Long Beach City College - Saga Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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zo SAGA for 1928 Back row, left to right: Russell, Crosley, Drake, second row: Denning, Knox, S. Bond, Feltman, War- rell, Burns, B. Bond, Cheroskej first raw: Dungan, Watkins, Ransdell, Larson, Wood, Geiger, Goodman, Harrington. IGHT AND SHADOW-Soon after the beginning of school last fall a group of students interested in drama- tics met to organize. They elected Dorothea Bell president, Anna Maude Morath vice- president, Ted Russell secretary, and Mymie Warrell treasurer. Miss Katharyn Kennedy is coach and adviser. At the beginning of the second semester, because of the withdrawal of Dorothea Bell, Anna Maude Morath was elected president, and Eva Pedersen vice-president. Four one-act plays and one skit were pre- sented during the year. The first was Good Medicine. The cast consisted of Bradford Bond, the doctor, Mymie Warrell, his wife, Eva Pedersen, the patient. A clever skit, written and directed by Dorothea Bell and entitled Six Feet Of Pantomimef' was presented at the college and at Polytechnic High School. The cast in- cluded Lloyd Alexander, the boy, Margaret Underhill, thegirl, and W. Bond Good- man, her father. The Knave of Hearts appeared at general assembly. Characters were Eva Peder- sen, Lady Violetta, W. Bond Goodman, King Pompdebile, Thomas Vasey, Knave of Hearts, Louis Risley, Chancellor, Ellis Dun- gan and Douglas Knox, Blue Hose and Yel- low Hose, and Eva Geiger, the boy. Edith Badger, Margaret Underhill, Evlyn Lawrence, Maxine Rambo, and Laurene Watkins were the pages and Alice Pierce and Marcella Ryerson were heralds. Compton Junior College and Long Beach exchanged programs early in the second semester. Light and Shadow sent The Trysting Place, directed by Eva Pedersen. The cast included Eva Pedersen, Mrs. Cur- tis, Lionel. Lewis, Lancelot Briggs, Nellie Larson, Mrs. Briggs, Mary Loretto Feltman, Miss Briggs, Homer Schwarz, Mr. Rupert Smith, Lloyd Alexander, Mr. Ingoldsby, Merle Pohlmann, the Mysterious Voice. To advertise the college play, Light and Shadow presented Dwellers in the Dark- ness. The cast comprised George Harring- ton, Mr. Urquhart, Lionel Lewis, Henry, James Burns, Mr. Mortimer, Dorothy Rans- dell, Phyllis Vyner, Ruth Brownell, Mrs. Vyner, Pete Drake, Mr. Vyner.

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SAGA for Back row, left lo riglvl: lsbigalzi, Davis, Dickinson, Linnell, Harrington.: xecona' row: Holden, Russell, Herdliska, Mathews, Vasey, Beistle, Lewis, Kress, first row: Carlson, Grimes, Allen, Panera, O'Com1or, DeWitte, Cook, Feltman. ONOR SOCIETY-The Honor Society, a group of twenty-six stu- dents of the upper quarter of the student body in scholarship rating, chosen on the basis of scholarship, leadership, character, and service, was organized at the beginning of the second semester. An unofficial group of former members of high school scholarship societies met the first semester and instituted a plan of student tutoring. The committee in Jdiarge was com- posed of Richard Clemmer, Robert Dickin- son, and Marjorie Hall, with Miss Jessie Rau as adviser. A chart was posted on the bul- letin board, giving the subject, name of tutor, period, and room in which the tutoring was offered. After grades for the first semester's work were complete, the Honor students were elected by a secret faculty committee. At an impressive assembly of the entire student body held Thursday, April 5, Dean Ralph H. Bush presiding, the charter mem- bers of the Honor Society of the Long Beach Junior College filed to the platform, where Charles W. Jackson and Dr. Dwight Baker presented the Honor Society ideals of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. Dr. Bush administered the oath. Dr. W. W. Kemp, dean of the School of Education of the University of California, delivered the address. ' At the first meeting of the group, Thomas Vasey was elected chairman pro tem. jack Lewis was appointed chairman of the constitution committee. A constitution was drafted and adopted. Thomas Vasey later became president, William Davis, vice-presi- dentg and Margaret. O'Connor, secretary- treasurer. Miss Jessie Rau was unanimously elected faculty adviser. , Members of the Honor Society were Katherine Allen, Alyce Asahi, Burr Beistle, Rachel Carlson, Richard Clemmer, Agness Cook, William Davis, Nellie DeWitte, Rob- ert Dickinson, Mary Loretto Feltman, Edith Grimes, George Harrington, Helen Herd- liska, Irene Holden, Ernest Ishigaki, Mary Miller Kress, Jack Lewis, Hugh Linnell, Bo- nita Mathews, Margaret O'Connor, Teresa Panero, Betty Starr Risdon, Dorothy Russell, Alice Skutt, Thomas Vasey, Lila Wolfe.

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SAGA for 1928 21 I 1 I E-Fi. .. Left to right: Russell, King, Wood, Schwarz, Fellrnan, Larson. AMA'S AFFAIR-Presented at a single performance, Friday, June 1, in the college auditorium, the first annual Long Beach Junior College play, written by Rachel Barton Butler, concerned the trials and tribulations of a young lady with a strong-minded Mama, a young man with an even stronger-minded Mama, and a Doctor with no ambition for marriage. The cast included Ted Russell, Tommy Hooper, Homer Schwarz, Henry Marchant, jack King, Dr. Jansen, Mary Loretto Felt- man, Eve Orrin, Eva Pedersen, Mrs. Orrin, Catherine Wood, Mrs. Marchant, Nellie Larson, Mrs. Bundy. Miss Katharyn Ken- nedy was dramatic director and Miss Ruth Burdick scenic director. The play opens upon the not very subtle machinations of the two fond Mamas, Mrs. Orrin and Mrs. Marchant, who have plotted to marry their respective offspring, Eve Or- rin and Henry Marchant, to each other and thereby cement a friendship dating from early girlhood. Henry is no more than an insignificant pawn moved about to suit his sentimental mother, Eve is not easily ordered about, but her Mama has discovered that she may be coerced by well-simulated illness. The Doctor, called in to minister to Mrs. Orrin's hypochrondria, prescribes for Eve's nerves. His prescription is ignored and, to prevent a nervous breakdown, he shelters Eve in his home while treating her to a rest cure. Henry, seconded by his Mama, hounds Eve back to the dubious shelter of her home. Eve, far from appreciating Henry's atten- tions, prefers the Doctor, who is, it would seem, inoculated against all women. Even the fact that Eve loves him, obvious to everyone but the members of the cast, fails to make an impression upon him. Driven, at last, to desperate straits by the constant friction at home and by Henry's helpful ways, Eve disappears. Henry's Mama righteously accuses the Doctor of abduction and seduction, the Doctor indignantly insists that she is mistaken, unaware that, at the moment of his innocent protestations, Eve is in his kitchen, weeping upon the com- fortable shoulder of his housekeeper, Mrs. Bundy. Somehow the Doctor discovers that he loves Eve, and at last the plotting Mamas are confounded. The production staff comprised: Cevilla De Blois, assistant director, Girard Crosley, manager, Ernest Denning, advertising.