Greensburg High School - Brown and White Yearbook (Greensburg, PA)

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THE BROWN AND WHITE. Katharine Bla-nk. Wearing all that weight of learning lightly, fame.: Gregg. There's serious businiss Exed in his look. HG1'VjlB1lI'A'1!!!!'f A I am not mail. But Kell me-W Who Erst invented wuxki' Margavet Bailey. , If to her share some errors fall, Look on her face, and you'l1 forget them all.

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10. THE BROWN Polly Primrose At last that delightful southern comedy, Miss Polly Primrose, which has given the Seniors and their instructor many a worry and sleepless night, is upon us. It is the first standard play ever given by a class in the school and the class deserves much credit for carrying it through in . h bs the manner in which they have done. During the past month the young Thespians have toiled and fretted their hour upon the stage only to be 'heard' once in public. Many doubts existed in the minds of the cast as to the out- come of the producti-on, when it was first selected, but under the guiding handiof Mrs. H. Clay Beistel, our instructor, some rather clever acting has been developed. Mrs. Beistel cannot receive too much praise for her work, as she has taken the raw material and succeeded, after hard, con- scientious effort, in getting favorable results. The spirit of the class has also been a big factor in the success of the play. The play, itself, is very cleverly written and brim full of that southern spirit, so strong at the beginning of the Civil war. The scene of action is laid at f'Primrose Corner, the estate of the Primroses, in Georgetown, in historic Old Vir- ginia, and but an houris ride on h-orsebick from Vliashington City. Jack Primrose, the son of the family, has run away from the university to cn- list in the Confederate army. ln the first skir- mish of the war he is wounded. Hugh Carlisle, the hero of the play, who is in command of the Yankees, finds Primrose, nurses him till he is out of danger and then takes him home to f'Prim- rose Corner. The Primroses make the Yankee their guest of 'honor at once and in that position we find him when the heroine, Polly Primrose, comes home from school after a year's absence. -Carlisle, having been always indifferent to wo- men, m-eets Miss Polly under adverse circum- stances. It becomes a case of love at first sight. Simms, a Yankee spy under the guise of a book agent, comes upon the scene and warns his com- patriot -of his position with the Primroses, the most conspicuous rebels in Georgetown. Car- lisle leaves Primrose Corner for the service, but Oliver Chase, the villain and aspirant for Pollyls hand, sees thatlif he can get the Yankee back to Primrose Corner during the evening on which a meeting to d'iscuss a plot to bring Gen- AND WHITE. eral Lee into VVashington, is being held, he can make Carlisle out a spy and then 'his own chance for Polly's love will be bright. 'Chase succeeds in his scheme and Carlisle is caught, bound, gagged and then lockedin theidining room. Polly, with the aid of her colored maniniy, re- leases him and he flees with the news of the plot and prevents the capture of VVashington. Car- lisle returns to Primrose Corner, savesi the father and brother of the girl he loves from being sho-t as traitors and is rewarded by the hand of Polly. The cast of the play is as follows: Hugh Carlisle ............... George Treafrer a bk Col. Primrose .. .. Harry Burkhart Mrsg Primrose . . . . . .Q Margaret Bailey Polly Primrose . .. .... Janet Martin Jack Primrose ..... Paul Perry Qliver Chase . . . . . . James Gregg Col. Gordon ......... . . . Jack Scherrer Angela, his daughter . . ...... Galia Null Simms, a Yankee spy . . . . . John Johnson Aunt Caroline ........... .. . Helen Bair Ford Taylor ..........,... .... R ay Koon Ephraim, a colored servant ....... Roy Hancuff Class Squibs GALIA NULL-'fDade is a great talker truly, and one whose chief characteristic is loyal- ty, especially to her sister class, the Sophomore. GEORGE TREAGER--f'Treager used to pack up his books disdainfully and leave, with a scornful glance for the silly chatter -of the Senior girls. He :was called the 'fBachelor and a 'tman's man, but he has evidently reformed, for the seems to have awakened to the fact that girls have some good qualities, after all. 1 EDNA JllcFARLAND-'Phe second greatest talker of the class. l'Ted', dislikes to be called a grind, but nevertheless we admire and envy her her genius, both as a scholar and as th-e best fudge-maker in the class. , KATHARINE4 BLANK- Happy, laughing Katef? who has 'fsweet lips, whereon perpetually did reign the summer calm of gold-en charity. Kate has a d-ecided perseverance for tackling a subject about which she d-esires to learn. Tennis, especial-ly, with the encouragement of a certain good looking player, is one thing she is very fond of.

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12. THE BROWN AND WHITE. IANET MARTIN-Janet is pretty, dignified fand sweet, but iwas a bit awkward at first at stage love-making. She confessed once at rehearsal that she very seldom laughed aloud. We wonder if she is saving her laughing and her smiles for the Commencement dance? For Carnegie Tech is not so very far away. ELIZABETH ilIARTI.Y-- I ib ntourns that she blushes so much. Hut blushing is sometimes very becoming, although the question might be asked if it has anything to do with her fondness for 'fBy the Light of the Silvery Moon. JOHN SCHERRER-5'Dutch is always dreaming, VVe wonder if the subject of his thoughts is Oregon Elsie, or if it is a certain night when he watched for Halley's comet. RAY KOON-The most popular fellow' in High school, as is evidenced by the notes he re- ceives. XVhether this is due to his nature, Htoo noble for this world, or to his angelic appear- ance, it is hard to say. But. pritliee, tell us, why art thou so fond of yellow hair and blue eyes? HUGH and TR UNIAN HALL- The myster- ious twainf' VVe know that it is Truman who talks so fast, and Hugh who seldom smiles, but farther than this in distinguishing them we have never been able to go. GEORGE WOLFE-f'Granrlpa is the shark of the 'classf' So 'wonderful is his store of knowl- edge that the splendor of it burns too brightly for our eyes.' Stoic, unbend that brow. CAROLINE ZUNDEL-To lock at 'Caroline one would never think that she ha-.l a genius for excelling any bay in the class in debate, and for presenting sound arguments in such a convincing Way that she generally comes out ahead. DELLA FRIEDMAN-The poet and artist of IQIO, whose work has had a great part in the editing of the High school paper. VV'e know that rhyme is not the rock on which Della is to wreck, and we predict a great future for her of the nimfble fingers and active brain. PAUL PERRY-Tall and distinguished look- ing, 'l'Sli'm Perry' is as true in his affections as he is tall, but in his case 'fthe attraction of oppo sites does not hold good, for he is very fond of a certain Gtijraff. .IAIWES GREGG- Colonel Jim, as he is fa- miliarly called, 'has become quite a shining light in the newspaper world. jim's Writeups on ath- letics, politics, etc., are important features of one of our leading dailies. VVe all hope Jim will at- tain great success in newspaperdom, and like- wise in the case of a well known damsel, GERALD DOXOHOE- A prophet is .with- out honor in his own country. So it is with 'fDenny. For though his schoolmates never heard him make a speech, yet the students of Jeannette High still resent the stinging sarcasm of his last oratorical effort. JOHN JOHNSON-eThe shark of the mathe- matics class. and the pride of ihlr. Bortz's heart Also, as the chief instigator of the mysterious triumvirate, he far ,outstrips Julius Caesar. , IWARGARET BAILEY-Better known as f'Peg. Peg was our literary editor and a good one, but even though she is literary herself, we known that she has a soft spot in her heart for such a tendency in others, for we find her much interested in a certain cub reporter of one of our town papers. EARL HUNKER-Hunker is a silent man from Hunkerf' 'but when you know him you find out that he's a mighty good sort. ROY HANCUFF-He seems to be very much interested in astronomy, as he was discovered one night looking for the comet through the Company I telescope. VVe wish him su-ccess. HELEN BAIR-Sweet and petite, Helen is truly Hthe dear little girl who is good. And as all good little girls should receive some reward, Helen gets a -box of candy almost every day. MEHALIA SINDORF-Quiet, gentle and sweet, Mehalia is a shining example to the rest of the class for good behavior. She is the kind who does not say much about what she is going to do, but just goes ahead and does it. MARYLIVIILLIGAN-If Maryls rosy cheeks are any indication of her good nature, 'then she must be as merry as the day is longf, Of her generosity iwe have no doubt, for we all know the size and excellent quality of 'her pieces of fudge. HARRY BURKHART- VVlinks has shown that a good carpenter can also be a good dancer and likewise a good financier.. Infact his genius is many-sided, for everyone knows that he takes a leading part in the play. WILLIS RUFFNER-As the future journal- ist and newspaper man, Den iwiill surely make good, if his success as editor of the Brown and White is any criterion. I