John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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fi.:--T Q : ! 'tif' i lm Fi nn e Dramatics Hy the Stage Jlflozzse One day last fall there was a tre- mendous haue over mv head. l really 6 ,1 thought that the world was coming down over my ears, so l popped my head out of llly hole for just a moment. lfvlliit do you suppose it was! The juniors were getting ready to give a Thanksgiving program. They really are a disgustingly noisy hunch. l just couldn't stay in my hole with all that racket overhead, so l decided to cower down in a dark and secluded nook to see what would happen. A pretty maiden, whom the others called Priscilla, was sitting' at her spinf nine' Wheel. She had a charming man- neriand a sweet voice, but l am going to expose her as a fraud. Do you know that she didn't spin at all! My long life on, or l should say, under the stage must have made me much shrewd- er than the average human, because in that whole big audience no one noticed the deception. They could not have, for they applauded and applauded. After the program was over and all those boisterous juniors had gone away. l carried a white piece of paper, which l found on the floor, down into my hole. l had been wondering' what it could be. because everyone inithe audience had had one. l put on my spetctacles and this is what l read: 5 The C'0llI'f.S'l1Iif of .lI1'It'.v .hiftltlldfjll Dame Hadley ....,.,,ee.......,....,,,.,. l,o1s Trott Priscilla, Mullins e,,,,,,,.. Mafalda Baitinger Miles Standish ..,i. ..,, 1 'Xrnold Johnson lohn Alden ...,... .. ,,.,., Hartland Brandt Do you know, I like playsg they re- lieve the monoton' ot mv existence. .5 - . lust before Christmas vacation. the 15 seniors gave a very good one. -Xs usual l had the best reserved seat in the house. As I sat there waiting, a girl dressed like a fairy came out, and gave the audience a greeting from the class of 1920. Five waits sang carols, and Santa Claus presented gifts before the play. Those seniors talked so much while they were getting ready for the performance, that I think l can re- produce the program pretty accurately. Th play was called Il'11-v the CilZli11'l8S Ka-ng. The characters, if l remember correctly, were: llolgcr, a peasant boy ...... listher Xyberg Steen, his younger brothel '..,. lda Moline llertel, their unclt '....... ..... l lelmer Ulcson .Xu old woman.. ,............ Louis Hanke ln angel ............ ..... C lertrude lfuhrman .X priest... ..i. ............. t iordon Strate AX rich man ..... ...... t iilhert Stoeckman A Courticr .......,.. ..... D Ionathan Clausen ...........tn'ace lzlstone .....Blargnerite Brown ........Oscar johnson :X soldier ...... ..... L 'arl XYikstrand The king ..... .X rich woman ,X young girl.. A scholar ......... ....Carl XVallander l have really had a very good year, for in january :mother play was given, this time by the tiirls' Club, after school. l'm a very lucky creature: everybody else had to pay a dime, but l saw this good show for nothing. l had my eye open for another slip of paper with names and other information to put in my johnson Stage Book, but there was none. The announcements were made from the stage. The scholarly atmos- phere, which l have been breathing ever since the day of my birth, has given me an excellent memory. so l will

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parents, and had been driven from their and by saying food. ,Xll the pupils -s. 'i ' l ' l un homes by the cruel Gernians. The girls also knitted and made surgical dressings. l do not remember how many pairs of socks and wristlets they turned out, nor how many sweaters and helmets they finished, but .l. know that it was a creditable number. Some- times they would sit for hours niaking surgical dressings. There was a room at the school where the pupils eould go to make them, whenever they had a free period. Besides this. the Red Cross had stations at the publiie libraries and other places, and many of our girls went there to work in the evenings and on Saturdays, Everybody helped in every way he could, by working, by buying thrift stamps, baby bonds, and liberty bonds. could and did save by not eating candy nor chewing gum. The money that would have gone for these things, they used to buy thrift stamps or to increase the refugee fund. You know, eaeh room helped to take care of either a lfreneh or Serbian orphan. Besides that, we collected tin-foil, nut shells, and other waste products for the governmentf, Oh, but those were good boys and girls, weren't they. Auntie ? l always thought so. 'illut it was years and years ago. wasn't it? Yes, nine long years ago. My class graduated in 1020? l,ila llardenbrook, '2O. 11116 Like baby eyes-a wondrous hues! The summer sky is tinted blue. Clouds of milkweed down recline with ease, Quite undisturbed by morning' breeze. The meadowland, a lovely spot Of buttereup and touch-me-not, Wliile pale rose clover at my feet Bursts forth in blossom, honeyfsxveet. Close by the willowxxoocl there grows The daitodil and brier-rose. Sweet marjorams of mint abound, Perfuniing all the air around. lt is the time when all earth seems To be a land of youthful dreams. Emotions rise, that words eanlt tellf- Ah, ylinne, you east a mystic spell. l4 Gladys Blomquist. '20.

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.5 't -'L W J ti m-0 venture to give you the east of eharae- ters. They were: M rs. Alice Gordon Sterling ,,,, Helen Eddy Roberta tiortlon, her sister ....A4,,,.,.,,...... Ixsther Xyberg Klrs. Craig lYinter ...,....,,,, Iidith Norman Mrs. Rosemary Stephens ,Yw,.A,A..,.....,..,.. W.,,,,W......,..........Y,,....I7elpltit1e .Xnclerson lfranees Ridder .,.YA .,.A,A... I 'Ielen Nadeau Qllrs. Ifolinsbee ...... ..,ww,,,.,,,A,,, I .ois lflanke lladge Qllastingsn. ..w,., Xngela Nl'C,'XClH.1'Il5E ,Iaeinth L'arlyslei.,,, ..A,,, , I'earl Trapp Mary Stoddard .....,.A.,,,,,, ,,,,, I 'Iazel Kern Nlrs. Sterling's tnaid ,,,w.,,,..Y,,A.........,.,.... Margtterite Collopy 'I'lte lilay was ealledlicr First i-I.v.v1'.e:1- izznvti. The girls all seemed attractive. but appearances are deceiving, I learned, because most of them had stolen gold bon-bon holders from Ifranees liidfler. I am not sure they retttrned the lootg some ot it, at all events, is stacked up in a corner near my hole. I have a verx tender conscience, and it has been bothering mf. I have always striven to be outspoken and honest. as you have perhaps noticed, so I,ineoln has always been my great hero, 'l'here was a program in hi: honor on his birthday. A handsome soldier in a Civil XYar uniform was the hero of the play. I may be mistaken. but I don't think the girls had wrist watches in I,ineoln's time. However, the heroine ol Tin' Day that Lfnrolxz Dirt! wore one. The players were: Squire Rockwood ,.v...AA Clifford Tillantlet' Nlrs. Rockwood ,,..,....... Virginia Peterson Sgt. George Rockwood .... Cordon Strate Lawyer Rradley ..,..,eo.. Gilbert Stoeckman Susie Bradley ...,,, ...ti,,i,o,,, R ttth Moline Ezra Middleton ...., t,.... R ussell Carlson Bud VViltler ,,,,...... .,,e. R -onald Sundberg' One day in Nlareh I saw some visit- ing debaters sit on the stage with the Alohnson team. Ifor the entertainment of these guests as well as for their gentlemen friends, three college girls gave a spread. They must have had lots of things to eat because l gatliered up the remainder afterward, and late so tnuelt that l was siek the next day. llere's a list of the college friends, serv- ants, and faettlty members: Dorothy ',,,,, ..7.,. I lelen lldtly jliee, a,,.ea .......,...... I da Moline Xlildretl ..... ,,,, , Xngela Nlei-Xdants loin ,,,,,,. .,,,.,,, I lttglt llOg'Zltl .laek ....... ...V.. I ivert Wentple Ilai-old .,.,,,, et.,,.i I 'Ierman l.2l1'SUI'l Iiathleen ,...,, ,,,,, t..l,i. I I elpltine Anderson .lonas ,..,,..,,,t,,,,,,,i...,,,,,,,,,, Richard I'aulsott Miss Ophelia jutlkins ....,,i, tiraee Iflstone ,l'rolessor Iidgerton ....,,,, Ilelmer Iilleson On the lfriday before lfaster vaca- tion, a play ealled 'Hn' Hain' Cllaxs was given. 'lille teachers called it a morality play. and it was very different Irotn any of the other dramas. 'lfliere was even an angel in it, and I don't blame anyone for wanting to be Converted by that angel. 'lihe noted performers at this time were: Xliise XXI an ,,,,. ..Y.. l iiehztrd I'attlson A lfool ,.,,,... ....... C Jordon Strate ,Xu Angel .,..... .......... li sther Nyberg' Q Russell Carlson Sttnlents AA,,,., ,,,,, . - Clifford 'I'illander I Ilelmer Oleson Wise man's wife ...... Marguerite Collopy ,, , . I Angela lVIcAdams IN tse man s ehtldren i Ida Moline ,Xt present I am looking' forward to the Senior-junior play with much joy. I have overheartl some pupils talking about itt, and I atn anticipating' a royal time. Ilelen lfddy, '20,