College of San Mateo - Campus Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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35 The CAMPUS 1 1930 unimmiu iunniiuajuinuniuv mu nuumvlmniunuumimunimmmj:ummmimnimjmmuuuunmuuiummf 4 .. trains . . .Ruth Cummings and Marie Cheney. Two anarchists . . . an inter- esting pair . . . at once violent, rash and determined, yet oddly philosophic. Fred De Brutz as Dr. Fellman . . . and Wztlter Schultz as Laker . . . assisting all these, Tom Ambrose, jack Leutsinger, and Brant Bernhard. Dazzling costumes . . . silks, satins and laces adorning the ladies . . . the gentlemen glittering with medals, gold braid, and flashing swords! Intrigue . . . treaties . . . guns . . . intrigue . . . parley . . . bombs . . . intrigue! Thrilling moments . . . Phipps and the king playing checkers . . . someone coming! . . . checkers ditched . . . Phipps' nose in the air . . . the lovers discovered . . . How long has this been going on? . . . King Eric to the fore . . . a little king with a big will . . . assumes the reins. Disrupture of the household . . . distupture of the state! A court wedding . . . with all the trappings . . . splendid array . . . every- body happy! Presiding Deus ex machina . . . Miss Donna Davis. Myrna Bearce, and the Art Club . . . creators of attractive settings and lighting ehfects . . . atmosphere! THE GREEN GODDESSH March . . . The Green Goddessl' . . . mystery . . . romance . . . suspense . . , thrills! A merciless, sardonic, suave Hindu rajah . . . Cecil Edney . . . a difficult rolehandled in a masterful, subtly humorous manner. A jealous, inebriate husband . . . Bob Shuey. A wife, cool' in the face of danger, lovely, digni- fied, restrained . . . Virginia Bennett. A lover, calm, dependable, delibe- rate, brave . . . Earl Marsh. A villainous butler . . . Bill jackson . . . gales of laughter resulting from cockney interpretation. Lieutenant Catdew to ,the rescue, young and brave . . . Tom Ambrose. A fanatical high priest . . .Brij Bagai. A lot of mean-looking fellows, the tajah's bodyguard . . . really only Maurie Baldwin, Everett Mahlsted, jack Leutzinger, Frank Henrotte, Ernie Salzmann, and Charles Blanfordg the ayah, Wzttkiiis' f in a manner of speakin,' sir j wife . . . Ruth Bettleheim, the majordomo . . . Jordan Graneg hill people the superstitious natives . . . Barbara Button, Genevieve Gnott, Frank Olmo, Nate Magid, and Harry Miller. Three people in a tight situation . . . Major Crespin fthe husbandj, Lucilla fthe wifej, and Dr. Traherne fthe loverj . . . lost in the wilds of the Hima- layas . . . captured by the relentless Rajah of Rukh . . . a rajah with the poise of a lord and the heart of a fiend . . . their airplane wrecked . . . no way of escape . . . their lives to be sacrificed to the Green Goddess in return for the lives of the rajah's three brothers, being executed by the English . . . no bribes, no pleas avail . . . the rajah remains adamant. A ray of hope . . . the wireless! . . . a desperate chance . . . desperate measures . . . action . . . climax . . . anti-climax . . . the whirr of airplanes overhead . . . saved. Those breathless moments! . . . the flash of a gun . . . the rajah's sardonic laugh, full of meaning . . . a smothered scream . . . a rush from behind, a gasp, and silence . . . the thud of a falling body . . . An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth-a life for a life . . . I have it! Yes, by jupiter, I have ir!

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SAN MATEO JUNIOR COLLEGE S7 Qnee1z'.r H7l.fbd77lll' P29 f CDramatic5 f 310 PURPLE patch in the history of the San Mateo junior College . . . beautiful lighting . . . colorful sets . . . musical intervals . . . soft murmurings, Miss Beveridge, a discerning director . . . per- formance an interesting interpretation . . . enthusiastic San Francisco news- paper reviews. Y THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND A gentle king and a selfwilled queen . . . revolution . . . romance . . . humor . . . irony . . . pathos. King Eric, quiet, firm, unassuming, full of dry Wit, hen- pecked. . . . Red' Cosgrave. Queen Martha . . . beautiful . . . lproud . . . majestic . . . sweeping . . . ambitious . . . Ardine Otts. A strong supporting cast . . . Phipps, the kings valet, powdered hair, snobbish nose, accom- modating at checkers . . . Dale Kearns. Lord Bitton, suave . . . dissembling . . , the perfect diplomat . . . Byron Goodman. The militaristic General Northrup . . . head of the king's forces . . . Larry Hill. Prince William . . . the weak . . . the despicable . . . the undesirable suitor . . . Queen Martha's choice for her daughter's hand . . . Dick Hoag. The young lovers . . . the sweet and lovely Princess Ann . . . Betty Blodgett . . . and the handsome secretary . . . jerry Towne . . . a princess and a commoner . . . the course of true love. Two charming ladies-in-waiting . . . resplendent in velvet robes and Howing

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-X okfpy SAN MATEO JUNIOR Co1.LEG13 S 89 nuummunmumnlummfIlininmuulmxnunnnmuIInmumunnumunn nu suulnuunmm unumn , flue Greer! Cradderr' UW-WVU WV' ' ' o'U2. ORDS that we remember . . . Tykes the cyke, sirl' . . . Ugive my love to the children . . . a damned nuisance, anyway! More atmosphere! Effective impressionistic settings . . . thanks to Miss Davis, Myrna Bearce, and the Art Club, excellent lighting effects, especially green ones . . . thanks to Carl Metz, realistic wireless display . . . thanks to the Radio Club, a wierd Green Goddess . . . designed and painted by Vernon Kisner. USECOND CHILDI-toon ' t May . . . and Second Childhoodf' . . . farce comedy by Zellah Covington and jules Simonton . . . winding up the season with a bang, and sending us off to Hnals with a smile! . . . the kind of a play that draws the laughs, the guffaws and the roars! Moth-balls and chocolates . . . old men and babies . . . the Elixir of Youth . . . misunderstanding . . . ghosts . . . frenzy . . . hilarity! Professor Relyea, inventor of the long-sought elixir of youth . . . discovered after years of patient research . . . Professor Relyea, father of Sylvia . . . Profes- sor Relyea,earnest,enthusiastic,unsophisticated,impractical,absorbed in science . . . played by Earl Roudag Phil, his young assistant, boyish, naive, the pro- fessor's ardent champion, and Sylviafs ardent sweetheart . . . John Butler, Sylvia, wistful, sweet, hopeful, and lovable . . . Kathryn Brown, the General, retired, rich, and middle-aged, who will pay the professor's debts in return for his daughter's hand in marriage . . . Dale Kearns in another character role,