Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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1114 THE ACADEMY BELL THE SENIOR DRAMA This year the Seniors presented Green Stockings for their annual drama. The play was a great success through the clever acting of the cast and Miss Farris' coaching. Celia Faraday, a young lady approaching the freezing point, was excellently played by Eleanor Lane. Edward Meyers as Colonel J. N. Smith, D. S. O., acted the part of a bluffer and a lover with no little ability. Olive Stanton acted the part of Mrs. Chisholm Faraday with a skill that brought her many compliments. No others could have been chosen who would have played the parts of Celia's three sis- ters better than Ruth Mills, Esther Charles and Elizabeth Hill. We never imagined Edward Buzzell as a young man in love, but as Hon. Robert Tarver he certainly showed us that he knew how. Kenneth Small did very good work at acting the part of William Faraday, Celia's father, who was eager to get her married so he could live at his club. Leon Ballard as Admiral Grice, Randolph Andrews as James Raleigh. and Robert Littlefield as Henry Steele, were friends of Mr. Faraday and more or less in love with his daughter, Celia. Theodore Anketell played the part of Martin, the butler, to perfection. At the dance which followed the drama the cast gave Miss Farris a bouquet of roses in appreciation of her coaching. MUSIC During the past year Mr. Hurd has kept up his splendid work of developing the Academy chorus and orchestra. Under his supervision the A. M. Abbott Choral Society was able to present the following program for the celebra- tion of National Music Week: Mayl. Vesper Service and address at the First Congre- gational Church 7.30 P. M. May 2. Lecture, Schumann as a Song Composer, illus- trated by Mrs. L. A. Dole 10.00 P. M. Piano Recital by Clyde Johnson, assisted by the Academy Chorus 7.30 P. M. Mayil. Piano Recital by Kenneth Meader and Leah Mclntire 7.30 P. M. May 4. The North Conway Chorale Union, directed by Mrs. Harold Mudgett, guest of the A. M. Abbott Society 7.30 P. M. May Piano Recital by Edmund Emerson, assisted by the Academy String Quartette 7.30 P. M. M:1y6. The A. M. Abbott Chorale Society, guest of the North Conway Society 8.00 P. M.

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THE ACADEMY BELL 15 The public was so pleased with the cantata, The King of Christmas, that it was presented again this year. On February 15th, there was a recital given by the chorus and piano students in the gymnasium. With the experience of previous years behind them, the voices of the chorus are at their best this year and show very careful training and selection. The chorus was for- tunate this year in having four soloists, Edmund Emerson, Charles Thurlow, George Bohm and Carolyn Gannon. CIRCULUS LATINUS The Circulus Latinus, which was introduced into the school last year by Miss Johnson, has been most successful. Meetings are held every two weeks in the Assembly Hall. Last year only Freshmen and Sophomores were admitted to the club, but this year Juniors and Seniors have been allowed to join. CEligibility lies in receiving and holding a rank of C+ in Latin.J This has made a much larger and better club, averaging twenty members as opposed to twelve in 1927. The officers for the present year are as follows: Consuls fPresidentsl : Marjorie Moulton, Clyde Johnson. Scriba fSecretaryJ: Eleanor Lane. Quaestor tTreasurerJ: James Guptill. Aediles fProgram Committeel: Esther Pike, Chair- man. Charlotte Wentworth, Edmund Emerson. At the meetings entertainments are provided which relate to old Roman holidays and customs. Programs this year have varied from shadow pictures depicting mytholog- ical characters to explanations of the Roman Saturnalia icorresponding to our Christmasl and the solving of Latin cross-word puzzles. The older members especially enjoyed the big Novem- ber initiation meeting of the year, when twelve trembling candidates listened to advice of the Olympic gods and dis- played their ability to react properly to a shocking Vergil book. This year the club has ordered pins especially designed with Circulus Latinus, F. A., and the Roman fasces as the main features. A play, Dido, the Phoenician Queen, to be presented to the public later in the spring, is well under way. This is something of an experiment, as a real classical drama has not been given at F. A. in recent years. In the hustle and bustle of present day life, few people stop to think of the beauties of the two civilizations which have formed the back- ground of our civilization: Greece and Rome.