Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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DOMINO CLUB For The firsT Time in nearly a decade, The Academy's dramaTic sociefy was Truly acTive during The year I949-I95O. Reduced To producing one-acT plays and con- densaTions for The pasT few years, The members resolved in The spring of T949 To sTage a full-lengTh play of currenT inTeresT. Accordingly, early in Sepfember, The club began To rehearse for iTs December producfion, The HasTy HearT. A sTrenuous re- hearsal schedule was esfablished and wiTh The unfiring efforf and encouragemenT offered by our FaculTy Advisor-Direcfor, Mr. Ridgway, The producTion was gradually shaped. As The appoinTed nighT grew near, calamify seemed To sTrike The club. The leading man was confined To his bed seriously ill, consTrucTion of The seT was Tar behind sched- ule. and necessary lighTing equipmenT was delayed boTh in arriving and in being sef up. On The morning of Friday, December The ninTh, a lasT rehearsal of one acT was given before The Upper School and ThaT affernoon, anoTher was given for The Middle: in each a differenf undersTudy Took The imporTanT role of Lachie. Only a few minuTes afTer eighT ThaT evening, however, The curTain wenT up on The firsf acT of The comedy- drama wiTh iTs original casT, including Bill l-liTschler as a mosT-convincing Yank from Georgia, Perry BoThe as a Cockney humorisT, Senior Hal Hamilfon as an ex-pugilisT from Ausfralia, a somewhaT whiTe buT sTill compeTenT Jim Foley as Lachie, a dying Scoffish soldier, and a superb Mrs. Jarvis as The Nurse. OThers in The casT included George Boyd, Jim Reill, William STewardson, and Dick Hoyf. During The spring Term, The club read and considered many plays and definife plans were made for producing Two one-acT dramas, Hope ls The Thing WiTh FeaThers and A Game of Chess. A library plan was insTiTuTed and The club donafed several im- porTanT books To The Benson Library wifh The promise ThaT The Domino Club collecTion would be increased from year To year by The members. The Thanks and homage of The club are exTended To Mrs. Jarvis. who so graciously consenfed To Take The nurse's role, and wiThouT whom our play would have been impossible, and To Mr. Ridgway, our ingenious and indefaTigable advisor whose direc- Tion was absoluTely essenTial To The producfion.

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FRONT: Schellenger, E. Campbell, Hiers, ArndT, DaugherTy. BACK: Palmer, Schaefer, Bazemoro, Mr. Shanbacluer. SCHOLIUM The T949 Scholium Board, under The direcTion of EdiTor-in-Chief Diclc T-liers, under- Toolc The Time-consuming Task of producing The school newspaper wiTh a feeling of en- Thusiasm and conscienTiousness which was largely responsible for The high sTandard which The Scholium aTTained. Through The efforfs of EdiTor T-liers and Managing EdiTor Ned Campbell, The arTicles in The Scholium concerned perTinenT issues on and off The campus. The sporTs deparTmenT of The Scholium saw a greaT deal of re-arranging in The year's Time ThaT The board held iTs posiTion as Three differenT sTudenTs held down The job of SporTs EdiTor. AI Schaefer sTarTed wiTh The board in December of I948 only To resign several monThs laTer afTer having added much To The paper wiTh his breezy Sporfs ChaTTer. Jim DaugherTy, assisfed by Ed Palmer, Then Toolc over The posiTion and boTh did a remarkable job in spiTe of The liTTle previous experience They had had in journalism. Upon being chosen as EdiTor of The TABULA, Daugherfy was forced To resign, and his pace was enThusiasTically filled by Tvlarkley Schellenger who re- mained wiTh The board unTil The end of iTs Tenure. NoThing concerning The Scholium would be compleTe unless menTion were made of Business Manager Willie ArndT and Mr. Franlc Shanbaclcer, The l5aculTy Advisor. When The board assumed iTs posiTion in January, I949, iT was doubfful if The paper would conTinue To be published because of iTs financial posiTion. T-lowever, ArndT vigor- ously Taclced The job and wiThin Two weelcs' Time had The baclc page of The paper filled wiTh ads. T-le Thus saved The Scholium financially and lefT iT wiTh a comforfable balance. The posiTion of FaculTy Advisor is probably The leasT appreciaTed in con- necTion wiTh The paper. Mr. Shanbaclcens proof reading, advice, and laTe hours spenT wiTh The board added Tremendously To The success of The Scholium.

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K. C. Smifli, Jr. G. R. Swan R. T. Addis, Jr. ' F. James, Jr. ' J. P. Pi+lnin ' J. B. ReHew, llI ' H. P. S+arr ' E. J. Palmer, Jr. F. Crocl:eh ' R. M. Marcl1 W. J. Crummer D. A. O. Schaefer, Jr. E. M. Schellenger' J. C. Daugherfy' L. T. McCurdy, Jr. E. A. Fiero, Jr. S. K. Golaszewski' W. H. Aulenbach, Jr. L. G. Williams' S. Ervin, Jr. ATHLETIC ASSOCIA M. P. Sl'lOUVlll1T'TT T. A. Franlclin ' J. D. Kisfler, ll ' R. P. Pi+kin ' J. R. Smi+h, Jr. ' H E. W. Campbell, Jr 'H' W. Pugh, Jr. C. B. Clmadwiclxn' W. C. Arndfu' C. W. Bazemore' R. R. Crummer' W. L. Heppensfall, J - lk F. L. Fleld S. D. Beecher, Jr. R. C. Jea ry' Jr. F. C. Reiclmle, M. H. Sfiles, Jr. TION hug Mcayru FRONT: Kisller, K. Smifh, James, Bazemore. SECOND: R. Campbell, Sc e en er, c ur , lin, Addis. BACK: Mr. Keegan, Dr. 'Haslam, Mr. Brinfon. . S. O'Brian, Jr. '