Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
CAESAR RODNEY
SCHOOL NEWS
Arts And Crafts Program
Tuesday, May -

tuesday, May IL
Caesar Rodney will join in the
statewide Delaware Festival of
the Arts Program, with an evening
program designed to show the
schools contribution to the devel-
Opment of an appreciation of the
arts on Tuesday evening, May 12.
The Festival will include all of the
arts taught at Caesar Rodney both
in the classroom and in extra-cur-
ricular departments. There will be
displays and demonstrations all
evening.
A nominal admission will be COL
lected for the program in the audi
tOrium, to cover the costs of the
royalty for the One-act play by
the Dramatic Club, and to defray
other expenses such as cOstuming,
and scenery.
The setting, executed by Mr.
MacFaddin's stage crew, is cOnsid-
cred one of the most outstanding
sets put on the Caesar Rodney
stage. To show how the back
stage" members of a dramatic
group work to contribute to a
play, the stage setting will be put
up with the curtains open so that
the audience will have an Oppor-
tunity to see this phase of drama
tic art.
The high school Dramatic Club
play, Beauty and the Jacobin" by
Booth Harrington, is a One-act
play that takes it's place as one
of Americas outstanding plays.
This production is well interpreted
by a cast of high school students
frog grades 10-11-12, and direct
ed by Earl r. Scheidt and Richard
c. Clark, high school dramatics
directors. In addition to the play
there will be musical numbers by
the high school and elementary
school music departments under
the direction of Edwin F. Engle-
hart and Frederic w. Brown. Also
in the auditorium will be a drama
tic presentation by the elementary
students, under Miss May Sales
direction.
Other departments of the school
will have exhibits in the small
gymnasium. These are Art, Crafts,
Industrial Art, HOmemaking,
Printing and Photography.
Seniors to Tour
New York City
The Senior Glass of Caesar Rod
ney School will take it's annual trip
to New York City May IA, Is and
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A committee composed of mick"
Rodriguez, chairman, Doris Steele,
"DOttie" Marker, and Donald Belts,
has planned a full itinerary. Of
special educational interest will be
visits to the Empire State Building,
the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street,
the National BrOadcasting radio
and televisiOn studios, and the Uni
ted Nations Building as we'll as a
bus tour of the city including stops
at Chinatown, the Battery, Grants S
Tomb, and the Church of st. John
the Divine.
The group also plans a trip to
Yankee Stadium as well as a visit
to Radio City Music Hall. For Fri
day evening tickets have been Sc
cured for the play "Time Out for
Ginger"
/ The class will make the Hotel
Plymouth it's headquarters and will
be accompanied by faculty men,
bers, Mrs. Mary w. Cool, Mrs. Jes-
sic G. Duncan, John G. Branner and
William R. Brown, Jr.
Rules for the trip were made by
the class and approved by the
Board of Education.
Dramatic Club Play
Cast Listed
The members of the cast of the
Dramatic Club play Beauty and
the JacObin" by Booth Harrington
are: Bruce Walton, Joy Ross, Rich
ard MacFaddin, Alvin Laramore
and Olive Roland. This play will
be presented on the Caesar Rodney
stage on Tuesday evening, May u
as part of the schools festival
of arts program on that evening
The production is directed by Earl
r. Scheidt and Richard c. Clark.
The play will also be presented
as an exchange assembly program
at the FELTON, School at a later
date.
Students and School Board
Agree ON Diplomas
A recent poll of the members oi
the Senior Glass of Caesar Rodney
School indicates that the student.
almost unanimously agree that thu
, present type of diploma, which il
dicates the students major field o.
study, should not be replaced BY
a general diploma for all students
At the April meeting the Boart
of Education also expressed it!
opposition to the proposed chang,
as being unjust to the students ant
, probably misleading to prospectiv,
j employers.
The poll was conducted after tn,
State Department of Public In
structiOn requested local reactions
to the proposed change.