Cochran Junior High School - Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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COCHRAN AERIAL There was a lad who played the cornet, And he always chewed some gum, But the one who played the loudest Was the kid who beat the drum! Oh! he was so very active CPD, Though the others did their best, VVhen he banged it you could scarcely Hear the playing of the rest. 'Till at last he so upset them, It was more than they could stand, For this drummer's noisy drumming Drowned out Cochran's splendid ba1 d DAVID Homes, vm. Loi JOKE COMMITTEE The Joke Committee for this Annual was composed of the follow- ing pupils: Clifford Ream, Clinton Morgan, Louise Thiele, James Hughes, Margaret Stewart, a11d Frank Statler. These pupils collected the jokes scattered through the advertising section. i DRAMATICS IN COCHRAN The ability of the Cochran students to act was never so well dis- played as during this year. The organization of clubs helped to for- ward Dramatics. At this time the Junior and Senior Dramatics Clubs were formed. Since that time, the Civics and History and Enghsh classes have given numerous plays, likewise, even the Model Apart- ment girls have taken to Dramatics. On the following pages you will find a list of plays which were presented during the year. This does not include the Spring Commencement play, since the cast of charac- ters had not been selected when this Year Book went to press. School Bonds A group of Term V pupils under the direction of Miss Culler gave a one-act play for Assembly on October 21. The play was en- titled School Bonds, and was outlined by Garnet Edmiston, a pupil in the Social Science class, a11d contains three scenes. The act which was given by the class was a schoolroom scene in which Ruth Crissey acted as teacher. Dorothy Ressler, Hilda 'Teitlebaum, Garnet Edmis- ton, Ernest Rodgers, Julia Putorek, Josephine Flenner, Mary Ellen Bennett, Marie Barber, Anna Jones, Hulda Jones, Caddie Costlow, Helen Glessner, Viola Neff, Robert Royston, Fred Livingstone, Wil- liam Kreiger, Beula Swartz and Josephine May were the leading pupils in Miss Crissey's class. They took a lively part in discussions on the bond issue campaign, gave recitations, read original poems, and sang original songs. The whole performance was a credit both to the class and to Miss Culler. Persuading the Baker Family In Assembly, October the twenty-eighth, the Junior Dramatics Club, sponsored by Miss Keim, gave a play called Persuading the Baker Family. It was an act of modern times, taking place in.the Baker living room. The play was introduced by Mildred Louther, club president. The characters were: Jean, the seventeen-year-old daughter, an accomplished pianist, Louise Bodeng Grandmother, Janet Loutherg Mrs. Baker, Helen Reese: Mr. Baker, Maxine Gundaker: Uncle Jim, Marion Nicholson, Bob Baker, Martha Mytong Betty Baker, Sara Suppes. Ctwenty threej

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COCHRAN AERIAL Bob and Betty had an argument about their School Bond Issue posters. They both agreed to use them to good advantage by exhibit- ing them to the rest of the family and persuading them to vote for the School Bond Issue. History Play Our weekly Assembly, held Wednesday, November 11, featured an Armistice Day program. Under the directions of Miss Standish, a Term I History class gave a history play. The following pupils took part: Revolutionary'soldiers-Dick jones and Donald Lenhart, Civil War soldiers-Ralph Sharp, Walter Wolford, Richard Meyersg poem, Catherine Torrg VVorld War soldiers-Glenn Kuhn and Harold Iacquesg Red Cross nurse, Catherine Nadrashg girls in song-Margaret Varner, Margaret Berkey, Ruth Ickes, Ruth Meyers, Mary Hamonko. These pupils helped to convey to us the spirit of Armistice Day. Birds' Christmas Carol The last Wednesday before our vacation we had areal Christmas Assembly. Some members of Miss Neary's English class gave the dramatic version of Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wig- gins. As a prelude to the play, a boys' choir directed by Miss Keim sang Holy Night. After that Eileen Mahan recited a poem inter- preting the first act. The boys' choir responded. with Angels from the Realms of Glory. The members of the cast were: The Bird Family- Carol ......................... .... V enora Uphouse Uncle Jack .. ...... John Wesner Mr. Bird .... Curtis Henning Mrs. Bird .......... Elfrida Clifford ........... The butler ................. The Ruggles in the Rear- Mrs. Ruggles ......... Sara Maud .......... Peter ........ Perria .... Kitty ..... Clement .................................. Cornelius ................................. . . . . .Dorothy Ressler ... .Hilda Teitlebaum ' .... Lincoln Sawyer ....Josephine Guzik ....Jane Morissey ... ......Gus Gleason . . . . . . . .Edna Snyder Mary Louise Owings ........James Custer ...........Ray Dyer Larry ............................................ George Davis During the intermission between the acts, the student body, led by the choir, sang Christmas carols. Before We left the auditorium, we all had the real Christmas spirit, The graduating class of 19255 presented this play on the night of their Commencement. The characters interpreted their parts very successfully under the direction of Miss Moses. The Song of Hiawatha Scene I-Hiawathals childhood. Scene II-Hiawatha's adoption into the Ojibway Tribe. Scene IH-Hiawatha starts on his wooing. Scene IV-Hiawatha's wooing. Scene V-The famine. Scene VI-Hiawatha's departure to the Blessed Islands. CAST OF CHARACTERS Reader ............................................. Margaret Berry Hiawatha, as a child ........................... Hiawatha, Chief of the Ojibway Tribe .... Nokomis, grandmother of Hiawatha Arrow-maker, of the Dacotah Tribe ..... Minnehaha, daughter of Arrow-maker ..... Ctwenty liveJ .. ....... Paul Gogel . . . . .Anna Gohn . . . .Fern Weaver . . . .Warren Shaver . . . . .Phyllis Wright