Elyria Public High School - Elyrian Yearbook (Elyria, OH)

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Actors Appear In The Fool, Blue Teapotv Gainiifixperieiice Vlfhilei Spectators Are Entertained Participation in the production of the mid-year class play, The Fool, marked an important ac- tivity for Players Club. Be- cause of the large cast, it was necessary for students outside the January graduating class to take part in the play and to work on the crews. In the mob scene of the third act more peo- ple were on the stage than in any scene ever presented on the E. H. S. auditorium stage. This accounts for the fact that all the actors in the play were not seniors. The Fool presented a pic- ture of a labor dispute in the coal-mining country of W'est Virginia. The play was un- usual in that it dealt with both sides of the question of capital and labor. The main character in the play was mistrusted by both sides although he had the inter- ests of both at heart and wished to help them work out their dif- ficulties in a way which would benefit all. For Parent-Teacher meetings the Players Club has sponsored two one-act plays. Sunset by Slantskyl' was presented in November. lt was a comedy which dealt with a painting called Sunset from the brush of Slantsky who after- wards turned out to be Mr. Featherstonhugh. The artist's part was played by Dick Bell with Jean Plocher as Mrs. Featherstonhugh and Betty Jackson as his daughter Marjorie. Milton Gross por- trayed Dr. Chrome, an art crit- ic. Don Paul. Marjorie's lover, was played by George Pallas. ln April the Players Club sponsored a one-act comedy, The Blue Teapot. The action revolved around a blue teapot, the treasured possession of an Players' Club old woman. The four students who made up the cast were all sophomores. Harold Barres and Jane Uthe had the roles of Jim- my and Cynthia, the young couple who needed help. Lillian Dowdell was Ma, the old wo- man, and Robert Holmes was Pa. The Players Club had planned to send representatives to the Wfestern Reserve Radio Play Contest and to the State Shakes- pearean Reading Contest at Ohio Wfesleyan University but the illness of Miss Baker, the adviser, caused the club to forego par- ticipation in these contests. Membership in the club comes as a reward for interested, con- sistent work in connection with the various dramatic activities of the school at large. The stu- dent must have made a general average of C the preceding sem- ester, at least C in English, and failure in no subject. Left to right: lst Row-Bob Wissinger, Wanda Wykrent, Josephine Faulkner, Jane Shively, Louise Ramser, Betty Agate, Evelyn Young, 2nd Row-Jeannette Linville, Milton Gross, Frances Ben- nett, Betty Jackson, Bob Roe, Carl Schroeter, Bob Lee, Genevieve Gariss, Jean Plocher, Dorothy Alt- feltg 3rd Row-john Steinbinder, Weldoii Allbaugh, Di Q Bell, Grant Keys, Malcolm Patrick, Bob Smith, George Pallas, Ellen Howenstine, Louise Lerschkx elen Rudy. xi. f -lx Nineteen

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L'Ensemble Francais under C C , 0 French Girl Speaks To L Ensemble Francais Members Revel in Memories of La Normandie Party, Picnics, Hikes L'Ensemble Francais Left to right: lst Row-Isabelle Bathory, Margaret Varga, Ethel Jobbagy, Betty Osborn, Iva Pollack, Margaret Herold, Lucille Jacque, Margaret Halpin, Audrey McCallister, Florence Sellers, Jeannette Shrubsole, Virginia Zaiser, Joan Bowers, Bee Bierie, Joan McKee, 2nd Row-Jeannette Sheppard, Mary Nye, Betty Jackson, Rosemary White, Irene Post, Jean Price, Dorothy Ryan, Donna chap- man, Marguerite Mason, Merle VanOster, Mary Johnson, Mary Garford, Mary Robson, Beverly Bar- chard, Christine Sederis, Marvelle Moehl, Alberta Wright, Betty Jane Corkill, Genevieve Gariss, Bet- ty Chancellor, Evelyn Young, Ellen Howenstineg 3rd Row-Esther Schulz, Beverly Foley, Louise Ramser, Virginia Stewart, Jane Hill, Betty Washburn, Charlotte Chase. Marion Barnes, Margaret Burnet, Miss Eisenmann, Margaret Bates, Jean Plocher, Helen Farmer, Emma Curtis, Grace O'Malleyg 4th Row-Joe Vavzincak, Leroy Moody, James Pronesti, Bob Wilcox, Bill Lersch, Bob Smith, Warren Platner, Earl Demos, Carl Davies, Louise Lersch, Mary Bayley, Birdie Wood, Leonard Moody, Eileen Birkline. the direction of Miss Luella Eis- enmann finds activities to engage the attention of its 70 members constantly. Mademoiselle Renee Barrie, a French exchange student now attending Oberlin College talk- ed at the December meeting about Christmas and New Year customs in France. She also answered questions. On the Sunday before Christ- mas the members caroled at the homes of friends and facultv. A hike with supper at the Findlev Scout Cabin on Abbe Road North was staged in Jan- uary. A little later in the month Bob Wilcox was host to a coast- ing party at the hill and river in the rear of his home. A one-act play, Le Chat Parti les Souris Dansentf' by Pierre Macy was staged in March. Madame Lahaurine Johnston of La Maison Francaise at Ober- lin College visited the club to offer members a special rate on tickets to see the all-French film, Les Miserables, given in Oberlin, March 22. The topping event of the year was the party given on board La Normandie, November 9, for French, German, and Spanish students. The gym was decor- ated to portrav the famous French ship La Normandie. The entertainment duplicated stunt night on board ship as well as the grand ball. Shuffle board. deck tennis, horse races, and ping pong were enjoyed. Eighteen In the April meeting of the club election of officers was held, and an exhibit of French souvenirs Was the feature of the program. Any student having something from France in his possession was requested to bring it and then tell about it. ln May the annual picnic was held. A special project also was Worked out. All French stu- dents who had studied journalism became a staff and published a paper written partly in French and partly in English. Every French Club member received a copy of Les Petits Bruitsf' Merle Van Oster has served as president: Leroy Moody, vice president, Esther Schulz, secre- taryg and Leonard Moody, treas- urer.

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18 Students Assist Mr.Wood With oon Movies Make Posters, Care for Equipment, Arrange Auditorium Noon Movie Workers Left to right: 1st Row--Mr. Wood, William Stegman, Joe Tonry, Virginia Watt, Charlotte Chase, Mar- ian Barnes, Herbert Baldauf, Ralph Krugman, 2nd Row-Vernon Comerford, Bob Mallory, Ed Baldauf, Henry Linsky, Kenneth Chapman, Wally Forbes, Dan Campbell, George Campbell. Earl Krugman. Assisting Ralph Wood, mana- ger of noon movies, are eighteen students who perform many duties, such as taking the pen- nies, changing nickels for pen- nies, operating the machines, and preparing the auditorium. From 11:35 to 1:35 four shows, each thirty minutes long, are shown. The boys who take the pen- nies at the west door during the various periods are: Edward Baldauf, Kenneth Chapman, and Henry Linsky. At the east door Daniel Campbell, George Camp- bell, Wallace Forbes, and Earl Krugman are on duty. Marion Barnes, Charlotte Chase, and Virginia Watt are Cashiers. Bob Mallory makes the signs and posters for advertising pur- poses. ,Iames Pahl also does quite a bit of work on the pos- ters. Last semester Bill Stegman also helped. They have suc- ceeded in turning out very at- tractive and compelling signs. Robert Eary, '34, attends to various tasks, among which are the oiling of the machinery and the threading of the films. Joseph Tonry is Mr. Wood's general assistant, and does many odd jobs. One of the most im- portant of these is preparing the auditorium for the movies. First of all, the screen is care- fully lowered by means of a pulley. This screen, which was put in last year, is made ot an imitation leather and is called a sound screen because it is pierced by countless small holes which let the sound pass through. It has a coating of special paint on the side upon which the pictures are projected. In some screens of this kind the seams are not invisible and therefore when the picture is shown there will be a dark streak down the middle, but the screen in the auditorium is very excel- lent in this respect. After the screen has been lowered, the speaker or horn Twenty is also lowered by means of a pulley and is placed behind it. This horn is live feet square at the open end. The sound, coming out of it, goes through the small holes in the screen out into the auditorium. This horn,' is connected by wiring to the sound amplifier in the projection-room. Vernon Comerford, assisted by Herbert Bauldauf and Ralph Krugman ,operates the machin- ery in the projection-room which is across from room 207. There are two projection machines so that as soon as one machine is through with the first reel, the other may start the second reel so quickly that there is no break in the picture. There is also a microphone in the projection- room so that the operator, if he wishes, may make an announce- ment to the audience. The counting of the pennies taken at the doors is entrusted to Joseph Tonry.