Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Senior Booster 23 CLASS PLAY

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00 Senioe Boosteb CLASS PLAY IDA ZIMMERMAN Many oil ' s and airs were heard in the aud- ience on the night of April 11, 1930, when the curtain arose on the scene of the fairy ' s palace from The Blue Bird. Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgium play- wright, has woven the ancient symbol of hap- piness, the bluebird, into a beautiful and charming play which was remarkably well presented by a cast of sixty from the June, 1930, senior class. They feel that they have presented one of the most beautiful and worth- while class plays produced in recent years. It is the story of two children who have a wonderful dream on Christmas eve — a dream of a search for happiness. More than one hundred seniors answered the first call for tryouts. From this large group, sixty were chosen, and for weeks the cast worked diligently with Miss Lola Perkins and Miss Maude Blackwell who gave generously of their time and energy to produce succe ss- fully The Blue Bird. In the first act, in the wood-cutter ' s cottage, two children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, wake up on Christmas eve and, going to the window, see a coach arriving at the home of their rich neighbors. Thinking over their neighbors ' good luck, they fall asleep. They dream that a witch comes into their house, and after she asks questions as to the color of her eyes and hair, she turns into the Fairy Berylune, who sends the children in search of the bluebird for her little daughter who is ill. She allows the children to take with them the necessities of life — Fire, who always wants to fight with Water, who always fought back ; Bread, who cut slices of bread from his tummy and fed the children ; Milk, who broke her pitcher ; and Sugar, with the wiggly striped candy fingers. The children were also allowed to take with them the Cat and Dog (who could meow and bow-wow realistically). On the Avay, Mytyl and Tyltyl have many fine adventures — at the Fairy ' s palace, where they are given beautiful clothes and where Tyltyl uses his magic diamond. The Fairy Berylune gives her wand to Light, who then leads the children in their search. On the way, they visit the Land of Memory, where they see their grandparents. Light then directs them to the graveyard, where, after much suspense, they find there are no dead after all. THE CAST Tyltyl Wilbur Smelser Mytyl Leah Whaley Light Lenore Bundberg Fairy Berylune ...Mary Stierwalt Neighbor Berlingot Edith Murphy Daddy Tyl Fred Kattau Mummy Tyl Helen Buth Davis Gaffer Tyl John Wood Granny Tyl La Grange Thompson Tyltyl ' s Brothers and Sisters — ....Elisabeth Rocker, Vir- ginia Amato, Earl Eutsell, Lillian Horwits, Bebecca Cohen, Clarence Thormeyer, Charles Hawthorne. Time Budolph Klinge Neighbor Berlingot ' s Little Daughter Bebecca Cohen Tylo, the Dog William Covert Tylette, the Cat Kenneth Campbell Bread .....Bobert Davis Sugar Bobert Montgomery Fire William Schuls Water Marguerite Boatman Milk Baby Mabee The Hours — Kathryn Stewart, Dorothy Bearick, Mary Whiteman, Joan Boswell, Veneta Cox, Elisabeth Bissell, Florence Condrey, Mollie Levinsky, Thelma Swann, Buth Noerr, Sarah Beilach, Binca King. Angels — Dorothy Buddell, Virginia Ashley, Dorothy Brothers, Florence Cheadle, Dorothy Kiewitt, Eva Overfelt, Maxine Hervey. Children of the Future — Marie Grossman, Elisabeth Hocker, Angela Vinci, Lillian Horwits, Anna Lip- ken, Thelma Swann, Wilma Davis, Veneta Cox, Mil- dred Lipp, Joan Boswell, Virginia Amato, Flora Fendergast, Florence Condrey, Bebecca Cohen, Laura Hoy, Helen Taylor, Mildred Midkiff, Mollie Levinsky, Helen Spacke. Loaves of Bread — William Lockman, Bobert Davis, Del- bert Pieper, William Dembroff, Clifford Wilson, Earl Hutsell. In the kingdom of the Future, represented by a beautiful scene in blue, where Father Time with his scythe allows but a few chil- dren at a time to take their gifts and leave for the earth kingdom, the children see their future brothers and sisters. At last, after a weary search they come once more to the door of the wood-cutter ' s cottage Avhere they bid good-bye to their many new friends. In the awakening scene, the children find the blue bird, happiness, in their own humble cot- tage. Mr. Winslow and the orchestra did much to add to the entertainment of the audience, and to the pleasure that The Blue Bird offered.

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24 Senior Booster Class Play Technical Staff IDA ZIMMERMAN The group of stage assistants that I had for ' The Blue Bird ' was more willing to work than any group I have ever had in any class play. With these words, Mr. Lewis Finch, stage man- ager for many class plays, summarized the Avork the June 1930 technical staff did for the production of The Blue Bird. It necessitated fast work on the part of the stage assistants to change the settings between scenes and to have the lighting effects so perfect and to do all that was done to give the proper background for the work of the cast. The setting for the first scene, the woodcut- ter ' s cottage, that resembled many of the peas- ant homes of Belgium, was designed by Ade- laide Woerner and Nellie Truitt. The first scene of Act II was at the Fairy Berylune ' s palace, which had towers and turrets like real Fairyland castles and was the design of Irma Miller and Grace Kramer. Edward Fox and Carl Zike designed the scene of the Land of Memory, that made one dream of the happy past. The entrance to the Graveyard was the design of William Niehaus. Lionel McCracken and John Schumann designed the Graveyard proper, where one expected ghosts to dance, but they did not. Katherine Haley was in charge of the beautiful scene of the Kingdom of the Future, which portrayed the home of the children of the future who were guarded by Time and seven angels. The seventh scene, the Green Door, was the scene of the Leave-taking, and was designed by William Niehaus. The last scene, the Awakening, was the same as the first and was in charge of the same committee. While the arl students had charge of the stage and settings, Miss Haynes and her Sales- manship classes had charge of the advertising campaign within the school. The delicious bluebird cookies that were served in the lunch room during the class play campaign and the bluebird frieze across the front of the lunch room were the ideas of the Salesmanship classes. Those students made the magic diamond cap, wooden leg, frying pan, and the fairy wand that the members of the east wore as symbols of the parts they played. This manner of advertisement helped make the ticket sale so successful. V ' s Diary was composed by Mr. Moffat ' s sec- ond hour Composition VIII class and mimeo- graphed by the Office Training girls. To the many teachers and students who gave their services and helped to make The Blue Bird such a huge success, great thanks is here- by given them by the June 1930 seniors. Especial thanks is given to Miss Perkins, and Mr. Finch for the work they have done for the June class of 1930. THE STAFF Stage Manager Mr. Lewis Finch Assistants : Scenery — Eobert Sehulz, chairman; Walter Chappell, Simon Portnov, William Covert, George Kramer, Eobert Burton, Delbert Pieper. Electricians — Kenneth Click, Charles Henzie. Curtain and Call Man — Orville Meyer. Heavy Properties — Norman Brody, Herbert Gilligan, Clifford Wilson. Bopes — Don Schortemeier, Clarence Thormeyer. Stage Carpenter Mr. Weigler Assistants — Frank Van Sickel, Bruce Buark, and Boys in the Shop II Classes. Properties Miss Maude Blackwell Assistants — Charlotte Underwood, Dorothy Coverdill, Minnie Locks. Costumes — Design Mrs. Hiner Assistants — Dorothy Buddell, Beatrice Keith, Beatrice Oppenheim, Anna Presutti, Catherine Manson, Helen Buth Davis, Leota Beimer. Making Miss Sehaefer Assistants — Anna Lipken, Anna Presutti, Buth Hubbard, Charlotte Underwood, Dorothy Buddell, Leota Beimer, Marie Grossman, Eda Thane. Music Mr. Winslow Publicity — Mr. Clayton, Miss Singleton, Miss Haynes, Mr. Moffat. Assistants — Kathleen Barnes, Minnie Locks, Dorothy Buddell, Florence Cheadle, Norbert Osborn, Ken- neth Campbell, Melvin Henselmeier, Walter Chap- pell, William Lockman, and Second Hour Comp. VIII Class. Business Miss Arda Knox Assistants — Senior Class. Prompter Charlotte Heflin Program Mary Hawkins Make-up Mr. Davis, Miss Denney Dancing — The Hours — Directed by Miss Siling Fire and Water — Directed by Mrs. Hente Loaves of Bread — Directed by Mr. Bomeiser