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

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eniors Are Otage -N obility Xn JVaulman £ erber x la y — by MYRTLE BRIER A cast that put forth some really royal act- ing, an efficient group of stage workers and di- rectors, ambitious senior ticket salesmen, and the hearty support of the student body, com- bined to make The Royal Family a royal success. The three-act play, written by George Kaufman and Edna Ferber, portrays a family of actors the instigator of whom is Fanny Cav- indish, impressively played by Doris Brabender. All of her life Fanny had allowed nothing to interfere with her theatrical career, and she saw no reason why her daughter Julie, son Tony, and grand-daughter Gwen, realistically enacted by Mary Zimmerman, Jack Shaaber, and Mar- garet Webber respectively, should not do the same. Fanny had a will of iron and could make no allowances for the petty whims of others. Carefree Tony had no objections to perform- ing the duties of an actor so long as he could keep out of trouble. His life was one thrilling episode after another, episodes of his own crea- tion. Tony found no time to waste on family tradition. He stuck to the theater because it was fun. Julie had been following in her mother ' s foot- steps until Gilbert Marshall, played by Reid McFall, awakened her to the fact that her per- sonal life was more important than her public one. Realizing the pleasure she had been missing and eagerly listening to all that Gilbert Mar- shall had to tell her, Julie then encouraged her daughter, Gwen, to give up her budding career and marry her young lover, Perry Stewart, por- trayed by Fred Henry. A great deal of spice was added to the play- by the excellent performances of James Maseh- meyer as Herbert Dean, who tried to resist his theatrical declination, and his wife, Kitty Dean, Jane Flora, who found frequent means of agi- tating her husband. Edgar Siegel gave a natur- al performance in the role of Oscar Wolfe, Julie s devoted director. The ideal servants for such a family were characterized by Dorothy Egger and Paul Moehl- man as Delia and Joe who were outstanding be- cause of the untroubled manner in which they performed their duties in a household of so mucn confusion. Robert Frazee, David Fogle, Alvin Wegner, Gladys Gillespie, and Francis Fitch also gave creditable performances. Even though interruptions had been plentiful, not one of the Cavendish family could resist the lure of the stage. Before the story closes they had all returned to their profession except the great Fanny Cavendish who had unswervingly con- tinued her career until the moment of her death. That the play was unusually well produced was greatly due to the efficient directing of Mr. E. Edward Green, Mrs. Vivian L. Siener, and Menka Guleff as well as the hard work of the cast and the back stage crew which was under the direction of Mr. Lewis Finch and Carl De Felice. The large audiences at the performances were the result of the work of the advertising com- mittee aided by Miss Helen Haynes, the pub- licity group headed by Miss Gretchen Kemp, Mr. Yeager ' s senior art classes, and all of the seniors who sold tickets. Business was taken care of by Miss Brady and ;i committee of nine students. Miss Arda Knox efficiently directed the work of the ushers and assistants. Thirty-

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N orman .Durger ±.s Cinderella As X ne W orm 1 urns JLn JDaj 7 by MYRTLE BRIER Cinderella had nothing on Richard Winslow, the youngest of four children, characterized by Norman Burger in the senior class play success- fully produced in Manual ' s auditorium Thurs- day and Friday, November 18 and 19, 1937. The Youngest, a comedy written by Phillip Barry, discloses the struggle of this poor boy to gain respect in his family of domineering brothers and sisters. Downtrodden by his insolent brother Oliver, Robert Schwomeyer, his spiteful sister, Augusta Winslow Martin, and her husband, Alvan Wins- low, played by Jean Scott and Stonko Angelo- vich, and his older brother, a socialite, enacted by William Tedrowe, Richard is rescued by his fairy godmother in the form of Nancy Blake, a scheming little busybody who is always interest- ed in changing the character of others, portrayed by Frances Kritsch. Mrs. Charlotte Winslow, the mother, enacted by Nina Switzer, was primarily interested in concealing the fact that they were a constantly wrangling family from her visitor, Nancy Blake. Other members of the cast included Menka Gu- leff as Martha Muff Winslow, and Mary Vulk as Katie, the maid, whose performances were highly creditable. Supplementing this excellent cast was Eustace, a genuine bloodhound, the prize possession of Nancy. The loves, hates, virtues, vices, joys, and sor- rows of this unusual family provided plenty of fast moving and hilarious entertainment for the spectators. Richard Winslow, under the sly di- rection of Nancy, finally subdues his family and obtains his proper place among them, and H in the process of doing so coyly wins the heart x of his instructor. Thus, like Cinderella, they G w ■ » ■ ■ « Thirty-two — lived happily ever after. A great deal of credit for the success of the performances goes to the director, Mr. E. Edward Green, and student director, Margaret Webber. The appropriate costumes were chosen by Nel- son Neal, Molly Passo, Eileen Reimer, and Mar- tha Baker under the guidance of Miss Oenney. Properties were provided by Reid McFall, Lu- cille Drake, Dorothy Egger, Thomas Ryan, Sam Hyman, Nathan Stein, and Alice Steiner, aided by Miss Thornton. Clever posters advertising the play were made by Thelma Thompson, Harriet Stewart, Mary Alice Sauter, Herman Martlage, Delores Brizen- dine, Albert Burzlaff, Herman Jeffries, and Jean Scott, under the direction of Mr. Yeager. Miss Knox, as house chairman, was in charge of a crew of ushers and assistants. Miss Brady, aided by a committee of twelve from 217 and a committee of eleven from 135, played an important part by taking charge of the printing and selling of tickets. Edgar Siegel, Jimmie Angelopolous, Ruth Hummel, Ruth Morgan and Nelson Neal assisted Miss Kemp with newspaper publicity. Services of the advertising committee consist- ing of Roy Brfciides, Max Eversole, William Patterson, Elnora Shirley, Robert Striggo, Hortense Ruth, Margaret Walton, Julia Won- ders, and Frances Fitch, directed by Miss Haynes, as well as technical stage manager, Mr. Finch, and prompter, Mary Zimmerman, were greatly appreciated. Memories of a real dramatic hit scored by a group of familiar faces will long remain in the minds of the 38 seniors as one of their choice activities in a memorable year.