Volume 25. issue 10 February 10, 1989
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Maine Suuili Hiiih School
Barroom to open at Maine South On February 16th, 17th, and 18th at 8:00 p.m., the Clyde K. Watson Auditorium will be transformed into the Brickton Opera House for this year's All School Play, Ten Nights in a Bar Room, a temperance drama. The play opens with a traveling philanthropist, Mr. Romaine, played by Mark Schaetzlein, introducing the town and the local tavern, the Sickle and Sheaf. He meets Sample Switchel, played by Chris Chandler, who ushers him into the bar. Inside, Romaine encounters the proprietor and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Slade, performed by Matt Krause and Jan Waldron and their son Frank, played by Larry Herring. Romaine also encounters the tavern regulars, Harvey Green and Willie Hammond, played by Jeff St. John and Matt Martello, and meets Mehitable Cartwright, a young woman with an active imagination, played by Melissa Phillips. Later in the play, Mr. Romaine reI turns to Brickton after ten years have passed to ' see what effect the evils of drink have had on the town as well as Joe Morgan, an old bum and his wife and daughter, Mike McGarry, Mary Morman and Charts Runnels. Ten Nights in a Bar Room dates all the way Jeff St.John, '89, and Matt Krause, '91, rehearse a scene from Ten Nights in a Barroom, an old-time back to the lime of vaudeville and has been play performed exactly as it would have been in the age of vaudeville. called an American classic. The emphasis of rickety sets and old time olio acts between act; and many others. the play is serious and it carries a message of scenes. These olio acts consist of: The Four The play only runs three nights, so catch a the evils of drink but when played with the Knights, a quartet with Mike McGarry, Mark glimpse of history and entertainment from the exageralcd movement and acting styles of the Schaetzlein, Dom Loise, and Matt Krause; days of vaudeville at the Brickton Opera time, it becomes almost farcical. female vocal solos by Mary Beth Haase and House. It is fun for the audience to watch the Heather McGarry; Matt Martello in a juggling
Students attend inauguration While most students spent their week stressed out over finals, seven Maine South seniors were staying at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Through the Washington Workshops Foundation, Aaron Butcher, Sean O'Leary, Max Ranft, Tom Spindler, George Vourvoulias, Larry Wojciechowski, and Bill Zoellner attended a special congressional seminar. In this inaugural session, students had an opiwrtunity to view the unique events surrounding the Presidential Inauguration. f )nc of these events, the Inaugural Youth horum, showcased such speiikcrs as President George Bush, Vice President Dan Quaylc, Secreiiiry of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp, Drug Czar William Bennett, and several other prominent figures.
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The students also viewed the inauguration of President Bush and Vice President Quayle and the Inaugural Parade. The high point of the week for many of the participants was attending the Young Americans' Ball, one of the eleven Inaugural Balls, which also featured guest appearances by the President and Vice President as well as being broadcast on MTV. In addition to Inaugural events, the pariicipantsbccame involved in other issues. Students heard from Georgetown University professors, one of whom was an advisor for the Dukakis campaign, as well as an ambassador from Singapore, a director from the Organization of American States, Speaker of the House Jim Wright, and numerous Senators continued on page 2
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