Cedar Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Gay Nineties 'lVleller Dramer, Pure as The second presentation of the Cedar Falls High dramatics department was the gay The- Munmgt-im-ni nineties production of Pure As the Driven Snow. This melodrama was centered . in H. .M--mov-moe rwfffi,:w.'ff -. .. around Purity Dean, the heroine who was Honly a Working girl but she was pure L through and through. The hero, Leander Longfellow, wins the heart of Purity through his brave and noble deeds but she will not marry him because of her secret ' which she will not divulge. The plot thickens as the villain, Mortimer Frothingham and the villainess, Imogene Pickens, try to win over the hearts of the hero and heroine. mf However, they fail with their schemesg Purity's secret is revealed, and all ends well. A Working Girls Swv! ...M .... As in all melodrama, the audience hissed at the villain and clapped for the hero. vm.: l,..t....a,. Between the three acts, a variety of vaudeville acts kept the audience singing and enter- 11. .. . ,. ,.,,....,,, We wa... Wf..,:,. .W .u1.f.,,v ' T. i. ,.....t.. tain ed. 03 FVIHVI AKD MNTKIXQV 'itkfilrw YFIDIHM S mmfwtm. up rm: nmmmrs mmm-4 .iw , U ,,.., H ..........,,..,...,. ,,,.,,..,i, i .ll.., , to AM.. em ,-.z..,.,..x H. aa fu, mmmmunaw Synnpniva of Scenes nr ww .mm if rfwf . ,ww W., ,. m aim, vs.. as as. ci.-. ,aff W aw bm, 44 Ami -as ,iv Www? ,W M s,1,!11.,.m ' W.f,,.', . Wwfm.. MW, ,H , .M A. Wim ' -.1-,:.r.af aa 1, :mei H+ ,W fm., swf . .......,,.......,... mom gym PRIDUIKIIYUI! ........,......,.... . ii? i'i ' li l . L V' , .1 Above: Mortimer Frothinghan, a villain in any clothing, confers with his unwilling accomplice, Jed Lunn. Upper Right: Lynn Greenly gives Mortimer's mustache a final touch before show time. Lower Right: Nellie, the beautiful cloak model, uncovers a mysterious plot in the third act. Mortimer Frothingham comes to his knees. 22

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pens Year With Solid Gold Cadillac Upper Right: Mrs. Partridge is sent to lvasliington where she forms an alli- ance with a United States Senator, Mr. McKeever. l Upper Left: Mr. Snell decides to beat Mrs. Partridge with, fto the Board of Directors' obvious disinayj, astrology. Bottom: Mrs. Partridge faces thc Board of Directors, L to R, Mr. Snell, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Blcssington, and Mr. Cillie, unafraid and filled with questions, questions, questions.

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Driven Snow ls Success Purity Dean ..,,, fonatizan Logan L Zanmh Logan W, .,,,,,,,, CAST Marge Wilder Craig Rebholz Marcia Myer Leander Longfellow ,,,,,,,,, Mortimer Frozh inglmm ,,,,,,,, Jed Lunn ..,,i,,,,.,,,,,,...,,i,,,i,,i E. Z. Pickens Y,,,Y,Y,,,, Imogene Pickens ,,,,.,,. Ethelinda Hewliu ,,,,,, Alison Hezvlilt ,,,,,,,,,, Faith Hogue ,,,,, Lefty Barber .,,, Nellie Morris Larry Sachau John Uban Bruce Quegg George Conklin Janet Blough Nancy Halverson Karen Thompson Judy Mitze Mary Thehkelsen Carol Cook t ,-A 7 Upper Right: Purity asks, 'iWhy is it always the women who pay and pay and pay? A Above: Purity Dean, determined her spirit will remain, withstands another assault from Mortimer Frothingham. Lower Right: Imogene Pickens, Jonathan Logan, Zamah Logan, E. Z. Pickens, and Alison Hewlitt stand by as Leander tells Purity that the babe in the basket is either a boy or a girl.