Notre Dame Academy - Tower Memories Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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i m, W47, ezzm to. mm The main character of the play, Erna hmidt, a German schoolgirl, was portrayed Rosemarie Zehe. The feeling toward Erna t the beginning of the action is on an equal ith that of all the other girls at the school. 5 her country begins its ruthless march on her notions, however, she is made to bear e brunt of the attacks in the reactions of er schoolmates. The treatment is so no- ral and so typically human that it might ave been extended by any American, Pole, r Frenchman. enes from our Class Ploy. TOP: Gloria Karpinski, orgaret Healey, Rosemarie Zehe. BOTTOM: Dolores bood, Therese Turkey, Doris Schoefer. 97 Olga Kirinski, the Polish student played by Gloria Karpinski, remained faithful to her sweetheartis sister until she was made to be- lieve that Erna favored the actiOns that had caused the death of her entire family in War- saw. The gripping scene in which Olga de- nied her friend was the climax of the play, and stirred the audience to pity both for the German girl and her overwrought Polish friend. Peacemaker in the troubled situation was the tender and loving Mrs. Hunter, owner and house-mother of the school, who at first tried to shelter the girls from the knowledge of the tyranny that hed crept into the world. Mrs. Hunter, played by Grace Needham, saw the folly of blaming a nation's faults on one girl and proceeded to win the girls over to the right by showing them the beauty and womane liness of tolerance and love. After once more creating a spirit of contentment and friend ship among her pupils, Mrs. Hunter agreed to continue the school in spite of oil the cone flicting circumstances. At the close of the play, the audience was convinced that the only truly democratic and Christian solution to the problem had been reached. The performances given on Friday and Sun- day evenings were presented to capacity audi- ences attracted by the timely theme and the popular cast of the play. Record soles of tickets were turned in by Rosemarie Zehe and Louise Goetz, who took the part of a teacher at the school. Proceeds from the sales were used by the Senior class to present a gift to the school upon their graduation. Scenery was chosen and arranged by Sister Mary Alicia and Mr. Charles Mills. Sister Mary Alicia also directed the many practices necessary to make the play the marvelous success that it was. From the moment the curtain rose on the first scene until the very last curtain call, the hours of hard and willing study expended by each member of the cast were evident. Never has a more convincing and dramatic effort been offered for the appreciation of 0 Notre Dame audience. 65

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enioz Clash; Wreaenb gwacgway Words were not enough to express the feel- ing of the class of '43 towards the world sit- uation which they were facing. The first class to be graduated during World War II chose instead to show its emotions through the stronger medium of action. This they did by presenting as their class play the emotion- olly stirring Letters to Lucerne. One of the year's ten Broadway hits, it was a lovely and moving plea for tolerance which carried Ci message to every member of the sell- out audiences who viewed it. As a modern drama it was certainly one of the most popular and timely plays which will ever be seen here at Notre Dame. The play dealt with the lives and feelings of several girls, attending an American school in Switzerland and caught in the web of evii which began to spread in Europe in 1939. Each girl was from one of the different coun- tries involved in the conflict, and so quite na- turally eoch held her own view of the situation. OUR CLASS PLAY, LETTERS TO LUCERNE: TOP, RIGHT: Kathleen Conroy, Jo-Ann Burke, Gloria Korpinski, Rosemarie Zehe, Mary Ann Broun, April O'Boyle. TOP, LEFT: Grace Needham, Aileen Valentine. BOTTOM: April O'Boyle, Kathleen Conroy, Mary Ann Burke, Gloria Karpinski, Louise Goetz. Broun, Rosemarie Zehe, Grace Needhom, Jo-Ann

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WM em mi TOP: Newly elected members of the Quill and Scroll ore istandingi Margaret Creadon, Kitty McEilin, iseatedi Mary Knuth and Nancy Brody. They were thus honored for their journalistic achievement during the past years. BOTTOM: Exponents of good speech istondingi Kitty McEliin, Patricio Lombardo, Carol Dunch, Grace Need- hom, Theresa Buettner, Aileen Valentine, iseotedi Barbara Peppie, Marian Kerrigon, Margaret Heoley and Mary Columbro have increased the membership of the Mosque and Gavel. CMLce 246? OVL$IXL6Z The literary work of four Seniors was recog nized this year by their admission into th Quill and Scroll. A national society for hig school journalists, the Quill and Scroll h annually admitted Notre Dame students wi journalistic abilities. Among other qualifications, members u this society must be Seniors in the upper thi of their class, have done superior work in wri ing, editing, or busihess managing, and mu be recommended by their supervisor of stL dent publications. Realizing that speech is the expression . man's sociability, two years ago Notre Do introduced Masque cmd Gavel, a national hig school society for the promotion of go- speech. At present, the society is compos- of eight Seniors and three Juniors, who we elected by the faculty. During the past year, Masque and Gov members participated in the Student Spec: ers' Bureau of the War Chest campaign, th. presented the Victory Variety Show for t ambulance drive, and they produced t Blue Star Mothers' Program for the mothe of men in service.