St Patrick High School - Emerald Yearbook (Roxbury, MA)

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PROPHECY - Ujontinueclb are still trying to replenish the supply that Francis Smith used on his experiments. CKay Murrin enters with Ruth Gildeaj KAY: Hello, Eileen - and Claire! - and Mary Rooney. I'm dread- fully tired. We've been down to Henry Welsh's Beauty Salon and I think he does wonderful work, don't you? MARY ROONEY: What! Henry Welsh-Beauty Salon! Why he never had more than an inch of hair on his head in his life. Now, he's telling women how to wear their's! RUTH: He is, and he's considered the best authority in America. MARY: But tell me, Catherine, have you written any poetry lately? The last four books you wrote were superb. KAY: Yes, Mary. My latest is in that bookcase over there. It's a collection of 100 of my most famous poems. Ruth, tell her how you earn your daily bread. RUTH: I'm a radio announcer but I have a fifteen minute program at four-thirty. I'll have to be leaving soon to get to the station on time. Be sure to listen. I think you'll like my program. MARY: What is it like? RUTH: I want to surprise you, just be sure to listen. tRuth puts on her hat and starts to walk quicpklyf to the door when she lightly' bumps against a well-dressed womanb DORIS: I beg your pardon, young lady. RUTH: Sorry- Chastity exitsj CAnna Drudy walks in and Doris Sutherland.J EILEEN: Why - Doris Sutherland. DORIS: The name is Mrs. Vanderfeller Rockabuilt. What right have you to call me by my maiden name. It's utterly unpardonable. EILEEN: But don't you remember me, Doris? Eileen O'Connell, class of '45, ANNA: I remember. Certainly, Doris, in the social whirl of your life, you haven't lost the pleasant memories of our days in St. Patrick's High School. tDoris looks enlightened.JWe're in a hurry right now. Is the doctor in? EILEEN: No. he is not. Would you like to make an appointment? DORIS: No, thank you, nothing serious. We are going to a tea this afternoon so we'll be back later. ANNA: I'd like to see you again some time. I'll give you one of my husba'nd's cards. You can phone me at this number. Goodby everyone. fWhen they leave. Eileen holds up the card and reads it aloud.b EILEEN: Mr, John Michael Van Attlewood. Ambassador to New Guinea, Tel. New Guinea 5397? New Guinea: Doesn't sound like a nickel call. I think I'd better write. fFrancis McDermott and Francis Smith simultaneously enter from opposite doors. They reach the desk together. Both begin to speak at once.J h tFRANCIS MCDERMOTT: Hello, I wonder if you could tell me w a FRANCIS SMITH: Hello, I wonder if you would be interested in . . . EILEEN: One at a time please. FRANCIS MCDERMOTT: My name is Francis McDermott and I'm Rresident of the Watertown Bachelors' Club. One of the Bachelors is sick. He's lying very still and he's white and cold. Could you tell me what I can do for him? EILEEN: Wait a minute. I'll find his sickness in the Sympton Book compiled by Doctor Barrett. CEileen looks it up.J . FRANCIS McDERMOTT: Doctor Barrett! A very good friend of mine named Barrett became a doctor. He must be the same one. Say! you must know me. MARY: Of course, we do, Mac. EILEEN: I've found it Mac. Tell me! Did you ever take out life insurance for the man?

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Jlfwphwf TIME: Oh, any old time. SCENE I: Office of Francis Barrett, M. D. SETTING: Eileen O'Connell, receptionist, is busy at desk when a young woman enters. RECEPTIONIST: Good afternoon. Do you wish an appointment . . ? Why if it isn't Claire Hayden, but your name isn't Hayden any more, is it? It's been ages since I've seen you last. CLAIRE: Hello Eileen. I was hoping I would meet someone I knew when I came back to Watertown. I've been traveling quite a bit lately and I've been out of touch with my former classmates. I remembered that Frannie Barrett went to Boston College to be a doctor, so I found the address of his office, and here I am, hoping to hear something about our class. By the way, where is the Doctor? EILEEN: I made him take the afternoon off. He's been so rushed lately that a little relaxation will do him good. You'll probably find him down on the site of the new Hospital that's being erected by the Smith Engineering Firm. It will be the biggest building that Watertown has ever seen. CLAIRE: I'm glad to know that Watertown is expanding. But you, I was surprised when I saw that you were a nurse. You had such a time making up your mind. Where are . . . tShe is interrupted by Arm Butler and Chris Cloornau, who rush in the side door.b CLAIRE: Well, Ann Butler and Chris Cloonan! What's the hurry! Can't you stop and say hello to a good friend. ANN: tto Eileeul Please Eileen. Two Bromo-Seltzers, or their equivalents. EILEEN: I have them ready. ANN: Cto Claireb Hello Claire, We're in a terrible rush. Being a teacher is a very busy life. School is just out and we're taking two- hundred and fifty children on a nature walk to the Watertown Zoo and Horticultural Gardens, run by Mary Hannon. CLAIRE: Run by Mary Hannon, I didn't realize she had that much vim. Tell me more! I ANN: Chris, you tell her, I want to drink my fuzz. CHRIS: Well, Mary wanted to bring some culture to the town so she built this Zoo and Horticultural Garden. It's a great boon to us. We don't use any charts at the school. We take the children there instead. ANN: Goodby. Stay in town Claire and we'll be able to talk awhile. -CHRIS: Goodby! l tThey exit.J tEilee'n and Claire resumej CLAIRE: My what activity. tTelephoue rings. Eileen uusiversj EILEEN: Hello. Doctor Barrett's office . . . Oh hello Mary. No, the Doctor isn't in. What, you've discovered an important serum . . . Yes, the lleloctor wants some . . . No, Mary . . . Yes . . . All right, Mary . . . Goodby, ary. CLAIRE: Is that any Mary I know? EILEEN: Yes, Mary Rooney, one of the leading Chemists of our day. She is in New Hampshire at the Litmus Chemical Research Co. She's so excited about the new serum, she said she'd be here as soon as she could. tNoise ou the roof! CLAIRE: I wonder what that is. tMary Rooney walks in with a test tube of the serum.J A CLAIRE: Mary, you were in New Hampshire. How did you get here so fast? MARY: Hello, I just landed on the roof in my helicopter. In my busi- ness I have to travel from place to place quickly. The company where I work is manufacturing litmus paper for St. Patrick's High School. They

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PROPHECY - CContinuedJ MAC: Yes, I did. EILEEN: Well, rest assured that you have already done the most you can possibly do for him. fMary N ocera walks in.J And what can we do for you, Smitty. The doctor isn't in right now. He's looking at the new hospital. I have'n't seen it lately. How is it coming along? FRANCIS SMITH: The forty-first story is completed. Only nine more to go. Had a little trouble with it. One of the workmen has astig- matism-that eye disease we learned about in the Freshman Science course. He read the print on an angle and built the building on a tilt. It's going to make a wonderful diving board. It leans right over the Charles River. MARY: Fine. A combination Hospital and Diving Board. Two birds with one astigmatism. MARY NOCERA: Hello, Eileen. It's about closing time. Are you ready to go home? EILEEN: Oh! here you are, Mary. I was just telephoning you but I must have missed you. I wanted you to know I couldn't leave until I heard from the doctor. He isn't coming back to the Oiiice, I think, and I have a message for him. MARY: Oh! Well, I'll wait if you don't mind. And in the mean- while I have some news for you-guess what shorthand method I'm using now? Q EILEEN: fPuzzled and dubiousj Gregg? I guess. . . MARY: Oh, no. What would be news in that? Anyway- remem- ber vsghat a whiz Francis Phillips was in shorthand during our Junior Year. EILEEN: Whiz ? Why - Mary - I -- MARY: I have just now collocated that word for this purpose. I am using the Phillips' Shorter Shorthand method-and really it's simple. I use it especially since I work in his office-probably Wouldn't be em- ployed otherwise. But here's the point, Eileen. He is coming down to induce you to use his facilitated method. The reason why he hasn't been before is that he has only recently received the approval and patented seal and the new shorthand shall be taught in schools. What do you think of that? EILEEN: Goodness, Mary, you surely aren't serious. But then I imagine it is as probable as it is possible. Nevertheless, about changing from Gregg now... CShe is suddenly interrupted when Francis Phillips enters.D FRANCIS PHILLIPS: Now, 'now Eileen, no hasty decisions. Did my, ah, my secretary tell you the details? Of course, you realize my Phillips' Shorter Shorthand shall revolutionize the business world. A first-grader could aptly learn my new method. Sure, I knew you wanted to learn shorthand the easy way. Here now-I know you'll relish these. fAs Eileen tries to say she is satisfied- he sets several books and note- books on her desk and laughs contentedlyj MARY: You're in for it now, Eileen, but take it from me you shall not regret getting entangled in his books. I'll let you in on some of my own information on that subject. EILEEN: fGlancing through the bookl I think the longer short- hand is shorter than the shorter shorthand. MARY: I think you ought to try it, Eileen. C'The girls and boys babble their opinions until Mary Hannon rushes in.b MARY HANNON: Where's the doctor? Gargantua's little nephew, Muscles, has a sore throat. EILEEN : I'm sorry, but the doctor treats only human patients. MARY HANNON: But I've brought Muscles over. He's in the outer waiting room. EVERYBODY: What! fAll leave by the opposite door in a hurry.J END OF ACT I