Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Fifty-six Dramatic Clubs The first meeting of the Senior Dramatic Club under sponsorship of Vernon E. Replogle was held in the art room Tuesday, September 25, 1938. The members of the club voted and the ofiicers were selected as follows: Daniel Baer, president, Gordon Phillips, vice-president, and Dorothy Smith, secretary. Under the direction of the club the exchange program started. The club began a correspondence between Coatesville, Downingtown, Upper Mericin, and Bridgeport and finally arranged dates for the exchange of as- semb ies. March 16, when Upper Merion brought its band to Phoenixville mark- cd the beginning of the exchange programs for this year of '39. The junior dramatic club, sponsored by Miss Marie O'Neill, meets weekly Tuesday third period. The following officers have presided over the Club: Betty Campbell, presidentg Georgia Mooney, vice president, Helen Yeager, secretary. The meetings consisted of discussions on topics pertaining to the art of dramatics, such as voice, posture, interpretation of lines, movements on the stage, and bodily expression. In addition to these discussions committees prepared programs con- sisting of short sketches, longer plays, story telling, pantomine, and simi- lar presentations. Our sophomore dramatic club, under the direction of Miss Julia Rose Ash, has been busy since September. The club was divided into groups of five, each group being responsible for successive weekly programs. The presentation of the different groups were varied. The usual fea- tures were monologues, skits, plays, poems. Amateur contests and Pro- fessor Quiz programs were presented several times and current dramatic topics of interest were discussed frequently. The Club will present its assembly program on May 11. Chess Club The Chess Club in Phoenixville high school was organized before the Christmas holidays of 1938. Since that time more enthusiasts of a fine pastime have turned out. V The P. H. S. players had competition with Spring City. Games were also played among the members of the Chess Club. The club of twenty-four members meets every Tuesday morning dur- ing the third period. Senior members of the club are as follows: Quentin Hamborsky, An- drew Haggerty, C. Souch, J. Kassel, R. Deery, V. Freeman, Ed. Szegedy, F. Deger, and Ed. Eckhart. Howard Moore, the instructor of mechanical drawing, is the adviser of the club.

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'Little Miss Dreamer l'irst Row-Quentin Hamborsky, Dorothy Stephens, Doris Wadsworth, Richard Bor- mann, Florence Hopkins, Thomas Taggart. Second Row-Bertha Bloomer, Samuel Smith, Jayne Reifsneider, Robert Hopple, Margery Gay, Amy Wilson. Third Row- Virginia Hesser, Joseph Montich, Mary Elizabeth Voorhees, Kathryn Godshalk, Daniel Baer, Lillian Szigety. Fourth Row-Edward Pietro, Gordon Phillips, Ha1'old McDan- iel, Vincent Freeman. Fifth Row-Dorothy Shoemaker, Vernon Replogle, Miss Mal'- garet Savage. For a play this year the class chose a three act comedy, called Little Miss Dreamer, which was presented April 20 and 21, in the Memorial Junior High School auditorium. The story of the play concerns Jean Morrison, a little Western girl with big ideas. Ever since Jean's father, an impractical dreamer, had run away soon after Jean's birth. Mrs. Morrison had striven to shape her daughter's character in a cold, realistic, mould, but she has reckoned without the power of heredity, for Jean, at the age of eighteen is her father all over again. Her life is one rosy dream, and she is in revolt against the hum- drum ranch life. Instead, she has visions of becoming a great movie star and has subscribed to the Gigantic Studio's Mail Order Course on how to Become a Great Star in Twelve Easy Lessons. Everyone on the ranch has been pressed into service to help Jean study her lessons, including Bud Simpson, the colored maid, and granny. But the greatest thrill of Jean's young life comes when a company from the Gigantic Studio, on location, arrives at the Morrison ranch to make a picture. In the company are Stark Davis, the Great Lover of the screen and J ean's secret passion, Elmer Hat- field, his amorous but stuttering secretary, Marianne Miles, the famous actressg and Runnen Bringit, the world's greatest colored motion picture star Cby his own admissionj. Here, thinks Jean, is her great chance at last-alas for Jean, it is not quite as simple as that. Finally, however- after a series of hilarious mishaps which include everything from an un- expected proposal to a hold-up by a Western bad man, Jean's dreams do come true in a dramatic and totally unexpected manner. The pl.ay was coached by Vernon Replogle and Miss Margaret Savage of the faculty. Fifty-fiv

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The Curtis Publishing Con test The annual Curtis Publishing contest, which was sponsored by the senior class, was held October 13 to October 27. Louise Pollock, a junior, sold seven dollars worth of subscriptions, thereby, leading the magazine contest. The senior class offered to the highest seller of subscriptions of each day a ticket to the Villanova-Temple football game. Those who received tickets for the game were Frank Deger, Louise Pollock, Marian Fegley, Dorothy Shoemaker, Mary Ella Trunk, Mary Elizabeth Voorhees, and Robert Woodruff. Individual prizes were awarded to those who sold subscriptions for the company. The Crowell Magazine Contest The Crowell magazine contest, sponsored by the seniors for the finan- cing of their class affairs, was started on October 13. Representative Adams, of the Crowell Publishing Company, spoke to the school, offering forty-two different prizes for high sellers. AS a special prize he offered a seven jewel watch to the boy or girl in P. H. S. who sold the most American Magazines at the end of the con- test. The contest ended on October 27 with Mary Ella Trunk, a junior leading the contest. Charles Souch, a senior, received the wrist Watch. 1 Lyceum Programs During the 1938-'39 semesters, the senior high school students were entertained by thirteen outstanding lyceum numbers. Edwin M. Dill, known as The Potter, headed the list with a program of clay modeling, on Monday, October 10. The Little Theatre Workshop was featured Monday, October 31. Monday, November 14, brought the Still's Circus Marionettesf' Frederic White, Wednesday, November 23, presented A Pictorial Journal Around the World. Educational Motion Pictures, were shown, free of charge, on Thurs- day, December 1, at senior high assembly. The new semester was started off by the Pollard Players, January 3. The Croatian Tamburitza Ensemble, a musical group, entertained the students Monday morning, January 16. E. C. Jones presented an interesting electrical program Thursday, January 2. Andrew Brennan, a magician, gave a performance Friday morning, March 10. Characterizations by Miss Jessie Raye Taylor were presented Tues- day, April 11. A talk by Colonel Washington Holidays, Thursday, May 4, brought to a close the lyceums for this year. Fifty