Edison Middle School - Wizard Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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THE KING'S ENGLISH The King's English was the Winter '30 graduation play, given on January 17, 1930. It was supposed to be on the South Sea Islands. Ripley O'Rannigan, king of the West- ern Shores of Karra Wanga, Wanted his daughter, Loola, to marry someone who spoke correct English. Several men came in, but finally one man, whom Loola herself had chosen, was picked out by Ripley O'Rannigan to be the one to marry Loola. The setting was very beautiful and the play was given to three enthusiastic audiences. Miss Packard, the director, and all the cast are to be complimented on the success of the play. Ripley O'Rannigan ,.,...,.......,,.,,.........,.................,... Tom Marr King of the Western Shores of Karra Wanga Loola ........................,....,......,,,,,..........,............ Helen McConnell His lovely daughter, a trifle spoiled ' D Kavva Koo .................,..,,.,,.,,.,..,.,,.,..,,,..,,,,...,...,..... N wk Cordlll The refined Cannibal King of the Eastern Shores of Karra Wanga Silas Q. Pudkins .................................................. Ivan Brittian A man who makes money Montmorency Van Renselear Smyth ............,......... Moses Tell A gentleman of Class Hard Boiled Mike ............................................ Elclefn, Campbell of de gas house Baxter B. Brashley .................................................. Elmer Wait n ' Champion salesman Morris Perlheimer .................................................. Jacob Oster Who ain't got no use for Inklish ' Carleton Purley Patterby ........................................ C. J. Black Who never commits an error Richard Willis .................................................... Blaine Rozmdy Page Sixty-nine

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ARMISTICE PROGRAM Armistice Day is observed nowhere in all the land with more reverence than is shown each year by the Edison Faculty and Student Body. It is a tradition of this school that this day be set aside as Edison Men's Day. Each year the men of the faculty bring to us a presentation of some of the real life situations of the world's most recent and most terrific struggle. On November thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the setting was a railway station somewhere in France. As the scene opened, guards were seen pacing slowly back and forth across the graveled station yard in the grey mist of the early morning. All was quiet but the crunching of the granite beneath the feet of the guards as they paced back and forth keeping vigil over the soldiers who the audience were beginning to realize were sleeping inside the funny little railroad cars that were standing on the side track at the platform of the station. The silence was soon broken by the roar of an aero- plane motor, and the guards sang o-ut the warning that the enemy were threatening a raid from the air. There was a flash, an explosion, and the raid was on. Charge after charge, and flash after flash for some two or three minutes and then the roar of the planes began to fade away into the distance and the enemy was gone. The next scene depicted the humor and happiness which the soldiers resorted to in order to forget the ter- rors and dispel the gloom. A negro cook, one Sambo Jones from Mobile, was brought before a faked court and given a trial for stealing a hamg convicted, sentenced, and then allowed to escape. Page Sixty-eight

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pt THE FOUR FLUSHER The play chosen as this semester's senior class play was an excellent three act comedy called The Four Flusherf' Three performances were given to enthusiastic audiences, and Miss Packard, the director, is to be complimented on the good Work done by her cast. Mr. Spicer too is receiving congratulations for the realism of the Shoe Store setting of Acts I and III, and the festive interior set of Act II. The first performance was given on Wednesday, May 21, 1930, to the juniors. The seniors saw it on the following after noon, and Friday May 23 was the date of the evening per- formance. The house was comfortably full at all thiee per- formances and the play was a fiiancial as well as dramatic success. Andy Whitaker, played by Lloyd Smith, Jerry, the ste- nographer, in the person of May Burgeg and Mary Mays, as the very desirable June Allen, are perhaps the three main reasons for the unusual success of this year's class play. However, Duard Filiatreau, as the irate Uncle Ira, was voted by many the real hit of the show. Others who Worked long and hard and who played their parts very Well indeed, are: Josephine Comstock, Nathan Rubin, Adron Harris, Dorothy Dixon, Mike Dobrinen, Charles Barlish, Arthur Morales, Jennie Peratis, Alvin Harris and Raymond Sinoff. This is the first year that the spring semester class play has been given early enough to be reported in the Annual. Future classes take note and do likewise! Page Seventy