Oakland High School - Oaken Bucket Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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20 THE HIGH SCHOOL ZEGIS. Che Glass farce. , .sms NE Of the most important and vital questions that .confront the Senior B class is, What must we do Class Day? As the preceding classes for some years have entertained their friends and relatives admirably, by presenting some farce, we decided not to deviate from this time- honored custom, and consequently a committee of three was appointed, consist- ing of Miss Munsell, Miss Walker, and Mr. Tharsing, to select a suitable play for our class. It was suggested that the committee ask Miss Zoe Ackerman, the author of Cupid and Psyche Up to Date, which was well presented by the class Ofjune, '98, to dramatize The House Boat On the Styx, and the Pur- suit of the House Boat. Miss Ackerman kindly consented, and has been untiring in her eiforts to make the play a success, and the class of Dec., '98, is deeply indebted to her. However, we believe she is well paidg for the,farce is by far the best ever presented by amateurs in the O. H. S., and reflects great credit to Miss Ackerman. We have been also especially favoredg for we were able to secure the services of Mrs. Carrie Fross-Snyder, the well-known dramatic reader. TOO much praise cannot be given Mrs. Snyder for her kindness and able services. The scene is laid in Hades, and the characters represent the departed shades of famous people. The Associated Shades, a club of famous men, own a House Boat, an exceedingly unique, beautiful aiair. They, however, have never allowed any of the ladies to enter or partake of the good times. SO, While the gentlemen are away witnessing the ight between David and Goliah, the 'ladies take possession of the House Boat, and are admiring it, when Captain Kidd, the famous pirate, captures the House Boat and its fair guests. Naturally the ladies are much frightened, but, astonishing to say, the Captain is also. The pirates, after due consideration, decide to take the ladies to Paris and drop them, but the fair companions were not to be fooled in that way, and, while the pirates leave the House Boat in search of food, the ladies put Mrs. Noah in charge of the boat, and return home, never again to pass through such a series of thrilling events, caused byitheir Own curiosity. Curiosity, Thy name is woman ! 3:3 Q 1:3 - SYNOPSIS OF - ' it HQUSE3 BGA? QM STYQQJ' A Farce from John Hendrick Bangs' A House Boat on the River Styx, and The Pursuit ofthe House Boat, DRAMATIZED BY ZOE AOKERMAN, JUNE, tgs, O. H. s., Author of Cupid and Psyche Up to Date, PRESENTED IN THREE ACTS. In the FTRST of which, Charon, the aged boatman of the river Styx, Hades discovers a house boat, and later, is employed on the same as janitor by the inmates, the swiell gentlel men of Hades, a number of whom are introduced here in a characteristic quarrel,

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'Ill-IIC H161-In SCI-IOOI, ZEG1s. I9 where you'd been. But do you know that in gathering my information I hear of you very often? Why, I even heard of Alina Nolen and Camilla Lorentzen way off in China teaching school. The reason they went there is because the children do all the loud talking, and the teachers don't have to do much, and you remember how hard it was for those girls to talk loudly in school? VVho else have you heard off' I asked, and as Mabel and Howard thought that would be as good a way as any to hear of our old friends, they also asked her to tell her news. Well, she said, Mary Shipman went home to the Islands as soon as she graduated, and now is the wife of the owner of the largest sugar plantation down there. It used to be Spreckles, long ago. Have you ever heard of Nettie Yale or Hilma Buttlar? They used to be in your German Class didn't they? My, but couldn't those girls talk Dutch? , Ch, yes. Nettie married an ollicer in the army at Manila soon after she graduated and now lives in Manila. Hilma is an actress, a tragedian, whose strong forte is 'Macbethf In London, she is a great favorite. H I I, , I That makes me think, said Margaret, when I was in London, Bess Scott and Emma Fair had the largest millinery store there. .They are the milliners in London. And jean Hopper is a rival of theirs intlifrance. Of course her bonnets are French, but the other girls pride themselves on being strictly and originally English. - g Speaking of Englishf' said Howard, you just ought to see the tailor- shop I entered one day. 'A familiar name attracted my attention, and when I entered, a gentleman stepped forward and slapped me on the back. 'Well, BaXter,' he exclaimed, 'who would ever expect to see you here?, What are you doing in England? . I thought Ed. ,Hume and I were the only fellows here! I told him then what I was doing, and when I said he seemed to be getting, along prosperously, he laughed and said, 'Oh, yes, you know Ed. Hume? orders all his tailoring here, and as he now is second Prince of Wales, it is very lucky for me! 1 i . . Speaking of fashions and Prince, said Mabel, also makes me think of john Brewer and George Shuey, for they are princes in South Africa and Manila. John had a diamond mine, and besides making money, has succeeded in bringing about a general state of prosperity in Southern Africa, while George has the most prosperous rice plantation in our new state., Both are held in high- est esteem by all their neighbors. Strange to say, both are still bachelors, but it is said their bachelor halls are ideal ones . V I , We all laughed as Mabel told us this, but George Oswill interrupted the gayety by saying: My, here it is ten minutes to twelve, and I am in training, too! I'm afraid,I'll have to bid you all good-night, for I am setting the boys a bad example. 1. ., ' . We all felt that we had prolonged our visit,ibut Mabel insisted that before we go we must have some refreshments. So after the daintiest kinds of cakes and teas had been served, and our host and hostess toasted, we left, turning only once to make the theatre resound with-: '98! '98! Rah! Rah ! Rah I Class of December! I Zip! Boom ! ' Ah !

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THE HXGH SCHOOL .Akns In the SECOND, George Washington gives a dinner in honor of his birthday, and among the many topics discussed along with the viands, a Ladies' Day on the boat is planned. In the THIRD, the ladies of I-Iades steal into the boat while the men are away, but Cap tain Kidd and his crew, bent on revenge, also steal into the boat, and take it away. In the second scene of Act 3, Kidd and his crew are marooned, and the gentlemen recover The House Boat on the Styx. Sir Walter Raleigh Doctor Johnson .... Mr. Boswell. ...... . Shakespeare ..... Nero ...... ...... Confucius ....... Charon ........ Bacon ............ Washington . .. Dryden .......... Hamlet. .......... . Dem Osthenes. ..... . Blackstone ..... Darwin. ...... . Columbus. ..... . Munchausen ..... Cassius. ......... . Adam... ..i Noah.. Socrates ...... ..... A Diogenes ......... . ......... Richard CServantj ...... ' Captain Kidd .... ...... Sir Henry Morgan Abenchapeta Hawkins Queen Elizabeth ...... Portia. ........ ......... . Cleopatra ....... Xanthippe ..... Mrs. Noah. ............. . Madame . Recamier ..... Lucretia Borgia .... ' Delilah ....... ..... Oph ella. ..... .. Calpurnia ......... Cassandra ........... Helen of Troy ...... ..... I Margerite de Valois Mrs. Lot ................... Dido ...... .................... .9935 CAST OF CHARACTERS. A --.-... .. ......-........--....... ... ..--.H---..- Members Of his Crew .......--sg .....-.-......... .. -..... .............. Maid in Waiting to Cleopatra. ..... . Waiters ....... .....l-IOWARD BAXTER .. .... HARRY THARSING .......ELMER HUNTER ...WCLARENCE WILLS ...... ......... E D. HUME .......CLAR1BEL MUNSELL .. ...... WALTER BURPEE .....CLIETON KROLL . ......... JOHN BREWER .,....GEORGE OSWELL HAUBERT SHRADER .....MARY SHAFTER ...... SADIE ROBINSON .......RoGER CHICKERING .. . .....CHARI.Es .HARRIS .... ..CLIETON KROLL ......GERTRUDE' SMITH . . .. ...NELLIE HARRINGTON NOLEN .GRETCHEN WEMMER BARNETT ...UGEORGE JACKSON ......CHARLEs H'ARRIS .........WILL MILLER HUME ......CLIETON KROLL ......MABEL HOLMES .. ...PEARL KING WALKER FLORENCE CHA MPREUX DUNBAR ......EsTHER AVERY LEMON ...........BEssIE MCCALL ...UMARGERITE SLAVICH .........MAY DUNSMORE ........JENNIE RICHARDS ......FLoRENCE LOWDEN ...HFLORENCE GORDON ...............BEssIE SCOTT .......CAMILLA LORENZEN .......Pupil of Mrs. Snyder fBERT SHRADER N I WILL MILLER EDWIN HUME I GEORGE JACKSO L WALTER BURPEE