Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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Dramatic Association EVERYONE knows the story of Hamlet and the “something rotten in Denmark,” but this is the story of the 1944 Dramatic Club “behind the scenes. As a matter of fact, there were only imaginary scenes un¬ til almost dress rehearsal! Have you ever tried resting your foot on a mythical step? There were certain Twentieth Century difficulties, such as the King’s thesis, and Ophelia’s nurse’s aide, although the Six¬ teenth Century flavor persisted and was responsible for such remarks as “Art go¬ ing to supper?” Then there was Mother Bourneuf wondering out loud whether Hamlet was going to say “eether” or “ey- ther,” having just said both in one speech, and Ginny Bradford frantically handing spears to the stage crew and hustling them out as extras. They finaliy arrived, the play went on, and became with the first term’s “School for Scandal,” another of those suc¬ cesses we don’t believe can keep happening, but do. Left to right: Virginia Bradford (President), Betty McCormack, Peggy-Pat Hurley, Marge Martin, Jane Vlymen. 23

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Left to right-. Ana Ogarrio, Sally Chapman, Kathleen Ball, Mamie Jenkins. Jean-Marie Bernhard (President) Glee Club GLEE Club means Manhattanville to some girls as much as the Tower bell or that visit to the mailbox after breakfast. It means a few stragglers singing through the corridors around eight-thirty on Tues¬ day nights, and one more thing from “Oklahoma” before the practice really starts. It means singing the “Omnipotence” for Mother Dammann’s Feast, and that all- gone feeling in the pit of your stomach wondering if you’ll come in by yourself on that funny rest. It ' s Jeanmarie’s smile and the premature Christmas spirits you get from practicing carols in November. It is Mother Morgan prompting “Iolanthe” from the top rung of a ladder in the wings, and giggles about the costume measure¬ ments. Glee Club is singing your heart out in a group doing the same because you like to do it and it is fun that way. 22

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Debating Club A TYPICAL Tuesday night in the conference room would find Helen Gray presiding with quiet charm. Mother Tenney nodding assent, and Sally Cassidy or Marcella Weston firing questions at a fellow member. Throughout the year formal de¬ bates have alternated with informal discussions of current interest, offering opportunity in prepared and extemporaneous speaking. A round-table dis¬ cussion attended by the college, was conducted in November on the topic, “U. S. among the United Left to right: Kathleen Colligan, Helen « . ,, r ,, , . A r , , ... Gray (President), Jean Bautz. Nations iollowed in March by a similar presenta¬ tion of the question of “The Long Armistice.” The Alumnae and Public Debates in May climaxed the year s activity. Spectators at our public debates are often amused at the sight of an attractive girl, pushing twenty, attempting to solve the problems of a supremely complicated world. We have laughed a little our¬ selves at our own earnestness, but we take ourselves seriously, and who, now or in the future, will solve them, if not the educated Catholic. The purpose of the Debating Club is to teach us to think of these things and to express our opinions intelligently and articulately.