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, . Vol 52, No 1 NEW YORK, NY., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1946 By Subscription ~~ImportanceOfBeingEarnest~~ P.T.A.,Will.Hold G.O. Blueprints Carnival; . Open MeetIngs ProducedlnHunterPlayh ouse i ~rs. Sylvia D~bin, Chairman of Will Adopt Eu'ropean School Program and Pl,1blicity, announces: Hunler And Stuyvesant I\evive "The P.T.A. IS inter~ted in pro Council Elects Student Leaders; The Oscar Wilde Comedy Hit moting better understanding between Chooses, Approves Committees pupil, teacher, and parent. For more than a mbnth Huntet girls puzzled over pOsters that "This can be accomplished by all The G.O. council elected and approved committees, chose two read "Earnest is coming", and "Who is Earnest?" They rubbed parents attending the open meetings, Big Sisters, selected student leaders, and voted on the term project their eyes in amazement as Stuyvesant boys invaded the building where they can see and hear what is at the first three meetings of the spring term. Paula Weltz and almost daily. Other girls watched as jean-clad gi rls rushed about going on. Norma Kraus are the Big Sisters; Joyce Abrams, Judy Baron, in th~ basement, and still others wondered why the very w'alls "The open meetings are held on the Hellen Guggenheimer, Ruth Nathan, Sonia Sayer, and Rqoda Rat Teverberated with the sounds of ham-. l third Wednesday of each month. The ner, this term's dance committee. The mering. When asked a'bout working with higlh program committee makes every effort Join 'What's What'; ,G.O. pre.ject will be a carnival, and But on March 2 the curtains parted school students, Mrs. Brilty, who had to make the . meeting interesting and the money obtained from it win go to reveal that the secret lay in the staged the play at Ohio State Uni· an enjoyable social hour foll ~ws." Tryouts Coming Soon towards the adoption of a European two Hunter Dramatic Club-Stuyvesant ve'rsity, said: enthusiastically, "It was school. The oppe.rtun,ity to prove their Theatre Guild performances e.f Oscar a deligntful- experience because young Betty Driscoll, G.O. President, se- Wilde's three-act comedy, The Im pec:.ple bring a freshness and original 'Worth will soon come to the ,read lected one girl from lists of volun portance of Being Earnest, 111 the ity to a comedy that older people do Delegates Chosen ers of What's What who have teers, to serve on various school com- Hunter 'College Little Thea'ter. under not." often felt that their ideas and abi.J- mittees: ,These selections wert! ' ap- the direction of Mrs. Inez Brilty. For Convention The G.O. served a dinner between ity would revolutionize their proved by the co;mcil:, The Importance of Being Earnest the two performances to the cast and What's What wi.J1 ,be represented school newspaper. What's What Point Supervision CommiUee-Ann was first p,roduced in Ameyrica atcthe stage crew. A week a,£ter the prodm:- at t'heColumbia Scholastic Press Con- is holding tryouts on March 13 Gilson, Marcia Chapman, Frances Empire Theater in Newark ity, ti on the Dramatic Club held a party Commins, Arden Brown, Gloria Coch- 'on April 30, 1895, w.hen it ran for al. for the members of Hunter's and vention on March 21, 22, and 23 by and 14 in room 502 af.t~r the 7th rane, Nancy Miller. S_andra Abram" ----"""'I;.. most 300 performances. The meoSt re- Stuyvesa\1t's Drama' tl'c 'C,lut.. s who Lois 'Freeman .and , Eleanor Schwarz- and 8th. Not only those girls who " Assembly Committee - Barbara cent revival was in 1939, wkh Clifton ~WDrked on the play. bart. These delegates will attend the have literary talent are wanted, Schiff, Pat Coleman, Cynthi!t Tyor, VVen.D, s e Ie 'Wlliwooo, Hope Wil- PhyJris Falchook the club!s former various .sectional meetings, clinics, but girls who are able to make Hannabelle She~kin, Eleanor Z01m, liam~, and , Helen Trenholme in the president,grinned happi.Jy at the play's r(\Und table lPeetings, and lectures by posters and draw humorous car- Barbara Davidse:J, Lois Weinberg, leadmg roles. opening, but protested, "You can't prominent newspapermen, as well as too~s, and girls who will "hunt Angie Scutere, Joan Du'brow, Natalie In, the Little Theater production blame us for feeling proud of this the Convention Luncheon at the Hotel ads." / Stein, Naomi Sirna, Joyce Abrams, Jane Thomson played ,Gwendolyn Fair- performance. The last big1 Dramatic Astor. Judy Usdan; fax; Phillip Zuckerrnan, John Wor- Club production, FCl!Shi011; took place Revision Committee-Debby , Furth, thing; Naomi GeJd, Lady Bracknel; over two years ago. And then, of I IAlice Fagan, Gloria Lieberman, aar- aeandd' JudYHBaron'Ethle iMngen~e, CCehcily course-'this is the first time we ever News Of The Month , bara Sampson, Dolores' Rifkin, Cecile rew. enry r, e, arvin 0 en, put on a play with a boys' high school." ~ ______-I. Bi.J1ig, Janet Stone, Phyllis Funk, Sue Joseph Batchelor, Sadelle Hershey, AU the members of t'he club agreed Block, Carol Schil.Jer, Ruth Nathan, EIGHTH TERM: G.O. Representatives-Judy Baron, Ne.rma Kraus, and Judy Jarvis were also in the play. that it took a lot of hard: work to make Carole Skolnick. Paula Weltz, Jane Thompson, Lore Students who attended the Febru- The Importance, of Being Earnest the raine Vogel; ary 19 assembly saw a preview of part success that' it was, but that it was ISEVENl'H TERM: Senior Day Comm'ittee- Edith Aaronson, Mona P u bl"tctty C Ollltmttee-. A nn M urph y, of Act 1, which featured Jane Thom- 'a lot of fun'. Anders~, Anne Beck, NeJ.I Cochrane, Lois Freeman, M,uriei Hau5m,an, Vera P at K aC111,. GI. o,na. 'G ross,' S. y I'via S ar- son, Phillip Zuckerman; and Naomi ' Henken, DOllrith Leipzigtr, Marcia Levenson, Lita Linzer, Nancy MiJler, Dot muist, Le.uise Laverty, Ruth Peltz, Gold. This sampling delighted the Peptan, Aileen Waas, Jean 'Weeks. Grace Thorpe, Florence Dubin, Gloria school audience and indicated the high New Plans Outlined SIXTH TERM: President~Ruth Adicoff; Vice-President-Joan Kalin; Franklin, and Fawn Margo, Girol quality and the finesse of the Little A 0 Secreta,ry-Lillian Nobel; Treasurer-Carol Schiller; G.O.representatives- Rose, Barbara Richman, Aileen Waas, Theater performance. t pening Assembly Gloria Lapin, Marianne Molin, Beatrice Zolenge. Betty Goldblatt, Maida Bernstein, Eva The production not only 'gave ex- Dr. William S. Haas of Columbia, 'A,SSEMBLY COMMITTEE: The committee is eager to have sugges· Rosenbaum. pression to the dramatic talents of University, professor of Ethnology and tions from the student body for as,sembly prog1ro ms. These suggestions should Marianne Molin was elected Jewelry Hunterites and Stuyvesantians, but Asiatic Studies gave an illustrated talk be submitted to Betty Driscoll, Helen Missires, or one e.f the term representa7 Manager and June Sachar, House also to ' their creative abilities. Lili on Iran at the March 5 assembly. tives on ' the ' committee. " - CommiHee Leader. Hannabelle Shen- Hirsch designed both the costumes and Dr. Brown, principal, and Betty. ATHLETIC A,C;SOCIATION- ·. The A.A. :held I'ts volley-ball e' xhibition ken wjH be the P.T.A. representative the sets, and the boys and girls built game on February 21, and it ~ exhibl'tl'on, basket-ball game on February 25. and Harriet Krantz will serve as Col- Driscoll, G.O. president, . welccmed J the sets. lection Chairman. the new students at the organization . BI'OlJOGY CLUB: President-Lorraine Vo~el ; Vice-President-I1se assembly of the spring term. Students Dittman; Secretary-Treasurer-lima Stein. gave a preview of club activities and CI'NEMA ,CLUB: The club announces that the difficulty ,with the sound Save Starving Europe; G.O. officers outlined future pl'ans. track and the faulty lens has been corrected'. Former Students• Donate Food Parcels 'In a scene from The Importance of Dur.ing the term, departments .in .the school will show motion picture Serve On Staff From Europe comes a call for Being Earnest members of the cast !ihorts in the high school auditorium Wednesday noons. These movies will food on which the men, women and presented a preview of the Hunter start about 12 :15. Three Hunter High School and Col Dramatic Club and Stuyvesant Thea children of Europe can survive FRENOH CLUB: The club had! an ini~ iation party. on February 20. lege alumnae joined Hunter"s teach tre Guild production. until cr'ops can again be sown to President-Gloria Cochrane; Vice-President-Joan Frank; Secretary"Treas ing staff at the beginning of · this feed the people. To observe Bill of Rights week a uret-Ellen Asch. term. T'hey are Miss Dorothy Geddes choral speaking choir recited excerpts Numerous orglanizations have GERMAN CLUB: At the F ebruary 15 meeting, two prizes, awarded by of the mathematics department, Mis from Norman Corwin's We Hold been formed in America to organ the Literary Society of New York, were presented to Jacqueline Koury and Rita Marricco of the English depart These Truths. ize the efforts of Americans to aid Muriel Blome for excellence in two years 'of German. ment, and Miss Gera'idine Salomon "'the ' destitute of Europe; among Dr. Brown read letters of thanks I. R.C.: President-Ann McCready; Vice-President-Edith Aaronson. of the Latin 4epartment'. these organizat'ions is the Inter addressed to Hunter students from Miss Geddes taught at ,William CuI national Rescue and ,Relief Ce.rn- Belgian girls who had received boxes. LA TIN DEPART l\1EN T : The department is glad to announce that in the New York ClassicaJ Club Competitive ExamitJaltion in Latin Three Years, len Bryant High School In Queen mittee. Betty Driscoll announced that this after her graduatic.n from the col The I,RJRC urges Americans to term there would be more dances and Dorrith Leipziger won the first prize of fifty de.lIars, and a book was awarded to Joyce Hines. lege, and: feel's that "it's good to be collect cans and send the packages volleybaH games. back in familiar surroundings". MARIANNE: Editor~Eva Rosenbaum; Assistant Editor-'Nanette to the ~RR:C Warehouse, 130 O,r As a reminder to Hunterites, Betty Kas,g; Art Editor-Pat JOhnston; Secretary-Treasurer-Dorothy Mandel. W,hen asked what their opinions 0 ,chard Street, New York 2, New Simendinger, G.O. treasurer, stated Aileen Waas received the service shield. Hunter girls were, Miss, Marricca. York, or 'use the pick~up service that there is indeed a bargain in .the MATH CLUB: The club had a party on February 25. stated that "Hunter girls seem mucn that is aVlailable to all residents ('of G.O. budget book; Judy Baron, chair- IMUSI,C DEPAR ,TMENT: Hunter students are indicating the operas brighter than when I was here, and: the New York City area. In ad man of clubs, gave the students an they would meoSt like to hear by ballots distributed by the Metropolitan Opera it's a pleasure to teach them'''; and dition, the Committee has on file idea of the club opportunities open Guild. Miss Salomon declared: (II always; the names and addresses of needy to them. PHY:SICS CLUB: Prenderglast. liked Hunter and I like being back families in Europe to whom Presid~nt-Helen The girls were urged by Mrs. Spiro ,SPANIISH CLUB: President-Jean Chinn; Vice-President-Helen Dym; here. The girls are fpll of spirit 'and Americans· may send packages of of ' the P.T.A. to attend the luncheon Secretary-Evelyn Greaves; Treasurer-Naomi Meckler. are very cooperative". food directly. j with their mothers em March 23. TRAF,FIC SQUAD: ,Captain - Ellen Asch; · First Lieutenant- J ean One fifteen-cent can will keep ,Miss M. Aqui.Jera, an alumna of a starving European alive for one Rhoda Ratner gave the speech on Chinn; Second Lieutenants-Mary Jackson, Laura Kaleman, Bernice Rawl, Hunter College, is teaching Spanish the high school's war activities which Ingle Weinberg. 1 . day. A can for a life; how ' about , 'Mrs. Helen Matthews and Miss it? she later gave at the 76th Anniver- The ~quad requests. the students to remember that at' dismissal all center Jeanette Koehnke have resumed their sary' assembly at Hunter College. staircases are doWn and end staircases up onlY' 'duties as members of the facu1ty. r------~'~ , ~~~~~~~~--~~------Jr>~-~~. v~------
Page Two WHAT'S WHAT Tuesday, March 12, 1946
WHAT'S WHAT Publish~d five times a term by the students of Met, Music And Melchior; HUNTER COLLEGE -HIGH SCHOOL 930 LEXIN:GTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Quid Est Melio,:? We found it difficult to associate the silver-winged Lohengrin, the embittered Tannhauser, or the unfortunate Siegfried with the To Reflect To Give Wishful Thinking man before us. Sitting on the edge of a chair in a manner that ~ Student Opinion Exact Information There was never a cheer from the sidelines made us afraid he would, at any mo~nent, flyaway in typical Val .. As they marche<;! 'by in even accord kyrian style, Mr. Melchior, almost completely enveloped . in an And the drums became muffled-the footsteps more slow enormous black overcoat whose tre--+t---' ------~--- Whi.Je rain continua.J1y poured. Vol. 52 Tuesday, March 12, 1946 No.1 mendous fU,r cc;\.lar reached his ears But the S'houts grew loud and the cheers were heard and almost met the broad fur-trimmed And the band mc,re briskly did play EDITORIAL STAFF brim of his :black hat, looked very 'Cause the sun had come out so it couldn't m'iss LOIS FREEMAN •.••.....••...... •..•.••.••... . Editor·in·Chie! much like a jovial Danish peasant, HELLEN GUGGEN HElM ER •• •• • • ••••••••••••••• •• • Associate Editor The parade on St. Patrick's Day. with a typical ruddy complexion, / ANNE BECK ...... •.•• .•. . •••••.•••• .•.• •••• •.•.. News Editor BETTY GoLDBLATT .. •••.••••••... . •.••••..•.•.• • Feature Editor strong features and twinkling eyes. * * * ALICE SAMSON ...•...• ••• . ••••• . • ••• • Associate Feature Editor Obviously thoroughly accustomed to Where's A ScreWdriver? MISS DOROTHY BUSH} • •••.•••.•••.•••. • ...• •• Faculty Advisors interviews, after appeasing two y('.ung MISS ALLIE LEWIS Physics Teacher: This class Iemi,nds me of a Model-T autograph-seekers, who apparently had BUSINESS STAFF Ford, with the crank up frc.nt, and aU the nuts in back! ALICE MOVITZ • ••.•..• • •..... • .•... •••••.••. BusI.ness Manager also stumbled upon the right corridor CAROL SCHILLER ...• .••• • •• ..• ••••• ... •. • Advertising Manager in the labyrinth of halls backstage at * * * ELLEN SMOLEN •• ••.. ••.••...••.•.....•.•...... Secretary the NIBIC Broadcasting Station, Mr. Mid Pleasures And Palaces REPORTERS Melchior ' took a deep breath and Joan Meyer Pity the souls in 614 Barbara Burk Ruth Herzberg plunged into what developed, after • Gladys Coheu Harriet Krantz Rhoda Ratner That room o,f 'g,rief and woe. some twenty minutes, int('o a friendly Gloria Gross Vera Lorch Joan Richman The roof doth leak Gloria Mauer Marjorie Weiner chat on opera, and young people, ob" The floor doth creak CONTRIBUTORS viously two of Mr. Melchoir's favorite The plaster falletlh low. Audrey Adrian Nicole Einhorn Helga Rosenman topics of discussion. Sue Bachner Debby Furth . Miriam Sand~erg In 1926, the singer appeared for the The six long flights we have to climb Mr. Melchoir attributes his early first .time on the stage of the Metro A,re ·Iong and hard and steep Plai! ROlen Printin, Co .• Inc., 1554 Third ATeDue, New York City interest and talent in singing .to the politan. When asked what role he most We reach the place ______~7S------influence ('.f his musical family, which enjc.yed singing during his twenty Then downward race joined in informal shows and per years at the Metropolitan, Mr. Mel For there the mice do creep. Answer Their Cry formances in his native city, Copen chior considered carefully. Finally he We hope you reali'ze our grief hagen. As a boy, Mr. Melchior often chose T~istan, and with a tumultuous As yOU read this little "pome" The thought of -thousands in Europe starving sang in church choirs, and eventua.J1y chuckle, added, "I've sung it two But we'll stand the strife , to death is quite difficult for many Americans to decided to make singing his prof~ssion. hundred-ten-time's." Mr., Melchior is Of sixth floor life grasp. To some of us, who may not have seen Strangely enough, he began his also fond of singing OteUo, which, As long as it's no place like home. .-...;..,;;;;;;;:;.;..._,empty. lC.ege.ta,.ble mns, and barren grocery shelves, brilliant career as a baritone, when, however, he has not as yet been given at the age of twenty-two, he made the opportunity to sing! at the Met * * who have no memory of real hunger, the sight his debut with a C('openhagen Opera ropolitan. It Could Hap{JC]], ¥ou of men and women with gaunt faces and swollen Company in the role of Silvio, a The singer noted that there are too We hear in the basement an S. O.-----~ S. bodies, of wide-eyed children in the last pitiful young peasant in LeoncavaUo's ' opera, few opera companies. in America, and The voice of a Hunterite in distress stages of slow starvation is one so unreal, that Pagliacci .. remarked, as his face brdke into a She opened her locker; that was all, these unfortunate people in Europe often seem The Danish singer',s real fame be smile, "Americans think too much The avalanche suddenly started to fall gan in 1918, however, si~ years later, about senging Jhei.r <:children to Con Now buried beneath the mess we -see- __~ very far away inde_ed. ' when after many months spent in gress." Mr. Melchior also declared The remains of the body of Junior McGee. But we know better now; with the war has arduous practice to increase the range with fervor that there should be more come the final realization that ours is one world, of his voice, he made h'is debut as a opportunities for girls and boys to * * , * that three thousand miles or more are no longer tenor. Then began a series of t('.urs, obtain operatic trammg, possibly lust A Pixie sufficient to stifle the cries of our fellow human during which Mr. Melohior partici through a state or national organiza-, A Hunterite, eager to buy a sweater of the currently beings in distress. ' pated in the Wagnerian Festivals at tion. popular diamond pattern, confidently marched into a Bayreuth, amf visited Syria, and Co The talents c.f this singer are not store, and asked the salesman, "~aye you any gargoyle Most of us in America live in plenty, in luxury, vent Garden, London. The success of confined to the opera; both movie sweaters in stock?" even' in flagrant waste. Is it not just that we his subsequent tours is evident . from goers and radio-listeners as well have * * * share our blessings in a small part, with those the numerous honors bestowed upon had .the opportunity to hear just what Progression And Progressions draws capacity audiences to the Met who have faced years of war, have been liberated him including the titles of Singer to Come little four notes, three, or two, the R(\yal Court of Denmark, Bulgar ropolitan. All America has become from ~ tyranny, and now face starvation? Their The orchest.ra will !welcome you. ian Knighthood, French Leagn.le of acquainted with the vivacity and charm cry rings loudly. Won't YOU answer it by fol When y('.u are finished you will see, H'oilO r, White Rose of Finland, and that makes Lauritz Melohior one ('of lowing some of the suggestions published in this That four plays' five and two plays three. EI Merito of Chile. the most beloved singers in America. Bring. piano, ceUo, trumpet . paper ? Oboe or drum or fife Just viens, venez, venite 'The Perennial Question Top-Notchers For the best time of your life. The problem of whether or, not the G.O. should Two good pals If you ask Betty * * * award Felt H's did not disappear when, last t$!rm, around Hunter are' Drisco).) for her Why? the council voted against an amendment to dis Helen M~ssires secret for success, The birds are chirping blithely pense with the present system. and Beulah, ,Beulah she'd probably tell The weather's warm and gay being a violin. you abc.ut a pre There are so many lovely things I'd like to do to..day When nominations for Felt IH's' are taken, the She's a gOC'od violin, cious white sweat Hut weather is as Sltubborn voter's im~ediate response is, to recall the service a faithful worker, er, which she has As an old Missourj mule lists of those girls with whom she is most famUiar. well-liked and sel worn on aU "spe It alwa'),s ,rains on week-ends yet there's sun w;hen Since the Council is extremely noisy while the dom out of tune; cial occasions" in we have school. discussion is being carried on, tthe members con and Helen takes af her career. For the * * * ter her in every first time, we beg How Much? sequently do not hear all of the discussion, and H~len Missires way. Though Beu Betty Driscoll to differ with thls frequently vote only for their friends. Water, water everywhere lah speaks but one language, Helen's term's G.O. President ; we attribute Nor any drop ,to drink, .Each voter has a standard, up to which the can exhuberance bubbles into French, and Betty's popularity to a warm and vi Water, water everywhde didate for a Felt H must measure, and the stand Latin as wel'l (when she has more vacious personality, and to the effi It overflows the sink. ards vary as do the personalities of tthe voters. time.) Anyt'ime is the right time, ciency and sincerity with which Betty The fountains stand against the wall To moisten school-parched throats, The service lists of 'the Junior High students and however, for a.n eclair or a napoleon. conducts G.O. activities. lower termers are necessarily limited, as there The water flows and flows and flows Her 1i1~ing for these, of course, is not Betty calls herseltf an outdo('or girl. Is someone selling boats ? is little work that they are allowed to perform, the real Ieason for Helen's desire to We think he "all-round" classifica but this is not taken into consideration by the become a French teacher. , . tion applies more justly to this blue average representative. "Padded" discussion IS A.Jthough one could never suspect eyed Senior, however. We don't know another weakness of the present method. it from her work as G.O. Vice-Presi whether she looks as good behind a Yet there are several .things to commend in dent, Helen confesses her tendency to horse as she does behind the speaker's the awardiq,g of the Felt H. The tiny lavender ward forgetfulness. WfT hope Helen stand at G.O. meetings, but she surely wiU encounter n('o trouble in the fu couldn't have more affection for her To ~he Editor of What's What: and white pieces of felt provide an incentive for ture because of her weakness for favorite chestnut-cqlored horse Sun 'Mr. Gaynor of t1he Bunter Co).)ege Commons has just some girls, and they are the only- tangible honor rings; we advise her to concentrate dae than she has for the G.O. gavel. notified us that a thurmaduke (a gas-heated food warmer) upon swimming, bicycling and tailored N ext step for Betty Driscoll is Vas for girls who devote their time exclusively to their has been ordered for the high school basement cafeteria. clothes, for aJI of which she has a sar CoUeg.e, where Betty plans to train terms. It will be installed for our use as soon as, it comes from particular fondness. Before the question as to whether this system for a teaching position in mathematics. the factory. /' , We guess Hunter feels, t1he same We needn't botlher wishing this, Sen We are hoping that t1he seventh floor kitchen and is fair and should 'be continued comes up at a way a:bout Helen as Helen feels about ior good: luck; white sweater Of no cafeteria will be opened during the September ' term. G.O. meeting in the near future,every Hunterite Beulah - a wonderlful friend all the white sweater, Betty will always come should consider the problem carefully. way through. ' out on top. MILDRED A. BUScH Tuesday, March 12, 1946 WHAT'S WHAT Page Three
Danny Kaye Deserts W,atermelon; I Stage And Screen Semaphore ' Newest Role: ~Kid From Brooklyn' Lw_. :-i!-' ~-~S-!-o-uT-t. -he-th-~-h-~-~-I~S-o~-t-'s-B-~o-o:-e -~-~-h-i~-'~-,a-~-!e-':-n-b-:-~~-ic-in-a;-d-i-n-~-t~-:I-:n-~-s· -to-g(\..J~ When David Daniel Kominsky ~ppeared in a public school town! It's more colorful, more tune- singularly dull party. ful, and more extravagant than ever The fault, however, lies not with play, few people realized that the pickaninny with red hair and before . . Captain Andy and his team the performers, but with the studio white ears hiding behind the big slice of watermelon would make have outdone themse1ves. Hear ye! which supplied the script of an old -countless miilions laugh as Danny Kaye. This early debut did Hear ye! Let everyone know! It's the .story told in the worst possible way. :l1othing to foster a love for the theater, for he continued in his Sh;wboa;t! The old story centers on Clark Gable, hope of becoming a baseball player.. ' There are songs and dances galore. a bos'n with a girl in every. port, and While in high school he decided to be Occasionally he gets mail)rom con- The new classic Old Man River is Greer Garson, a staid and prim li a surgeon, but was un3Jble to continue fused fans who think he and Sammy magnificently sung by Kenneth Spen- brarian. When the bos'n's crewman, his studies, tlwugth to this day he will Kaye-of the Swing and Sway-are cer, in a rich, deep voice. And the Mudgin, loses his soul on Powell drop anything t(\ watch a surgical one and the same. Most embarrassing other soogs, all familiar to every gen- Street, Gable takes him to a library to -operation. was the time when h~ made a special eration, seem to have found their true find some comforting information on Danny's career had its start when trip to Washington te. entertain at the home back on the Showboa,t. Carol strayed souls. Inevitably, the ce.ol but -he worked in summer resorts, doubling Walter Reed Hospital, and a-lmost Bruce, a beautiful, sultry Julie, makes beautiful Miss· Garson appears, and as comic, juvenile lead, character ac- didn't get in because the sentry chal much of Can't Help Lovin' That Man argues her way into hectic matrimony. tor and waiter. After severa·1 sum- lenged: "If you really are Mr. Kaye, Of Mine and Bilt; the love duets, J6an J?londell, as an admirer of sailors me~s, he became part of a V'a~devi lle where is your orchestra?" After fran Only Make Believe and Why Do.I in general, and Thomas Mitchell, as ,group (in fact he was in sixteen of tic telephoning, he was 6nally rescued Love You, as presented by the sweet, the soul-seeker, .provide a -long series of the eighteen , acts), later je.ining an by the profusely apolegetic head of naive ingenue,I M agnol la' (T~yan · CI ay- p-Iot complications. As anyone in the A. B. Marcus show which toured the the Red Cross, who then proudly · in ton) and the dashing, handsome gamb- au\iience could have foretold, 'aU ends Orient. They had a' great deal of troduced him as Sammy K,aye! ler, Gaylord Ravanel (Chailes Fred- sa~isfactor.ily, with Gable and Garson erics) are de'lighHul. still arguing, thougth less vigorously, tr,Duble in Japan, especially when their Treasured Possession ,Danny Kaye and Mudgin reconciled with his er very first she.w in Tokyo was inter- Effective Dances rupted by a violent demonstration pro- When asked what was his most rant sool in death under the Southern testing the fact that Americans were treasured possession, he became serious Pearl Primus leads several ex Cross. earning money in Japan. for a moment and then related \this Financial ceptionally effective dances. In one, Adventure is an exploitation of the incident: First Favorable Notices Report I· the aboriginal people at the ,Fair pay star system. The. feeling apparently Last year, in connection with the homage to their queen in a wildly was : "A Gable-Garson picture; it - Returning to Broadway in 1935, March of Dimes Campaign, he was in-' General Organization savage spectacle of brown and red can't fail! Any script will do." Fur Danny Kaye had very little success vited to errtertain at a While House that e}(jha~sts not c.nly the dancers, thermore,vhough Gable looks very fit September 1945 - ' January 1946 and as he explains i.t, "continued to luncheon. the entertainers were taken but the audience as well. and raring-to-go and acts with all the beat my brains out." Then,' in 1939, Receipts: Balance on hand on a -tour of the White House grounds. , The lavish sets recaptu.re in verve, the sparkle, and the masculin- . he met Sylvia Fine, now Mrs. Kaye, Sept. 1, 1945 ...... $2,173.16 tu ~ n The party stopped for a ~oment at t'he s'lightly nostalgic atmosphere of ity of a Rlhett Butler, someone evi- who introduced him to Max Liebman, the President's private swimmingpc.ol. From c1asses- the old Showboat, in turn the gay dently wished to make up in one pic- with whom she had written Straw Hat WJiile the others merely glanced at Budget books " .... $917.45 abandon of the people on a holiday. ture for the four yea,rs he has been Review. In this play he received his the pool and then continued on the G.O. ·...... 24.00 The costumes are appropriately da.zz away. ,Conse ~nt1¥..... h ,. ith Mis,s--..= first favorable n('.tices. After a r- r tour, Mr. Kaye, who idolized the late A.A...... 60 ling. I;} one of the exhibits at ' the Gars'On and her chin to help him, runs .. jng in La y in the Dllirk, he was ac p sident, stopped -to look around. No What's What...... 45 Fair, gids from different countries the whole gamut of human emotioos claimed a success by the critics, and ticing a small bathhouse he went in Argus .:...... 90 943.40 come out, one by one, in feast-day cos in this film. The result ~how·s lack of then went on to star in Let's Face It, 1\ and saw a terry-cwth wbe hanging Argus ...... 254.50 tumes for traditional dan<;es. Each one taste and a very low ·reckoning of Hefore deserting Broadway for Holly from a hook in the wall. He turned Athletic Association...... 50.21 is more breath-taking than the other. that of the audic;nce. The dialc.gues wood. back the collar and saw the initials Food for Friendship .Comm. between the bos'n and the librarian /' The rest of the cast does full justice Like many other entertainers who F. D. R. embroidered on it. Putting from A7 .... :...... · '6.25 are pretentiously philosophical . and to the lively lyrics of Oscar Hammer have gone to HollYwood after appear the robe over his shoulde.rs for a mo GeneraI Organizatie.rJ boisterously ungjrammatical. Though stein II, and. the haunting music of ing e.rJ Broadway, Danny Kaye pre ment, Danny Kaye silently made a Danc\!s ...... both Garson and Gable try their 213.49 the late Jerome Kern. Ralph Dumke, fers the theater to th~ screen. To him, wish, replaced the robe on the hook Gift from Senior Class of hardest, theirs is an impossib1e under- a's the rotund Captain Andy, and the audience reaction is .of major im and rej e.ined the party. June, '45 ...... taking, and is far overshadowed by ~ 12.00 Ethel Owen, as his Qagging wife, sup portance and he feels the way in which After the President's death, when the dull vehicle whic;h they are visibly Junior High Clas's-es (To ply the humor. an actor performs is often de~ermined Danny Kaye met Faye Emerson Roose be used next term) ...... 7.40 atteITJfting to brighten up. by the attitude of the audience. ,The writer of . this review has not velt, telling her of the incident, he Metropolitan Opera Guild Though Thomas Mi tchell, as Mud suddenly contracted "superlative ad Practical Jokes said that he would rather own that Tickets ...... 390.00 gin, is an island unto himself as far robe, than anything else in the world. jectivitis". The. truth.of the matter is: Danny loves to play practical jokes .Miscellaneous ...... 16.50 as acting is concerned, Adventure is Soon aile.r, he started on an overseas Showboat is really wonderful! on people. He gets a great thrill from *New York National War not much as an adventure; it is more tour with his best friend, Leo (Brook pulling on character make-up especi Fund (From students) .. 127.54 -Sue Bachner akin , to a strong sleeping pill. lyn) Durocher. On returning to 'this aHy long beards,. He has been kno~n SOOool Jewelry ...... :...... 353.69 co~n try Danny received a call from to don a disgtuise of this type, glee !Sigma ...... 29.85 Faye Emerson, and- was told that the fully run around ringing friends' , Traffic Squad ...... 7.50 robe was being held for him at Hyde Radio Offers A Vtaried Program doorbells, and give them a bad fifteen What's What ...... 129.25 Park. minutes while he claims to be a long To Del-ight The ,Week-End _~istener lost uncle, a Russian refugee, an an H eights Of Stardom 4,714.74 On Friday a·fternoon, as the last the Metropolitan Opera House every cient plumber, or an escaped lunatic. Soon to be seen in Kid From Brook Disbursements: . bell rings, we paus'e only at the G.O. Saturday afte.rnoon at 2:00 is a joy Once his cook refused him admittance lyn, Danny Kaye is one kid from Athletic . Association ...... $ 80.43 meeting before rushing home to spend to music lovers. Quiz programs on to his own he.use, dashed in and told Brooklyn whc. has reached the heights Big Sisters ...... 25.00 a delightful weekend with e.ur radios. this' evening incl de such old favorites Mrs. Kaye there was a "tetched old of stardom and has yet remained sin Exams and Corrfmencement 11.85 Mos,t of us are ardent fans of the as Truth alld Consequences, at 8:30, man" trying to break down the door. cere and friendly. Food for Friendship Comm. wea:1th of , material that is sent out and Can You Top This?, at 9:30, from A7 ...... 6.25 over the ether waves on Friday eve and one new one, Twenty Questions, 'General Organization...... 205.51 nings, Saturdays and Sundays, and at 8 :00. Two veteran: actors are on General Organization will listen to any broadca'st, be it a the air also, Helen Hayes at 7 :00, and Dances " ...... , 212.45 quiz, a music-al, a story, a science, or Li onel Barrymore at 8 :30. Gi"ft to Orchestra...... 51.81 a comedy program, as long as it is At 12:00 Sunday noon, Ex-Mayor ¥etropolitan Opera ,Guild well organized and does n('.t pertain LaGuardia gives his first ,commentary 'Membership ...... 40.00 to our homewor~. . of the day, and those of us who re Tickets ...... 390.00 So You Thi,~k You Know Music tire early may be lulled to sleep by MisceHaneous ...... 135.56 combines music· and the ever popula'r his voice at 9 :30, Excellent discussion • *New York National War quiz at 8 :30 Friday even'ing. Variety of current problern.s is presented on Fund (from ·students) .... 127.54 shows, such a's' the Kate Smith, also The Chicago Round Table at 1 :30. Parents-Teachers .As-socia- at 8 :30, and the Danny Kaye, at Sunday quiz programs feature Two tion Gift from June, 1945 10 :30, and People Are Funny, at 9 :00 Cities Quiz, at 3 :00, Quick As A Mimeograph ...... :. 452.48 will provide the evening's humc.r, and Flash, at 5 :30, The Quiz Kids at 7 :30, Projector ...... " ...... , .... . 479.15 the Mystery Theater, at 10 :00, sends and Take It Or Leave It, .at 10 :00. ,Balance returned...... 44.37 welcome chins up and down your Those of us who cling to the old time School Jewelry ... : ...... 324.00 backs. A,nother, a-1though less well variety show will find some favorites lSigma ...... 41.85 known, quiz program is Qutzdom on Sunday evening: Baby Snooks, at Victory Corps-from June Class, at 9 :30, which ieatuTes high 6 :30, Jack Benny, at 7 :00, and Fred 1945 ...... 75 school seniors competing for a schol Allen, at 8 :30. ' War Stamp ,committee...... 4.05 arship. One of the finest programs of this What's What ...... 564.82 The networks hrc.adcast several day or any other is Exploring the . programs vf interest to teen-agers on Ui~knO'/lm, a't 9 :00, a program 'that $3,197.87 Saturday. In the morning, at 10 :30 takes the pain out of such subjects as Balance February 5th, we may hear Teen Town, and at 11 :00 jet pre.pulsion and presents them as 1946 ...... $1,516.87 Teenthner's , Club; the afternOC\J1 dyn;amic drama. And at 10 :30, lis Respectfully submitted, gives us The High School Hour at tening to We the People, a program Elizabeth S. Clark 5 :00, a program whiOO lionors differ~ that includes interviews with impor Financial Ad'Visor of the ent high schoN's each week.,.. and fea tant and interesting people, is surely General Organization tures student editors interviewing a fine way to end a weekend with "And this isn't even my station I" * Does not incltide checks sent direct. well-known pers·oos. A broadcast from radio. Page Four WHAT'S WHAT Tuesday, March 12, 1946, Jun~or Mis~e~ ,Chat,Deftly Spri1l:g F a~hions Awards Presented Editors Participate by Sylvia Kouze1 At' Com~encement In Radio Interviews Quip In Gay Sallies About Hunter, ,Big doings are under ''way m . the Student editors LOIS Freeman and. '. ' . ,. ' The following prizes were presented Elean~.r Schwartzbar,- r'epresented. • Recreationst Gremlins, And Mice Junior Deb Departments around town '- . . at the commencement exercises ('.0 these days-doings that indicate that Hunter in a radio interview broadcast February 5th, 1946. on "The High School Hour" on What are the thoughts of an average Junior High class of spring is alme.st ufiOn us. 1. General Awards January 19, 1946. They, and seven. youngsters between the ages of eleven and twelve and three quar 'The new styles emphasize rounded ters? One teacher decided to find out. When the last pencil had . 1. Thomas Hunter ' Prize othet school paper representatives, in- contours (which fact is fortunate for Leonilda Altman been reluotantly put away and the last of the twenty-seven papers those of us addicted to daily sessions 2. Louisa M. Webster Prize terviewed Bob Cons1dine, Interna- collected, these were the thoughts. ' at :soda fountains,) Dirndl :ski ,~ts and Leoni,lda Altman tional News Service staff correspond- ' brought to light: my mother gives me a hearty wham on ent, writer of she.rt stories and ' poli The first question dealt with one of 'basque ,bodices will .prevail. Prints, as 3. Faculty Memorial Prize the back. (I sit up)." tical art'icles, and author of. Thirty· ' the necessities of life-an allowance. It seems that the fulure generations well as the perennial checks ' and Yvonne Roach 4. P .T.A. Prize .... Elizabeth Dreifuss Seconds Over Tokyo. I t was Elea The majority of tJhe class receive week of Hunterites will be a brave group, stripes, will be important. nor's second appearance on the pro-· ly allowances, a small number have for in answer to the question, "What Among the mme II. Departmental Awards daily allowances and (,.ne independent gram. J would you do if you saw a mouse in --ilk. outstam nd' g fa s-h 1. Biology Department young miss does wi,thout. the classro('rn? ," mos