Byron Area High School - By Hi Yearbook (Byron, IL)

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THE ACTORS The curtain rises l The play is about to begin, for the thirty-six Freshmen are registered and ready .to take their .role in high school life. Themain parts are taken by Bessie Braddy, Lois Connel and Betty Young, Bob Ross, Russ y;elshand Gordon Leary represent the group in sports. Act tvo opens with all male le.ds: Bob Ross, Bob Whecsel pnd Reuben Oltmanns. This scene is ;uite event- ful, with Gordon Leary and Betty Young playing Stechen and Chonita, and four others in minor roles, in'the operetta, Chonita . A tradition is-started when the cast takes it upon itself to initiate the Amateurs into the mysteries of the school. Act Three. The events are steadily building up to an anti-climax, with the spotlight focused on the Junior Dance and the Junior-Senior Banquet. Don Woodward joins the castand establishes himself firmly in the group by adding his abilities to those of the sporting three . The top-notchersat this pointare: Reuben Oltmanns, Ruth Bridgeland, Joyce Palmer and Gordon Leary. The final act, with twenty-one of the C2st still on stage, moves swiftly and with much action. The boys in sports, with the loss of Bob, prove their worth by making the first team so wonderfully victorious. A new member., Carolyn Harris, gains' prominence in the 1st act.thrcugh her artistic ability. The play, Smart Alec , a brilliant success, gave all members achance to display their talents and provid- ed a very entertaining evening. The gayest event of the Senior year is the Hay Dance where the Queen and her lovely attendants preside. Bill McDonald, president, leads the Grand March, withDon Woodward, Joyce Falmer.and Gordon Leary follow- ing according to office. The glorious clima::is finally reached--Graduation.