Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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THE CHIMES 5 APPRECIATION OF THE PAGEANTRY CLASS The pageantry class is one of the newest additions to the school and to the art department. In the pageantry course we study c ostumes of the different na- tions, seasons, and holidays. It includes scenery and stage set- ting for plays and decorations for parties. During educational week we had great fun planning and ar- ranging the decoration for the luncheons served by the ''House- hold Arts Girls. We decorated the dining room five times in the Thanksgiving season, using different subjects but all appropriate for the season. This being the first year of the existence of the pageantry class» we have not been able to w ork out an.y stage setting, but we are hoping to have the opportunity soon. The knowledge gained in this course, I think, -will prove most useful in the plays and parties of the future, after we have left school and attend college or belong to clubs and societies. Every- where people are needed who can arrange a stage setting properly or decorate for some holiday celebration using the right colors and symbols for the occasion. Many would willingly help, in fact would love to do this sort of thing if they had ideas and knew how to use them. Mrs. Ward, the head of the art department, is our enthusiastic teacher and makes the class most interesting. H. Alexander, '26. THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA The High School Cafeteria is being carried on in the Ainiex and is in charge of Miss Ina Litchfield. About fifty pupils eat there each day. The girls who are studying Household Arts help to prepare and serve the food. This gives them practical training in this work. In the Annex there is a long table on which the food is placed. Many different kinds of food are served, such as soup, cocoa, sand- wiches, candy, fruit, ice cream, etc. You can get an entire lunch or as much as you desire. None of the dishes cost over ten cents ; so a good lunch may be obtained for tw enty-five cents. On a cold day the hot cocoa and soup taste very good in addition to the cold sandwiches brought from home ; and on a w arm day everyone likes an ice cream cone. Each person, after buying his food, car- ries it to the place where he intends to eat it. After eating he is expected to take his dishes and place them at one end of the table where they are collected and washed. The teachers are served at a separate table, while the pupils have more than one table at which they may eat. There is also a dining room where guests are served. All the guests have expressed their admiration of the way our cafeteria is being managed. g Wheeler, '26.

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4 THE CHIMES It almost seemed that one-half of the burden of the school rested on his shoulders although Mr. Martin had plenty of arduous tasks liimself. Much to the boys' joy it was discovered that Mr. Norton had a knowledge of football, a sport dear to the heart of every American boy. Gradually the respect of the entire school has been accorded him and we hope that he will continue his interest in the Scituate ' Margaret C01.B, '25. ''Shall we permit the High School pupils to use the Town Hall for basketball? I should say not! There wouldn't be a thing left of it. Now just a minute you fathers and mothers. Do you realize that therein lies a solution to a problem you face seven times a week: ''Isn't there something we can get Johnnie to keep him home at night? How many dollars do you spend each Christmas for books and games? Johnnie reads the books and grows tired of the games within a week or two and then you are just as worried as ever. Perhaps you bought him a radio. That was successful for a time but isn 't his interest beginning to wane now ? How many nights do you go to bed wondering whether Johnnie is just down at the 'alleys' as he always says he is, or hoping against hope that Sally is not out flivvering again? It is true that the present generation indulges in sports of which the past generation never even dreamed, but, are we wholly to blame that Susie Jones' quilting parties and Mary Morrison's candy-pulls are not included in our list of amusements ? Time has erased those from our list and in their place has inserted basketball as an indoor sport. Now you have denied us that and where are we? Of course we cannot completely blot out the memory of the care- less usage which the hall received at the hands of High School students but we feel sure that we can redeem ourselves. Won't you give us an opportunity? Can't you see that if we could play basketball, there would be a number of nights during the winter when you would know just where Sally and Johnnie were? And on evenings when there were no match games everyone would be so tired from the practice game in the afternoon that it would seem good to stay at home and read the sporting news and eat fudge. So if you will give us a chance to show you that we can use the Town Hall and still leave enough of it standing for the elections, if, instead of saying, ' ' Oh, yes, I suppose you might as well, ' ' you will attend our games and give us th strong support of your enthusiasm and if, in addition to all this, you will try to forgive any past grievances, we, by our conduct will make you forget. Eleanor Dwyer, '24.

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6 THE CHIMES DRAMATICS Perhaps you are the very one who so enjoys an evening 's enter- tainment in which the actors and actresses are entirely unknown. Wouldn't you much rather attend a performance given by the local dramatic club, where you would recognize all the players? Most certainly you would. Therefore don't you think that drama- tics in High School should be encouraged? Don't let anything T may say persuade you ; reason it out for yourself. Twice a year each group of students in the language department entertains with plays, songs or recitations before the school. But do we stop at that? Indeed not, that is but a mere beginning as compared with the senior play or the play presented by the school as a whole, which is given as a public performance at the best local hall available. The enjoyment which the audience receives from these entertain- ments no matter how great, can hardly compare with the vast amount of good it has done the performers and those otherwise connected with its production. The actors and actresses can develop their minds for learning and memorizing in school, because in order to take his or her part well, the lines must be memorized and remembered as well. The art department is of great assistance in planning the stage and surroundings. Much competition enters in dramatics. First, rivalry among the students to play the various parts. Each student has an oppor- tunity to try out for the part for which he thinks himself best fitted, and the person who takes the part in public is the one who it best fitted for the part. Second, in the art classes the clever designers compete to produce their best work, for only the best is chosen to set off the play. Third, in the newly organized pa- geantry classes, the costumes are now planned; and last in the business department the typists compete in making an attractive program. So you see dramatics isn't all in the acting, for much work is done in the other school departments thus saving money and pro- viding training along these various lines of activity. The next time you witness one of our High School performances, consider the talent of the players, the intricate designs which make up the background, the clever costumes of the players and then inspect your program, and I think you will feel satisfied that you live in a town which has such an efficient high school. Therefore don't you think dramatics helpful to all courses and that they should be continued ? Barbara O'Connor. '23.