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

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CLIMBING Stairways to the Stars, an all-star cast put a temporary halt to moon-gazing and turned to pages 25, 26, and 27 in the almanac to the predictions for Young April. ' Chosen and presented as a class project of the newly formed senior dramatics class from which two casts were selected, the play was directed by Mr. E. Edward Green. Best players from Thursday ' s and Friday ' s matinee casts comprised the cast for Saturday evening. The mooning was destined to forge its way to the front, however, for the spring senior play, a sequel to Growing Pains, by Aurania and William Rou- verol, was a three-act comedy romance concerning the crests and pitfalls in the adolescent love lives of George and Terry Mclntyre and the consequent bewilderment of Mrs. Mclntyre and the Professor. Vivacious, impulsive, 17-year-old Terry, who fell ardently in love with each of several successive beaux and experienced difficulty in choosing, was well portrayed by Lillian Lyster, while Mary Jo Schwab turned in a creditable performance as motherly Mrs. Mclntyre whose kindly intervention finally led Terry to the one and only. Absent-minded Professor Mclntyre, whose check book was of prime importance to collegiate son George, was excellently portrayed by Robert Turpin. Lee Roy Ballard, in the role of George, suffered disillusionment when he discovered that the sweetest girl in the world, Janet Conard as Diane Gilmore, was only human after all. Competition for Diane ' s affection was provided by Dutch and Pete, played by Garland Reeves and Don Wallis. Terry ' s admirers, Charles Marlett as Bert Parsons, self-centered man-about-town; Francis Jeffries as Stewart Miller, young gentleman tied to his mother ' s apron strings; and Kenneth Kritsch as Brian Stanley, successful young business man to whom Terry finally gave her heart, filled their parts well. The charming but scheming widow Mrs. Miller, who found it convenient to enjoy poor health when she could not have her own way, was well portrayed by Rita Fahy. Supporting cast was comprised of Helen Flinn as Jane; Mary Rose Hidmger, Vivian; Betty Jean Hen- derson, Elsie; Mildred Angelopolos, Mildred; Anita Smith, Lula, the colored maid; and John Stirling, Robert Carman, James Noble, Wallace Zink, Carl DeFelice, Robert Timmons, Robert Linson, and Bill Kniptash, friends of George. Ballard, Kritsch, Jeffries, Marlett, Reeves, Wallis, Doris Linville, Rita Fahy, Janet Conard, Helen Flinn, Lons Lawrence, Dons Larrison, Betty Henderson, Betty Boesche, Robert Holbert, and Mary Jo Schwab were members of Thursday ' s cast. Friday ' s cast included Lillian Lyster, Allen Smith, Helen Flinn, Broner Boatman, Mildred Angelopolos, Charlotte Smith, Mary Rose Hidinger, Shirley Fisher, Louise White, Anita Smith, Ethel Taylor, Ballard, Turpin, Marlett, Reeves, and Wallis. However, the thespians were hard pressed for acting laurels by the all-boy cast which presented an excerpt from the play as an advertising stunt. Robert Carman, John Stirling, Harry Beeman, and Omar Sutt offered the hilarious histrionics. Successful presentations of the class play were made possible through the cooperation of Don Wallis, student director; Marcella Smith, production manager; and Irene and Gertrude Pasch, prompters. Numerous members of the senior class assisted as committee members, ushers, and ticket takers. W - ctfl f flp '

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