Vaughan Road Academy - Acta Studentium Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Page ACTA STUDENTIUM Gough. Dunford, Calvert, Rayfield and King: lighting problems were handed over to Woodhouse and Menzies: make' up to Connie Barker and the business management was under taken by Walter Kent. Soon an intensive program of rehearsals began. The support of the orchestra and Art Club was enlisted and both added greatly to the ultimate suc' cess of the evening. The commercial department typed the plays. Cn February Sth the curtain rose on the culmination of the seasons activity. The first play, The French Maid and the Phonographf' coached by Miss Hadden was enthusiastically received and the audience paid ample tribute to the wellftrained cast. Second came The Man in the Bowler Hat, under Bob Kerr's direction. Its humorous situa' tion and whimsical comedy went right across as the applause of the audience testified. In the third play, Lights Out, directed by Piper, the students again showed remarkable dramatic ability. This play had a most effective climax. Because of the success of this experi- ment, it is hoped that the Club may carry on an even more extensive program next year. This year has clearly demon' strated that we have many students highly talented not only in the dramatic line but also in the field of business management, scenic effects and art. VVe hope to extend the opportunities the Club offers to the Third Forms, as well as to the Fourths and Fifths. Our aim is to find an outlet for every one inf terested. Finally, the Club is financially sound. We started with an empty treasury and finished with a considerable surplus. ij lDllRl13llHllllE5S6lIfllR

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ACTA STUDENTIUM Page 27 In any dramatic production most of the work falls on the director, and it is work that is unseen, and therefore un' realized by the audience. So we are going to say here, Well done, Miss Tighe, you certainly made the very best of the material on hand, and gave us a most pleasant memory to add to the other pleasures you have affored usfl Mr. Bowley directed the musical part of the production. As a result the musical numbers had the sparkle and melody of a truly finished performance. It is impossible to give sufficient credit and thanks to Mr. Bowley for the time and talent expended on our musical entertainments. Everything went swim' mingly, and the finish of the musical number showed the amount of work that had been expended upon them, Miss Taylor was responsible for the costumes and an excellent job she made of them. The colour scheme was cleverly planned and the styles well in keeping wi-th the setting. Miss Husband assisted by a group of girls, and Mr. Beale worked hard with the makefup. For weeks, Mr. Smith, with the able assistence of F. Rayfield and Calvert worked at the stage settings and were well rewarded by the results. Mr. Moreau directed the painting of the back drop and Rayfield jr. D. Parker, Isaac and Bannister were the cofartists. Bulbul was well advertised by posters, the work of the Art Club and by a huge banner, produced by Isaac and Bannister. Mr. Coumans, Niek:ies, Woodhouse, Langlands and May were responsible for the excellent lighting effects. To all these workers behind scenes, we owe a great deal of the success of our per' formances. Mr. Horwood was, as heretofore, the ideal business manager! his organization left no room for conf presion. We are sure he hands over lots of money to the treasury. A little of the appreciation felt by the performers for the thought and patience exercised by the staff of the school, was expressed at a tea dance held Thursday afternoon, April 11. Gifts were pref sented and everybody had a lovely time singing some of the most popular numbers of the operetta and dancing to the strains of a firstfclass orchestra. Miss Helen Waugh and Mrs. Evans acted as hostesses. And now that all is over, we look back and realize how very enjoyable it all was. Time spent, pleasure given up, homework neglected, it was all worth it, and we are ready and waiting to do it again next year. HE Dramatic Club of our school The first effort resulted in the prof lllDlllK14klll4llQfk.6lll'lli4l'3 Hlfsllillllb OFFICERS President . .... ......... R obert Green VicefPres . . . . . . Jean Langman Sec.'fTreas. ......... Mallie Westren Council .. Mawson, Piper, Kerr, King, J. Meyers, J. Stewart, C. Barber launched itself on a new and im' portant venture his year when its members assumed the entire responsif bility for the production of various onef act plays. Although Miss Tighe gave the club some very practical advice and assistance, and Miss Hayden most adequately watched one of the groups, the final responsibility for each detail of makefup, scenery and management rested with the students. duction of 'kSeeing the World coached by Rosemarie Schawlow, and excellently staged and presented. On the same afternoon, under Pipers direction, Lights Out delighted the appreciative club members. Both staff and students offered constructive criticism and sug' gestions. Then the real work got under wayfthe holding of a public Dramatic Night. The difficulties were gradually ironed out, new scenery was made by

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A I' 'I' A S 'I'I'IJ'I+1X TI I' M Page 25? ,..f: 5 X It -LITERARY Cilflltlllllfb QQIIIIBCIIAQQS lll0lIRlllZlIE5 SQIHDIRCIY Cllflltllllllb IBTIIRIIEBQQIGIIT lIl29XlIl9llEBllRlIllIlVlIllIlf9llNlI6lIf RTHUR Scott, foremost scientist of his time, entered the suhstantial stone huilding on Regent Street which housed the International Private Inf vestigation Company. He acknowledged the respectful nods of the secretaries and knocked on the door marked 'Roger Henderson, Presidentu. He already had some inkling as to why he had been summoned hy his old school churn, now head of the greatest private detective agency in England, Roger Henderson, in the course of his detective work, had learned a great deal ahout European politics and was prohahly now the hest man in England on such matters. Lately he had confided to Scott his dis' covery of some very startling facts of which he would soon have definite proof. Henderson greeted him cordially and with suppressed excitement. Well, Arthur, I suppose you know why I asked you to visit me? I think so, Roger. You have prof hahly discovered conclusive proof of the conditions you outlined to me last week. Thats right. We have known for some time that all European politics are controlled hy the armament concerns who have, in every country, hacked the leaders whose radical ideas suit their own ends. They have thus succeeded in creating in Germany, Italy, and other countries a wave of militarism and fanatic patriotism which has caused a justified feeling of distrust in England, France. and the other peacefully inclined nations. As a result, every government in Europe is ordering great supplies of war paraphernalia, and the manuf facturers of these articles are rapidly increasing their wealth and power. But that is not all. We have just discovered that, not content with this, they are even now arranging the necessary inter, national difficulties to cause a second and greater NVorld War, You are the only man who can stop it. I, Roger! But what can I do? I am not a diplomatic genius. And that is just the point. Diplof