Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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1932 THE ATALANTA 1932 CLASS DAY May 24, Murphy Hall Class History ....................................... Lucile Williams Senior Charge ......................................... Robert Miller Junior Response ..................................... Madeline Curtis Music ..................................................... Orchestra Class Poem .......................................... Julia Reinmiller Class Prophecy ...................................... Edna Ludlam Class Will ............................................. James Miller Class Song ............................................ Senior Class COMMENCEMENT March ................................................. Loretta King Invocation .................................................... Rev. McColl Music..................................................... Orchestra Salutatory....................................... Caroline Mountjoy Song, “Persian Serenade” (Mathews) ....................... Glee Club Solo ................................................ Richard Tuttle Commencement Address ............................. Supt. E. C. Fisher Music .................................................... Orchestra Valedictory..................................................Richard Tuttle Solo ........................................................ Robert Miller Presentation of Diplomas Music .................................................... Orchestra Benediction ......................................... Rev. Williams ......................... Page 27 ■■■■•.....

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1932 THE ATALANTA 1932 SENIOR CLASS PLAY CHARACTERS John Merrifield ............................. Augustus Merrifield ......................... Charles Barnes .............................. Berkeley Crane .............................. Ambrose Paddington........................... Gustave Schultz.............................. Wing Tu...................................... An Expressman ............................... Pauline Wentworth ........................... Marie Varney ................................ Carlita Romagna Schultz ..................... Gladys ...................................... Time—Two hours and a half. .... Arthur Miller .... Richard Tuttle .... Robert Miller .... Harold Riley ......Philip Coons ..... James Miller ...Clarence Cluck .... Berdell Fulk ... Julia Reinmiller Emmy Lou Hoblit Carolyn Mountjoy ... Edna Ludlam Story of the Play Gus Merrifield’s father, a millionaire, wants his son to pay an old debt of gratitude by marrying Mary Jane Crabbe, daughter of a former partner. Gus is traveling with two friends, Berkeley (Berk) and Charles. A handsome young opera star, “Carlita” has induced Berk to help her smuggle a Chinaman into the United States in a trunk. Gus receives his father’s peremptory order to find Mary Jane at Mrs. Wentworth’s boarding house and marry her. The three friends find there is a Mary Jane in the house, known however as Marie Varney, a young widow. The boys are hard up. They fix up a plan to have Berk get engaged to Marie under Gus’s name, hoping she will break the engagement when she finds the deception. But through Pauline, Mrs. Wentworth’s niece, Marie discovers the scheme, and to punish the boys becomes engaged to all three of them. Then the trunk supposed to contain the Chinaman arrives. The boys are afraid of the police. A real Chinaman, “Carlita’s” jealous husband, and a smallpox scare add other complications. Berk and Gus have really fallen in love, but the girls won’t look at them. Gus’s father arrives to find things badly mixed. But it turns out that “Carlita” is the real Mary Jane, that there was no smuggled Chinaman and no smallpox, and the boys are forgiven and happy. “CROOKS FOR A MONTH” (The Junior Class Play) CAST Mr. Fordick—the salesman. Mr. Bentwood—a worried father. Mrs. Bentwood—his wife. Winfield Bentwood—their son; a college youth with ideas. Jack—a college friend of Winfield's who has ideas and carries them out. Marty Copping—another college chum. Doris Bentwood—Winfield’s sister, and admired by Jack. Eunfce.... —two co e8e chums of Doris. SYNOPSIS ACT I—Bentwood Living Room—in the evening. ACT II—‘The Temple of the Occult’, some weeks later. ACT III—The Bentwood Living Room, a week later. Page 26

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1932 THE ATALANTA 1932 SALUTATORY To the President and members of the board; to the superintendent and teachers of Atlanta Community High School; to our parents and friends, I feel honored to give a hearty welcome to the graduation exercises of the Class of 1932. We have gathered here this evening for the last time. It is an evening for which we have all greatly hoped but which we also greatly regret, especially to leave our many happy memories and many friendships made in old A C. H. S. We feel this is a great epoch in our lives and wish to thank those who have made this evening possible. When graduating from our first eight years of schooling we felt that we had accomplished a great deal, but tonight we feel that it was only a small way along this great highway of life. Our schooling has been profitable in preparing us to be the future men and women of the business world, and we want to express our appreciation to the school board and the teachers who through our school years have helped us in many ways. Again I wish to extend our hearty welcome to you and hope the events of the evening will better show you our accomplishments. C. V. M. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Friends, Romans and Countrymen: Lend me your ears and I will relate to you the history of the most famous class that ever graduated from old A. C. H. S., namely the class of 1932. On September 2, 1928, a group of thirty-four explorers entered the unknown region of A. C. H. S. A sorry bunch of green Freshmen we were in this unknown region. To achieve success, as was our hope, we chose Julia Reinmiller as guide with Andy McKnight as her assistant and Roy Foote to control the finances of the party. Miss Bayless was chosen to supervise the expedition. During our expedition two parties were held, in one of Which the natives of the unknown region participated. The next year the twenty-three who had endured throughout the year again entered this unknown region to explore it rfiore thoroughly. On this expedition we chose Harold Riley as guide for the trip with Frank Hoblit as his assistant and Emmy Lou Hoblit for the financial director. We advanced into a deeper part of the forest than before and we were highly elated with our success. In September, 1930 the seventeen faithful members who had succeeded in withstanding the difficulties of the two previous years, again set forth on one of our most profitable expeditions. Dick Tuttle was the guide and was assisted by Dorothy Carlock, the secretary-treasurer. This was a profitable year and we gained much from our faithful supervisor, Miss Love. Last but not least, comes the year of our greatest expedition. In September 1931, we began our last year of the expedition, to which we had looked forward with anticipation for three years. As guide we again chose Dick Tuttle, and Emmy Lou Hoblit as the secretary-treasurer. Mr. Hill was the manager of the last expedition and under his control we achieved success. We have now finished our explorations in A. C. H. S. and are planning to go into more remote places to explore. H. L. R. ’32. WILL WE SUCCEED? YOU BET. E. L. W. ’32. Page 2S