Eastern Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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R l F L E T E A M Organized by Major Blakeslee Parker in the late fall and backed by the experienced shooting of Lynn Mauk, the Rifie team shot hard to uphold the record of its predecessor. In assorted meets with Far Rockaway High School of Long Island, the team was defeated by an experienced group of boys who had fired together for over four years. Besides firing in the Hearst trophy, where the team placed eleventh in the United States, an invitation took them in March to the Connecticut State Championship Match where the group placed seventh. Although new, Frank Guthridge, Luis Montero, Robert Ginn, and George Tinnerman practiced long hours at the Armory to make such accom- plishments possible. ' '77

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THE GLEE CLUB The organization of an activity, long desired at E.M.A., was finally accomplished in January, this year, when the Glee Club began rehearsals. With few exceptions, the club is made up of Cadets from the upper classes. It is planned to add voices during the re- mainder of the year and to increase the size of the group next year. Due to the lack of time for rehearsals and the fact that it is a first-year club it has been necessary to restrict the membership to those who have had former experience or have better than average voices. The group made public appearances locally and at nearby schools where they were received enthusiastically. Social aftairs were also enjoyed. The singers presented standard male chorus and glee club numbers, including Old King Cole with descant by Dunhill, The Ol' Gray Robe by Huntley, a Russian dance song, Dance My Comrads, by Bennett, Sea Chanties arranged by Bartholomew, Your Land and My Land by Romberg and Waring's arrangement of Sweet and Low. Also, old and recent popular and harmony songs were sung. Marion O. Andre is the conductor ofthe club. He is a member ofthe Conductors' Club of New York, an organization of male chorus conductors in the East and has had twenty- five years' experience directing glee clubs, choruses and choirs. 76

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THE THESPIANS In January, 1947, the Thespians Club was organized within the ranks of Freshmen and Sophomore classmen. The club was strictly a dramatics club devoted to the study, production and mechanics of amateur theatricals. The membership, thouah then small, was wholeheartedly enthusiastic and bid fair to strengthen and advance this activity in the school in years to come. From the initial meetings when plans were made for the remainder of the year and formal election of officers took place, the members had been reading, discussing and rehearsing plays. A melodrama of sizzling proportions was the first pre- sentation of the club and as time permitted rehearsals, several more one-act plays were oFfered for the entertainment of the Corps before June. Charter members ofthe Thespians were: George Tinnerman, President, Robert Tansey, Vice-President, Fred Wickelman, Secretary and Treasurer, Ronald Schwartz, Historian and Stage Manager, Howard Good, Daniel Fernandez, and Daniel Wolinski. 78