Carterville High School - Lionite Yearbook (Carterville, IL)

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75'Dlaclr Diamond 'C'l'l'S' iilerrulean Behatmg Svunetg The Herculean Debating Socrety was organized rn the latter part of the first Semester 1926 wlth Mlss Sarah Baker as coach lt started out wrth a rather small membershlp but they were active and soon the membershlp had grown to the number of twenty flVC The club elected xmmle Hastre Presldent Elvrs Bradbury Vlce Presrdent amce Loclue Secretary 7ella Eaton Typlst and Lxbrarlan and ames Lauder Door keeper A constltutxon was drawn up and thereby set rules and regulatxons of the club and nts officers Monday night was regular meeting mght Anna and Carbondale were chosen as their competitors ln the Blg debate The questlon belng Resolved that the National Defense of the Unrted States should be dlvlded into three separate departments War Navy and Alr The debating team was composed of slx members and the debate was held on March 2 1926 The negative team went to Anna where they won the debate while the affxrmatnve team stayed here to compete with Carbondale and they lost by fxve pomts After the brg debate the club came back to nts regular proceedings of parlramentary practnce and practxce debates each meetmg nlght The members of the teams have been awarded letters whrch they appreciate very much Some of the members will be absent next year but as the club rs organized the spnrlt will not due out and lt has prospects of contmulng the good work 87 ,ar , t, H . v AL' C? ' x . 5 . - . - I J' . 1 I ' I '. - , ' - . ' J ' A . , A ' I , J Q ' -

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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 . - . .

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Tsfblaclf Diamond - C-1-L S - -Y jumur Gllatziz Flag HER STEP HUSBAND Harvey P Marshall Mary s permanent husband Ray Boren Dr Gerald Niles erry husband pro tem Lawrence Dameron Llmpy Lanlgan convict Officer O Shea ustln Coleman Robert Snyder Mary Marshall an mcurable romantlclst ylVla Allen Mary s frxend Reon Cram Franlcye Bradberry MISS Emlly Ralsley Aunt Emmy Ida Carter l'lorence Almslee her cousm Ruby Forbes Stella the maid Paulme Cox Willie the baby This play was glven by the unlor Class Feb 24 l926 at the Lyric lqheatre before a lar e audience Each one played hls part well and the play was put on wlth great success The play the second one glven this year was given for the beneflt of the C C H S Annual BH N 1 l My . U . ' U, J .'.sI..II .,....s ,......I...'...I...g. ...,....... , . ' ' , ' .........................................,................ J ' S ' , l ' ' ................... l .-...'....... .... .ummm 'A ' ' Cr J ................................................., .. ' ' C ' J .......,........................................... . - 'ffffffflffffffifflffffff1fifffQlfffffffffffiffffffff .... p-Q-p