Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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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

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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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MUSICAL ACTIVITIES The Choxr started off thls year wrth great success under the dxrectlon of Mr Stanley Sheppelrd who was talxmg Mr Rogers place for the hrst halt of the year Btsldes IIS regular program of hymns durmg the mormng and evenmg serwlces on Sunday xt has on several occaslons presented special selectlons among whlch were Where er You Walk oseph and the Shepherds Excelsls Deo sexeral arrangements of Lhrlstmas Carols an ar rangement of Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones and How Mnghty Are the Sabbaths by Holst whlth were notable for thenr excellence M1 Sheppard also formed a Glee Club 1n conjunction Wllh the choxr which desplte the lack of practxce did yeoman servlce The Crchestra another mnovatlon but m a hghter vem surprlsed everybody wlth nts success W1th a large repertoire of popular tunes nt played before and after the showlngs of two of the school s earller dramatxc productlons besldes 1ts unusually pranseworthy perfor mance at the tea dance glven nn honor of Kendall Hall film 5,455 'l . . . , . , f V . . , . , , . . . Y. x . ' 1 9 I KC l ll CK l, KK . , .I , In . ,, Y , . 9 -s ' KK V ,I li 3 . ,, .i . 3 ' 3 ' ! 1 v y ' a , .... . . 3 . '- 'C I . 'fc .' Q 0 . rn , 3 1 1 - 45-, 'F - .mt- , f?.2,:ahlig-f ' h ' ' Q- w..,.fr14 ' -V -Vi. fr. . 4 we Q . jf , if-:HITS -