Alexandria High School - Alexian Yearbook (Alexandria, MN)

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f, gli , riff x Q- i fl nk 41536 THE ALEXIAN W1 if NAUGHTY MARIEVZTA li I b Nauglaty Marietta, a Victor Herbert opera, was presented by if the Alexandria High School Music Department to a large audience. Har old W. Arentsen had charge of the music, Dr. L. W. Lyons of dramatics and make-up, Gordon B. Melby of stage settings, and Maxine Rustad of costuming. Extraordinary scenery and lighting effects made a colorful background for the romance of Marietta and Captain Dick. A realis- tic moon with its rays beaming down upon the slave, Adah, was created for the song Underneath a Southern Moon . With intriguing and difficult toe steps Dona DuBeau render- ed an entrancing puppet dance. Two dainty and demure ballet groups, one a Spanish group and the other a French ballet, were coached by Mr. Arentsen. Students who contributed artistic performances as supporting leads were Donald Brown, Dona DuBeau, Juliette Hareid, Eileen Hub- bell, Darwyn Olson, and Frances Renner. Gretchen Stieler and Leland Wright gave excellent perform- ances in their singing roles of Marietta and Captain Dick Warrington. I Wish I Were Anybody Else But Me , which proved to be a favorite number, was sung by Theodore Ording. After this song, Mrs. Earl and Mr. Ording presented a humorous character dance, which was highly enjoyed by everyone. To Gordon Melby and his able assistants goes the credit for the artistic scenery. Harriet Hobart and Robert Drummond are stage managers. The opera in brief tells the adventures of a young countess who disguises herself as a casket girl, sails from Erance, and comes over to New Orleans. She falls in love with Captain Dick Warrington who does not know who she really is. Her disguise is discovered at the end of the op- era when Captain Dick sings her dream melody, and they are publicly married. Twenty-six

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1936 Tun ALU-:IAN 1936 DRUM CORPS Iii 1 1 Y., Front Row--Marion Peterson, Doris Larson, Drum Major Pearl Barr, Dawn Ripley, Donna Mae Osterberg. Middle Row--Verona S-treu. Elaine McArde1l, Marjorie Evans, June Johnson, Alyce Wald. Side Rows--Lucille Nichols, Irene Erickson, June Fleming, Andrea Wick, Myrtle New- . house, Catherine Peterson, Elsie Friedland, Eileen Hubbell, Betty Nichols, Berna- dine McArde11, June Hobart, Marjorie Thompson, Virginia Mathiason, Viola Wag- ner, Frances Griffith, Kathryn Westeriield, Yvonne Hustad, Viola Sessions. In the six years of its existence, the Alexandria Girls' Drum and Bugle Corps under the direction of Music Supervisor Harold Arentsen has earned widespread acclaim for its distinctive playing and original formations. Improving and expanding with each season, this organi- zation has grown to be one of the most popular and important student groups in the school. In keeping with this policy of improvement, the corps has recently added two imported Scotch bagpipes to its equip- ment. At the annual banquet in January, Pearl Barr, a junior, was elected drum major for the coming season. Andrea Wick, a sophomore, was chosen as her assistant. Although plans are not yet complete for the coming summer, it is probable that the corps will make some sort of a COLH' in addition to the usual special engagements at conventions, carni- vals, and Celebrations. Seniors in active membership in the drum corps are Frances Griffith, liileen Hubbell, Elaine McArdell, Lucille Nichols, and Marian Peterson. Twenty-tive Dfw We 'D fy riff N

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1936 True A1,I2xiAN 1936 Dranialit-s l Back Row--James Daily, Lorin Van Dyke, Evangeline Helseth, Erwin Dobberpuhl, Eaton Olson, Orris Gran. Front Row--Marian Knauf, Dona DuBeau. Ruth Bergstrom, ARMS AND THE MAN - CAST OF CHARACTERS - Catherine Petkofl ----- Marian Knauf Paul Petkotf - Erwin Dobberpuhl Q Raina - - - Dona Du Beau 2 Bluntchli - Orris Gran ,QP Louka - Ruth Bergstrom , 5 Sergius - James Daily W Nic-ola - - Lorin Van Dyke ' The Officer ------ Eaton Olson This year's senior class production was Arms and The Man, a satire on war by Bernard Shaw, which concerns the life of a Servian fug- itive in a Bulgarian home. Shaw's clever humor is typified by this three-act comedy. MRS. PARTRIDGE PRESENTS - CAST OF CHARACTERS - Ellen ------- Elizabeth Olson Philip Partridge ------ Orris Gran Delight Partridge Dona Du Beau Stephen Applegate Thorvald Lillevik Maisie Partridge - Marian Knauf Katherine Everett - Eileen Hubbell Sydney Armstead - Wilbur Sehackel Charles Ludlow Donald Brown Clementine - Ruth Bergstrom Miss Hamilton - Juliette Hareid Pete - - Erwin Dobberpuhl Sam - - La Verne Nelson Madame La Fleur ----- Margaret Hove Mrs. Partridge Pl'l'Sl'lIfX is an American comedy in three acts by Mary Kennedy and Ruth Hawthorne. The basis of the plot con- cerns the heroine's struggles to offer to her children the opportunities that she herself had missed. Miss Evangeline Helseth, dramatic coach, successfully directed both productions. Twenty-seven