Kendallville High School - Kay Aitch Ess Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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SENIOR PLAY I934 CAST flu Order of Appearancesj Bernard lngals AY,,,,.YY,,,,,,,,,.......,,. Keith Armstrong Eunice lngals, his wife ,,.,,,,,,7 Ferne Ruth Gurney Noel Derlwy, a family friend ,,,,,,.... Rolwert Eckhart Leo Day, a social climher ..,..., ...A L 7onald Martin Rhoda, the maid ,,,,,,,,.,,,,.....,.,...,,,,..i,,...e, .Iune Deal julia Murdoch, sister of Eunice ,..,,,,, ,lane Wright Mrs. Bradley, her mother ..., Laura Ellen Willianis Hugh IDQAIIS, elder son of the Ingals ...A Bruce Shirk Ronald Murdoch, .Iulia's son ,e..,,,,,, Doyle DeVoe Lois IIIQZIIS, daughter of the Ingals .,,..,,,.,,,,, Mary Beth But: Bradley Ingals, Lois' IVVIII lwrother ..l, john Runden Dagmar Carroll, Hugh's sweetheart ,,,,l,,, Margaret Kellner Elliott Kimherly, the crooked politician Vxfayne Becker PRODUCTION STAFF Director i,,,,.,,...,.,,........,.,,,..,..l Miss Eva Rohertson Stage Crew i,,,...,.,,,,.,,,,,e,,,e Loren Salwrosky, Rohert Bushong, Donald Strater, Charles Kuhn, lXIary Gene Herla, Lois Rupp, Byron Trowf hridge, Everett Herron Property Managers ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ee lvlarianna Goodwin, Madeline Blech Business Managers ,,,,..l,,l.,.. ,,.,,.,, I na Uhl, Pauline Misselhorn Costumes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,l,,,,l Billie Baker, Frances I-Iulitt Furniture . ,,,,...,....,....,,,..,... A. bl. Berhalter, C. At: This play was produced lay special arrangement with Samuel French of New York. Music hy the High School Orchestra, featuring Seniors. THE GOOSE HANG-S HIGH PLOT The play was a three-act colnedy of home and college life. The story of the play opens in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ingals just hefore the Christmas Holidays. The parents are largely counting the lninutes until their children come home. They have great faith in youth and in education and have sacrificed lnuch to give their three children the hest possihle start in life. From the moment the youngsters arrive in a gayly painted old ear they fill the house with excitement. They romp childishly with the dogg dash off to dances or parties: express with finality their theorf ies of marriage, politics and educationg fill the house with jazz music: demand money, new clothes and a new car. They shock the conservative grandmother hy their frankness, disgust the small town aunt, thrill the country cousin, and frequent' ly cut their parents deeply by their thoughtlessness. Then comes the crash, The hullying politician causes the father to lose his joh. The children, when told the tragic news, rise to the occasion splendidly. Bradley heats Kimlaerly, the politician, in a fist fight. Lois declares that she doesn't care for college any more and refuses to return. Hugh and his sweetheart, Dagmar, offer his parents the money they have saved for their wedding. Then Bradley and Lois cleverly persuade Granny to go into a partnership with Noel and thus give their father a position. Lois gets a jola in the advertising department of a large store: Bradley -ioins a stock company and paints scenery. Wlleil the father hears of the twins securing jobs and Hugh's offer, he is furious. Then Gran' ny stuns him with her proposal, the offer of a longfdesired position in a nursery husiness. The father finally accepts and the curtain ends this tale of victory over hard knocks. Page 30

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DRAMAUC:ORGANEAUON VVK5 AND PAJNT CLUB O First Rowfvvfayne Becker, Phyllis Renkenberger, Rosellyn Sollenberger, Laura Ellen Williams, Billie Baker, Kathryn Cookerley, Velma Traster, Faye DeHolf. -loan Hauff. Ruth Vetter. John Runden. Second Row-Mac McMarrell, Ferne Ruth Gurney, Mary Munk, Dorothea Vkfassell, Mary Moss Pauline Dicterle Mari' anna Goodwin, Edra Meads, lane VS'I'12l'1f,-ILIYIC Davis, Margaret Miller, Phyllis Pontius, Mary lane Eichelbaugh, Mary jane Irwin, Ina Uhl. Third Row-Gerry DeI'Ioff, Keith Armstrong, Robert Eckhart, Loren Sabrosky, Vera Marie Kurtz, Ethyl Gchring, Helen Miller, Charlotte Boszer, Marian Isbell, Ralph XX'illy, David Runden. Top RowfI Ioward Kenestrick, Royal Tritch, Sponsor, Donald Eckhart, Miss Ruth Sherman, Sponsor, Karl Bly. Miss Eva Robertson, Sponsor. Not in PlCIlL7'EfRODCl'f Bridenthal, Betty Kern. Dale Sto Look at that sign up there, said one Freshman to an' other greenie. See it says 'Wig and Paint tryouts Tuesday' Now what does that mean, do you know? XVell not exactly. But I think Mary Munk's President. Let's ask her ..., Say, Bunny what is this Wig and Paint Club, anyway? Vv'hy, haven't you heard of that before? It's practical' ly the best club in the school .... Oh. oh! here comes Theresa Hilkert, better not let her hear' that. But, really, it is a fine club. It's the High School Dramatic Club, you know. Funny I hadn't heard of it, replied the Freshman. Must be part of my greeness, Vv'hen did it start? Is it very old? l'It's been going for quite a long time, I guess. I think it was in 1928 that Miriam Zimmerman. Charles Allan, Foy Van Dolson, and that gang started agitating for it. They finally got Mr, Brumbaugh's consent. Then with Iviiss Robertson and Miss Lantz as Sponsors, they organ' ized the club. x'Six years seems pretty old, Has it really amounted to anything? I should say it has, Bunny continued, just think. only six short years since those twelve members gathered to draw up a constitution and elect Marjorie Duve Presif dent. Why, since then we have had to expand our mem' bership to fifty and have three Sponsors, Miss Robertson, Miss Sherman, and Mr. Tritch. Our other ofhcers are lane Wright, Vice President: Ioan Hauff, Secretary: and John Runden, Treasurer. 'kWe've tried hard to keep our standards high, too. You see the purpose of our organization is to produce the finest plays possible. That's why we haven't given many ckton, Amelia Strater, John Vv'agoner. However we do give a minimum of two plays a year. At nearly every meeting we give a play for the benefit of the club members. XVe discuss these and criticise them in ref gard to the acting, so forth. Every year we through our study ter we studied the different periods. drama. That certainly day. said the one I'm afraid you R credits can try out. just wait a year. and if you have a good tryout and a C average, we'll be glad to have you, smiled Bunny. Is it really very hard to get in, Bunny? I'd iust love to. but I know I'll get stage fright and do some thing foolish. Makes me shiver to think of it. Oh, we aren't so terrible. Vvfe can remember way back when .... Don't tell anybody, but some of us still suffer a pang of stage fright now and then. I imagine you could make it. And if you do, I know it will be well worth the effort. You see, the club wasn't organized for fun alone. Those charter members expressed the real idea in the preamble to our Constitution: 'Believing that the study and acting of plays developes selffconfidence, emotional control and bodily grace, stimulates the imagination. trains the mind, enriches the vocabulary, broadens the sympa' thies, developes a cultural background, ouickens. trains. and refines the emotions and furnishes healthy and di' rected recreation. We establish this constitutionf As long as 'Wig and Paint' exists. she will do these things. setting, lighting effects. makeup and try to have a general theme running . One year it was lighting1 last semesf history of drama and the plays of the This time we are stressing modern sounds interesting. Let's try out Tues- Freshman to the other. can't just yet. Only people with eight public performances. Good plays have high royalties. -Mary Moss. FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER John Runden President Mary Munk Ferne Ruth Gurney Vice President .lane Wright Velma Traster Secretary Ioan Hauff Keith Armstrong Treasurer lohn Runden Miss Eva Robertson Sponsor Miss Eva Robertson Miss Ruth Sherman Sponsor Miss Ruth Sherman Mr. Royal Tritch Sponsor Mr. Royal Tritch Page 29

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JUNIOR PLAY I933 CAST Nina Buckmaster, a young wife ,,,, .,,,,,,, J ane Ann Dygert XViIlis Marsden, Nina's brother .,,.. .... L awrence Brechbill Elizabeth Moore Madison, a newspaper woman ,,,,.,....,,7,,,,, Mary Jane Eichelbaugh John Buckmaster, Nina's husband .... Frank Dauner Mr. McKenna, a politician .....,...Y........,,,, Karl Bly Brooks Cadwell, a capitalist ,,,,,,,,,,,, Frank Harding Mrs. Cliff Collender a publicist ,....,,, .Ioan Hauff Mrs. Lucretia Aswell, a publicist ...,,, Marian Isbell Mrs. Hortense Vxfoodruff, a publicist ,,,. Mary Moss MANAGEMENT Director ,i...,.,,,....,,,,.,.,,..,............,...,, Ruth Sherman Assistant Coach ..,,......v...,.....,, Catherine Newman Stage Managers ,,,,...,,.e,,, Don Gillespie, Raymond Beights, Leonard Kingsley Assistants ,,,,..,..r,,,, Dale Rollins, Raymond Kraner Business Managers ,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,, Raymond Willizxiiis, Richard Rensberger Prompters ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Mary Munk, Norma Walters, Ellen Arehart Properties .ee,.,...,e,e,,,,e.,,. Grace lddings, Guinevere Saunders, Betty Kizer Stage Scenery ,,,,..,... Robert Carter, Don Gillespie Furniture ...... ...,,, C ourtesy of At: Furniture Co, 'ISo This ls Politics, produced by arrangement with Samuel French and Co, of New York City, was presented by the junior Class on Thursday and Friday nights, November 2 and 3, 1933. Spef cial music between acts was provided by the K. H. S. Serenaders. The play was very successfully prof duced under thc able direction of Mrs Ruth E. Sherman. The subject, crooked politics and attempted rc' form by the VV'omen's Party in a small town, handled in a whimsical and highly humorous manf ner, was one that could not fail to interest very one. The dramatizing was exceptionally well done, showing thorough, detailed coaching which resulted in a splendid piece of work. The stage setting was very attractive and showed a great amount of good taste and skill, The Junior Class was well pleased with the play and they wish all future juniors the same great success. They showed their appreciation to Miss Sherman by presenting her with a huge sheaf of Chrysanthemums on the evening of the last per- formance. First R0u'7Mary Moss, Lawrence Brechbill, Karl Bly. Frank Dauner, -Ioan Hauff. Second R0wfMiss Newnam, Marian Isbell, Frank Harding, Donald Gillespie, Raymond Willizniiis. Miss R. Sherman, Center Front--Mary jane Eichelbaugh. Iiixert s---- jane Ann Dygert. SO I THIS IS POLITICS Page 31