St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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First K w Woo ) , Hansan, Nunan, Noonan. K. Adler, Keefe, Mueller. Second Mow McGinlcy, Coyne. Piclstickcr. Frauenfeldcr, Welsh, II. Crossland. Chism, Heinrich. Laharthc, Ingersoll. U'figb School plav I IK principal offering of the High School I Mayers was “Lucky 1 .” a roaring farce of modern business life, presented blaster Monday night, April 18. All of the cast deserve much credit for their work in this production. It may be said without boasting that this play will be held up as a criterion of what a good high school should be. In the play. Cyrus Martin plans to get his flighty son Rodney into business. Grayson, who is in league with the father, enters a business partnership with Rodney and his friend Ambrose Reale. They are quickly beset by the many pit-falls of the modern business life. The Count de Heaurien. a wolf in sheep’s clothing,’’ nearly trims the three out of house and business. Meanwhile Cyrus Martin visits them at the office, where he sees Ellery Clark, the son of an old soap rival, and decides to buy the business. In the absence of Reale and Rodney, Grayson unfortunately informs Rodney’s father that the firm is bankrupt. Martin is disgusted, but finally shows some of his old regard for youth when Peale intervenes and stops the Count in the act of blackmailing Martin for $1' ),000. Then Grayson makes a deal with the old man, Rodney and Reale appear, and the play is concluded with Cyrus Martin decidedly contented over the outcome. CAST OF CHARACTERS Arthur Grayson William 1 . Mueller. Jr. Johnson ...... Robert Pielstickcr Count «lc Bcaurien. ... Harry Frauen folder Ro lney Martin Thomas Nunan Cyrus Martin J. Shirley Nunan Ambrose Pcalc J. Kevitt Adler Henri Edward Laharthc William Smith......................Thomas Welsh Burke Eugene Hansan McCliesney Francis McGinlcy Ellery Clark Tight Wood Charles Bronson.. ....... Edward Keefe Page One Hundred Eight

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Lower Row: Keefe, K. llcr, Noonan. Ilausan. Woods, R. Piclsticker. Second Row: Xunan, Welsh, Mueller, Fraucnfcldcr, Louy. ol)£ H'figl) School I he profession of the player, like that of the painter, is one of the imitative arts, whose means are pleasures, and whose end should be virtue. —Shenstonk. HOUGH in former years the members of the High School department usually promoted a play at Easter, it was not until this year that the need glS of a more formal organization was felt. The players were ambitious and the Moderator, Mr. Gibbons, S. J., was desirous of producing a play that would require the earnest attention of the members. In early January. Mr. Gibbons picked twenty students from the Junior and Senior classes. With these he formed the nucleus of the organization. Among those chosen were several veterans of previous plays and public speaking contests but the majority were inexperienced in acting. To cultivate talent was the very purpose of the society, hence lack of experience only prompted the members to greater zeal. If the success of any organization is found in the accomplishment of its purpose, the High School Players society was most successful. Though it exacted of its members long hours of hard toil, a spirit of enthusiasm permeated the gathering that had power to convert work into diversion. The meetings were anticipated as times of enviable enjoyment and not mere formal assemblies. Every member in the future will recall many fond reminiscences of Ted Keefe, Frank McGinley, Kev Adler. Frank Louy, Hill Mueller. Shirley Noonan, Tighe Woods and any of the other fellows who sat in session with them. Mueller, Louy, and Keefe featured in many a one-act tragedy. Page One Hundred Seven

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 Literary Contests CAT EC 11ETIC AI. ESS A V L HE subject selected f« r the catechetical essay was The Historical Value of the Sgfl EL|] Gospels. Francis Dickniann, 'AS. the winner ot the contest, was awarded the Costello Medal which is offered each year by Rev. M. .1. Costello. A M . of Liver-Iowa. ALUMNI ENGLISH ESSAY The Alumni have always shown a decided interest in the encouragement of students talented in the art of writing and offer each year a gold medal to the student submitting the best essay. The subject of the essay was Great English Odes.” The gold medal was won by Joseph M. Howard, '27. INTERCOLLE(i 1ATE ENGLISH CONTEST IN T E R CO LLEG1A T E I .A T IN CO N T E S T To encourage excellence in English writing in the eleven colleges of the Missouri Province, Mr. I). E. Bremner. '91. of Chicago, annually offers five prizes amounting to $100.00. This year the contestants were given a month to prepare their papers on The Present Status of the Catholic Missions. Francis Dickmann. 'AS, of St. Mary's was awarded fifth place and a prize of five dollars. In addition to winning the fifth place in the Intercollegiate English Contest. Francis Dickmann also won third place in the Intercollegiate Latin Contest. SPANISH ESSAY CONTEST In a nation-wide Spanish Essay Contest sponsored by La Prcnsa. a Spanish newspaper published in New York City, a paper entered by Paul Wertz. '27. merited a place among the best papers and a prize of ten dollars. NATIONAL CHEMICAL ESSAY In the high school department a paper written by Neil Owen entitled ( hemistry and Its Relation to the Dye Industry won first place in the State of Kansas and a prize of twenty dollars in the National Chemical Essay Contest. DICKMANN WERTZ HOWARD Page One Hundred .Vine OWEX