Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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JUNIOR CLASS Only ninety-four students are left of the one hundred and forty-four who started out as green little freshmen three years ago. All through its high school years this class has been prominent in all the school activities and its every project has been crowned with success. .Xt its First class meeting held on September IO,.j0l111 XfValsh was elected president. The other officers were: Alice Moore, vice president, Kenneth Smith, secretary treasurer, Miss Rose and Mr. Spaulding, sponsors. The class has furnished several capable club and activity officers and contains many persons of talent. Among these are Reva lloring, secretary of the Latin Clubg Major Cohee, vice president of the Dramatic Club, Mildred Avery, Red and Blue editor and secretary treasurer of the orchestrag Harriette Leake, vice president of the Sunshine Societyg and lVilliam Kirk, treasurer of the Hi-Y Club. Five of the first ten boys on the basketball squad were juniors, and the members of the affirmative debating team were from this class. Almost half of the cast for the Dramatic Club play was selected from the junior class, and it furnished part of the opcretta cast and had prominent members in other musical organizations. The class had charge of the assembly program on February I4 and car- ried out the valentine traditions by their costumes of red and white and the sentiments in their songs. Several social affairs were enjoyed during the year, The junior class play, The Hidden Guest, was very enthusiastically received. The play was the story of a maiden, lady, and her cook and house maid who lived alone in a seemingly haunted house. Unknowingly the owner was harboring an escaped convict and a fraternity pledge. A romance devel- oped between the pledge and a niece who was paying her aunt a visit and, everyone lived happily ever after. Evelyn Ratts and Clayton Huff played the roles of niece and college boy. A splendid and cleverly devised advertising campaign for the sale of tickets was staged and a full house saw this delight- ful production both afternoon and evening. Miss Rose and Mr. Spaulding, the sponsors, directed the play. A beautiful reception was given in honor of the 1930 graduating class. Thirty-four

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MINOR HOLES Even all star leads must have support in the minor roles else weaknesses are evident to the eye of the audience and the censors. The juniors very capahly took their part as minor characters in this drama of high school days.

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