Cissna High School - Review Yearbook (Cissna Park, IL)

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OE. lllD. GE. lltlll. S. LATIN CLUB PLAYS GETTIN' ACQUAINTED Cast of Characters Jane Steward fa spinsterj .................... ---Viola Freidinger Priscilla Steward ther sister, also a spinsterl .... ...... E rma Landes John Purdy fa wooer for fifteen yearsj ........ ---Henry Aeschliman Synopsis Considering fifteen years long enough for anyone to become acquainted Jane Steward, one of two spinsters who have been courted by John Purdy, decides, as he calls one evening, that he must choose one. When told, John becomes flustered and proposes to Jane. He really loves Priscilla, who Jane says will marry Bill Martin, a dude. Angered by this statement, John immediately drops Jane and proposes to Priscilla, who bashfully accepts. MARRYING O'FF FATHER Sue Robbins fthe sworn enemy of stepmothersj ---- ---- D ixie Schmidt Alda Sayles Qthe Robbins family advisorl ---------- ---- L avonne Carlon Christopher Robbins, Kit fSue's younger brotherh ---- ---- A rthur Bauer Mrs. Finley fa candidate for matrimonyj ---------- ----- M ildred Doan Floyd Robbins fSue's older brotherl ------------ ---- L ester Kogler Hilary Robbins fan attractive pater-familiasl ------------ Aubrey Morton Synopsis Sue, Floyd and Kit Robbins are greatly agitated over their father, a widower contemplating a second marriage. He is about to be captured by a clever widow and they learn that she is to arrive that evening. Sue tries to invent some tale to break the match when father appears telling that Mrs. Major can't come. He also tells his children that he never had in- tended to marry her but, instead, he introduces Alda Sayles, their dead mother's cousin, as their future stepmother. The children accept her with good grace. NOT QUITE SUCH A GOOSE Cast of Characters Mrs.'Bell fa happy motherj ------------------- ---------- E thel Salmon Albert Bell ther seventeen-year-old sonl ---- ----- D elbert Pendergrast Sylvia Bell fher daughterl ------------- ------ F rances Rothery Philip Flick QSylvia's sweetheartl -------- ------- W illis Yergler Hazel Henderson CSylvia's friendl ----------------------- Helen Koester Synopsis Albert Bell comes home incensed with baseball. Sylvia, his sister, has invited Hazel Henderson for dinner. Philip, Sylvia's fiance, plans to see a show with them and they ask Albert to go. He protests that he doesn't care for girls or shows. When Hazel arrives, Albert is alone to welcome her and is dazzled by her. Sylvia comes in and he retreats to dress. She calls a neighbor to go, but the bewildered Albert, confessing that he was cnly kidding, persuades her that he wants to take Hazel. 'E new..

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ll3. llll ill, llill. OPERETTA Cast Mynheer Hertogenbosch, rich Holland Farmer .... .... C hester Hofman Vrouw Hertogenbosch, his wife ................ .... V elma Freidinger Wilhelmina, their daughter .................. ........... E va Brown Hilda, their daughter ............. ........... E thel Salmon Bob Yankee, American salesman ..... .... D elbert Pendergrast Hans, student of music ........... ......... D ale Zbinden Franz, rich farmer's son ........ ...... R alph Schmidt Katrina, rich farmer's daughter .... .... W ilma Brown Chorus of Farmers' Daughters. Chorus of Workhands. Synopsis Bob Yankee, a drummer from America, tries to get Mynheer Hertogen- bosch to tear down the Hertogenbosch mill and put in electric machinery. While he is there he falls in love with Wilhelmina, who rejects him for Hans, a musician. Hilda hears the story of the Spider and the Fly and tells Franz, who is in love with her, that he is a little ily. He starts going with the other girls to make her jealous. The Vrouw finds out the plan of tearing down the mill, the mill hands strike, the Vrouw strikesg the daughters strike-3 strikes--and Hertogenbosch is out. Hans receives a letter from a music publishing house in London offering him a large sum of money for his songs. This makes possible the realization of his dreams, as well as the winning of Wilhelmina's hand, and the old mill remains standing. The operetta was given under the supervision of the three teachers, Miss Brown, who accompanied the songsg Miss Norman, who coached the acting, and Mr. Anderson, Who directed the singing. Before the operetta several numbers were given, including a saxophone trio by Eva Brown, Nellie Sites and Wilbur Cluverg a humorous reading by Viola Freidinger, entitled Naughty Zell , and a song, Dunderbach's Ma- chine, by Edmund Salmon. The Orchestra and Boys' Quartet also gave several selections. The operetta was very well attended and was certainly a success. l57l 9 'f.2'1fi3'V!l!5'

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,.,.,,, 7- li J 'li 'U li 3 N lf! 1 I 'I' :fn i STAFF DELBERT PENDERGRAST ...,.. .... S port Editor WILMA BROWN M...,...M... .... M usic Editor JUDITH AESCHLIMAN .... ..... S ociety Editor ORIN RICHOZ ....,..r.r. .......... A rt Editor RUBY KING ........,.. ..r........... C alendar Editor WILBUR CLUVER ..... ...o....-.,....... S enior Editor VELMA FREIDINGER ...... Literary and Dramatics Editor WALTER BARTH ...... --i- ........... Snap Shot Editor EVA BROWN ........-... ................. J oke Edltor ARTHUR FREIDINGER ...... Assistant Business Manager RALPH SCHMIDT ..................... Business Manager I ROMA DRYDEN ......................... Editor-in-Chief WILLIAM FARNSWORTH ....... Assistant Editor-in-Chief ,fi l59j ,ffl I I Qu, may W Us