St Marys High School - Per Annos Yearbook (Cortland, NY)

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Building for To-morrow SENIOR PLAY 'lWa-a-a-al Sniff, sniff. These unmistakable sounds heralded the opening scene of the child wonder of the century, 'lMama's Baby Boy . . . the farce of the season . . . exceeding the speed limit in laughs and ludicrous situations-fun, laughs and roars as the dignified Seniors strutted across the stage in roles of the attractive widow, adolescent youth, impoverished widower, eccentric grandmother and comic color tication went literally out the window . . . merry prattle, poured forth as the Qrson Welles of our Alma Mater dropped from the world of today, assumed a babyish sgueak and turned back the clock four years to become . . . HMama's baby boy. ed maid-tittering, snickering from the audience-sophis I-ls complications arose, characters, as well as audience, became hilarious . . . Mama's boy occasionally found difficulty with his rnasgueraded vox . . . a slight pause when a difficult line eluded the fancy of the player's excited mind . . . suspended action . . . aguaking moment when the curtain fell too soonea sigh of relief came forth as the last words were spoken . . . l'All's well that ends well . . . These incidents linger on . . . stored in our memories of St. Mary's and are a part of the romance of the stage-behind the scenes. Mama 's Baby Boy Seated: Robert Galvin, Marjorie Keenan, Charles Adams, Edward Innes, Yvonne Burns, Mar Mclluliff Y 1 Patricia Quinn Standing: Helen Hammon, Ronald Phillips, leanne Gould, Margaret Sweetland 1281

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Heigh-ho! Come to the fair! The bands are all playing. There'll be dancing and singing from September 'till June . . . Football and basketball, gay and alluring . . . So it's come to the fair, all ye lassies and laddies. i 1 ,

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tml litter Bugs Left: Helen Hammon, Charles Adams Top Center: Betty Pierce, loseph Riley, Grace Niitoli, R cwr1L i ld Phillips Bottom Centeri William Dwyer, Richard Morris, Anthony Dovi, Joseph l-liiskell Right: Marjorie Keenan, Edward Innes SENIOR TEA DANCE HQur love is a dream but in my reverie . . . and as the downbeat was given, the orchestra swung into the opening number for the Senior Tea Dance. Couples gradually filled the floor and enjoyed the swing music furnished by St. Mary's orchestra under the direction of Leo Foote. ln one corner of the room gay couples stopped to partake of the punch and cookies which were served by the Senior hostesses. Fatigue banished, cares were forgotten and everyone joined in the fun. And so the dance went on until someone suggested that we have our pictures taken for our amusement and the embarrassment of our posterity. When the cameraman came the old football field technique seemed to be put back into practice. The signals were the only thing lacking to make the picture complete, but a few of the more courageous managed to push their way through the line of interference and come up smiling in front of the camera. To them we doff our hats, for they shall not have suffered in vain. We salute their courageg after all it was grand fun and someone had to be in the front row, camera shy or not! As the last strains of the closing number finally died away, the crowd gradually thinned down to those who just hate to leave , and as we lcok back we hardly blame them, for in truth, all of us loathed leaving. The Senior Tea Dance may be added to our list of activities as a real accomplish- ment.