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Ninety-Sixth Annual Commencement
ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL IIALL
Bay St. Louis, Miss.
SATURDAY 8:00 P. M. ? May 26, 1951
PROGRAM
Tanhauser Selection .................. Arr. A1 Hayes
St. Stanislaus Band
Chorus??La Spagnola? .... DeChiara, Arr. Josef Furgivele ?Tradi Nuka??Latvian Frolic .... Austris A. Wihtol S. J. A. High School
Selections....................... St. Stanislaus Band
Processional
Salutatory ...................... Miss Jeanne Turpen
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Right Rev. Msgr. A. J. Gmelch
Valedictory ..................... Miss Ann Chapman
Address to Graduates ......Rev. Ehvood Hecker, S. J.
0 Alma Mater ......................... M. A. Stewart
Class ?51
Recessional
Preview oi ?Strange Bedfellows77 At Little Theatre Wednesday Night Draws Favorable Comment
To Be Presented To Public Thursday, Friday, Saturday Nights of This Week
The first play of the season, ?Strange Bedfellows? will be presented by the Lillie Theatre on Thurs., Fri., and Sat. nights, March 30, 31 and April 1, and it is requested that all membership dues be paid before the first presentation.
?Strange Bedfellows? is set in San Francisco during the Suffragist Movement in 1896 and is a political satire at its funniest. The play is directed by Mrs. Eleanor Sabath and it is amazing what has been accomplished with a cast of local people, some of them on stage for the first time The play is full of laughs and is good for an evening?s relaxation and enjoyment.
J. J. Kelleher is the crotchety Senator Cromwell who plots the downfall of his suffragette daughter - in - law, Clarissa. Mrs Louise Dresher is Mrs. Cromwell, a role very skillfully played as the placating wife of the Senator, who turns suffragatte on the thought that should she die first, the Senator could marry again and give all her furs and jewels to his second wife. Clarissa. the suffragette leader, is beautifully done by Betty Lee Mitchell, and portrays her struggle in keeping a firm conviction on her political rights, and at the same time being a mere woman in love with the Senator?s son, Matthew Cromwell, who is her husband, Paul Tourne as Matthew Cromwell, has a fine stage presence and voice
as the adoring husband who tries to outwit his wife. Betty Husband, in her first appearance on any stage, is ex- ! cellent in the role of Addie Hampton, j the proper daughter of the Cromwells j and furnnshes many laughs, as does her husband. Gifford, played by Renal-do Haas, also a newcomer in the Little Theatre. Two teen-age parts played bv Noellie Dick, as Lillian Cromwell, and Martin Noto, as Vincent Pemberton, are very true to life and Caroline Kiefer, as a gaudy woman of the world and her two ?girls,? Opal and Zita, played by Anne Porter and Meryl Radford add zest to the plot. Two anti-suffragists, Mrs. Worley and Mrs. Gimble, played by Imogene Allison and Adeline Samuels furnish many laughs as does Nicky, the Cromwell?s young son, played by Jerry Kiefer. The parts of the servants, Ling and Beulah, are also well done by Mark Solomon and Mrs. A J. Noto.
The settings are lovely with much statuary in evidence, flowered wallpaper, furniture of the period and beautiful fresh roses adding to the scene. Marie Louise Blair and Ruth Woods Luderbach are due much credit for the setting, and Odette Wittlesberger is responsible for the beautiful and appropriate costumes. Make-up is done by Vicki Henry, Audrey Seghers, Grace Wiegaml and Donna Anderson.
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