Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Left to right: Don Morrison, president: Bill Koehne, vaudeville chairman: Marynette Hiatt, vice-president, Robert Mueller, treasurer: Aline Bailey, secretary. THE JUNIOR VAUDEVILLE On Saturday afternoon and evening of March 25, the Junior Vaudeville of the Class of '34 was presented in Caleb Mills Hall. This snappy presen- tation marked one of the main activities of the Junior class. Rhapsody in Blue, with co-chairmen Helen Marie Shea and Jewell Long, and Miss Thelma Armfield, as sponsor, won first place. The first act was All-American Girls, sponsored by Miss Kathryn Thompson. Virginia Carson and Mary Jeanette Sellers were co-chairmen. Following an intermission act by Dick Voyles, pianist, Marjorie Newman presented her act, Goofus. Mrs. Dorothy Horn was sponsor. Then William Titus presented a clever intermission act. Moments of Melody featured the rhythmical music of Morton David- son's orchestra. Miss Dorothy Lambert was sponsor. After the regular intermission, The Shortridge Extension Class, 1950 was presented. Vir- ginia Wheeler was chairman and Miss Grace Buchanan, sponsor. Book Review, the act winning second place, was led by Marynette Hiatt and Paul Krauss. This act was sponsored by Mrs. Edna K. Watson. Sally Maurer and her small sister, Libby, gained favor with the aud- ience in an intermission act of popular songs and a clever tap dance. Eugene Roderick was the chairman of Varieties of 1933, sponsored by Mrs. Kate Steichmann. The vaudeville was then closed by Supreme Court of S. H. S. , the act which placed third. Louise Edwards and Aline Baily Were co-chairmen, and Dorothy Peterson was sponsor. Individual prizes were awarded to Morton Davidson, Foster Clippinger, Elnore Hopwood, and Mary Eloise Spann. Bill Koehne and Henry Fauvre were co-masters of ceremonies. Publicity managers were Henry Fauvre and Robert Marks. Charles Haug was the pit orchestra director. The stage hands acquainted the audience with backstage work. The members of the sta1T were Norman Brandt, stage manager, Carlyle Baker, assistant stage managerg Bill Wright and Ed Hixon, assistantsg Ward Fenstermaker, property manager, Charles Huston, Bob Ensminger, Dick Agster, Ned Hamer, and Clarence Gault, assistants. Bill Koehne, the vaudeville staff, and the participants greatly appre- ciated the time and effort which were given to the vaudeville by the class sponsors, Mrs. Nell Merrick Thomas and Mr. Enoch D. Burton. Jean VanRiper. Harriet Jane Holmes.

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JUNIOR CLASS ACTIVITIES The activities of the Class of '34 began with the election of the elass officers on November 23, 1932 in Caleb Mills Hall. Those who were elected were: Don Morrison, president, Marynette Hiatt, vice-president, Aline Bailey, secretary, Robert Mueller, treasurer, and Bill Koehne, vaudeville chairman. The student council representatives who were elected from the list of forty candidates, were Helen Taggart, Jane Brown, Mary Alice Shively, and Dorothy Braden. One of the largest groups of oflice seekers ln any class campaigned energetically for a week before the election. The other candidates seek- ing the presidency were Jim Birr, Richard Eiler, Gordon Messing, and Jim Shoemaker. The list of candidates for vice-president included Evelyn DeWees, Phoebe Jacobs, Jean Knowlton, and Marjorie Zechiel. The aspirants for secretary were, Mary Lou Brandlien, Virginia Carson, Eleanor Firth, Harriet Jane Holmes, Janet Meditch, Anita Reavis, and Dorothy Jane Reed. Estella Disz, Clarence Gault, Robert Marks, Mary Jeanette Sellers, and Trevis Spencer ran for the ofiice of treasurer. Dick Agster, Sam Dobrow, Tom Garland, Fred Jacobs, Myrtle McDade, Gertrude Osborn, Edith Rus- sell, Eliot Scales, and Palmer Ward aspired to be vaudeville chairman. The class maintained the custom of honoring those members of the Senior class who had made the highest scholastic records. On the Honor Day program held on May 24, a gold key was presented Arleen Wilson by Aline Bailey, Junior secretary, and silver cups were given to Lucy Ann Balch, Julian Kiser, and Jeane McWorkman by Marynette Hiatt, Junior vice-president, Bob Mueller, Junior treasurer, and Bill Koehne, vaudeville chairman. The Juniors climaxed their successful year with a dance on June 2. Little did anyone realize that he was entering the gym as he gazed upon the entrance disguised as a picturesque mill towering high overhead. The atmosphere was typically that of Le Moulin Rouge or The Red Mill. The punch tables proved to be most popular, and the small tables placed about the room supplied added glamour. Morton Davidson's orchestra furnished rhythmical music for those wishing to dance. The entertain- ment was well planned and well received. Much credit is due to the Social Committee for such a gala afternoon. This group was composed of Martha Moore and Paul Krauss, co-chairmen, Emma Gene Tucker, Bill Wright, Jane Wynne, Clarence Warren, Clarence Gault, and Charles Huston. On May 18, the Junior members of the National Honor Society were announced. They were Aline Bailey, Rosalind Barrows, Willis Blatchley, Aloyse Bottenwiser, Dorothy Braden, Jane Brown, Ralph Burns, Virginia Carson, Charlotte Cox, Richard Eiler, Henry Fauvre, Betty Finch, Mary- nette Hiatt, Mary Alice Hicks, Harriet Jane Holmes, Charles Huston, Jean Knowlton, Robert Lipton, Dorothy Martenet, Janet Meditch, Gordon Messing, Elizabeth Myers, Marjorie Newman, Martha Norman, Carolyn Rehm, Mary Jeannette Sellers. Richard Smith, Madeline Trent, Frank Streightoff, Jean Van Riper, Richard Voyles, Charles Williams, and Stew- art Williams. The Junior class owed much of the success of the year's activities to the class sponsors, Mrs. Nell Merrick Thomas and Mr. Enoch D. Burton. Anne Bailey.

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JUNIOR VAUDEVILLE-WINNING ACT Rhapsody in Blue, winning act of the Junior Vaudeville, by the vote of the audience, was managed by Hellen Marie Shea and May Jewell Long. Miss Thelma Armfield was the sponsor and Elnore Hopwood coached the group and designed the costumes. A large chorus dressed in blue dress suits and tall silk hats against a black and silk background brought a huge sigh from the audience as the curtain went up. Barbara Jeanne Johnson led the chorus in a clever routine and later presented a picturesque scarf dance. Barbara Strack, Mary Louise Brandlein, Winifred Schmall, Iona Deal, Nellie Kent, Edith Corey, Josephine Griswold, Jean Lavelle, Lorna Jones, Mary Martha New- man, Julia Ann Benson, Elizabeth Farmer, Martha Farmer, May Jewell Long, and Hellen Marie Shea made up this chorus. Margaret Beeson, in her pleasing manner, sang Am I Blue, and brought down the house with applause. Margaret Lee Riddell and John Brown did a most graceful and different waltz. One of the biggest attractions of the act was the tap dance presented by Elnore Hopwood and Bill Cowley to the strains of Forty-Second Street. Elnore, with her charming personality, which resulted in an in- dividual actor's award,, led a chorus composed of Harry Dragoo, Jean Sheard, Rosilia Johnson, Bill Cowley, Jean Settles, Carl Rudman, and Elinor Marlow in a tap dance considered by all a most striking climax to the act. The complete cast was as follows: Barbara Strack, Mary Louise Brand- lein, Winifred Schmall, Iona Deal, Nellie Kent, Edith Corey, Josephine Griswold, Jean Lavelle, Lorna Jones, Mary Martha Newman, Julia Ann Benson, Jean Settles, Jean Sheard, Harry Dragoo, Rosilia Johnson, Bill Cowley, Eleanor Marlow, Carl Rudman, Elnore Hopwood, John Brown, Margaret Lee Riddell, Margaret Beeson, Barbara Jean Johnson, Elizabeth Farmer, Martha Farmer, Mary Jewell Long, and Hellen Marie Shea. Elnore Hopwood acted as assistant coach, and Mrs. J. S. Hopwood was the guest organist.