North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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THE TAMARACK Class Plai| A coincdy riot from start to finish was the thrcf-act play, Notliing But the Truth, given l)y the senior dramatics class under the direc- tion of Martha Pearl Jones on Friday and Saturday ni.ehts, November 8 and 9. An un- usual feature was the fact that the play was presented by a complete double cast. Hoth acted In a truly professional manner. N ' otliinp I?ut the Truth was one of the most il(li)thtful and successful comedies that a .senior cla.ss has ever had the privilege of presenting. It had a three year run in New York and an eighteen month run in Chicago. ' I ' lie acti m takes place in the uptown offiei ' of a wealthy New York stock broker and is continued to the drawing room of his Long Island summer home. During the course of a conversation in the office. Bob liennett bets •i ' lO.OOO which his sweetheart, Gwendolyn Ral- ston has entrusted to him to invest and double for her, that he can tell the absolute truth for twenty-four hours. Mr. Ralston, Dick Don- nelly, an office partner, and Van Dusen, an elusive customer, thinking that this is impos- sil)le quickly take him up on it. From the first the odds work against poor Bob and the situations that he gets into are screamingly funny. The three men harass him day and night by all kinds of questions, all of which he has to answer truthfully or lose the $10,000, together with the heart and haii.i of tile girl tliat he loves. In this case he finds nut that tlu ' truth pays but oh, how dear! Sometimes tlu- truths hurt and white lies are the kindest, but he is (hiiied the use of I ' ven these. Bob gets him.sclf and all others connected with the bet in hot water and in rather tick- lish situations, but he does not waver. His life ' s future is hanging in the balance and things are looking black indeed when he is saved only i)y the timely end of the twenty- four hourii. Kvery thing is ex) lained satisfac- torily and no real harm is done after all. The casts consisted of the following: K. M. Ralston Guy Miller, .Ma. Vel)er Clarence Van Dusen Bill McCluskey, Herman West I{i i)crt Bennett. Charles Cam|)bcll, Karl Wyatt Richard Donnelly .. Weldon Bean, Clinton Bailie (Iwendolyn RaLston Margaret Bnrdsley, Bertha George Mrs. Ralston Beatrice Bemiss, Eleanor Martineau Bisliop Doran Austin .Soderquist Ethel Clarke .. Dorothy Jacobs, Lucille Latham Mabel Jaek.son Beatrice White, Roberta Shanks Sabel Jackson .. Marjorie Rhodes, Alice Taylor Martha Frances Jones, l.eamae Cantrell The Band Organizations mean nothing in school life imless they accomiilish something. North Cen- tral ' s band is probably the oldest enterpri.se in the school and one of the biggest promoters of student activities. The band has done more than its share in providing pep and spirit at the games for the past fall. Very favorable comment was received on the stunt which the band presented between halves at the annual Thanksgiving game. First a huge C S was formed by the l)and lioys who then i)layed The Star Spangled Banner. Next the letters I, C took shape and the L wis and Clark school song was played. Finally they formed the letters N C and proudly ))layed their own .school battle song, Red and Black. The officers have been conscientious in their work. Those with the rank of l)andmaster are: Harry Hale, wlio is directing the sax sextet; [49]

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