Edgewood School - Bridge Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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DRAMA Great Heavens! What was that blood-chilling shriek that split the air?-That? -oh, that was Wilma Schwarz, she's being strangled. And hark, those wild splashes, gasps and scufflings? John Pampel, at death-grips with a river monster. Behind him slinks Bob Lipman, his wicked, curved blade poised to strike. Bandit Bob he is now, you know. And what is that bowed figure crawling under benches and wailing, my stick, my stick. ? Crash ! The seven branched candlestick reels to the floor. Poor Jack Sargent! How he has aged! See he has a long white beard. Put an arrow in him! yells Wally Vail, scuttling upon the scene with Bob Irvine, a coal-black rullian, at his heels, bow poised. But don't you realize he must be a millioniare by now , storms jane Iserman, cramming all the paper she can find into a bonfire in the middle of the living room stairs. All my life I have been different sobs Marcia Hubert, and falls in a swoon at the feet of jim Van Dyk who withdraws his left foot from her mouth. At that moment Barbara Bronston attempts to break her mandolin over Wilma's head, but is prevented as a ball hurled by Dot Flink grazes her ears. Help! Help! Call the State Troopers! Call the Fire Department, call the F.B.I., Red Revolution has broken out at Edgewood. But wait! A voice, as of an enraged sea-lion: All right, take it from 'he was a half-wit'-and for Pete's sake pick up those cues quickly! Of course this is Mrs. Gutherz coaching the junior class in a typical rehearsal of the play Tobias and the Angel , presented on May 27 and 28. Ah! Not revolu- tion, but drama has struck Edgewood.

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The Nativity The twenty-second performance of the Nativity Play was presented on Decem- ber 15. The play, written and directed for many years by Miss Lucine Finch, was carried on after her death, by Miss Washburn. The cast included students and Alumni who had played the same parts in past years. We call it the Edgewood Nativity Play because it was written for the facilities available in the Big House. For an hour we forget that the staircase is a flight of wooden steps, it becomes one of Bethlehem's rolling hills on which shepherds watch their flocks. Those who remember the performance are glad that this tradition is being con- tinued. Trial by Jury Gilbert and Sullivan were well hailed at Edgewood this year by the student production of Trial by Jury . The production was somewhat in the way of an experiment, as Edgewood had not had a musical in nearly ten years. It proved to be a very worth-while, enjoyable and successful experiment, however, for both cast and audience. Trial by jury was a completely student production, the only faculty member assisting being Miss Burnham, who played the piano accompaniment and did much of the musical arranging. The operetta was directed by Peter Hornstein, who sang one of the male leads, no Broadway director ever did a better job, and if the operetta's success lies with any one person, Peter is certainly the most likely candi- date. The leads in the show were played by Sandy Eldridge, Mike Hayden, Larry Donino, joan Link, and Peter Hornstein. They were supported by the costume, lighting and property committees which did an excellent job. As all those concerned well know, the operetta was hard work, but the show's success more than made un for it.

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Left to Right: I. Kates, Senior Manager: S. Kater, Sports Editor: A. Shapiro, Auiftant Ea'it0r,' M. Friedlander, Literary Editor: E. Hubert, Editor: H. Meurer, Axriftant Editorg E. Slvur, Sport: Manager: T. Chute. Art Editor. Not Prerent: P. Freiderickr, Azfvertiring Manager. The Bridge Staff The primary purpose of this book is to serve as a historyg a story of the year, vital to each undergraduate as a reminder in later years, of true, lasting friendships formed, and various activities in which he participated while on the Edgewood campus. Time, besides being the healer of all things, is a curtain drawn upon the stage of Memory. It has been our purpose to prevent that curtain of Time from obscuring wholly the scenes which we, as students, have acted. With full realization that the task involved is in no sense light, we present for your approval the 1948 BRIDGE.