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

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p Qwlmllllmdiw I THE IQTQON'-lkAN -r E W dl? As a result of the success of the first offering of the Society, plans were formulated for the presentation of another play. This proposal to venture again into the realm of the sock and buskin was inspired by the favorable comment of the large group of patrons who witnessed the production of 'fLaff that Cfff' There was no precedent in the dramatic traditions of the Academy to guarantee the success of the enterprise. The records merely disclosed that in previous years, there was one major production, and obviously the patrons were content with one. However, flushed with success, the society began rehearsal for the presentation of als Zat Sofl With practically the same cast rehearsals were begun. After six weeks, Harry Nugent, director, was ready to present a play that promised a laugh every minute. April 26, 27 and 28 the Club embarked upon its second effort and once' again sucf ceeded in a big way. After many weeks of arduous rehearsal the following cast presented the ComedyfFarce Is Zat So :fMisses4Dorothy Morrissey, Mary Fitzpatrick, Margaf ret Fennessey, and Mary Kearns supported by the following male cast :fCeorge Shaw, Vincent Rowan, joseph O'Brien, Bartholomew Dowling, James Lynch, John Scanlon, Joseph Mahoney, Raymond Waldraff and John Fitzsimon. Contributing to the success of our dramatic offerings was a capable and faithful group of stage assistants. To P. D'Eletto, R. Dunn, J. Fitzsimon, J. Cooney, McConnell and F. Kelly we are deeply grateful. At the same time we are not unmindful of the generous assistance given us by Mr. Henry Annoti, of the Uptown Theatre for the use of the scenery, and Mr. Joseph Lorenzo and the members of the ItalofAmerican Club. Of both plays we feel it should be said that they were witty, abundant in strong writing and rich humor. ln each, too, the players fitted their respective parts exceedingly well. Throughout these productions the ludicrous blended well with the tender and the thoroughly human quality of the thing was vividly manifest. To sum up let us remark that the scenes were portrayed with a graceful ease and a fluency of dictionean air of lightness and a total absence of that tense atmosphere so common to the amateur venture. Laurel for La Salle's Dramatic Society. One H imdred Three

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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

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E . - f f ,i - xg' THEWROON ANDMITE W- GD 1 Qfifebafiifzg Cjociefy 1933 WL ivk W ,,Y.........-.. E lx Zi fITH the opening of the 1932-33 season La Salle went forward with a zest and X relish intent upon the creation of a Debating Club that would be not only strong but have in it both vitality and permanency. Under the direction of Rev. Brother John and Messrs. Foley, Moran and Flanagan several units were organized. The response of the student body was all that could have been asked for as testified by the fact that both senior and junior groups were created. Later on in the year these two were consolidated. Throughout the year a splendid spirit of cooperation and eagerness manifested itself. The first debate between the Senior and Junior groups was concerned with the subject: Resolved-That the Public Safety Commission of Rhode Island should be main' tained. The Juniors triumphed in this first conflict. Those engaged were: Seniors +T. Wall, C'Connor, D. Coffey: juniors McCabe, F. Young, J. Nerney. Following this the school entered into the field of interscholastic competition and bowed before the all around superiority of a team from La Salle, New York. Our boys did their best but the New Yorkers were superlative and made our best efforts seem rather futile. However we went ahead the more chastened and determined by this setback devoting closer attention to interclass argumentation. One Hundred Four