Francis W Parker School - Record Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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T ' f 1 V . we ls f UNDINE , . ,i, Dm-alan kk Q LL -' . eff so . 1 if 2 Y f h . wg The second senior play for the class of '55 was Und1ne. Giraudoux developed his fantasy from a German legend. The ironic twist of this cinderella story lies in its unhappy ending. True, the beautiful creature won her handsome knight, but the joy they knew with each other was destined not to last. The intervention of Bertha, the Dark Angel, destroyed the super-saturation

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IAMES SAMUEL SPIEGLER Walking encyclopedia -- Le ou La? -- Committee of Four -- booming baritone -- Dagwood sandwiches -- Jazzman -- Jolly Old Saint Nick -- P1aywright's Theatre -- long-winded orations. Doing easily what others find difficult is talent, do- ing what is impossible for talent is genius. Amiel N-xii 'X f N ,. K 1 N l x X 'rw X X y ffm. . 1 9 'X 1.32, ,fn 0 at . V 61 , I .A -I MARY STRAUSS But I cough when I inhale -- Secretary of Student Gov't. -- clever comments -- world traveler -- A11 he needs is a Brooks Brother's suit. -- to park, or not to park. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3:17 ri i' 1 It 'Il' ' 'I 9' TN 'I' X , l .s A A X 1 Pi XX +- C sI'uu143 K Ill . l g rsnnj y7lg,,,,..--H, ' Rpm, HUA gg. 2 Q 0 f ii ft f if PHILIP STAALSEN Earthy humor -- early bird -- Short Ballots are for midgets on1y -- the wet transformation -- Threats of Morning Exes yet to come. Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, strong without rage, without derflowing, full. Denham ! X vf t 1 iflilp ' A QW gale ANN VOYNOW Sesquipedalian -- famous open house -- Massive Ed -- Corvette -- Harvard-Yale games -- Morning Ex. Committee -- Venus de Milo -- Oh beeb -- cokes and Chesterfields -- worldly -- extensive corre- spondence. 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' that is all you need to know. Keats - Page Nineteen

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1 1 i f l i 1 ' i 5 5 in I to 3- V' I - , If 1 ' i :if ft' Q i I t 1 I A , gg i 1 4 of Undlne' s love for Hans. Both Lois and Anne were excellent as the principal Undlne. The differences between their interpretations sparked the play for the two per- formances. Tommy's portrayal of Hans, the man trapped between Bertha, his selected mate, and Undlne, who made him her godg was most convincing. A f QW. 'X 'H 6 I' . 1 V 0 1 V V as Q, s l A p H . ,. . i X , ,,.'g it Fantasy, bothin sets, and in the tlmelessness of the Undlnes, swept the play along. And it was not unexpected that in accordance with the pact Hans was summoned by Death, in the person of the kitchen maid. The mythical and ethereal mood that d1stlngulsh Undine make it palpable for Undine to return to her underwater eternltp.