Holton Arms School - Scribe Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Spike, tlfillj' Marjorie Hifl, telli' 17014056 eazzglrt the kidmzpper. almost stole the show, and Miriam Tittmann as Mrs. Stillman, who did all of her thinking and her husband's, too. Ann Luetzen, as Clarice Ccry-babyjjaekson, andjeanne Clark, as Edgar Roof, were suspected of being a pair of confidence Workers, and turned out to be F.B.I. agents. The hero of it all was Marjorie Hill, as Spike Owens, rescuer of the kid- napped child, capturer of the kidnappers, and winner of his girl, Juan Williamson. ln the next set of plays and in the senior plays We expect to see Lucy Brown, Olivia Chilton, Ellen Galvin, Jewel Davis, Daphne Fay, Mary Alice Stoddard, and Ann Gins- burgh, the latest additions to our circle of dramatic-fanatics. Penny Reid and Dottie Moore take ui' buck to the defy! of form of Arr, while Jeanne Clark dom ez nzlzrtaehe and joinf the F.B,I. jackie and Marie are the rommztie team in Rirzgirz,g in the Groom.

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M. , , And Bright Stttrsw Tms YEAR the few girls left in the Dramatic Club elected Mary Holt Whittle president and Katharine Colvin secretary. After the tryouts we again had quantity as well as quality. On the nights of the fifth and sixth of De- cember the theater was crowded with an audience anxious to see the three one-act plays produced by the club under the expert direction of Mrs. Rice. They were not dis- appointed-if we do say so ourselves! Shin- ing Armour, a scene from the life ofjoan of Arc, had as its star Dottie Moore-straight from the Barter Theater. Penny Reid, as the romantic Dauphin, made us forget that she is a mere female. Little Roberta Veverka, Joan's chaplain and advisor, was almost lost under that monk's robe and hood. The play had everything-costumes, acting, music. The latter was rendered by Jean Hurd as a page. Gthers in the cast were Jackie Herring, Miriam Tittmann, Joan Briggs, and Sally Norris. Every time we see Katharine Colvin she seems to grow older. Last year she was Julia Mill's mother, and this year she was seventy- year-old Gran, the dominant leading lady in What will our mx! play be? arkf Mfr. Ria. Ringing in the Groom. She had her hands full, Bertha, the maid Uean Gittinsb, was always betting her money on the races, Wil- bur, her grandson CMary johnstonj, quit col- lege to join a band, Aunt Ella, Gran's daugh- ter CMartha Clarkb, was out to make all Hollywood mission-conscious, and Harriet, her daughter Cjulia Ann SparkmanD, strove to get her picture in the papers! Gthers didn't give quite as much trouble. Sylvia Lewis played Mildred, money-borrowing sister of Wilbur and George. George, the backbone and financial prop of the family, was por- trayed by Marie Vallance, who rushed in one week before the plays to learn the part and gave an excellent performance. Jackie Her- ring was Ruth, George's sweet and patient lady-in-waiting. Screams, ghosts, noises, and mysterious happenings were the keynote of The Ghostly Passenger. Holtie Whittle was so natural as the worried mother that it hardly occurred to us that she was acting. We cer- tainly were surprised to heat Sally Norris's deep voice as she changed from her part in the first play to Holtie's husband in the third. Others who made that quick change were Joan Briggs, the frightened colored maid who

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66 et hfusie Save lr AT THE BEGINNING of the school year some- one should approach you with the request, Please hum the first line of 'Yankee Doodle' to me, I've forgotten how it goes! you may suspect that there is a movement going on to find more heavenly voices to fill in the gaps of the Glee Club's ranks left by last year's graduating class. Prospects are herded to the little theater, old faithful Carry Me Back to Old Virginia and ever-popular Home on the Range are dragged out, and the old- timers judge the quavering voices of potential members. Heavens, I never knew Jbe could sing, is a common exclamation heard at this time. Soon the selectees are informed that they have been accepted, and muttering, Gee, they must be getting desperate, they come to the next meeting. This year the altos have swelled to mam- moth proportions, stoically holding their own Hwrmfv vairef, referlial 7lYll.fiC'I'h6 Glee Club. ll the reezew with the sopranos. Barbara Greene, Kitty Burton, Katharine Colvin, Ellen Galvin, Jeanne Nelson, Peggy Rogers, and Mary Stohlman are responsible for those amazingly low-pitched tones, While Jean and Martha Clark, Kitty Claud, Josephine Culbertson, Jewel Davis, Nancy Martin, Virginia Stickle, Alice and Marianne Williamson, Marie Val- lance, and Joanne Wharton vainly try to overpower them. The virtuoso of the Stein- way who patiently repeats the dillicult pas- sages is obliging Miss Johnson, while Miss Feiker wields the baton over all and feels every bar of music so strongly herself that we can't help feeling it too. The Glee Club first came into prominence this year when it gathered in study hall to fill us with the correct spirit of Thanksgiving Day. When Christmas time rolled 'round, the carol books were taken from the shelf, ,Z 66