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

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wxxuufnvw. THE MAROONLLAND wr-an-re K CID 1933 HE fall of Rome was indeed the Swan song of the old Latin tongue. Like the proverbial phenix its resuscitation was only shortlived. From the ashes of its altarfpyre a babel of modern tongues arose with its smoke so that today the old Roman tongue finds friendly hermitage among the erudite and classical students. At La Salle, however, Latin is not dead, neither does it slumber. Under the direcf tion of Brother Charles, a group of classical students have organized a club to stimulate interest in the study of the language and to become intimate with the old Romans. To do this meetings were held. Edward C'Connor was elected president. Each boy was assigned a topic to discuss. Harlem discussed Roman Games. A debate was held to decide Whether Caesar had a right to invade Gaul. The affirmative group comprised, E. C'Connor, V. Moses, T. Cibling the negative, W. McGair, R. Healy, L. Trudon. A Latin play depicting Roman life was presented with G. Connors, C. Georges, E. C'Connor and V. Moses as the characters. One Hundred One

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X:llllf V - 4. THEWROON AND WH l-rs K cb . C7 J 00 ll 7 1933 FTER a lapse of a year the Glee Club at La Salle was reorganized under the direction of Brother John. An appeal for candidates met with a hearty response from the student body. After several weeks of rehearsing the following members were retained as suitable for the club: R. Breckle, H. Brennan, R. Dunn, J. Fitzsimon, F. Gagnon, R. Lambert, H. McDonald, J. Murray, S. Whalen, G. Neilan, L. Charron, P. Farley, A. McPhillips, F. Young, J. Charnley, J. O'Rourke, T. Connaughton, A. Tickell. Since the reorganization the following numbers have been rehearsed and offered at various presentations: Frimel's lilting, 'LAllah's Holiday , Owen's dashing t'Cowboy Song g two Scottish Folk songs including the stirring Hundred Pipers , two negro spirituals, Go Down Moses and Deep River, and others. The club is confined to no one division. Its membership will embrace any student who may care to join it. Now that some permanency has been given to it, it is hoped that the students will give it their unqualified support. One Hundred

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,- .sYlilllihl4'H0,,v I .S 1 We-, six. f THE MAROON AND WHITE ll CSD i - w K iifclrlfirz cific ful: rf it F THE success which crowned the work of the Dramatic Society this year be taken as X a whole it certainly augurs well for the future of this organization. Their presenf tations of the past months in onefact and threefact plays have eclipsed an already glowing history recorded in the productions of other days. On the evenings of February 22nd and 23rd the spacious auditorium was taxed to capacity by an audience whose postfmortems were certainly most complimentary and deserved. The success of Laif That Off, which was the play presented at this time, may be attributed not only to the excellence of players and script but to the exhaustive efforts of Mr. Harry Nugent who directed this rollicking comedy. The sale of tickets for this play was marked by the most intense enthusiasm on the part of the student body and the crowd came in droves. They came with the good will you will often find at a school affair-a good will in which there is sometimes a tinge of ennui flavored with feigned amusement. How soon this was replaced by genuine feeling will be attested by anyone who that night saw our thespians in action. The second night the audience was larger, with a multitude being turned away from the doors. The dramatis personae included the Misses Dorothy Morrissey, Mary Fitzpatrick and Margaret Fennessey while the male roles were taken by Vincent Rowan, Bartholomew Dowling, Joseph Mahoney and Raymond Waldraff. It has been years since the Dramatic Society of the Academy was favored to present a cast blessed with the talent to execute the roles of the presentation with a finesse that certainly placed them beyond the pale of the amateur. So adroitly were all the parts played, that any attempt to mete out honors for outstanding characterization might lead us afoul of justice. As far as the student body was concerned, and their friends as well, the consensus of opinion seemed to divide the honors equally among the members of the cast. One Hundred Two