Green Mountain College - Peaks Yearbook (Poultney, VT)

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Marland Norvell Prentiss Griflith Bogue Shcrburne Cromwell GREEN NIQUNTAIN PLAYERS Ojficers President ....... ........... ...... It I Any E. BOGUE Vzcc-President . . . ........ .... R ALPH T. NORVELL Secretary .... .... R OBERT T. NIARLAND Treasurer .... ...... R ICHARD B. PRENTISS Advisor .... ............ L Iiss MAmoN L. Gmrrrru Purpose To not only give social times to members but also to give an appreciation of theatre, both on and back stage, by studying playwrights and plays, and most of all by producing cuts and skits from recognized productions. Activities One of the peaks of the club's activities was presentation of Shakespeare Night in the chapel by several members of the Thespian group. Taming of the Shrew, the mad scene from Hamlet, the drinking scene from Henry IV, the courtroom scene from Merchant of Venice, and the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet were among the cuts given. A unique feature of the meetings was the study of drama through the play- wrights. Cut were used from four of Henry IbSCll,S plays, Hedda Gabler, Doll's House. WVild Duck and Ghosts, In addition, reports have been made on current plays as Two Hamlets, Idiots' Delight, Taming of the Shrew, and You Can't Take It With You. The Club also made a study of make-up. The Players climaked their activities on May 14- with the presentation of Three Live Ghosts by Isham. A three-act comedy with an English setting, the play was given on the Poultney High School stage and was directed by Miss Griffith, dramatic coach. Members Anderson, Bainton, Barr, Bartlett, Beckett, Blondell, Bogue, Broome, Campbell, Clements, Cook, Cromwell, Crounse, Curtis, DeBaum, Dibble, Durkee, Fox, Gardyne, Greene, Hafner, Hill, Lee, Lincoln, hlarland, McCammon, Moerchen, ltlungall, Murdock, Murray, Nelson, Norvell Ottman, Peterson, Prentiss, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Rising, Salmonsen, Scarborough, Schuneman, Scoville, Sherburne, Shew, Smithers, Stoddard, Sullivan, Videto, VVhite.

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ff Richardson Deyette Scoville Crounse Horning Stevens Emerson Lien Phillips Murdock Conductor . . . . . .Miss IPIGYR BIARIE LIEN Purpose To provide an opportunity for the enjoyment of ensemble playing and to acquire and intimate acquaintance with the finest music through performance. Activities The college orchestra presented several enjoyable chapel concerts during the course of the year. Each subsequent program showed marked improvement both in musical technic and artistic rendition on the part of the group. The conductor, Miss Lien also gave a series of worthwhile talks to the student body on the subject of the origin and history of orchestral instruments. M em bers Abel, Crounse, Deyette, Emerson, Fox, Horning, Keppel, Morris, Murdock, J. Phillips, L. Phillips, Pulver, Richardson, B. Roberts, L. Roberts, Scoville, Simpson, Stevens. M7439

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0-Ufcers J Aclvisov' .. PROF. KENNETI-I B. Homns Holmes Gifford Videto Moerchen Doton Emerson INTERNATIQNAL RELATIONS CLUB Purpose 1. To cooperate with the authorities of Green Mountain Junior College in striving to afford to the students of this institution every opportunity possible for impartial enlightenment upon national and international issues of our time. 2. To align Green Mountain Junior College with other educational institutions which have a sincere interest in international affairs and problems. Activities The pinnacle of the International Relations Club's activities during the present year was reached on hlay 7 and 8 when the organization sponsored a Model League of Nations Conference in which more than one hundred delegates from New York and Vermont high schools participated. Throughout the school year the Club has held bi-weekly meetings to discuss current international problems and to study situations in foreign countries. Four Green Mountain delegates attended the Regional International Relations Conference in VVorcester, Massachusetts, in December. In March, nine representa- tives of the local club went to Radcliffe and Harvard where they participated in a Model League of Nations Conference along with 350 representatives of thirty-five other colleges. At the Model League, the Club represented Venezuela. Mevnbers Blundell, Brownell, Coffin, Cook, Cowles, Cromwell, Doton, Emerson, Gifford, Greene, Hafner, Hanes, Lawrence, ltianagun, lNIcKirryher, ltloerchen, Norvell, Ott- man, Randall, Schloop, Videto, VVl1ite. ' President .,.... . . .ROLAND E. GIF1 onn Vice-1 resident ..... . .Tnnooomc H. Y 1oE'ro Secretary . .. .......... RUTH E. Ermnsow Corresponding Sec1'etary..RUTH MOERLHEN fl'-reasurer .. ........... EJAIZABETH DoTov