Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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diniiiiiies 21 KEY Cl.UB FiKsi Row: Galjiicl Jacoluicci, James Goddard, Ronald Fallon, Laurence Dwyer, Robert Devine, David Mahoney, Leland 1 owle. Second Row: Edwin Veiga, Earl Merritt. Harry Richards, David Coombs, Stanwood Briggs, Robert Dunphy, Richard Rcncurrcl, John Stewart. The Key Club of Scituate High School Motto: We Build Too. Robert Devine, ' 47 IN September a new club was formed in the high school called the Key Club. It was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Scituate and was composed of boys from the senior, jimior, and sophomore classes who were qual- ified by their scholastic standing. Some of the objectives of the Key Club are to develop initiative and leadership, to pro- vide experience in living and working to- gether, to serve the school and community, and to prepare for useful citizenship. The Kiwanis Club entertained the Key Club at two banquets this year. At one of them, the boys received a bell and gavel, a charter, and lapel buttons. The Key Club sponsored many projects throughout the year, including a scrap-paper drive, and the sale of tonic at the basketball games to raise money for a camera for the school. The Key Club has proved beneficial to both the members and the school. The mem- bers have had an incentive for good scholastic standing, and the school has received a very fine motion picture camera through the efforts of this organization.

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diDiiies 23 H. M. S. Pinafore Shirley Damon, ' 48 Dunphy ' s was packed when I walked in one Saturday night, last December. The juke box was begging South America to take it away, w hile orders lor cokes, hotdogs, and I ' rappes were being shouted along the coini- ters. Everyone was in a gala mood, and I soon foiuid out why. The curtain had just fallen on the second and final performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta, H. M. S. Pinafore, performed by the students of the Scituate High. As I wandered through the crowd, looking for a friend, all f heard were remarks about this production. —and didn ' t you think that Dick Deadeye was wonderful? — His name? — Chipman, I think. — thought the girl who took Josephine ' s part had a lovely voice. I do liope that— — and the students did the scenery and staging. Miss Rowell and Mr. Benson did a great job directing it— it was so realistic. Gee, didn ' t Laura do a swell job? She was the best toniglit I ' ve ever— Hey, there ' s that Mitchell kid. Boy, I want to shake his hand! Taking the captain ' s part was no easy job. I thought tlie ladies looked so lovely in their gowns, especially Gladys Hill, and the sailors were very good, weren ' t they? Well, after hearing ail these remarks, I began to think that this play was really some- thing. Anyway, I sat down and ordered a cheezebinger and a lime-coke and then began talking to a boy next to me. After a few min- utes who did I discover liim to be, but Davie Dwyer, the leading man in the play! By then, I had bcgim to realize that I was about the only person in Dunphy ' s who hadn ' t seen the show. And I decided I had missed an excep- tionally good performance. It was pretty hot in there with the crowd and all, and the juke box was becoming richer every minute; so I decided to try to get through the crowd and out. On my way to the door, I heard still more laudatory remarks concerning this play. Those teachers did a great job directing the singing and dancing as well as the drama- tics. I ' d hate to have tackled it. Oh! I split my sides laughing at that tall officer! What did you say his name is? Heywood? Well, he certainly stole the show! And did you— — can ' t really decide which one I liked best, but that George Whorf was darn good. He ' s a real trouper! — finale was very colorful! — congratulate Miss Gile and Miss Rey- nolds for their excellent directing. They really— You know, there was a lot of hard work put into that production by almost everyone in the high school. It seems nice to see the entire school all pulling together for a good cause like that. The proceeds go toward the assembly fiuid, you know.