Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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CLUBS This year Holderness embarked on a new venture namely that of havmg clubs for every one every Frrday mght Actlvmes m these clubs ran through Scxence Photography DIAL Dramatxcs French Debatmg Musxc Apprecnatxon C1lee Club to Current Events Two other clubs Dancing and Brndge had constantly changmg personnel new classes formxng every srx weeks Fnnally Mr Mead of the Forest Servrce held a Red Cross Course on Frnday mghts durxng the early sprmg This addmon mxxed up the Club system by takmg many of the Fnfth and Slxth Formers but rt was worth xt Mr Wrles IS head of the Scrence and Photography Clubs and guldes them through a com plete schedule of lectures dlscusslons and experrments The members Ed Kesler for nnstance seem to be working on defense secrets for they are surprlsmgly retxcent about what goes on m the xnner sanctum Both the DIAL and Dramatrcs Clubs have been given up and thenr functxons have been transferred to separate organizations apart from the Club system Every Frnday or Saturday evemng the Pool Room rs transformed 1nto a banquet hall and the French Club takes over under the direction of Mr Flore Here one attempts to confine one s conversatxon to pxdgm French wlth varymg results The Debatmg Club very successful last year has been hampered because some of nts leadmg debaters have been busy elsewhere Yet Burt Lowes and Llttle Vxcks volces are quxte powerful too and the younger members of the club have been worknng on many queStl0nS as Shall we abolxsh Capttal Punxshment? One of the most popular clubs IS Music Apprectatnon rn whxch more or less serlous musxc IS lxstened to and dxscussed Explanatxons have been furnxshed by Mr Rogers at first and more recently by Mr Branstad Only slnghtly dxfferent IS the Glee Club whxch started out as cholr practnce More recently the members have been takmg up a more mundane repertoxre and the lyrxcs from Trzal by Jury have held the spot llght The club IS under the same dnrectxon as Musxc Appreclatxon and sometnmes the two clubs get together to smg Last but not least there ns Current Events Here boys get together to discuss and argue subjects of contemporary mterest and to gxve re ports on the news of the day but what arguments they have' And here Mr Wernert holds forth The Club system so far has worked out qulte well And more nmportant, rt has gxven boys a far better chance than before to participate m extra currxcular actxvmes ' - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 T , . , . , v , 1 , , . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . v ' , . . ,, . . ,, . . . ' 1- . , 1 1 14 e 1 1 11 - - 1 1 9 . . , 1 . . , - 1 . 1 . , 1 ' ' .

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x 7, 1:3 . Standing Mattersdorff News Wagoner Sports Libbey Mr Hunting Facultq Adviser Cree ley Staples Seated Quetton DIAL Editor Bull YEARBOOK C0 Editor Weld YEARBOOK Co Editor R Vickerman THE DIAL BOARD This year s report is one of figures With prices up on paper and general printing costs the number of pages by changing from glossy to malt paper and by successfully trying a new printer The resulting DIALS if not always just what we hoped for were generally satis factory The spring issue was probably the best ever printed with such new features as a survey of student opinion a swing section and critical sport write ups Hugh Quetton was Editor in Chief of the DIAL while Edric Weld Jr and George Bull Photographic Editor and Business Manager respectively were chosen co editors of the YEARBOOK l-lovermg behind these two is the specter of our financial scales and the trustees can see George sitting on the black end At any rate from the coke bottles and potato chips littering the City Room we may estimate the amount of work and worry that went on in that department we faced the problem of getting out two DIALS for the price of one. We did it, by reducing

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DRAMATICS Thxs year was not as productlve as last m the dramatlcs lme but what xt gave us was good As we go to press only one play has been pre sented that of the Dramatrcs Club last fall Its not too subtle comedy produced under Mr Ab bey s dlrectxon was entntled A Ghostly Euemng and wnth Farnsworth as the audxence scream no one could help bemg horrxhed lt brought out Al Mexsel as the herome and Fenn Lewxs as the hero both domg excellent Jobs and Hugh uet ton as usual was the herome s mother m good style Chrns Rnley played the cowardly play boy wxth P C Smlth as hrs mother whxle Mac Jacoby and Fred See amusmgly acted the colored sweethearts And Glles Low fitted hrs delxcacy to the part of Mexsel s confidante As yet unsung rs thls year s Gxlbert and Sullt van operetta Trzal by Jury Headmg the cast are Chrxs Rlley as the judge and Squeak Sew all as the defendant wxth other major roles be mg played by Lewxs Emmons Armstrong and Manley Wlth the experlenced cast that scored the tre mendous success of Iolanthe under Mr Rogers dlrectxon we expect the usual capable perform ance thus May Certamly Mr Branstad and the cast are hard at work , . , . , , , , Q- ., .. , . , - , Y -