Cumnock School - Chronicle Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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lShe puts hand to head, but it would take more than that to make her think.l Hermes: lCee, that hour went fastll The time has come for your decision. State your mind with some precision. Daughter: Tell that wicked Romeo that I shall never, never go. Hermes: O.K. me proud beauty, I will go. Here he comes. I told you so. Zeus lswaggering inl : Women, women, pray come hither. Why are you in such a dither? Mama Hooking at him closely. Aha! She recognizes her long lost husbandl Wife deserterl So you're back. Zeus, my eyel I call you jack. Zeus: You! OIympus4Hades-Gee! ls it my loving wife I see? My love, l've searched the world for you, Honest Injun, through, and through. Mama: Speak no more those horrid lies-I see through you and your dis- guise. Zeus: Ah my wife, just hear my story, then share with me my present glory. jack I was, Zeus I am now. As a ruler, I'm a wow. The former Zeus to rule wa'nt fitten. lYou look as young as ever, Kitten.I Mama: And why, I pray, did you call my darling daughter from the hall? Zeus: Aw, I was gonna marry her off to a handsome gentleman up aIof'. Mama: Whom would you have my daughter wed? I'Il know before the banns are said. Zeus: Angel, you may pick the one. Won't that be a lot of fun? Mama: lln stage whisperl Now I'll always have my way. This, I guess, is my heyday. ' Zeus: lAsidel Now I guess she knows who's boss. I'll have no more of HER apple sauce. Daughter: lln a raucous voicel Mother, Father, listen here, your ideas are awfully queer. Things aint what they used to be in Greece in I94O B.C. You can't choose my future spouse, but you CAN buy us a house. If you- IZeus falls prostrate to the left, Mama falls prone to the right. Daughter sings The Last Round-up , and the curtain takes a tumble.I I38

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ITHE following piece of litacher is lovingly dedicated to our high- brow readers, if any.l FRIED IN GREECE By Carol Hover , Place: Greece lLook at the title, yuh nitwit.l Scene: A grove ltrees to youl. Characters: Daughter, just elected Miss Greece of l92I, B.C. Mama, who is all a-flutter. Zeus, the old reprobate! Hermes, a stooge. Daughter: Oh mama, mama, aint it great, or is it just a streak of Fate That I've been chosen Greece's cutie? I must try not to be snooty. Mama: You're not only Greece's cutie, but you are my pride and beauty. But oh, if Zeus should hear about you, and think that he can't do with- out you! Daughter: Oh but mamma, I won't go. Mama: When he comes, I'll tell him so. Daughter: What's that? A wind comes through the trees. It's so cold it shakes my knees. IKnees rattlel Mama: l hope it's not that wic-ked god. Don't you speak: don't even nod. Daughter: Mamma, mamma, it is Hermes. Thought he'd been eaten up by wormies. Mama: He stops. My man, pray say your piece. Or better, ere you've started, cease. Hermes: I bear a message from my master. No one else could bring it faster. Mama lOpens message. It turns out to be Western Union Form I I75l. It says Olympus needs you now. Baby, come and take a bow. Daughter: I will never be his moll: he shall not be my downfall! Hermes: An hour and l'Il come back to you for your answer. Tootle-oo. Daughter: Mother, I shall never leave you. It would break my heart to grieve you. Mama: An hour we have to make our mind up. 'Tis the last, the final wind-up. Daughter: Let us think. Let us think. Let us find the missing link. I37

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THE CUMNOCK SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION, HIGH SCHOOL, FACULTY, IUNIOR COLLEGE, GLEE CLUB, AND MECHANICAL STAFF Present An Operetta in Forty-three acts by Rotciv Trebreh WABCOCK'S WERMIFUGE Cyrano de Bergerac - Oliver Twist - - Dracula ---- The Frankenstein Monster The Vamp of Prague - Pan ----- The Woman in Red - Madame X - - Henry VI II - Blue Beard - Hamlet -. Gambarelli - Robin Hood - Cupid ---- Lady Godiva lwith wigl CAST Scenery, costumes, lighting, drops make-up, and everything by Tom Conners Russell Robbins Cutler Huebener Elliott Hensel Duane Thompson Lillian Collins - Mrs. Hovey - Rose Shnell Freddy joseph - Bill Flanders - - Dave Fry Donald Green Hannah Maullin Mr. Woodworth - Phil Hensley jimmy Weaver 139