Englewood High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 22 .7 'J QOADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD TAKE NOTICE Englewood Players Do I+ Again By Ernece Kelly Surely Jane Kendall could hardly have dreamed of a high school drama group presenling her superb dramaiizaiion of Jane Aus+en's celebrared novel, Pride and Preiudice, as well as The Englewood Players did on lhe evening oi January IS, l954, under lhe direciion of Mrs. Leclbeiler. I+ was a vivid and convincing porirayal 'rhey gave ihal evening, in Fullerion l-lall al +he Ari lnsiiiule, of an anxious moiher awail- ing suilors io marry her five nor 'foo anxious daughiers and of much Thar Jrranspired Jrhereaiier in ihe life of lhe immorlal Benner family. Lydia, one of The younger daughiers, is +he lirsl +o gel married. She eloped. This pleased her molher bui slarlled her ialher. Jane and Elizabelh are making plans for Their marriage .when ihe play ends. Mary, rhe inielleciual, is more inler- esied in knowledge and i+s applicaiion ihan in finding a husband. So she remains unwed, when lhe final curiain descends, as does also lhe youngsier, Carherine, who is sfill giddy and childish. Wilh lhree of iis members gone or aboul io leave, lhe Benner family coniinues ils happy exislence. And one gol Jrhe 'feeling ihal ir would remain equally happy aiier lhe olher lwo daughiers had lalcen on lhe bonds ol mairimony. L. ..., 1-

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Students Taking Chicago MoTor Club Driver's TesTs High School is one who abides by The golden rule: Do unTo oThers as you would have Them do unTo you. An old rule, iT is Today, as in The pasT, The besT guide To good ciTizenship and good relaTions gen' erally-in The school, The home, The neighborhood, The ciTy, The sTaTe. The naTion, and The world. Five Runners-Up Originally iT was planned To give honorable menTion To Tour essays selecTed Tor ThaT disTincTion Trom all Those enTered in The conTesT. This was To be done, aT course, aTTer The prize-winning piece had been chosen. ln The end iT was decided To piclq Tive insTead OT Tour runners-up. These are Lucille King oT Mrs. Gays 4A division, Gloria SmiTh aT Miss Rooney's 4B division, Jerry Ann SmiTh aT Mrs. MoTen's 4A division, Warren Jones oT Mrs. LedbeTTer's BA division. and Marian l-lunT aT Mrs. FosTer's 3A division. WorTh pondering and Talcing To hearT are re- marlcs made in The essays oT This guinTeT aT young Thinlcers. Young ciTizens, says Lucille King in her piece, musT recognize ThaT alThough They have privileges They also have duTies and responsibiliTies . . She goes on To observe: Wheii you have res- pecT Tor auThariTy and caoperaTe wiTh Those in charge, and when you boosT and help promoTe any worThy cause oT your school, you have The righT Tundamenlrals OT ciTizenship aT Englewood l-ligh. CourTesy is sTressed by Gloria SmiTh, who, in her essay, noTes: Being courTeous is always ac- cepTed as a sign oT good breeding. lT should be pracTiced aT all Time Towards The members oT The TaculTy, Tellow sTudenTs, and visiTors. Jerry Ann SmiTh emphasizes The imporTance OT respecT. Says she: SelT-respecT, respecT Tor oThers, and respecT Tor public properTy are highly es- senTial elemenTs OT good ciTizenship. The oTher Two runnerseup, Marian l-lunT and Warren Jones. 'philosophize' more broadly in Their essays. l-ligh School, declares Marian, 'lhas done much in The way aT helping me undersTand people beTTer . . . l have learned ThaT There musT be give and Talce iT liTe is To be pleasanT, and ThaT pa- Tience oTTen malces one The winner in The long run. Warren sTril4es a paTrioTic noTe. Qur America, he poinTs ouT, would noT be The land iT is iT each ciTizen ThoughT only oT himselT. The greaTness aT America is based on our ThoughTTulness Tor one anoTher. lT will conTinue only iT American men, women, and children play The 'game aT liTe' Tairly wiTh respecT and consideraTion Tor The righTs aT oThers. The same may be said aT our school-- good old Englewood High. OThers WorTh MenTioning OuTsTanding among oThers who submiTTed inTer- esTing essays Tor consideraTion in The conTesT are Doreene liranlclin, Peggie Chambers, Barbara Mc- Kinney, Fannie l.. l-laile, EdiTh R. Burrounghs, Marie E, Laclcey, Faye Miller, Clara Williams, Frances Jaclcson, RoberT Brown, MaeTTa T-larris, Barbara Kline. Carolyn l-lasson, Nellie Marie Jones, and JuaniTa Kidd. Page 21

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