the doting mother, and Elsie Patterson, more or less a misbt in the younger set, ad.led a light moment to the play when they ap- peared and demanded that the latter be given an invitation to a party given by George and Terry as a reward for George's having had his tonsils remov- ed. Mrs. Patterson was also played by Margaret Arnold, and Elsie was Genevieve Garvey. Andrew Van Alstyne, the Tratlic Cop, entered in a hard-boiled, unsympa- thetlc role after George had driven the car that he had procured in a trade for a S20 rifle, past a red light Lon the way to get more ice cream for the partyj. Sophie was the McIntyre maid, played by jane Williamson- Vivian Andrews, Carol Brady, was th-e second girl to move into the neigh- borhood and served as a balance wheel to the entire situation. It was simply Vivian's vampish glance at the boys who had been tagging Prudence that cleared the stage and brought down the final curtain.