Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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This comic opera in three acts was presented April zo, at the Masonic Temple. The libretto was written by Harry B. 7 9 Smith, and the music by Reginald de Koven. The main ch ar- acters were chosen from the Treble Clef Club and the Glee Club after a series of try-outs. At the beginning of the opera a merrymaking is in progress at the market place in Nottingham. The four outlaws, Little John QDavid DupeeD, Will Scarlet CHomer Oglel, Will Stutely CDarrell StephensD, and Friar Tuck QMilton Schimelpfenigl enter and sing of their free life in the Forest of Sherwood, and fm ally the handsome, dashing Robin Hood CRaymond GlosD appears, declaring that he is the Earl of Huntington and demanding that the Sheriff CStanley SchumacherD shall so proclaim him. The Sheriff, however, protests that the youth has been disinherited by his own father, who before the birth of Robin Hood was secretly married to a peasant girl, who died when her child was an infant. The child is Sir Guy of Guisborne CHomer jonesb, the rightful heir to the earldom and the Sheriff's ward, whom he is planning to marry to Lady Marian CHelen I-loweD, ward of the Crown. However, the young girl and Robin Hood are already deeply in love and exchange vows of eternal faith, much to the indignation of Sir Guy. Lady Marian protests against her marriage to Sir Guy, hoping that on the return of the King from the Crusades 'she will be released, while Robin Hood plans with the help of the King to prove his right to the earldom. The outlaws sympathize with the pair and invite Robin Hood to join them, promising him he shall be their king and rule them under the Greenwood Tree, to which proposal Robin Hood at length agrees. In the meantime, Allan-a-Dale QWayne Goembell, an outlaw, has fallen in love with Annabel QBarbara Wagnerb, one of the daughters of Dame Durden CMary FisherD, a widow whose husband has been gone for twelve years. Eleanor CEffie BruceD is another of Dame Durden's daughters. ln the last act the dashing king of the outlaws brings the message which saves Maid Marian from the hated marriage with Sir Guy. The opera ends amid general rejoicing at the triumph of Robin Hood and Maid Marian over the plotting Sheriff and his ward. C980

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Row I: G. Schunk, N. Kochsmeicr, C. Boyington, N. Steinmetz. Row Il: Penwell, R. Perkins, J. Schuth, L. Schroeder. Row III: L. Redican, R. Cruikshank, B. Dupee, I. Backmann. Row IV: Clark, D. Peterson, Bruce, S. Cone, W. Haase. Every year an annual is edited by the Senior Class of Freeport High School, this year-book is called the Polaris. The book of 1934 is important to the seniors, for it is not only their last . I project and completion of their activities, but it is a lasting record of the four years spent in high school. It is a record which enables the reader to look back upon and to relive the excitement of the sports events, the fun of the classes, and to recall old acquaintances. This year's book was not the Work of the selected staff only, but of all the seniors who worked so earnestly for its completion. The Heart Carnival given in February was a marked success and increased the funds for the Polaris. Several assemblies sponsored by the upper classmen also added to the finances. This year many new ideas were incorporated, some of which have never been used before in any annual published here. Although the book had no definite theme, there was an ample amount of diH:1cult art work for Miss Stephenson and her able art staff, who did their task so ediciently. The financial end of the Polaris was in the capable hands of John Schuth and Mr. Kloos. Miss Teske deserves a great deal of the credit for the success of our annual because she always Worked so helpfully with us, suggesting as well as prodding,

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KAR VIOLINS Betty Jane Sheetz ' Francis Dickinson Margaret Bingham Rose Irma Bicknell Katherine Korf Pauline Frank Betty Laughlin Homer Ogle Betty Engle jean Mueller' Margaret Cram Evangeline Sharp Lois Day Yvonne Derby Helen Hinrichs Elizabeth James Don Koch Mary M. Luebbing VIOLAS Emmerson Kailey' Bill Pettipiece Robert Heine Bill Peterson L H. KUBITZ. ORCHESTRA 'CELLOS Jane Leemhuisll' Jack Clark Shirl Swalve John Erwin CONTRABASS Jerold Richards' Robert Decklar Jack Rhodes Lucille Bittner FLUTES Marilyn Sheetz Charlotte Waldecker OBOES Robert Harlan Karl Smoyer CLARINETS Dorothy Malott Lois Fox William Wahler John Korf 'K Denotes Section Leader . . . .Director ALTO CLARINET Harold Deily HORNS Robert Engle John Propp CORNETS Lester Werntz Dorothy Macomber TROMBONES Weldon Zimmerman Elmer Toelle TUBA Jack Engle PERCUSSION Chester Werntz Karl Heiden John Mertins Howard Davis 0970