Brentwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Brentwood, MO)

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solo made a great hit R L Atkisson's acting as Redbeard made the audience feel as if they were really bacl ll pirate days Everrane applauded when Mirrel Kepla + as Hal Barton and Ge tr o J ngna d dS Quin neane out wittcd Ped eo c and tool ccmmdnd of t F ship. Other p 1 t s in he cast in cluded eznetn Dunford ard Leo ing and stage setting added to the effectiveness of the oper etta THE WEDDING OF BRENTWOOD The Junior of the pep NISS VICTORY AND HIGI SCHOOL class had charge sembly for tie Brentwood Jennings basketball game on January 10. Announce ment was read from the society page of the Brentvood Scream of the engagement of Miss Victory t Brentwood High School, and the students were invited to witness the wedding ceremony, Reverened Basketball ap peared to perform the ceremony, followed by the groomsmen Char lie Cheer and Billy Back 'Em Next came the nervous bridegroom, Mr, Brentwood High School When the strains of the wedding march started, from the back of the auditorium came the maid of honor, Sally School Spirit, followed by the brides maids, Cora Cooperation an Polly Practice. The blushing bride, dressed in a lovely wedding gown trim med in purple and gold, and carrying the basketball trophy as her bridal bouquet, came in on the arm of her father, Peter Pep. At the altar Miss Victory could not decide between Brent- wood High School and his rival Jennings High, but that night Miss Victory wedded Brentwood High. 3,1 Ewbmb wi 52 IM H5 QS? X KJ Q5654 N Another year has passed But wefre still that same old class, With enthusiasm and ability galore We make up the class of 1954 Our class has never failed a year In spite of all the hard work we've never shed a tear, when called upon to do our part We do it with all our might and heart. We Juniors of nineteen thirty four Continue to strive for a per feet score In an effort to make our class outstanding And lead the other classes to a good landing Rose Finer M138 Shipman. nForm a sent ence using the first person.n J, Oglesby: UAdam lived in the garden of Eden.n Mr. Evans: nvhat does a bat do in winter?n ' E, Hofer: Ulf splits if you donlt oil it.H A p o I 1 r of Q - X A A , Inv I A U, ' U ' h.rJ 5 -- 'O ,f r .w:'e lla ' 1 t Q - ' f4Q ' -e75U'yH? OQXJ uw' ' ' . .LJ .La ', xx . J L .L - ' ,J?'iA.:f . I !F - 4 an Q J- V J li ' ... Q. v - ,- u 1 ' ,W v 22 1 -y - , ss' nard Faerber. Original costum- X . ' L3'uN , . . 1 . 4 ' .4 'I Km. 9 1 2 ' as V' 1 '1 ' , - O' o ' D ' ' ' A' . h . Up' I x l . A 5 , . - , . .44 I

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ASSEMBLY PROGRAIS ODPOPTUNITY DA! Our first assembly program of the year was of a serious nature, and was given in co operation with the Character Education program which has been carried out in the Brent wood schools this year. The plogram consi ted of a reading given by Georgiana Spratte, entitled 'My Alibi,N and ity,u in which a student re sisted the bad habits of lazi ness, indifference, careless ness, etc , and by joining with the good habits of industry, honesty, and loyalty, won the success toward which she was striving The faculty felt that the program was well presented and very beneficial, and the girls were asked to repeat it at the Grade School. AMATEUR HAMLET For the second program of the year we presented a one act play entitled nThe Amateur Ham let U The plot was quite in teresting and exciting showing the difficulties Bill, a high school Junior, got into while practicing at home for his part 1n Hamlet he did not tell his mother that he was in the play because h feared she would not let him continue, and when whe found him doing queer things, she feared that he was ill and called a doctor to ex amine him A high spot in the action came when Bill stabbed at the curtains to kill Poloni us and discovered that he had hit Hilda the maid over the head with his cane. The cast included the fol- lowing characters: Mrs. Carter--Georgiana Spratte Mr. Carter--John Austin Sue Carter--Louise Brooks Bill Carter Jim ie Oglesby Jack, his pal Kenneth Dunford Dr. Wellington Mirrel Kephart Jackie mother Dorothy Lefler Hilda, the maid Thelma Light REDBEARD, TiE PIRATE wfiyjqaggiv f Cl, ik qs l 2 ff' Appr Q .f4Wf Q--f , me Rbwsijfikabfwf Rrdbfb We feel that nRedbeard, the P1rate,U our Junior operetta, was one of the be t programs of the year We won second place on this program in competition for the banner, thus helping us to win the banner during the third quarter The scene was laid on Hedbeard's pirate ship, and the plot centered around the capture o the heroine, Quinneane, by the pirates and her re cue by the hero, Hal Burton The downfall f he villian, Redbeard, came when Hal snatched off the source of Redbeardls power, his great red beard, The Junior girls composed the chorus of pirate deck-swab- bers, and, with daggers in th- eir mouths, gave several dances with a solo tap dance by La Verne Fischer. Good comedy was introduced by Johnny Austin as the Upeglegn pirate who boasted that he would mutinyg his T J 4. L I I ' ' . Zi. Z1 . - I 1 ' cw .,.,,., ' U U V ':' r ul E a 'Zh-v. 4 ,-L?','E'F -.!::5'.r - I 4 ' a 0 ' one act play called Opportun- C9 '-ff ' 9 ' . '- . : 1-,.' , - rf. LH, -:J l KK . ' , f .qv , ' . an - 1 f x Q Y QE' X. . A I .cgf V tj? T . A XYQ . A .:- , ff' . EZ X . 'W . .' l,. ' . . r, Q A 2 - . , 4 L v A 5 45 ' s . - ' o ' 6 . ' - O ' U il 'r ' A I ' f 6 . . . S V ' . o t . H. . . w y .

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CLASS PROJECTS A DECORATION The decorating of the gym nasiu has become a tradition in the Junior class. This pro ject was successfully started in our Freshman year, and this year when decoration was nec essary, they simply said, WCall on the Juniorsf Among the oc caslons for which we have dec orated this year were the oper etta Crocodile Island, Charae ter Educationn night, the Christmas Program, our St Patfs dance, and last but not least, the Junior Senior prom of 1934 CLASS ORCHESTRA Our class orchestra had its beginning during our Freshman year Slnce then it has elayed t many entertainments and class programs Last year they furnished the music for the Junior Senior prom The chestra consists of two violin ists, Warren Thomas and Mirrel Kephart, two saxaphone players, John Austin and La Verne Fisc ler and Georgiana Spratte, the drum er, James Detjen, and the trumpet player, R L. Atkisson. Their blggest project for this year was to play for the Junior St Patis dance, glven on March 17, which proved to be a great social and financial success. NEWSPAPEP CONTEST One of the wise Juniors con celved the idea of collecting old newspapers and magazlnes and selling them, in order to raise funds to finance the prom In order to arouse in terest and eo operatlon other classes a contest was started, and a prize was offer ed to the class who could col lect the greatest amount of newsp pers. with the willing co operation of all classes and a great deal of hard work on the part of the Junior boys, a whole truck load of newspa pers was collected and sold. The Eighth Grade won the con test, and was presented with an interestlng book for their li brary W iw oH5A,eg61jZ?JQ 'D F Afgfmflldf' v 400 gafmn. 22 W9 ,gf JUNIOR ST PAT'S DANCE Early in the year the Jun iors chose March 17 as the date of the class party to raise funds for the prom Com ittees were appointed to work out the detalls of decoration, public ity, ticket sale, and refresh ments. The orchestra practiced hard to be ready to furnish the music. The whole class affair a success The hlgh school auditorlum was beauti fully decorated with ferns and palms, and the orchestra played behlnd a green and white cur tain of crepe paper. Though the weatherman sent storm, a large crowd and the Juniors were isfied with the their work. a snow attended, well sat results of CANDY SALES Another project funds was the selling of candy and chewing gum at all basket ball games The Junior girls proved to be very excellent saleswomen the basketball crowd simply cou1dn't resist their persuasive charm and sales talk. Untold dozens of to raise I - . - I r 1 O LV' a . L I C . 0 V . C her, two pianists, Dorothy Lef- worked diligently to make the 6 ' , . - ' in . 0