St Scholastica High School - Scholastican Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Dmmatics JEAN WEISENHORN WACHTEL tm xxklxhk liThe play s the thing? The study Of the drama, even in its simplest form, is full of fascination and value. It stimulates the fun of makeebelieve and provides an escape from the humedrum 0f the here and now to the land of adventure. A sincere appreciation of the acted play increases a love for all the arts, since they are so closely united in it. One immediately thinks of the literature in a truly fine play; but also, there is music from beginning to end, in the rhythm and tempo, in the beautiful tones of a lovely speaking voice and in the sounds of words. xxxh Dw-th ' The plastic and static arts have their influence in the grace of an arrested move ment and the balance of a pleasing group. There is the poetry of color as well as the poetry of literature. To discover its significance and its effectiveness in establ lishing mood and atmosphere is an intriguing experiment. The finest quality in the study of the drama is the analysis of character and the complex phases of our existence. One cannot know, play, and live a role without increasing his capacity for tolerance and understanding of human nature. He learns that no part is insignificant. Thus dramatic courses not only stimulate a desire to acquire more knowledge of the Fine Arts, but above all, develop a keener sympathy and finer appreciation for ,all who play in the great drama of life. JEAN WEISENHORN WACHTEL. Page Jiftyrseven SCHOLASTICAN1931

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W h, x... xx: . y,; 4 , ' ' till! KINGS IN NOMANIA Picture yourself in the land of Make'Believe, an enchanting place where you find no scenery except that which your creative imagination supplies. Imagine your glee when you see a small tricycle peddled into court by a king, and think how dis, gusted you would be if you could not recognize a truly beautiful emerald when you These were a few of the intriguing incidents which took place in the clever play, Kings m Nomam'a, presented on the evening of December twenty! second by the lower classmen. The play evolves around an incident in the life of Yancut a poor bootblack, pore trayed by Rosemary Rudersdorf. A young lieutenant offers Yancu a piece of luminous green glass. The youth, unable to pay his rent, gives Snigran, the land, lord the llgreen glass. The covetous landlord recognizes the Hglass as the stolen emerald 0f the king for which a considerable reward has been offered. Eager for the reward the avaricious scoundrel succeeds in casting the innocent lad into jail Where he is sentenced to death. By a strange coincidence the boyrking, Frances Lapp, becomes intensely interested in the functions of Yanculs llgangfl So fascinated is the king that he decrees Yancu judge of the kingdom. The miserly landlord, so excellently characterized by Helen Stringer, is deservedly punished, and the play terminates with a happy scene, when Yancu, the new judge of the kingdom, wisely exclaims: It isnlt what you wear on your head that makes you a King. you have in your heart that makes you a King, and if we only knew it we should all of us, all of us, be Kings indeed! It isnlt what you wear for clothes that makes you a King. Itls what LILLIAN GRAFFT, l31. SCHOLASTICAN1931