Southern Junior High School - Bell Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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10 0 THE SOUTHERN BELL Miss Small Presents Colorful Greek Pageant N May 28, members of the World Friendship Club and the Art Club gave in the school auditorium a presentation of tales and adventures from ancient Greece which was certainly a novelty enjoyed by all. , The World Friendship Club directed by Miss Mann has studied Greece this year at the suggestion of Mr. Bingham, chairman of the Interna- tional Relations Committee of the Somerville Rotary Club, which had selected Greece for their study this year. The pageant opened as the presi- dent of the World Friendship Club appealed to Father Time to turn back his Book of Years to the days of Ancient Greece in order that South- ern boys and girls might see for one short hour something .of life among gods and heroes on Olympus in the mythical days of old. Father Time called his messenger, Hermes, and commanded him to summon the gods to come forth. As the gods assembled, Clio, muse of history, announced them as they appeared for council. Among them we saw Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, and others robed in the colorful costumes which were dyed, designed and made by Miss Small, di- rector of the Art Club. Miss Small wrote the pageant, and has given much time to the making of the large amount of equipment and decoration needed in the production. While the gods were in council, Apollo, god of beauty and music, played on his lyre, and Pan, the piper for King Midas, played a lively tune on his pipes. The gods were asked to judge the musicians and all except Midas voted for Apollo. He haughtily left the assembly, but soon returned with a pair of donkey's ears which he placed on the head of Midas, greatly to the amusement of the gods. Ganymede, cup-bearer of Zeus, presented a cup of wine to the father of all the gods, which he drank with relish. During the council, the or- chestra played the graceful, dignified Pomp and Circumstancef' One of the most beautiful and im- pressive presentations was where the sculptor Pygmalion became so enrap- tured with his statue of Galatea that she came to life. Victor Herbert's Sweet Mystery of Life seemed to voice the sculptor's feelings perfectly. Niobe was well represented as she pleaded for the life of her remaining daughter after thirteen other children had been put to death by jealous gods. Grieg's music, The Death of Asa, helped us to feel her grief. When Pandora and Epimetheus en- tered their new home, Schubert's Serenade seemed to 'sing their hap- piness. But when Pandora's curiosity made her open the box, and all the troubles escaped, we heard their hum- ming as the violin and piano played Franz Schubert's The Bee. Finally Hope was liberated from the chest to help us bear' all the troubles, and joy reigned supreme in Mendelssohn's Spring Song. Everyone enjoys the purity and fragrance of the delicate spring flower, narcissus. The story of its origin was impressively told as the youth, Narcissus, saw his redection in a pool and, while gazing enraptured, pined away. The gods, however, changed him to the beautiful flower we love so well. All through this scene Ethelbert Nevin's Narcissus was played by the orchestra. These are only a few of the delight- ful episodes presented in the pageant. Each was impressive and pleasing because of the dignity and grace of the actors and the charmingly ap- propriate music furnished by the or- chestra. O I Pageant Orchestra First violin, Ralph Manning, sec- ond violin, Patsy Capobiancb, cello, Pasquale Ficarra, accompanist, Jose- phine Annarelli, leader, John Masone. CAST OF CHARACTERS In the Order of Their Appearance. Father Time, William O'Neil, at- tendants, Alton Savage and John Loring, student, Doris King, Hermes, messenger of the gods, Alfred Hart, Clio, muse of history, Vivian Mag- nusson, Zeus, father of the gods, Francis Haugen, Hera, queen of heaven, Beverly Bent, Apollo, god of music and poetry, George Roder- ick, Artemis, goddess of moon and chase, Artemis Christenakis, Posei- don, god of waters, James Fogarty. Hephaestus, god of fire, Walter Morrissey, Athena, goddess of wis- dom, Ethel Nickerson, Ares, god of war, John Picardi, Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, Linda Costa, Eros, god of love, Robert Estey, Pan, flutist for Midas, Malcolm Colgate, Ganymede, cup-bearer of Zeus, Bessie Lingos, Midas, king of Lydia, Arthur Amos, Greek boy, Paul Eade, Pygmalion, sculptor, Rigas Rigopou- los, Galatea, Nymph in marble, Thelma Simmons, Niobe, mother of seven sons and seven daughters, Elizabeth Ames, Niobe's daughter, Akrivia Zois, Pandora, first woman, Josephine Lingos, Epimetheus, after- thought, Carl Knowlton, Troubles, Mary Macera, Ruth Des Champs, Barbara Ferguson, Ethel Naimon. Hope, Josephine Mathews, dancers, Charlotte Brenner, Anna Didris, Jose- phine Capone, Gladys Hiltz, Helen Squizzero, Audrey Gullage, Hebe, goddess of youth, Sophie Slubenuck, Eris, goddess of discord, Mary Di Ciaccio, Paris, shepherd, Spirio Chik- lakis, Narcissus, Grecian youth, Dorothy Davenport, Thetis, a sea nymph, Mary Kacoyanis, Jason, a Greek hero, Werner Sacks, Medea, a sorceress, Elaine Jex, Dragon, Henry Dunn, Penelope, model Greek woman, Bertha Silva, Seven maidens of the Frieze of the Parthenon, Greek dan- cers and Grace Lane, Piccolo for Pan's pipes, Thomas Figeira, Guitar for Apollo's lyre, Angelo Struzziero. Book Houses By Annie Fellows Johnston I always think the cover of A book is like a door, Which opens into someone's house Where I've not been before. A pirate or a fairy queen May lift the latch for me, I always wonder when I knock What welcome there will be. And when I find a house that's dull I do not often stay. But when I find one full of friends Pm apt to spend the day. I never know what sort of folks Will be within, you see, And that's why reading always is So interesting to me.

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GRADUATION NUMBER 0 0 o o o o o o 0 v - 0 0 9 Miss FRENCH, Teacher. Section JOSEPHINE CAPONE, Prophet. 5 First Row: Francis Souza, Augustine Kiley, John Cochrane, Josephine Capone, Miss French, James Dooner, George Laurendeau, Ray Crimmins. Second Row: Thomas Gauthier, Barbara Estey, Josephine Annarelli, Kathleen Conley, Helen Squizzero, Eleanor Porter, Edward De Marco, Russell Smith. Third Row: John Mc-Mahon, Frederick Carnes, Thomas Marino, Gordon Lake, Donald Healey, Vincent Albanoi Edward Hynes, Robert Coughlan, Louis Drago. Fourth Row: Salvatore Ciccariellu, Francis Stanger, Arthur Albertelli, Edward Cody, George Doherty, Salva- tore Macero, Albert Sutkus, James Sharry, Ralph Moulton. CLASS PROPHECY As the day was exceedingly warm, I decided to take a rest beneath the leafy trees, near a babbling brook. Somehow, somewhere, I was lost! My first thought was to ask one of the two policemen who were standing nearby to help me. Before the first word had escaped me, I discovered that both of the men were my old schoolmates. Francis Souza and Fran- cis Stanger said that there was a col- lege a few streets away, where many of my friends were instructors. They both decided to accompany me there. As we stopped in front of Louis Drago's law office, we met Donald Healey, a traveling salesman, who said he was going over to the avia- tion field, where Ralph Moulton was supervisor of the airport and Edward DeMarco and Thomas Marino were his e-lfrief pilots. Continuing on our way, We were confronted by a detour, because a bridge was being built by the contractors, George Laurendeau and Fred Carnes, who had received a written statement from Barbara Estey, the secretary to the mayor of that city. James Dooner had given them permission to build there. While We were making the detour, the driver stopped the car because he saw two aldermen, Edward Hynes and Edward Cody, coming out of the State House. They told us that Salvatore Macero had just taken a Civil Service exam- ination, and made a very high aver- age. Leaving them, we passed by the city firehouse, where Ray Crim- inins, the chief of the fire department, told us that he had just received a radiogram from his friend, Robert Coughlin, Bishop of Manchester, tell- ing him that John McMahon had re- cently been appointed Cardinal Arch- bishop of Boston. A few buildings away from 'the firehouse, a large broadcasting station had been built by Albert Sutkus, and all the electrical work was done by George Doherty. A broadcast had just finished, and the performers started to move away from the microphone. They were celebrated guests, Helen Squizzero and Catherine Conley, the former hav- ing broadcasted on famous beauty hints from Paris, and the latter on Parisian fashions. The next person to go on the air was John Cochrane, dean of the college. Later, Arthur Albertelli, who was majoring in higher mathematics, and Josephine Annarelli, a teacher of music, were introduced. I was sorry to leave the building, but soon forgot about it when I saw that a National League baseball game was going on. The last home run had been made by James Sharry. Sitting on the bench was Augustine Kiley, the manager of the team. After the game, I met Vincent Albano and Thomas Gau- thier, who were respectively famous scientist and chemist. I returned to my car and started towards the college I had planned to visit. When I entered, I met Eleanor Porter, the dietitian of a hospital, and, as I looked into one of the classrooms, I noticed Professors Russell Smith and Gordon Lake giving a lecture on English. In the next room Salvatore Ciccariella was teaching history. Wonder of wonders! I was in the very college of which I was the dean. There was a loud noise and I awoke to find the brook merrily tripping along.

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GRADUATION NUMBER o o o o o o o o o o o 0 0 11 Miss CONNER, Teacher. Section DORIS KING, Prophet. 1 First Row: Robert Otto, Phyllis Lavelli, Elizabeth Kirkland, Mary Holden, Elizabeth Ames, Miss Conner, Ethel Nalman, Mary McQueston, Sylvia hV9lSlllRI'l, Eunice Felton. Second Row: Anthony Shanahan, Joseph Baldi,XVillia1n Mcliitchie, Francis Hanlon, Edward Nielson, Walter O'Br1en, John Riley, Frank Powers, Henry Vroom, Anthony Catanzano, Albert Edelstein. Third Row: Roger Drake, Doris King, Tillie Nissenbaum, Constance Matthews, Marion Flynn, Rose DiMilla, Doris MacArthur, Jeannette Loring, Rita Burns, Rose Hamwey. FourthRow: Clifford .Hubbell, Edward Giordani, Thomas Hobbs, Charles Ranaghan, David Fishlin, Paul Niles, Armando Pedronl, Stanley Letasz, Albert De Brase, XVilliam McDonald. Class Prophecy of III-2 Time marches on: 1945! The Waldorf Astoria is crowded, as we say goodbye to old earth, with an excited party. Everyone from re- porters to social satellites, opera stars, actors, and actresses, is con- gratulating the Zephyr's pilot, Frank Powers, and wishing him and his crew of Shanahan, Hanlon, co-pilots, Vroom, steward, and Elizabeth Ames and the writer, air-stewardesses, the best of luck in our fifth annual skyride to distant Mars. Jeannette Loring, Elizabeth Kirkland, and Winchell have just telephoned their stories to their papers, and Charles Ranaghan is an- nouncing our departure to the Eng- lish speaking planets, which are tuned in. Marion Flynn's interplanetary famous band has just struck up a farewell tune with Joseph Baldi, the Bing Crosby of 1945, vocalizing. There goes the warning rocket! She's starting up, and we are now mounting' speedily. We land in Mars just at midnight on Albert Edelstein's dairy farm. Thomas Hobbs, Mars' marathon cham- pion, races to town with the news of our arrival. Before we have a chance to collect our baggage, or even our thoughts, we hear a familiar voice, which has now turned basso, shout Taxi We turn to find Albert De Brase at the door of a strange contraption, with the name Marsford glittering on its side. While waiting for transportation, William McRitchie, dairy-farmer, and next door neighbor of Albert Edel- stein, entertains us royally with his television set. Here we see the Town Hall with Edward Neilson conducting his regular amateur show. Among the group of budding young artists, we recognize Rita Burns and An- thony Catanzano, songsters, and Rose Hamwey, who has just gone into her dance, is receiving a tremendous ova- tion. Roger Drake's Marsters conclude with the Giordanian March, named after this planet's most illus- trious scientist, Edward Giordani. A siren outside informs us that our electric-auto is ready, and, with Walter O'Brien pressing a button, we speed oi at 5001 miles an hour. Our special consort, John Riley, of the Mars Police Force, directs us to the villa of Paul Niles, mayor of Mars, who is in private conference with King Stanley Letasz of Neptune. Their private secretaries, Rose Di- Milla and Doris McArthur, greet us, as David Fishlin, caretaker of the building, ushers us into the recep- tion room, on the wall of which hang pictures of Sylvia Weisman and Con- stance Matthews, athletes extraordi- nary. In another corner of the spacious room we see a picture of the Dizzy Dean of Mars, Robert COltoJ Otto, also many magnificent portraits by the famed artist, Ar- mando Pedroni. The conference is broken up as soon as our arrival is announced, and soon we are the guests of His Majesty of the Olde CoH'ee Shoppe, William Mc- Donald, proprietor. Here, Tillie Nissenbaum entertains us by her clever treatise on Scien- QContinued on Page 321 Zi