La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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I 2 Nm , - NIARO ON and WH ITE s SCENES FROM T111 11 XY HIS UNCLE'S NlECE.

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GCN 2 't E MAROCN E gand WHITE Hatrnnn Hon. James E. Dunne Rev. William Keefe Rev. William Ferry Rev. Joseph Hardy Rev. Walter L. Flynn Rev. john F. McLaughlin Rev. Thomas E. O'Malley Rev. Joseph L. Pastorelli, O.P. Rev. William Phelan Rev, Philip S. McKenna Rev Rev. Rev . Joseph Toohey . Edward A. Welch Rev. James O'Reilly Rev . Patrick Sullivan Rev. Matthew T. Clark William R. Houghton Rev. Frederick McEvoy Mr. John F. Armstrong Mr. Henry Bedard Mr. Edward C. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Hon. William H. S. Callahan Mr. Charles E. Donilon Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Dolan Mr. John P. Dooley Messrs. and Richard Dunn Mr. Stephen Dzialik Mr. James T. Egan Dr. Antonio Fidanza Dr. George B. Farrell Mr. and Wrs. Walter F. Fitzpatrick Mr. James H. Gainor Mr. John C. Going Mr. R. A. Gladding Mr. Joseph Girard Dr. Francis A. Heffernan Mr. Thomas Higgins ohn A Hennessey Mrs. J . Mr. Paul P. Hughes Mr. Frank Hanley Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Harrington Dr. Hoey Mr. George Hurley Colonial Flower Shop, Inc. Mr. Robert Jones Mr. Michael Kirby, '95 Mrs. C. Kelly Miss Rose A. Kiernan Mr. and Mrs. Peter Keane Mr. James Kiernan Mr. Alvah Le Duc Miss Mary Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Lemay Mr. and Mrs. Albert Le Febvre Dr. Henry A. Lange Mrs. Elizabeth M. Melfi Mr. Luke A. Murray Mr. John F. Morgan Mr. Walter V. Moriarty Dr. Michael Murphy Dr. Thomas Murphy Dr. Andrew Mahoiiey Miss Mary Molloy Mrs. John Maguire Mr. Michael Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Meegan Mr. Thomas McGrath, Jr. Mr. Daniel H. Morrissey Mr. 8a Mrs. Thomas B. Mahon Mr. James McMasters Dr. Thomas McHale Dr. Thomas McLaughlin Dr. Joseph P. Nourie Mr. Edward De V. O'Connor Mr. Edward O'Neill Mr. Addis O'Reilly Mr. Clifden O'Reilly Mr. Frank Paperelli Dr. F. G. Ruest Mr. Michael Regan Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ryan Hon. joseph Smith, Esq. Mr. Thomas Scott Mr. James P. Smith Hon. and Mrs. john Sweeney In Memory of Mrs. Mary O'Neill In Memory of Lt. John A. Tobin, U.S.N.

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5 E 'S if 5 z 5 OON, 55e1XfEE'iHJ221g s,rtawaf111TE 'Eramatirn HRONGS of people surged through the doors. Waves of conversation floated above the seated crowd. It was the night of the play. Backstage, three shadowy figures moved im- patiently to and fro. So shadowy were they, that they might be called hazy. But they were neither shadowy nor hazy because of the gloom of the place, for theirs was a ghostly presence. From our point of vantage, an excellent view was obtained of the strange trio. The first was a wizened, semi-bald man, clad in a flowing, classi- cal robe, presumably he was a Greek. But he was an old, sallow, sneering Greek, it was Aris- tophanes, the greatest of classical satirists. The second was an enormously stout, red-faced jovial fellow. He was dressed in the ludicrous doublet, cloak, and ruff belonging to the hey-dey of Queen Bess. Great rumblings filled his throat as if he were moved with inner laughter, for Ben Johnson 82 was born to laugh and be laughed at. The last and tallest of the three shades was not muttering :austic comments as was the wizened Greek, nor was he chuckling like the burly Englishman. No, he was strangely silent. Very elegant, indeed, was the pale, hawk-faced Moliere, in his carefully curled periwig and gloomy laced velvet attire. Then the Greek spoke, his nasal, droning voice, piercing the shadows, My friends, we have come here to-night to witness that which we em- ployed once to gain renown, that with which the weary World seeks to ease and banish care. See- ing that I have never visited this particular place before, perhaps you, Friend Johnson, might en- lighten me as to the progress of dramatics here. By Jovef' rumbled the Britisher, I believe that Dame Drama did mention the talent here, when I was talking to her on the other side. Sev- eral successes have graced this hall. Last year, I believe, brought a particularly line offering.