Fort Scott High School - Yearbook (Fort Scott, KS)

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THE CRIMSON 21 ....n..g. M, .. SCENE FROM ACT II. THIC SIQNIOR RIAY. lBy Alias-rlllen Dale.j HlGBI'fIC OF l'IARV,'XRD. Cast of Characters. Mrs. Melvina Meddigrcw ........ ............... Iflorence' Ingham Nancy VVithrow ........ Alta Magner Madge ......... .. Mary Reynolds Mrs. Ballou .......... Mildred Rice Senator XVithrow .... Tom hlasterson lNlr. Highee .......... Donald Dewey ... John Crider , .... Hal 'Macon Russel Johnson Loren Highee . . Ilalrymple .... Higgins ......... l was stranded in the town of Fort Scott on the night of Ifriday. February 13, a real unlucky day, and heard the Fort Scott Il. S. was giving a play. Ullighee of Harvard, at Conven- tion Hall. I decided that I would not stray from my usual line of work and would therefore go down and criti- cise the home talent of Ifort Scott. I could not criticise. It was really quite good. Miss Alta Magner as Nancy lvith- row, a.ted perfectly at home on the stage, and in my conversation with her n her dressing roont, I found out that she intends going into musical comedy next year. Mary Reynolds. a school mate of Nancy's, was quite captivating and though very small, succeeded in acting very haughty at times. hlildred Rice as L'Mrs. Ballon, and rliom Masterson as l'Senator lVithrow hail two of the most diilicult parts in the play. Miss Ricels costume Was :1 creation: it might have come from some Paris shop, Donald Dewey, as the rough west- erner, NIL Higbeef' kept the audience laughing every time he appeared. John Crider as I.oren Higlneef' made the hit of the evening. XVe ex- peit to see him rise in the theatrical world. Hal lNIacon as Dalrymple. I.oren's chum, would make a stir hy his good looks alone, hut his acting was superb.

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20 THE CRIMSON The carry-all swung along coming nearer the campus. This glorious build- ing, Qpointingj, rearing its head into the clouds so nobly, with its gilded dome, and wonderful arches, is the Col- lege of journalism, QF. S. H. SJ The woman who throws the headlight on Journalism with her left hand is our beloved Miss Porter. Here to our left, behold our Elec- tric Light Plant, the delight of the school. VVhat is the matter with those peo- ple at the door ? inquired Alice Snider. There's nothing to be alarmed at, said the man behind the megaphone. lt's only the Freshmen waiting for the doors to open, trying to avoid the rush. See, see, people, straight to the front. The personages coming.: down the walk with sails spread are the Com- mittee of the Pro and Con Society. Twenty paces behind this committee is another interesting sight, interesting un- der any consideration, but especially so now. It is Will Bright. He has just heard that some of the committee's best friends have made the debating team and he hasn't. The noise you hear behind you, O don't be alarmed, is made by the cook- ing girls playing ball with their bis- cuits. - As the machine neared the front of the building the Senior's attention was at- tracted by something which resembled an open-air gymnastic exhibition. A blank stare was the only answer which the spieler could give to our anxious inquiries. But of a sudden a bell tolled and we immediately understood. The spieler sorrowfully requested us to climb out of the deserted rubberneck wagon and it rolled on, while the man with the megaphone cast a perplexed glance back at the gesticulating figures, climbing over each other to get to the door, so as not to be late for classes, as if to say, You'll be a Senior, bye and bye. . -Irene Hepler. Bias. 19.1. sr,-H ,l,mL.a:fnJl.'L-,tx .3ria.'-.as-L1.xz...g.,c . . , HEARD ABOUT SCHOOL. ln Miss Pressler's German class one morning, the class was translating Eng- l sh sentences into German. This partic- ular one was, 'What are they doing in the next room ? just then some one came in to the fitting room next door, and was heard to cry out, Miss Penni- man, shall I extend this waist line to sixty-two inches? Some one in Mr. VVilliams' Geometry class was giving a proposition. Just as he finished with a loud Q.E.D. which was heard through the partition in Miss Walter's room, she remarked, Quite easily donefl Deep silence in the third floor Ger- man room, while the Deutschers were taking a quiz-Up through the air shaft from the girl's dressing room, a soft voice floated, Say, kid, got a powder rag? ln Cooking ll. Lesson on Plumbing. Miss Green: Zella, will you tell us all you know about plumbing? Your father is a plumber, maybe you know something the rest of us don't know. Zella: Well, it don't run in the family, but l will try. VVe don't want it to run in the fam- ily, we want it to run in the house. w li--stands for our Faculty, An intelligent crowd. A--stands for The Annual Of which we are proud. C--standfs for the College Where we fain would attend, U-is the undying service VVe shall always lend. I...--stands for loyalty, No truer you'll find, T--is tradition Which we'll leave behind. Y--stands for the youth The Freshman, I meang VVe bequeath you the Crimson, Even tho' you are green. -.4 Senior. .:. ,,, 1 i. .- M- ..ag:,:w

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22 'l'lII'f CRIIXISUN Ili Mins. the I111tler's 1z1rt, was sure- Luk 1 lv s111teLl to Russel hlohnson, antl I'lor- ence Ill!-fllillll antl l1e together IIIQILIC tl pair. 'Ilhe nan1e I n111st say that Miss Inghain was hewiltleretl with was ehar- aeteristie of tl1e eharaeter, not I1er. Isn't this a name, Mrs, Nlelvina Nletltli- grewn from Nlontana. I went away please.l antl I truly think we eoultl sentl tI1en1 out on the roatl: that is, il' tl1eir tlireetor, hlr. I,an1l. woultl go witI1 theni. lior I1e certainly was a gootl eoaeh. I later heard this perl'orn1anee was repeatetl on account ol' tl1e had weather o11 the lirst night's per- formance. SUICNIC FROIVI LAST ACT. SYNUNYNIS. The translation seentetl to he tlillieult. iXIter struggling through a few lines the stanlent pausetl. Ile was about to take Cfoinpilenl hy I . S. II. S. p11pil.s.j another frantic plunge, antl haul barely Kiirl--jane, wren, skirt, soh sister, I-.i1l. chicken, weeping willow, lillS:?Cl'. tloll. tlame, etc. Hoy--I'oor lish, sinip, hooh, guy, ahah. gink, n111tt, liusser. rough, tough, Iaoneheacl, etc. Sileree-Cut the gah: have a heart: Cut the eometly: forget it: shui yer trap: cut the rough stullg he reason- alaleg ehap the grutl: can the chat, ter: utteretl a wortl or two when, NVhoal Wlhoaf where yo11 goin'? thuntleretl a VoiCe. lt was the voiee of 11 teainster tlown on the eanipus, hut it startletl the poor stuclent into silence. Ilona Ii. lliernian Ill- I'he sol- tlier wore hut a shieltlf' --fit this lwoint the writer lainteal, :intl CIIHLICCI' wrote the I'wiee 'liolil , 1 y this glreat work was lelit llIllIIlISI1CLI.J Ialeg, '