Notre Dame Academy - Tryst Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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jufure jdedpiand .Slow Q ramafic uraafigfg Featured in the one act play contest, Margaret Beard confronts her old maid step-sister, portrayed hy Mary Cicoria. Smterl, Ielt to right, Sharon Lappe, Nancy Cole, Cita Lamh, Darryl Goddard, Marijo Sullivan, and jean- ne Dahlstedt express consternation over lNIargaret's al- leged insanity. Producing the.ir play, French Club members enact a scene from 1.0 Miracle des Fuseaux. Blind Maureen lagronic extends a hulk of lace for the rich countess, Mary llicoria, to examine, Anne Saitta and Dolores Conrad, taking thc part of young French girls, look on. XVhile the words, Hail, full of grace! resound through the auditorium, Jacqueline Hall and Margaret Beard re- enaet the scene of the Annunciation, part of the Christ- mas pageant. 7l

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sae R, , In the Christmas pageant, St. Anne QR. Lennonj watches the cradle of the Infant Mary, over whom the angels P. Siloom, R, Clraziano, and S. Gordon hover. The Cornelia Otis Skinners of the Notre Dame stage boast a diversified dramatic field, consisting chiefly of comedy and reli- gious tableaux. Adding a continental touch to the agenda is the annual play in ze langue francaisef' which centered this year around the shop of a poor lacemaker. An attempted murder and a history club meeting were the two elements combined in Undertow, N. D. A.'s 1954 entry in the One Act Play contest. These dramatic activities were bound to- gether by the lovely Christmas tableaux, which presented living pictures from Our Lady's life from her birth to the first Christmas. The year's plays formed a pack- age brimming over with Kay Street's dra- matic talent. . - if ', 1 ' A .l- . x 1 tix f' .t .1 514 x .fs . C wk! 4 J Mmm B Cornu, A. Quaid, Joyner, C. Crittenden, R C ranano C Hager, P. Saloom, D. Conrad, S. Lappe, -XlCX2lIlClCl X. Saitta, R. Butt, and C. Certh gather around the Christ Child's crib in the final tableau. - 'S

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ufiicaf Womenfd of Jgmericaii cuff .-f,..f -s X . , AN. .wx CAROL SCHMIDT Skipping Along - 1740 And Free Hearts Sing . . 1955's Spring Festival, highlighted in songs and dances mo- ments from America's singing past. ln the open- ing narration, senior Myrna Meyer, speaking as a Pilgrim who came to the New XVorld in 1620, set the theme ol' the program hy noting that with freedom and natural wealth, America gave the settlers the priceless gilt ol song. The 72 ANNE DAHLSTEDT Gavotte 1775 , fM,a-Wt ss:- ,Q3sn ',-Q, . ,-- ,d,ff . ge.: Q 1 V' if it 7 1 .4 , 1 9 z w V . ' F 5' .xi Y f , -1 . 1:41 Q . ,, I K if F 'tt in-,N s. . ga A p 2 n, -, 'ff .My 2 ff :lift 5-7 M , i yi tips 5 iw J r T ff - J 'K fi . f-f .f me -l , yn, ,a , hifi! s, .K f.-,A 'A ' , tg 'att A 'll ' .' lf - 1 asfff' - 5 7 1 R. I . . ' 'ff ' tl A 3- , iv my . fin, qs W gt' iv- ' . 1 'ft .-.mtl ft 'TR ia? Lrkibtk Qi L3 r ll is xiii tw .- rf, -K QQ -H.. a' at if A Q. 1 lt 2 K wt e nh- ,x ,WWI ,. sl ., S uare Dance 1840 members of the glee club hailed this gift in Elliott's One Melodiom Song. In the stately measures of the gavotte and the interpretive dancing of Carol Schmidt, the lighter moments of colonial life were pictured. Yankee Glory, a rousing patriotic chorus, completed the story of the period, catching in martial rhythm the early Americans' love of liberty. sax ia +L tb.. . 4' till: 'ltlg . ' mx-5' 'x MARY E. RUSK it ll XE