Francis W Parker School - Record Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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SANTA CLAUS PARTY There was a hush in the New Gym. All eyes were focused on the little stage with the large fireplace. Suddenly, a jingle of bells was heard, and emerging from the hearth of the fireplace was . . . Santa Claus! The kindergarten, first, second and third graders shouted greetings to him and the Santa Claus Party was on! The Sen- iors helped Santa into an extra-large chair on the stage, where he was nobly entertained by songs and dances of the little school classes, and by the seniors ' traditional performance of The Twelve Days of Christmas. In exchange, Santa gave candy and popcorn balls to the happy children. The Senior Santa Claus Party has been a tradition at Parker since 1913. The seniors get a feeling of usefulness and affection for the party which they give for the children of the Little School. The Gores Meet Santa Gee Santa, is that a real beard? With Reindeer Waiting

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BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS A school should be a model home . . . A model home combines the activities of the big and little brothers and sisters, gives them a chance to work together so that they may know each other better, have fun toge- ther, like each other. When we speak of the Parker family, it is more to us than a mean- ingless cliche, for each senior is a big brother or sister to one of the lower school grades. It means excited anticipation when the little ones wait to see which four belong to them, and some apprehension on the part of the seniors, while they sit hoping that their classes will be happy with them. It means setting up booths together at County Fair, and being invited to Valentine parties; being especially smiled at and yelled to, in the halls; being let in front of the line at the water fountain; waving back and forth at Morning Ex.; settling squabbles on the stairs. Not very big things, but nice things. It means friendship. PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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THE DEVIL ' S DISCIPLE The Devil ' s Disciple, by George Bernard Shaw, was the first dramatic effort of the senior class. A farcical melo- drama, it tells of a black sheep with radical ideas, who offers his life to save that of another, and finds himself a hero. There was much to remember besides the actual per- formances: The nights in the cold auditorium . . . experi- menting with make-up . . . itching wiggs . . . washing old costumes and scrubbing dirty floors . . . painting colonial houses on scenery flats . . . the soldiers drilling in the gym . . . laughing when some one suggested, if there ' s no ap- plause, we ' ll use the gallows and hang ourselves . . . and when the minister pinned an Eat ye at the Websterbridge Tea Shoppe sign to the back of his cloak . . . the mad scramble for props: is there anyone who can get us a barm- brack? It ' s a yeast cake with raisins on it . . . the sleeping privileges and the frantic pleas for less homework ... the waiting while Mr. Hughes tried to read his notes, and then tried to remember what they were supposed to mean . . . Learning to act a part is important, but learning to act in relation to others is the purpo.se of the Senior Plays; seeing people, whom we had considered talentless, suddenly becom- ing th(3sbians of the first order, is the fun of them. In The Devil ' s Disciple, the Senior Class scored in both respects. %e )) ■,7 ' I I i 1 Amen! Stop the executionl '