Merchantville High School - Record Yearbook (Merchantville, NJ)

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DEATH TAKES A HIIlIIIAY CAST OF CHARACTERS CORA .,........ ..........,.........,.. FEDELE .,......... DUKE LAMBERT ....A ALDA ..,..A..,.,.A...... .... DUCHESS STEPHANIE .A..,.. PRINCESS OF SAN LUCA .... BARON CESAREA ......, . RHODA FENTON ,... ERIC FENTON ..,.I CARRADO ........I..,..I....,,....,,. GRAZIA ....,......I......,.......,..... HIS SERENE HIGHNESS, PRINCE SIRKI, OF VITALBA ALEXANDRI ..,. ,.... MAJOR WHITRED ......... . ..VIRGINIA KNOWLES . . .WILLIAM SCHETTER . . . .JOHN HANNIGAN .GERALDINE CONWELL ...,..URAL ANDREWS . . . .RUTH ROSENFIEL.D . . . . .JAMES SULLIVAN . , , . .VIRGINIA CLARK . . . . . .RALPH HAND . . . . .JOHN TRAINER , . . .MARIE SMOLAR . . . . . .DUNCAN STECK . . . .ARTHUR JEDNACZ

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Hll IIIT SIIIIIHY The MerchanTvilIe ChopTer oT The NaTional Honor SocieTy Tor Secondary Schools consisTs oT Those sTudenTs who have disTinguished Themselves in scholarship. characTer, leadership and service. The consTiTuTion oT The Honor SocieTy requires ThaT membership in The organ- izaTion be IimiTed To TiTTeen per cenT oi The senior and iunior classes. IT TurTher pro- vides ThoT no pupil is eligible Tor membership unless he has a scholasTic average oT G or beTTer. Any member who Talls below The sTandards which are The basis oi his elecTion may be dropped upon recommendaTion oi The Council consisTing oT The principal and Tour members oT The TacuITy. However, a high scholasTic sTanding alone does noT gain Tor a sTudenT mem- bership in The Honor SocieTy. Each sTudenT wiTh ci high average is raTed Tor characTer, leadership and service by Those TacuITy members who Icnow him. Members oT The Honor SocieTy are enTiTIed To wear The emblem oT The NaTionaI Honor SocieTy, which is o pin or a charm bearing The design oT a IighTed Torch and The Tour leTTers C. S. L. S. This year The inducTion ceremony OT The Honor SocieTy was held on March I2. The Tollowing seniors were received inTo membership oT 'ThaT Time: Ralph Hand, Edward STraTTon, Joseph Perry, ArThur Jednacz, Jesse Polk, Harry Englemon, Vir- ginia Knowles, EIIioTT Shull, Marian FauT, Inez Boolc, Lillian Arizzi, Maddalin Carriero, Beverly Blasband, and .Ioan TruscoTT. SEATED: Barbara Barnes, Shirley Snyder, Lois Townsend, Lois PeTerson, Miss Gronelr, CaTherine MerTsocIr, Glenn Conklin, Jean Barnes, Alice Thrower. STANDING: Marie Smolar, Gerfrude O'Brien, Bernice Fredey, Dolores Tice, Vincenf Gagliardi, William Kuehne, Kennefh Butler, Dolores Sweeney, Mary Hess, Virginia Clark, CaTherine Bernier.

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SE IIIR PlAY The Class of I947 chose for Their dramaiic presenrarion The brillianr fanrasy, Deaih Takes a Holiday, wrirren by Al- berfo Casella and re-wri+'ren for The American srage by Waller Ferris. Under The direclion of Miss Eleanor A. Rush, an un- usually fine and sensiiive performance was given by The casr. The enrire acrion of The play ralces place in 'rhe grear hall of Dulce Lamber'r's palace in lraly. Deaih suddenly ap- pears and gives The Dulce some sfrange Tidings. For Three days Deafh is ro become a morlal and sfay ar Dulce Lamberrs palace. Deafh reiurns for his visif in The guise of The handsome Prince Sirlci, who, unlcnown 'ro The Dulce and his guesis, has recenily passed on. Then if is Thai Dearh learns why morrals fear him and why They are so relucranr To leave rhe ioys of This world. For Prince Sirlci falls in love wirh The delicarely lovely Grazia, daughier of one of The guesrs. The 'rhree days pass quiclcly, and Prince Sirlci mus'r again become Deafh. l-le resumes his dreadful form only ro find rhar Grazia has always seen him 'rhaf way. She does nor Tear him. Deaih has ar las? found 'rhe perlecf love which casrs our fear, as Grazia chooses gladly To go wirh him. 'RN fl 4 A LA . MAKING UP THE CAST: Jane? Jones, James Sullivan, Geraldine Conwell and JBCNNB Chandler. STAGE CREW AT WORK Roberi Hill Roberf Discherf and Earl Thompson SEATED: Ural Andrews, Marie Smolar and Rufh Rosenheld. STANDING: Virginia Knowles, John Hannigan, William Scheiier, Virginia Clark, James Sullivan, Arihur Jednacz, Geraldine Conwell, Ralph Hand and John Trainer. ,Q-' . ,.,,, ii el 1 ' 5 1 ,f 'T'i A .