Alexis High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Alexis, IL)

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JUNIOR— SENIOR BANQUET Thursday evening, April 28th, the Seniors and Faculty were guests of the Juniors at the annual Junior-Senior Banquet. The Seniors vow that never before was a more royal banquet given to any class. Arriving at the school house the guests were shown to the checkroom where they were assisted in removing their wraps by two handsome maids (Frances Mackin and Evelyn Foster). From here they were ushered into the cozy parlor where Vietrola music was enjoyed until dinner was announced. Then they were taken to the Hotel de HeMu- Armonville (the assembly room) where their hearts were immediately lost to the Juniors for their clever and artistic manner of arranging their dining room. The tables, seating four people, were beautifully decorated and lighted by candles. The room seemed an earthly paradise with its big floor lamps, palms and orchestra music during the serving of dinner. The menu was as follows :- Fruit Cocktail Potatoes La baronne gravy Roast foula La Dressing Buttered Peas Tea Biscuits Combination Salad Wafers Cream of Kisses Ma poupee Mints Clarnet After the dinner appropriate toasts were given, Miss Mary Downer acting as toast mistress. Upon departure the guests voted that the Juniors were the most elaborate entertainers of any Junior class that ever chanced to pass through the schools of Alexis. SENIOR CLASS PLAY The Class of 1921 presented their class play, a four-act comedy drama at the Melba theater. May 3 and 4. It was entitled A Southern Romance. A large and attentive audience was present both nights. It was a drama of the reconstruction period following the Civil War and a very interesting play. The cast was as follows :- Howard Emery, the hero, from the North Roy Edgar Colonel Howard, Soutern Colonel, father cf Barbarra. . .Phelix Nelson Barbarra Howard, heroine, a daughter of the South, . . Marcella Filler Caroline, the colored Mammy Doris Rohr George, her narvous husband William Farrell Mrs. Riggs, strong for borrowing Dorothy Velander Martin, the villian, who held the mortgage Lynn Wixson Miss Martin, his sister, an old maid Alhe Shaver