Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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27 PERISCOPE emar Class |3lay “•Syafetn JFii-at” The Senior class chose “Safety First” as their class play and made a huge success of it. I( had prohahly the largest attendance of any play given during the year. The amount cleared was large and enabled the Senior class to enter into other activities. The first scene of the play was carried on in the home of Jack Montgomery, where his wife was discovered crying. Jack had not come home all night and the attempt of the cook, Mary Ann, to console her mistress had the opposite effect, as she related horrible incident after incident. Elmer Flannel, a young college chap, made his appearance on the scene and tried to console Mabel. He also made a slip, and Mabel learned he was to marry a Turkish girl, Zuleika, which only made matters worse. Mabel’s sister, Virginia. appeared and Mabel related to her how Jack and Jerry Arnold, Virginia's sweetheart. had disappeared. They asked Elmer to take them to the police sttaion and he at first refused, as he intended to see the Shriners leave for Florida at noon. HowWere, when Abou Ben Mocha put in his appearance and told how his daughter, Zuleika, had disappeared and showed a card bearing the name of Jack Montgomery, Elmer was moie than willing to accompany them to the police station. Ahou caused a row and Elmer and Mary Ann threw him out of the house. While Mitbel. Virginia and Elmer were at the police station, Jack and Jerry put in their appearance. They related the experience of the night before, which was at the fortune tellers. They had gone to Zuleika's to try to get her to leave Elmer alone, and while, there the police broke in and tried to arrest them. A fight ensued, and after kicking one of the policemen and spending the night in a box car. they had arrived home. They decided to tell Mabel and Virginia that they had joined a lodge, but misfortune overtook them again when an officer accompanied by Zuleika put in his appearance. Officer McNutt told them that they had a sentence of thirty days which they must serve for assaulting a policeman. Mabel, Vitginia and Elmer returned from the police station and Jack and Jerry told them they were leaving on the Shrine excursion to Florida and that McNutt and Zuleika were married and going on their honeymoon. Elmer was grief-stricken ; and McNutt being Mary Ann's fiance, she fainted. The second scene opened with Elmer's return from California, where he had gone to try to forget Zuleika. He learned from Mabel and Virginia of Jack and Jerry’s apparent deatli at sea, and thus more sorrow was added to his lot. While Mabel and Virginia were gone to order a marble monument, Abou put in his appearance and after terrorizing Maty Ann and Elmer, he learned that Zuleika had apparently eloped with McNutt. The thirty days were tip and Jack and Jerry again put in their appearance, and were forced to make up quite a story explaining that they weren't drowned. Abou terrorized everyone and finally the blame for Zuleika’s disappearance rested on Jack’s and Jerry’s shoulders. Jack was advised by Elmer to act crazy as “a Turk never injures an insane man,” so Jack followed his advice. McNutt made a plea to Jack and Jerry to fix everything with Mary Ann, but they refused. He told Mary Ann everything, she told Mrs. Barrington, Bridges, the mother of Mabel and Virginia, and so Mrs. Barrington Bridges took the girls to her home. Elmer and Zuleika got married and he introduced Zuleika as a baroness to Mrs. Barrington Bridges. Jack sneaked into the garden and visited Mabel and they decided to

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PERISCOPE 26 lined, in consequence thereof, he bequeaths his art of kidding all the girls to Allie Farley. Mildred Stafrin leaves to t’leo Guy her ability as a public speaker. Ruby Stafrin leaves in the keeping of some deserving young lady, her friend George Ebertirg. on cmdition that he is well cared for to the end of his days. To Flora Brown, Lewis Wick leaves all his letters won in athletics, but not his love letters, which go to Fern Lane. Phyllis Myers gives her Russian boots to Bill Sanders to use when he goes fishing. All other pieces of jewelry, property, or valuables found on our bodies at the time of our dath aie to be equally divided among the remaining members of the student body of Dallas High School who are not mentioned in this will. Fourth: We do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Mr. It. It. Turner to be the execute! of this, our Last Will and Testament. Furthe. mo e we do hereby revoke any and all former wills by us heretofore made and declare this and no other to be our Last Will and Testament. IX WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hand and seal this 15th day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-three. THE GLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-THREE.

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PERISCOPE 28 elope. Jerry disguised as McNutt, who was patrolling tlie garden, and visited Virginia. Some queer inixups resulted f ora this disguise between Jerry, Virginia, McNutt, and Mary Ann. In the fonttli scene Jack tried to elope with Mabel, but got Mary Ann instead. The mixup, however, was all straightened out and Mrs. Harrington Bridges forgave Jack and Jerry. She also learned through Ahou that Zuleika was not a baroness, and when she questioned Eliuei he replied. “Safety First. THE CAST Mabel Montgomery....... Virginia Bridges....... Zuleika................ Mrs. Barrington Bridges. Mary Ann O’Fiunerty.... Jack Montgomery........ Jerry Arnold........... Elmer Flannel.......... McNutt................. Abou Ben Mocha......... .Barbara Chapman Madeline Gerlinger .....Phyllis Myers .......lone Imbler ...Elizabeth Hayter .....Ross Fletcher .....Halden Grant .......Lynne Black ........Abe Regier ....Eugene Hooker