Fort Wayne Art School - Art Lights Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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.V ,,-. V .' . .., W, ' 'Mwwwl 'U IP 0 O' Wg ' rw rn man a-D Miles Standish. ' Helene Wasmuth as Priscilla, iwas clarla ing,P and Kathryn Musser as Miles Standish was.ve1:y,ldeE lightful. Fern Ferneau as John Alden waswell worithirhe praise of critics. ,- 1 , : ygfgjgjli, Ralph Birkmeyer and Gladys Lindman-Sprangssfagea a medicine show which convinced the audience that allgaqhgg and pains would vanish after the purchase of one boar-of salve. p A i The decorations turned the Theatre into'a cluhfflhhguge, Thanksgiving refreshments were served cafeteria styleffy' lDEcEMBER,1924 ififl 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through tiheiplfloiuse Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. ' ' But Santa Claus was there with all his presents and his tree with all the gay colored lights and ornaments, siThe place was the Little Art Theatre and.the occasion, Athe Christmas party of the students of the art schooll :,,:Each student received a gift from Santa's spacious baggzixlustice McNatt was the benevolent, be-whiskered gentleman of the occasion. T ' JANUARY,l925'lf' mffwi On one of the last days in January and likewise one of the last in the term, a pot-luck luncheon iwas held in nthe club room which was a farewell to Miriam Clapham who was leaving school to resume her studies at Indiana Uni- versity. The menu was resplendent with i-all sorts of goodies. 3 '? FEBRUARY, 1925 -. The Freshman class extended an invitation ftp the Seniors to become hi,cks and journey with them tofHick- town on the eighteenth of the month. Mary.?KirlcQcame straight from the Bowery, Lillian Bobilya washllfarmer A n -s.v, .. !

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' ' all the witches, bats and spirits of Hallowe'en conveyed to the Seniors an invitation from the Freshmen inviting them to a masquerade. They came in full force and were met and consumed at the door by a fearful dragon. From there the guests were conveyed through ,the dark corridors of the art school to the Little Art Theatre, where pumpkins, cornstalks and ghosts reigned supreme. The real program started with a grand march, at the end of which Lillian Bobilya and Ralph Birkmeyer were awarded prizes for the cleverest costumes. Jane Ninde played for the dancing. About the middle of the evening eight skeletons appeared upon the stage and danced in their gruesome, skeletony way. They were followed by three talented cats who were not troublesome enough to throw shoes at. The pumpkins in their rolley-polley fashion, added another feature, and last, but not least, was the clown dances by two clever clowns, Mary Ninde and Elizabeth Barth. Then came a confetti and serpentine dance which was followed by refreshments served from dishpans, coal scut- tles, dustpans and oil containers. NOVEMBER, 1925 When the frost is on the pumpkin, and the fodder's in the shock. And you hear kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey cock- That was the time that the Seniors gave a very delight- ful Thanksgiving party to the Freshmen. All the Freshmen really found out who they were and what they looked like by the cartoons which the Seniors made of them. A modern romance was made of the Courtship of 2 r i

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