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

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WORTH WHILE It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, Who had no strength for the strife, The world's highway is cumbered to-dayg They make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion, And the sorrow that hides in a smile, It is these that are worth the homage on earth For we find them but once in a while. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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D R A M A P.I C S TI-DE CARIDINAL DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatic Club of C. P. H. S. met to organize on September 16. The following officers were elected to serve for the year: President ---- Ruth Ellen Carlon Vice President - - - Wayne Newlin Secretary and Treasurer - - - Edith Dippel The members met again in September and decided to hold tryouts for new members. As a result of the tryouts, nine people were voted into our club, giving us a total of twenty members for the year. At Christmas time a special meeting was held. Each club member had the privilege of bringing a guest if he so desired. The recreation was in charge of a committee composed of Mary Ellen Alt, Jack Brown and Benjamin Feller. One could hear the expressions of delight as the presents were opened. Refreshments were served by the committee. Throughout the year we have held bi-monthly meetings in the Eng- lish room. The varied programs have created much enthusiasm and inter- est. Each member has been given a cance to show his special abilities at some time during the year. The main projects of the year were the dramatic contests. Every member with the exception of four was required to give some type of dramatic reading. A pre-local contest, judged by Mrs. Doenier and Mrs. Shaw, was held at the school. From this contest three contestants in each division were chosen to go to the Methodist Church. The decision of the judges gave Benjamin Feller first in Orationsg Wilma Bauer, first in Orig- inal Orationsg Stephanie Yabsley, first in Dramaticsg Eva Jean Freidinger, first in Humorousg and Mary Ellen Alt, first in Extemporaneous. These people went to the County Contest at Loda and brought home honors in each division that they entered. Stephanie Yabsley received first in Drama- ticsg Eva Jean Freidinger and Mary Ellen Alt were awarded second placeg while Wilma Bauer and Benjamin Feller placed third. Another project entered into this year by the club was the one act play, entitled, Which is the Way to Boston the cast was as follows: John Harvey - - A retired farmer - - Gilbert Brenner Martha Harvey - - His wife - - Iva Jean Schmidt Chris Harvey - - His nephew - - Benjamin Feller Mary Harvey - - - Chris' wife - - - Mary Ellen Alt The contest was held at Gilman on April 18 and the above group placed fifth. The Buckley group placed first.

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ATHLETICS