South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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H 1 he TOTEM of If-330 1 T 9 ,Jr PS 4 i Ai 4 Q 4 A 'J 4 'Nr 1 -4 I 'N 1 -J '25, Q if Nl 4 4 F4 '1 -.ff 'W I 4 P V4 'N ul A 4 do 'N V A4 Q i E51 lftf Betty Bassett Mercedes Beckes Wi ma Bell Myra Berry Helen Berghorn Lester Bohl Ruth Bowen Suzanne Bowerfind Elizabeth Bowlby Paula Bremer Everyone in South Side has watched with interest the drama of the class of ,3l, which has been playing since 1927. The object of the review is to give the reader the outstanding points in plot and characters, this will cover a period of three years. One year, in which the climax will appear, is yet to be seen. If the last act proves as successful as the Hrst three, the production will be considered one of the biggest and best ever staged at Theater South Side. When the company first appeared, there were four hundred fifteen in the cast. Since then, however, several of the actors and actresses have left the ranks for similar companies of other cities and for work in oHice and factory. Various houses in near and distant cities have sent their workers to South Side. The number, then, has re- mained almost the same even though the personnel has changed. ACT I These Freshmen proved that they were somewhat of an exception. Their Hrst step was to elect a very little French brunette their president, and Madamoiselle Barbara Beall has been very successful in many ways since her debut. Their second step was literally to stack the official positions with fair ladiesg only one of the six offices was held by a gentleman. The studious but extremely clever Mary Jane Nelson was vice-president, the pretty blond, Mary Frances Burns, was secretary, the dark-eyed Loretta Foellinger, sister to a former star, and the ever-popular Rhoda Toothill formed the largest part of the Social Council. The only virile representative Page IIS

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6.700 TOTEM of I93O 1 57' junior Class Sfrtiou l'Vritfw1 by Lncile rweyfrx All the school's a stage, And all the studes and teachers merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many a part, His acts heing several ages. At first the freshm So cute and tiny, green and frightened, ever, Always-that's a frosh. And then the soph, VVho loves his fun and takes his time and creeps Like a snail unwillingly to school. And then The junior, sighing like a furnace, with A case on pretty Susy Ann, and so XVith gaiety and study, he doth play His part. The fourth part shifts into the lean, And worried, hurried senior, who will spend His time in hossing teachers, juniors, sophs, And freshmen, hither, yon. Last scene of all That ends the strange eventful mockery ls graduation, honor, age, and wisdom, VVith memories delightful to the mind. Page II7 Eunice fXINSl7Illlg'll Lillian Andrews Minion Xndtison Ayres Wfalter Baade Betty Bailey VVilxni B116

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9442, TOTEM of l93O , QV Chester Brouwer Lester wer Paul Brunner Janet Browder Muriel Brown Alden Carvin Melba Bueker Betty Bulmahn Richard Brown Mary Chenoweth among the leaders was a jovial old fellow by the name of Bob Smith, known to his audiences as the Baron Robert Smythe, who was on the Social Council. Because of the hard work done during this first year, the officials of the Hrm willingly compensated the following with honor roll awards: Margaret Wallace, Ellen Yaple, Oliver Eggers, Robert Null, Oren Simpson, Esther Howell, Genevieve Weick, Esther Fautt, Dorothy Garn, Velma Monroe, Harold Hastings, Robert Bart, Betty Bailey, Barbara Beall, Janet Browder, ,lean Meier, and Loretta Foellinger. To be on the honor roll this particular year meant to have an average of ninety-four per cent or above. In the second scene of this act were seen the musicians. The school's Girls' Glee Club employed quite a few freshman singers: Della Ake, Janet Browder, Mar- garet Brudi, Muriel Brown, Mildred Crum, Elizabeth Eisenhut, Elenora Ellinger, Frieda Fell, Marjory Fry, Gula Henderson, Harriet Newell, Charlotte North, Mary' Palmer, Katheryn Peterson, Pauline Platt, Pauline Sundsmo, and Mary .lane Stout. With the male musicians the Girls, Glee Club presented the operetta, The Pirate's Daughterf, The Freshman gleemen were John Inches, Rae Newell, Robert Smith, Lester Price, Ernest Blum, John Koontz, Donald Davenport, Lester Baker, Oren Simpson, Jack Fleming, Harry Oifut, and Williain Roberts. Each year the Boys' Glee Club presents a minstrel show. Page 119