Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-12
HIGH SCHOOL

At the last meeting of the High
School Debating Club held in Room
2O6, a mock trial was presented by
the committee. Benjamin
Mann, '22, acted as judge; Benja-
min Selbst, '22, acted as clerk: Abe
Goldsmith, '23. acted as %prosecut-
Ing attorney; Jacob Bernstein's, 20,
acted as lawyer for the defendent;
Miss Gladys Bardin. '22; Miss Sadie
Goldsmith. '22: Joseph Jellnick, '2S;
Joseph Wurtzell, '23; Albert Klein,
20, and Joseph Schwartz. acted as
witnesses. The club acted as the
i1ry.
Judge Mann opened court by call
ing the spectators to order. Clerk
Selbst called the first case, that of
Bardin VS.. Schwartz, a suit for
alienation of affections. Though at
first the actors were not acquaint-
ed with their rolls, but 500 warm
ed up to them, the result was highly
effective, sending the court into
ectasy of laughter. The antics of
the attorneys in cross examining the
witnesses; the debate about the
fourth dimension between Gold
smith and Bernstein, in which the
former asked the latter to demon
strate his knowledge of that subject
by passing through a closed wooden
door; and the actions of the wit
nesses all combined to send the
court into hysterical laughter. The
display, of emotion by the judge and
the clerk as they We're moved by the
eloquent appeal of the lawyers In
summing up, proved a worthy eli
max to the trial. a suitable anti
climax was provided by n of the
lawyers making a pass to his hip,
w~hereupon the judge frightened up
considerably only to relapse into
deeper remorse when the lawyer
brought forth only a handkerchief.
The sentence, to the amusement of
those on the inside, was rendered by
Judge Mann between sobs(?) and
sighs(?). The sentence was: six
months hard labor completing
Problems in American Democ-
racy.'"
The scheduled meeting Cf the Ra-
dio Club was postponed last Thurs
day due to lack of a quorum.
1t was enormously stated in Fri
days Evening News that there
would be no gym for the rest of the
year. There will be gym classes up
to the days of exams.
In the exhibit of the Senior Girls
graduation dresses last Friday, Lucy
Barnard was the winner Margaret
Suhar received first honorable mem
lion, Eleanor Barry received second
honorable mention. third honora-
BILE mention went to Dorothy Wat
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honorable mention, and Gladys
Peck fifth honorable mention.
The judges were Mrs. Riddlestorf-
fer, Miss Mcdowell and Mrs. Dea-
gon. Sarah Jones' dress was con-
sidered by many as the best dress
shown. Its cost was but three dol
lar.
The boys who gave the pyramid
exhibit in the high school, Friday
evening, were: Steve Goidics. ~;
p. Dayko. "a; Benny D'Andrea, '23:
Ralph Belikov, '23, and George
Mum. Each student had charge of
a certain formation. The last event
was "one on the house" in which
the boys made a towering pyramid
which then collapsed. All their for
nations were received with tremen-
dous approval.
The high lights in the art exhibit
Friday were the senior normal block
printing blouses and dresses. the
Archrnept lamp shades and candle
Shades. the color wheels and charts,
the junior normal embroidered tow
Is. the Illuminated notices by Borge
Peterson and Howard Baker, the
Freshman A, tile designs and the
ish designs.
Gladys Peck. '22. had an interest
exhibit of commercial art and
esigning. Dominic d'Eustachia, '22
fesided over the cuts which had
en- made for the Periscope. He
planned the working of a cut from
lrt to finish.
Fifty-nine graduation dresses were
hibited this year. About half as
lch more as last years class. The
eshmen also had an exhibit OF
esses in the side room.