Northrop Collegiate School - Tatler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE DANCE PROGRAMS This year the Dancing Club and the Glee Clubs have presented three lovely programs. In the first, at Thanksgiving time, dances were given to the music of The Harvest Song by Gaul, Triumph, Thanksgiving by Rachmaninoff, and The Hymn of the Pilgrims by MacDowcll. To a reading from The Prophet by Gibran, another dance was given. The spring program emphasized first of all the sacrificial aspect of Easter. The dancers represented a frieze showing the sad people who had come weary miles to the tomb of the crucified Christ. The second part of the program symbolized the reawakening of spring, in a dance to Grieg’s music To Spring and one to The Wings of the Morning by Wiley, sung by the Glee Club. The June program was a pageant. King Nutcracker, done to Tschaikovsky’s well known Nutcracker Suite. The story was of a fir tree which was cut down; only a little knot was left. A boy passing by whittled a nutcracker from this knot, which, as he looked at it, seemed to come alive. It summoned many people to dance before the boy: there were Russians. Arabians. Chinese. Reed Flutes, and many others. The climax of the pageant was the dance of the flowers, in which all the flowers tried to produce the sweetest perfume, so that they would be chosen by Fay, the flower fairy. The whole school took part in King Nutcracker. The leads were: King Nutcracker, Mary Jane Van Campon; Fay, Virginia 1 laglin; The Candy Fairy. Betsy Stone. THE CHRISTMAS PLAY Every girl—from the kindergarten and primary, singing the familiar carols, to the junior and senior Glee Clubs, who provided the beautiful music accompanying the pageant—may say that she supported Northrop's offering to the reverence and beauty of the Christmas season. The use of an authentic French nativity play added to the universal tone of the Christmas story. The Virgin Mary was seen, when the play began, speaking about her premonition of some wonderful event. Then the Angel appeared in the Annunciation to Mary. Following this, the shepherds were shown, astounded by the Angel’s message and planning to travel to see the Christ. A scene of the women talking of the coming of a Savior followed a tableau of Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem. The final picture presented the journey of the Kings to the manger, the arrival of the shepherds, of the women, and of children representing all the countries of the world, every one adoring the infant Jesus. The cast included: The Ingel Mary Lou Benson Mary Ellen Huff foseph Mary Frances Ncilson Women: Mary Su Zclle, Frances Mapes, Josephine Harper, Janet Sandy Shepherds: Margery Michelson. Sara Lee Fletcher, Whitney Burton, Mary Neils Kings Mary Leslie, Katherine Dain. Leslie Flannery 1936 TATLER Tnxmy-S'ine

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1936 TATLER THE ART CONTEST The second of April witnessed the opening of the third annual Art Contest, demonstrating that the artistic talent of Northrop increases yearly. The contest was judged by the eminent Minneapolis artists and critics. Miss Barbara Bell, Miss Jane Thickens, and Mr. Edmund Kopietz. On display was the mural painting of Minnesota city and country life, presented to the school by Jane Creamer, Marian Seeley, and Jane Scybold. who painted its three panels, and a frieze depicting the visit of Saint Nicholas, done by several members of the sixth grade. To the winning contestants were given exquisite prints of famous pictures. In the judging, the school was divided into three sections: GRADES TEN. ELEVEN. AND TWELVE Painting First prize ............................................ ... Jane Creamer, for Farmyard Second prize ............................................. Jane Scybold. for Harlem Night |)k swing First prize ......... ... Marian Seeley Second prize. . ................................ ................. . .......... Grace Tully Grafts First prize ..................................... . .. . Grace Tully, for a screen Second prize ................................................. Jane Scybold, for a tray CommFjtciAt. Art and Design First prize ............................................ Jane Creamer for Book Exhibit poster GRADES SEVEN. EIGHT. AND NINE Painting First prize...................................... Rosemary Campbell, for Two I lancers Marionettes........... . Andrea Scott, for Old Rip Woodcrai T First prize .. .. ... Martha Lukin, for plate and coasters Ct AY First prize....................................... Joanne Winner, for Horse and Rider” Second prize.. ................................ Frances Atkinson, for Lady with Her Dog Pi wtkr First prize ....................................................................... Julie Burnet I » SIGN First prize Getchcn Luther, for a greeting card GRADES FOUR. FIVE. AND SIX Punting First prize Joan Payne, tor licr entire group Second prize. ... ............... . Janet Miller, for Horse and Dog Cl .AY First prize Sally Hill, for Jaguar Crafts First prize . . ......................................... Patricia Walling, for her mat Finger Painting First prize................................................. Betty Peterson, for |a|»an GRADES ONE, TWO. AND THREE Painting First prize............................................... Amy Belle Johnson, for Pilgrims Clay First prize......................................... Lucille Camp, for Eskimo Dog Sled Taraiy-Eight

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1936 TATLER A NIGHT AT THE OPERA With our third operetta The Two Vagabonds by Edward Jacobowski, based upon and with the music of his original Krminie, the tradition of an annual Northrop and Blake musical production is now firmly established. The customary curtain has now risen on scarcely recognizable Blake and Northrop students cavorting first in the streets of Titipu, and next on a rocky coast of Cornwall; and this year found them displaying their versatility on a village green in France. From the first scenes of The Two Vagabonds a rather dazed audience noted the continuous appearance of everything from viscounts, dukes, marquises, countesses, officers and soldiers to innkeepers, maids, vagabonds, troubadours, secretaries, lackeys, waiters and gypsy fortune-tellers. Such an assemblage provided a multiplicity of song, talent, and color. Sara Lee Fletcher and Stuart Rider, representing love struggling against great odds, charmed the audience with their amorous ducts, while Boynton Bean (who took over Sam Fahr’s part when the latter developed appendicitis) was as perfect an eighteenth century marquis as ever opened a snuff box or broadened an “A ; and George Clifford, a duke with a tender spot for little “deers, tripped a graceful gavotte with the court lords and ladies. M tzi and Bahette (Grace Tully and Sally Ilolladav) opened the second act by hastily training some of the villagers to be maids and lackeys to the assembled guests, and musically commented, to the delight of the audience, on the variety of “A Woman’s Dress.” The plot thickened as John Dobson and Ham Luther, the vagabonds, in league with Fllcn Huff, an attractive young fortune teller, Lazella, clowned about with iron men, the countess (Marjorie Johnson) and everybody’s iools. A surprise ending left everyone happy when the lovers surmounted the odds and Rene discovered his lost love, Claire (Frances Mapes) and his friend the Viscount (Charles Thompson). Then, after many floral compliments, the cast tripped back to the twentieth century. THE CAST Alitzi, maid to . ata(ie llabette, another maid Peter, a waiter l adeau, innkeeper iuizella, gypsy fortune teller Marquis le Mayenne Natalie, daughter of the Marquis Claire, fiiend of Natalie I)u (e of Ava'on, guest of Marquis Gerald Deroe, secretary to Marquis Captain Dupre. French officer Grace Tully Sally Holladay Thomas Oakes Robert Fisher Ellen Hutf Boynton Bean Sara Lee Fletcher Frances Mapes George Clifford Stuart Rider l-awrcncc Lucker ... The two vagabonds Rene Claudette I Chicot f Fiancois, Viscount de liordeleau Countess Tartaluff, wealthy widow .. .... The production was directed by Miss Cotton and Mr. Avery. Wilson, Miss Dalton, and Mr. Morse of Central High School, assisted the directors. 1 Hamilton Luther | John Dobson Charles Thompson Marjorie Johnson Miss Fawcett, Miss