Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

Page 113 text:

CURRENT HISTORY SOCIETY The avowed intention of the Current His- tory Society, as the name indicates, is to aid the students in following the swiftly-moving course of current events, and to provide a suitable background for their study. Dr. Jacob Landman, Advisor. David Rosenberg ...... ..,.........,...... P resident Adrian Schwartz t..... ............. V ice-President Austin Goldman .............. Recording Secretary John Horwitz ........ ....... E xecutive Secretary HATIKVAH SOCIETY The purpose of the Hatikvah Society is to assist students in the understanding of He- brew traditions, ideals and customs. Its mem- bers also, in their discussions, consider the various solutions of the present-day Jewish problems. Dr. David Klein, Advisor. Hillel Blondheim ...... ,...,..... P resident Morton Aronstein ...... ..... V ice-President Victor Kritzer .......... ................... S ecretary Samuel Friedman .....,........ Program Manager page one hundred nine

Page 112 text:

LAW AND DEBATING SOCIETY The Law and Debating Society has as its purpose the training of those boys aspiring to heights of oratorical glory. Through its many debating tournaments, discussions, and lectures upon topics of current interest, this end is accomplished. Mr. Brown, Advisor. Howard Kieval ..... ........................ P resident Max Kanner ............................ Vice-President Edwin Kernstock ............ Secretary-Treasurer Saul Berg ...,,......... ...... P rogram Manager ORCHESTRA The Townsend Harris Orchestra has as its sole purpose the entertainment of the stu- dents at the assemblies and the development of an appreciation for music at Harris. Mr. Goodhartz, Advisor. Nathan Heiger ...........,...................,.. President Saul Neiditz ....... ...,..,..... V ice-President Paul Radin ...,... ...... S ecretary-Treasurer page one hundred eight

Page 114 text:

VARSITY SHOW Probably the most brilliant comedy of character ever written by an American dram- atist was presented on January 5, 1934, in the Harris auditorium. The play, The Show-OH, had been previously presented to coast with great success, but doubt that the Harris cast meas- the standard set by professional . The play was ably directed by Mr. Adolphe, a student-teacher in the English department, who kindly consentad to super- vise the production. The dramatls personae, as a result of Mr. Adolphe's supervision, exe- ' ' h ' l of the cuted their roles brilllantlyg t e glr s Eastern District High School gave especially fine performances. from coast there is no ured up to performers The comedy concerns itself with the strug- gle of Aubrey Piper, the show-off, to satisfy his enormous egotism and at the same time to preserve his self-respect in the presence of discouraging obstacles. The satire also includes some masterful etchings in the character of the Piper family. Because of the tremendous success of this term's Varsity Qhow the school is assured of the continua- tion df this popular annual fall function. Cast of Characters ..........Mae Stone .......Rachael Katz ......Ava19 Edelman Mortimer Getzels ......Marvin Small Mrs. Fisher ...,.....,.......,........ Clara ........,.., Amy ............. ...... joe .,,,............,.. ....... Aubrey Piper ,........ ,...... Frank Hyland ....... ...... L awrence Dobkin page one hundred ten