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

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DRAMA H The hero and heroine, as well as several leading parTs Tor Daddy Long Legs, were selecTed Trom This group which also presenTed The Real Gloriail aT CliTTside Park T-ligh School. From This class and Drama lll were casT The characTers in The Happy Journey, The play enTered by l:orT Lee in The N. J. Forensic League ConTesT and laTer in a sTaTewide compeTiTion in which iT received The iudges' TirsT-class award. Drama ll supplied The casTs Tor The plays Op O' My Thumb, given aT The convenTion OT The NorThern New Jersey LiTTle TheaTre League: Pearls, l:orT Lee's TirsT radio DRAMA HI The TirsT class To be called Drama ll! was organized This year under The direcTion oT Miss Mixer. Make-up arTisTs, sTage help, assisTanT coaches, voice specialisTs, Ticl4eT dramaTic broadcasT' and The ChrisTmas Carol. enThusiasTs, business manager, errand boys, adverTising agenTs, and general nuisances have all had a chance To pracTice Their arTs. To Their crediT came The besT individual cup award, The producTion oT Two Crooks and a Lady, and The ChrisTmas Card. Adorg an l acTresses appeared in public perTormances, and valuable baclcsTage assisTance was given by The sTudenTs oT Drama III Tor any perTormance wheTher Tor class, assembly, or public producTion. THIRTY-NINE

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THIRTY-EIGHT DADDY LONG LEC-ES This Term ForT Lee's annual school play was Daddy Long Legs wiTh BerT Ward and RuTh Nagle in The TiTle roles. The charming TrusTee who TirsT inTroduces Judy To Daddy Long Legs was played by Emily Naerhlich. OTher TrusTees were Edgar Lassins and James Wangeman. Daddy Long Legs Turns ouT To be The very nice John PendleTon, Judy's roornmaTe's uncle, wiTh whom Judy has Tallen in love. Judy's roommaTes were played by KaTherine Felner and Lucille ElTenbein. Lucille's broTher who Talls in love wiTh Judy was played by William Nealon. DRAMA I Drama I, a ninTh-grade class, made a good beginning and promises an acTive upper- class group Tor nexT year. Their TirsT producTion was BroThers, a peace play given Tor ArmisTice Day. Several members oT This class showed The righT spiriT in Trying ouT Tor The school play, and more Than a Tew had parTs. One leading parT and mosT oT The children oT The orphanage were chosen Trom This group. The choice OT Drama I Tor The one-acT play conTesT was The TrysTing Place. ATTer many disappoinTmenTs and much real work, The play was produced in a saTis- Tac+ory manner.

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FORTY WMLATHJC CLUB As The PhilaTelic Club enTered on iTs ninTh successive year, iT played a larger parT Than ever in The liTe oT The school. The club Took an acTive parT in The l-lonor SccieTy Fall Bazaar. AT Chrislmas Time The club sonT albums and sTamps To Bergen Pines l-lospiTals. This year marked The enTry oT The club in The Third lnTernaTional ExposiTion aT The Grand CenTral Palace. lTs membership was increased To TwenTy-Tive, wiTh The Tollowing oTTicers: Edgar Lassins, presidenT: l-larold Richardson, vice-president Edna Kahl, secreTary: RuTh Nagle, represenTaTive To The NaTional l3ederaTion oT STamp Clubs: Nicholas Noolas, sergeanT-aT-arms: Muriel Troy, conTesT commiTTee7 Carl B. STrong, TaculTy adviser. UBRARY STAFF Books are The happiness oT man, and books are The happiness oT The Library STaTT. The Library STaTT, which consisTs oT sevenTeen members, meeTs once each week. These regular meeTings Tend To increase The sTudenT's knowledge oT greaT books and oT greaT wriTers. Also, To arouse This inTeresT sTill TurTher, The STaTT visiTed The New York Public Library aT ForTy-second STreeT. The STaTT is ably supervised by Miss FiTzgeraId, school librarian.