Fairview High School - Challenge Yearbook (Fairview, PA)

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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.

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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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Page Twenty-six THE CHALLENGE May, 1936 I-'rant Row-left to llilll-:UQX Rubin, Jack Holland, Roscoe Baur. Second Row-Ellinor XVeis- louel. Helen Carlson. Miss Black, Agnes Benedik, Loyall Thrall. Third Row-Esther Light, Charlotte 1ICl,'Ik1Y. Alice Sisson. LAMBDA SIGMA In the fall of 1933, Miss Black and the peo- ple who had been in the literary contests went down to Holland's and organized the very ex- clusive Lambda Sigma. Later they decided to receive into their midst all those who had par- ticipated in the literary contest or who had done good work in English or dramatics. The club continued, meeting from time to time at the homes of its members or at the high school. At the first of this year, according to cus- tom, the Lambda Sigmas held a thrilling initia- tion ceremony for three new members, with Alex Rubin officiating. Part of the initiation ceremony is the same every year, but the thrills are changed for the sake of variety. When other special clubs were organized in September, the Lambda Sigmas were able to meet during school hours. At their first meet- ing they discussed several suggestions for the year's program, and finally adopted the most ambitious suggestion-the publication of a high school newspaper. The club members became a newspaper staff, and everyone took turns at writing the various kinds of articles for the paper. Several amateurs got some ex- perience on the typewriter. Every one of the four issues was sold out, and so there wasn't any doubt that the school liked our project. We were only sorry that we couldn't print a larger number of copies on the mimeographing ma- chine. On May Sth we went into Erie to see the exhibit of high school newspapers at the Y. M. C. A., and that made us want more than ever to fulfill our big ambition-the purchase of a printing press. Certainly we feel that we have something definite to show for the time we have spent in club meetings. And who knows? We may turn out some real reporters, or feature writers or columists. SUB-DEB CLUB This year the Sub-Deb Club, made up of upper-class girls under the direction of Miss Tate, reorganized with the following officers: President, Ellinor Weislogelg Secretary, Ann Williamson. During the year we have enjoyed some very interesting programs. Miss Postance, a visiting teacher from the office of the Erie Superin- tendent of Schools, gave us a delightful talk on character and personality. Miss King and Miss Black were very kind about giving us several readings. Among our social high-lights was a ctmblned Bunk?-Dance party on October 25th, and we expect to give a dance the last day of school. Altogether we have had a very enjoy- able time, and that is what the club is for. HI-Y As we bring to a close the third year since the organization of the Hi-Y, we are able to look back on a period of enjoyment and ad- vancement. Our branch of the 1-ii-Y assembled this year, after having acquired many new members from the former freshmen cla-ss, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, and ex-