Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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Chorus at work on Oocrctta MRS. CHARLES HUMPHREYS Pianist CLAYTON P. STEVENS Director ORCHESTRA H. Allen, A. Crozier, M. Cuttler, J. De Ligney, S. Epstein, S. Friedman, R. Fuller, B. Gruber, M. Hu- ber, H. Lukasik, R. Man- apeli, C. Riotto, R. Riskin, CJPERETTA PATlENCE Colonel Calvcrley R. BERNHARDT Mayor Murgatroyd P. DYNTREMONT Duke of Dunstable A. KAPLAN Reginald Bunthornc J. PAZ Archibald Grosvcno' E. RABINOWITZ Lady Angela M. GRAZIANO Lady Saphir B. HOLLY Lady Ella S. BODNER Lady Jane M. DAMBROSIO Patience L. GEVASCI HE Passaic High Chorus, '40-'4l, presented another de- lightful Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Patience, or Bun- thorne's Bride , about two rival poets, on May 23. The plot ot Patience, like most of Gilbert and Sulli- van's works, becomes rather involved. Bunthorne, loved by many ladies, loves Patience, a dairy maid, who loves the hand- some Grosvenor, Patience, believing that love must be un- seltish, agrees to wed Bunthorne because Grosvenor is too per- fect. When Grosvenor tries to look common and Bunthorne tries to become as handsome as Grosvenor was, Patience leaves perfect Bunthorne and weds her true love, Grosvenor. ORCHESTRA E. Rornanchuk, R. San- Filippo, B. Seidler, L Wein, M, Weinstock, L Zadoff, Clayton P, Stev- ens, Director.

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S 'wel BAND HAT puts us into the spirit of things at a football game? What makes everyone run to see a parade? We certainly couldn't stump the experts with these questions. Of course the answer is, The Band. ln the short time of four years the Passaic School Band has become one of the finest in this vicinity. It has steadily grown in size and now con- tains approximately fifty-five members. Under the splendid supervision of Mr. Arthur C. Dunkerley, their repertoire has increased greatly and their mu- sic has become finer. The band contributed largely to the success of the football games during the entire season. In the early spring months it entertained the students of the Woodrow Wilson, Franklin, and Memorial Schools. Later, it played at the gym demonstration, and, in May, held its fourth annual concert, which met with great success. The people of this city can well be proud of the Passaic School Band. We predict that in the future it will be considered one of the finest bands in this section. CHEERLEADERS

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SENIOR PLAY UNE MAD, a three-act comedy of modern youth under the able direction of Miss Ruth Thomas, who gave much time and effort that it might be an overwhelming success, was presented by the Senior Class on November IS, at the Passaic High School to a record-breaking crowd. The action of the play revolves around Claire Raphael, whose characterization of Penny Wood is beyond reproach, and Saul Topchik, who gives an unforgettable performance of Chuck Harris, the boy next door, as they go about the fre- quently difficult and always amusing business of growing up. When Howard lsenberg, best known at this time as Penny's Uncle Mervyn, brings Edward Koster, who does a marvelous characterization of that suave gentleman, Roger Van Vleck, home from college, Penny forgets to be a man-hater and succumbs to an attack of puppy love which is ten times worse than measles, Things really happen, however, when Penny almost disrupts two families in trying to make herself attrac- tive to the fascinating senior who, in turn, tries equally hard to make himself just as fascinating to Mervyn's flirtatious young girl friend and Chuck's dictatorial older sister Julie, played by Barbara Constantine, who carries the love interest of the play. JUNE MAD Penny Wood CLAIRE RAPHAEL Chuck Harris SAUL TOPCHIK Mrs. Wood MARGARET ACKMAN Elmer Tuttle AMASA A. MARKS, Jr. Dr. Wood JULIUS WILENSKY Effie SYLVIA MOSKOWITZ Milly Lou MARY MCCLEARY G. Mervyn Roberts HOWARD ISENBERG Roger Van Vleck EDWARD KOSTER Mr. Harris SIDNEY GORDON Shirley Wentworth ESTH ER TASSOS Ralph Wentworth PAUL GL I CKSMAN Julie Harris BARBARA CONSTANTINE Coach MISS RUTH THOMAS SENIOR DANCE CANDY COMMITTEE