Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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9 BLUE AMD WHITE .JOS OFF TO TULIP LAND In spite of the sub-zero weather we have been enduring, spring is just around the corner. That's .impossible! some of you cry. Well, I'll prove it by reminding you that practice for the operetta is in full sway. This year its Tulip Time . The setting is not in Japan tut in that pic turesque land of dynes, ’-’ollarid. Just imagine yourself in a quaint Dutch Village, reeking with the scents of colorful flowers and overflowing with blue-eyed belles of the land } But now lets come down.to earth. Its colorful and catchy music, its laugh-provoking plot, and a huge company of sixty five, plus its vivid setting, should make it a grand success ! So besides being interested in it ourselves, let's help to arouse an interest in others for its benefit. BOOK PU07LE Continued from page q 5. Who was the daughter of a family of aristo ■ -cratic robbers and smugglers? 6. Who thought faith, hope, and charity surmounted all obstacles such as trials and temptations to which mankind is liable and won eternal bliss? 7. Who v as the workhouse waif who was taken to a school for pickpockets kept by a crafty old jew, Fagin? Continued on page 17

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8 3LU£ AMD WrDTf I fS' ATV'i1 ' 0 i P r1 r ON THE SHELF Several new books have been added to the Fourth Street Public Library. These books are all new ones and are all worth while reading, They are as follows: Rosemary---— «—---Josephine Lawrence Illyrian Spring-- —........Ann Bridge Shining Windows.......Kathleen Norris Fair As The Moon--------Temple Bailey Vein Of Iron...................-Ellen Glasgow Phunology..........-.....e. 0. Harbin North To The Orient--Ann Morrow Lindberg Seven League Boots---Richard Halliburton Magnificent Obsession--------------Lloyd Douglas The Garden Murder Case----s. S. Van Dine Who wouldn't want to read these books? Just think of the adventure, mystery and excitement we have missed if we haven't read Halliburton's new book, or Van Dine's latest murder case, or read the travel book of a ;no3t popular woman, Ann Morrow Lindberg A wonderful movie has recently been made from the Kagnificient Obsession by Douglas. BOOK PUZZLE Test your knowledge of reading 1 Below are described some pecularities and facts about famous fictitious characters. Can you guess who they a re and in what book they appear? 1. Who fought duels with windmills? 2. Who took another man's place in prison and also died in his place upon the guillotine? 3. Who served lengthy prison terms and was haunted all his life by police for stealing a loaf of bread. 4. What character thought a small child's , y«l-low locks were gold.. Continued on page 9

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10 Ml! 5! r j V CONCERT OF HARRISBURG S F’ndSfeSTf? l ' r« . - V ... Sv Twenty-two students from the high school '.-vs attended a concert of ▼ Tnr r' i chnr»f? C frnnSnr f • Orchestra, January 10 cert was the second in concerts to be given this season by the tra to high school students. the Harrisburg Symphony L: ;,p C , $A , at the Forum.This con- ;V-'0:v-.O') a a series of four big ore l £ JtJ : •. 3 The concert was, in the opinion of the audience, the best one yet given.The composers honored at this concert are the composers or the composers of the romantic period in music history S V.'f rountic music The students regret that they will be unable to attend the next concert, but they are looking forward to being able to attend the fourth of the series.. the i::r; year The good old year is leaving us, The now is coming fast; And all of us Know now wo mus' Forget about the past. Good re-'.’utions might be made, 3y tiiose who would improve; And we do hopo no dream might fado Their chocr and joys to move. To some the past yjar has been kind, To cthors not so good, gut this wo hope, next year to find, Everyone supplied with food. And so farewell o ar old year, And welcome in the now, Vo hope that all, glad nows may hoar The sad be very few. Mary Eby