Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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'haiku 1 3? I A Sis P 0 F A il MII . . . FTS? - N 4 M VH .A . Officers Frank Neufferm A ,.,V A . President Earnestine Bacon. A A A AVz'ce President Ellen Peters. A . A Sccre1'ury Frank Breen .....,, Treasurer Miss Kruckemeyer. . A A A A . AAAA .Sponsor HIS year the Senior Sages have tried out a new plan. The entire Sage membership was divided into four groups. Each group had its own leader. Every member was required to serve in some capacity of the work. Our aim was to have a play contest,employing every Sage member, not only in acting, but also in stage settings, costuming, lighting, and ticket and program manage- ment. Witli this competition, the interest of everyone was aroused. In the contest were entered four one-act plays, The Far-Away Princess, by Sudermann, Habits, by Steward, The Valiant, by Hall and Middle- mass, and The Clodf' by Lewis Beach. Our regularly monthly meetings were given over to Work which would aid in the production of these plays. We were fortunate in having Mr. A. Smith, the dramatic critic of the Commercial Tri- bune, Mrs. E. Backus, with her interesting knowledge of costumes, and Mr. F. Byers, of the University of Cincinnati, speak to us at our meetings. From them we received many good suggestions which helped us to make our plays a success. Mr. John R. Froome, of the Dramatic Department of the College of Music, gave us his criticisms of the plays. With Miss Kruckemeyer as our leader, and with the cooperation of all the members, we feel that we have had a very successful and profitable year. EARNESTINE BACON, '28, Vice President. One hundred ninleen

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Qylilullllim ii r'lLN Ez EX il all i l if if Hmllln Officers Warren Staebler A A ,President Sylvia Rubin .... Alice President Bessie Johnson, A A A Secretargf Charles Abrahanr A A .Treasurer Miss Wagner ...., A A A A A ..ii A A A A A A AAAA A A ,Sponsor INCE the organization of the Junior Sages in 1920, the club has grown steadily. This year we had quite a large group of interested, wide-awake B-Graders. At our first regular meeting we had a lovely reading, The Patchwork Quilt, by a pupil from Mr. Froome's play-producing class. We have also produced some interesting plays. We shall never forget Queen Elizabeth, as played by Eugenia Benedict in The Comedy Royal, one of the delightful plays presented at the February meeting, nor the two maiden ladies, played by Ruth Ann Koch and Ruth Lindenberg in Forty Years After. Our programs have included a number of musical selections by members of our group. Since the mid-year, the club has turned its interest to the production of a group of plays, Neighbors, The Workhouse Ward, and several scenes from Scott's The Lady of the Lake. The Junior Sages have joined the other three Sage groups and the English Club of Hughes in contributing to a fund for building a new Shakespearean Theater at Stratford, England. We have also bought one book, Types of Modern Dramatic Composition, by Phillips and Johnson, which we presented to the Hughes library. We all feel as if we have gained a great deal from belonging to the Junior Sages this year. Our meetings have been very interesting and this year has been a successful one. GRACE FELS, '29, One hundred Iweniy-one