Dysart High School - Oracle Yearbook (Dysart, IA)

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Eggiy... .............El B. El............. .ggiazg Suphnmnre Glass 131-ngram The Class of '24 started a new tradition when it gave a play, Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago, for the purpose of raising money for the class treasury. The stage was furnished as an old-fashioned schoolroom. All who took part in the play were dressed in old-fashioned costumes. The school-master with his swallow-tailed coat and large dark-rimmed glasses was Reginald Sturtz. The women visitors wore long, full dresses and were very stuck up. An over- dressed child was exceedingly mischievous. The skewl committee with their rubber boots and stove pipe hats acted as if they knew more than the master. The school children with their aprons and ragged overalls were ready to give some bright answer to every question. The play consisted of two scenes. The first one was devoted to recitations. For some lessons, as the spelling match, the visitors were teachers. The second scene was a program given by the pupils of long ago to entertain the all-day visitors. The program consisted of singing and recitations. ln addition to having had the honor of starting something, the class earned a goodly sum of money, which was largely used for the parties for which the class is famous. Seninr Qllasa Hrngram On the evening of March 24, 1922, a very delightful program was given by the Seniors in the Auditorium. The program follows: Senior Class Orchestra Class Song Clarinet Solo .... . . Reading ...... Vocal Solo .... Newspaper .... .... ....... L o villa lleckroth a Vocal Solo .... . . .Floyd Knupp . . . .Mabel llark . .Leland Bassett nd Floyd Knupp Lovilla lsleckroth A COMEDY A Watch, a Wallet, and a Domino Mrs. Ridgway, a widow .................................... Mabel Schroeder Anna Ridgway, a playwright ...............,................ Lovilla Heckroth jane Ridgway, her sister ...... ....... V iola jessen Celeste. a maid ............ . Besse Kerner Bridget, a laundress. . .. . .. iErmia Bassett Melinda, a cook. Lockher Sholmes . .. . . . . .Eunice lslark . .Leland Bassett Baffles ........... . . . Detectives . . . . ...Floyd Knupp Keg Crennedy. . Senior Orchestra Leonard Siemens Juninr Qllwaz Flag-- 1BaUg makes Zilfhingz Bum Captain Braithwaite, who wasn't so slow, after all ................. Lee Heckroth Captain Little, who had a little misunderstanding ..... ..... L ester Thiele Mr. Greene, who played the host ................. .... C harles Baird Mr. Smith, a neighbor worth while ............................. john Huppert Mrs. Smith, who proved herself a true friend ......................... lda Yost Mrs.Greene,Captain Little's sister, who entertained Linder difficulties. .Maurine Ross Patient Little Cljattyj, who managed to make things hum ......... Lenora Schnell Helen Braifhwaite, engaged to Captain Little ................. Martha McCurdy Hope Dunbar, who is still hoping ........................... Frances Fairbanks Hyacinth, a loquacious colored maid ........................... Gladys Stewart TIM E - The present. PLACE - A suburban town. Tlufly-Nine

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Ey..........................,........El 5. Ep...................................El Members of the Senior Class, assisted by Miss Gaston, the Home Economics teacher, strengthened the truce by impartially serving both, sides a delicious four- course supper. Some of the dainties would hardly pass inspection by the Pure Food inspectors, but on the whole it was a very palatable repast. Toasts were given by Lovilla Heckroth and Maurine Ross, the presidents of the classes, and by members of the Faculty, after which all went home or elsewhere, voting this the best party ever. ,Zjuniur-Seninr Banquet, 1922 The junior-Senior Banquet this year will be held in the H. S. Auditorium and dining room on Friday evening, April 28th. menu First Course Strawberries, au Natural Second Course Cream of Corn Soup Saltines Third Course Creamed Chicken on Rosettes Peas in Nest Cherry Salad Pickles Olives Rolls Coffee Fourth Course Date, Pear and Pecan Salad Paprika Wafers Fifth Course lce Cream Roses Angel Food Cake Candy Nuts Ziinastn Miss KENNON, Toastmistress Prelude , . . .,.......................... ..... M aurine Ross Finale ...... .... L ovilla Heckroth Allegretta . ..... Mr. Barnes Crescendo .... . .... Miss Gaston DlI11ll1LlEl1LiOU .... .................... . . .Supt. Peet i DRAIVIATICS High Srhnul Iirngram On Friday evening, October Zlst, a general High School program was given in the auditorium. The proceeds amounted to nearly forty dollars and were given to the Athletic Association to help it meet the deficit from last year. The following program was presented: Pantomine .......................... . . . Her Old Sweethearts Music ...... ....... . .. ........ Girls' Glee Club Reading ...... ............. M abel Hark Music ......... ..... S enior Class Orchestra Rhythm Work .... ...... F irst Grade Pupils Farce .......... . Case of Suspension Music ........ ............ ..... H i gh School Orchestra Tliirflv-liigbl

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Erunaqiinuu ...-..El B. 5. Ek....... .......Eg ACT I - Mrs. Greene's living room. Late afternoon. ACT Il - Same as Act l, next morning. ACT lll - Garden near the house. Same evening. Mrs. Greene ordains a dinner party, the lobsters don't comeg Mr. Greene forgets all about the eventgg the accomodator is sick, and the hostess' sixteen-year-old sister, Patty, expelled from school, turns up very greatly undesired, as a last straw. Well, Nora is borrowed to do the cooking and Patty is sent to bed to get rid of her, but she turns up later, to her sister's horror, in the character of a waitress, serves the dinner, flirts with the guest of honor and has a good time generally under her sister's helpless eye. She raises the dickens with everybody and ends by getting engaged to the guest. A riot of swift young American fun is introduced every- where by the side-splitting Hyacinth, the cullud help. illllag 18212 On the afternoon of May 10th the pupils of the primary grades held a May Fete in the park. The procession was led by the Posts. Following the Posts came the Heralds, Butterflies, Bees, Bluebirds and Robins. Next came the flower beds with their gardeners in the following order: Daffodils, Violets, Apple Blossoms, Tulips, and Daisies. Following these were the Brownies and jesters, followed by the Crownbearers, the Queen and her Bearers, and her Attendants. Last came the May Pole Dancers. After the singing and dancing demonstration by the different groups, the coronation ceremony was performed, with Eleanor Gessner as Queen of the May. The demonstration was concluded with the Maypole Dance. Seninr Qlilasss 1Blag-- Uhr Brramlthat Game Elms Dysart Opera House, May 12th and 13th Nan Worthington, one of the people ......................... Lovilla Heckroth Gordon Clay, foreman of the works ....... ....... W alter Cold Margaret Byrnes, loyal and true ........... ...... V iola jessen Mrs. jenkins, keeper of the boarding house .... .... E unice Hark Angelina Maud, her daughter .............. ....... M abel Hark jack Brown, a cub reporter ................ ...Leonard Siemens Miss Louisa Hawkins, one of the boarders. . . ...... Ella Ohlsen Archibald Mullins, a poet ................ .... L eland Bassett Miss Mehitabel Biddle, a sulfragette ...... .... M ina jabens Bobbie Byrnes, averse to college women .... .... F loyd Stahr Emmy Lou Norton, fond of fairy tales .... .... L ulu Goken Nora, a maid ........,................ .... E rmia Bassett Delphine Norton, a college graduate .... ...... L Ielen Koontz Peggy Gilbert, a Browning fiend ........ .... M abel Schroeder Billy Best, captain of the Varsity team ..... .... W aldo Reimer Mrs. Allaire, the chaperone ................... ..... F rances Cold Doris Hall, an athletic girl ...................... ...Besse Kerner Lord Algernon Reginald, straight from England .................. Floyd Knupp Charles Norton, owner of the works ........................... Robert Kullmer SCENE - A Factory Town. TIME - Present Day. Act I- Parlor in Mrs. jenkins' Boarding House, a week before Christmas. Act ll - Living room in the Norton home, the day before Christmas. Act lll - Sun parlor in the Norton home, Christmas evening. PLOT: The scene of the play is laid in a factory town and deals with the love, ambition and self-sacrifice of a factory girl who devotes her life to bettering the condition of her fellow-workers. The hckle little god of love keeps interest astir in by-plots, that supply plenty of comedy element in contrast to the main big gripping story. Forty