Girls High School - Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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CAST Dickens' Christm Scene I. Scrooge...... . Bob Cratchit. Fred-Scrooge's nephew. . First Gentleman ........ Second Gentleman. . . ...... . . . Scene II. Ghost of Marley. . . .......... Scene Ill. Past .... ........... Spirit of Christmas Little Scrooge. ' ...... . Fan, his sister .... Mr. Fezziwig. . . . . Mrs. Fezziwig. . . . Miss Fezziwig, first ..... Miss Fezziwig, second .... Fiddler. ............ . Young Scrooge. .... . Dick Wilkins. . . Guests at party. .. -.... .- Scene IV. Ghost of Christmas Present ............. Mrs. Cratchit. . . Peter Cratchit ........... Martha Cratchit. Belinda Cratchit. Little boy. ..... . Little girl. . . Tiny Tim. . . Fred's wife. . . . . .......--.- Topper. Mrs. Fred's sister. . . . . . . . . . Scene V. Mrs. Dilber. ............... ....... . Joe, the pawnbroker. ......... . Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come ......... Scene VI. Boy ,... ...... . .... 20 as Carol ... .- . . . Grace Freehafer Helen Hoffman . Edith Brunner . Fannie Braude . . . Helen Sailer Clara Kramlich . . . Ruth Fisher . . .Ruth Schwanger . . Esther Ranck . Catharine Nau . .Alice Langan . . . Amy Brobst Helen Lutz . . . . . . .Helen Sailer Jeanette Featherman Margaret Zell . . .Catharine Fernau . . . . Fannie Braude . . . Esther Rancl: . . . Margaret Rotz . . . . . . Ruth Fisher . . .Catharine Fernau Anna Behm . . . Margaret Zell . . . . Grace Rea .... Jesse Hater . . . . . Marian Specht . . . . . . . Helen Sailer Catharine Hinnershitz Amy Brobst . . . Josephine Moyer . . . Fannie Braude . . . Sadie Dietrich

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Dickens' Christmas Carol z its 1 V s I if Presented as a Play, December 24, 1914. 'G x N V l 'Twas the day before Christmas and allthrough the school,h ly' i' X Was a hurry and flurry ne'er ordained by ruleg K - In , The Freshmen were waiting, with chills and with fear, QQ. ' i. 9 ' In hopes that the Senior: soon would appear. V Of rumors of ghosts they'd heard many a score, 3 ' I-low grim,-and how all their chains rolled on the tloor, ' And they gazed at the platform in fear and in dread, , cm For now soon the play was to start, it was said. E curtain rolled up 1? D midst a burst of apglauseg - 'Twas easy to sec it all was because Old Scrooge and his clerk, poor Bob Cratchit, were there Ah! that's llelen I-lollmau, I see by her hairg And Scrooge underrieatlr his small cap and its peak, I-ias a dimple wc've seen in Grace Freehafer's vheek, Though you nevcr would guess that it really was she To hear her now talk way below middle HC . The play was successful from finish to startg tiob's wife, and his children, not one missed their part. The ghosts were 'far worse than the Freshmen had dreamed And when they appeared. quite a few of them screamed. The fiddler then, luckily started a tune, ' So bright and so cheery that e'en very soon, Quite a number were dancing an old-fashioned reeli', Afte: which all the Cratchits partook of a mealg The turkey and chicken behaved very well,i And the pudding was good--it was easy to tell, For the children gazed at it with such longing eyes, lt must. of its kind, have indeed been a prize. Yet the very best thing in that whole Christmas play, Was when small Tiny Tim fborrowed just for the dayj Waved his crntclr in the air, glad that his part was done, And Cheerily lisped,--- God t-less every one. 19 ,i 7

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SYNOPSIS Scene 1.-Scrooge's ofllce-late afternoon before Christmas. Scrooge :ind his clerk, Bob Crzrtchit, working. Visits of Fred, Scrooge'e nephew, and of portly gentlemen with subscription list. Scene 2.-Scrooge's ollice, also used as his room. Events follow directly on those of scene one. Visit of Ghost of Marley, Scrooge's former partner, to Scrooge. Scene 3.-In Scrooge's room. Visit of Spirit of Christmas Past, who shows to Scrooge these visions:- 1. Little Scrooge and his little sister Fan. 2. Scrooge, as il young man, at the Fezziwig dance. Scene 4.--In Scrooge's room. Visit of Spirit of Christmas Present, who shows to Scrooge these visions:- '1. Christmas dinner at the Cratchits. Z. Christmas with Fred, Scrooge's nephew. Scene 5.-In Scroog'e's room. Visit of Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come, who shows to Scrooge these visions: 'l. Visit of Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwomzm, to the pawnbrokers. 2. The name on the card. Scene 6.-In Scrooge's room, Christmas 11101'11l11g'. 41691 V 21