Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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Thespians I ' m dying, hey ! Unhand that Woman ! Don ' t hurt him, Francis!

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THESPIANS STRICTLY FORMAL On November 4, the Smith Academy Thes- pians presented the three-act play, STRICTLY FORMAL at the Hatfield Memorial Town Hall. The scene was the living room of the Cutler resi- dence. Joyce Cantwell played the role of Jane Cutler, a teen-age girl with a prom problem. Ann Kennedy gave a hilarious performance as Cindy, Jane ' s cousin and little helper, who had more ideas than were needed. Dorothea Fortsch was sweet and likeable in her role of Sally, who had trouble with handsome Robert Widelo, as her boy friend Jim, who had a mind only for passing French. Donald Jandzinski gave a splendid per- formance as Elroy, the boy who did not like girls but believed mostly in his shot-putting. As a nervous father, Bernard Saydlowski gave a dig- nified performance and was quieted down with the help of his well-mannered wife, played very nicely by Joan Moriarty. Much humor was added by Francis Godin, who portrayed Mr. Ahern, a quick-tempered man who seemed to always be in trouble with Mr. Cutler. John Barrett, in the role of George, Jane ' s No. 1 beau, was faced with many problems concerning the girls. Phyllis Ko- chan had the breathless part of Marilyn, who was chasing after Elroy. Patricia Mason cast as Ag- nes, the bedraggled maid of the house, gave a witty performance. Janet Vollinger displayed much glamour in the part of Marcia, the sophisti- cated triple-threat from New York. As the high- strung Mrs. Tilton, Mary Belden acted out her part with great authority, but had a little trouble with her younger daughter, Josie, whom everyone regarded as a brat, cleverly portrayed by Elinor Vollinger. Mildred Novak had the role of Rose, the girl with the mumps, who stirred up a bit of action. Carl Wendoloski, as Bob, a lieutenant in the Air Force, was nice-looking and quiet and liked to eat. The prompters for the play were Dorothy Goodwin and Phyllis Pelis. For her fine direction, Miss Ryan was presented a pen and pen holder by the cas t.

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PUBLIC YEARBOOK This year the yearbook staff worked especially hard to produce a book different from the tradi- tional Smith Academy yearbook. Heading the staff of industrious contributors was Bernard Saydlowski, the editor-in-chief. His two chief as- sistants were Mary Belden, business manager, and Donald Jandzinski, associate editor. Literary edi- tor, Janet Vollinger headed the staff which pro- vided the book with most of its written material; other staff members were Helen Backiel, Ann Kennedy, Elinor Vollinger, Phyllis Kochan, Mil- dred Novak, Ann Foster and Joyce Cantwell. Carol Levitre was editor of the art staff, which included Thomas Prucnal and Eugene La France. The photography was under control of Ann Ken- nedy and her assistants, Janet Vollinger, Dorothy Goodwin, and Francis Godin. The difficult job of soliciting advertisements was under the super vision of the advertising managers John Barrett and Joyce Cantwell. They received help fiom many of the other members of the yearbook staff. Robert Widelo, Phyllis Pelis and Joan Moriarty were in charge of subscriptions and Dorothea Fortsch was the treasurer for the year. Mr. Cas- sidy, the advisor, gave much valuable counsel to make this an outstanding book. With the com- bined effort of all these people, this volume of the ECHO was produced.