Biggs High School - Rice Blade Yearbook (Biggs, CA)

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By Alyce Savage and Marie McLean DRAMATICS NITE On December l8Th, The local audience wiTnessed an inTeresTing program in The Torm oT Tour one-acT plays, presenTed by The diTTerenT classes oT The school. The pur- pose oT The DramaTics NiTe was To presenT To The local people The dramaTic TalenT oT The high school. Alyce Savage announced The program which consisTed oT The Tour one- acT plays by The respecTive classes, musical numbers by Elinor Reime oT The Senior Class, and Japanese dancing and singing by Gladys and Annabelle Nalcashima. The plays were presenTed as Tollows: Freshmen, Household l-linTs under The direcTion oT Mr. GoTThold: Sophomores NOT OuiTe Such a Goose, under The direc- Tion oT Miss McElroy: Juniors, Keeping KiTTy's DaTes, under The direcTion oT Miss Dean: and The Seniors, Rooms To LeT under The direcTion of Mrs. l-larry and Mr. Evers. A prize was To be given To The class presenTing The besT play according To The iudges' decision. A Tie beTween The Junior and Senior Classes made iT necessary To Tlip a coin To decide who The win would go To. The Juniors were awarded TirsT place and The Seniors second. li IK HY HY ik Creepy noises, eerie lighTs, women's screams and cluTching claws ThaT snaTched unsuspecTing characTers oTT The sTage righT beTore Their very eyes were only a FEW oT The Thrills experienced when The Tamous mysTery comedy play, TlGER HOUSE, was presenTed by The Senior Class, May l8Th, in The gymnasium. This clever mysTery play which has been played by more Than a Thousand schools aTTer a long, successTul run on The proTessional sTage, was laid around an isolaTed counTry esTaTe called MysTery Manor, because oT The alleged haunTings. Erma Lowrie, a young shop girl, had inheriTed The esTaTe Trom her eccenTric aunT, and according To The Terms oT The will she had To occupy The house Tor The period of one year. Erma's cousins, ArThur l-lale and Oswald Kerins, her loving AunT Sophia and Peggy Van Ess, a Tormer girl Triend, were all house-guesTs when Things began To happen! There was a delighTTul Thread oT romance, clean and highly-amusing comedy, alThough The mysTery elemenT dominaTed, Thcre were no dead bodies, no shoTs Tired and noThing really gruesome. Much Time, worlc and careTul planning resulTed in whaT was hoped To be one oT The besT producTions ever sTaged in This high school. Many mechanical and elecTrical eTTecTs had To be worked ouT. The play iTselT needed careTul rehearsing as The acTion was rapid, characTerizaTions all vasTly diTTerenT and well wriTTen. Mrs. T-larry and Mr. Evers were The direcTors and spenT much oT Their Time on The play. John Baker, Fred MarlcgraT, and Allan Balmer were The sTage managers and Melva Lindberg, ArT Man- ager. The casT was as Tollows: Erma Lowrie ArThur Hale Yami AunT Sophia Oswald Kerins Peggy Van Ess Mrs. Murdoclc MaclnTosh Thompson MysTery Woman BeTTy Brinlc KeiTh Balcer Fred MarlcgraT Louise Slusser Harold Rhodes Marie McLean DelighT Hixson William Fiedler John Baker Eleanore Longaneclcer

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Wl-lAT Tl-IE CLASSROOM -Byl-lolsuel-londai37. Une nice sunny day lhe classroom clock decided lo walch lhe class recile. This is whal il saw: The children's laces were smiling brighlly, ready lo answer whal lhe leacher had lo ask lhem. The leacher, a young looking lady, was silling al her desk in lronl ol lhe class. Teacher, asked a smarl looking lillle girl, Was Caplain Kidd an acrobal? l haven'l any idea. Why do you ask? lhe leacher answered. Well, il says here lhal in lhe evenings when he didn'l have anylhing lo do he sal on his chesl. Al lhis remark all lhe children slarled lo laugh and giggle. As soon as lhe leacher had guieled lhem down, a lillle boy spoke up saying, Where does wool come from? Why, il comes from sheep. For example, your lrousers are made lrom sheep's wool. replied lhe leacher. No, lhey aren'l, leacher. My lrousers are made lrom my brolher's old ones. A -ByJanefl-lixson'36. Two Iillle cily boys wenl oul inlo lhe counlry lo galher hickory nuls. l-laving galhered all lhey could carry, lhey slarled lor home. Growing very lired from walking, lhey slopped al a graveyard lo counl oul lhe hickory nuls. The graveyard had a high- board lence around il, bul lhe lillle boys jumped over lhe lence, and as lhey did lhis lhey dropped lwo nuls on lhe olher side. They decided lo gel lhem on lhe way back. An old darky, who was walking by, heard lhe voices inside ol lhe lence, saying: You lake lhis one, l'll lake lhal one. l-le ran lo lown as lasl as he could lo lell lhe lownlolk. l-le mel a while man and lold him lhal he had heard lhe Devil and God counling oul lhe dead people. The while man nol believing lhis lo be lrue, wenl oul lo lhe graveyard wilh him. l-le heard lhe same voices, saying: You lake lhis one, l'll lake lhal one. Soon lhey heard lhe voices say, Now we'll iump over lhe lence and gel lhose lwo oulside. ll is said lhal lhe while man beal lhe darky back lo lown. Tl-IE STORY OF AN ASSIGNMENT Every day, we sludenls are assigned a lesson. These lessons should be worked oul in order, and schedule. No person can lel all lheir work go unlil il is lime lo recile and lhen lry lo prepare il all al once. The mind can nol grasp il all lhen remember il also. Some pupils are nalurally inclined lo do lheir work in lhis way while olhers have lhe lendency lo lel lheir work slacken. For inslance, one day lwo boys were given a An Editorial special assignmenl, lhis assignmenl was due in lhree days. The lwo boys were very good sludenls. Bul one had lhe habil ol gelling his work as soon as il was assigned, if possible. The olher one usually worked oul his assignmenl, iusl belore lhe lesson. When lhe day lor lhe assignmenl came, bolh boys came lo class wilh lheir work. Bolh lhemes were given and lhe class was called upon lo decide which was lhe beller ol lhe lwo. The boy who prepared his work as soon as lhe assignmenl was given was chosen. The olher boy's lheme would have been iusl as good perhaps, bul by leaving il, he had losl inleresl and lherelore il wasn'l as good as possible.

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MUSIC A W A - g A Band, Glee and Orchestra BAND Top Row lleTT To righfl-I. Wellman, W. Anderson, l. Grell, J. Harris, A. Savaga, M. Schill, N. Samuelson, F. Cameron, W. Arm- 5Trong. F. Marlcgraf, D. Dal Porfo, E. Meilrle, C. Carlson, J. Robinson, F. Lofgren. Second Row-R. C. GoTThoId lDirecTorl, E. , McGinnis, L. Slusser, B. Brink, R. Lofgren, B. ' James, G. Haverland, F. James, E. Sizelove J. Johnson. A. Lindberg, A. Dunlap, A Pryde, E. Jones, M. Dunlap. FirsT Row-J. Boulware, G. Bairos. A. Shep- pard, N. Albers. F. Albers, G. Nalcashima, E. Dreyer, L. Nelson, H. Millard, B. Honda, S. Miller, C. Balmer, A. Breshears, F. Smifh. ORCHESTRA FirsT Row llefT To righTl-E. Reime, R. Lofgren, J. Harris, B. Brink, D. Dal Porfo, H. Millard, M. NaTaas. Second Row-R. C. GoTThold lDirecTorl A. Lindberg, W. ArmsTrong, F. Lofgren, Li Slusser. GI RLS' GLEE CLUB Top Row lleTT To righTl-E. Sizelove, E. McGinnis, l. Grell, R. Lofgren, M. NaTaas, J. LiTTle, E. Meilcle, N. Samuelson, M. Mc- Lean, J. Hixson, F. Fenn. Second Row-G. Bairos, J. LaPoinT, W. Anderson, L. Nelson, B. James. J. Harris, T. Lofgren. A. Savage, L. Slusser, B. Brink, W. Honda. FirsT Row-G. PeTerson, S. Randolph, M. Wallace. l. Wallace, R. C. GvoTThold lDi-' recforl, E. Reime, E. Dreyer, M. Albine. L. WC. Gray, The band sTarTed aT The TirsT of The season Tull of plans for an inTeresTing year. There were several promising beginners, and some experienced players from The Rich- vale Grammar Band. The band was larger This year Than in Tormer years, numbering as high as TorTy-seven members. The season has proved To be very worThwhile. The TirsT engagemenT was To play wiTh The Oroville Band in Their ArmisTice Day parade. Then in The aTTernoon of The same day The band played Tor The Gridley-Biggs High TooTball .TilT. IT played in December Tor The annual communiTy ChrisTmas program in The Fireme'n's Hall. A concerT was presenTed in The gymnasium in January Durin The w' T 'T l . g in er I payed Tor several baskeTball games. AnoTher public concerT was given in April Biggs Band h d exc ange assembly concerTs wiTh Gridley, Oroville and Durham. A one-da T ' l K - y rip was Talren during which concerTs were played aT Chico High, Chico STaTe, and Durham High. Then The band prepared iTs numbers for The Chico FesTival in which iT played on April 28. The band seriously planned To play aT The STaTe.TournamenT in San Francisco, buT owing To The expense involved and The diTliculTy of geTTing To San Francisco, iT was ThoughT besT To abandon The Trip. Tlhe closing evenT of The year was a series oT Three con'cerTs presenTed-by a massed band composed oT'The Oroville, Gridley, and B' b ' ' lggs ands. All This has given The band a successTul season. Qpledsgugumfo GirI'5Sp0rt5D