Cherry Hill High School East - Eidolon Yearbook (Cherry Hill, NJ)

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CHARLEY’S AUNT was first produced at the Royalty Theatre, Lon- don, December 21, 1892 and ran for four years. It has enjoyed more revivals than any other single play of its century. The play takes place at Ox- ford College in the late 1800’s. The plot revolves around the young undergrad- uate Jack Chesney who is des- perately in love with Kitty Ver- dun, and Charles who is equally enamoured of Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the young ladies to their dorm rooms for luncheon in order to meet Charley’s wealthy aunt from Brazil. But alas, the millionaire aunt sends word that she will have to defer her visit for a few days. What is to be done? The young girls must not be compromised- no, never! However, neither will the fellows give up the opportunity of declaring their love. The problem appears to be solved when Jack and Charley convince another Oxford stu- dent to don the attire from a soon-to- be theatrical performance and pre- tend to be the aunt. This old frump is introduced as Charley’s Aunt to the sweethearts, Jack’s father (who is advised by his son to marry her “millions”), and to Stephen Spettigue, Amy’s guardian. The sweethearts hug and kiss the old aunt while the two men try to court her. Then the real aunt turns up. Once she realizes an impostor is present, the slapstick never ends. 192

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History is being made and momentous global events occur daily as we go through school. While all this happens, teenagers are constantly being inundat- ed with opinions and information through television, magazines and newspapers. But when are we asked to voice our opinions and solutions? One opportunity that is provided is through our MODEL U.N. East High School’s 4th annual Model United Na- tions was quite a formidable undertak- ing involving approximately 200 people from sixteen local high schools. The group from East, organized by Sheela Athreya (the Model U.N. chairperson), Mike Reedich, Sarah Goldberg, Subha Ramanathan and Elizabeth Rajewski succeeded in making this the largest in our history. Besides writing and send- ing letters to the various schools, rules and proposals had to be confirmed and concerns with the assigning of represen- tative countries had to be resolved. Through their hard work, students were given the opportunity to represent delegates from nations all around the world. During the day, each student participated in one of four committees dealing with human rights, South Afri- ca, international terrorism and the Se- curity Council. Proposals were debated and then voted upon, parallelling the procedures of the actual U.N. (with just as much effect). Enjoying the rare opportunity to dis- cuss and argue differing ideological viewpoints, students gained valuable experience out of the classroom and learned more about the present world situation. MODEL U.N. 194