Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Dramatic Club First Rote: E. McGuckin, W. Machinist, G. Jamieson, M. Kemp, J. Kennett, J. DiPietro. N. Johnson, Mr. Henry V. Andrews Second Rou : J. Silverman, G. Norton, W. Lockard, C. Pardue, J. Wallace, D. Kornacki For well over 40 years the Dramatic Club has been one of the most active organizations on cam¬ pus. Under the superb guidance of Mr. Henry V. Andrews, the 1966-1967 Dramatic Club again produced excellent plays at Christmas and in the spring. The long list of past members of the Girard College Dramatic Club includes several successful television personalities. With an instructor like Mr. Andrews, this is no surprise. His tenacity and enthusiasm have made all the members of th? Club strive for perfection. In the spring of 1966 two plays were produced. The entire cast of one of these, The Statue,” by Arthur Miller was made of underclassmen. In leading roles were James Verna, David Kornacki, John Wallace, John Fulton, William Linton, and Jay Silverman. On December 16 the Club presented its annual Chirstmas play. This year’s presentation was The Bishop ' s Candlesticks” from the famous French novel, Les Miserahles, by Victor Hugo. It was a complete success. The main characters were John Wallace as the escaped convict Jean Valjean, James Verna as the bishop, Thomas Love as Madame, and Joseph Maleno as the servant, Pierre. In supporting roles were Jay Silverman, John Fulton, William Linton, Robert Marinucci, Richard Setzer, and Robert Lorenz. The play captured the true meaning of Christmas. A thief Jean Valjean, was caught stealing the bishop’s candlesticks. The police caught him and brought him back to face the bishop, but the bishop allowed the thief to go free, and gave him the stolen valuables. In the closing lines of the play, Jean Valjean promised the bishop that he would use the money to become an honest man. These plays are another contribution of Mr. Andrews’ direction which spans 44 years at Girard. -{!!}

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WGC First Rou : H. Kinney, J. DiPictro, E. Crane, D. Kornacki, V. Machinist, D. Adams, W. Lockard Second Rate: J. Stewart, D. Sysko, J- Wallace, D. Wessner, M. Kemp, D. Sims Third Rou: J. Miegoc, C. Pardue, E. Saskel, R. Dever, J. Lamb, J. Thomason, E. McGuckin, F. Pioffman The objectives of WGC, ’67, were not to bring dull, factual news and boring, already-known campus events to its depressed Monday morning listeners; they were to try to give its audience a lift from the first-day-of-the-week-blues”. WGC, ’67 has apparently achieved its objectives. Its listeners have always felt a little less depressed after having heard the latest popular records, one of its famous Joke of the Week” series, or one of its side-splitting tape recordings of the more humorous events that occurred through the course of the school year. WGC, cheerful, informative, and interesting achieved its objectives this year. The radio show was originally introduced by Mr. Henry V. Andrews, who still sponsors it today. Though Mr. Andrews hoped that a weekly radio show would entertain the boys, his major purpose in creating WGC was to give interested boys a chan:e to develop and display their announcing and writing skills. Because of the valuable experience gained through Mr. Andrews and WGC, several of its announcers have gone on to a professional career in the radio and communications field. Dave Kornacki, WGC’s head announcer this year, was assisted by John Wallace, Den Adams, Garry Norton, Chuck Pardue. Bill Lockard, and Bill Machinist who, as electrical technician, also served as an announcer. The director of writers, Joe DiPietro relied on Ernie Crane, Jimmy Stewart, John Lamb, Eddie Saskel, and Harmon Kinney for the show’s featured events such as Room of the Week’, Athlete of the Week”, sports events, and interesting campus news. The WGC ' 67 writers and annourtcers would like to thank Mr. Andrews for helping to produce a show of high standards and good entertainment. A io y

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National Honor Society I pledge myself ro uphold the high purpose of this society to which I have been elected, striving in every word and deed to make its ideals the ideals of my school and my life.” This is the pledge of the National Honor Society which those truly outstanding people in our class took when being recognized as the leading citizens of Girard. Membership in the Society is offered only to those who display the best in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. The members strive concientiously to uphold the standards and ideals stated in the pledge in conjunction with the ideals of Stephen Girard. We were very happy when James Bennett, Robert Dever, Nicholas Johnson, Jay Silverman, Warren Stanley, and Anthony Thissen were called to the platform as the representa¬ tives of our class in the Society. In the ensuing elections the members chose Jay Silverman as President, James Bennett as Vice- President, and Nicholas Johnson as Secretary. With such able leaders, the organization’s affairs were handled efficiently. Late in April the members, along with Miss Miriam McGhee and Mr. Albert Schoeli, dined at Kugler’s in Center City. The boys would like to thank the Alumni Association for their generous contributions toward the dinner. For his undivided interest as the Society s sponsor, they give many thanks to Mr. Schoeli. The chosen boys have demonstrated their worth to the school with fine records of service, loyalty, and leadership. We are sure that they will continue these highly desirable habits throughout their lives. -{12 y