Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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January 1935 9 The big play of the season drew heavily from a group of our actors once again. We never fail to see Alexander Davit where a play is being presented. He is a good actor, and will make the most of his abilities. The big play, “The Merchant of Venice,” also starred William Hinkel who took the part of the rich Jew’s daughter, Jessica. Once again Ralph Price came forth taking the part of Gratiano who constantly found pleasure in ridiculing the old Jew. We now present another newcomer to the Girard stage: Christopher Wheeler doing a marvelous piece of work in portraying to us a Duke of Venice. Bruce Allen also played again in this play. Bruce is also gifted as an actor, and we hope he will capitalize his abilities. The last of our series of plays was “Jean Valjean.” In this presentation Alexander Davit, Christopher Wheeler, William Hinkel, and Daniel Shirk played their parts in an excellent manner. Public Speaking also falls in this category of public appearances. Here again, the class was well represented. In the main contest of public speech, the Declamation Contest, Ralph Price won first place, and was awarded the honor of Class Speaker. Pop has worked hard for this, and it was one of his ambitions. In the contest, Alexander Davit and William Hinkel also spoke. The speeches were well delivered and much credit is due the writers. A high calibre of Sunday evening report was established during the past term. The members who carried this difficult job were William Gillen, William Hinkel, Albert Rodgers, John Banning, Arthur S. Englebach, Ralph L. Price, Philip Cohen, Alfred Schmidt, Robert Franey, Robert Andrew’s, and Alexander J. Davit. Our class has made fine progress in the field of public speaking. We ex¬ tend our most sincere thanks to Mr. Andrews, who never ceased to correct and urge good public appearance on the stage and behind the desk. We also voice our appreciation to Miss North for her splendid cooperation in making the plays in which we have played a great success. We also thank those who worked in our debates and informal meetings.

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8 At the Turn of the Road The Fall 1934 issue of the Girard Magazine was published practically by the members of our class. The Editor-in-Chief was John Binder, assisted by Robert W. Andrews, President of the Literary Club, who did a good deal of the work. Other members of the staff were Joseph Abaldo, Bruce Allen, Calvin Morgan, Guy DiCenza, Nicholas Mocharniuk, John Steen and Raymond Pritchard. This is an extremely large number of our class acting as editors, and a good many of the articles were written by them and their fellow classmates. Sam Place, Art Editor of At the Turn of the Road, contributed the cover design for the magazine. The clear-cut lines, and the general excellency of the design placed Sam as one of the outstanding linoleum block-cutters of recent years in the College. Look at some of the cuts in this Record. Sam did them. The last work of our class is the publication of our year book. At the Turn of the Road was published by a class-elected staff. Ralph Price is Editor-in- Chief, with Robert Andrews, Tobias Koch, John Steen, Arthur Englebach, and Robert J. L. Franey his associates. Our desire as writers has been to be just a bit different from the ordinary. This record is decidedly different in several respects from other year books. It is our final literary achievement; we hope it’s the best. Footlights Acting ability in our class was first shown in our Junior-One term in the play “She Stoops To Conquer.” In this presen¬ tation Bruce Allen and Alex¬ ander Davit took the part of servants. The next play in which our class’ talent played a large part was the “Christmas Carol.” In this play, Alexander Davit once again showed his ability as an old man, indulging in strange practices. Bruce Allen also took part as a pawn broker. We now present a new actor, Daniel Shirk, who admirably portrayed to us in the same play what a ghost should look like. We also present another arrival in this field of entertainment: Ralph Price. He transported us from our seats to a cultured English group across the sea. In the “Christmas Carol” the smallest member of our class, Roy Jones, took the part of Tiny Tim, showing us that he only had to be natural.

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At the Turn of the Road Under the Baton D ID YOU ever stop to think what we would do without music? In its ability to create a spirit of agitation or peacefulness, happiness or sorrow, and love or hatred, lies the secret of why we desire and enjoy music. Whenever we are joyous and happy, we naturally give way to singing or whist¬ ling. If we are sad and downcast, there is a kind of music to express that mood. Every feeling of man has been put into a tune or melody of some sort. Even a savage expresses his emotions through music, no matter how crude the form. Thus one can see that the imitative powers of music are indispensable to civilized man and savage alike. In Girard we have been given the opportunity to build a strong foundation for appreciating the pleasures of this art. From the very first day that we entered the College, we have been in constant contact with singing. In the class¬ room we learned that “Every Good Boy Does Fine,” and then applied this and other fundamentals to the songs used in the assemblies or in the Chapel. As we advanced in years, we joined that wonderful “catch club” called the Junior Hundred. There will forever remain in our memories the awe-inspiring Christmas Concerts in which we participated under the “ivy covered tower.” Then, too, we thoroughly enjoyed those annual trips to Woodside Park. Shortly after our class left the Junior Choir, the beloved old Chapel was torn