Santa Clara High School - Tocsin Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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THE TOCSIN-1922 Dramatics OPERETTA The Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs this year presented Swords and Scissors , a Military Millinery 0peretta , written by Frederick H. Mar- tens and Will C. MacFarlane. The principals were exceptionally well chosen and the operetta was a complete success. It was given two nights, February 24th and 25th, and the house was crowded both nights. Much credit is due Miss Brandewie for the success of the operetta. The cast is as follows: Josephine Beauhearnais, Empress of France, Dorothy Perry, Ladies of the Empress' suite, Mlle. Rose de Vidal, Maid of Honor, Helen Lund, Mme. d'Lauriston, Elen Saxelid, Mme. de Remu- sat, Teresa Jacobs, Countess de Villeneuve, Eloise Garner, Mme. de Can- isy, Grace French, Duchess d'Abrantes, Helen Blackford, Truffle, a de- tective, Elmer Lear, Colonel Regnier of the 10th Huzzars, Forrest 'Bent- zein, Fouche, Duke of Ctronto QMinister of Policel, Ernest Bettencourt, Sergeant Moustache of the 10th Huzzars, Byron Gibbs, Napoleon Bona- parte, Emperor of France, Leslie Busby, General Mausouty of the Impe- perial Guard, Lloyd Berry, Hypolite Moreau, a tailor, Harry Cunning. Sleuths: Halor Titcomb, Fred Franck, Charles Grimmer, Henry Sammet. Ladies of the Palace and attendants: Alberta Abbot, Mildred Simmons, Justine Cutting, Ellen Brown, Juanita Sammet, Florence Townsend, Mari- on Hart, Alice Kemp, Winifred Roberts, Frieda Hoffman, Anita White, Gertrude Rolofson, Marie Warburton, Dorothy Mendez, Lois Parmer, Vera Parmer, Iris John. Huzzars: Harold Garner, Clay Johnson, Gale Eaton, Laurence Machado, Belmont Keesling. Imperial Guard: Robert Rowe, Halor Titcomb, Fred Franck, Charles Grimmer, Henry Sammet. THE SCHOOL MISTRESS QAn Expensive Husbandj The Dramatic Society presented a farce in three acts, The School- mistress, An Expensive Husband . The parts were well chosen and those who took part did exceptionally well. Mrs. Motheral should be given a great amount of credit for the supervision of this play which was a great success. Page 24

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THE TOCSIN--1922 never worry about food or clothing, so they care less about educating their children. In the northern part, since the climate is cold and the soil not so fer- tile, they have to work harder for their living and also try to better con- ditions by educating their children. The people as a whole are divided into three classes. The lower class includes the Indians and the uneducated mestizos , who live so far from schools that they are entirely unable to receive an education. These are the so-called peones who wear the large sombreros which many American people think that all the Mexicans wear. Next is the middle class which consists of the educated people, as doctors, lawyers, teachers and so on. Last are the capitalists who are the enriched middle class. In Mexico the young ladies are now allowed to go out with gentle- men, nor is the boy allowed to visit his senorita's home unless he is a near friend of the father or brother. The gentlemen have to content themselves with talking to the. seioritas at the windows or balconies. Sometimes they come at night and sing under their windows. The marriage ceremonies are very strictly observed and the bride must wear a bride's dress. After the marriage a banquet is given to which all the friends are invited, and after the banquet dancing begins which sometimes lasts a day and a half, or even two days. ln order to understand the Mexicans thoroughly, one must study the history of the country. With so many different changes of governmental power and with incessant civil wars raging continually, Mexico has not prospered greatly. Albert Chavez, '24, Page 23

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TH E TOCSI N-1922 Dramatis Personae-The Honorable Vere Queckett, Harry Cunning, Rear Admiral Archibald Rankling, Elmer Lear, Lieutenant John Mal- lary, Ernest Bettencourt, Mr. Saunders, Halor Titcombg Mr. Reginald Paulover, Joseph Steinhart, Mr. Otto Bernstein Ca popular cornposerj, Lloyd Berry, Tyler fa servantj, Theodore Nelson, Goff, John Kiely, Jaffray, Albert Chavez, Mrs. Rankling, Daphne Emigg Miss Dyott, Elsa Uppman, Dinah, Frances Hichborn, Gwendoline Hawkins, Della Bard- son, Ermyntrude Johnson, Gladys Franck, Peggy Hesslerigge, Frances Dechman, Jane Chipman, Helen Blackford. SENIOR PLAY This year the Senior class chose Booth Tarkington's well-known comedy, Clarence , to present as its annual play. Although it was rather an ambitious undertaking for amateurs, we are ready to wager that not another high school in California could have presented so excel- lent a performance. We know that Clarence Burrell, as the eccentric Clarence was perfect, and Emma Roberts in the role of the much-sought governess, Miss Pinney was equally good. Marjorie Phelps as the incorrigible Cora , Miss Pinney's charge, was an immediate success. And can you imagine a better Bobby Wheeler than Henry Sammet's portrayal of the character? Lewis Sutton as the harassed father of the quarrelsome Wheeler family was very good, as was Elen Saxelid who took the part of the self- pitying stepmother of Bobby and Cora , Minor parts were unusually well done by Lucy May Parsons, the maid, Alex McLeish, the butler, Laura Keir, the private secretary, and Grant Dechman, the persistent grass-widower. They were excellent, all of them, and Clarence will take its place as one of the dramatic triumphs of Santa Clara High School. - Once Upon A Time CAN, by straining my memory, recall the time when I wanted to wash dishes. It is unnecessary to say that I do not care to do so now. The time when washing dishes seemed one of the most delightful of pastimes was before I could see into the sink, even though I stood on tip- toe. I yearned to handle the soft swashy dishcloth, and splash the beau- Page 25