Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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22 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS WM. BARKLEY Janitor of fun the remainder of the evening. Paul Wyant as Mr. Wycombe, the pessimist and his wife, played by Josephine Anderson proved to be very clever actors. Harry Heuer as Mrs. Gray’s husband, looked so hand¬ some in his first long trousers and his little mustache. He also played his part well. Clarice Andrews, Tom Gray’s fiance, looked like a beautiful bride-to-be but experienced consider¬ able difficulty in acting the flirt as she is far from being flirtatious by nature. But Miles Baker came to her aid in that ,for you certainly could not look at his blackened face with¬ out laughing. Basil Covault as Dor¬ othy’s father was an excellent char¬ acter. His white hair and, little black mustache were in strange contrast but he acted the part so cleverly that you did not notice such a little inconsistency. Lloyd Beel as Hogan the Irish policeman, needed just a little red hair and sidewhiskers to make an ideal Irishman. We did much hard work but we al¬ so had many a hearty laugh, there being scarcely a rehearsal but what somebody did or said something screamingly funny. We are proud of the fact that we were able to help pay for the splendid equipment which you will read about elsewhere in this book. We wish to thank Mr. Beery, jani¬ tor, at the gym who was so obliging during our rehearsals and Mr. Brown who well—just did anything and everything he was asked to do. When Miss Coffee selected Don Le Brun and Miles Baker to take the negro characters in the eighth grade play, they were about the same size. But when it wasi given she found that Miles had grown vertically and Don horizontally. Don’s expansion was due, no doubt to his being able to help himself at the West End Rest¬ aurant. Two very clever song specialties were given between the acts of the play. They were entitled, “I Can’t Do a Thing with my Hair Since it’s Wash¬ ed” and “Upsetting Gravity,” and were directed by Miss Mutschler and Miss Stevens respectively. - • - The teachers and pupils of the first, second, fifth and sixth grades in Central deserve much credit for their splendid success in selling tick¬ ets for the eighth grade play. We are greatly indebted to them and we fully appreciate the part they played in making our entertainment a finan¬ cial success. Thank you.

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THE TIME OF HIS LIFE Following a custom of four years’ duration we, the eighth grade, pre¬ sented the play “The Time of His Life,” April 27-28. Because we are so young and unexperienced, we were assigned our parts at the be¬ ginning of the semester and many an hour did we spend in practice. Miss Coffee, who directed the play, is a firm believer in doing well what you undertake, and if we are to believe the many compliments we were giv¬ en we feel amply repaid for all our efforts. Mable Staley, who, as Marion had a difficult part to play and commit, especially in the second act, could not have done better. The part of Uncle Tom, the negro servant, was taken by Don LeBrun. He looked, acted and talked like a real-for-sure plantation servant. He experienced some difficulty, however, in bowing gracefully, owing to the fact that Johnny Baumgartner’s evening suit fit a little too snug. Miles Baker, who impersonated Uncle Tom easily won his audience and caused no end

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THE TIME OF HIS LIFE