Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

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18 THE QUILL School ew DRAMATIC CLUB Under Miss Longfellow's capable direction, the G.H.S. Dramatic Club started this year with great success. The officers of the year are as follows: president, Thomas Demersg vice-president, Lois Farrell, secretary, Mar- garet Church, treasurer, Kathleen Mon- aghan. Tryouts were held in the fall for those wishing to enter the Club. The total mem- bership is now forty-one. The second Tues- day of every month is the occasion for our well planned and enjoyable meetings. The annual Dramatic Club play was pre- sented on November 18 before a capacity audience. The play was chosen by a com- mittee, who selected the drama Shirt Sleeves. It was the first play of its kind put on in the school for a number of years, as it was a real drama. Those taking part were as follows: Esther Rand, Adeline Patrick, Theodore Rand, Perley Betts, Diana Rand, jane Ward, Norman Aldrich, Perley Leigh- ton, Franklin Rand, David Nivison, julia Rand, Murray Shepard, Richard Crandall, Colby Flarity, Auctioneer, Everett Elling- wood, Omega, Lois Farrell, Margie Scanlon, Margaret Church, Baggagemen, Carroll Newhouse - Perley Leighton, Busi- ness Manager, Betty Curry, Stage Manager, Carroll Newhouse, Prompter, Geneva Mann. The preliminaries for the one-act play contest were held in Gardiner on Saturday, March ll. The schools competing were Brunswick, Gardiner, and Erskine Acad- emy. We were defeated by Brunswick, but were acclaimed by the audience for such a fine performance. Gur play this year was Pawnshop Granny. The cast of charac- ters was as follows: Granny Riordan, julie Roberts, Mrs. Beckanstin, Betty Chase, Kathleen Riordan, Barbara Chase, Mrs. Eustis, Margaret Church. The next performance of the year was the presentation of the annual Athletic Fair plays. There were two one-act plays: Rich Man, Poor Mann- Emma, Kathleen Mon- aghan, Peter, Carroll Newhouse, Kitty, Lois Farrell, Mrs. Bonelli, Virginia Wise, Yetta, Betty Curry, Mrs. Haggaty, Anne Anderson, Mrs. Aleson, Frances Donnelly, Mrs. McPhauson, Marjorie Fossett, Largo, Clarence McKay, Mrs. Smythe, Marjorie Wood, a nurse, Luella Joselyn, Tommy Tuttle, Perley Leighton. Young Man's Fancy - Mrs. Hoofle, Geneva Mann, Margery I-Ioofle, Ruth Pat- terson, Bert Hoofle, Murray Shepard, Don- nie Hoofle, Thomas Kelley, Mr. Hoofle, David Nivison, joo-Joo Miller, Natalie Cole. The student coaches of Rich Man, Poor Man were jane Ward and Imogene Caney, and coaches of Young Man's Fancy were julie Roberts and Margaret Church.

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THE QUILL 17 G. H. S. ORCHESTRA

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THE QUILL 19 gm, Y . .. .. DEBATING This year our debaters had a very busy sea- son, participating in two debating leagues, a debating clinic, a practice debate, and a mock debate in assembly. Eighteen signed up for debating in the fall. A debating class, taught by Mrs. Mil- dred Snyder, our debating coach, was started. This class, which is to train stu- dents to become our future debaters, is held one period each week. Perley Leighton, David Nivison, Richard Danforth, and Mrs. Snyder attended a de- bating clinic at Bates College on Oct. ZZ. Perley Leighton and David Nivison took part in a demonstration of extemporaneous speaking. Perley Leighton and David Nivison also debated in the Bowdoin interscholastic League debates held at Bowdoin College, Dec. 10, on the question: Resolved, That Section 1 of the Neutrality Act of May 1, 1937, furnishes a satisfactory permanent policy for the United States. The teams selected for the Bates Inter- scholastic League debates were as follows: affirmative, Frances Lombard and David Nivison, negative, Perley Leighton and Thomas Demers. Practice debates were held with Lincoln Academy and also with Winslow. In the league debates our affirm- ative team was defeated by Lewiston, and Mechanic Falls forfeited the debate to our negative team because of a death in the fam- ily of one of their debaters. The question this year was: Resolved, That the United States should establish an alliance with Great Britain. On May 3, a humorous debate was put on as an assembly program. Thomas De- mers and Emery Malcolm upheld the affirm- ative, Perley Leighton and David Nivison upheld the negative of the question: Re-1 solved, That it is better to be a little frog in a big pond than a big frog in a little pond. Letters were awarded at the close of the season to Frances Lombard, Perley Leigh- ton, Thomas Demers, and David Nivison. Certificates were awarded this year from. Bates College to David Nivison and Frances Lombard. THE BAND T i Gur G.H.S. band has had a very successful and colorful year, with many games, pa- rades, etc. We were praised more and more on the improvement from last year. Our band was started about two years ago under the direction of Miss Eva M. Towne, super- visor of music in Gardiner schools. With the help of the community, merchants, and various social organizations we were fortu- nate enough to secure nice looking uniforms of our school colors, orange and black. We have a very capable drum-major, Gilbert Cole. The band has played at all local athletic activities and has added to the enthusiasm of the pupils and citizens when the local teams have played. The band assisted in last Memorial Day exercises of the Ameri- can Legion and also their Armistice Day activities and received many compliments on good work and appearance. The band took the place of the orchestra this year at the Athletic Fair. Even though this is not the regular custom, the idea went over big. The band has been asked to take part in the Gardiner Board of Trade Fair, the last of May, in a comedy act. THE ORCHESTRA The orchestra has had a busy season play- ing for almost all of the school functions,