Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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DRAMA! A thrilling moment with Carroll Speck, Stokes Sharp, Donna Hoyt, Arthur Ward, in In the Shadow of the Glen” THE MUSES, indeed, could not have been disappointed this year in the inter¬ est and effort expended in dramatics, for at each bi-monthly meeting, an experi¬ mental play directed by one of the mem¬ bers of the group was presented. Two especially good productions were: Wild Hobby Horses , directed bv Georgia White, and The Bad Penny , directed by Marjorie Wright. On March 29, at “All - High - School Seniors’ Day,” the Sophanes Players went “Hindustanic” with Jack Stuart Knapp’s Command Performance. The Hindu setting of a Maharajah’s palace, and the colorful costumes, captivated the audience at the very beginning, and rightly so, for many of the properties, the property of Mrs. Beulah Allen, came directly from India. J The production of In the Shadow of the Glen, a one-act play by John Millington Synge, was proof of the fine work of this club. The ability of the playwright to capture the poetry and cadence of the Irish peasant speech, made him the most distinguished writer of the Irish Renais¬ sance. Phe Board of Directors of the Sophanes Players consisted of the officers: Wright, Newcomb, Jones, and Johnson, as well as Mrs. William Howard Bennett, ad¬ viser and director, and Speck, Keilholtz, Walsh, Clinard, and Marvil. Phe dramatic club, under the guidance of Mrs. Bennett, has continued to main¬ tain its high standards of producing only the best plays and of doing them well. 23

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owers in MUSIC THE DIST RICT 1 Rotary Club dinner was not the first occasion at which the Chorus made a successful appearance, for thev first introduced themselves at J the Freshman - Parent - Faculty Dinner, and later at the Princess Anne High School. A small group was organized to sing at the Wicomico FIigh School without ben¬ efit of pitch-pipe or piano, and then at Easton High School to the accompani¬ ment of sneezes, sniffles and sips of lemon juice. Formal clothes were first donned by the entire Chorus for the annual appearance at the Young Business Men’s meeting in the Wicomico Hotel Ball Room. The Russian “rash’’ broke out among the men after they witnessed the spectacular performance of the Don Cossack Chorus —the net result being an hilarious if slight¬ ly screwy production known as “General Totalloff’s Don Cossack Chorus.” Early in the spring, the same small group mentioned before made appearances at twenty high schools. Shirley Powell and din Bedsworth, co-presidents, were both members of this group as were also: Bradley, Johnson, Willing, Wright, New¬ comb, and Williams. June concluded a busy year for the Chorus, for, besides their numerous per¬ formances, they were featured at the Bac¬ calaureate Service at Commencement. Row 1 (left to right) — Martin, Crockett, Willing, Powell, Bedsworth, Collison, Fogwell, Tilghman, Wright. Row 2 — McVey, Young, Heath, Marvil, Christopher, Bradley, Keplinger, S ' tandiford. Row 3 — Breneman, Rencher, R. Williams, Haddaway, Deen, Slnigart, Bounds, Pennewell, Streett, Kerr, Siddons, Brandon. Row -f — Cooper, Dulin, Bowen, Appleton, Seese, D. Gross, II. Smith, Tyler, Taylor. Row 5 — Hayman, T. illiams. Speck, C. Gross, Bowman, E. Gross, Holloway, Sharp, Newcomb, Lavery.

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Shirley Powell conducts one of the weekly Sunday Evening Vesper Hours THE FRESHMEN reversed procedures a bit to play hosts to upper classmen at the Freshman Formal on December the sixth. A week later satin and taffeta “formals” and “tuxes” were exchanged for short dresses, socks, hair bows, knickers, and lollypops, for at this time the Christian Association entertained at a “Kiddie Party.” Perhaps the novelty of blase students returning to childhood days made the evening such a tremendous success. “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understand¬ ing,” the theme of the Christian Associa¬ tion, has characterized all of their 1940- 41 activities. For, they have indeed “found wisdom” and received ‘binder- standing” in the Vesper Hour, presided over bv members of this association every Sunday evening at 6 o’clock. At the first meeting of the organization, Miss Beatrice Milligan, of the Asbury Methodist Church, presented valuable guides for the year’s program. Developed from this were the monthly meeting topics, which were “Missions of China, India, and Africa.” A wealth of material has been gleaned from these informal discussions. Officers who served this year were: Pres¬ ident, Billie Shugart; Vice-President, Robert Gibson; Secretarv, Frances Dur¬ ham; Treasurer, Thomas Flowers; and Adviser, Miss Ruth Powell. 24