Hamilton Township High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Pictured Above: Standing, lelt to right, Mrs. Saye, Iames Fleak. Vivian Baier, Roland Carman, Ieannine Archer, Ralph Hoot, Florence Niemann, Marvin Olney. Seated. left lo right, lean Freeman, Geneva Hann, Patty Bond. layne Roller. Dolores Conley, Martha Clark. Senior Class Play THE NUTT FAMILY Directed by Rebecca Saye

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65444 Zfimw- ,AvA. -.-.- - -. --AYA -+-+,+-A-+-+Y+v4,---,A,Av-v+.-Y - v+vAvA - Y+-A-A .-.A - The history of the class of 1949 is so dramatic and colorful that it resembles a play - one of those modern plays that so skillfully disregards all the rules of the drama. With your kind per- mission, we will review the play called The Class of l949 in an absolutely unbiased man- ner. This is a play in four acts, with three all too brief intermissions. Throughout the actions, there is very incidental music by the high school orchestra. The play was written by the actors as they played their parts under the direction of the superintendent, principal and faculty. It is produced by the board of education with the cooperation of the taxpayer and is given by an all-star cast. The beginning char- acters are: Ieannine Archer, lla Baum, Bernice Belford, john Bond, Patty Bond, julia Brown, lack Cain, Harry Cannon, Roland Carman, Martha Clark, Dolores Conley, lack Crabtree, lshmael Crab- tree, Delores Cremeans, Ruth Dailey, Marjorie Donaldson, Ruth Elam, Robert Easterday, Marvin Elkins, Iames Enyart, Clarence Eseman, Betty Farmer, Charles Farthing, lune Foreman, james Fleak, lean Freeman, Helen French, Millie Fullen, Faye Gaines, Mary Gernovich, Richard Grubb, jack Harris, Geneva Hann, lmogene Harper, Iames Harvey, Pauline Holsapple, Eureka Hughes, Betty Hutchinson, Robert johns- ton, Marie jordan, Donald Koenig, George Lock- ett, Helen Luther, Becky Luther, Iune Manqe, Margie Mapes, Naomi Martin, Oakley Martin, Trilby Mitchell, Barbara Monway, james Moore, jerry Moore, Richard Morehart, Ruth Morrison, Florence Niemann, Wilma Noble, Bill Nott, Harold Obert, Marvin Olney, Roland Perry, Bonnie Reed, Betty Rodgers, Iayne Roller, Ralph Root, Kathryn Sheets, Wendell Shoemaker, lay Slagle, Emma Southall, Pauline Start, Charles Turley, Clara Weik, Iack Williams, Frank Wil- son, Wilma Wilson, Priscilla Zakany. Two weeks later in the year we had three new additions to the class, Vivian and Paul Baier, and Ioanne Sallee. HISTORY The scenes all take place in the high school building, corridors, classrooms, auditorium, gymnasium, and assembly hall. Act I shows the arrival of the class in the halls of learning. Their timidity and curious mistakes furnish some bright comedy moments. There is rapidly rising action and the villian gradually puts in an appearance. He is called Study and is of alarming size and proportion. lt is evident that he will interfere sadly with the enjoyment and leisure of the actors, now known as Freshmen. Page Twenty At the close of the act, tragedy is imminent, as there is a desperate affair - a mental crisis created by Study's brother villian, Examina- tions. The curtain of the first act falls on the rejoicing Freshmen. The actors are pleasing but decidedly amateurish. After an intermission of twelve weeks, during which the actors go away on vacations or stay at home and help with the work, now the play is resumed. Act ll shows the same people in the same place, but they are now known as Sophomores, owing to an advance in rank. A touch of pathos is found in the absence of the following actors who were disabled and were not permitted to appear in the second act: Marjorie Donaldson, Marvin Elkins, james Enyart, Betty Farmer, Richard Grubb, Becky Luther, Oakley Martin, Betty Rodgers, Robert Easterday, Helen Luther, VV'ilma Wilson, Frank Wilson, Ioanne Sallee, lack Williams, lack Harris, Roland Perry, lack Cain, Charles Turley, Bonnie Reed. The addi- tional ones were Sally lohnson, Violet Fugitt, Wilbur Strait, Ray Henson, Florence McCracken and Marian McKenzie. Robert Easterday had been killed shortly after school was dismissed in May. ln this act the members of the cast seem to have achieved a charm, an ease of manner, and a feeling of security that were noticably lacking in Act l. Incipient love affairs are noticed, and the costumes are much more elaborate, as is also the use of make-up. Yet the mention of Study , casts a gloom over the brightness, the action continues to raise until the end of the act, when we again have the inevitable struggle and the crisis brought about by Examinations. As the year went by the actors participated in a play, under the direction of Mrs. Belcher. Another twelve weeks intermission, and the cast stagger in for Act lll. Again the same people in the same place which may make the play sound monotonous to you, but I assure you it is not. The actors are so changed that each act seems like an entirely new play. They are now called juniors. Their position and their pride have both advanced, but there remains the haunting dread of Study, the villian. All the former actors have returned with the ex- ception of Trilby Mitchell, Wilbur Strait, Delores Cremeans, Ruth Dailey, Clarence Eseman, Charles Farthing, Faye Gaines, james Moore, Ierry Moore, Emma Southall and lames Fleak. There are many delightful interludes to make this a cheerful act. They are junior banquet, junior class play, football, basketball, G.A.A., future teachers, Tri-Hi-Y, and Honor Society. By this time some of the actors, all of whom entered the cast on a footing of equality, have