Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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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.

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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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THE CHIMES 7 MAKING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE INTERESTING The French play given by the pupils of the third year class at the Scituate High School was very good. In this play the character of each actor was well described. The French scene at the railway station was exceptionally good. The substance of the play was very humorous and the characters acted the parts very well. The cast represented father, mo ther and daughter traveling. Their means of support was not sufficient but they were trying to act as if they were in a better position, both financially and socially, than they actually were. The father was supposed to have a wonderful education, (which he had not) and he was trying to show his artistic knowledge by making comments about the station. This was a part well acted. The minor characters performed their parts skillfully also. The language of the French is not difficult, yet neither is it very easy to learn. Considering that the pupils have studied French only one and one half years, many of them are mastering it i emarkably well. Many citizens of the town were greatly im- pressed by the way the pupils spoke the French language. In the class room about one third of the time is devoted to conversation. Some of the pupils are corresponding with French students. It is this language that everyone, sooner or later will use in some part of his or her career. Rose Hernan, '26. Frye — Did you hear about the convict who stole a pair of policeman's pants and escaped? Damon — No. Frye — Well I read the headline in the paper. It is, ''Fleas in policeman's pants . We editors may tug and toil Till our finger tips are sore, But some poor fish is sure to say, I've heard that joke before. « Dull Latin Pupil — Say, what case do you put ' all his possessions ' in? Bright Pupil — Suitcase. Mr. Martin asked his class to write a composition on The Result of Laziness . Ben Curran, who was as witty as he was lazy, passed in a blank piece of paper.