Fort Lee High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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inf Ti Rf WTTTTA for g fly rlfof R K 3. I f i1Ai'Xvl.fx- 2-W' Dramatics , The Dramatic Class has been busy doing a variety of interesting things. We have investigated the lighting effect of the stage, and have dramatized and studied the various parts of a play. We expect to attend, in a body, some popular plays before this season ends. The Dramatic Club has taken over the responsibility of the two school plays for this year which were, It Pays to Advertise by Roi Cooper, lVIagrue and VValter Hackett, presented on November 22, and The Goose Hangs High by Lewis Beach, presented on April 25 and 26. A synopsis of the play follows: It Pays to Advertisei' Cyrus Martin, a Wealthy soap manufacturer, cherishes a fierce determination to have his leisure-loving son, Rodney, buckle down to work. His threats and en- treaties have not the least effect until Mary Grayson appears on the scene. She is lllr. Martin's secretary and confederate in the plan to induce Rodney to go to work. She starts the ball rolling by encouraging the advances of young Rodney, and finally consents to marry him if he will tell his father of their plans first. As a result of the ensuing revelation, the irate father banishes his son from his house. Rodney takes his old friend Ambrose Peale into his confidence and together they formulate the dar- ing venture of introducing the 13 Soap Unlucky for dirt . Through an extensive and spectacular advertising campaign, they plan to bring this soap constantly before Cyrus lVIartfn's eyes and literally force him to buy them out to safeguard his own in- terests. The only missing detail in their plan is their lack of ready money. At this crucial time Cyrus Ma.rtin, falsely believing that the company is a dangerously pros- perous concern, decides to purchase it. Hoivever, lVIary Grayson unwittingly re- S4 L N

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The C. Y. Science Club The C. Y. Club was launched in the latter part of September by a, group of boys eager to find out the whys and hows of science. This group ventured upon the sea of science with Mr. Miller, their biology instructor, as skipper. The meetings are held on Wednesday at three o'clock. The time is divided between business and experimental meetings. Among the various activities undertaken by the C. Y'ers has been the making of a balanced aquarium illustrating the exchange of various life needs between plants and animals. The C. Y'ers are also preparing for a biological exhibit in june. The C. Y. Club goes on monthly trips. Many places of interest have been visited, including the Hudson River Bridge, the National Aviation Show, and the Museum of Natural History. - In its short time of existence the C. Y. Club has made excellent progress and we are striving to make it some day the leading association in the Fort Lee High School, the pride of our Alma Mater. FRED P1-'ISTER '33. 53

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1930 THE TIONEER 1930 4?-25942-zbbarzbvdfszbboi 4634? agua?-nauaffaaabai Qiauarf-aaa veals their true situation. A few days later he is confronted by the amazing news that a Chicago company, due to Rodney's spectacular advertising, has ordered a quarter of a million cakes of 13 Soap at sixty cents a cake and he, Cyrus lVIartin, can manufacture it at three cents a cake. But, however clever Cyrus Martin may be, Nlary Grayson is always two jumps ahead of him. The 13 Soap Company is finally sold to Cyrus Martin to every one's benefit but the purchaser's. The curtain falls with Rodney and Mary happily married and father and son reunited. Thecast was: lVIary Grayson .... . . .Eleanor Gaitley Johnson Cbutlerj . . . . . .Vincent Greene Compress de Beaurien Rodney Martin ..... Cyrus Nlartin .. . Ambrose Peale .. lVIarie fmaidl .. . VVilliam Smith ..... Bliss Burke Ca clerkj .... . George McChesney . . . . . Charles Bronson . . . Ellery ........ . . . ...Anita Burke Francis Deshusses . . . .William Lafko . . . . Robert Kurz . .Dorothy Major . . .... William Ennis . . .Dorothy Lakin . .George ltluller . . .YVilliam Korker . . .William Magee The Goose Hangs High Lois and Bradley Ingals rush into the living room upon arriving home for the Christmas holidays. They are a dashing pair of twins in their early twenties. Their parents, Bernard and Eunice Ingals, are sacrificing nearly everything financially to keep the twins in college, but the twins are totally unaware of this. Elliott Kimberley, the typical influential politician, disagrees with Bernard In- gals who is the tax assessor, as to the capabilities of Bernard's unworthy secretary who was installed in his office because she was a friend of Kimberley's. Bernard, in a rage, orders Kimberley out of his house, and writes a letter of resignation. He confides his troubles to his wife Eunice. To his great surprise she says that it is the best thing he could have done-to free himself of the scheming politicians. However, on second thought, she remembers the twins and their college expenses. As a last re- sort they attempt to borrow money from Granny. She very emphatically refuses to relieve the financial stress, and the harassed parents beat a hasty retreat. Granny summons the three children and tells them the true state of affairs. They resolve to reward their parents for their years of sacrifice by getting jobs and supporting them. There is nothing slipshod about those twinsg they believe in doing things up right while they're about it. Accordingly they proceed to bait the aristocratic Granny SS