Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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,E, ---- ... - Q in K. GAB SESSION! STARS DANCE IN THE SKY ROOM DHS PLAYERS With knocking knees and pounding heart, Mr. Medley waited. He glanced nervously about the room. Seated near him were a mix- ture of freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, all waiting to try out for membership in the D. H. S. Players. He was especially anxious to make good because he knew that the Players, ably di- rected by Miss Mary Miller, were one of the most active and enjoya- ble organizations of the school. Not only does the club sponsor a number of dances each year, but it also holds the only Alumni Ban- quet given by a school organization. These banquets are given every year at Christmas time and are looked forward to by both high school and college students. Each year outstanding members of the club receive member- ships to the National Thespian Society, an honorary organization for high school dramatists. The club sponsors one major production during the school year, usually a three-act play. At the bi-monthly meetings, the club is entertained by groups of members who present one-act plays. It is through these plays that experience is gained which qualifies mem- bers for parts in the big play . Needless to say, Mr. Medley survived tryouts and was made a member of the club. At the first meeting he met the officers and the members of the cabinet as pictured in the upper left hand corner of the page. The officers are: president, Phil Erickson, vice-pres- ident, Nancy Jo Rameyg secretary-treasurer, Jean Randolph, play critic, Bette Skinner, and play manager, Ted Gilleland. Other members of the cabinet are: Program Committee, Phil Erickson, chairman, Don Collins, Ada Jane Jones, Alice Arnold. Social committee, Nancy Jo Ramey, chairman, Barbara Lesch, Jack McKenna, Phyllis Cast, Bart Scott. MSorapbook and Records com- mittee, Jean Rand lph, chairman 3 Bernice Hutner, Tom Cavanaugh, Mary Robertson, Rob Erskine. Play Manager and Committee, Ted Gilleland, Eunice Jensen, BilliBishop, Jackie Shell, Margaret Dixon. Play Critic and committee, Bette Skinner, Joan Crist, Julian Bow- ers, Jean Holmes,'Bill Barker. Play chairmen are Betty Steely, Lu Anne Brown, Marjorie Myers, Billie Hall, Virginia Reese, Eileen Shepard, Dick Kilgore, Jim Bost, Waiter Lindley, Art Hall, Chuck Swisher, and Jack Hasch. N r GO AWAY! GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE I JANEY BROWN, THIS IS MY PAL, ROGER WILSON L J

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Big 12 activities also attracted Mr. Medley's eye in the spring. Among the activities that come at that time of the school year, Big 12 literary activities were among the outstanding. Among the literary numbers which had representatives were ora- torical declamation, original oratory, dramatic reading, comedy reading, verse reading, and varsity debate. Of cours-e, there were always the Big 12 music activities, which included large repre- sentative groups from vocal and orchestral departments of all the schools in the conference. All in all, Big 12 Spring Confer- ences were som-ething to look forward to. Big 12 Inter-Class Debates Mr. Medley found that anyone in high school could try out for Interclass Debate early in the second semester of each year. The finals of these debates were always held in the auditorium before an assembly of the entire student body. An appropriate subject for debate was always used, and in the year 1940 the sub- ject was The Future of America fEconomics, Educational, Mili- tary, and Politicalj . The freshman team was composed of Mary Ann Terry and Bob Poisallg the sophomores included Bob Furste and Barbara Meadeg the junior team was Jeanine Moore and Bob Hasch, and the seniors were represented by Walter Lindley and Lowell Perry. The winning Senior Class team was presented the silver cup, on which their names were engraved. This was al- ways one of the biggest occasions of the school year.

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JANEY'S ONE-TRACK ' MIND The Dramatic Club production for 1940 was Janey's One- Track Mind . This sparkling new play, written by Dorothy Ben- nett and Link Hannah, was the story of Janey Brown, a sweet serious-minded young lady of eighteen, who came to live with her brother, George, and his lovely wife, Muriel. Convinced that she could not find a job in the city, Janey decided to marrv Martin Richardson, a wealthy advertising executive, and to attain this end, she enrolled in a glamour school, along with several other neighborhood girls. However, she met a local boy, Stuart Hunter, whose business was raising rabbits, and became fond of him, but was determined to put him out of her mind so that she could concentrate upon her pursuit of Mr. Richardson. Her glamour was so completely successful that it surpassed her wild- est dreams when Stuart and Mr. Richardson both fell in love with her. When Tommy Meyers, boy-friend of the Browns' maid. Alice, accidentally set Stuart's rabbit farm on fire, Janev realized that a rich husband wasn't the most important thing in the world, and she turned to Stuart, much to that young man's gratification. THE CAST Janey Brown ........ ..............o,................. Muriel Brown ,,....... ..... . .. George Brown ......... Bummy Post ........, Mrs. Post .......,.,. Alice Harvey ........ Stuart Hunter ......... Roger Wilson .,..,..o... Annabelle Wilson ...... Tommy Meyers ........ Camilla Gibson ..i..... Luella Smith ............ Myra Edwards ........ Kate Donovan ,,.....i. Nancy Jo Ramey ......Frances Bills ..........Jack Hasch .....Virginia Dodd ..........Jean Randolph ........Mary Robertson ...........Bob Erskine .....o....Bill Bishop ........Betty Steely ........Charles Swisher ..........Joan Randolph .Dorothy Lindley ...Mary Matthius .......Virginia Reese Honey Bates ................... ....,.,..,.. B etty Orr Martin Richardson ........... ..,..,.., P hil Erickson State Trooper Harrity ........ .....,........ J im Bost SCHOOL FOR GLAMOURH WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS-WELL-JANEY'S BEEN ON MY MIND DID PRECIOUS-WECIOUS TEAR HER I WISH WE COULD DANCE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME 25 EVENING GOWN AW-READY? g