The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23

Amidst thunderous applause the
curtains swishcd together Friday
: night as The Red Mill the two,
/. act musical by Victor Herbert
j.. chosen as the Glee Club operetta'
: came to an end. The audience pro-
:. claimed the operetta a huge sue
:. cess as it praised the lovely sing
. ing of Rachel Cameron and Pete
. Acree, who acted as Gretchen and
! Captain Doris Van Damn, and
:. fully lauded the comical antics %
: Bobby Melton and Jimmy Caudlll
=. who continually kept the audience
!. laughing. Bobby Haas~added com
. edy to the show as he played the
-. Dutch ~innkeeper. Willem. and Har.
i. ryette Vines, Hugh Evans, and
. Lynn Kirk were exceptionally good
. In their parts of Tina. Franz the
: sheriff. and Jan Van Borken, the
:. Burgomaster, respectively. Martha
. Holton, who played the part OF the
: beautiful French countess. held the
. audience in amazement as she ex-
q. eitedly poured out her French. Mar.
= tina is a true French student, and
: the part seemed to fit her perfect
@. rs, n'est-que pas?
. Mary Claire Bates carried her
81. part exceedingly well as she sang
d. favcrites from the operetta. Bobby
A.. Mckenzie, the Governor Of iceland,
: and his aides de camps, provided
=. much nerriment for the audience
. rs his soldiers poked FUN at him
and gave him rundown glances as
i. his diseiplaine withered when his
. back was turned.
= Neal Patrick proved the perfect
. Engliskman as he skillfully applied
London accent each time he
: spoke. TIE chorus, composed .ot
/. more than fifty Glee Club members
who were flower girls. Dutch girls,
sailors, attendants. and aides de
. camps, deserves much praise for
the fine work as a s%upportin. cast.
: Quite naturally Miss Mary Henri
. Wolfe, Glee club directress, who
handled the music for the operetta,
Miss Mildred johnson, dramatics
department head who was in
charge Of the dramatic coaching
for the operetta, and Patty Jones,
talented Glee club accompsnist
who provided the piano music sc
well, deserve a large round Of ap-
'plause and many. many thanks,
plus congratulations. for putting
.over such a grand show!
. And, of course. congratulations
to all the committees - makeup,
property, stage and scenery, lights.
program. and others - for their
swell work, too.
. Graham Barefoot is home since
Friday until today from Wake For
est where he is a treshman-and
president of his class. Trap" was
at the operetta Friday night and
looking mighty swell. Tommy Head
was another Of the gang who head
ed this way for the weekend. Tom
my also is going to school at Wake
Forest and it's swell seeing him
home again!
All was very quiet down in the
west annex. of the library except
for the soft sound of the lead pen
ellis gliding smoothly over paper.
ii was Friday. February IA, and
the day for taking the Pepsi-Cola
Scholarship examination at New
Hanover High school. Yes, last Fri
day vas a pretty important day
for nineteen lucky seniors VINO had
been previously elected by their
classmates to be the ones to take
the examination. Those students so
hard at work, porting over vocabu-
larry words and other problems
which made up the exam, we're:
Richard Galphin, Sara Kay Jordan,
Marilyn Goodman, Virginia Hatch,
Bobby Melton. Mary Reynolds,
Neal Patrick, Flora McIver, Al
bert Beall. Eugene Ensley, Allen
Lanier, Edward Pitts, Betty Lou
O'Master, Mary Anne Hamilton,
Jeannine Stanley, Robert Congle-
ton. Diane Costello, Patty Souther.
land, and John Nucton. Well, now
that it's all over with, how do y'I
feel?
Each year the examination is Of
fered to the seniors in different
high schools all over the country
by the Pepsi-Cola company in an
effort to help the youth of America
get an education second to none
This program has been carried on
Since 1o45. The two winning stu.
dents from each state are awarded
a TOUR year scholarship with a
cholce OF any college or university