Evander Childs High School - Oriole Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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i ADMINISTRANTS ELEANOK EGAN Collage Adviser JOHN A. DONOHOE Administrative Assistant JOHN BROPHY Dean of Boys KATHARINE CUNNIFFE Adnfiinistrative Assistant

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DRESS REHEARSAL TO THE ACTORS: The past four years have represented a dress re- hearsal for life. From your daily classes to these meetings of clubs and committees that constitute Evander ' s back- stage, you have garnered a wealth of invaluable acting experience. And now you are about to demonstrate the ability you have attained on the stage of life. For this is opening night. This is the star-studded moment when the spotlight is fixed on YOU. Will you blow your lines or will you become real troupers? Don ' t forget that you are an important part of the world ' s greatest production. It is you who determine the course of action the play will take. The denouement has not yet been written into the script. That is your job. Don ' t fail your producers and directors. Step boldly out onto the stage, read your lines with care and delibera- tion, and your play will have a long and successful run.

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EVANDER IDYL Presented by the Graduating Class of January 1947 Curtain going up! ACT ONE; SCENE ONE TIME: SPRING, 1943 Our scene takes place in Evander ' s bustling halls. The milling throng of students gradually ebbs away as a young couple steps to centerstage. They represent the typical Evander boy and girl and are the main figures in our play. This is their first term at a senior high school and quite naturally, they are in awe at what is happening about them. They make up for their awkwardness and shynesG by their eagerness to please. So characteristically freshmen are these two, not at all like the brash sopho- mores or indolent juniors. . . As the days pass, our leading players exchange their look of open-mouthed awe for one of bright alertness. They Yes sir and No Ma ' am the teachers, gape after passing celebrities, and pour their allowances into the G.O. and the G.O. store. Banners wave gaily from their hats, proclaiming them to all the world as Evander students. The shirking of homework is considered by one and all as an unforgivable sin. . . . So ends the first scene. It shows promise of a worthwhile play. ACT ONE; SCENE TWO TIME; FALL 1943 The plot thickens! A slight change in characteri- zation is noted. We see no longer the wide-eyed look, the indrawn breath so typical of the First-termer. Our players have acquired a very small edge of sophistication which they proudly exhibit. The audience sees it as a kind of glow and applaud enthusiastically. Though just as earnest, these Second Termers have discovered a few facts which help to ease the oh! so painful burden of home- work. Thus, they have learned the knack of completing the English assignment in Math class. And when the direc- tor shouts Cut, all offenders had better watch their step! . . . The school resembles a darkened auditorium because