Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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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

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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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l S Ol DLR Nl S as sccrmn ol tht YIARBOO hke a snml ar s mn lxst ytar ts 1n Ittempt I0 portray m WO! S and mcturcs thc hummn sldc of llfc at Holderness Your pluccs wyhcre the hfc of thc School goes on are dealt wuth the Schoolhouse the Dorms the Maln Burldmg and thc tovyn ln thcsc four pwragraphs we have tned to complete the plcture snrted by the rest of the book of the Days of Our Years here at School One essentlal feature of thc School athletncs has been omrtted But we feel that sports have been so amply coycrcd rn thenr own sectxon that further descrrptton wrll be unnecessary The Schoolhouse ms of course the most obvnous fea ture of School lrfc for we all come here ostensibly at make thexr sleepy way up the lt ng cement walk and mto the large study hall for Assembly Many tarry on the steps rndustrxously to cram rn that but of his tory they h forgot to do the nrght before or to indulge nn a last mmute bull sessron whrle the Srxth Formers drag thexr mornmg crgarettes rn the space be tween the Schoolhouse and the Gym A mmute be fore the bell rrngs the lorterers file slowly rn but there are always those who forget assembly ns at 8 O5 and haye to make a run for xt A few don t succeed A hymn a prayer announcements and then classes be gm Although one can occasnonally sleep peacefully ln the back row dunng classes many of them are really xnterestmg espectally when a drscussron on the theory of relatrvxty or somethlng equally off the point gets started Eyeryone has a free penod or so at some trme dunng the mormng Such periods are oc casxonally convement txmes to do last mght s home work although rt s more fun to chew gum or see how often one can write letters wnhout bemg caught But really sux periods m a row each of them forty flve rnmutes long wnth only a short recess rn the middle of the mornxng ns qurte a grmd So why shouldnt we have fun when we can? Right after lunch comes the Seventh Perrod a verrtable heaven for such as Lrttle Vrck and P J Smxth for a member of the Sixth Form rs nn charge Only when Eve or sux bra7en souls have DAYQ ' 'Q.'XR. Th '- ' ' 'I K, ' ' 'I .ect . j ' . f . . ' d least. to study. Day after day, year after year, boys ' A v ,,.u 1-. A V Some masters even have classes outdoors An afternoon jazz session