Miss Porters School - Yearbook (Farmington, CT)

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35 6 J .- . A Q y 2 A-f 4 we 5. kff-by 5 Left to Righl: Ann Smith, Laura Carey, Anita Nash, Ruth Bryant, janet Brown CPresidentD, Daphne Nelson, Nancy Cowperthwaite, Carolyn XVaring fSeCretaryl. .Q The Mandolin Club New talent was discovered by the Mandolin Club at the trials held in the fall term. Ruth Bryant, Laura Carey, Anita Nash, Daphne Nelson, and Ann Smith were elected members. Under the direction of the president, Janet Brown, Mandolin played for us during luncheon on Thanksgiving, and offered a selection of jazz songs. They were heartily applauded and encored throughout the festive meal. ln the spring term, the Mandolin Club gave its annual concert. lncluded in the program were the l'Merry VVidow VValtz and selections from two of Sigmund Romberg's operettas, The Desert Song and l'The New Moon . ln addition, they played several currently popular songs, and special solos were given by some of the club members.

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The cast consisted of: MISS EMILY GRAY .......... ............ A nn Wooster JERRY O,BRIEN, a post boy .... .... l Catharine Hamill MISS DOTY ............... . . . Virginia Durand THOMPSON WILLIAMS .... ........ S usan Kelsey MISS BLISS .................. ........ C harlotte Clark MR. ROYCE ...................... Catherine Whittemore A GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK ........ Margaret Goddard The winter play, Friend Hannah , was presented on January twenty- ninth. It is a tragic story of the eighteenth century concerning the secret but happy marriage of the Prince of Wales, incognito, to a lovely Quaker girl, Hannah Lightfoot. When he becomes king, he intends to make his wife known as Queen of England. His mother, however, without his knowl- edge, tells Hannah of the discords a commoner queen would provoke, and she unselfishly flees to America, where the prince cannot find her. Forty years later, she returns to her home in England. One day, the King, now blind and sick, passes by, and asks his brother to lead him to Hannah's garden, which he once knew so well. She watches him sorrowfully, and speaks to him. He thinks she is only a phantom of his imagination. Hannah realizes, however, that' he has never ceased to love her. As the two men leave, the King's brother, kneeling, kisses the hand of the old Quaker woman. The program: FRIEND HANNAH By Paul Kesler THE PRINCE OF WALES .... .............. A nn Ellis EDWARD, DUKE OF YORK . . . . . . Catherine Whittemore THE DUKE or CHANDOS .... ....... M arjory, Hasler LORD BUTE ............. ....... S usan Kelsey THOMAS LIGHTEOOT ....... ..... A nn Wooster ROBERT GLEGG, a post boy .... .... K atharine Hamill ISAAC AXFORD ............ .... R uth Humphreys AUGUSTA .............. .... T Anne Whitmarsh MARGARET LIGHTFOOT . . . . . . Alice Fleitmann BETTY TROTT ......... .... V irginia Lowry HANNAH LIGHTFOOT ...................... Nancy Wylie The play of the spring term is presented on the last Saturday of school. The Farmington Players are assisted in their production by the Perilhou and Mandolin Clubs. Last June, the play was Goldsmith's immortal She Stoops to Con- quer. It was a delightful presentation, and was enthusiastically received by the audience.

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