Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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junior Play Cavender, Kean, Young, Todd, Engle, Dawson, Baker, D. Zook, Christmore, Taylor, Bear, Hesselbarth, Welch, Lucier, W. Zook, Nottorf, H. Kauffman, Larsen. S THE FIRST DRAMATIC PRODUCTION . of the year, the juniors presented, It Pays to Advertise, a three-act comedy written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett. Leading, roles were portrayed by Eugene Daw- son, lag Rodney Martin, and Faye Verla Engle, as Mary Grayson. Cyrus Martin, played by Ellwood Baker, was young Rodney's father and a soap man- ufacturer. He had hired Miss Grayson to encour- age Rodney to become a successful business man. Meanwhile, Rodney discovered an old soap recipe. Ambrose Peale, i11 reality Dwight Zook, was a very capable advertising agent, and he decided to go into this new business with Rodney. Another of their agents, Ellory Clark, played by Wayne Zook, is the sou of Mr. Martin's worst enemy. Meanwhile, Countess de Beaurin, Elinor VVelch, arrived from France, and, in speaking that language, made a soap contract which later proved false. Finally, the news of Rodney and Miss Gray-- son's .marriage is revealed. Other members of the cast were: Harold Larsen as William Smith, Robert Nottorf as Donald Mc- Clfiesneyg Harold Kauffman ag George Bronson: Mary Jane Lucier as Miss Burke, Pauline Bear as Marie, Emmett Hesselbarth as Johnson, and four sandwich parade 'men: Harold Todd, Kenneth Kean, William Young, Hllfl Ward Cavender. EVEN CHANCES was presented by the seniors as the last dramatic production of their high school careers at the'City Auditorium, April 27. The able coaching of Misses Esther Christ- -more and Marjorie Taylor together with the ef- forts of the cast made the play all that is required of a senior class. ' Jimmie Shannon, portrayed by Jack Nelson, was a bashful young bachelor who fell 'heir-to his grand- father's millions, if he were married by his fast- approaching thirtieth birthday. A dinner party was arranged by Jin11nie's right-hand 111an, Billy llleekin, played by Robert Froelich, after which Jimmie went through seveniproposals. For one r.ea- son and another all seven refused his offer of mar- riage, and prospects began to look bad until in all seven cases the girls-reconsidered. In the meantime,.the supposedly confirmed bach- lor had fallen in love with Ruth Hurd, who carried the role of Anne Windsor, and with only thirty min- utes before the deadline, gained her consent, Other members of the cast included the members of Shannon's club: Don Duckwall, Lynden Gamber, Glenn Weber, Bruce Nemecheck, and Lowell Lauer, as houseman. Hazel Huston played the part of Nemecheck's dominating wife, and Stelouise Hockensmith, Lenore Hatter, Gwendolyn Romine, Lydia Long, and Juanita Reneau were the girls in- vited to the dinner party. . , Senior Play Lauer, Huston, Romine, Weber, Stevens, Nemecheck, Reneau. J. Nelson. Hurd, Froelich, Christmore, Taylor, C. Shearer, F. Kauffman, L. Long, Hatter ,D. Duckwall, Hockensmith, Gamber.

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l l Debate Ora tion Deelanfzation TOP ROW-CLeft to rightJ-Dieter, Lees, Christmore, Nemeeheck, A. Nelson. BOTTOM ROW-Hooper, HE DEBATE SQUAD of A. H. S. for 1933-34 was composed of Hazel Huston, first affirm- ative, Donald Dieter, second affirmative, Bruce Nemeckeck, first negative, Eugene Dawson, second negative, and Ellwood Baker and Albert Nelson, alternates. Throughout the year this group held thirty-nine debates. Due to bad weather, the debaters were unable to attend the Emporia tournament. How- ever, on February 7, the squad took an all-day trip which included debates with Junction City, Man- hattan, and Clay Center. To close a successful season the debaters jour- neyed to Salina for the C. K. L. tournament. Salina and Abilene each lost one debate, but Salina was given first place because their team ranked higher in individual percentages, Abilene was awarded second place. This is the second time in the history of the school that the debate team has ranked that high. Mary Mildred Hooper was awarded first place in the C. K. L. Declamation Contest held in Mc- Pherson for the reading of The Alien by Norman Bruce. Abilene also received a first place when Eu- gene Dawson gave his oration entitled The En- emy Within Our Walls. Dawson, Huston, E. Baker. HE ABILENE CHAPTER of the National Honor Society was granted charter number 674. Under this plan of organization, the prin- cipal and members of the faculty have the privilege of choosing for membership fifteen per cent of those whose rank in scholarship is in the upper one-third of the senior class. Three points in addition to scholarship are taken into consideration, namely: Leadership, character, and service. Fifteen stu- dents were chosen by Principal Marvin Van Osdol and members of the faculty committee. Before the banquet the group elected the follow- ing officers: Gwendolyn Romine, president, Betty Lou Harris, vice-president, Ruth Hurd, secretary, Herbert Meuli, treasurer. The society held its banquet and formal initia- tion ceremony Tuesday evening, March 6, at the Lutheran Church. Marvin Van Osdol, principal, had charge of the initiation ceremony, with Earl Endacott, sponsor, assisting as secretary. Fred Al- lison, Miss Esther Christmore, Paul Collins, and Miss Iuanda Hawkins helped with the initiation. The constitution provided that the students chos- en would be held on probation until the last day of school, at which time they would be presented with pins if they maintained the standards of the organ- izations. . . v 4 National , Honor Society TOP ROW-QLeft to rightj-Dieter, Nelson, Bonfield, Issitt, Meuli. SECOND ROW-Harris, Hatter, D. Mil- ler, M. Whitehair, Stants. FIRST ROW-Romine, Rogers, Weber, Hurd, Hoffman.

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