Hagerstown High School - Epitome Yearbook (Hagerstown, IN)

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UAPPLESAUCEH You Don'l Want lo Marry That Cirl VERYONE has experienced that unde- scribable chill or thrill running up and down his spine when the curtain begins to rise on a play. No doubt the actors and actresses in the play undergo more chills than they do thrills, especially if they have not had the advantage of an excellent play coach. The cast for the senior play had the bene- fit. of the capable coaching of Miss Delight Collins and as a result, produced a play of merit, and entertainment for the audience. The play 'tApplesauee was presented on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Novem- ber 8-9. It was a three act comedy written by Barry Conners. It. was originally produced by Richard Herndon at the Ambassador Theatre, N.Y. Bill McAllister was that serene and envied type of youth who eould get along quite well without working. His chief stock in trade, applesauee managed to get for him all the essentials of life. even a girl. The main obstacle for Bill to overcome was the fact. that Hazel was engaged to be married it I954 to Rollo Jenkins. an industrious young man who looked carefully at every penny before he spent, it. Obstacle number two was in the form of Hazel's father who happened to be well pleased with Rollo. As might be gathered Hazel and Rollo had a spat about Bill with the result that the spreader of a little hllll- shine won the girl. The scene in which Bill played up to the enormous cost oi' married life and talked Rollo right out of his engage- ment was extremely eomieal. He lllH1'1'l0ll the girl with just six dollars in his pocket and the grim belief that two can live as cheaply as one, for talk is cheap. and Bill was no lazy linguist. This amusing play scored a great hit for it contained many a laugh and a treat or two. 4 Acts one and two took place in the Robin- son's living room. Act three was in Hazel and Bill's home over the drug store. The east for the play was as follows: Ma Robin- son. Andrey Marlatt. Hazel Robinson, Marion Hartley, Jenny Baldwin, Mary Hall. Pa Robinson. Myron Simpson, Rollo -lenkins, Mark XV4-rking, Bill McAllister. Eugene Drake. Matt McAllister. Logan Smith. Twenty

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TI-IE METROPOLITAN OPERA HAS CONTRACTS WAITING A Treat for Public Performance IPS-tongueetip o' the teeth um pa pa, mi-mi-mi-do-mi-sol-do-This is probably unintelligible to you, but to the members of the chorus those tuning up exercises were a highly valuable means of getting their voices in tune and harmony for singing. It was also one of the ways to avoid that short sentence. Oh, you are tlatting in that song, which issued from the lips of Miss Nett. when a song was being sung the a'cappella method, a very difficult type of vocalization without accom- panimcnt. The three songs, America, the Beautiful, VVho's That A'ealling,', and t'Shortnin' Bread, a humorous negro selection, which were presented in the Thanksgiving program, were the results of several hard practices by members of the chorus. But there was fun in each practice, particularly in the one when the train whistle entered into competition with the sopranos as they were attempting to reach high uc. ln contrast to the joyfulness of the Thanks- giving program, the Christmas cantata, which was presented on the evening of December twenty-tirst, was one of impressive dignity and was beautiful both in rendition and set- ting. One of the features of the program was the candle light. procession. The personnel of the chorus included four tenors, ten basses, eleven altos. twenty so- pranos, and Eleanor Romine, the faithful and patient accompanist. making a total of 46 members in the chorus. Perhaps each member of the organization was more interested in conversing with his neighbor than in his love for music at the beginning of the year, but this was gradually remedied and resulted in a harmonious, eo- opcrative group of young singers. N iueteen

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YELLOW SHADOWS You're All Under Suspect Now HE Yellow Shadow, in all its mystery made its debut VVednesday. February 14. The outstanding part about it was that it took well enough to draw a large audience the second night, Thursday, February 15. Of course it was the juniors' initial attempt at producing a play and congratulations, old pals are due tl1e1n. Let, us in giving best wishes remember the coach, Miss Delight Col- lins. My, the patience with which she did her part during those weeks of practice! Clark VVillard is credited as the originator of the gilley-loo bird, lady coroners, and se- cret, hiding places, meaning tl1e yellow shadow. Outside, it was one of those dark, rainy, and stormy nights: inside was an old house- keeper, who talked in morbid monotones. Shots were heard and a murdered man was seen lying on the living room tloor of the old Viewcrest Lodge. Such was the impressive curtain-rising scene. Soon the heiress and her friends arrived. Hot. on the trail was the coroner and the sheriff. One might think that with all of the authorities and friends the mystery would be solved. but not so. More complex and unsolvable events oc- curred. A Chinaman presented himself. More things happened than the Sherlock Holmes of the play could comprehend. With Jcd's out- bursts of creeping crocodiles - leaping lizards ' '-' ' yellow shadows ' '-A A racing rats - We are made of clay, ashes, and dust - we will skip over the girls' screams and tell you how it all came out. The murdered man proved to be none other than Gerald Lloyd, reporter for the Seattle Tribune, who had been secretly connected with Herbert, a co- reporter. If you were present. at either per- formance, you might. have heard something like this: Mrs. Knose: Betty, dear, how did you do it?H Betty: lVhy, mother, didn ,t. you see my knees knocking V' Mr. Lester: Son, l'm proud of you. Lowell: H Thanks, dad. Annabelle: 4'Well, Lloyd, I would not have thought it of you. Lloyd: Thanks, sis, that's all right. Mr. Cain: They were exceptional for ama- tures, weren 't they Mr. Lester: Yes, that was pure acting. Mrs. McCu1'dy: Yes, and did you notice how clever and harmonious the stage was set? Miss Collins: I know it. They certainly did work hard to have it just exactly proper. The cast, ushers, stage managers, advertis- ing staff, and property managers. too, deserve praise. Twenty'o'ne