East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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,, .- .. , . 1-1 - M - pi-H In the operetta this order was sort of re versed smce Irwm Nelson started nght out on the spot llghts I guess they had qulte a txme wxth the operetta Frank Sxlver wasnt able to come to school on the day xt was to be gxven so a new boy had to be found to run one of the lxghts George Smder came to the rescue and took hrs place Q'I'hey all got along fine ln The electncxans are responsxble for all of those keen lxghtmg effects an the plays and thlngs They make the moonlight fires m flre places and the speclal hghtmg for unusual scenes These fellows all seem to enjoy thelr work even though lt does take them out of their classes when the txme comes around for a play or operetta or somethmg QLucky thxngsl We had the alumm assembly today and gracious xt seems nearly Impossible for so many boys to have made good There were present Iohn McGruder Denny Lxttlewood 'larry OBoyle Father I Aldera and Vane Overturff Lawrence Peterson a present sales man for the Lowe and Campbell sportmg goods store was ln charge of the program and sever al members of the 1909 team were there Of course Ierry Banta who IS experxencmg for the Hrst tlme the bonds of matnmony and Don Haptonstahl were there gxvmg us a taste of his Comedxan ablllty Everythmg was just per fect but I dxd get awfully txred standmg up East hxgh broadcasted today and every one went to the assem bly and took part The broadcast was combmed 3 wxth the Roosevelt vs East pep assembly a fi there were vnsxtors here from Roosevelt to take -7 art I thought xt was .1 een assembly and near ly everyone else dld too 1 P k We had our Good Wxll assembly today and each of the four hugh schools North Roosevelt Lmcoln and East had repre sentatxves on the stage each of whom gave us thexr opmnon and thanked East h1gh for the httle emblem of friendship a llttle cane bearmg the colors of the hxgh schools whnch was pre sented by Althea Gray y :SA e ,,,w,, ,,.t A. --.I spite of the changel. ' -2- -1- -2- I , . . ' . - f ' QW! . . ' J P' 5 A '. ' ' . .D . , . - , ,

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is ' xv1!l'h': Je 5215.9 ir What s Domg Friday November 16 5 30 This evening we went to the all club ban quet and had a grand time There were about l75 people attending Several teachers were present and they seemed to enjoy it all as much as the students did Mr Tallman started the merry making by having us sing several rounds fMy some of the teachers had a good time thenl Then we all oc Q J f cupied ourselves with the all important business of the evening eating I L guess it was pretty good lll I food but I was so busy talking to the kids at our table that I didnt have time to notice the taste of the good od eats The pumpkin pie flt in perfectly with the theme of the banquet pumpkglris fits 3 lot of fun serving too especi y w en you drop something but I only dropped a forkl After satisfying our hunger we listened to some interesting toasts on pumpkins Martha Iane Backman was a very charming toast mistress Harold Nelson Annette Levine Bob Ieffress Franklin Kerr and Peggy Woods gave some line toasts and Edna Knudsen sang two songs accompanied by Max Hodges All in all everyone had a swell time and here s to more and bigger and better all club banquets' Friday and Saturday October I9 20 Boy Im getting that good old East high spirit' Or is it the East high productions that are getting good7 Anyway I went to see South in Sonora twice It was a swell operetta put on under the direction of Miss Woodman and Mr Tallman Miss May also helped with the costumes which were especially e5ective. Max Hodges was cast as a rich Mexican landowner. He had flve daughters. lAnd he seemed to be a mighty capable papa tool. The action of the o eretta centered around these five daughters. parts of the daughters were taken by Esta Lee Husted. Arlene Moore. Lela Claire Hauge, Edna Knudsen, and Barbara Lundgren. Some of the other important charac- ters were played by Dale Smith, Viola Ronk, Max Kreutz. Leroy Perkins. Cliiord Nelson. and Bob Aitken. The songs were keen. I heard one lady who was. I think, a teacher from, another school remark 'about the striking melody of the title song South in Sonora The chorus sang with a qreat deal of enthusiasm Mexico My Mexico and several other songs The orches tras accompaniment gave to the whole pro- duction a fine finishing touch Those who missed seema South i Sonora surely missed a good evening s enter tainment I wish I could see it again Friday November 23 At last The Big Pond the play Ive heard so much about has been given and gee it was all that Id hoped for and then some Everybody laughed so loud and long at some of the funn situations that we missed some of the speec es but that was all right Betty Iones had the lead playing the part of a rich rubber manufacturers daughter While in Europe she fell in love with a French guide Max Hodges and after some disagree ment on the part of her father Bob Aitken finally brought him home with her He fthe guidel became so interested in busmess that the girl almost married Ronny Davis played by Dale Smith instead of the man she really loved It all turned out all right in the end athough I wished something could have been done for poor Ronny he didnt get marned or find a girl or anything Dale Smith was just perfect in the role of Ronny and Bob Aitken was equally good in portraying Mr Billings Max Hodges French certainly stood him in good use My how he could rattle it off' The others in the cast were Bob Haptonstahl Dorothy McGlothlen Mar garet Smith and Ruth Matthews I was talking to the electricians who have charge of all the lighting effects of the programs put on by the school and they surely must haxe an interesting and sometimes 'shocking' time. There are live boys who do this work Eric Miller. Bob Weis- singer, Raymond Barr, Frank Silver, and Irwin T ' Nelson. Eric, Bob, and g Rayn?ond izre all in LZA. so ater anuary, tere will only be Frank and '-Y N f x Irwin left to illuminate. The new boys are usually initiated into the work by learning about the switch-board and helping back-stage. Then. as they have more experience, they get to run the spot lights in the balcony. . my 1 'Sf ,C 1 -.,. J .14 . 351' . , . 2 I 5' 1 . ,- I 'frilly gg. I . V If I 1 Ji 'Y ,X ,I ' ii'-1,19 v I .,A. JE fllrh' .gmm fe-AJ ' ' A . .. 1 i '-Q, lx!

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THE BIG POND Left to right Dorothy McGlothlen Dale Smith Betty lone: Max Hod es Robert Haptonst hl Mr Tallman Margaret Smith Robert Aitken Ruth Mathews Carol Wildey Miss Macy Miss oodman Mr Hostetter Ive been neglecting our student council so lll not write another word until Ive given the council its desired place East high certainly b lieves in that football hero idea because Burr f Hohl was elected presi dent Robert Bracken bury is vice-president -- and Lyle Iohnson is sec- . , retary and treasurer' fof course l don't mean that she is a football boyj. At the first meeting of the parents and teachers the council was in full charge of the evenings program. Bob Haptonstahl is campaign committee chairman and has headed the ticket campaign the P. T. A. operetta and the fall play with very pleasing results. The credit of these snappy matinee dances can be given justly to the social committee headed by Maxine Robesky. I ve wondered where all of these fierce C71 looking monitors came from and Ive been informed that they were chosen by the Building and Grounds committee I had a lot of fun color day which was planned by the council and I nearly forgot the bundle drive which wa also headed by the campaign committee Oh yes and the welfare drive lt seemed so funny to see the grown up senior high folks drop a penny in the box with as much dignity as any millionaire ever felt. We had an assembly today and the speaker was Sam Risk an Assyrian gentleman who came to America a few years ago and worked his way to the top until now he has a bus'ness of his own and feels very much American. Friday December 21. The Nativity was presented at two - semblics today as is the custom each year - fore Christmas. This annual program is East High tradition and everyone always - joys the beautiful singing and the diierent scenes portrayed. Polly Lincoln and Clarence Hedlund were Mary and Ioseph and Viola Ronk took the part of the head angel. . -'sr-fwfr-v--yn www- - .7!,....,, Q V' WN W'-X Wd' 1f 'l HN ri f 'K J .al ',, . i , r NI To A, ' ' .1 . .., ,Q . ,K ' : . U 5. E 1 1 1.4