Central High School - Arrow Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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Looking; aa if they truly merited the honor thev have ju « received, the twelve new Keystone member, hold their candlex hiirh. CENTRAL’S SYMPHONIC BAND By Clemen line Sell nan The (-1 RIAIN IS A HO l I 10 RISK. The assembly is tense, for the students most renowned for their close harmony with the others at Central are going to he recognized. I he impressive Keystone initiation assembly is about to begin. The curtains are slowly parted revealing the Spirit of Keystone holding the flaming torch which beckons and guides those who are most worthy. Around her are the four notes which compose the chord of close school harmony: scholarship, leadership, character, and service. I hey are the qualifications for membership in Keystone. The Spirit of Keystone now tells how each note of the chord is important: and emphasizes the fact that too much overshadowing of one note will disrupt the entire desired effect. Principal R. R. Deimer now comes forward and presents the names of those, who in judgement of the faculty, harmonize the best with the school system. A I age is given a name and he slowly walks out into the audience to escort the chosen candidate to the stage. Ohs and alls and storms of applause greet the honored. Wlun all are on the stage, the candle of each new member is lighted and the Keystone pledge is repeated by each neophyte after the Spirit. Then the curtains are drawn, and another Keystone initiation is over. To those students who have not lacked in any of the four requisites a great honor has come. The school’s most symphonic feature has ended, and the audience with its hushed silence pays homage to Central's outstanding players, who merit the honor. Officers of the Keystone society arc: president, Clementine Schwan; vice-president, Betty Crampton; secretary, Maurine Dell; treasurer, Marjorie Daniels.

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30 Th cut of Seven S! t r»” took time out from a rehearsal to po c informally. THE SENIOR'S SEVEN SISTERS By Bennie Benson I TRIGl INC NAMES, bright Hungarian costumes, and love at first sight were made into a romantic farce by F.dith Ellis. Mrs. Gyurkovics, the widow of an army officer, was played by Katherine Priest. She was faced with the dilemma of finding husbands for each of her seven daughters. She was bound by an old Hungarian custom to marry them off in order of their ages. Mit .i, the fourth daughter I played by Doris Gorderl was expelled from the nunnery because she was caught coming in from a forbidden masked ball. The Widow Gyurkovics, with militry discipline, deducted several years from her age as punishment. Ferenz Horkoy, Mitzi’s escort to the fateful dance, was played by Harlan I)a is. They planned to find spouses for the three other eligible sisters: Katinka, Sari, and Ella, played by Betty Jane Kettering, Elaine Muleahey, and Donna Daulton. Gida Radviany (Robert Smith), a rich stupid boy, and nephew of Colonel Radviany. played by Waldon Thiel, becomes heart broken when his uncle visited the Gyurkovics and consequently fell in love with Katinka. A lisping cousin to the seven sisters. Toni Teleke. as lisped by Warren Thomas, was frightened away by Mitzi and Horkoy. The latter was parading the household as the cousin Toni. Michael Sandorffy, a young militia-man, (Robert Gerber) married Sari. Ella was sympathetic with Gida concerning his lost love, and thus gained his name. Horkoy and Mitzi were married finally. The plot was complicated by three smaller sisters who were played by Jeanette Higgins as Terka; Shirley Chambers as Liza; and Clementine Schwan as Clara. letters and packages were delivered by Janko, (Alvin LaVine) the servant of the Gyurkovics.