Carterville High School - Lionite Yearbook (Carterville, IL)

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T5'Dladr Diamond C H S Efrezhman film:-5 18 artg For the last few years Madame Tradition has sald that the Freshman boys of the C C H S should be given a free halr cut at thelr first class party The great day had come It was Thursday September I5 about three weeks after school started We had done everythmg posslble to keep the upper classmen from knowmg the date of our first party But lt had 'eaked out and everyone knew xt by evening Freshman boys were grouped around here and there makmg plans to save thelr hanr Sophomores were dlseussmg where to get the best shears The tlme rolled around and lt was rammg when evenmg came The party was held at the house of Anna Kmg Most of the Freshmen had already arrlved and were mslde the house The upper classmen were outside ready to catch any straggler who had come late One boy succeeded m reachlng the house ln safety by climbing over several backyard fences The excitement ln the house was great There was a sense nn the atmosphere lxke that of sheep gomg to slaughter The Freshmen boys decxded that about the best thmg they could do was to surrender One boy would say to the other Ill go lf you ll go One by one they go out and get thexr mce hair sllcecl off They all looked like prcked chlckens when they came nn The gxrls stood xn the other room glgglmg and havlng lots of fun They seemed to be dlsappomted lf one boy dad not fare as badly as the others Well everyone took hrs medlcme and lt was declded that rt was about txme to eat Suddenly someone came running mto the room saylng They have stolen the lce cream Unfortunately the lce cream had been left near the pantry wmdow where lt was taken out Then there was nothing to eat but sour lemons so some of the party went home There was a merry tlme getting home as some fellows gave chase because they thought we had not been soaked enough 34 - o 0 u n ' v 1 1 . . 4- 1 . v n . . , . v 1 . . . . .1 - 1 . n . , .

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5'.Dladr Diamond S ' C'H'S ' lu-Q--Immun-. dia Bramattque The Dramatnc Club was orgamzed February I8 l926 w1th Mary ane Hall President Ruth Stalker Vxce President and Naom1 Harns Secretary and Treasurer Thls club gxves opportumty for specnal tralnmg among the student body to develop thexr talents along dramatxcal llnes Thls club has been a factor nn gxvmg the Hlgh School the prestlge whlch lt now has Although nt has not made the progress of the other organ nzatxons the club has grown nn membershlp and strength Qentnr Flag The Semor play The Whole Town s Talkmg was a howlmg success this year as the audience attested The play ns woven around life lh a small town where everybody knows everybodys business and IS proof posltlve that xt doesnt take much to set a whole town talking From the rxse of the fxrst curtam lmmle Hastxe as Chet Bmney brought down the house wnth hls lnterpretatxon of small town grmd and who wakes up over nlght to fxnd hnmself famous He and Elvxs Bradbury as Henry Sxmmons and Chet s boss Mary ane Hall Lettxe Lythe motxon plcture star osephme Lauder as Mrs Simmons the suspxcnous jealous wlfe Naoml Harris as Ethel the daughter just home from college w1th some very modern ldeas about matrnmony Elvyn Wmnlng as Roger Shields nn love wnth Ethel s money Leonard Brock Donald Swnft en aged to Letty Lythe and madly jealous of her Ruth Stalker as Anme the maxd Mxnme Lauder and Elnzabeth Fmley small town frlends Catherine C-lfford as Sadxe Bloom Simmons dancmg teacher Lucxlle Hadfxeld s Mrs ackson the town gossnp all contributed m makmg the play the success that lt was 86 ' Q .I . I . . ' A -I l I ' I - g . I - h I . . a - . . I 't . . . 1 U . r . V . . Q J I . A 1 J V 7 . - . .