Fairview High School - Challenge Yearbook (Fairview, PA)

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Page 'lkventy-four THE CHALLENGE May, 1936 Front How-Left to right-L. Allen, R.Bogar1, G. Schinelter, M. Essick, S. Rubin, H. Michael XVI PN1 Q d BL'sHSll lIf1l1PGt 1' L'lt M' Tat H. a ter, .. i cCray. cecon Row-- . ewi.., . wa ey, . .e fi. e z, u. igi , iss e, E, Getz, D. Light, G. Herbol, V. Stuntz, A. Benedik, Third Row-I. Edwards, H. Barker, V. Anderson, A. Sission, D. Grubbs, E. lVeislogel. H. Carlson, A. YVillianison, C. XVilliainson, C. McCray, M. Hippilli, Top Row-P. Baskin, K. Young, D. Schwartz, J. Holland, K. Benflure, M. East, I. Fall, E. Cohen, E. Leo- pold, H. XVeiss. GLEE CLUB The Glee Clubs, directed by Miss Tate, open- ed their schedule of events for the year with a smashing hit, an operetta entitled Polished Pebblesm I'm sure most of us remember a few of the tunes especially I For One Can Say , When I Was in Paree , Polished Pebbles , Mother Sent Me Out , and Town Talk . Now to refresh your memory as to the story of the presentation. Mrs. O'Brien and her two daughters, Wini- fred and Millicent, have just returned from a visit in Europe. Mrs. O'Brien's wealthy broth- er, Bob, had given her S5000 to educate her daughters and her niece, Rosalie, but Mrs. O'Brien selfishly squanders it on her daughters and herself and treats Rosalia as a servant. Mrs. O'Brien and her daughters snub their old friends and use Martha and Nick, two country children, to advertise to the town folks their expensive clothes and accomplishments. Uncle Bob, disguised as a negro servant, gets a job working for Mrs. O'Brien and finds out the true state of things. He forgives her for Rosalie's sake and continues her monthly al- lowance. Uncle Bob and Rosalie are prepared to leave on the morrow for a trip abroad. Mrs. O'Brien has learned her lesson and everyone is happy. The Cast: . I Uncle Bob ........................................ Phil Baskin Mrs. O'Brien ....... ......... E llinor Weislogel Rosalie .............. .....,.............. E sther Light Winifred ........ .... C atherine Williamson Millicent ........ ........... H arriet Swalley Mrs. Gabble . .... ...,... C harlotte McCray Mr. Gabble ...... ......... H arvey Walter Martha ............................................ Doris Grubbs Nick .....,...,............................,................. Irwin Fall The Girls' Chorus proved their abilities as Prima Donnas in their first appearance alone at the Literary Contest. May We commend them on their splendid presentation. Again the two Glee Clubs appeared in their second operetta, Maid in Japan . The de- lightful Japanese garden scene and the lovely Japanese costume were valuable assets in the success of this operetta. Tom Long and his friend, Bill Wood, have been sent into Japan by Tom's father to intro- duce Long's Life-Time Suspenders to the Jap- anese. Tom's sister, Peggie, accompanies them, their father having made her a college gradua- tion gift of the Oriental trip. Upon their ar- rival in Japan the trio are confronted with un- forseen difficulties. They discover that they are not allowed to sell their product until officially stamped: Made in Japan . Unable v

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May, 1936 THE CHALLENGE Page Twenty-th1-ee activities . . . 1 SENIOR CLASS PLAY After much vigorous searching, Miss Black decided upon the play, Where's Grandma? by Priscilla Wayne and Wayne Sprague, a de- lightful non-royalty play in three acts. Three different audiences seemed to enjoy it im- mensely. The next thing was the rather difficult task of picking out the cast. The play called for nine characters, but there are nineteen mem- bers in the Senior Class-thirteen girls and six boys. Miss Black and Mr. Hauck, wishing to choose the members of the cast as fairly as possible, held tryouts. Miss Black had read the play aloud to the class, and as a try out each Senior was given an opportunity to read a selection from one or more parts. After an agony of waiting-half an hour to be exact- the cast was announced, and the rehearsals were on. After spend'ng much time on memorizing their parts, some seriors decided that putting on a play wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Memorizing the first act wasn't bad, but when it came to the second and third, it wasn't so easy. Finally, after a little over three weeks cf rehearsals, we gave our first real perform- ance. The story is centered around Grandma, who comes to visit her grandchildren. She has never seen them and she longs desperately to have them love her. Her granddaughter, Gretchen Blake, who feels it her duty to boss her younger brother and sister and her young attorney husband, is shocked by the ap- pearance of Grandma, all decked out like a sixteen year old girl. Her grandson, Jack Worley, is madly in love with a shy, Winsome girl, Lucy King, who works in a Five and Ten. Arline Truesdale, the wealthy villainess, whose father owns the Five and Ten. is out to beat Lucy's time and marry Jack herself. Mean- while Carol Worley, her second granddaughter, is planning to run away and marry Tom Gar- ton, much against Gretchen's wishes. To make things exciting, there is a shortage at the Five and Ten store. Jack is blamed for it, but Lucy confesses to the crime to shield himg and Jack goes off to marry Arlene in order to shield Lucy. Grandma fixes things up by having a detective investigate and find that Arlene Truesdale's father is the guilty one. Grandma finally becomes the sweet, mod- est old grandma that she really is. She com- mands Jack and Lucy to get married, Gretchen to stop running the whole family and Carol to marry Tom. She also adds that some day she wants to be a Great Grandmother and every- one is happy. Everyone in the cast did his or her best and with the help of all the Sen- iors the three performances brought 365.00 into the class treasury. This is the largest amount the senior class play has earned since these seniors entered high school. Miss Black was delighted with the beautiful bouquet of pink, and red, and yellow rosebuds which the Senior Class gave her, and the Sen- iors were all very much pleased with the suc- cess of Where's Grandma? Cast of Characters Grandma ............................,..... Charlotte McCray Gretchen Blake ,,,..,i ..,,..i E llinor Weislogel Bob Blake ,.........., .......i R obert Barron Jack Worley ......., . ........ Charles Rood Lucy King ............... ...........,... E sther Light Arline Truesdale ......,...............,....... Alice Sisson Carol Worley .,......... ...... C atherine Williamson Midnight ..,..,,..,.,,., ,............ K enneth Young Dahlia .........,.., .,......,.,..,..... B etty Getz THE LITERARY CONTEST The evening of December 12th found a large audience assembled to hear the Seventeenth Annual Literary Contest of Fairview High School. With the aid of this audience, the faithful participants, the High School Orches- tra, and the Girls' Chorus this event proved to be a great success. The contest was a battle from beginning to end, for each one put his best into his part of the program. The results, announced by Mr. Pratt, Assistant Superintendent of Erie Coun- ty Schools. were very close. Esther Light, Betty Walker, Helen Carlson, and the Junior Debating Team were successful as the indi- vidual winners, while the Senior Class polled highest in the total number of points. The following program was presented fTherc are stars before the winning eventsjz Lovely Night, from Tales of Hoffman ..,.,,,...,,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,., ln . A Love Dream by Franz Liszt ..........................,..,,................. J A i ' ii ' G ul S Chol us f'Book Review-From Deep Woods to Civilization, by Eastman ,,.,.. ..,,,.,,,, B etty Walker Book Review-How They Carried the Mail, by Walkei '.., ......,.,,...... .....,. M a rcia Cochran Poem-Lochinvar, by Scott ......................,..... .,..,.,................,........... ...,,,. S y lvia Rubin :Poem-Eve of St. Agnes, by Keats ,...........................,...... ,.,.,,. E sther Light i'Essay-The American English Language .,,,,.............,................,,..........,.,...,., Helen Carlson Essay-Tint Your Skies ................... ...................................................................... B etty Getz Debate-Resolved: That Capitalism as an Economic System is Unsound. Affirmative ........,...,......,,....,.,......,......,......................,.......,... Edward Cohen-Phil Baskin 'FNegative .,.,.,,,...,...........,..........,............,.....,,,...,....., ....,.....,.. A nn Williamson-Alex Rubin War March of the Priests, by Felix Mendelssohn .....,. .... Marche Militaire, by Franz Schubert ........................... . ..... High SCl100l O1'ChGSf!'a Liebestraum, by Franz Liszt ................................

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May, 1936 THE CHALLENGE Page TWenty-five to obtain this stamp in the diplomatic way Tom attempts to circumvent Hirohito, the Lord Keeper of the Seal. by securing an introduc- tion to Hanano, Hirohitos only daughter. This ruse leads to complications, for Tom falls in love with Hanano! Hanano, however, is en- gaged to the elderly Prince Matsuo. Matsuo is far from being Hanano's choice, but her father considers it her duty to marry the prince for reasons of state. Tom and Hanano are meet- ing for the last time, secretly, in Hirohito's garden, when Hirohito enters and banishes Tom under pain of death, decreeing at the same time that the marriage of Hanano and Matsuo be celebrated that evening. Tom fails to heed Hirohito's warning and re- turns to see Hanano, but he is apprehended and sent to the dungeon. Bill, assisted by Toshi, daughter of Manyemon, a fortune teller, suc- ceeds in having Tom brought before Hirohito while a tumbling act is to be presented for Hirohito's pleasure. Manyemon suddenly re- veals to those assembled in the garden that Hanano is not the daughter of Hirohito, but is the only child of an American missionary who was killed years ago in an earthquake. Hiro- hito admits the truth of the assertion, and un- der the accusation he releases Tom, pleads with Hanano for fo1'giveness, and gives the two young people his blessing. I-Ie also puts his official stamp upon the American made prod- uct, Long's Life-Time Suspenders. Bill suggests a double wedding wherein he and Peggie will play an important part. Some of the tunes which still stick in our minds include, When Dreams Come True , The Good Old U. S. A. , April Showers , and Land of the Rising Sun. The Cast Hanano .,....... ..............,...,,,..,..... D oris Grubbs Tom Long ...... .,..........,..,., ..,....... I r win Fall Peggie ......,..... ,,...,, E sther Light Bill Wood ..,.........., ....... D avid Schwartz Prince Matsuo ............ ........ J ack Holland Emperor Hirohito ...... ...... H erman Weiss Juja ........,...,...,.......... .........,.. E dward Cohen Toshi .............,.....,.. ,................,. A lice Sisson Catherine Williamson Anne Williamson Ishl 5 .,..i,,.,.. Nishlda ............ Yatsubusa .,..,.. ........ R alph McCray Manyemon ....., ,.,....,... P hil Baskin Lototo ................. .,..,...,..,,.. ....,..... B e tty Getz The Coolie ..............................,.,.,...., Charles Rood Both the Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs took part in the Eighth Grade Day program and the Forum which the Parent Teachers' Associa- tion held. The Glee Clubs made their final ap- pearance at the Commencement Exercises. They sang Night in May , The Green Cathedral , and The Waterlilyf' HIGH SCHOOL POLITICIANS On the afternoon of Friday, April 3rd, ten delegates from the Junior Class journeyed to the Mock Political Convention sponsored by the Erie Center of the University of Pittsburgh. At 3:30 o'clock Friday, delegates from ten schools assembled for a general meeting. Fol- lowing this they adjourned to their respective committees to formulate planks for party plat- forms. Committees of the three parties KDemo- cratic, Republicans and Independentl were: Currency, Tariff and Banking, Foreign Rela- tions, Labor, and Farm Labor. The afternoon was mainly spent in becoming acquainted with other delegates and the con- vention's procedure. At 10 o'clock Saturday morning, we resumed committee discussions and completed our planks in time to do a little shopping before luncheon. An interval of elevator riding infu- riated the operators: and so we returned up- stairs for luncheon which was served by Sigma Nu Sigma Sorority. At two o'clock each party met separately and adopted the platform which the committee had formulated. The presidential nominees were: Roosevelt on the Democratic ticket, Landon on the Republican ticketg and Thomas for the Progressive Socialists. Because of the unit rule of voting, which was determined by the school population, eight Republican delegates from Fairview had only one vote, as did the two Democratic delegates. We relaxed after the strain of mental con- centration by seeing, Follow the Fleet and by consuming sundaes. In the evening, all the parties met together in a general assembly to C0mpal'E platforms and to hear campaign speeches, given by Pitt Center Seniors. Students had been invited, so the assembly hall was more than full. Dr. Sones extended an invitation to the high school representatives to attend an academic meet to be held later in the spring. To enable the rest of the student body to benefit from their experiences at the convention, the dele- gates later held a forum in chapel. EIGHTH GRADE VISITING DAY On arriving at school on May 4th we found that the student body had been enlarged. It was Eighth Grade Visiting Day and forty-one future freshmen were being welcomed. They spent part of the morning taking an Intelligence Test. Mr. Hauck, Mr. Moore and Miss Tate described the high school program and activities and answered their questions for the remainder of the morning. The Borough P. T. A. and the Township P. T. A. served these visiting students a very good lunch. The menu consisted of escalloped potatoes, baked corn, meat loaf, cabbage salad, rolls, jello with whipped cream, cocoa and cookies. They were entertained by a program which included acrobatics by a few students of Mr. Moore's physical education class, several selec- tions by the Glee Clubs, a one act play Six , by six Junior boys under the direction of Miss Black, and orchestral pieces under the violin baton of Miss Tate. After they had been shown through the Sci- ence laboratory they were supposed to have be- come sufficiently acquainted with the high school so that they will be ready to start next year.