Cerro Gordo High School - Gordian Yearbook (Cerro Gordo, IL)

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0 19' :ls- u N4 THE CAST i H. Crisrnan, F. Adams, J. Parkhursf, M, Crowe, M. Mccum, R. WolTf, M. Edgecornb, W. Horlon. E, Arnold, N. Sealon, W. Hendricks, F. Tendiclc, Spcnsor, J. Tyler, M. MerriTT, E. Poberfs. We gay dogs oT The drama diTTer Trom oTher groups in ThaT we have no permanenT organizaTion. When The need Tor drama arises, a Troupe OT us ioin in Toilsome eTTorT Tor Tour weelcs and give our all so ThaT on The crucial nighT we can give a perTormance worThy oT our arTisTic TalenTs. To ours and everyone's amazemenT, we do bring glory To our arT in spiTe of TorgoTTen lines, misplaced musTachios, and padded Torsos. Do you recall The Gay DecepTion, whose casT appears here pic- Torially? The iuniors gave us an enjoyable sTory aT misTalcen idenTiTy wiTh maids and chauTTeurs running haywire and a bearded buTler aTTempTing To reTrieve The shaTTered Tamily TorTunes. Loolcin' Lovely, The all-school play, gave Emily, DoroThy, Lucille, EdiTh, Meryll, Mary Alice, KenneTh, l-larlow, Ed, l-loward, Lawrence, and Wayne Tull scope Tor Their un- doubTed Tlair Tor dramaTics. Campus QuaranTine, The senior play, gave promise oT even greaTer hisTrionic arT. No menTion oT drama can omiT The baclcsTage crew, oT whom Wilbur is King, nor oT Miss Tendiclc and Miss Douglass, who served as slave drivers or inspiraTions, depending on The poinT aT view. Feeling ThaT our producTions speak Tor Themselves, we modesTly re- Train Trom TurTher commenT on our selT-evidenT achievemenTs. 28

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We Domeslic Damsels fhink if exfremely apropos fhaf courses such as Marriage as a Career and fhe Care and Feeding of l-lusbands have grown popular in our leading insfifufions of higher learning. Whaf has become good enough for fhe collegians has been good enough for us many a year now. So, along wifh fhem, we hope by cook or by crook fo reach perfecfion in fhe realm of fhe beanery and fhe seamery. This year has been a busy one. For us l-lomecoming meanf floaf, popcorn, and faffy apples: fhe ofher feafures faded info nofhing while we exerfed arfisfic and culinary efforfs. And our samples musf have pleased, for we were called upon fo concocf and serve a banquef for fhe Okaw Valley coaches and principals. To show our versafilify we spon- sored a sfyle show of lovely ladies and gorgeous gowns, presenfed fhrough fhe courfesy of Block and Kuhl's in Decafur. Our personal creafions would have done quife as well, buf modesfy forbade our using fhem for display. As fhe final splurge of fhe year we enferfained af fhe annual Mofher- Daughfer Banquef where simplicify of dress served fo offsef fhe elabo- rafeness of our hospifalify in bofh decorafion and cuisine. Now we can look back wifh amusemenf on such minor domesfic froubles as soapy grapes. Our blisfers have disappeared and our pricked fingers have healed. We are well groomed, well-fed, and well clofhed - and, need we add, -well-pleased wifh ourselves. , Mefzger, Efnoyer, Sfeele, Doane, Lanier, Gass, Malloy, R. Crow, E. Chapman, Secrefary and Treasurer, Vulgarnolf, Nix, Burch, Van Horn, Blair, Cochran, E. Born. Brooks, l-liser, Dobson, Rader, Tirey, Wolff, Mecum, Cornell, Snoke, E. Jones, Cox, Good, W. Dobson, Moore, Taylor, Presidenf, Blick. Shaddock, Severns, Halcorn, Warfield, Cragf, Hlwierriff, Myers, Seafon, O'field, Chapman, Clow, Soran, ur. d Ad A . O CF, VISOV' H. Jones, 'Rucker, Donovan, Baker, Robinson, Turney, Diffarnore, Ashenleller, L. Dobson, Campbell, A. Born, Marvin, Walker. COSTUMES BY--- ALMS

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WhaT a marvelous Thing o bond isl lT holds wiThin iTselT nearly every Tone Trom The deepesT rumble oT The bass and The cool, TloaTing Tone oT The cIorine+ To The peneTraTing coll oT The TluTe and The scream oT The piccolo. The band room is a caldron oT sound: a honlc oT a saxophone blasTs Through The wailings oT The clarineTs while The TrumpeTs laboriously climb The chromaTic scale: a roll on The snare, a beaT oT The bass drum and a sharp command oT lnsTrumenTs aT resT, soTTens iT inTo a buzz oT voices and a scraping oT chairs. The baTon is poised in mid-air waiTing Tor The Tallc To cease. Whiz! Down comes The baTon. A roar oT quarTer noTes and half noTes are Thrown TogeTher like Mulligan sTew. No, No! ThaT's noT The way. May l have your aTTenTion? l.isTenl lT goes lilce This: clarineTs, one-ee-and-a, Two-ee-and-a-and The resT oT you brass people are iusT The background. All righT, sTarT aT number 27-To where The Trombones come in, and, Kenny, give me a beaT on The boss drum in The TourTh measure. and l wonTo1 big cymbal crash. Brr-There goes The bell and we mill ouT To our second hour classes wiTh The oTT said buT soon Tor- goTTen, Don'T TorgeT To puT your music away. And so, liTTle Tunes are manuTacTured and merrily senT swinging Their way inTo everyday liTe. Z Frydenger, Bell, Dobson, Baker, Krall, Adams, Troxel, ChrisTner, Hiser, SheeTs, Fyd ger, Van Horn, Robinson, Derr, Dickey, Schiff, WrighThouse, Tirey, Reeves. Leach, E. Chapman, Parkhursf, Holcomb, Remmers, Snoke, M. Hiser, E. Chapman, Pollard, Myers, ETn y D. Chapman, R. Chapman, M. Mecurn, Warfield, Burch, D. Dobson, Kepley, Adv. Born, Grove, M. Mecum, Dickson, HuTfingTon, Veech, K. Bell, Crowe. SCUND EFFECTS 29