Glenbard High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Glen Ellyn, IL)

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Fourth Quarter The last quarter of the school year of 1941-42 had a rather unnoticed begin- ning, for the activities of the third quarter carried right over into the fourth. This final period of school was to bring all those activities to their successful completion. Meet the Mike Glenbard's Girls' Sextette, better known as the Soldierettes , was honored by being allowed to sing over station WMAQ on the morning of March 28. The WMAQ represen- tative chose them in auditions held here at school. Since they had already made several local appearances, their talent was well known and very much in demand. The mem- bers of this group, chosen by competitive try- outs, are under the supervision of Mr. Carr. The Family Dines Out The favorite boyfriends of the Glenbard girls dined with their daughters on Tuesday, March 31. The occasion was the G.A.A. father- daughter banquet. Dinner was served in the cafeteria and a short program given. Then the final interclass basketball games were played in the gym. The juniors defeated the seniors for first place, and the sophomores defeated the freshmen for third place. Junior Interclass Winners Back Row: Highsmith, Coumbe, Olsen, Wood, Miller. Front Row: Harders, Walker, Gustin, Maxwell, Tamburino. Boys of the Hi-Y treated their mothers to dinner on the same night at the Methodist Church. Dinner began, following the invoca- tion. Then after a resume of the year's ac- tivities, Mr. Ryall introduced the speaker, Mr. Hanson. His subject was The Great Battle Ahead of Us . 'lr I - .Q '-1. 9 1 ' - ' 1 -wi .. .. -, 4 .... Soldierettes: Gilstrap, Stephens, Minnis, Bodell, Sjoblom, Loague. Winding Up Certain it is that many students would have taken voluntary vacations had not spring va- cation arrived giving relief to pert up enthu- siasm for the arrival of warm weather. This blessed event began on April 2 and ended April 13. At its termination more school ac- tivities claimed the attention of students. This year the Hi-Y and the G.R. again spon- sored, for the benefit of the upperclassmen, a vocational night on April 28. Representatives from vocations chosen by the juniors and sen- iors held conferences with students interested in their type of work. Among the most popu- lar of the vocations were office and secretar- ial work, modeling, aviation, engineering, and music. Between twenty and twenty-five oc- cupations were represented. Aspiring young actors and actresses of Glenbard were given an opportunity to display their talent on the night of May 8. Play Night, an annual event since its first trial two years ago, was the occasion for this oppor- tunity. Three plays were again given by the dramatics classes after talent had been ten- tatively judged by tryouts for and appearances in the senior play. On Thursday evening, May 7, the seniors had their dinner-theater party. They first went to see the play Blithe Spirit , shown at the Selwyn Theater and afterward enjoyed dinner at the Panther Room of the Sherman Hotel. Once more highlighting the year's dances was the Junior-Senior Prom presented with new and interesting features. The theme was victory, and the price of admission for underclassmen and outsiders had to be paid in defense stamps. A queen and her court were also chosen this year. Finis So comes to an end this strange, event- ful history . 'A' Page twenty-nine

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Seniors' presentation of Stage Doo1 '. performances by the entire cast this year's senior play, Stage Door , shone brightly in the annals of Glenbard's theatrical produc- tions. The story centered about a theatrical board- ing house and contained all the sorrows and joys met with by aspiring young actresses in the theatre. It told of Terry Randall, the her- oine played by Polly Norment, who resists the temptation of a moving picture career rather than desert her true love, the stageg of Kay Hamilton, played by Marje Sadler, who, bur- dened by the cares of life, commits suicide in desperation, of Keith Burgess, Edgar Stroot, who gives up his natural talents for a chance to make money: of Jean Maitland, Pat Valleau, who leaves the stage for the movies and be- comes a famous star, and of David Kingsley, Larry Ross, who falls in love with Terry and gives her a chance on the stage. Other girls of the rooming house included Helen Westen- hoff, Jean Tiedeman, Judy Fowler, Mary Van- dercook, Dorothy Splon, Gail Beekman, Doris Coffin, Phyllis Cowan, Betty Bingham, Allene Eberle, Nancy Traynor, Phyllis Homan, Frances Rosenwinkel, and Gloria Frank. Char- lotte Allaben played Mrs. Orcutt, owner of the boarding house while the servants, Mattie and Frank, were played by Barbara Hall and John Page respectively. The part of Mrs. Shaw was played by Jane Newcomb and that of Dr. Randall by Bill Becker. Remaining char- acters included Bill Jensen, Merrill Prichard, George Woods, Ray Kammer, Lee Ralph, Nor- man Simmons, and Lawrence Marley. The main setting, dominated by a huge por- trait of Sarah Bernhardt, was the living room of an old brown stone house in New York. One of the bedrooms featured another interesting setting by the flashing of neon lights through the window and the realistic din of traffic. Much of the credit for this play should go to Miss Rachel Whitfield under whose direc- tion many dramatizations have experienced success. Three-Fourths Over March 27 brought to students the realiza- tion that the beginning of the end was at hand. The home stretch lay before them, for the third quarter was over. 'Ir if uk Page twenty-eight

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