Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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January, 1932 5 In Public Speaking “Voice—the immortal instrument of God.’ UBLIC SPEAKING has always interested us. You know, it is a wonder¬ ful thing to be able to make your voice move anyone, and it is greater still to move the people you know and like. Our first public appearance was made by Lloyd Minter in 2-2. At that time he read his Thrift Essay before the high school group. It broke the ice, and afterwards the class was more willing to appear in public. Our next showing was in J-2 when our class represented two novels in character form —The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and A Talc of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. There were two interlocutors, one for each story—Lloyd Minter for The House of Seven Gables, and Olimpio Napoliello for A Tale of Two Cities. As the stories were told, the characters entered and took their places in the settings of the novel. They enjoyed it and it keyed them up for future work in expression. During the S-l semester the annual Dramatic Club play was given. Natu¬ rally, the Senior-two class had the edge on their younger brothers, but three of our members made that coveted goal of all youthful stage aspirants. In a thrill¬ ing dramatization by our own Mr. Henry V. Andrews of Stevenson’s Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde, Lloyd Minter had the good luck to become Mr. Utterson, Jekyll’s lawyer and lifelong friend. Harold Pipp, as Dr. Lanyon’s office boy, did a piece of acting more than splendid in its realism. Our only other successful contestant was Harold Williamson who played the part of Dr. Lanyon’s assistant. His able acting and his professional air of being a doctor’s assistant will remain a happy memory. It was a great emotional experience made possible by Mr. Andrews; and, after all, it gave joy to all who love classic forms of the drama. As president of the Dramatic Club in S-2, Harold Williamson is to be thanked for his work in putting on the annual Christmas play entitled Don Juan’s Christ¬ mas Eve. The other members of the club who were in the play and the club were William Schatzel, Albert Bell, Ludwig Soherr, John Whittick, and Harold Pipp. And perhaps it would be well to mention here that John Whittick and Ludwig Soherr as make-up assistants for most of our dramatic presentations should be thanked for putting their shoulders so willingly to the wheel. Ludwig Soherr, John Whittick, Willard Zurflieh and Olimpio Napoliello, captain, were our representatives in S-l in a debate against the Senior-two class. The question was Resolved: That Old Age Pension Laws Should be Enacted in all the States. We, the affirmative, won! The audience was convinced. The class was jubilant! As a matter of course, we all gave Friday morning talks which were interesting and new in that they were about the things we were interested in or had written about. They served as excellent practice in the kind of speaking everyone has to do sooner or later.

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Girard Hymn Girard! thy mystic spirit calls To happy youth in college halls. And like a silent blessing falls To hallow evermore. From out the old, familiar bower High in the ivy-covered tower. The chapel chimes peal forth the hour As in the days of yore. Sweet memories of bygone days! Let all in song their voices raise; O, dear Girard, We sing thy praise With reverence and love. Our grateful thanks We give to thee For childhood ' s opportunity To live and learn. O may there be Rich blessings from above. Keep us with all our hopes and fears. Fill us with faith that lifts and cheers. Lead and direct us through the years — Be thou our guide and guard. Teach us. We pray, the things to do That make for manhood strong and true — Strengthen our hearts, our love renew; Cod bless our dear Girard. —Harold Barnes.

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6 Class Record A number of the members of the class also gave Sunday evening reports in conjunction with Bible study. In S-2 we had four of the six representatives in the Declamation Contest. Olimpio Napoliello gave a touching picture of the influence of the old Chapel in his life. Willard Zurflieh gave a vivid description of city streets as he knows them and loves them, and of his love for the city. Following this, Ludwig Soherr talked of his fondness for Germany, the land that gave him his parents. The last speaker was Lloyd Minter who talked about his ideal of a dad and his idea of becoming a good one himself. Among the three who won, however, Olimpio Napoliello received first prize. All the contestants did so well that the matter of prize-winning in itself became quite unimportant. The contest, as a whole, was considered unique in originality in the history of the College. Time is drawing to a close. There is only one more event—Commencement. To represent our talent in this event, we shall hear Carl Zoerner, our first honor man, deliver the valedictory address entitled We’ll Remember. Our second honor man, Lloyd Minter, will deliver the salutatory and an address; and finally our class speaker, Olimpio Napoliello, whom the faculty thought represented us best in public speaking will speak on Have Faith in the Present. Not without a word of heartfelt thanks to Mr. Henry V. Andrews, our director and coach, most of all our friend, do we close this episode and wish him good luck in all his further stage enterprises among Girardians. All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. In Music “For song hath ever paid its way.” UR first attempts in music were in the piano class. Philip Evans started to play while a young boy and continued his studies on the organ and piano as far as J-2. In 2-1 he won a first prize at the piano. Now he is the class entertainer. For a while Albert Bell played the piano and at one time won a second prize for proficiency on that instrument. A debt of gratitude is due Mr. Banks for his efforts in their behalf. Perhaps our strongest showing in the Instrumental Music Department was in the orchestra. Among the youngest to join this organization was Anthony Alfe who played all three violin positions and, in S-2, became first violinist, con- certmaster, and leader of that group. He did a wonderful job in these position, and we extend to him our congratulations and thanks for the pleasure he gave us. Next in this group comes Harold Williamson, who played contrebass for four years, and who in his fourth year as leader of his section became the assist¬ ant-leader of the orchestra. We congratulate him too. Two of our members were in the orchestra until their S-l year. They