Hopkins High School - Warrior Yearbook (Minnetonka, MN)

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Whatta Play, nWhat a Life,, Synopsis of Scenes Act One: Offlce of Mr. Bradley, the principal. Morning. Act Two: The same. Act Three: The same. Scene: Mr. BradleYs ofhce in Central High School. Time; Mid-school year. Henry Aldrich - - Russell Soulen George Bigelow - - Neil Nelson Barbara Pearson - Betty Stodola Mr. Bradley - - - Ned Herman Mr. Nelson - - Jack Hastings Miss Shea - -- - Betty Jane Olson Mr. Patterson -- Clarence Perbix Mr. Ferguson - - Billie Faurote Miss Wheeler - - Marjorie Lapic Mrs. Aldrich - - n Elaine Nelson Miss Peke - - - Eleanor Larson Miss Johnson - - Lucille Gillman Bill - - - - Arthur Jorgensen Miss Eggleston n - Phyllis Ripley Mary - - - Dorothy Koelfgen Mr. Vecchitte - William Kimmer Gertie - - Sarah Lou Anderson Coached by Miss Mary Turner 21

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All Love a Mystery Act by Act Act I. The Library of Mystery Manor. Night ttAnother Mystery Act II. The same The next night Act III. The same Continuous Scene: A lonely estate, two miles from the nearest village. Time: Late September and ttThe Phantom Tigert is everything you would want. So there you have the senior class play presented to a large audience on the night of May 9. Above is the whole cast in its early stages of rehearsal trying to pro- duce the mysterious atmospheree-which lat- er was much increased With the help of the stage crew in sound effects and lighting. Getting the lines is the big job in the two scenes below With Miss Lohva Wakeheld di- recting the production. This play was chosen to give a contrast to the heavier senior plays which have been given here during the past few years. 20 C A S T Erma Lowrie ..... Dorothy Johnson Peggy Van Ess ...... Elaine Topka Evelyn Hale ...... Margaret Jerdee Mrs. Murdock ....... Alice Jurisch The Tigers Mistress . Jeannette Petrak Aunt Sophia ...... Myrtle Benson Oswald Kerins ..... Carrell Kucera Arthur Hale . . . . . . . . . Earl Miller Sheriff Osgood . . . . Merwin Pearson MacIntosh . . . . . . . . Roland Peteler Thompson ........ Robert Aspelin Rumba. ........ Eugene Bredeson

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Top row: Ned Herman, Clarence Perbix, Eugene Bredeson, Russell Soulen. Second row: Lillian Homola. Carrell Kucera, Clifford Japs, Jimmie Manchester, Beverly Anderson, John Sodoma, Neal Abraham, Robert Clausen, John Daniels, John Fanta, Robert Anderson, Theodore Vasko. Third row: Agnes Homola, Helen Kvam, Donald Hage, George Gralow, Noel Bren, Howard Sundby, Herbert Weckman, Milas Quigley, Helen Dianish. Neil Nelson, Robert Malm, Jack Ferris, Dorothy Mallery, Lorraine Sundquist, Maurice Bren. Fourth row: Phyllis Japs, Gilmond Jenstad, Carol Lund, Miles Lundahl, William Gardner, Walter Schedin, Betty Nicodym, Shirley Sundquist, Dorothy Vasko, Sara Lou Anderson, Juliette Werness, Berniece Owinski, Alice Kimmer, Mr. Christianson. The Band Played On,5 22 and ttBeat Me Dimitritt were seasonal hits through the winter months of 1941 as more serious things concerned the high school band. Playing for pep fests, concerts, and parades, the band under the direction of Mr. Armond Christian- sen, contributed its part in school life. They marched in the Raspberry Day, Harvest Festival, and Aqua- tennial parades. At Robbinsdale, April 18, the band played the contest piece, ttEroico by Beethoven. Seniors graduating are Eugene Bredeson, bass horn; Heln Dianish, trumpet; Lillian Homola, French horn; Jimmy Manchester, bassoon; Milas Quigley, trumpet; Shirley Sundquist, clarinet; and Theodore Vasko, trombone. Band officers are Carrell Kucera, president; Russell Soulen, vice-president; Gilmond Jenstad, secretary; and James Weyhe, treasurer. Ten schools came to Hopkins April 10 to take part in the annual music festival sponsored by the Hennepin County Council of Parent-Teacher associ-- ations. After numbers by various choruses and a massed band, all the singers joined the bands in the song, 11The Land of Hope and Glory. A11 sang from the gym-stage of the auditorium.