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

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' U, (% fcmcjo! gee ! i wanted so much to be the leading man in the senior class play, what has dean royalty got that i haven ' t got? anyway, since i knew i wouldn ' t be around april 26, i bossed tryouts. the play that mr. green, miss guleff and i — they ' re taking over the directing job when i leave — chose was come over to our house. it was written by marrijane and Joseph hayes. they come from indianapolis and are the authors of life of the party, that all-school play the mask and wig club sponsored in november. boy, did we have a time even getting a class play! it looked for awhile as if the class of ' 47 would go down in infamy or something bad as the gang of manualites who didn ' t come through, but when we decided to have rehearsals at night, some of the kids who worked after school came to the rescue, just think, while i ' m hittin ' the trail during spring vacation, all of the cast will be busy learning their parts. from what i got of it during that one week i directed, the play centers around jay eldridge — that ' s dean — who is mixed up with a vaudeville show and love affairs with the kids next door, the younguns chosen at tryouts were jimmie link, who plays hugo willifred; leonora guerrini, who plays his hep-cat girl friend, lindy eldridge; darrell farley, who ' s butch reynolds, and rose ann rider, who ' s marion eld- ridge and butch ' s gal. bebe yosha, she ' s evie cannon, and marjorie slier, she ' s madge wilkins, both fight over jay. disgusting! i ' d sure like to be around when mary jo cassady, she plays the grandmother, does that can-can dance she ' s supposed to do, and mrs. eldridge, played by Joyce porter, gets fought over by three men. they ' re Stephen reynolds, played by buz sawyer, sascha sevinsky, or antone holevas, and philip king, or alien glass. other kids in the cast are bob peale, who plays a fast-talking hollywood scout; arvine raker, who ' s barney fellows, the tough prize fighter; mary ann mc crary, who is hildred reynolds. the mean kid sis- ter from next door; christine holevas and rosella simpson, reporters, and wilma browning, the maid. it really ought to be good, wish i could stay so i could see them back of the footlights.