Cogswell Polytechnical College - Cogswell Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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92 TI-IE cooswi-ati, Uhr Qlnllrge Q-'vvninr As soon as we came back to school last july to begin our senior year, we commenced thinking about our Senior Farce. Of course we always planned to have something out of the ordinary and it also had to be some- thing exceptionally good. Finally, at the beginning of our last term, the Senior Farce Committee was appointed. Now our brains were put to work selecting a play. 'We read all kinds of plays, but could come to no decision. Finally, we eliminated all but two plays and lastly selected The College Senior as the Cogswell Senior Farce. After the choice of the play, the selection of characters followed, and with the aid of Miss Grinnell the cast very capable cast. With the selection rehearsal-began. For four weeks the ticed every day. They even spent all hearsal. At last, after many hours of committee succeeded in selecting a of the cast the real work-that of thirteen members of the cast prac- day Monday, February 23d, in re- hard work, and with the unfailing help of our coaches-Miss Grinnell, Miss Chubb and Miss Foulk- The College Senior was produced in the Cogswell Auditorium on Friday even- ing, March 6, l9l4, and from all sides we received nothing but praise and congratulations for our success. ' The first act of the play showed the interior of the Eat-it-Here lunch- room of which Mr. Gordon Wainsvriglit was the proprietor. Violet, the cashier, was sitting at her cash register, while Mike, the chef, was behind the counter awaiting the breakfast crowd. This crowd, composed of 'fPug Collins, Duffy Duffield and Meade, soon entered and were busy eating when Perry Spencer, a snob, entered. Mr. Beane, a clumsy Freshman, then appeared, bringing a letter for Spencer. Spencer read the letter with an exclamation of disgust, and when asked what the trouble was said that his sister, Gertrude, was bringing a certain girl, Mary VVhite, popularly known as a lemon, to the Senior hop that night and that he had to find an escort for her. f'Pug Collins suggested that he take her himself, but Spencer absolutely refused to do this, saying that he was going to take Eleanor Forbes, a wealthy Southern girl. After a short discussion, Spencer decided to ask VVainwright, the proprietor, to take her. Wainwriglit at first refused to go, but after some coaxing decided to consider the plan. Meade then went to the door and as he saw a thunderstorm approaching asked Spencer to take the boys over to the college in his machine. The storm was raging at its height and 'Wainwright was just remark- ing: Gee! but this is a storm, when Eleanor Forbes entered and asked if she might stay in there out of the rain. Gf course she was granted permission to stay and a great affection immediately sprang up between the two. They soon became so absorbed in a conversation that neither noticed when it stopped raining. Finally, Eleanor said she was afraid she must go, but before going she asked Wainwriglit if he were going to the Senior hop that evening. Wain-

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FRED GIBBONS, Vice-President MILDRED WILLIAMS, Secretary ROBERT DUNCAN, President - LINCOLN JOHNSON, Treasurer ROLAND GATE, Yell-Leader

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