Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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First Row, left to right: C. Ferwerdo, C. Mevoli. S. Bonotatibus, D. Fizel, P. Heuboch, L. Martin Second Row, left to right: Mr. A. Falatico, E. Spomer. A. Tangi, F. Dwyer This year a new singing group was initiated in order to arouse more interest in the choir and to enable boys who do have good voices a chance to express their talents. The Girard Cho¬ rale is a select group of fourteen mixed voices ranging from soprano to bass and who show earnest interest in the choir and in singing. The Chorale’s first performance was in the Junior School Audiorium, followed by a performance in the high school. They also participated in the Christmas and Spring Concerts. If interest and hard work continue as has been shown, the Gir¬ ard Chorale will establish a name for itself. Within the last few years there has been a need of more communication between the members of the organization and the officers with Mr. Falatico, the choir director. This year the officers of the choir, Anthony Tangi, Secretary-Treasurer; Francis Dwyer, Vice President; and Charles Mevoli, President, met frequently with the entire group with inten¬ tions of giving the members who make up the organization a chance to register complaints and suggest improvments. It is hoped that these meetings will arouse a greater interest and concern for the choir now that the members can express their opinions. The highlight of the Christmas Concert this year was the choir’s singing of the Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah. In the Spring Concert, the highlight was guest soloist, Mertine Johns, Mezzo— Soprano, singing swinging spirituals by herself and with the choir. The Girard Choir traveled to Dover, Delaware in late March to sing Haydn’s Te Deum” with the admirable Dover Symphony Orchestra. This was a unique and unforgettable experience for all the members of the choir and the results were well worth the hard work and effort put into it. All the members of the choir who were willing to give up their free time to work hard to make better concerts and per¬ formances deserve much credit. i 21 y

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oZ dramatic C (ui First Row, left to right: G. Taylor, L. Marinucci, D. Hoffman, M. Lefko, F. Baker,, J. Foreman, G. Blas e, D. Foca, Mr. N. Sherman Second Row, left to right: J. Maleno, G. Potter, L. Martin, J. Verna, W. Johnston, D. Fizel, T. Love, E. Spamer This year’s Dramatic Club, under the new and very capable direction of Mr. Norman Sherman, got off to a fine start with its first production in December, The Other Player. The tradition of having a Christmas play in this time slot (traditionally The Bishop ' s Candlesticks) was broken with this one- act, one- scene play that consisted of only three characters, played by Douglas Fizel, Louis Baccino, and William Linton. The play was a story of a father whose only son had drowned in a swimming accident while in a bearding school. The father, Mr. Corlin, well-played by Louis Baccino, returned to this school to collect his son’s possessions and to find from the school pres¬ ident, Dr. Becker, played by Douglas Fizel, and one of Jeffrey’s (his son’s) tennis tournament opponents, Peter Cross, played by William Linton, diat his son was hardly the well-rounded, kind, considerate boy he was believed to be. Another precendent was set by presenting this play at Temple Univer¬ sity’s Randall Auditorium. The three seniors and Mr. Sherman should be commended for their devoted determina¬ tion in putting on a very successful play. For the Spring Play, Mr. Sherman presented Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich , a one-act, three-scene play about the difficulities of survival in a Siberian labor compound. Several seniors were involved in the production of this play, includ¬ ing Donald Carpenter, James Verna, William Linton, Douglas Fizel, Earle Spamer, and Thomas Love in some of the roles. Naturally, in their tradition of this year, the Dramatic Club and Mr. Sherman through their perseverance managed to make a fine product of the Spring Play. ! 20 j-

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First Row, left to right: F. Dwyer, W. Off, K. Lawrence, J. McGrath, Second Row, left to right: G. Buthusiem, A. Blose, D. Jesser. D. Feeley, D. Riddle, Mr. D. Clark Third Row, left to right: D. Corriden, H. Costello, A. Richey. S. Sedor, M. Malandra The sole purpose of the World Affairs Council was to become increasingly active this this year both in and out of Girard. This year’s Council wa s able to bring the problems of the world a little closer to some of the people who will be facing them in the near future. High School Forums, sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the World’s Affairs Coun¬ cil, were attended by Girard students who took active parts in all discussions ranging in scope from Biafra to the Problems of Big City America. Through briefing and sheer enthusiasm the Hummers proved to be the true diplomats and formidable foes in any discussion. This increased zeal in attributable mainly to Mr. Douglas Clark, faculty sponsor of the club, who gave considerable amounts of his own time in organizing and directing the Council. The club’s purpose of giving students first hand experience in world government and the major problems that now confront the world was entirely realized this year with Girard’s par¬ ticipation in the Model U.N., an organization which authentically duplicates its N. Y. coun¬ terpart in every detail. The countries are represented by students from the various Philadelphia High schools, of which about 150 attended. Girard represented this year New Zealand. The delegation was headed by Walter C. Johnston. On 4123169 the General Assembly met at the University of Pennsylvania Museum for a whole day, with an attendance of about 700 students who decided either to adopt or reject the various resolu¬ tions, such as Isreali agression, admission of Red China to the U.N., technical problems dealing with voting rules, and uses of the Sea Bed. This year’s World Affairs Council enjoyed and profited from the meetings they attended. A fine note of thanks must go to Mr. Clark for his fine guidance in a project demanding arduous work. {22 y