Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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10' 3 X vhs fx ,g di' of Seated Young Glroux Gallupe Sanderson Standmg Mr Smlth G Kuehner Weld Nmxnger Tl-IE DIAL BCDARD For many years past the Dral has been renowned for 1ts hxgh hterary standard, and the Board thxs year was fully cogmzant of thls But to conform w1th other publncatxons of nts type, to boost 1ts cxrculatxon, and to enhance 1ts 1nterest for the student body, nt was de cxded to renovate 1t, wlthout, 1f poss1ble, damagmg the bas1c conservauve style, and hxgh lnterary standmg A strlkmg photographlc cover, novel department headrngs, new short paragraphs on events occurnng at school, a complete photograph1c coverage, better sports, and a better lxterary sectron, especxally the poems, all helped to give the new D1al xts mod ern appearance and mcreasecl readabxllty Most of these xnnovatxons have merely changed the appearance of the magazme, and none of the lnterary flavor that Mr Abbey, the former faculty advxsor, bullt up wxth so much effort The second revolutnonary step taken by the Board was the decnsnon to have a Sxxth Form Year Book for the f1rst trme ln more than thlrty years xnstead of the customary june lssue of the magazme Th1S step was much debated durnng 1938 and 1939, but It was not untll th1s year that anything was actually done about II . A 2 A I . 2 N' - Us u. - ' - I-: , e ' .5 A N - 33 . Q ' ' . 1' -- 522, , . 1 I Cl Y gif pf. ' Y ' N .1 ' V J N , e . . . ' X g- ' 9: s 1 iff: .:i4 1TTwA A . . 551251 9 'fr gig wi e , 'r ' , , 0. G- ' 1 I - :ar - sf' l . ,, ' b K Y l V 'I 3 l D : 1 , u y 3

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. I I ,Y vi ii! .. E -1 'S 1 Seated Knowlton Ward Macmtosh Standing Blackwell Rlley R Warner Staples Tl-IE STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Councxl IS composed of the Presldent of the school elected by the students at large and one FCPFCSCHIHIIVC from each form In monthly meetlngs wxth Mr Weld dur mg the past year they talked over problems concernmg the students and although at pres ent they do not have the power to pass school regulatxons they have mxtnated several rules and prnvxleges whxch the faculty has adopted One of thexr Hrst objectxves thns last year has been to mcrease the power and prlvxleges of the student body especnally those of the Snxth Iaorm Along these lmes the mnovatlon of Sxxth Form proctors for seventh perlod study hall and for noon dishes the mamtenance of Snxth form room study pr1v1leges ID the mormng and S1Xth Form coffee after supper on two evenmgs a week are notable successes Both 1n thelr monthly conferences and m speclal meetmgs called by the presxdent they have cooperated wxth the masters by settlmg questxons between the boys and by helplng the enforcement of school rules Fmally they arranged and ran with the help of the Dance Commxttee the Kendall Hall dance and the Mud wmter house party 9 ' 'l Y Y '. Y Y ' Q r , . . ' x 5 ' 3 , . . ' . . . 1 . 4 . . . . . Y 1 ' x 1 a J ' .

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DRAMATICS Thls year the dramatlc department has put on three pro ductnons two plays and one operetta The first play In the Zone by Eugene ONe1ll depleted a Brxtrsh tramp steamer crossmg the Atlantrc durmg World War I The accents Cockney Irrsh Russ1an and Bronx were remark ably well done and the actrng rn general under the drrec tlon of Mr Abbey was exemplary Phllrp Vmall portray mg a hard bltten stolld and loyal seaman gave an outstandmg performance as dnd Roger Foss Later representatrves from the advanced French class put on Le Testament whnch was adapted and produced by Mr Fnore Agam Phlllp Vmall rndlcated hns 3.CtlI'lg abrl 1ty whlle Slgourney Nmmger Ernest Gnroux Davnd Langstaff and Ted Llbbey played the supportmg roles wlth d1st1nct1on The make up m thrs play whlch was Dlay was m French lt was easlly understood by the large magornty of the audxence a trxbute to IIS dlrector m more than one way Fmally smcc 1933 the school has yearly put on a Gul bert and Sullivan operetta Since the early productlons there has been much lmprovement especlally m the phys 1cal appurtenances of our stage Thus year Pma ore has been selected and work began soon after the Mldwmter Houseparty Since then by means of daily rehearsals the cast and the drrectors Mr Abbey and Mr Rogers have slowly molded rt mto what promnses to be a first class performance if if sag 3 ' 3 Q 1 9 I 3 ' ' I Q . y 1 3 , I Y . done by Mr. Abbey, was remarkably good. Although the ' - c c f . 3 ' ' Y elf