Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY “Spring Fever” was the three-act farce given by the Senior class of 1940. T he comedy is the portrayal of college students’ difficulties prior to then-commencement. The action takes place in Mrs. Spangler’s rooming house at Brookfield college. The cast was as follows: Howard Brant,a senior at Brookfield college, Jimmy Raglan; Vic Lewis, an art student, Charles Ray; Anne Purcell, Howard’s heart interest, Margaret Winzenburger; Vivian George, Vic’s heart interest, Dorothy Bruce; Ed Burns, a chemistry student, Billy Proctor; Lou Herron, a journalism student, Betty Doty; Mrs. Spangler, the landlady, Mary Redman; Dr. Dixon, president of Brookfield college, George Loudenback; Maude Corey, Howard’s spinster aunt from California, Marjorie Bogue; Professor Virgil Bean, of the Zoology department, Scotty Wilkinson ; Phoebe Purcell, Anne’s mother, Mary Belle Lefever; Henry Purcell, Anne’s father, Warren Hendrix. • •• HI TRI The girls of B. T. H. S. were initiated into the State Hi Tri League this year. The ceremony, which was very beautiful, was performed in the gymnasium by the Sullivan Hi Tri girls. All of the girls belonged to the same club, but they divided into smaller groups for their discussion periods. These periods were held every Wednesday during the school day, so that all the girls could attend. A different leader was chosen to lead each meeting which was conducted as a roundtable discussion. The ideals which the league stands for are fair play, courtesy, kindness, loyalty, consideration, sportsmanship, friendliness, and truthfulness. The girls have enjoyed these meetings immensely, and are very grateful to their teachers for helping with them. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior class of 1940 presented on November 1, 1939, the three-act comedy, “Sunbonnet Jane of Sycamore Lane.” The action of the play is centered on the young and fun-loving heroine, Jane Jasper. The setting is on a farm in Indiana. The cast was as follows: Sunbonnet Jane, Mildred Marker; Miranda Jasper, Jane’s aunt, Kathryn Probus; Grace Jasper, another aunt, Dorothy Petersen; Ollie Dinkle-bury, a school teacher, Betty Adams; Nola Miller, neighbor girl, Lois Jean Ryan; Crystal Cluett, Jane’s cousin, Barbara Camp; Schuyler Pell, Crystal’s boy friend, Don Romack; Toby Simpkins, neighboring boy, William Hendrix; Jason Gouch, the man with a grouch, Fred Evans; Douglas Smith, hitch-hiker, William Fleming; Marion Marsh, gentlewoman, Virginia Lux. • •• BOYS DISCUSSION GROUP The boys of the high school have also formed a club for the purpose of carrying on discussions on various problems which are not covered in our regular class room subjects. The boys are divided into four groups: seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen. These groups meet one period a week with their class advisers and discuss those problems which are considered most important by the members of the group. Each discussion group has a program committee and a chairman. The chairmen of the groups were as follows: seniors, George Loudenback; juniors. Bill Silver; sophomores, Robert Loudenback; freshmen, Richard Knapp. These chairmen conduct the meetings according to parliamentary law and direct discussion on the subjects selected by the program committee. Page Twenty-eight