Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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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

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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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1-...----V DEMONSTRATICDN HE girls' gymnasium classes presented another gala evening of entertain- ment on January sixteenth. These annual indoor demonstrations are one of the few free performances at the High School, Under the able leadership of Miss King and Mrs. Burnett, and accompanied by Miss Cayan at the piano, the girls gave a very colorful program. The demonstration began with an address by Mr, Kennedy. Dances fol- lowed, among them the Tambourine, Cowgirl, lndian, Mexican, Drum Major, the Wand Drill, and Collegiate Tap. Posture exercises were a feature, and a tumbling and an apparatus team showed their skill, An original first-aid skit, in which four experts were asked questions, because of its resemblance to the well-known Information Please held the rapt attention of the audience. The girls are to be commended, not only for their ability to present the gymnasium work, but also for their courage. On the night of the demonstrae tion occurred one of the worst storms of the winter. The weather, however, did not interfere with the presentation nor with the enjoyment of the au- dience. WHAT A LIFE Miss Shea BARBARA CONSTANTINE Mr, Nelson EDWARD KOSTER Mr. Patterson K5 Ulf LAWRENCE SAXER Q50 03-,WT ram, Henry Aldrich STANLEY SCHAMPAN Barbara Pearson JANE MORRIS Miss Pike LORRAINE ROSENTHAL Miss Eggleston MARlLYN NELSON Mr. Vccchito SEYMOUR KRUG Mr. Bradley BENJAMIN GOLDBERG Miss Wheeler ROSE CARDONE Bill PAUL GLICKSMAN George Bigelow JEROME GOLDMAN Coach MISS MARGARET CASKEY 99 DRAMATICS CLUB PLAY