St Mary of the Assumption High School - Assumpta Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

 - Class of 1941

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Dramatic Society Auditorium lights were dimmed, a sudden hush fell upon the audience of parents and students and then the play was onfsuccessfully too-be it the one-act play, the operetta, the musical comedy or the prose drama. A well-balanced program of public speaking and dra- matics has made the Seniors of 1941 near professionals at the footlights. This fact was again em- phasized when in September we witnessed the dramatic readings for Monsignor's Feast Day. One of the high lights of the year came in December when the magni- ficent scenes of the Christ- mas Cantata were presented. This year the Madonna and soloist was Elizabeth Cas- sidy '41. The Prologue and Scriptural background was read by John Donovan '41 who had so well represented the school in oratory throughout the year. John Stuart, Claire Baldwin, Rena Horan, Mary Roche, Patricia McCormack, Mil- dred Leader, and Margaret Carmody held other impor- tant roles. In the latter part ofjanu- ary the Senior Class success- fully presented the musical comedy, The Count and the Co- ed, and within that produc- tion another play entitled, The Bellr of Beezujoleeir. Try- Bifllll' Boggr Amy Arrzoffl . Dolly Mafpezddefz . Mi.r.r Agaflva Loekitrp Dr. Cicero Mefpfzddevz Mr.r, Mcfpaddefz Mark Wat,rorz . Hamilton Hznzter . Hfiflie f.S'leepjD Carter Marjorie Bfarkwoozl . Don Ffomzgenz . . K677lZfll7 fflzooqel AFZIIYIIMKI' COUNT AND CO-ED Mfnjqurer MEGHIIYQV' Flew' Grzflimorv McIf1QtIfL?f Burrrtt Doroifgv Dlerton Pizfrirk Kelley Yvonne ML'GtIVYi1' Vincent Qllfilfl' jolvz Douomu fnfuz .fnffizuzrl Efiqrloctfv Cfxtridy IV1ffii11f1 Cllfllflrlllt' j.wJr.r Mezdzlwl

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Meade, .james Moloney and Brendan Coffey. The respective subjects of the 1941 candidates were: St. Helena and the True Cram, The Harb' Pemecutiorzr, The Catacombs, and Canftantine the Great. The boys deliver- ing these last two subjects took the prizes. James Moloney was awarded the Cardinal O'Connell Medal whereas Brendan Coffey was in second place. We might say that the 1940 League De- bate teams were 'junior teams for every place was assigned to akjunior. This group reported for organized practiceztjohn Don- ovan, James Madden, Maurice Meade, james Moloney, Vincent Quealy and Bren- dan Coffey with .james Madden and Bren- dan Coffey as the co-captains, a position they were to hold for two years. The de- baters were concerned with the pro's and con's of government operation of railroads. Spring of 1940 saw preparations for the annual Prize Debate in which Gerard Don- ovan, John Curry, ,james Moloney, and Brendan Coffey spoke. In winning this de- bate Brendan Coffey became the third stu- dent to win the Cardinal O'Connell Medal for the second time. The able veterans from Senior occupied six of the nine positions in the 1940 ora- torical contest, which had for its general topic: The Church and Peace. The senior con- testants and their subjects were Patrick Kelly, The Church and Peacejjohn Donovan, The Ten Commandmentr, Gateway to Peace,' Vincent Quealy, The Heh Bihle and Peace,' Brendan Coffey, The Hob' Xacrejice of the MaJr,' James Madden, The Cram and Peace: and james Moloney, The I-lab' Ghart and Peace. It was the decision of the judges that john Donovan should receive the first prize, or the Cardinal 0'Connell Gold Medal for Excellence in Oratory and James Madden the Honorable Mention or second prize. John Donovan later represented the school at the Diocesan semifinals and finals held at Boston College The League Debate teams continued with an entire quota from Senior. Return ing to the rostrum for the fourth successive year the team gave promise of an excellent season's work in the discussion of the national topic as to the advisability of in- creasing the Federal powers. The annual debates were held with Mission, Our Lady's, Newton, St. Mary, Waltham, and Cathedral. Climaxing this series of debates was the fact that the Assumpta Society Boys' Teams had won the Diocesan Divi- sion Championship with one debate to take-the Diocesan Final, which was planned for Sunday, May 11, 1941 at the Boston College Tower Building. St. Clem- ent's, Somerville, drew the affirmative side, thus placing the St. Mary's boys on the negative team and permitting our own un- defeated team to continue in the finals. At five-thirty Sunday, May 11, a group of tuxedo-clad debaters returned to Mon- signor and the Sisters bearing the Cardi- nalO'ConnellTrophy andeightgoldC.Y.O. medals. The negative team had persev- ered undefeated through the finals! B. COFFEY REX EREND WILLIAM Ij MCCARTHY Pre rzderzt D1 cexarz League o D hate alll Oratary Dzrector efC Y O 171 Norfolk County law .'7ljf



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AllgllJ'I'll.l' . john Bender Larry . , Terry . Hurkmr Pierre . . Chico! . , . Ca1111te.r.f Marie Aim! .Yumh jeymp Plgllif . . Befle . . , Yvonne tllIl.Ifff6 Frlllffflt' Brendan Coffey john Stuart . john Curry Gerard Dorzavau fennel' Hartnett jaxeph Curry jamer Malarzey . Rem: Harem Helen Melville . Fremeef Hughe . jean Good Mdfgtlfff Cezrmedy Mildred D'Argenio Ffarerlee lfVhiteomh 1 r :vew.3lim Margaret Barrett and James Madden A ere well able to handle the title roles. Leading parts were also played by Eliza- beth Cassidy and John Don- ovan. Other principals in- cluded Patrick Kelly, Yvonne McGarry, Margaret Mc- Gourty, Vincent Quealy, Faye Gallimore, Brendan Coffey, Rena Horan and Dorothy Duston. Early in May the Senior Class presented a one-act play entitled The Tantrume. In this instance tryouts showed that Elizabeth Cas- sidy was best fitted for the part of Bunnyg John Stuart played as her brother Tim- my. Margaret Barrett suc- cessfully portrayed the diffi- XQM role of Geneva. The part of Alan was very well done by Gerard Donovan. Margaret McGourty ca- pably handled the difhcult characterization of Aunt Linnie. Dorothy Duston and Patrick Kelly took the parts of Bunny's sister and broth- er-in-law, respectively. As- signed to important roles S e Faye Gallimore, Rena Horan, James Madden, and kjohn Sullivan. As the curtain falls on the p ram for our Dramatic Society of 1940-1941 we gfg with Hamlet that ' 'The play's the thing. Happy x . . memories remain of our re- hearsals and presentations as DOROTHY A. DusToN ssumef

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