Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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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 -

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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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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Le temps fat! passer I amour I amour fart passer le temps What truth can be found IH these words' Wxthout the element of femlmne attrac tlon thus year would have been as a hundred For thus part of School IS just as vltal ln its xndlvxdual way as any part of School lxfe It serves as oxl for the machlnery of the School It IS a welcome break from School demands and xt IS almost luke a reward for dxlngent work ln studies Thxs year thls part of School actnvxtles was fortunately very present And the first dance of the year our flrst encounter wnth the falr sex came IH the form of a dance held m the hllls of Holderness wlth St Mary s m the Mountams The dance was a prod uct of the ingenuity of the Fnfth Form smce all work and plans were done by them lt was an acknowledged success It can be sand wlthout duckmg that everyone enjoyed hlmself and dndn t just say so The biggest dance and also the bxggest soclal event was the Mud Wxnter Houseparty This event covered an entire week end a week end fllled wxth fun and festnvlty Beslde the dance the couples had opportumty to skn and skate as they chose A barn dance was also an apprecnated part of the actxvltxes Thls year brought a new outlet for the members of Fifth and Slxth forms A new system was introduced whereby the members of these two forms could have dates wxth the Normal School gxrls One dance was held with the gurls and more wxll perhaps be held next year The Commencement Dmee the Gml one of the r still In the future tense but xuthout .1 doubt nt wnll more than equul nts predecessors ,Q