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

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CLASS PLAY By MYRA MOORE One oi that nig] waited year was in eager )f Happy-G HAPPY GO LUCKY by I a 11 Hay the highlights of our senio] it, .March 24, when w anticipation for the opening Lucky, the three act comedy which was pre- sented by members of our class under the direc- tion of Miss Lola I. Perkins, assisted by Miss Vivian Webster. In the first act the curtain disclosed the living loom of the exclusive Mainwaring home, the Towers. Lady Marian, otherwise Lillian May, ruled over her entire household, including her poor husband, John Click. The snobbish Sylvia (Anna Bolotin) readily followed in her mother ' s footsteps. Into this peaceful scene the happy- go-lucky son. played by John Bissell, brought Tillie Welwyn, his fiancee (Helen O ' Neill), a member of a family which enjoyed no social prominence. Accompanying them was Tiilie ' s In-other, Percy, (Harry Lockman) the life of any party as well as the pride of the Welwyn family. The Welwyns, realizing the social and finan- cial gap between the two families, tried hard to appeal- wealthy and cultured when the Main- warings came to their house to tea in the second act. The broker ' s man, Maurice Passwater, al- most ruined the situation when he came for the furniture a few minutes before the Mainwar- ings arrived, but fortunately they were able to bribe him into playing the role of the old family butler for them. It was Grandma Banks, por- trayed by Beulah Zook who, to the horror of both families, drank tea from her saucer that helped strengthen the Mainwaring ' s displeasure. The two rough foreigners, Glenn Baker and Edward Lnngwell finally brought about the social down- fall when they revealed the fact that the Welwyn family kept boarders. Yet Mrs. Welwyn, Beat- rice Cohen, declared it was her fault because she couldn ' t pronounce her h ' s. Dick, however, had a sophisticated friend, Connie Darner, play- ed by Marthajane Zintel, who helped him make plans to regain his lost love and finally matters were righted. Other members of the cast were Alice Stallwood, who had the part of Tiilie ' s little sister, and Raymond Meyer, who portrayed the character of Mr. Welwyn. While Miss Lola Perkins directed the actors, many other members of the class and faculty were busy with the technical side of the play. Mr. Lewis Pinch and his committees pro- duced the stage settings, lights, and curtains. Miss Gladys Denny and her assistants made the costumes worn by the actors. Dora Melton took charge of the property committee, and Pauline Moon and Myra Moore, as student assistants, helped the director and committees. Miss Web- ster and Mr. Oran Davis had charge of the make- up. The CI laracters Abel Mainwaring, M. P John Click Milroy (butler to the Mainwarings) . .Edgar Hohlt Sylvia (Mainwaring ' s daughter) Anna Bolotin Lady Marian Mainwaring Lillian May Rev. Adrian Rylands Orval Moore Constance Darner Marthajane Zintel Richard (Mainwaring ' s son) John Bissell Tillie ( Welwyn ' s daughter) Helen O ' Neill Percy ( Welwyn ' s son ) Harry Lockman Amelia (Welwyn ' s youngest dughter) Alice Stallwood Grandma Banks (Mrs. Welwyn ' s mother) .... Beulah Zook Mr. Metha Ram (a law student) .Edward Longwell Mrs. Welwyn Beatrice Cohen Lucius Welwyn Raymond Meyer Mr. Samuel Stillbottle (A sheriff ' s officer) . . . Maurice Passwater Mr. John Pumperslon (another law student) Glenn Baker The Staff Director Miss Lola I. Perkins Assistant Director Miss Vivian L. Webster Student Assistants Pauline Moon, Myra Moore Technical Director and Stage Manager Mr. Lewis E. Finch Assistant Stage Manager Herbert Rugenstein Curtain and Call Man Marshall O ' Neill Electrician Herbert Rugenstein Assistant Electrician John Stofer Stage Carpenter Emmett Staggs Stage Hands — Roy Carney, George Lee, Oscar Mc- Afee, Leslie Ppdike, Theodore Wessel, Richard Poole. Shop Work Mr. A. L. Weigler Make Up Miss Webster and Mr. Oran Davis Properties — Dora Melton, Caroline Reithmuller, El- nor Coyle, Elfreeda Stringer and Harold Barkhau. Prompters Yettie Lieberman and Frances Cameron. Costumes Miss Gladys Denny Assistants — Margaret Stotler, Margaret Miller, Dorothy Dickover, Marguerite McClain and Sara Cohen. Business Miss Arda Knox Assistants — Harry Lockman. Edgar Hohlt, James Burks, Theodore Wessel, Henry Flaherty and Eugene Sprouse.

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IVY DAY By HELEN HOOP In future days when we seniors of the June 1933 class pass a certain vinecovered building, our dear old Manual, it will bring back to us those happy memories of the past that we lived within its walls. We shall still recall, oh so plainly, the different social functions which we attended there during our senior year. Among these one event. Ivy day, will stand out in our minds, and does now, as being the most symbolic of the true feeling we have for our school. On that day. May 12, 1933, as we marched down the aisles and took our places to watch the progress of our Ivy day celebration, we saw for the first time our class banner bearing the motto, First Weigh; Then Venture, which was sug- gested by Miriam Anderson. Craig Bosley was designer of the banner, red and white in color, which pictured a knight in armor preparing to go forth to conquer. First on the program were numbers by the brass sextet composed of John Click, John Carter, John Hayes, Carl Berdel, Leroy Fisher and Robert Maar. Ivy day songs written by Lillian May. Katharine Schuster and Josephine Bova were then sun ' by the class. Alice Stall- wood and Marthajane Zintel sang Kilmer ' s im- mortalized Trees. Pauline Moon, Eileen White, and Rosalin Wagner read poems which they had written to commemorate this day. The program was concluded by a xylophone solo played by Evan Miller. A more formal ceremony in which Raymond Meyer, president of our elass, presented Mr. McComb with the ivy which remains as the only living remembrance of our elass, followed. Ray- mond then presented the silver trowel to the January ' 34 class president, John Nackenhorst. who received it with the promise to uphold the traditions connected with the ivy vine. Mr. Painter was the sponsor of Ivy day and Virginia Teeguarden was the chairman of the committee in charge of the program. Those who worked with them on the program were Edgar Hohlt, John Click, Helen Hoop, Sarah Miller and Irvin Schwomeyer. The party which followed the formal celebra- tion was in charge of three groups of students under Miss Knox. Members of the social com- mittee were Annette Proctor (chairman), Caro- line Riethmiller, Edward Longwell, Theodore Wessel and William Lancaster. The music com- mittee consisted of Edgar Hohlt (chairman). Evan Miller, Dorothy Drake, Mildred Grow and Richard Burkhart. The business committee in charge of the affair was composed of Myra Moore (chairman), Violet Hanna, Francis Woodbeck, Foster Tilford and Ralph Cowden. A Tkougkt By KATHARINE SCHUSTER With memories sweet and so divine. We plant you here, dear ivy vine And as we go through life, our way We know you ' ll grow from day to day. Toward God ' s blue heaven you ' re going to climb A thought for us, dear ivy vine. Old Manual, it is now that we The June class of thirty-three Must say a world of good you ' ve done; We ' ve learned a lot, we ' ve had some fun; Like you we all must try to climb, A thought for us dear Ivy Vine. Ivv Dav M( y lyay J.v.Lemories By ROSALIN WAGNER I walked along an old brick wall. Where I found ivy vines grown great and tall ; Around the windows they had crept, And as I stood, 1 mused and wept. So true to life these vines they seem; I loved to look at them and dream What had inspired them most to grow 7 , What virtues did they fail to show? Oh, ivy vines, of memories here Some were sad and some were dear; Some vines were large, grown wide and tall And some were withered, hardly grown at all. And now we leave these vines to grow A memory as through life we go ; And may we all be great and tall Just as the vines on the old brick wall.