Hancock Place High School - Momento Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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n NCE CLUB T ' a2 dance club was organized before Xmas of 1942. AT ttijT - -iipe officers were elected and quite a number came out to tnu neetings. Vacations, rationing andotlijr rnterrup- tio.iS delayed progress and man3 ' ' of the old members, including the officers, dropped out. At the beginning of the second s-enester quite a number of new freshmen girls joined and help- ed to boost the membership again. At this time the group voiced the opinion that they preferred not to elect new offi- cers but to continue meeting as an informal group. IT .e girls have worked on ballet , tap, and modern dancing. Representa- tives from the club presented a tap routine at the Senior nlay and all the members had dance parts in the spring program. Although this was not a large nujaber of performances for the club to take part in, the girls enjoyed participating in this- activity a great deal. THE KNITTING CLTJB Because of scarcity of materials the activities of the icnitting Club were limited this year. Mufflers and Beanies were the only articles for which yarn could be obtained. Four Beanies and twelve mufflers were made. Mrs. Winn and Miss Besel were sponsors of the club.. ORCHESTRA In September, 1943 the Hancock High School Orchestra was again organized under the able direction of Miss Baumgartner. Sone of the main events for which we played were Senior play, JuiJ or High Graduation, and The Herald of Time which was given by the music, speech and physical ed.. organizations on April 17, 1943. Everyone is anxiously awaititit to play for the queen ' s Procession at the Prom. Weshallalso take part in tne Junior Higl aid Senior High Graduation Exercis-ea. BAND The Hancock High School band has grown rapidly since it was orgeiiised in 1938. V hen the band was first organized it had only five mem- bers. Ttoday it has 19 members. The band loaes a few members eecn year but there -ire others to t akc their places. Therj are nov; nine new members since last yf-ar.

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In April the Girl Reserves, Hi-Y, and H-Club had a Bull Session , and Pot-Luck supper , The speaker of the evening was Mr. Aina Haack of Washington University . He gave an inspiring talk on some of the problems which young people have to face during the war and after. Considering all the demands upon the tiae of the teachers and pupils we have had a successful year, and hope that the Girl Reserves Club shall grow in the years to come.

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SHE ' S A SOLDIER ' S SVEETHEART On Dee-ember 5, 19 ' 4-2,- the senior class, following tJie cus- tom of preceding years, presented the annual Senior Play. This year ' s production- was a three- act comedy entitled She ' s a Soldier ' s Sweetheart, directed by L ' iss Penn, It was termed es one of the best plays presented by a senior alass. The plot was about an average young man leoving for the army very soon and a young movie actress vcho camti to the snail town where he lived. She was there by the advice of her press agent to give her publicity for e picture she was soon to star ir. She falls in love with the young man and promises to wait for him till he returns from the army. This disru:Dt£ her press agent ' s plans as she was to only pretend to fell In love with him. Complications which ocaur through the play, caused by friends and the grandparents of the young man, make the play very interesting and amusing. CAST Kip Larkin,-a young philanderer Charles Eezdek Andrea Bale, a young actress Gloria Bacher Grendmom; Kip ' s dependable grandmother Elda Mae Grose Grandpop, Eip ' s play-ectlng grandfather ' 2 Rickey, -Kip ' s tricky brother Andy Ziegler Erancey, a young ghost ---Valeria Cocos Paula, an adoring girl friend Charlotte Stolie Ccralie, a baby-talk girl friend Eileen Johnson Phil, a good pal - Y Meirlo Chub, another good pal ' ' ■ ' ?? i ? Gordon, Andiea ' s press agent I i m m st Fav ' •) writers for ' screen ' magazines Eetty Sparkea iaurette, Blondell Powell Bill, a young soldier Don Barklage